September Favourites!

These are the items I've been loving in September!

I love my cobalt blue dress from boohoo.com. The colour and the fit are gorgeous and it can easily be dressed up or down.

I find that Avon lipsticks can often be too shimmery and I recently went through all my lipsticks and found this one had never been used. The shade is called Divine Wine and there is no shimmer in it. It is a dark purple colour, but it doesn't look unnatural. I love it!

I've been loving my new handbag from H&M. It is a good size and it looks really smart. I have had large handbags before, but not with such a rigid shape to them so I am still getting used to this one.

I have rediscovered my MUA Undressed palette and I love it. I have been using my matte eyeshadows a lot recently so it's good to bring some shimmer back and I love the golds and browns in this palette.

I finally bought Garnier's oil-infused Micellar water this month and it is great for removing, even waterproof, make-up with no rubbing or scrubbing. I'm really pleased with this.

I have been using Sanctuary Spa's body scrub this month. I love the scent of it and it leaves my skin feeling lovely and soft.

My favourite Impulse body spray currently available is Sweet Smile. It has a scent of pear and jasmine and this has been my body spray of choice for September.

March Favourites 2015

Here are a few of my favourite items that I have been using through March 2015.

First of all from Bourjois I have been using their amazing lip crayons in the shades Plum Russian, a lovely plum colour and Red Island, a bright red colour. They have a lovely glossy finish and they stay put on your lips. I think they are the best lip crayons I have tried.

I finally got to try some of the products from Wilko's Fruits range and this lime and ginger scented shower gel is lovely. The scent reminded me of lime ice pops. I want to try the lime and ginger soap as well.

Urban Decay Naked Basics palette has been my eyeshadow palette of choice this month. I adore matte shades and you can go subtle or dramatic with this palette. I've been wearing bright lip colours a lot this month so I have kept my eyeshadow simple.

I keep trying new lip balms, but I always end up going back to my amazing EOS lip balm, which is in the flavour medicated tangerine.

I adore my brown New Look boots and I wear them nearly every time I leave the house. I absolutely love them and if I could still get them I'd buy them again. I'll be so sad when these wear out! They are perfect for me!

I've also had quite a lot of wear out of my new boohoo 'Maia' dress. I love the style of it and it can easily be dressed up or down. I'm loving navy at the minute as well!

MAC's Ruby Woo lipstick has also been impressing me this month. It is a matte lipstick, but it doesn't dry my lips out and it stays put even when I am eating or drinking and it never smudges. I love this one!

I mentioned I had my eye on this emerald and diamond ring way back in 2013 and this year I finally bought it and I have worn it loads. The cluster is actually quite small and it looks lovely on my finger!

Cinderella - MAC and Jimmy Choo products!

Disney's Cinderella was out in UK cinemas yesterday, 13th March 2015!
MAC and Jimmy Choo have some cool products to celebrate the film's release.

MAC have created a Disney Cinderella range of make-up especially for them film's release. I think the packaging is really nice. The blue representing Cinderella's blue dress.

I think the round powder compact is the item I'd most like to own, but all of the make-up is already sold out on MAC's website, www.maccosmetics.co.uk.

Jimmy Choo have a pair of Cinderella shoes that are said to have reimagined the iconic glass slipper.

The shoes are lovely, but at £2995.00 I don't think I'll be buying them. They are available from the Jimmy Choo website, www.jimmychoo.com where it states each pair of 'Cinderella slippers' are made to order and will be delivered in October 2015. It also states as all orders are custom made they are also non-refundable.

I'm looking forward to seeing the 2015 Cinderella film.

My Black Friday to Cyber Monday fragrance and beauty haul!

I had a great weekend for shopping.
I have just about finished my Christmas shopping so I have spoilt myself this weekend.

On 'Black Friday' I managed to get a 100ml bottle of Dior J'Adore eau de parfum for £76.40 from boots.com. I had eyed it up for a while. It was still full price in store at £95.50 and the day before it was on offer for about £85.00 online, but then they further reduced it online on Black Friday meaning I saved £19.10, which I think is amazing.

At first I was gutted when the website said they had sold out, but I managed to get one with the gift wrap box, which is sold at the same price.

