LUSH Haul.

Hey Lovelies,

Just a quick collective haul of all the lovely LUSH items i've picked up over the last few months.

I will post reviews as requested and as and when I use things :)

Everyone loves a good pamper :P

Magic Mushroom

Creamy Candy Bubble Bar

The Ex Factor Bath Ballistic

Space Girl Bath Ballistic

Winter Goodness Pack>>>

Contains:

Mandarins Tea Party Soap

King of Skin Body Butter

In The Mist Soap

Snowcake Soap

Olive Branch Shower Gel

Maple Taffy Lip Balm

Once a Year Massage Bar

Sugar Plum Fairy Sugar Scrub

 And Finally, this is where it is kept on my drawers :)

Trustly old Paperchase bowl and my room smells divine.

Much Love

Lou

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Cheap and Chic

 Hello Lovelies,

I bought these beautiful gem covered pieces at non other than George @ Asda.
I think they are such beautiful pieces considering the whole lot cost under a tenner!!

They do some wonderful jewellery and their current collections are amazing. Great value and bang on trend. Especially the Turquoise ring. I definitely have my eye on a few more pieces :)

Turquoise Ring - £4
Earrings - £4
Green Ring - £2.50









It just goes to show, you can buy good quality pieces that don't murder your wallet!!

Much Love
Lou
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GOSH Eyebrow Palette.

Hello Lovelies,

I went shopping in town not too long ago to pick up a few essentials and some other goodies, and as I was pondering in Superdrug I came across this little beauty.

Its the GOSH brow kit and I bought it for the introductory offer of around £6!!

BARGAIN!

 It comes with three different shades an eyebrow wax and an AMAZING brush.

Now I don't normally like the brushes that come in palettes as I prefer to use my own but this one is perfect. Its nice and dense and applies beautifully. I use the lightest colour on my brows and simply stroke it on then set it with the wax. My Mum uses the darkest colour that I don't need so it works for both of us without arguments:) (I personally think that means I can slash the price in half, as two people, maybe even three can use it) £2 you can't go wrong ;)

Anyway, here is a picture with(left) and without(right) the palette.

I have rather sparse eyebrows so its nice to fix them so quickly in the morning. You could also darken it up a little to frame the eyes for a more dramatic look :)

But for now Im going for nice and natural yet defined.

I absolutely love this palette and would honestly recommend it to everyone as you can also mix the shades to create your perfect colour.

Super Easy, Super quick AND Affordable

What's not to love?

Lou

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FOTD Nice n' Neutral

Hello Lovelies,

Just a Quick FOTD post.

I'm not really doing much today, bit o' this bit o' that, so I went for a nice simple Neutral look:)

Face

Benefit Play Stix Foundation

Benefit Bo-oing Concealer

MAC Blush in Well Dressed

Eyebrows

GOSH Eyebrow palette

Eyes

MAC Prep & Prime Eye

MAC Woodwinked on Lid

MAC All That Glitters on the Inner Corner

MAC Satin Taupe in Crease

MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

Rimmel Sexy Curves Mascara

Much Love

Lou

xx

OOTE Party Party and a little more Party.

Hello Lovelies,

Just a quick outfit post showing you all what I ended up wearing on Friday night a couple of weeks ago. I actually wrote a quick Polyvore post mentioning I didn't want to wear a dress. Well, that went out of the window! It was also my first ever experience with heels, I fell in love with the look, definitely not the feel aha. OUCH!!! :')

Without further ado...

I happen to have rather rosy cheeks here due to the serious amount of laughter erupting from me and my lovely friend Charlotte before this photo was taken.

Dress - French Connection

Shoes - Dorothy Perkins

Ring - George@Asda

Coloured Bracelets - French Connection

Silver Bracelets - Next

Earring - George@Asda

Cardigan - West One

A quick action shot of our amazing dance skills :')

Ohh the concentration on my face aha.

Much Love

Lou

x

Friday Night

I have a dilemma, I bought the heels (my first EVER pair) in the middle of this picture from Dorothy Perkins last week. I wore them that night with a lovely floaty Chiffon dress and black tights. Which I personally thought looked lovely.

Now being 5' 11" I tower in these heels at around 6' 2" so bare in mind that I will be rather tall in whatever I end up wearing :')

Aside from that, I have a party coming up on Friday night and I don't want to wear a dress. I was thinking jeans and a sequined waistcoat. I haven't got many dressy items in my wardrobe and I don't want to purchase anything else, clothes wise this month.

So, looking at my wardrobe  I came up with this. 

I'm pretty hopeless when it comes to fashion, Im more a cosmetics kinda girl, so any suggestions would be wonderful.

Thank you :D

Friday Night by Rainbows and Buttons featuring kate spade handbags

Tall green long sleeve tee, 7 GBP
Cafe De La Muse French Wall Clock. from Homebase.co.uk, 13 GBP
DSQUARED2 AW10/S73FB0039 090 BLACK SILK/PAILLETTES GILET, 304 GBP
J Brand 912 low-rise skinny jeans, $200
Nude court shoes, 35 GBP
the journal newspaper clutch, $125
Jade beaded ring, 7.50 GBP
Womens blue round dial watch, 20 GBP
three, 3, piece, window, mirror, mirrors, wall, art, framed, |..., $329
Anneliese Chair in Pink Gingham - Accent Chairs - Sofas & Chairs -...
luxe love locket gold (choose your color) : product : papernstitch, $25
narrow bangle set, $9.99
White silk flowers in turquoise cube vase, $285
Harper's Bazaar 09/2010 (UK) article
article.

Love

Lou

xx

Hair Today. Gone Tomorrow

Good Morning Lovelies,

 I woke up today with a real urge to curl my hair, I went to reach for my trusty, multifunctional GHD's then happily remembered I had been bought a set of Babyliss heated rollers for Christmas.

