A Little Haul - The Sales!

Hello everyone, I haven't posted for over a month, I'm shocked. I feel very annoyed at myself for abandoning my blog. School work and Christmas prevented me from doing a post. I'm very sorry! I have lots of posts planned including a few lovely beauty things that I want to review and show you, I'm not dissapearing again!

Before and after Christmas I went shopping and manged to find some lovely things on sale. I thought I'd show you them all just to give you an idea of my personal style/tastes and the types of things you can find in sales.

Dress- 

My favourite purchase has to be my new dress. It was reduced from £35 to £10 - big bargain. I was delighted when I found it, tried it on and liked it!

 

My current favourite nail varnish..

I bought my first No7 nail varnish in August (I think) and instantly fell in love with the brand. No7 is a big brand which I always find in Boots shops, I'm not sure if the brand is anywhere else. I own a few of their products, including one or two other products which deserve a review, but their nail varnishes are definitely my favourite's from the brand.

No7 nail varnish "Milan" is currently my favourite nail varnish and has been for the past few weeks. I LOVE it. Seriously.

MAC lipstick review - Russian Red

I haven't been able to blog recently because early last week my laptop broke. I was so upset because I do rely on my laptop for a lot of things such as schoolwork, I'm in the process of applying to university and I definitely cannot afford another laptop. Lucky my friend was able to sort out the problems on my laptop and I got it back today. He even installed Photoshop for me and put on some new music. I'm so relieved and happy.

Today I thought I would review the MAC Russian Red lipstick. I adore it. I bought it with my birthday money to treat myself. I had been wanting to try MAC products for ages. It cost £14, I'm haven't 100% decided if the lipstick is worth the "pricey" cost just yet, I'm still debating.

A Prince and Princess..

For my A-level photography I have chosen the coursework theme "Fantasy with a fairy tale twist". On Monday I did a photo shoot of Lucy and Jarred, two of my lovely friends and a great couple, for my coursework.
I'm so proud of the pictures and I'm happy I took them. As part of my theme is "fairy tale twist" I tried to make Lucy and Jarred look like a prince and princess.
They both wore their prom outfits, I think they looked great and suited my theme well. I have decided to show you all 6 of the pictures. Photography is something I really do love and its my own work so I like sharing my photography on my blog. Here are the pictures-

They were both so happy with the pictures, just like me. I have had a lot of lovely feedback from their family's  my own family and various friends. The feedback made me so happy - I'm ill at the moment (cough and cold!) so it definitely cheered me up!
I'm very grateful they were able to help with my coursework, I'm so excited to do the rest of my photography now.

What do you all think? I'd love some feedback!
Thank-you for reading! xx

*Please do not take any of these pictures off my blog.. thank-you*

September Favourites!

Last month I didn't really have any favourites I wasn't using any new products  and all of my "favourites" were products that had been featured in previous favourites posts.

However this month I do have favourites-

• Bridesmaids- I love this film!! For anybody who doesn't know, it's a comedy film. I personally find it really amusing. The actresses (and actors) are funny and I think it has a good plot. My mother enjoyed it too so I think it appeals to lots of different people and age groups - definitely worth a watch!
  
• Heart bracelet- I love it. It is so lightweight and the hearts have a lovely pattern on them. I also love the colour it is. It goes nicely with so many of my outfits.
  
• No 7 nail varnish- I will definitely be reviewing this nail varnish soon, this week definitely, I absolutely love it. No 7 is such a good brand and I adore their nail polishes. Look out for the post!
  
• Adore perfume- The perfume is Next's own brand. I bought it in their summer sale so I don't know if its still in their stores. It's a lovely scent but it isn't too over powering. Due to this perfume I've been told that I smell nice A LOT this month!!
  
• Nair hair removal cream- We all get hair in unwanted places, don't pretend you don't. Personally I'm not a fan of plucking and find it too time consuming so I love hair removal cream. This is a really good cream, it takes 5 minutes for the cream to remove the hair and it hasn't burnt me and doesn't sting my skin - yay!
  
• No7 'Stay Perfect' foundation- This is one of the new foundation's from No 7's colour match products. I really like it and it is the perfect match. I shall be doing a post about this too.
  
•  Heart earrings- I love these earrings. I've received many compliments due to these too.
  
• MUA lipstick- I love these, I've done one or two posts about them. They're so cheap but great quality. They are also really moisturising and I wear them to school because they are too vibrant. 

Close up of the bracelet and earrings - the picture is from my last haul post

Hope you all enjoyed this post, I'll be reviewing the nail varnish and foundation soon :) xx

A mixed review - Lush Shower Jelly

I love showers, especially when I use my very fast one. I never have baths. I was intrigued when I found out about the Lush shower jelly from other Bloggers, definitely different from shower gel. Due to curiosity, I bought "Sweetie Pie Shower Jelly".

I have mixed feelings about this product because I personally think it has a mixture of advantages and disadvantages. Here is my opinion -

Avantages

• Like most Lush products it smells gorgeous (in the pot). It smells like actual sweets, it reminds me of a medicine I used to have as a child, possibly Calpol. I just love sniffing it. 
• It's a fun product. I seriously had a funny shower trying to use this shower. It is like jelly, it wobbled out of my hand and it was amusing trying to keep hold of it. 
• It isn't too pricey. My little but generously sized pot cost £3.10.
  

Disadvantages

• It's hard to use. It does wobble and as your in the shower you do get wet. It pretty hard to cling onto a slippery piece of jelly AND scrub it all over your body properly. 
• The only part of my body that smelt nice after my shower were my hands which had spent most of the shower clinging onto the jelly. I expected to smell a bit "sweety" due to the way the product smells - I didn't at all. I was really disappointed. 
• It's time consuming. I really wouldn't recommend using it if you're in a rush. 

My camera didn't like this product - I'm sorry this picture is over exposed. 

I will be doing a bit research to find out if there is an easier way to use the product. I think I may also use a bit more of the jelly next time.  However I do not think I will be repurchasing this product. I love Lush and I kind of like the product but I don't think it's worth the hassle and I like to smell nice after my showers!

Have any of you used this product? What was your opinion? xx

P.S I love Lush. I'm sorry if I sound negative, I know my "disadvantages" were. I just want to give you all my honest opinion.

Castle!

A lot of people think history is boring - I don't. History fascinates me, I think it's really interesting to find out about how people used to live in the past and how the world used to be.

I love looking at Castle's and finding cute little details that link to the past. I went to one on Sunday in Monmouth, Wales. I thought I'd combine another thing I love into this post.. photography .. and show you all some snaps. 

Jacket - Primark
Top - New Look (old)

Skinny Jeans - Primark
Shoes - Shoe Zone

Bracelet - New Look
Bag - Matalan

Hope you all enjoyed this little post! xx