Beauty Haul - AUTUMN (pt. 1)

Good morning bloggers. I have a slightly different post today, something for you beauty product lovers. I am a self confessed spend-a-holic but this month i decided to spend my wages on more beauty product based items. As the seasons change, so does our skin. Some (including myself) can quickly go from quite oily skin to very dry brittle skin. So lets have a quick peep at a few of my recent purchases!

Starting from the left.

• Revlon double ended eyebrow brush - £5.99

I really needed a new eyebrow brush as mine are very thick and often need structuring before I pencil them in. I usually go for the cheap £1 very small flimsy ones from local hair shops, but Superdrug served me one of the best eyebrow brushes i've ever seen & used. On the top, there is a thiner comb side and then on the other there is a thick angled brush for brushing hair's into shape. On the bottom, a mascara brush replica, with the brussels going all the way round. I mainly use this side to catch those annoying hair's around the arch of my eyebrow. All in all, this product is worth the price...lets just hope it doesnt get lost...

• Topshop "velvet lips" lip gloss - £10

Purple coming round as the 'in' lip colour again this winter has sent my head spinning. I was told by a friend about a lipstick Topshop do (after three visits to different beauty shops in look for the perfect purple shade!) called 'Inhibition' & of course this colour had to be the most popular shade because they were sadly all sold out. So instead, I came across a deep shade of purple but in lip gloss form called "velvet lips".

In short, I'd say bigger make up brands need to take tips from Topshop. This lip gloss stayed on ALL day. No exaggeration, its matte texture (when applied correctly) had my lips stay the intended colour for hour after hour. 

Exceedingly good, get your hands on one!

• Maybelline 'Colossal Volume Express' & 'Falsies Volume Express' - £7.99 (each)

Previously, I had been using the same brand and mascara product for a year! Finding the perfect brush and volume to fit you can be difficult, so I didnt try anything new.

When it finally came time to do a new make up haul, I panicked  "What brand is now best?" "what if the brushes are too thin" "what if they have no effect on my thick eyelashes" - all things that came across my mind when standing in Superdrug. Panic over, I decided to go for Maybelline as they are advertised and spoken about often as being one of the high st best. When trying them I did find that the brushes were thinner than my previous fave, but oh so worth buying when learning how to apply mascara properly for an average day. Going for a thinner brush meant that my eyelashes were more low key but nevertheless appearing longer. These mascara's do what they say on the tin!

• Sleek 'Face contour kit' - £6.49

Sleek have been said to make the most affordable contour kit ever. My budget was constantly challenged in store when the kit turned out to be £10 (Sleek Face Form) and when they turned three shades of the contour kit into 2!

I was ever so happy on the weekend to find there is a cheaper version that virtually does the same thing. I purchased the 'dark' shade for my skin (although the dark tone in the kit is darker than first thought) and will probably not look at another kit for a while...It's amazing!

Subtly applying the darker tone on the hollow (under cheek bone) of my face and then adding the highlighter to my cheek bone  - the contour of my face through make up had been achieved. Instructions inside make you go through a go-no-way-wrong process and this product is available in all 'light' 'meduim' to 'dark' shades.

•   Real Technique 'Miracle complexion sponge'

We all know its been said that when applying foundation the best application to use are those weirdly shaped sponges. Of course when seeing this in store, especially being Real Technique (an absolute fave brand of mine) and at £5.99 - the advice by make up artists was taken.

With easy use and the right amount of my Mac studio fix fluid put on the sponge, my face had never looked so smooth and even. For a non strieky, level, smooth and affordable look, buy this haha!

• Garnier  'Moisture match - 24hr hydration Mattifying Fresh Cream' - £5.99

Last but deffo not least, my favorite purchase of the last few months. I've been using Garnier cream on my body for a while now and seeing they were bringing a new face cream line out, with a mattifying one brought me instant joy. Thinking the product would be £10+, I was surprised by the affordability of it all when it came in at £5.99. Having certain area's of your face being dry and then others quite oily is the hardest aspect when buying face products. You have to consider how your base product (foundation or powder) will look when on an oily T-zone and how to keep the dry area's hydrated. But this cream mattifying but oh so much keeping my face moisturized has been the best discovery probably ever haha!

available at most Superdrugs in; 'Goodbye dry', 'Stay afresh' and 'Protect and glow' besides the mattifying one.

Happy shopping bloggers!x

Brick Lane - London.

Hey, so I finally got down to making my shopping in London. Obviously enjoyed thoroughly, I spent one of my two days running around Westfield (Stratford, East London)  like a headless chicken splashing on the sales - though all the main shops; River Island, Zara and H&M were hit, my friend and I decided to take a trip to Brick Lane. Described as a gritter area with heap loads of vintage shops, we were intrigued by what bargains we would find.   