I have used them before, once or twice (with help) but what better time to master the art of the heated roller on a Sunday. If it turned nasty, I'd have nowhere important to go. 

So I apologise for the clothing and lack of makeup as I hadn't got to that point yet, but here are some pictures of  my hair in progress :)

(Notice the totally awesome baby photo:P)

Now I have rather fine, medium length hair, which drops curl really easily. Its a right pain in the butt to be honest and this means extra time in the rollers and one hell of a lot of hairspray is needed. Other than that, I am rather pleased with the result :D

The rollers themselves take no time at all to heat up and once you get the hang of it they are really quite easy to use. They do get pretty hot and you have to be careful not to burn your fingers (I learned the hard way.)

The only downside I would say, is that they are fairly heavy. Considering you must leave them in until the indicator roller turns from white to red (10-15 minutes) it can start to hurt your neck.

The price we pay for luscious locks aye?

:)

All in all I absolutely love these curlers and at around £25 for a set of 20 they are very reasonably priced. 

I'd love to try out cloud nines at some point if I have the money, but for now these are perfect :)

Have you tried the Babyliss or Cloud Nine Rollers?

What did you think?

Much Love

Lou

xx

Slow and Steady Wins the Race

And so the MAC palette returns...

As you may remember, I wrote a post about the severe lack of eyeshadows in by MAC 15 pro pan palette. I had the beautiful colour Woodwinked sitting in there all alone feeling very lost and I couldn't bare risking de potting my other colours. Now, I am pleased to say he has not one, but two new friends!!

These frosty, shimmery friends come in the form of All that Glitter's and Satin Taupe. I can safely say I am in love.

I bought these shadows on two separate occasions but decided to put them all together for today's post.

L-R Satin Taupe, All That Glitters, Woodwinked

All that Glitters- I bought this due to the insane hype around it on youtube channels and blogs everywhere. Yes, I gave into peer pressure and I am rather glad that I did too. It is a beautiful rich shimmery light bronze, that applies smoothly and wears really well. Very pleased indeed.

Satin Taupe- Surprisingly, this is actually my favourite out of the three. It is a gorgeous, medium brown with a beautiful frost too it. Definitely a good crease colour. My new staple.

If you would like any swatches let me know:)

Hope you enjoyed the update and I'll keep you posted as my Neutral palette grows :)

Much Love

Lucy

xx

Liz Earle? Who's She?

Now I know nearly everyone in the beauty blogging/youtube world knows something or other about Liz Earles Brand. However, I can safely say that before I had started blogging I hadn't got a clue who she was. Boy was I missing out.

Any Guesses what I bought??

But of course... Hot Cloth Cleanser.

I must say, it was a lovely experience in their Leeds boutique. The staff were really helpful and friendly, plus I got a free little toner sample thrown in!! Considering I was about to buy the full size before trying it, this seriously saved me some money. All in all a wonderful time was had.

Gotta love it :P

I am aware that there are a million reviews on this little gem as it truly is the staple of her range. This in mind, I don't think I'm going to do a review on it, other than to say I love it :)

However, if you would like me to bore you with details do let me know and I'll be happy to review it. Otherwise, you've probably seen/heard it all before.

Have a lovely day.

Much Love

Lou

xx

Sucker for Storage?

Today I went for a lovely stroll about Leeds City Centre after my LAST EXAM to celebrate :) I can't believe that after a month of no social life and 9 exams it is finally over. Party this weekend? :D 

As all of my friends are still doing exams I thought I would sit down and write about some of the lovely things I bought today with my Christmas money. I didn't brave the sales earlier this month which I am actually rather pleased about. It would have been waayyy too chaotic for my liking.

Now I am a total sucker for Stationary, Storage , pretty much anything to do with organization. ESPECIALLY Paperchase. My God I could live in that shop haha. I cannot walk by without waltzing on in to have a gander. So you can imagine the sheer delight on my face as I realised they had new prints amd collections in. Including a rather lovely bunch of organizational beauties. I just couldn't resist this...

I bought this to store makeup bits and bobs. It's the perfect size for things like eyeliner and eyeshadow's. I'm so excited to fill it up with junk!! (junk meaning obsessively tidy.)

I'm planning to do a 'tour' of my dressing table set up soon so you may be seeing this little box in use in the near future. I cannot get over just how cute it is. It has a beautiful pattern and was only £9.00. For 4 draws that's not bad in my eyes. Then again, i'll spend anything in paperchase.:P

Let me know what you think and if you'd like to purchase any of the new goodies on offer :)

Much Love

Lou

xx

Snap,Crackle,Pop

Hello Lovelies,

As you may remember, I received LUSH cinders bath ballistic from the wonderful boyfriend for Christmas and I must say, YUMMY!! :D

It is such a lovely cinnamony/spicey/warm/sensual fragrance. I want another one :( Why must you only sell it at Christmas!! Whyyyy!!

This wonderful sphere of spice hit my bathtub and fizzed and crackled like a hot winter's fire (which I think is the point.) It filled my bathroom in a warm haze of cinnamon and soothed my poor aching limbs from the previous nights party ;) 

After the bruises and dented New Year's Pride I vowed never to dance again...I lied. haha.

I highly recommend this, as you may have noticed and I truly wish it was sold all year round.

But Hey, its something to look forward to :)

Shock Horror!! I just went to check the lush site to make sure Cinder's was discontinued(it is), only to discover their website has been hacked!

I'm sure I'm way out of the loop with this as apparently it's been a while, but I hope they catch the b**tards :')

Moving away from profanities, I hope your all having a wonderful January. I only have 1 exam left and I'm free to blog to my hearts content. so I'll see you sooooon!!

Love and Kisses

Lou

xx