Shopping: It's an awful, awful addiction.

And someone needs to take my credit card away from me! Argh!

As I said a few days ago, I went to Westfields on Monday, in London. After minimal hassle getting there (like my dad leaving the sat-nav cable in his car at work...!) and going the wrong way in Shepherd's Bush.. we got there.
And I had my serious shopping head on! I wanted to find a dress to wear out on Tuesday night as I was going on a night out with some friends and I'm just fed up of everything I own! Plus my crazy-overtime made it possible to go on shopping-frenzies.
I got two dresses. (:
I went and had a good look around New Look, and this was where I aimed to find something. Say of New Look what you will, I love it. I have too much boob and hip for the likes of Topshop or something like that, and think that Topshop is waaaay overrated, personally. I like buying stuff from places like Dorothy Perkins and New Look and making it my style, instead of buying someone else's style, if this makes sense!
Anyway, to New Look we went, and I couldn't really find anything at first, if I'm honest. We tried on jumpsuits which were horrendous! Haha, clearly 5'10 is not a good height for an average person jumpsuit. My crotch.. well it weren't pretty, and let's leave it at that.
Then I tried on this dress, and wasn't a massive fan on the hanger, if I'm honest. Got it on, and I loveeed it! It makes my boobs look really good, sucks my waist in just about right thanks to the elastic band around the middle, and the poofy skirt. If you follow me on Twitter, you'll see I posted a picture of me (excuse my stupid face! haha) in it, but this is it;
2 in 1 Mesh Dress, £28
I'm not sure about the flower, but it is just pinned on so i might take it off and put it in my hair or something. I want to wear this with big curly hair and black smoky eyes and lots of baby-pink lipstick. It was a bit pricey at £28 but I liked so I didn't really mind. Bad times my student-discount has expired until September. ):
I didn't buy it straight away, and went to look in H&M, as I usually find some great finds in there. I tried on a few things that I liked, but then I got to this one and it was just very me. This is an awful picture, sorry, and I don't have one of it on butttt;


I well love it. Haha. It's quite long, but I'm tall, and it's very comfy. It was £19.99 which is pretty good, I feel. It comes with extra bits incase any fall off, which is also handy. I wore it out on Tuesday night, in fact, paired with brown gladiator sandals, golden-brown nail varnish and straightened hair. Here you can see my hair and makeup, but I didn't get any full length shots, I'm afraid!

I also picked up a couple of nail-polishes when I was in Inglot. I love these because they're super good quality for not so much dollarr. These are £7! And for that you get 15ml, which is the same as an OPI or Illamasqua polish (China Glaze are 14ml and MAC are 10ml, for comparison). Which to be honest, for a good quality polish I don't mind paying for. And they have a fantastic range of colours. I'd link you to their website.. but you can't buy their products from it which is incredibly frustrating.


320 and 851.
I kinda hate that they don't have names because numbers are so tricky to remember! But anyway, I got these two. The darker one, I adoree. I wore it on my nails Tuesday night because it's a super dark brownish-black with gold flecks and it looks awesome when it catches the light. And the green one.. well I went to put it on last night and it was just a ball of frost, really. In the shop I swatched it over some leftover polish on my nail (MAC's Blue India) and it was much prettier. So I'm not sure what to do with this one! I think it might have to be one for layering. Sigh.

Today I needed to get my moisturiser because I just couldn't cope without it for much longer, and my friend needed to take some shoes back that had broken on her.


I feel like the glowing halo behind this picture is accurate because it is my One True Love. No moisturiser will ever compete with this bad boy. It is beyond fantastic and I am very glad it is back in my life. All is well, now.
And then my other friend needed some leggings from H&M and so I picked up a couple of basic things, which H&M do very well.


Black 'Satin' Headband, £2.99 / 10 Brown Hair-Ties, £1.99 / Eyeliner Sharpener, 99p
I also picked up a couple of sneaky black cardigans/wraps from New Look because one, I need them, and two, both of them were down in price. One was long and drapey and down from £17.99 to £12, and the other was shorter and had a sort of mottled-pattern and down from £16 to £9! So y'know.. kinda had to, really..! But shh, don't tell my mum.. I'm telling myself they'll be good for the autumn.

And another quick picture of my makeup today. I want to wear this kind of makeup with that first dress and the new headband and curl my hair.. so now I need an excuse to do that! This is Creme Cup lipstick by MAC, fyi. (:

The Body Shop: Seaweed Deep Cleansing Facial Wash Review

You may have seen in my Body Shop Haul post that I recently purchased the Seaweed Deep Cleansing Face Wash.
And well, I've been using it for about a week now.. and I am totally in love.


Seaweed Deep Cleansing Facial Wash, £6.50 for 100ml
Previously, I had been using the Clinique three-step program, and had been in two minds about it for some time. I loved the Dramatically Different Moisturising Gel, but the Toner terrified my skin, haha, it reeks of alcohol and makes my eyes water - and smells exactly like nail-varnish remover! I used up one bottle but told myself I'd never buy it again, and I haven't. The face-wash I was in two minds about, I have combination skin, oily in the t-zone, occasionally dry on the cheeks, and have re-purchased once or twice, because I couldn't find anything else that was mild and suitable. However, whenever I used it, it soaked ALL the moisture out of my skin, and left it way too dry and tight, i definitely wasn't a fan. There was something about the smell that I wasn't a huge fan of, either.

So I began to look for a new one, not long before my Clinique ran out, I was looking for some stuff on The Body Shop's website to make my order up to £15, so I could get free delivery (haha, bad idea, definitely!) and found this lovely.
Like I said, I immediately rushed to use it, and was immediately impressed! It leaves my skin amazingly smooth and refreshed, just dry enough to take away the excess oil, but moisturising enough to get the dry patches on my cheeks. I'm finding it's really balancing out my skintone, too. I found that after using Clinique's face-wash, I would have blotchy, reddish patches on my cheeks, that were very dry, like I'd been exfoliating too hard, or something.. but this doesn't do that.
As for the scent, it's pretty damn great too, smells seaweed-y (duh!) and beachy, it must have a hint of menthol in or something, too, because it makes my skin this lovely tingly feeling, and really wakes you up in the morning! It lathers really well, and gives me the right amount of tightness in my pores, without making me feel like I can't move my face.
Generally I can't say enough good things about this product! I wish it was a little bit cheaper, maybe just £5, as opposed to £6.50

Overall, I can't get enough of this product! I adore it and definitely recommend it!