Firstly, we discovered (excitedly of course) a row of never-seen-before,small pop up shops. Later finding that this is Shoreditch Boxpark. All owners of pop up shops were friendly and keen to tell us about the brand and how long they has been involved in the Boxpark.

Most definitely worth visiting.

Further down towards Brick Lane, we found the so much talked about vintage shops, Rocket and so on. But what I was really happy to find were the up-and-coming brand's shops. 

Roktic - Brick Lane

Roktic being one of my new found favorites, for unique over-sized tee's and street wear accessories - take a look at their site (linked above) 

Travelling to all corners of Brick Lane, I then stumbled across another sort of shop with another (pair in this case) independent designers. A couple actually, one of them designing the garments for the store and their online store and the other running the shop to a brilliant standard. 

The Lazy Ones

Captured most by the decor and the way the clothes were presented within store - I was able to snap these

& HELLO, THE JEWELLERY! 

Most things sold in store also sold online, take a look (linked above) 

More from my London shopping trip soon,ciao. 

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Recent purchases - SS.

sorry for the confusing picture haha,

Going this way >

Heeled sandles- Zara. Neon orange padded shoulder dress (folded)- Boohoo.com. Black shoulder bag with gold zips- H&M. Striped t-shirt (folded)- ASOS.com. Tapestry design grey cropped trousers- Primark (Selfridges outlet). Faux fur gillet- H&M. Yellow baggy sheer top- Zara.

Happy browsing x

Vital apps for fashionistas!

Recently I've become really engrossed in the whole app downloading world. But this time instead of downloading what was recommended, I started to search for the ones I would take a huge interest in; as well as use more. In my search for beauty and fashion apps, I found a whole new world. 

Firstly, Beautylish.
I downloaded this half expecting it just to show me tutorials about how to apply make up - stuff I could see on youtube or any other make up tutorial site. But my God, it is so much more. Making your own account and profile so what you read, view and add your opinion to is all personal (great feature). Also, they have a sort 'love' option, where you as the user select different; articles, tutorials even products, that have been exhibited on the app. LOVE.
beautylish website, have fun

After Beautylish, I didnt really think it could get much better. Fashion and clothes being my first love, I was naturally drawn towards an app like Instagram but for outfits and fashionista's looking for new ideas/inspiration! - this app being "Go Try It On". Just like other applications, you can easily like/love images you see as well as follow people's profiles who you really like. I adore this app, but haven't really uploaded anything on to it, but everyone should try.
Go Try It On website

For articles and practically anything, please endeavor "allwomenstalk". It's really good at giving you the scoop on practically every aspect of a womans life. From cooking, diet, health, jewellery to hair. From fashion to even gardening if thats your sort of cup of tea! 
http://allwomenstalk.com/

Happy new year & happy apping readers!

Sally Lapointe

Lapointe,on point. Theres not much to say about this new SS/13 line from Sally Lapointe,but that it stands at perfection status. Kim K posted recently on her instagram, a picture of herself in one of the desingners pieces, this caught my eye. Not because Kim's style is something I monitor much closely these days but because the dress' print and embroidery was intricate, at the least.

http://www.sallylapointe.com/

Sally Lapointe, NYFW SS/13: http://www.sallylapointe.com/collections/ss-2013/video/

NINI STYLE

Ok so, today's fashion discovery - NiNi Style. This beautiful Vietnamese (correct me if I'm wrong) fashion stylist I have stumbled across on a fashion appreciation instagram page is now my biggest inspiration.
Nini has every one of outfits down to a 't', her eclectic style is made up of fairly priced garments from Forever 21 to 6" Christian Louboutin's worn casually with minimalistic designed dresses. She captures trends like black on black and throws it into an elegant look. Nini isn't only just an internet fashion icon, she also spreads her fashion philosophy with her clients, as she does the best job in the world - fashion styling.
Starting working for different companies as their fashion consultants, I am taking notes as I read more about her, I've had a huge motivation spurt just looking at her pictures.

Take a look at her sight- http://ninistyle.net/

Marcelo Burlon

i discovered this brand when a fellow fashionista tweeted about how beautiful their t-shirt designs were and how they brought that whole print-around-the-collar-Givenchy-design to womens fashion. I found the the t-shirts to be some of the best I had seen all season (i had a thing for t-shirts that season) and that the designs should be more recognised.

some of SPRING/SUMMER 2013 line.
effortlessly cool,take a look - http://www.marceloburlonblog.com/