A Week in Photographs #9

Blue sky // Snow // Snow 

New mascara and polish // Ciate 'my fair lady' // Loreal 402

DP jeans // Forever 21 Jumper // Ciate 'my fair lady'

My week has consisted of university work, new beauty finds, snow and arm knitting! This week has been a bit strange - firstly, some of my modules at uni have finished so I will now be spending most of my time at home doing my essays and dissertation (yey, sarcasm). Also university was closed for a day this week because of the snow! So with all of my uni work, reviews and blog posts to do, what did I spend my time doing...sorting out other peoples birthday presents, shopping and painting my nails! I have been loving the Ciate 'my fair lady' polish but the highlight polish of the week has to be the Loreal Colour Riche Polish in the shade '402' - the formula of this polish is incredible, I have to get more! The last photographs show one of my outfits this week (Monday or Tuesday I think) which I went out in the snow in. The jumper is really nice and warm but it is really heavy! And today, I went to my aunties, after an eye test, and a saw an image of pinterest about 'arm knitting' so I tried it at my aunties (she is amazing at any form of knitting!) and it is safe to say I am not very good at knitting but arm knitting was quite interesting! Anyway that was my week, hope you all had a great week! 

The winner of my 200 follower giveaway is: Abbie Webber! Here is a link to her blog, the winner has been contacted but if there is no reply I will pick another winner. Thank you to everyone who took part, there were so many entries! 

I will be creating a worldwide giveaway soon where you can win a Urban Decay 24/7 eyeshadow pencil and a Diorshow Newlook Mascara! All of the prizes for the UK giveaway and the worldwide giveaway where bought with my own money (no sponsors). 

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High-End Beauty Wishlist #1

Here is my high-end beauty wish list - I also have a drug store (high street) wish list coming soon too. I have wanted to buy these products for so long and I have come very close to purchasing them in the past but I think I will make it my mission to buy all of these products this year!

All images above are from Google.co.uk

1. YSL Touche Eclat Foundation: I have wanted to try this foundation since it was released last year. I haven't tried the YSL Touch Eclat concealer/highlighter pen but this foundation just sounds amazing. I have read a lot of reviews about this foundation and most of them were good and this product has been featured in a few 2012 favourites. The foundation seems to be aimed at dry skin which is what I have and I have tried a small sample of this foundation (link to my initial impressions here) and I do really like it - I may have to buy the full size, although I have quite a few foundations already. 

2. Chanel Illusion D'ombre 'Illusoire': I have also wanted to try these cream/mousse eyeshadows from Chanel since they were released lat year too. I could decide between the shades 'emerveille' which is a champagne shimmery shade but I think I will have to buy the shade 'illusoire' which is a taupe/purple/grey shade!

3. Chanel Rouge Coco 'Mademoiselle': Yet another product from Chanel - I haven't bought a full size product from Chanel before. I was sold on this lipstick when I saw the advertisement with Vanessa Paradis wearing this shade - I have to buy it some time this year, or ask for it for my birthday!

4. Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil 'Bahama': I already have one of the Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in the shade 'Dolce Vita' which I love - the shade, application and wear are fantastic, in my opinion. The shade 'Bahama' looks amazing so I will have to get it as I know the product is great. 

5. Nars Nail Varnish 'Superstar': I will have to buy this product soon as it is part of the Andy Warhol collection which is limited edition I think so I will have to get it soon. You may see this product in a haul in the next few weeks! 

Don't forget to enter my giveaway *uk only* - it ends this sunday (10th feb)!

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January Empties: Skincare

1. Dermalogica Clean Start Wash Off Cleanser: This is my second travel size bottle of this product (I received them both in beauty boxes). Here is the link to my empties post for the first bottle. I do really like this cleanser, it foams up very well, it cleans my skin well and it doesn't irritate my sensitive skin. 

2. Lush Let The Good Times Roll Cleanser: I use up the previous Dermalogica cleanser at the end of December and I finished this one a week or two ago. This cleanser is part of the Lush Christmas collection so you might not be able to buy it now. However, it is a really nice cleanser. It smells gorgeous, like vanilla, cookies and baking and it exfoliates my skin well without stripping my skin. It also doesn't irritate my skin. 

3. Avene Eau Thermale Water Spray: I took this on holiday with me last august and I only used it a few times so I had some when I returned home and I used it as a toner. I just sprayed it onto a cotton pad and used it as a facial toner and it works really well as a refreshing mist and a toner. Although it is not good for setting makeup as the spray isn't a fine mist and I always get a lot of water sprayed onto my skin which is not what you want when you have just finished doing your makeup!

4. Mama Mio Mighty Moisture: I received this as a free gift with purchase from feelunique.co.uk a while ago and again I took this on holiday with me last august. I have also featured this product in a monthly favourites post. I love this product, it moisturises well, it smells nice, the packaging is fantastic and it doesn't irritate my skin. 

