Big 21

So today was my birthday, I am officially 21 years old. Quite scary really, although currently feeling no different to being 20. I had the most lovely day, the celebrations started last night with drinks and a meal with my university girls who I live with and my parents and brother. Then today had lots of lovely presents and went for another meal this evening. Currently feeling very spoilt so one very happy lady :) I got the camera I have been after for a very long time so expect to see lots of pictures hopefully of a lot better quality than my previous uploads!!!


xo

19th January 2012.

Liz Earle

I did it, I gave in. My first purchase of something that has been influenced by another blog. I am very new to this blogging world but since I have been following Viviannadoesmakeup there have been so many items I just want to go out and purchase. These two Liz Earle products are extremely popular at the moment particularly on the blogging scene. I have to admit I am not much of a skin care kinda gal, but saying that I think I may have been converted. I bought this about 2 weeks ago now so have given it a good go and it is safe to say i LOVE it! It is so smooth and silky on the skin. The scent is just amazing, it smells so fresh and you really feel like you are doing good to your skin. Before my skin care routine morning and night was simply make up wipes, then some Origins moisturiser. I am now quite fussy, I will face wipe first I have found baby wipes are actually really good and a lot cheaper but any face wipe really. I then moisturise the 'Hot cloth cleanser' into the skin, I then rub my face with one of the Liz Earle Muslin cloths with warm water. Once I have done this I quickly rinse the face with warm tap water. I then apply the 'Skin tonic' which is a bit like a toner and leaves the face feeling so fresh and rejuvenated - I just use a cotton pad. And then my final step is my Origins Vitazing moisturiser. Maybe this is one of my new years resolutions, to look after my skin more! 

I got the 50ml Cleanse and Polish which was £18.25 and the Skin Tonic which is 200ml for £12.25. I also bought a set of 2 muslin cloths for £3.75.

I would definitely recommend these items to anyone looking for a new skincare routine.

xo

COS

If there is one brand or shop that I feel is completely underrated and often ignored on the highstreet it would have to be COS. Granted these stores are few and far between with a few in London, maybe one in Birmingham and a few elsewhere. The brand is owned by H&M so is very european and has quite a classic Swedish style to it. I find the website extremely hard to use which is why I couldn't find out exactly how many stores there are in the UK, this however is the only 'con' of the brand. The prices are quite high, but the quality is like no other. The style of clothing tends to be simple and classic with a range of different textures and shapes, each season they have a different palette of colours, this season I noticed lots of bright oranges, greens and yellows. Over the past year or so I have collected a vast amount of their items and I feel it is an investment brand as the styles and colours never date and you can wear them year after year. I recommend COS to anyone and everyone - check it out here COS!!!

Ruby Grace

Saw my beautiful little Goddaughter last night. She was born on the 16th of September and is growing so fast!!! I didn't realise how hard it would be to get an alright picture, they don't stop moving!!!!!

*Excuse the chins - dodgy angle... I hope!

Topshop

My favourite thing ever is when a lovely Topshop order arrives at my door. It has to be one of my favourite shops I just love everything about it - apart from the sometimes over priced items. This time I went for some classics so simple cream tops, a check style baggy shirt and some dark jamie skinny jeans. I have finally got round to replacing my River Island brown brogues which lasted me a good few years however they are completely battered now so I updated them with these lovely tan Topshop gold detail brogues. I thought this was a nice little collection as the jeans can be worn with anything and the other pieces are quite simple. I must stop spending now. I must stop spending!!

Caught the bug..

Oh no, this isn't good. I am lying in bed, work early and all I can think about is my next post. Well I might as well seeing as I won't be sleeping for a while!


So, granted I have the most boyish (is that even a word) nails in the world. My hands are just plain ugly and should probably be kept away in secret hidden from everyone. But hey ho that's kinda impossible. So every now and then I attempt to make them look slightly more normal and ladylike by getting some acrylics done (this is basically acrylic gel overlaid onto my real nail. This only happens every now and then when I feel like treating myself and today was one of those days. I popped to town, and by chance they had space for me. Whenever I go there I just get clear all over so I can go home and try and get a bit creative. Lately all I have been seeing on the blogs I follow are girls with the most beautiful nails so I felt I had something to aspire to. Although I don't like my nails I have a HUGE array of nail varnishes in a multitude of different brands. My favourites tend so be a simple Bobbi Brown, MAC or Nails Inc but I will try anything. Today I opted for a subtle grey colour by Rimmel called '805 Grey Matter', once I had finished I decided it looked a bit too boring. I took off one nail from each hand and used a clear nail polish and sprinkled a Barry M Glitter dust over the nail, this then stuck to the clear nail varnish. The results are below and I am quite impressed by my efforts, it is safe to safe however I will not overload you with nail varnish posts and this happens very rarely and is not the prettiest of things to be looking at.


xo

Changes

Hey everyone


Today I changed my blog layout & added a new background, risky for me. Clearly I should be doing university work as when this is the case I will do ANYTHING but university work. I am literally counting down the days until graduation!! I also got my 21st birthday present (well I officially clicked the attending button) and I am off to BLOGSHOP in London which is a 2 day bloggers course run by two extremely talented women. I am sure nearer the time I shall talk more about this but I am already SO excited!!
Working at 7am tomorrow so early night for me.


I shall leave you with one of my favourite songs of the moment;


xo