Week in photographs #22/23

Me! |  Myself and my sister |  Blue Nails  |  1940's Weekend

Primark buys & Harry Potter |  Me again |  Pink Nails | Party Outfit!

Selfridges Food | Primark in Selfridges! |  Food Hall | Loving the pink nails again |  New Buys!

Flowers | Healthy Eating | Fitness | Ojon Buys!

Medieval Turton Tower | 1940's Motorbike | Turton Tower | Men with Guns!

My week, well two weeks, has consisted of: online shopping & deliveries, healthy eating, exercise, Trafford Centre, New nail polishes, 21st birthday parties, my dads birthday and a 1940's day!

This week there have been three birthdays - two of my friends turned 21 this week and it is my dads birthday today! For my friends 21st birthday party I wore my Asos polka dot skater dress and you can see my outfit, makeup and getting ready routine in the previous post (link here). Also for my dads birthday today, myself, parents, sister and auntie went to a 1940's day at Turton - never been here before but it was great! There were a lot of men in army clothing from the time, German, French, British and American uniforms and there were women dressed in gorgeous 1940's dresses! We looked around the medieval Turton Tower and we watched the (very loud) gun firing display. 

This week has also consisted on shopping - we went to the Trafford Centre again yesterday and I bought a few goodies from the Selfridges food hall. I bought some coffee chocolate, Reeces peanut butter cups and a present for my dad. I also received some deliveries this week from cheapsmells.co.uk, Debenhams and Ojon. The Colony Mediterranean Orange tea lights smell incredible! From Ojon, I bought a mini shampoo and I had a code for a free 30ml bottle of their new conditioner/treatment (code: blend1) but the code might not work now. 

Overall, it has been a busy week with birthdays, shopping, deliveries and lots of exercise! If you are wondering why this is a long post, I have combined last week and this week in one. I hope everyone had a great week! x

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Recent Purchases Outfit #4

Here is the fourth part of my recent purchases outfit look book thing, it is all about jackets with this post - I bought a couple of new formal style jackets from H&M recently, here is the second.

1. H&M Jacket (beige): I can't find this jacket on the website anymore - there was this white/beige one (with metallic threads), a black, pink and mint green one. They were only £12 each and I bought this one and I should have bought the black one too as I love this jacket. The metallic threads in it are that too visible so it still looks casual with jeans.

2. MUA polish in the shade 'amaretto crush': I bought this from superdrugs website and it was only £1. I like the application, I love the shade and I love the wear - it lasted five days with only 1/2 small chips (and no top coat). I have bought another one in the shade 'plum noir' which is a dark purple but I wouldn't recommend it as the wear isn't as good at all and the polish is streaky even with two coats.

*Jeans from Dorothy perkins and wedges from Debenhams*

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Sister Beauty Haul

Myself and my sister had a bit of a shopping spree (online) a couple of weeks ago - here are the beauty items we have purchased over the past couple of weeks or so. 

All of the items were bought from Superdrug as they were having some great deals - the trio of teeth products (macleans toothpaste, colgate whitening toothbrush and colgate max white one mouth wash) were all about half price with the cheapest being 95p and the most expensive being £1.49. My sister bought the Blanx Extrawhitening Intensive Whitening Treatment (£10.99)too. 

I also bought some makeup bits from MUA: I bought one of the new MUA nail polishes in the glass bottles (trying to look like Essie polishes I think...). I bought the shade 'amaretto crush'. I only bought one as I thought they wouldn't be great, they are only £1 though. I am very very very impressed with this nail polish - review coming very soon. I also bought the MUA eyebrow pencil in the shade 'brunette' which I am not very happy with it. The brow pencil is fairly creamy so it looks very obvious and it needs a lot of care when using - and a lot of brushing through. 

I finally bought the new Loreal Skin Perfecting 3 in 1 Purifying Micellar Solution. I bought it when it was half price but it is now £4.99. I haven't tried it yet but I have heard a lot of good things about it even comparing it to Bioderma. I don't think anything will be as good as Bioderma but we will see. Finally my sister bought the Bourjois Small Powder Brush (£4.99) - it is a small kabuki brush and it looks so cute but it is not as soft as I thought it would be. 

Mini international blog giveaway coming soon - with prizes from Urban Decay and more! x

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Week in photographs #20

Sunny Day | New Clothes | Bury, The Rock | Magazine Freebies | Nail Polish Loves | Superdrug Order | #TBT | Baking | Patisserie Valerie.

My week has consisted of: eczema, new serum, shopping (going a bit crazy in Primark), online shopping, job searching, looking through old photographs (the photographs above are of mine and my sisters guinea pigs, unfortunately we don't have them anymore) and baking/cooking. 

This is the first week of my life (well since I was 4 years old) that I haven't been in school/college/university! I don't like it, I really miss uni already and I only finished 12 days ago! I have been looking for jobs within the NHS (research assistant jobs etc) and I have been looking at masters degrees - there is one I am really excited about (and I am going to apply for it in September)! It involves one year studying at University College London and one year studying at Yale in America. 

Apart from job/degree searching I have been doing a lot of shopping (someone needs to stop me!). I have made some online orders from La Redoute, Superdrug, Urban Outfitters, Monki and Amazon. Myself and my sister went to Bury yesterday (I posted my outfit of the day yesterday). We went crazy in Primark...oops and I am going back to Bury again later today with my parents. A beauty/superdrug haul is going up on Tuesday probably so stay tuned for that. As for my clothing/accessories/shoe haul I will be posting it as a series of outfits (like a look book) soon. 

As well as shopping I have been loving cooking/baking this week and I love the new nail polishes I bought this week - the Ciate polish is called 'pocket money' and the MUA polish is called 'amaretto crush' and I adore them. The MUA polish is only £1 and I am so surprised by it, it is fantastic! I am going to get some more later today!


I hope everyone had a great week - I will be contacting the winner of my UK giveaway soon so stay tuned and check your emails! x

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OOTD #2

We went shopping in Bury today, we went to topshop, primark, marks and spencers - myself and my sister spent quite a lot in primark...oops. Here is my outfit of the day! Photographs taken by my sister, Aimee (iPhone 5). 

Skinny Jeans: Dorothy Perkins Skinny Petite Jeans 

Top: Black cotton/silk top from Dorothy Perkins 

Jacket: Promod Faux Leather Biker Jacket

Snood: Accessorize Snood (sale)

Sunglasses: Primark

Boots: La Redoute 

I love my biker jacket, especially with skinny jeans, I think it just looks so chic and effortless. I have all browns/blacks/navy on today so the pop of bright coral with the snood makes it looks a bit more spring/summer. My nail polish is also a bright shade, it is 'amaretto crush' from the new MUA polish range - I am definitely getting some more of these polishes! I bought these sunglases today from Primark, they were only £1 and I LOVE them! 

x

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