Ebay & Boots Haul!

So I've been a bit naughty again and have a little haul for you. Here's the goodies that I purchased:

I love this little Hamsa hand bracelet which I got for a steal from ebay. I bought it from THIS seller and you can choose from a variety of string designs. It was only £1 :)

I also picked up my very own Links Of London Skull Friendship bracelet. This was from a one off seller.

Here's what they look like on! :)

I also bought this cute little skull bracelet from Freckles in the Sun. You can find it HERE.

I've been popping into my local boots for weeks trying to find the Youtube guru Pixiwoo's Real Techniques makeup brushes and today they finally had them in. I picked up the stippling brush. You can find the whole collection online HERE.

While I was in Boots I saw that they had a 2 for £10 Revlon lip and nail offer on so I picked up two more of the ColourStay Ultimate Liquid Lipsticks. I got the shades 050 Top Tomato and 075 Nude.

Here's what they look like on. This is Nude:

And this is Top Tomato.

The nude one applies okay. I never like the application of these lipsticks but they last for hours and hours so I ignore that gripe about them... but I found Top Tomato to be even more tricky than normal to apply but I do like the colour. They are both very dry and sticky when they are applied but with a swipe of lipbalm over the top they are just peachy.

I also got from ebay 24 nailvarnish art pens but I forgot to take a picture. I bought them from THIS seller though. The boyf was victim to my first practice with them...

Sorry about the blurry picture!

:)

Manchester Shopping Haul

So, after staying in Manchester after seeing Snow Patrol on Friday, we had a lovely, expensive, cold and snowy day of shopping round the City Centre.

L is wearing a coat from Topshop, infinity scarf/snood from Kurt Geiger, jeans from Topshop and boots from Carvela.

I'm wearing a duffel coat from Topshop, scarf from H&M, jeans from Topshop, boots are Tundra by Ash and my Cambridge Satchel Company bag.

Here are the goodies that I picked up. I was intending to go and splurge on an Alexander McQueen scarf, but after seeing it in person in Selfridges, I changed my mind completely so went out on a mission to get some new tops to wear into spring/summer.

Stripy, off the shoulder tshirt from French Connection

Reduced from £30 to £20.

Available HERE in limited sizes and colours.

 Hooded, knitted slubby jumper from Topshop

Reduced from £36 to £18 and 25% staff discount at the till.

Available HERE

Moustache skull tshirt from Zara

£17.99

Available HERE

Sleeveless, baggy hoody from Zara

Reduced from £25.99 to £9.99

Slouchy foil skull vest from Topshop

£18 with 25% staff discount at the till.

Available HERE in tall. Or HERE in Petite. (Couldn't find it on the website in regular sizing, which mine is!)

Polar bear tshirt from Zara

£17.99 

Available HERE

Tshirt with cut out skull on back from Zara

£15.99

Available HERE

Converse Chuck Taylor OX Allstars from Footaslyum

£39.99

Available HERE

So I think I did pretty well for myself! I've been needing new tshirts for a long time and I'm so glad I picked them up. I'm sure you can see a pattern in the things I buy though...black...white...grey..skulls...who needs colour, eh?!

O.O.T.D. 25/01/12 and massive burgers!

What I wore for a meal out with friends/what I was going to wear for Britain's Got Talent!

Ash Tundra Boots

Dorothy Perkins Scarf

Topshop Seven-Eighths Skinny Jeans

Topshop Shirt

So, this photo was taken just before I was heading out to got to see the Britain's Got Talent auditions last week in Blackpool. Unfortunately, by the time my friends and I had finished work, the queue was so long that we, along with a couple hundred other people couldn't get in because there weren't enough seats. So we went home early, boo!

Faux fur and pleather jacket from Topshop.

Alexander Wang Rocco bag.

So I decided to wear the same outfit for a meal out with the boyf and friends.

Urban Outfitters double finger cross ring.

Vintage thumb ring.

Finger tip rings from Fashionology.nl

Alexander McQueen double skull ring.

DKNY bracelet watch.

Model's Own Nude Beige nailvarnish.

We went to an American style Diner which was super yummy.

The feast!

I had 8oz burger with cream cheese and cucumber. I think it was called "The Wall Street" burger.

Followed by a scoop or two of a minty icecream sundae.

My friend Jen and I enjoying the night.

Just a side note:

I had my first Lindt chocolate bunny earlier in the day. My lovely boyf sneakily bought one on the way out of a shop without me noticing. Yum yum!

And also, my Illamasqua order came! Eeeek, how exciting!

Oopsie!

...may have made a cheeky Illamasqua order by accident whilst looking for Birthday presents for a friend. Everything was in the sale though so that's alright, yeah?

O.O.T.D - 17/01/12 & Allsaints Spitalfields Bargain

Good evening lovely followers! Just a quick post to show you the outfit and makeup that I wore today. I've been feeling very Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen ever since watching an old Pixiwoo makeup video last night. See HERE for the video that I watched which inspired my makeup for the day.

I decided to go for all black with my outfit - how adventurous! 

I wore the following:

Black leggings: Topshop

Camisole top: Primark

Slubby sheer fine knit jumper: Topshop

Rocco studded bag: Alexander Wang

Tundra leather boots: Ash

I've been longing to wear this top for months and months. I bought it last year (or maybe even the year before!) in Topshop sale but have never been able to pair it with anything that I found to look nice. Finally just decided to wear it plain and simple, thrown over a pair of leggings... and think it looked pretty cool, does it? Who knows?

