OOTD - Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!

So, yay! It's nearly Halloween, which means I have a few days off work. I wasn't really planning on getting dressed today as I wanted to spend the day lounging around watching rubbish TV but I saw my Motel Rocks Jordan striped jeans in my wardrobe and decided to embrace the day!

If you can't pretend to be Beetlejuice on Halloween Eve, then when can you?!

I've just become a member of Motel Rocks Street Team, too, which is amazing as I can offer you 20%...yes... TWENTY PERCENT off your orders at motelrocks.com if you use the 

Promo code: neeny

You can find the jeans I'm wearing at THIS LINK.

My slouchy beanie hat is from Topman.

Black slouchy top is from Topshop.

Satchel bag from the Cambridge Satchel Company.

Boots, as always nowadays, from Ash.

I'm wearing my watch by Michael Kors, skull friendship bracelet by Links Of London and my double skull bangle from Topshop. If you like the latter, I'm actually giving one away in my Birthday Giveaway. Enter, it's quick and easy!

And my ring is from Topshop, also! Skull everything!!!

I also wore a dark lip, which is Grace by No7.

Hope you've all had a lovely day...

...and have a spoooo0oo0oky Halloween, tomorrow!

xxx

BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY 2012! MAC, TOPSHOP, MUA, JEWELLERY!

Hello everyone. 

I've got a really, really exciting post for you today. 

On the 6th of November, Neeny's Wishlist turns ONE YEAR old and I've decided to do a MASSIVE GIVEAWAY as a thank you to all of you lovely people that read my ramblings.

As you may have seen from my last post, I recently hit 200 followers and thought that this milestone, along with the first anniversary of my blog would be a better time than any to spread some giveaway happiness. So here it is - The Neeny's Wishlist Birthday Giveaway - YAYYY!

You could be in with the chance of winning one of the three following lovely prizes.

Prize #1:

• One MAC Lipstick of YOUR choice. This includes lipsticks from MAC's standard lipstick range which you can find HERE. (No MAC Collections or Limited Edition lipsticks, as I have to find them for you!)
• MUA "Undressed" Eyeshadow Palette. This features 12 neutral eyeshadow shades.
• Barry M "Amethyst Glitter" nail polish.
• Topshop double skull gold bangle. 
• Topshop black skull bead bracelet.
• Topshop silver skull ring bracelet.
• "Make A Wish" double star gold necklace.
• Rose and love-heart gold bracelet.
• Love-heart pink string bracelet.
• Peace symbol turquoise string bracelet.
• Love/Hope/Peace string bracelet set.
• Pink "Hello Kitty" marshmallow pop.

Prize #2:

• MUA trio in "Innocence"
• Barry M "Yellow Topaz Glitter" nail polish
• Topshop white skull bead bracelet.
• Rose and love-heart gold bracelet.
• Peace symbol red string bracelet.
• Love/Hope/Peace string bracelet set.
• Blue "Hello Kitty" marshmallow pop.

Prize #3:

• Barry M "Burgundy Croc" croc-effect nail polish.
• Topshop black skull and gold cross earrings.
• "I Fell For You, Eiffel For You" Eiffel Tower necklace.
• Love-heart brown string bracelet.
• Blue "Hello Kitty" marshmallow pop.

ANSWERING THE QUESTION - FOLLOWING ON GFC - LEAVING A COMMENT WITH YOUR EMAIL/TWITTER ARE MANDATORY!

PHEW! So, here's all you have to do to enter...

Tell me via the Rafflecopter form below your TOP THREE MAC lipsticks. Favourite first. 

The first prize winner will receive a lipstick of their choice along with the other prizes mentioned above. If you are the first prize winner I will endeavor to get your favourite shade. However, I want to know your TOP THREE favourites just incase for any reason I can't get your top pick, I can then get you your second or third choice. :)

Then, follow Neeny's Wishlist via GFC. You can do this by clicking the "Join This Site" button on the right -->

Lastly, leave a comment if you enter with a contact email address/twitter username so I can get in touch with you if you're a winner!

That's all you need to do to enter. You can, however, earn extra entry points by filling in the rest of the Rafflecopter entry form.

