Hey Sweeties,
I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve featured a beauty haul, albeit a small one but as so many of us beauty lovers know full well, from time and again we find ourselves (not accidentally) in our local drugstore. Need I say more? Here’s the damage –
Hey Sweeties,
A couple of weeks ago I was incredibly lucky to win (via Twitter) two tickets to the Clothes Show and a 12-piece collection of makeup brushes, all courtesy of Nanshy. The brushes I will reveal to you in another post very soon but for now, I thought I would show you some of the things I picked up from the show because who doesn’t love a haul post?
What I love about the Clothes Show is while you might blow a bit of a hole in your purse, you’ll get a lot for your money as everything is either just really cheap or has been discounted for the show. None of the below cost me more than £10 each!
This dress cost me £5 & I really like it -can’t go wrong with stripes!
My favourite find! This dress is from a brand called, Fearless Illustration
Unfortunately this dress is a little small but I still love the flamingo print
I love this jumper! I bought another one in navy for Ian so on Christmas Day we have matching his ‘n hers jumpers!
I did so well to not pick up more makeup as recently I feel I have bought enough to not need more unless I really really need it. That being said, you can’t turn down a bargain when you see one! A couple of years ago when I went to the Clothes Show, Barry M were offering goody bags for £10 which included a makeup bag, a few polishes and a couple of their other products and they were doing the same again. While I am not as much of a fan of Barry M as I was back then, I still enjoy their products, particularly their polishes and I was not let down with this year’s goody bag.
Contents: Kohl pencil in silver; lip gloss in no.4; Glossy Tube super shiny lip gloss in no.6; liquid eyeliner in turquoise; eyeshadow in no.9 & 4. Polishes in: Forest 434; Rockstar 519; Jingle Bells 443; Paprika 450; Miami 523; Red Black 520.
I didn’t buy the above dress from the Clothes Show but it’s still new and I wore it to the show so I thought I would still add it into this post. It’s from an online brand called Pretty Little Thing and is from the Lucy Mecklenburgh collection; it’ll be such a staple over winter!
The Clothes Show is such a worth while day out, while I don’t feel it necessary to go every year, every couple of years I think is fine. But it’s definitely all about the shopping! While the main arena show is always brilliant and an integral part of the day, all the other time is spent shopping so go prepared to shop and with a fairly generous budget!
Did any of you guys go this year?
Until next time x
Hey Sweeties,
Firstly, I am delighted to officially confirm that I completed Lent having given up all purchasing of beauty products, whoopie! I won’t be going mad now in Boots but of course a haul is probably on the cards in the not too distant future owing to running pretty low on a few things.
So today I thought I would talk through my top five favourite nail polishes….
I dont have a big collection of polishes, mostly owing to throwing a load out not too long ago that had just reached their sell by date and had dried up, but also because I just don’t have a lot anyway. In fact, I probably could do with having a bit of an overhaul of my collection and fill in any colour gaps…
Anyway, of my collection, my top five go-to polishes are: Rimmel Wear Maxx in shade 367, Chocolate Factory; Rimmel 60 Seconds in shade 504, District-ly Come Dancing; Bourjois 1 Second (Gel Silicone Texture) in shade Unknown; NYX in shade NPS 122, Coral Sensation; Tanya Burr in shade, Penguin Chic.
Of the five, for quality Bourjois I think win it hands down with their 1 Seconde range. I only own the one of theirs and I got this as part of a gift set when I subscribed to Company magazine a couple of years ago but the closest thing I can compare it to is Shellac. All this needs is one coat and the colour payoff is incredible and literally doesn’t chip for a week. Unfortunately I couldn’t find the name/shade of this particular colour but it’s basically like a dark red wine.
I reviewed Tanya Burr’s Penguin Chic last year (here) and following purchasing, it quickly became a favourite and I am definitely keen to collect more from her range. Penguin Chic is so wearable and is great for work, when I use this colour I often leave one of my fingers clear and painting it instead with a gold polish (as seen in a previous Weekly Workwear Highlight post, here).
I discovered NYX when I used to subscribe to Love Me Beauty and recieved it in one of my monthly beauty boxes. The brand for me personally isn’t one I feel I need to invest more into but I do love this coral coloured polish; it’s light to wear and applies well.
Rimmel London have crept into the mix almost by accident but when I am in the market for a new polish, I do seem to steer myself towards their stand and this is for both their colour range, and actually on price. Sometimes I just don’t feel like spending £6 on nail polish and their little bottles I think cost about £4 and certainly quality is not jeopardised here.
You are probably wondering why Barry M haven’t made it into my top five and it’s not because I don’t like them, despite making up a proportion of my collection they just aren’t actually my go-to anymore which I think applies to the brand overall. When they first hit the beauty scene everyone -myself included- went crazy for them, particularly the Dazzle Dust eye glitters and their other eye shadow ranges. Maybe it’s an age thing but I have sort of grown out of them now… can I say such a thing? Well I just did.
No longer lovin’ Barry
What are your favourite nail polishes or your favourite fail safe go-to brands?
I may make ‘My Top Five’ into a new series of posts so I can pick out my favourite products within my makeup collection… what do you think?
Until next time x