Hey Guys,
Today I thought that it would be a good idea to do a Recent Purchases post for my first blog post.
Makeup
The Body Shop had a 3 for 2 offer on across most of their products so I picked a few up, including
The Body Shop All-in-One BB Cream in 01 which was £12. I think that 00 may have been a slightly better match for my skin, however this shade does the job. The light coverage is perfect for everyday too. It claims to adapt to your skin which I'm not too sure of, but its still a great product.
The other makeup product that I picked up from The Body Shop was
The Body Shop Baked to Last Bronzer in 02 - Warm Glow. This is a shimmery bronzer with 3 different colours to it shown as a marbled effect in the pan. Most of it is made up of the gorgeous warm bronze colour, but there is a nice shimmery highlight in it and a tiny bit of a shimmery pink blush colour to it too. At £16 this isn't cheap and I wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't for the 3 for 2 offer, however it does add a really nice glow to my face.
The last product I got from The Body Shop is one of my Holy Grail skincare products and this is
The Body Shop Seaweed Clarifying Toner. This is £8.50, so isn't that cheap but it does an amazing job at clearing up and preventing spots. It is very gentle, although it can make my skin feel a little dry, but I almost always use a moisuriser straight after applying this, which means that this isn't a problem.
I also took a quick trip to Selfridges where I found this gorgeous Laura Mercier Limited Edition Lip Gloss in Pink Prism! It was on sale for only £10 rather than the normal price of £20! This was probably due to the fact it was from an old collection called 'White Magic'. The applicator is pink which makes it seem so much better and the beautiful pink shade has tiny iridescent sparkles in it which really bring the attention to your lips. Unfortunately, because this is limited edition, you cannot buy it.
I also picked up some
Simple Quick Fix Cleansing Wipes which are part of their spotless skin range. I have tried these a couple of times and they are definitely more scratchy than the
Simple Kind to Skin Wipes that I love so much, however, I will use them up.
In boots I was looking for a colourful eyeliner to play with an I cam across this
Collection Extreme 24 Hour Felt Tip Liner in Purple. I've used this a couple of times and I've been quite disappointed. It smudges onto my upper lid after wearing it for about an hour and when i try to remove it, a purple 'stain' is left on my eyelid of the next day or so! I do have quite oily eyelids though.
I then made a small order from H&M, as they have brought out some newer stuff for autumn.
I only got two items of clothing, the first being
this cute t-shirt with perfume bottles on it. H&M do this in various patterns and prints, and I already have a few of them. They are great because they are slightly shorter than most tops but aren't as short as crop tops (I'm not really a fan of crop tops). At only £7.99 this is a bargain.
The other top that I got was this turquoise lace style top. I wear a white or blue vest under this and I love the hem because of the style of it (you can just about see it in the photo). Unfortuantly, I can't find this on the website to link it to! This was slightly more expensive at £12.99 but still a reasonable price.
From the home section, I got 3 of these storage baskets to put at the top of my wardrobe. These are normally £7.99 but I got them, half price, at £3.99 each. These are perfect for storing clothes, shoes and bags. from left to right, I store my apron and casual clothes, bags, and my school sports kit in each of them. These appear to have been discontinued, however
these are very similar.
Thanks for reading!
E
xx