For an extra 2 entries, follow me on twitter @_neeny

For an extra 5 entries, tweet about this giveaway. You can tweet what you like as long as you link to @_neeny and this post. (Copy and paste this link if you need to: http://tinyurl.com/98bu7rh) You can do this daily to accumulate more entry points!

For an extra 2 entries, follow me on instagram. My instagram name is: neenyh

For an extra 2 entries, subscribe to me on YouTube. You can do this by clicking the "Subscribe" on THIS page.

Make sure you fill in the Rafflecopter entry form below with all the relevant details if you do any of the "extra entry" options.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

I hope you all like this giveaway. Tell your friends, tweet, facebook, blog etc - the more the merrier!

This contest runs from 28th October 2012 until 16th November 2012 (my birthday, yay!)

I will announce the winners on the 17th November and send out prizes as soon as address details have been received.

GOOD LUCK!

Just a few nitty-gritty bits before I go:

- No purchase is necessary in order to win.

- The odds of winning a prize are based on the number of entries made.

- This competition is open internationally. You will have to be 18 or over. If you are under 18, please get parent's permission to send me your address.

- Winners will be announced on my blog and contacted by email or twitter.

- If a winner is international, any import duties and taxes that may occur will not be my responsibility and will be down to the winner to pay.

- Prizes will be shipped First Class Recorded post with Royal Mail to UK. This will include a tracking number and proof of postage - therefore I will not be held responsible for any unfortunate situation where items may be lost in transit.

- International prizes will be sent via Royal Mail International Small Packets, which will also include proof of postage and tracking within the UK - therefore I will not be held responsible for any unfortunate situation where items may be lost in transit.- Have fun and good luck!

THANK YOU!!! and OOTD ft Cambridge Satchel & Bowler Hat

Hi guys,

Before I start this post I just wanted to take a quick minute to say a massive thank you. I've recently reached over 200 followers on my blog and I'm so happy!

Can't believe that many people actually want to see my ramblings and what clothes I put on on a day to day basis, it's insane. Anyway, if you're one of my followers, a big fat hug goes out to you. Yes, you! And if you're visiting my blog for the first time and you like what I'm posting then please don't hesitate to drop me a comment and even better, join my followers list just over there. -->

I appreciate every single one of you, so thank you once again for taking your time out to read my posts. 

Lots of love and on with the outfit,

Neeny 

x

Here's what I wore today!

First off, my lipstick is Up The Amp by MAC.

The bag I chose to use today is the 14" Classic Satchel in Yellow from The Cambridge Satchel Company.

Bowler hat is from River Island, and my sheer, striped shirt is from Topshop.

As per, my jeans are the "Second Skin" skinnies from Cheap Monday and my boots are my beloved Ash Tundras.

I finished the outfit off with my Michael Kors MK5128 Rose Gold watch and my Scrabble ring from So..Kitsch! (Find it HERE!)

I made a Minute Outfit video, too. Watch in HD and subscribe on youtube for more :)

Love you guys!

Byeeee!

xxx

Trafford Haul and OOTD ft. Coca Cola & Carhartt!

Hi everyone! It's been a while... well, a few days. I feel like I haven't stopped all week! This is literally the first time I've sat down and had time to relax by myself in what seems like ages.

I wanted to show you what I wore today, and also wanted to share a few bits and pieces that I got on my friend and I's shopping trip to the Trafford Centre yesterday. I got some awesome things and I'm so excited, eeee!

Anyway, first off, here's my outfit of the day...

My bag, as pretty much always, is the Alexander Wang Rocco.

The "Drink Coca-Cola" tshirt I'm wearing is actually one of the first things I got from the Trafford Centre, I couldn't wait to wear it. I got it from River Island in the sale section for £10. It was actually still scanning at full price (£20) at the till, but it had a sale ticket on it so the girl took it down to the price it said for me. :)

The shirt, as you've probably seen before is from Zara.

My hat is from Carhartt. I'm really loving boy beanies at the moment. I curled my hair with a mix of GHD flat iron and my Jose Eber curling iron so my hair would get a bit of volume (for once in it's life!) Grr. Any tips/products for getting light, voluminous hair would be greatly appreciated!

