And you thought you might get rid of me...

Well if you follow me on Twitter, you'll know I have had my computer back for a few days now, and damn, it makes everything so much easier! I gave up altogether on trying to read blogs and such on my phone, and answering comments on my parents computer was a pain, so give me a little while and i'll try and catch up!
However, I've found I've got a bad adaptor, so this return could just be a temporary thing! Embarrassing thing happened whilst I was at the repair shop, though. I was editing pictures for my blog when it died, so I had a bunch of photos of my face up! Haha, bit of an awkward moment right there, hopefulllly he doesn't not think I'm an arrogant bitch!
Anyway, normal posting shall return soon, just thought I'd post about what I've been doing recently! Today it was so lovely out and I was going to go to the gym, but it seemed like such a waste when it was so sunny. So me and my mum decided to go for a walk to the park/airfield near my house and pick some blackberries. We used to do this every summer when I was little, so it was a pretty lovely thing to do. And I took a few pictures, of course.

And just throwing in some eyeshadow I did with the Naked palette! This is one of the ones that was up on the screen when I was at the repair place, oops.

Anyway, I'm going to try and rush and get some posts scheduled, just in case! How are you guys?

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. (:

Ramble On..

Just a little warning, this is a bit of an all-over post.
First order of business: off into town I went yesterday afternoon for a spot of lunch and a film with my good friend Ammi and had a loveeerly time. We saw Inception which is just awesome, I definitely recommend it! I don't want to go into too much detail, but I love films that you have to think about like that, with good twists and that. Very much worth a watch.
Anyway, I wanted to make a bit of an effort with my makeup, as I'm trying to get out of my ~makeup~ rut (and it's a good thing I'm trying this, as I put on a full face yesterday and met unexpected males at the pub, haha), so I did a look I saw ages ago, a bluey-purple look. The camera (for some reason) really washed out all the colours, so I tried to brighten it on photoshop and ended up just looking a bit glowy, forgive this.



Eyes:
MAC Eyeshadow in Next To Nothing
MAC Eyshadow in Shroom
MAC Eyshadow in Sky Blue
MAC Eyshadow in Haunting
MAC Eyshadow in Tempting
MAC Eyshadow in Smudged Violet
MAC Eyshadow in Top Hat
MAC Eyshadow in Dark Edge
MAC Eyshadow in Hot Contrast (the black)
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light Medium (Highlight)

Face:
Shu Uemura in Beige
Diorskin Nude 030
Diorskin Nude Concealer in Ivory 001
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light Medium
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft and Gentle

Lips:
MAC Naked Honey Skin Salve
Another sort of makeup/beauty/cosmetic related point is that I am obsesssssed with this fragrance!
I got this for my birthday and I've used it an awful lot recently, it's Marc Jacob's Apple: in a massssssive bottle. About 300ml. I prefer this over Pomegrante and Biscotti (the other two in the Patisserie range) by a long shot. It's a beautiful summery scent, that I really love to splash liberally all over, as it's not very strong, but very fresh feeling when you spray it on.
And finally, the other day we were driving down one of the back roads and saw these two little deer that were stuck and scared. We stopped near them to make sure they didn't get hit by a car but they were soo cute. I want one. ):

How is everyone's summer going..? Hope you're having a nice time. I am feeling much better this week. (:

Body Shop Haul and FOTD 21/04/2010

The other night I was feeling a bit down in the dumps, when I got an email from The Body Shop with a 25% off discount code! As you can imagine, this cheered me up immensely! I ordered this later on Sunday night, and I received it at lunchtime today (Wednesday) so I'm pretty pleased with that! I am the most impatient person and hate waiting and waiting for orders, haha.
That said, onto the goodies. (:
I definitely suggest you check out The Body Shop's website, and get on their mailing list, because they have some great online deals. Currently they have a 2 for £8 deal on their shower-gels and a buy 1, get 1 50% off del on their Nutriganics skin-care range, so go have a look!
I got two of their shower-gels, and then there were two other things that caught my beady eye, so I splurged. Andddd I got free delivery cause I spent over £15! Score. Cheapo student, sorry to say! Haha.

