Tiny beauty haul thanks to the bank of DAD

For these past two days I have suffered from chronic stomach cramps which induce me to feel faint, have shivers and lose feeling in my legs. Yes, they really are THAT bad. After having to come home from work early yesterday and feeling not to well again today yet battling into work, he treated me a bit. Bless.

So these are everything I got and admit-tingly its not a lot but new things really cheer you up! I REALLY wanted the limited edition neon pink Barry M and he said make it over £6.00 (what it needed to be free) and even though you can buy it separately I obviously didn't argue :P I've been after some cheap lip liners for a month or so now as I find them rather hard to use and didn't want to fork out loads for say a MAC one. I seen these at £2.99 each and 2P short decided to pick up the pencil sharpener too! I picked up a red and pink as they're the colours I wear most! 

I also picked up a Models Own nail varnish in Hedonist £5.00 after eying it up for a week or too and its such a beautiful colour.

(Both new varnishes // red Models Own // pink Barry M)

Groundedhearts jewellery

Today I checked the mail to see a beautiful little delivery for me from Groundedhearts. She's a lovely girl and contacted me through Instagram about sending me some pieces. She let me chose and I HAD to pick the elephant bracelet as its stunning!

I will be wearing this ALOT as its such a cute little bracelet.

VISIT THE SHOP 

Tips for a cosier/cute room!

Im sure everyone has gone through ALOT of room changes, myself included. Ive had bright pink, light pink, light green, all kinds of brown, cream and white of course. I LOVE white walls for rooms as they are a perfect base for personal decoration.

As seen here -

Personal decoration doesn't take much. I've had photos up on my wall for 3 or 4 years now and have never considered taking them down! Its a lovely personal touch. I have printed these out from one of the self service printers you can find in Max Spielmann and some supermarkets. Size 6x4 and simply stuck onto my wall with white tac. The only problem is they always come un stuck and I am forever pushing them back on! Oh well eh

Feature walls make your room look cosier but not too much smaller. Either wallpaper or a different colour make a feature wall. Have a look around your room, see which wall needs a little something. You'll easily figure it out! I admit my wallpaper is a little wacky (I dont know what I was thinking :P) 

Your bed is an important step to a fully cosier room! There are a range of things you can customise to hang over your bed. Myself have chose 2 sheets of voile to hang over mine. I got them from Ikea and are hung from my wall end to where my bed ends. At both sides there is a rod secured to my ceiling and I've simply but the material onto the rod. Really simple!

Fairy lights are an essential! Battery operated ones work wonders and I swear by them! 

And of course, beautiful cosy pillows and covers. Get as many as you want and wack them onto your bed! You can never have too many fluffy pillows and blankets!

Then add extra things to your room - photo frames, plants, perfume bottles, candles, bunting, rugs etc. Whilst shopping find  the smaller shops and rummage around in there. Sometimes you come across some beautiful shops what specialise in home decor. Usually quite small inside and rather cramped? You know you're in the right place!

Good luck xxxxxx

My M.A.C make up collection

When I look at my MAC make up I get a little sad because I did actually used to have more than what I have now. I did a programme called BACK2MAC and that quote is on every MAC package when you open it up. Ever wondered what that means? From the MAC website.... 

'Because we share your commitment to the environment, M·A·C accepts returns of its primary packaging through the Back to M·A·C Program' The basic rule is that if you take back 6 empty products they will give you a free lipstick from the normal collections, so not the Nicki Minaj ones for example. But it's such a good deal! I had 3 empty foundation bottles and 3 empty fix+ sprays and getting a new lipstick to me sounded like a very nice idea. 

So anyway, before I babble on any further. I'm not going to talk through all of the products because that would take me ages! If you maybe like to see some single reviews, then let me know?

The two grey bottles are Fix+ sprays. I swear by these!

Both foundations (One in box, one not) are Studio Fix in NW10

Vanilla pigment 

Pro Longwear concealer in NC15

Nail lacquer in Saint Germain

Mineralise Skin Finish Natural in Light

Mineralise Skinfinish in Soft and Gentle - Amazing!

Blush in Stay Pretty

Blacktrack Fluid Line gel eyeliner

Eyeshadow in Expresso

Powder Blush from Rihanna's summer collection

Brush Cleanser.

Lipsticks - Saint Germain, Ruby Woo, Snob, Up The Amp, Creme Cup, RiRi Boy, Captive.

How to organise your make up

So many people on Instagram always always always are asking me. Where did you get your white shelf from? How are your nail varnishes held? So...

Ikea is a wonderful place to get things to put your make up in and browse the net! That is the best place to go in search for cute and funky little make up holders. Stationary holders work wonderfully. I admit, I have a small pen holder from Wilkinsons as a make up brush holder! (As you can see in the photo)

My nail varnishes are stored in a acrylic holder from amazon - something like this and I would recommend it so much! All size bottles fit in including the new hyped about 'Sinful colours' Which is a bonus! The other storage where some of my make up is in is also from amazon - something like this Admittedly I need more storage space! MUJI have the most brilliant and affordable storage ideas and I will soon be purchasing some! Wilkinson's have some really small and cheap holders too! The clear draws you can see at the edge of the photo is from Wilkinsons, from the Bathroom section! Use your creativity. If you think it will come into use, BUY IT, because no body will know its not actually for make up! 

Inspiration

Mini haul (LUSH, Primark etc)

Went to Meadowhall today because I have a holiday off work, and i'm getting paid :)))) 6 days off a year is surprising good when you think I am only contracted to work 1 day a week. So I decided to make use of it and go shopping. There wasn't really anything I had it mind, apart from some new jeans (which I didn't end up getting) But I ended up spending £50.00 and I didn't buy one single item of clothing!

So this is abit of stuff I bought, there was more! I work at Primark and always have to do staff purchases so whenever I go to any others I always make good use of it. I spent £16.50 there and thats quite alot for me. I bought the phone case, it was only £4.00 and I had been searching for a studded case for a while, only seeing any online. And I don't have anything wrong with ordering online, but since Amazon charged me £49.00 for no reason, I've been a little weary. So I seen this and instantly knew I wanted it. I also bought a pack of earrings (I have had it some pearls for literally a year, I NEED A CHANGE!) I really like the ones in the photo so picked them up. I also bought a backcombing brush like they use in the hairdressers. 

I went into LUSH and only bought things to my surprise! I do really love LUSH, but its so overpriced :( Tried most of their bath bombs now but never had the sex bomb one, so I decided to opt for that one, and I also bought a pop in the bath to create a lovely bubbly pretty bath!

Of course you need essentials, I adore Batisse. Honestly do not know what I would do without it. My favourite is the cherry one, and I like the coconut one too! Haven't tried this one before so I thought I would. Also picked up some of my favourite max factor false lash effect mascara. Cant recommend it enough!

Ive been after some face highlighter for a while now. I try to stick to M.A.C make up, so I wanted some soft and gentle, but I got the Tophop highlighter simply because its cheaper and I may not like highlighter as I have never tried it. And I think the packaging is so cute!

Things what are not on the photo - some socks/slippers also from Primark. With little animals on (ah so cute) pants from Primark. I dont own any underwear from anywhere else! And I cant think of anything else. There probably will be some other stuff, but I have a terrible memory.

Love, me.