Skinny jeans are the "Second Skin" jeans from Cheap Monday.

Shoes are from Converse and my watch is the Michael Kors silver and gold MK5137.

So now for the exciting bit! On to the haul....

No word of a lie, this is how much we came back with. Bank account zeroed, daren't look.

I'll have to get round to taking some good pictures of the clothing items I bought. I took some to put in this post but none of the pictures do the items any justice, so I thought I'd just show you some of the makeup and bitty bobs that I got for now.

First off, we went to the Shu Uemura counter at Selfridges because my friend wanted to repurchase a foundation that she'd first got in Hong Kong. While I was there I was eyeing up the Karl Lagerfeld collection and decided to pick up a pair of eyelash curlers. I currently use Shu Uemura eyelash curlers, and have done for years. My original pair has served me well, but I accidently lost one of the refil pads and have been surviving on buying cheap-ass curlers and using their pads in my curlers instead (why does noone sell the refils!?) 

Anyway, it got to the point where my eyelashes were being bent in half rather than curled, so I thought it was time to repurchase. Cease the moment, and all that. These limited edition KL curlers are the same price as the originals but come with a cute dangly Mon Shu girl and red curling pads. SOLD.

 We then turned round and found ourselves at the MAC counter. I knew I wanted a lippy, but didn't quite know which. After reading THIS post by The Tattooed Tea Lady the other day, I fell for the colour "Chatterbox" (the pinky one on the right of my picture) so grabbed that one straight away, but then saw the amazing "Up The Amp" which is a purply colour and that decided to come with me too. Deffo my new fave.

I also picked up one of my favourite MAC products ever, the trusty eyebrow pencil in the colour "Spiked". I first used this product a couple of years ago and never repurchased as I started using powder to fill in my eyebrows, however, for days where I can't be bothered finding, cleaning and using a brush to give my eyebrows some shape, I'm going to use this little baby.

Died a little inside when I got to the counter and they told me the price. Y SO EXPENSIV? But it's okay, it's nearly my birthday....*ahem*

Speaking of nearly my birthday - how many times can I use that excuse? - I may have accidently bought something AMAZING. But obviously as it's a "surprise" I can't let the cat out of the bag, can I?

Here's a sneaky peak....whatever could it be?!

Teehee!

Anyway, that's all I'm showing you for now from the Trafford Haul. If you're interested I will show you the clothing items soon, but I just wanted to share one last bargain before I go. I went into Superdrug today to stock up on some Batiste Dry Shampoo (despise paying the price but NEED dry shampoo in my life) when I came across this ammmmmazing deal.

Buy one...get TWO free.

It's not Batiste, but for that price, who really cares? How different can dry shampoos be, anyway? It's the Superdrug's own brand dry shampoo, so I decided to buy two (at £1.99 each for 150ml) which meant I got FOUR for free. Bargs of the century, right? I just grabbed every scent - except the chocolate as I don't want to be going round smelling like a Mars bar - so I can see which ones I like.

They all smell pretty nice, to be honest. I think my favourite are the purple and green ones, which is a bummer as those are the ones I only picked up one of!

Eep! Slap me on my wrist RIGHT NOW!

Happy (not yet my) Birthday to me! Love from me.

Such a sucker. I sell some bits and bobs on ebay and then accidently buy myself a new bag with the proceeds....EVERY TIME! Please tell me this happens to other people and not just me. I just can't help myself.

Anyway I will be saving this for my birthday...(maybe..) as to not make myself feel so guilty. 

*Drumroll please*

Introducing my new "Eugene" bag by Alexander Wang in Feather Grey.

So exciteddddd!

(Click to enlarge the picture)

Okay, okay, I know that a light bag for winter is probably not the best idea, but loooooook at it. I saw it and just fell in love. And my boyfriend approved, too, which is a feat in itself.

What do you guys think? I'm thinking of teaming it with simple all black outfits and maybe a big fluffy coat - when it's not raining, anyway!

Weeeee!

<3

Jewellery by So..!Kitsch

So in my last outfit post I featured some yummy hand made jewellery by a friend of mine. She kindly sent me some goodies for me to feature on here for you all!

