London and Paris haul...

Of course, being in London the first stop I had to make was & Other Stories. I'd heard so much about their Fig range I decided to pick up a hand cream and a re-purchase of my favourite mascara ever, The Balm What's Your Type body builder mascara. Then, just because, I picked up another of their blushers for my collection; Big Mama! Love this, will pop a full review up soon.

Next to Camden. First up, WHY DON'T I LIVE THERE!?! I picked up a couple of scarves from the market, and a cute Pug t-shirt that I'll be styling over Disco pants with my black Dr Martens and a big gold chain. 

Then off to Paris... and of course it would be rude not to go into one of their amazing pharmacies. I picked up a replacement for my La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo and decided to try their Effaclar Matt product as a makeup base. I also wanted to give Nuxe Reve De Miel lip balm a go, and it wouldn't be a trip to a french pharmacy without a bottle of Bioderma!

Last stop was Sephora (again, rude not to) where I picked up their daily brush cleanser, a Sephora lipstick, the UD de-slick setting spray (due to the massive hype around the original setting spray) and the Make Up Forever smokey lash mascara that I've been dying to try since there was a huge blogger hype around this not too long ago. 

Loves

xxx

Bow tights outfit of the night....

Not having your wardrobe for a whole year then going back and rediscovering old beauties is like shopping without spending the money! 

Top: Primark (new)

Tights: Primark (last year)

Boots: Dr Martens

Watch: ASOS

Necklace: Forever 21 (old)

Jacket: Tesco (new)

Bag: Perth market

Sunglasses: Primark

Lots more new discoveries to come!

Loves

xxx

Two days away in Lincoln and Skegvegas...

It was the first proper trip since Ty got to England and we headed to Lincoln for the day to show him around the castle and cathedral, eat proper pie then 2 for 1 cocktails. We stayed in a gorgeous old hotel where the Bishop lived, then went to the legend that is Skegvegas for the afternoon. 2p slot machines became an addiction.

Leather jacket: Mango

Dress: New Look

Rings: Primark

Necklace: Primark

Sunglasses: Raybans 

 Got to love a Cosmo!!!

Ready to hit the funfair!

Tshirt hoody and bandana: Primark

Watch: ASOS

2p SLOT MACHINES!!!

Hope you're all having a lovely week!

Loves

xxx

My everyday face....

La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo

Bourjois Healthy Mix

Collection lasting perfection concealer

Benefit Fake Up concealer

HD Brow palette (the darkest shade for my brows)

Mac mineralised skin finish natural 

Bourjois cream blush in 03

Mac painterly paint pot

Soap and Glory smoulder kohl in black

Covergirl Lash Blast clump crusher mascara

Maybelline lipstick (The Vivids collection) in shocking coral

Soap and Glory mighty mouth gloss balm

Easy, quick, everyday face :)

Loves

xxx

Mini Asda haul....

First up, HOW CHEAP ARE BIKINI'S OVER HERE?!?! I never realised until I went to the land of overpriced bikini's (aka Australia) how much we get spoilt with cheap swimwear, and we don't even get the opportunities to wear it as much. 

Anyway, I picked up three bikini's from Asda today, two of which were two items for £4! Altogether, three bikini's for £22. I practically skipped out of the shop. 

While I was there I took the obligatory trip down the hair care isle for bargains, and picked up two products from the new V05 range: their give me texture dry texturising spray and their plump it up dry backcomb spray. All V05 products are 2 for £5 in Asda at the moment so a great time to try them out! 

I haven't tried these out yet but I'll be back with a review to let you know how I found it!

Loves

xxx

Sax Eye Delight eyeshadow palette review...

Browsing in a pharmacy before I came back from Australia I spotted a brand called Sax....sleek packaging, great colours, strong pigmentation and a reasonable price. I had to pick a few bits up to try them out, and as I was short of eyeshadows while overseas, I thought their palette was a good start.

The packaging is very much like Nars, with a slight rubbery finish that gets dirty very quickly, but does give it more of a high end feel. 

Six great neutral shades, all with a slight shimmer and a variety of highlight, lid, crease and outer corner colours. It've found it a very easy palette to create a subtle smokey eye, an evening look, or even to use the lighter colours for a solid wash of colour across the lid. 

Sax is an Australian company, stocked in both Aus and NZ but if you want to check them out head to the website and click on Stockist where there's a contact email for anybody overseas looking to find out more about the brand. The palette retails at 19.95 Australian dollars, great value for that price!

Loves

xxx

Back to England just in time for a Bank Holiday....

You call this summer? While most of England is making the most of the bright orange thing in the sky peeking through the clouds, I'm rugged up in leggings boots and jumpers still. I'm definitely not in Australia anymore!

So I got back four days ago, and have managed to go shopping, then go shopping, go shopping again, and drink a fair amount of vodka with the girls. I also squeezed in a Harvester, a Nando's, a Starbucks and two Costa's. Clearly got my priorities right. 

Dress: Primark

Jacket: Topshop

Bag: Australia market

Belt: New Look (one of my new buys)

Hair: natural if you can believe it!

Just one of my mini hauls from the past few days, I popped into Boots to use up some of the points Mum had accumulated over the past 12 months, and was clearly craving eyelashes! Got to love 3 for 2. Also picked up the Bumble and Bumble texturising (un)dressing cream, Soap and Glory Flake Away (hello holy grail product and oh how I have missed you), a new Barry M lippy, the final Rimmel Apocolips for my collection in Luna, a Rimmel Scandalise eye crayon, Seche Vite, and finally Benefit Fake Up which I can honestly say is INcredible.

Then of course there was the obligatory reunion night out in the home town - 

Top: Supre (Australian)

Bracelets: ASOS

Heels: Step In Style

So this is officially me saying HI I'm back. And seeing as I'm going to Birmingham shopping (again) tomorrow, I'll see you next time with a haul!

Loves

xxx