A LITTLE HOME HAUL

Baylis & Harding Strawberries and cream hand wash / Dairy Milk Marvellous Mix ups / The White company Tealight / Little things box.

These are just a few bits and bobs that I've bought recently for the home. The Baylis & Harding handwash smells amazing and the bow is detachable so you can put in on other bottles after you use it up. It's pretty girly, but I love it!

I got The White Company's tealight holder in their 20% off sale, the tiny tealight holder glows and sparkles when a candle is in it, its so pretty and whimsical and looks great on my table. The 'little things' box is from homebase It's perfect for storing jewellery, stationery, tea lights or any other little things! The Marvellous mix-ups didn't disappoint, I only wish you got more in the packet!

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PRIMARK GEMS

Washbag and headband - Primark

Every now and then, I find a real gem in primark. This week I found two things that I absolutely love.

For £3 this cute little wash bag was too good to pass up, it has two zipped compartments which have the initial 'S' (or whichever initial you choose) as the zip. It's quite good quality and there were a lot of letters available to choose from.

I also bought this headband which again was only £3. It looks so pretty in the light and turns different shades of colour as you move. I'm planning on wearing this with my hair up in a low loose bun and kind of as a crown headband but it can be worn across the forehead, or if you don't mind the elastic slightly showing it's also really pretty as a necklace! 

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New year, new stationery

Notepads - TKMaxx

I bought these both from TKMaxx last weekend, truth be told I only really needed one notepad but fell I in love with them both! I love the patterns on them, the Orla Kiely notebook was a steal at £7.99 (normally £18) and the cover reminds me of my favourite month, Autumn. It's a sturdy notebook and feels well made. The soft cover notebook was £2.99 and feels more like a school textbook, perfect for writing notes and lists and it comes in a variety of colours but the pink stool out as my favourite.

I think I'll use one for Make-up/Freelance notes and the other to plan blog posts. I always find that fresh new stationery always helps me to keep motivated, organised and makes me a lot more productive!

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Feel Unique Sale

Caudalie Beauty Elixir - £9.78 and Nuxe Reve de Miel Lip balm - £7.60 both in the sale.

Here are my picks from the Feel Unique sale, I also had a Korres lip butter, Aromatherapy Associates oil and The Balm Mary lou manizer luminizer in my basket but resisted in spending too much and ended up just getting these two! I've wanted both of these for ages now but couldn't justify buying them before. 

Both Caudalie Beauty Elixir and Nuxe Rev de Miel have been highly raved about in the blogger world so I'm really excited to try them, I've read mixed reviews about the smell of them both but I'm pretty in love already.

On another note - I've been a bad blogger. Work/Life has taken over the past month and I always seem to go through a slump in energy in Summer and so haven't blogged as much recently. But I've taken a lot of photos and I've done a few make up looks and so hopefully I will be back to normal posting again now :).

(I also cannot wait for Autumn/Winter - Especially candles, fairy lights, hot chocolate and fluffy socks!)

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HAUL: Target & Ulta

Since I've moved to New York City, I haven't been to either a Target or an Ulta *gasp* so on my trip back home to Florida, I definitely made sure to make trips to both and treat myself to some products that I've had my eye on for awhile including the new Revlon Lip Butters, Maybelline Color Tattoos, and FINALLY The Rocket mascara!

What I Bought at Ulta:

- NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

- NYX eye pencil sharpener

- Formula 10.0.6 Down to the Pore blackhead banishing pore strips

- Essie "Boom Boom Room" nail polish

- sample of healthysexyhair Soy Renewal Argan Oil

What I Bought at Target:

- Maybelline The Rocket mascara

- Simple Facial Cleansing Wipes

- Maybelline "Lasting Lilac" eyeshadow duo

- Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Pen in Ivory

- Maybelline Master Duo 2-in-1 liquid eyeliner in Black Lacquer

- Maybelline 24-Hour Color Tatoo in Lavish Lavender, Waves of White, Seashore Frosts, and Icy Mint

- Maybelline Vivid lipsticks in Fuchsia Flash, Pink Pop, and Shocking Coral

- Maybelline Color Whispers in Coral Ambition, Oh La Lilac, and Petal Rebel

- Revlon Lip Butters in Pink Lemonade, Wild Watermelon, Sorbet, and Juicy Papaya

- NYC "French Tip" nail polish

- Essie "In the Cab-ana" nail polish

Be sure to watch the video to hear more about my haul!

Have a wonderful rest of the weekend!