L-R: Mango Shower Gel, Satsuma Shower Gel, Banana Conditioner, Seaweed Deep Cleansing Facial Wash.
The Satsuma Shower Gel smells ah-maze-ing! That kind of spicy-sweet and super damn refreshing and I can't wait to use this to wake me up in the morning! I kind of just want to sit and huff it, so I might have to invest in the Satsuma body-butter or something! I also got a Mango one, but I want to do a review on all these products in the future so I'll shut up about it right now. (:

And a quick FOTD from before I went to work! I look deathly pale in these, apologies! I really liked my hair today, actually. I threw it up in a bun when it was still damp and normally that creates a disaster but it looked quite curly and nice, for a change.
Also, looking at these pictures, my eyeshadow is really washed out. In person, it was much prettier. Boohoo. ):


Eyes:
MAC Eyeshadow in Shroom
MAC Eyeshadow in Tete-a-Tint
MAC Eyeshadow in Soba
MAC Eyeshadow in Copperplate
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara in Carbon Black

Face:
Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Gel
Dior Diorskin Nude Foundation in 030
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium
MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20
MAC Blush Ombre in Ripe Peach

Lips:
MAC Naked Honey Lip Salve
Estee Lauder Pure Colour Crystal Gloss in 342 Dragonfruit
Have you bought anything good recently? Let me know! (:

FOTD, Face Of The Day! 17/04/2010 + 18/04/2010

A few bits and pieces for you! A FOTD from today and the day before. Messy, sundried hair, throw on eyeshadow, contoured cheeks.. this is what I'm into right now!
Look 1: Shimmery gold with bronzed-up cheeks. Taken after a day of shopping and eating ice-lollies in carparks, so s'cuse the smudging, etc.
Look 2: Quick, bronzy goodness suitable for when i'm late for work!




Eyes:
Too Faced Eyeshadow Insurance
Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Half Baked
MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Engaging (the bronze side, duh)
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
MaxFactor False Lash Effect Mascara in Black
Benefit Browzings in Medium

Face:
Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Gel
Dior Diorskin Nude Foundation in )30
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium
MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20
NARS Blush in Luster
MAC Iridescent Powder in Golden Bronze

Lips:
Carmex
Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Mistress

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Eyes:
MAC Too Faced Eyeshadow Insurance
MAC Eyeshadow in Soba
MAC Pigment in Cocomotion
NARS Eyeshadow in Galapagos
MAC Eyeshadow in Nanogold
L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara in Carbon Black
MAC Eyekohl in Feline
Benefit Browzings in Medium

Face:
Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Gel
Dior Diorskin Nude Foundation in )30
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium
MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20
MAC Blush in Hipness

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Nails:
China Glaze Strawberry Fields
GOSH Rainbow


And a little wish-list!

- Lush Lip Scrub
- Cuticle cream - possibly one from Lush? I've heard theirs is good.
- Crystal Nail File (which I can't find ANYWHERE near me! I think I have to travel further afield!)
- Some new body wash
- New facial-wash? I've finished my Clinique and found it's drying out my skin a bit, I need some suggestions for new stuff! I have combination skin, a little bit oily in the t-zone, a bit dry on the cheeks.
- My car back!! It's in the garage. ):

FOTD, Face Of The Day! 13/04/2010

This afternoon I was raiding beauty blogs for some inspiration, and all I got was the idea of using orange on my lid. I feel like I've got very much into a rut with my makeup so this was a bit of a change. The colours were dulled down a bit more than I'd like (and the photo washed them out a bit) cause I had to wear this to work.. but anyway, it got me in a spring mood!

Oh, and please don't mention my eyebrows! I need to re-do them, one of the blessings of having a long fringe becomes a curse when you have to pull it back for work!




Eyes:
MAC Shroom eyeshadow
MAC Nylon eyeshadow
MAC Evening Aura Eyeshadow
MAC Off The Radar pigment
MAC Blacktrack fluidline
L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara

Face:
Dior Diorskin Nude Foundation in 030
MAC Studiofinish Conceal in NW25
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium
NARS Orgasm Blush

Lips:
MAC Naked Honey Lip Salve