5. Burts Bees Radiance Day Cream: I received this sample with an order a while ago and I just starting using it to get rid of it as I have so many samples but it turned out to be great! It moisturises well, it smells nice and it doesn't irritate my skin. I will definitely be looking into more Burts Bees facial moisturisers!

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Snow Day & New Boohoo Dress!

This morning I awoke to a thin blanket of snow! I love the look of snow when it is on the ground and when it is falling but it is a pain to travel in but thankfully I have a few days off from uni anyway to do some work (coughs). So I thought I would take some pictures of my new dress (it arrived today) from Boohoo!

Here is the dress that I bought! It is the Heidi Slub Marl Skater Dress in the colour 'Charcoal' and I bought a UK size 8 which fits really well. This dress was £15.99 with VAT which I think is a really good price. I have wanted a plain, short, dark grey skater dress for a while and finally I have found it!

The dress is a really smooth, soft comfy material and it feels really nice and cosy. The dress isn't very thick so I was freezing when these photographs were being taken - and it was snowing while the pictures were being taken! The dress is dark grey but it is speckled, so it has flecks of creamy white in the material which I love!

I added a belt with the dress even though it is fitted and cinched in around the waist. The belt is from New Look (ages ago) and the tights are really thick and soft and I think they were from Primark (again, ages ago). The black heels are from pretty-small-shoes.com which specialise in small women's shoes so UK size 1-3. I love the heels they are so cute and comfy!

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January Empties: Bath & Body

Here are my January bath and body empties - hope you enjoy!

1. Diesel Fuel For Life Shower Gel: I received this as part of a gift set I received for my 20th birthday last summer. I like the fragrance (although not as much as I thought I would) and this shower gel was ok. Firstly, the packaging for the shower gel is very cheap and the lid/cap broke the first time I used it! The scent is nice but a bit too musky for me. I tried to find a link to this product but apparently it has been discontinued. 

2. Sanctuary Spa Body Polisher: I received this as part of a gift set a while ago and every month or two I like to throw them away and use a new one. This one was really dense and hard, it didn't let me create a lather with any shower gels/body washes which is really disappointing.

3. Dove Cream Oil Body Wash: I love Dove products, I love the scent of them. The scent of this product is a bit different to the original Dove scent that I love but it is still nice. This body wash lathered well, cleans well and it didn't dry out my skin. I also couldn't find this product on the boots website. 

4. Boots Fair Trade Bergamot Body Butter: I received a set of five mini (50ml) body butters from this range and I really, really like them! I was surprised at how much I like them. They are not as thick or as heavy on the skin as the Body Shop Butters which I like and they absorb quickly, they smell nice and they moisturise my skin really well. Highly recommended! 

5. VAV Manucure Absolue: This is a hand cream sample that I received in a beauty box a couple of months ago and it was a nice product - it absorbed well, it smells nice like lemon grass and it moisturised my hands. 

6. Sebamed Body Lotion: I received a small sample of this, again from a beauty box, and as it was such a small sample I only used this as a full body moisturised one - the rest of the time I used this as a foot cream. I do like this product, I find it moisturised well and it absorbs fairly quickly but it wasn't amazing for me. 

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A week in photographs #8

Sale Topshop jacket // Had to go back // Day out  

Dotcomgiftshop order // the worst face mask ever? // Shu uemura eyelash curler

Latte // Rochdale town hall // Pinterest

Another week, another weekly round up of photographs - I can't believe how fast the weeks seem to be passing! Anyway, my week has consisted of sale finds, face masks, university work (again, its never ending!), lattes and pinterest (I know, what an exciting life I lead!). So I have finally finished two of my university essays this week, just three more to go and my dissertation then I will have finished. To get me through the mountain of essays and journal articles I have been loading up on the Nestle latte machiato instant coffee which I adore! 

Aside from the uni work I have been testing out some of the beauty products that have been lying around my room - firstly the I love...Strawberries Face Mask. I received this face mask in a beauty box and I tried it at the end of last week (last Sunday I think) and it made my skin come out in a horrible red blotchy rash of some sort! I will have to make a blog post or review about that mask as it is just horrible, if you have sensitive skin I would stay clear of the I Love...Strawberries face mask. On a more positive note I have also been testing out my new Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler - I haven't stopped using it since I bought it and I LOVE IT! Also, no surprises here, but I have been loving Pinterest again this week (the cute dog photograph above is from Pinterest). 

Lastly, I bought a gorgeous jacket from Topshop and it arrived a couple of days ago. It is fake leather/fur and it is just amazing. I bought it in a UK size 6 which is the size of my Topshop parka but this jacket is too small for me so I have had to send it back. 

I hope everyone had a great week! x

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