Urban Outfitters Haul

Heart Jewellery Plate - £3 - in sale
Love necklace - £10
Heart Hole Puncher - £4
Blog inc Book - £7 in sale

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas/New year! I've spent the majority of my time ill in bed, I just can't seem to shift this cold! During this time, I've been browsing some lovely new blogs, keeping up to date on twitter and catching up on Vlogmas videos, thank goodness for social media! 

I saw this gorgeous necklace on Kim from Love Cloth's blog (one of the amazing new blogs I've discovered recently). Luckily they still had it available online so I thought I would treat myself and buy a few bits from the sales! I think I got some quite good bargains, the heart plate is actually bigger than I thought it would be and perfect for storing my everyday jewellery. Good for £3! I'm not quite sure of my reasoning behind buying this heart hole punch, its just so cute and I'm sure Pinterest can help me come up with some good uses for it! Please feel free to leave your Pinterest links below, I'm addicted to it at the moment! Mine is missophie7  :) 

Finally I bought the Blog Inc book, I'm always looking for ways to improve my blog and this seems like a really interesting read!

HAUL: Dior, Chanel, and MAC

Merry Christmas Eve, you guys!!

So this haul is a LONG time coming!! It feels like I bought these products AGES ago and I just haven't had time to film a proper haul video. Believe me, this is something I've been wanting to do, but I knew with this many products (and how much I love to talk), I needed at least a good hour to film alone..and I was right! I filmed over 40 minutes of footage...yikes! Sometimes I amaze myself with how much I can ramble on and on about makeup. Luckily, I was able to slim it down to 17 minutes which is still longer than both of my previous hauls combined. Props to anyone who actually watches the whole thing haha.

You'll notice a trend starting to happen in a couple of videos...my battery dying mid filming. It's so frustrating especially since I have to use natural light and the sun seems to be going down earlier and earlier each day so by the time I had charged it a little (I think I literally had it charging for only 15 minutes) the lighting had significantly grown darker.

I also wanted to point out that I had one more MAC Lipstick - "Jubilee" - but it seems my cat, Zuko, who loves to jump on my dresser, knocked it underneath the dresser and I did not find it until after filming :(

Have you tried any of these products?

Primark November Haul

Jumper - £14, Snood - £5, Mittens - £3

Primark have got some really great things in at the moment, So many cosy knits and Christmassy things. I picked up these 3 things but have my eye on some of the festive slippers, socks and Pj's which I'll most likely be going back for!
Primark have really up'd their game recently, and although prices have been creeping up, it seems the products are getting better. Hopefully it will last!

Have you picked up anything in Primark recently?

Mini Haul: Walmart

Hey guys! I thought I would share with you a couple things I picked up during a quick stop at Walmart not too long ago. Accompanying video at the bottom of the post (:

Eyes
Maybelline "the falsies" Volum' Express Flared Mascara - I had been using the same CoverGirl Lash Blast mascara for wayy too long and definitely needed something new. I had read good things about this, and I've been really pleased with the results. It definitely gives you big, intense looking lashes.
L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara - In my video, I had yet to open and try this mascara out but having done so now, I have to say I am blown away and I can understand why some people love it so much. The lengthening is incredible and it doesn't clump at all! I was a little reluctant at first to buy it because the packaging was a little plain (and I'm such a sucker for pretty packaging), but I'm sure glad I did!
L'Oreal Lineur Intense in Carbon Black - My Maybelline Line Stiletto liquid eye liner is running out so I picked this up. Still haven't had a chance to use it yet, but I wish I would've gotten the felt tip version instead of the brush tip. 
CoverGirl Eye Shadow in Champagne - This makes the perfect highlighter on my eyes, bridge of my nose, and cheekbones! I love it!
Rimmel Soft Kohl Eye Liner Pencil in Sable Brown and Black - Just wanted a couple of inexpensive eye liner pencils to carry around with me. I know some people swear by these, but they were just okay for me. I found they smudged on me after a couple hours and they didn't last very long >_< 
Maybelline Color Tattoo in Pomegranate Punk and Audacious Asphalt - LOVE my Color Tattoos. They make such a great base! Chose these two because I know I didn't already have them and I have some makeup looks I wanted to try using them.

Lips
Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Moss Lipstick in 01 - Since I've been missing my Noir Julie Hewett lipstick for quite a while now, I've been in need of a new red lipstick. I pretty much covered both my hands in red lipstick swatches before deciding on this one which is a really nice pigmented cherry red color. Plus, I love the packaging.
Revlon Lip Butter in Sweet Tart - It's no secret that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Revlon Lip Butters and I didn't hesitate to add this super-pigmented hot pink shade to my collection. What a great color for summer!
EOS Lip Balm in Summer Fruit - So glad I finally got one of these! I love the little sphere shape and how it lets you get both lips at once.


