Shopping Trip Goodies

Every once in a while my husband comes home and announces that he fancies a bit of shopping the next day.  This doesn't happen very often but when it does I get excited, because it means that a) I get to shop while someone is there to hold the buggy and entertain Thomas b) we get to have lunch out (I just love lunch out!) and c) I get to spend!  As I work part time and we are saving to move I don't like to spend much money without discussing it first, so while I may pick up the odd bit of make up or top I rarely would spend more than £20 in one go on things that I want rather than need.  However Simon is really generous when it comes to Thomas and I and as long as he has a current game for his playstation and a few beers for the weekend he lets us buy what we want on these trips (within reason)! I know I am lucky so we do try and not go too wild!

So here is what I picked up this weekend:

Shoes - New Look £15.99
Jacket - Zara £39.99
Trousers - H&M £9.99
Jumper - H&M £14.99
Vests - H&M £3.99 each
Top - H&M £9.99
Phone case - H&M £1.99


My photos are terrible as I was taking them with a screaming child trying to grab all the bits and pieces in the room, so I have linked what I can as well for you to get a better look!

Dalmatian Trousers I love, love, love these trousers! They fit me like skinny jeans and are a bit of fun! The colours mean I can team them with most tops I own and for the price point they are a total bargain!
Neon Coral T-Shirt Its a shame they don't have the neon ones online, this top really is bright in person!  They also have bright pink instore!  Great top for brightening up blue or black jeans on days when you have no time to think about putting something together!
Black and cream basic vests  Handy basic vests, I am forever buying vests as I wear them a lot, thus wearing them out a lot!  I like these ones as they have a higher neck at the back which makes them ever so slightly different from the average vest!
Mint Jumper  I have had my eye on this for a few weeks, again I think the price point is great, oh how I do love H&M!  Again, its a nice top to put with plain jeans or trousers and will just be a good every day piece
Jacket This was a semi impulse buy as I had not intended to pick up a new jacket right now but was something I needed!  I had a real leather jacket from Zara that I adored, however it is now too big for me and as it is a fitted style just didn't look right, so I haven't been wearing it!  Which left me without a shorter jacket to wear on days when a denim jacket isn't enough but a winter coat is way too much!  This jacket is actually leather look, its made from Viscose but that is no problem for me!  I love the grey leopard print lining too.  I am sure I will wear this a lot on cooler Summer days and throughout the Autumn
Pumps I had also worn out all my black flats so I picked up these cuties as it is always useful to have some!  I love the bow detail on these and I think they will be great to match with casual or more dressed up outfits.
Phone Case - I was borrowing one from a friend as I hadn't managed to pick one up yet.  I thought this one is cute.
Revlon Lip Butter Balm Stain in Rendezvous.  As there are about a million reviews already online for this product I am just simply going to say that I had been wanting to pick one up and am glad I did.  The colour payoff is great and I find it to last about 2/3 hours on my lips.  I love the feeling of the balm and there is a subtle minty scent to the product too.  Thumbs up for Revlon!

I would love to see any bargains you have picked up recently! x

MUA Pressed Powder

When it comes to foundation I tend to jump between my BB cream, liquid foundation alone or liquid foundation with a pressed powder over the top, depending on where I am going and what look I am after!

I thought I would give the MUA pressed powder a bash as for only £1 it wouldn't have been too much of a disater if it had turned out to be naff.  I have to say though that I have been suitably impressed and am now on my second compact! 

I go for shade number 3 and I think it is a touch too dark for me, so I go lightly with the application if I have not used any fake tan!  I am planning on picking up another in shade 2 for days when my skin is its natural colour!!

Personally I find this powder gives me the type of flawless base make up look I am after plus it does help my blushers and bronzers to stick around much longer, whilst using this I always feel like my face still looks made up at the end of the day.

The packaging is simple clear plastic and feels very sturdy. All in all a great product especially for the price! x

Chameleon colours!

