A Few Old Photo's

I was just having a little clear out on my laptop, deleting things and just moving things into the right folder as you do, and I found some of my old college portfolio work. I thought I'd share a few photos with you, I love some of these photo's and they have some amazing memories for me. I know, the make up and art on them are not perfect and that I could do a lot better now but I love knowing I can look back at them and see how much I've improved. Please let me know what you think? :).

All of the above photo's were taken during my training and learning to become a make up artist. 

The last photo is a little patriotic because the Olympic closing ceremony is on right now!
Well Done Team GB! 

I Went A Little Crazy..

Everyone knows when payday comes around it's treat time! But this month I went a little overboard, and yes two of the things are presents from my boyfriend, but I still did go way overboard then I should have done. Ooopsie! But it's okay because I've justified it in my head, it's for my holiday! One of my cheapest and best purchases is my N.Y.C Colour Wheel, it was only £1 but works better then any bronzer I've ever had! :}.

What I went a little overboard on. I'm not going to lie though, I regret nothing! Some of it was from Poundland so I can't really be that mad at myself. One of my bargain buys of the day is my Benefit lipstick in Ruby Vibes which is the most perfect red-ish colour for me! And it was only £3.99, you gotta love TK Maxx sometimes! My boyfriend also got me 'Kate' by Kate Moss from TK Maxx, it's been one of my favourite perfumes for years and it was only £9.99! Bargain!

One of my favourite purchases, a mineralize blush in Ring of Saturn. It's a gorgeous peachy bronzey colour and will look amazing with a tan! I really can't wait for my holiday! Eeeep! From the Heavenly Creature Colour collection at Mac now. RRP: £19.00 

I've been using this everyday since I have bought it, and I'm actually in love with it! This is Supernova and is a beautiful glowy pink colour. You have to be really careful with this otherwise you will end up looking like a clown! From the same collection as Ring of Saturn. RRP: £19.00

You might call me crazy, but yes this is my first ever piece of Topshop make up! It's a cream blush, in the colour Flush. Another something for my holiday aha, well for everyday. It's such a lovely colour and blends like a dream! Already have others on my list to get! RRP: £6.00

I've been looking for something quirky for an above the knuckle ring. Something that I'd feel comfortable in as well. I found this nail ring in Topman and thought to myself, I do not know of any male who would ever wear this, but it fits perfectly as an above the knuckle ring and was only £4.00! I was so happy when I found it and has become one of my favourite pieces to wear everyday!

If you know anywhere to get cute above the knuckle rings from please let me know?

Prairie Charms | Review

I was recently contacted by an online jewellery company, Prairie Charms to take part in their Project Blogger Collaboration month, which means that any blogger that made a purchase from them would get 50% off the item of their choice. I was so happy when they contacted me to choose a piece because let's be honest who doesn't like a bargain right? They asked me to choose which ever one I wanted and reserved it for me to make sure that I did get what I wanted. I chose this turquoise one with crosses all the way around. I fell in love with it straight away, it was originally £16 but I got it for £8 thanks to the 50% off saving. I usually wait and get all my jewellery in sales but I thought different with this one because 10% of purchases made go to GOSH's 'Kiss It Better' campaign which I thought was a really nice touch. Not only are you getting something you like, but you're helping someone else in the process!

This is what my little package looked like when I pulled it out the envelope. I love the dragonfly paper, it's super cute!

It also came with a tiny little ribbon wrapped around it which is cute too.

This is what it looks like, and I love it so so much. I think it's worth the £8 I spent on it! The service I got was great and came with in a week of ordering it, something you really cannot complain about. The only teeny tiny downfall I thought was the price of postage. I got it sent second class and it was £2.99. Not a massive amount extra to pay but I think it could have been a little cheaper.

Poundland Haulin'

Who doesn't love a bargain right? Well I've got something here that you'll love! Poundland, is a £1 store chain, which have recently got really big since the recession started, and I'm not even complaining! You can usually pick up some amazing deals on most things, and yes you might be thinking that it's all rubbish. But if you have the time to search then you find some great gems!  

This is a small collection of everything I've picked up in the past two days. In total I have spent £11 on things that would have cost me a lot more at retail price. The non beauty items I picked up are a couple pairs of headphones. I didn't really have high hopes for these but they are actually pretty decent and they look like Lego pieces which are always cool. I also picked up three different Pantene Pro-V treatments. Which I will be doing a review on soon!