So..!Kitsch Jewellery is run by a lovely lady called Clair who hand makes loads of funky, fun jewellery. My two pieces that I got are these good enough to eat M&M earrings and quirky scrabble piece ring (with N for Neeny of course!)

She sent me them in some cutesy wrappers so the jewellery wouldn't get damaged in transit.

So here's the Scrabble ring. Isn't it a beaut? The ring itself is adjustable so is suitable for pretty much any finger size. Of course I picked the letter N for my name, but obviously you can get any letter you like. Maybe even get a few and spell something out! ;)

The ring is sturdy and comfortable and is very well made. Looks just like a scrabble tile and would make a really cute, personalised gift, I think.

As you can see, the ring isn't too overpowering on the hand. It's a good size and is really light to wear. Goes with pretty much anything as it's a neutral colour, too. The ring retails at just £4! All order details will be below if you want to have a look around her site.

I wore mine for the first time yesterday with just my watch on one arm and stacked bracelets on the other. Clair also stocks loads of arm candy including the Kitsch Bracelet (£9) which you can hang various charms on of your choice...they would look so good together :)

I also got the M&M earrings which are so cool. These are available in so many different colours, it's untrue. I think pretty much every colour of the rainbow, so the world is your oyster when coming to pick which ones you want. 

I couldn't choose so Clair surprised me with the red ones :)

Again, as with the ring, the earrings are very light and comfortable. They do not weigh your ear down at all. They have a standard length and size earring post with a butterfly type stopper on the back which is very sturdy.

Here's what they look like on :)

These retail at £4 a pair, too.

So, here's how you can have a mooch around So..Kitsch!

For the So..Kitsch! Facebook page, click HERE!

Follow So..Kitsch! on twitter HERE! @KitschSo

Email Clair with any questions regarding her jewellery at clairmiagrace@gmail.com

Ordering is easy, for full information, visit the Facebook page and click on "Notes".

Make sure you quote NEEN10 to receive 10% off your order!

OOTD - Skull and scrabble rings!

Hi guys,

I went shopping (aagggaaainnn) today in Preston with the bf. I was very spendthrift and didn't buy anything aside from a Granny Smith apple for the drive back, but he got a few bits that he's been after for a good while.

We took a few outfit pictures when we got back, hope you like!

Jeans from Topshop.

Slouchy top from Topshop.

Fluffy green coat from Topshop....again!

Bag from Cambridge Satchel Company.

Hat from Carhartt.

Shoes from Converse.

Various bracelets from Tammy, Links of London, Pandora, Sam Ubhi and BHS.

Skull ring by Alexander McQueen.

Watch by Michael Kors 5128.

My N ring is from a fab new handmade jewellery company called So..!Kitsch!

I will be doing a review on this ring and also some cute earrings very soon!

:)

If you're interested in the ring and other really cute jewellery you can visit So..!Kitsch's facebook page HERE!

I have a discount code which I will be putting in my review post, so have a mooch around the site and fill your basket ready!!!

OOTD - Snuggly Scarf and Converse

Today I did as I normally do and went for a quick shopping trip in town. I mainly went to pick up a few bits I needed - namely an extension cable as I managed to blow mine up the other week by plugging too many lights into it, trying to get good lighting for a picture at 10pm at night. Bad decision. There's now a big black burn mark on my carpet!

I also wanted to pop into Primark to pick up a beautiful flannelette bed set. I saw it on @meganisobel 's instagram and instantly needed it in my life. Look how beautiful it is! So snuggly, too.

Anyway, here's what I wore! I made a sixty second OOTD video on my youtube, check it out :)

I actually ended up putting my hair in a top knot and switching up my jacket to a faux fur forest green coat because it was sunny but really chilly outside.

My snood is from Warehouse and I think I paid £1 for it. Yes...ONE POUND! It was in the sale (obviously, duh!) a few years back.

My slouchy top is from Topshop and is also available in grey. I love the shape of it.

My jeans are from Topshop.

Leather jacket is from Oasis.

Trainers from Converse.

Bag is from Cambridge Satchel.

Hope you're all having a lovely day! I have a few days off work so hopefully I will have a bit more time to get some blog posts up! I've been neglecting you, internet! I'm sorry!

See you soon, guys!

x