The New Beauty Additions

This month like many others I've done a little splurging on beauty products and have a few new additions to welcome into the crowd. From some new spring cheek products to a heavy duty SPF and even a perfume I vowed never to purchase, here's what's made it into my shopping basket.

The New Healthy Mix

I'm pretty sure I could count on less than one hand the amount of lower end 'drugstore' foundations that I actually get along with. I'm no snob when it comes to make up but premium brands are always the ones I turn to with confidence for a flawless base.

This Week #44

01. Costa and Doughnuts for Breakfast | 02. If it were bookshops vs. beauty halls I'm pretty sure books would win every time | 03. A mini BB Surf Spray, adorable! | 04. Some seriously holographic heels in Next | 05. Daisy Cupcakes from

The Spring Edit: Nails

After nearly a week of consecutive sun (touch wood) I think we can safely say Spring has arrived! The beauty wardrobe deserves a seasonal revamp and the first port of call for me is always nails. Ten little fragments of colour that give noting but hope for warmer weather. The big dilemma however is pastels or brights? I've picked five of my favourites in each category that will definitely be adorning my nails over the coming weeks.

The Lip Crayon Roundup

The Lip Crayon seems to be the height of popularity at the moment with brands bringing them out left right and center. From the glossy to the matte, well pigmented to sheer formulas there seems to be one to suit every preference and in the absolute sea of these lip products I've picked out three of my favourites.

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6/11/2012

The Perfect Mint Jumper



Jumper: Hearts & Bows via Ark Clothing
Necklace: Forever 21

For a long time I've been looking for the perfect summer jumper (although that seems a little irrelevant now thanks to the horrendous rain). I was torn between the Topshop neon knits and something pastel, until I stumbled across this beautiful mint green waffle knit on Ark Clothing. I'm not even sure how I ended up there but everything on their site is amazing. I've got my eye on a quite a few things including the lilac version! It looks a lot more blue here than it does in real life for some reason, but its an amazing colour.

Today I've been back to work, real work that is. I get a lot of people asking me questions about working in beauty and how much fun it must be playing with make up all day but in truth its a lot less exciting and a lot more about selling and customer service that I think most people imagine. Although I probably shouldn't be saying this on the internet where anyone could see I'm getting a little tired of the early starts, late finishes and overall exhaustion of retail. In a dream world I'd love to be able to make a living doing what I feel most passionately about, which is talking about beauty, without having to necessarily sell it! I'm not quite sure what the point of this little ramble is, and I'm not trying to discourage anyone from working on a beauty counter but hey-ho, thats how I feel. I hope everyone else is having a lovely day!

2/09/2012

The Colour Orange



Dress: Primark

Little snippet of an outfit I wore today. This dress is really flattering and simple to wear so pretty much a bargain for only £10. Obviously it was too cold to go outside in nothing but this so I threw on a big jumper and my go to coat and collar combination at the moment which you can see here. Getting a little bit tired of the bitter weather we're experiencing right now. It either needs to snow or get warmer!

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