Now for the beauty related items and one hair item that snook it's way into this shot for some reason. These are my steals of the month! First of all I got a Toni&Guy Curl Conditioner because I'm going on holiday in 6 weeks and I have really curly hair so hopefully this will come in useful! Next I got a N.Y.C nail varnish in Plaza Plumberry which is a really sweet name, and is an amazing colour for your toes! I also picked up two different mascaras, one from Maybelline and one from Collection 2000. I just thought these where good deals so I picked them up and I needed a waterproof mascara for my holiday so I thought why not it's a bargain! Last but not least, I picked up two Stila products! I know Stila in the £1 shop! It's mental! One is an oil free, sheer colour tinted moisturiser in the colour tan (dark 01) which I also thought would be great for my holiday too as seen as I am at Ivory at the moment! It's 50ml and usually RRP's for £14.50 which I think is crazy! The last product is a Stila foundation refill in the shade 'E', I thought this would be great over the tinted moisturiser to give a little more coverage. And they both have SPF in them which is a plus when you're in the sun!

Treats with a Little Update.

Today my blog is one month old, and I really can't believe it. I have no idea where the time has gone. I'm so so so happy to be on here blogging because it really does mean the world to me, even when I get a comment on a post it makes my day. There are so many lovely people on here, and I just wanted to say a little thank you to everyone who's followed me. I really can't think of any more words to describe how much I love blogging, so I thought I'd show you a couple of treats I bought in the past couple of days.

The couple of bits I have treated myself too in the past week. I love Elemis as a brand in general, so when I saw these in the beauty sale on ASOS I couldn't resist. They were £3.60 which I thought was a bit of a steal! You can get them here. I also got the Figs and Rouge Balm in Coco Vanilla. I am absolutely in love with this balm, it's perfect for my lips because they get really dry a lot and also for my cuticles. I got this from Boots and it was £4.99 which for a multi purpose balm I didn't think was bad. 

Last but not least is this MAC pro longwear eye shadow in Lie Low. I've only just recently got back into MAC for some reason, and I thought this was a pretty was to ease me back in again seen as I don't own any pro longwear shadows. It was £16.50, and is bigger then the standard shadows at MAC so it's slightly  more justifiable in my eyes. Amazing colour and super pigmented a must for any collection!

NOTD #2

I've not done anything to my nails in about 2 weeks now and I thought to myself something needs to be done because I hate how they look without anything on. Who likes naked nails right? I know I said that I was steering away from the falsies for a while but it has been over a month now and the condition of my nails has improved dramatically, so I thought why not! I had a pack of plain black stick ons in my 'beauty box' as I call it, and decided to put a little twist on them, I hope you guys like them!

Simple plain black nails with one very glittery accent nail.

The accent nail up close, I absolutely love it. A little fun for these dreary days.

The products I used I thought you would like too see. Yes I did use black stick on nails but you can literally pick them up from anywhere and are nothing too exciting. My preferred nail glue to use is the Royal nail glue. You can get it here. The reason I like this glue so much is that it's cheap and cheerful and it doesn't ruin your natural nails underneath which everyone wants! As for my accent nail I used Techic's nail varnish in Carnival. I picked this up from Bodycare and was only 99p! Bargain! Over that I used my trusty Stay Perfect Top Coat by No'7 which you all know I love! You can pick this up from Boots for £7 or £2 if you have a £5 off voucher!

A Weeks Worth of Goodies?

Over the past week or so, I've somehow accumulated more things then I planned too all thanks to the internet and being poorly. I've still not been able to leave the house, obviously like anyone would have done, I went on to the internet as amusement. I bought a couple of things that I have been wanting for a while now, and I thought I'd share it with you! :).

This is all the non beauty related things that I have accumulated over the past week or so! A little run down of them all, Pokemon Monopoly which I have wanted for about 6 months now which I had won off an auction on eBay, Hello Kitty Vans which are from Schuh. They are £50.00 which isn't really that much more then normal Vans to be honest. My mum treated me to these! :'). A Keep Calm and Keep Saving money tin which I got from the poundshop which was £1 obviously ;) and a Hello Kitty make up bag from Claire's which my boyfriend had treated me too. I'm so lucky! I think this was £10.

These babies are the bits of make up I got, MUA's Heaven and Earth Palette which I'm in love with which was £4, an MUA Blush in 03 English Rose, which I'm even more in love with and was £2.50. (My sister had picked this up for me!)  Natural Collection's blush in Peach Melba which was £1.99 and Natural Collection's eye shadow in Midnight which I have still yet to try and that was also £1.99! And without further ado, Vaseline in a tube! This is my idea of heaven, I adore Vaseline but hate getting my finger mucky! Fixes all my problems!

Last of all, these are all the freebies I have gotten in Magazines over the week! The St. Tropez gradual tanner was in Elle magazine and I think that was £3.90 and the Lancome Youth Deifying Concentrate was with that too. It comes in two different shades, Light/Medium and Medium/Dark. The Balance Me Rose Otto Lip Salve was in Glamour Magazine and that was £2! Bargain! The Missguided nail varnish was in Cosmo and that was £3.50 which is amazing! And Finally, the Avon Super Extend Extreme Mascara was in Marie Claire and that was £3.70.

Do you have any of these freebies?