NailsRevlon Radiant Nail Polish - Was looking for a sparkly blue polish, and I thought I'd give this a try. Not exactly what I was looking for, but it is pretty (although a huge pain to take off).
Equate Nail Polish Remover - Nothing special, just bought this because I'm almost out of my last bottle and it was only a dollar. Score.
Sally Hansen Instant Cuticle Remover - I'm in a constant battle with my cuticles, always having to push them back. Hopefully this will help me out a little! 

Other
Dial Hello Kitty Body Wash - I really don't need anymore body washes, but I couldn't resist! I'm a Hello Kitty fan, and it smells soooo good.

Loreal Haul

For the past year, my Staple eyeliner has been Loreal Carbon Gloss Liquid eyeliner. I wear liquid eyeliner everyday and so Loreal Carbon gloss ticks all the right boxes for me as it's long lasting, the wand is a good size and the pigmentation is strong. Recently, everytime I go into Boots or superdrug they have been sold out! I know Loreal have brought out a new line of eyeliners so I hope they're not discontinuing Carbon gloss, I can't find it anywhere!

In the end I gave up looking for it and bought the next closest thing, Loreal Super Liner in Black. It's very similar to Carbon Gloss, the wand looks exactly the same, the pigmentation is dare I say, even better than carbon gloss and its also quite matte which I actually prefer. The only downside is I don't think its as smudge resistant as carbon gloss, it is long lasting, but seems to rub off easier. 

While I was at the Loreal counter, I thought I would try out a couple more of Loreals products that Fleur mentioned in her March monthly favourites. I picked up Loreal Rouge Caresse Lipstick in 'Tempting Lilac' and Loreal colour Infallible eyeshadow in Sahara treasure.

I really like the colour of the Rouge Caresse lipstick, its a gorgeous pinky lilac colour and looks really pretty together with the Infallible eyeshadow. A lot of people actually prefer the Caresse lipsticks to the Revlon lip butters and although I love the colour and glossiness that the Caresse has, it feels more like a lipstick and the moisturising benefits don't seem to sink in to my lips. It also doesn't last as long on my lips as the Revlon lip butters do for me.

Loreal Infallible eyeshadow is by far my favourite product I picked up. It is a gorgeous taupe colour which works best applied with a fluffy brush swept all over the eye. It's such a pretty everyday colour and is fast becoming my new favourite eyeshadow! Fleur also mentioned in her video that Giorgio Armani are owned by the same company as Loreal and that this eyeshadow is similar to the Giorgio Armani eye shadows which is a bonus!

Whats your favourite Loreal product?

H&M bits & pieces

I was really impressed with the quality and price of the H&M eyeshadows - the quad is only £3.99 and you get quite a bit of product in each colour. The Pale pink is a perfect hilighter colour for below the brow bone and inner corner of the eye and the brown, black-blue and purple colours are soo pretty and pigmented!

I also picked up this scarf for £7.99 which i absolutely love. 

It looks quite light in the photo but irl it's a bit darker, its so soft and Harry Potterish!

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Primark Autumn Haul

I thought I would show you what I picked up in Primark last week, theres some lovely autumny pieces in there at the moment. The cardigan was a bargin at £6 and they have some other lovely autumny colours - the one I got is called 'wine red' but there was a lovely deep turqoise one, a rusty red-brown one, camel beige ones and purples too.

The slipper socks (£2) are sooo soft and cosy, they also have great grip on my cold kitchen floor when im cooking cosy wintery dinners! 

Every time I've been into Primark recently I've picked up this stag ring and then put it back as I was so unsure about the stags faces - I feel they look quite angry :S lol. This time I spent agges picking a nice face and was soo delighted when I found one I didnt realise I had picked up a large :( I usually get medium primark rings and the large is waay to big :( I think im going to have to wear a smaller ring over the top to stop him falling off. 

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend xx

Birmingham Haul

Me and my Boyfriend went to Birmingham last weekend to celebrate our 3 year anniversary. It was a really lovely weekend, I thought I would show you a few bits i picked up :)

* Topshop blush 'Head over Heels' - which is a lovely peachy/coral colour. 

* Topshop lipstick in 'Innocent'. This is a lovely blue-toned pink. I wore this lipstick out for dinner and drinks and it lasted so well!

*Nars Orgasm Blush and Nars Alhambra eyeshadow duo

*Sweets! Nerds, Runts and Jelly Bellys!! Memories!!!

I hope everyone is having a good weeked :)

xx