I also fell for Debenhams' charm and bought a 75ml bottle of Guerlain Mitsouko for £64.58 and I had a £5 voucher so I only paid £59.58. The 75ml bottle usually costs £77.50.

I received an email on Sunday from Selfridges to say they had 10% off fragrances so I ended up ordering Creed Love In Black.
75ml usually costs £165.00, but I got it for £148.50, which I was happy with.
I absolutely love Love In Black and have been waiting for John Lewis or Selfridges to have fragrance on 10% off as £16.50 is quite a big saving and also buying it when it is at a reduced price helps me justify the purchase.

My most exciting purchase came today, 'Cyber Monday' when I was browsing the Debenhams website.
Last month I bought an Elizabeth Arden lipstick, which I love and was keen to get some more. I found this 'Elizabeth Arden Lipstick Color Christmas Gift Set' for just £31.20.
It has 4 full size 3.5g lipsticks all in very wearable colours. One of these lipsticks usually costs £20.00 and here is a gift set with 4 in for £31.20! It gets better...
When I get to the checkout I know I have £5.00 of Beauty Club card points to spend, but it turns out I now have £15.00 of points to spend so I only had to pay £16.20 for these 4 amazing lipsticks!
I am so excited to receive them!

UPDATE 07/12/2014: It turns out Debenhams could not fulfil this order so they have refunded me and I have managed to find and reorder this gift set from House Of Fraser's website where it was also on offer for £35.10. I still think it is well and truly worth it and will have to find something else to spend my Debenhams points on.

I feel like I have done really well this weekend, but I do feel a bit guilty for spending so much money.

Hopefully there'll be no more splurging until the sales after Christmas!

Huge Avon Haul!

I have been trying not to buy many clothes and shoes lately as I have run out of space for them and I am getting married this year so I am trying to save money for my wedding.

I am addicted to shopping so when money is tight I usually look at make-up for those much needed pick-me-ups. Spending  between £5 and £20 at a time is better than spending a fortune on clothes. I always manage to convince myself that one more top or dress isn't going to hurt, but it does tend to pinch a little.

I have just put an order in with Avon where I only bought what was on offer and what should have cost £92.50 cost me just £39.00.

I bought 4 of their new gel finish nail polishes in Roses Are Red, Barely There, Dazzle Pink and Lavender Sky.
I am most excited to try Barely There, a nude colour. I have also seen the red colour on a friend and it is striking. The nail polishes are £7.00 each, but I bought them on offer for £3.50 each.

Caribbean Paradise is an eau de toilette spray. The bottle looks a bit cheap, but it looks very summery and sounds lovely. It has notes of mango, hibiscus, amber and woods. The eau de toilette was £5.00, but is usually £10.50.

I have used Avon's Anew Youth-Awakening Lipstick in the past. It is good quality. I bought two of these at £3.00 each, but they are usually £10.50 each so I saved £15.00.

I have read a few good reviews of Avon's Far Away Exotic eau de parfum. I had one of the limited editions, Far Away Dreams from a few years ago and it was lovely; very light and summery. I haven't actually had the original Far Away, though it's been out for years.

I also bought one of Avon's Luxe Lipsticks, which I am excited to try. The gold coloured casing looks lovely and I'm sure the lipstick will be great. I have used dozens of Avon's lipsticks in the past and have never been too disappointed.

Tahaitan Holiday is another light, summery eau de toilette. One of my friends has this one so I have tried it before. It smells of coconut.

I'm looking forward to my order arriving..

Pretty prints!

I have mentioned before that I love printed dresses and I was going through my collection today so I thought I'd share a few of my favourite prints. I love my perfume bottle print dress in black. I love perfume and I love dresses so it was perfect for me.

 I think the lipstick print is really original on the white dress.

 The navy squirrel print dress is really cute as well.

Cute dragonfly print

Burgundy dress with white hearts - I wear this lots!

I love the deep turquoise colour of this dress. The bird print is really cute as well.

I love the colour of this bee print dress.

Ice lolly print

This print is all things nice - chocolates, roses, kisses, jewellery, lipstick, champagne and love letters! It's very original - I love it!

I love this ditsy floral print as well.

I have many more prints in my collection and lots of spotty and floral dresses as well. I will post more from my collection soon.