I wore my hair in a centre parting for a change and ran my straighteners through to make some loose waves.

My watch is from Guess and the necklace is from an Etsy shop, I can't remember which but you can most likely just search "Sideways cross necklace" or something of that nature and you'll find something!

This is how my makeup turned out today anyway, my loose interpretation of the Pixiwoo makeup video.

I used Bobbi Brown Long Wear Cream Shadow in Burnished across the lids as a base and on top of that I applied Snakebite and Tease from the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette. Along the lash line I used Darkhorse from the Urban Decay Naked 1 Palette.

The eyeliner in my waterline and on the lash line is in Corrupt by Urban Decay.

I then used my usual, Benefit Bad Gal Lash mascara in black.

Foundation is Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum in 52 Vanilla.

Concealer used was Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection in 2 Light.

Contour/blush colour is MAC Blush in Harmony.

On my lips I used a mix of Rimmel Nude Delight and Revlon Nude Attitude lipstick.

I was so excited to wear my two new rings today from FASHIONOLOGY. (The silver rings on my index finger and ring finger). I've been looking for this type of ring for years and they arrived yesterday, much to my delight, after ordering them earlier this month.

For sizing reference, in Topshop rings I wear Small on my index and middle fingers. Topshop rings are too big for my ring fingers, so I would class that as meaning my ring finger is an XS. The Fashionology rings I ordered are in a size XS (ring finger) and S (index finger), although M would fit my middle finger as S is too small.

Anyway, it was super cold today and I was going to meet up with the other half so I popped on my teddybear hat from Topshop (you can't really see but it's just a black knit hat with two purply-black pom poms as ears on the sides), my new gorilla jacket from Topshop featured in my HAUL post from the other day and my Kurt Geiger Isla Mittens to keep my fingers toasty!

While out and about with the boyf, I popped into TK Maxx for a wander (and to escape the cold) and couldn't help but notice these lonely shorts hanging on the Final Clearance rail. Much to my surprise, they were not only from Allsaints Spitalfields but also A FIVER. Absolute bargain. They are the Lourdes Kari WPK556 Boy's Short in Indigo and were originally £50 marked down to £14.99 and marked down further to £5. Day made.

Now that I know that TK Maxx sell Allsaints stuff, I will definitely be having a mooch through the clothing section next time I go in. I never give the clothing a second look in that place because I can rarely be bothered scouring through their heap system looking through endless isles of clothes. I normally head to the shoe, makeup or home departments to pick up some bargains, but I think I may have been converted now and will have to keep my eye open in future!

O.O.T.D and Topshop Sale Haul

So here's the finished result of dying over my stripped hair. I know it pretty much looks the same as before I even stripped it now but I can tell the difference. The tone is very much brown as opposed to the previous purple. Check out my previous posts to read a review of the colour corrector that I used to strip my hair. I then dyed over it with a Garnier Nutrisse dye this morning.











The makeup I'm wearing (not that you can particularly see) is from the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette which I received in the post a couple of days ago. I absolutely love it. If you have the Naked 1 palette you don't necessarily need the Naked 2, however, I'd definitely recommend it to those who don't...and those who do! I have on Clinique Brush On Cream Liner and bucket loads of Benefit Bad Gal Lash black, as well.







Here's a quick Outfit Of The Day from today.



I'm wearing black leggings from Topshop, grey zip up hoodie from House Of Holland, denim and shearling jacket from Topshop, scarf from Dorothy Perkins, bag from Alexander Wang, boots from Ash.



I went to have a look at the Topshop sales I'm my local Topshop as I hadn't had chance to go in since before Christmas. I picked up a load of goodies which I wasn't expecting to find! First and foremost my favourite item that I picked up was this faux leather and fur bomber jacket which was £35 reduced from £78. It looks quite gorilla chic on the hanger but I absolutely love it on. Think I will be wearing this every day for the rest of my life...



The second item I snagged off the sale rail was this faux fur stole. I've been after one of these for months but never really found one that I really liked. This was the only one on the rail and is super luxurious. I'll be wearing it with a simple black outfit I think, I can't wait to wear it. This was £20 reduced from £60ish. (The original price in £ has come off but it says €68 and $90)



The third item I grabbed was this faux fur, bottle green jacket. I've been looking at this for a while, too when it was full price but couldn't justify spending £85 on it. The fur is short and, again, luxurious feeling. My mum loves this one too so we will be sharing this one, I think! I paid £40 reduced from £85.



Lastly I picked up some bargain skinny jeans and another pair of the thick leggings that I bought the other day in Liverpool, but in navy instead of black. The skinny jeans are the Leigh Super Soft Skinny jeans in a dark navy/indigo. They were £20 reduced from £38. Super essential basic jeans are a must if you see them in the sale and these fit like a glove, I love them! The navy thick leggings were reduced to £10 from £18.



So, that's everything I purchased. I also spent 25% less than the prices listed as I work for Arcadia, so that's another bonus! I'm very happy with my goodies and wasn't expecting to go out and find so many quality things in the sales, especially this late on. Make sure you go out and have another look in your local Topshop because I'm guessing that they've added new lines to their sale, some of which yu may have had your eye on, like me! I hope you all find some bargains if you decide to go looking! Right, definitely not spending any more!....definitely!.....uh....maybe. Haha. Have a lovely weekend, followers. Is anyone up to anything interesting? Neeny x