I just popped to Superdrugs with Thomas to grab a few bits and bobs and came across these Barry M nail polishes. Now I am not supposed to be buying unnecessary things at the moment so this was a bit of a naughty purchase!

These polishes remind me of those magic colour change pens, as you just put a clear top coat over the colour once it has dried to see it magically change before your eyes!

I try to do my nails with my much loved gel polish as often as I can, but sometimes with a hectic baby around its just not possible, so it is nice to have a stock of fun polishes to play with and whenever I am buying non-professionally I always go for Barry M as they have a great range of colours, a selection of effect polishes and are pretty easy going on my purse! These polishes are £3.99 each and will be a quick way to add some nail art! There were three coloursways available, blue To purple, pink to purple and lilac to purple, my favourite is the lilac one. It's a bit of a shame that they all change to various purple shades and not any other colours, I wonder if that was the easiest colour to make!

I found that when you apply the clear it is best to load your brush as the effect can be a little bit patchy and obviously you are not able to apply a top coat.

All in all a great fun product!

Side note: my laptop is dying, sob, so I am blogging from my phone and have no idea how the photos will be displayed, so apologies if this post is a bit unorganised looking!

Have you found any fun make up products recently? X

Aeroplane Bargain

 Whenever I go on holiday I always like to buy something on the plane as a little treat on the way home!  This time I saw that they had the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette!  I was really excited to get this because I don't tend to spend very much money on cosmetics so it was a real treat and I had also wanted to try either this or the original Naked palette for a very long time!  

As this isn't exactly breaking news in the world of beauty I am not going to do a review as such, lets face it there are already hundreds out there!The palette came with lip gloss which is nice and not sticky, I am not much of a lip gloss girl so I probably won't use this too much but it was a nice extra and then of course the eyeshadow brush.I really like the mix of matte and shimmer/glitter shadows in this palette, is it just me  or are nice matte shadows hard to find??  I also really like the way the shimmer shadows look on your eyes, I find the shimmer to be really dense which looks very pretty!  Needless to say I have abandoned all my other eyeshadows for the moment and have been using this every day since I returned from holiday.

Next on my list are the Stila and MUA palettes, completely different price points but I have read good things about both!

What do you like to buy on the plane or at the airport?  Which eyeshadow palettes would you recommend? x

GOSH Primer and cream blush

For as long as I can remember I have had a line running across my forward, even when I was a child, must have been a frowny baby!  As I am getting older the crease seems to be getting deeper, eek, so I was thrilled when I first discovered the polyfiller of the make up world, primers!

My current favourite is the GOSH Velvet Touch Foundation Primer and I opted for the anti-wrinkle version, because who doesn't want extra help there!  I got mine in Superdrug and they are around £13/14.

They aren't lying when they say this has a velvet touch, it is so soft and well, velvety!  I apply this all over my face and put on an extra bit in my one forehead line and it definitely helps to smooth out the area, as well as around the eyes etc.  I then like to wait 5 minutes or so if I have time before I add my foundation.  This product includes Matrixyl 3000, a face firming peptide, in its ingredients, and the bottle say this helps boost collagen , even out skin tone and restore clarity. All sounds good to me! It is also unperfumed which I like because sometimes make up smells can be a bit bleugh!   Simply put I like this product a lot, I feel it makes my skin look nicer and it feels good too!

The second product that I love from GOSH is the Natural Touch Cream Blusher and the shade I use is 001 Peachy Rush.  I have been using this product for about 18 months and it has been a repeat purchase for me. I love the way it looks on naked skin if I am in a rush, or over BB cream for a dewy finish or over full foundation and powder, it works well over it all!  I love the colour, a deep peachy coral, which I feel suits my yellow toned skin really well! I also love the way it is very build-able, so you can go for a subtle look or a much more bold cheek!  I do play around a lot with different cheek colours but 99.9% of the time this one will be a base under any other, if I am not using it on its own.  This I also get from Superdrug and is about £7.  The pot lasts for ages and I think in all the time I have used it I have had to replace my only twice!

Which primer and blushers are your favourites? x