Week in photos..

Cocoa Butter Formula Natural Bronze body lotion.Ive wanted to try this for a while and I noticed it on sale in Wilkinson for 3.70 something so was straight to the tillwith this. Havent used it yet but will let you know the results when Ive tried it.

MUA Haul which I am currently writting my review of and hope to have up tomorrow.

Me and my friend Fay during a Grease themed nightout for her birthday. So much fun!!

My hair bow. Me and my friend Rach have been trying to do these for a while and we finally managed this week!! Success!! :) Let me know if you guys want a how to do post on the hair bow and ill get one together.

I love sewing and my mum had a new sewing machine this week and I spent yesterday trying it out. I made so many of these little hearts, they are literally scattered around my house :)

I have been wanting a pinafore for a while and I found this little beaut this week from Miss Selfridge. It should have been 37.00 but it was on sale for 18.00. Love it!!

Thanks for reading

Kate xx

Storming of Bastille..

Last year I went to a small local music festival with a group of friends, and trying to escape the heat from a saturday afternoon in Derby (Yes believe me we did actually have some sun last year) me and my friends ventured into a small music tent where a small stage stood. So we sat down on the cold grass drinking our drinks, when a band appeared on stage, they introduced them self and with no one really taking any notice of them they started to play. It was at that moment that i heard Bastille for the first time. I sat and listened to this band play song after song and as time went on i could see people in the crowd getting closer and closer to the stage mesmerised by the unbelieveable sound. Everyone you could tell was thinking the same thing "WOW".

Dan Smith From Bastille at Y Not Festival

Y Not.

Me and my friends Rach and Fay.

From that day i have loved Bastille and after countless views of their music videos and telling so many people about them, a wait that seemed like years was finally over and their album was released. And it was definitely worth the wait, Bad Blood is one of those album you can listen to on repeat, Dan Smith's voice is amazing. I am really hoping that the majority of people reading this post have already heard of Bastille, but if you havent please have a listen, believe me you wont be disapointed in the least.
　

So i no todays post was slighty different, but a bit of change is good even in a blog. So back to the usual tomorrow.
　
Let me no what you think guys...
　
Thanks for reading
　
Kate
　
　

Inside my makeup bag..

Cath Kidston Makeup bag.

So today I thought I would let you have a look inside my makeup bag. I am just going to concentrate on my daily makeup bag today, i do have a few other items that I use at the weekends or when i go out, but it would take so long to go through all of the makeup, so these are just the makeup items that I use on a daily basis. I apologise for the state of some of the products because some of them have been really well used.

I have three brushes that I use to do my daily makeup. They are all from the Real Techniques range.

 Starting from the left:

The pink brush is the Stippling Brush and I use this for my blusher and my highligher.

The Middle brush is the Expert Face Brush and I use this for applying my foundation.

The largest brush is the Powder Brush, and I use this for my face powder and also my bronzer.

For my face I use Estee Lauder Double wear in the shade Ecru. I love this foundation and I have been using it for the past two years.

To set my liquid foundation I use Mac Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in the shade Medium plus.

I also have a Mac Concealer that I use every now and then if needed.

I have quite a few blushes in my collection but my all time favourite is my Mac blusher in the shade Azalea Blossom. It is such a gorgeous colour and as you can see from the photo I have made a huge dint in it.

Along with my blush I also use a Nars highligher called Albertross.

Ok on to the eyes for my everyday look I usually just wear my lOreal Volume Million Lashes, and a neutral eye shadow from the Benefit Big Beautiful Eyes set.

Ok so now you have had a sneak peak into my makeup world, let me know what you think...

Thanks for reading...

Kate x

Tie a ribbon around your neck cherie..

We have all had the days when we look in the wardrobe and say, "Ive got nothing to wear". You look at all the clothes that you have worn numerous times, and wish for a wardrobe that mimics that of a Topshop store. Well I was thinking rather than getting depressed thinking of all the clothes I would love to own, why dont I adapt my clothes to make them more desirable.

So taking inspiration from the wonderful Caroline Flack i decided to try the addition of a ribbon. As you can see from the photos I bought a thin black ribbon and a thick black ribbon, just because i think the thickness of the ribbon really impacts the effectiveness of the style and each ribbon gives a slighy different look.

    

                                      

The white polka dot shirt is from Primark. The white washed out denim shirt is from Topshop.


Overall i think the addition of a ribbon makes a shirt look and feel that little bit special and can make an old piece of clothing feel right on trend. I got both pieces of ribbon from a local haberdashery store and for both pieces it only cost me 1.54, and for that price i think the results are really good.
　
Let me no what you think guys...


Thanks for reading


Kate x

Aprils most wanted..

Mac Please Me lipstick: Nars Orgasm Blush: Topshop Mix knit slouchy jumper in Mint: Topshop Textured black pinny Tunic.

Good Friday Bargain Haul..

As last friday was good Friday I took advantage of a day off and went for a shopping trip with my mum. I am living on a tight budget at the minute as me and my boyfriend are saving for a mortgage deposit, So gone are the days of having loads of spare cash, and indulging in numerous shopping trips every month and hello to the budget shopping trips where my spending limit is a huge £25.00. Never the less I was determined to find some bargains to blog about and to make me and all the other bargain shoppers out there that little bit happier.

So the first place I visited on my shopping trip was Superdrug. I am loving Superdrug at the minute, I find myself spending so long in there just looking around just because they have so much to offer. There is only a tiny store in the town that I live so I normally wait until I am visiting a bigger town or city till I normally buy things.

So the first two items I got were both from the Vo5 plump it up range, I got the Amplifying blow dry lotion and also the Dry backcomb spray. My hair is not very thick so I am constantly trying new products in the hope of adding some volume to my hair. I have heard through the blogging grapevine that the Vo5 plump it up products are pretty good, and so I have wanted to try them for a while. Now they normally retail about £3.69 each but there is currently an offer on at Superdrug which meant I got both products for £4.99. I am not sure how long the offer is on, but yer that offer is definitely worth a look if you happen to find yourself in a superdrug any time soon.

Whilst in Superdrug I also got these amazingly cute nail art stencils from the finishing touches range. I love trying lots of different nail art so I was so happy to find these in store. You get ten heart stencils in the pack, Iam not sure if they are reusable just by looking at them (I am hoping they are) so ill have to use them and just see, but with them only retailing at £1.99 it wouldn’t be too bad if they were.

I then moved onto Primark where I bought a nail varnish from their angelica range, the one I got is called A3 Brit Pop 92. I really love this nail varnish as its gorgeous and glittery and for £2.50 for a 12ml bottle I think it’s a complete bargain. As you can see from the photo I have already tried this nail varnish and I am pretty pleased with the result. I would say that you probably need a couple of coats of this, as it goes on quite light, and I did put a clear coat over the top as I think it may flake away without it. But along with the top coat, its looking good so far.

I also got this gorgeous dress from Primark which cost £10.00, I got this dress in a size 8 now I am normally a size 6 so it is slighty bigger than I would of liked it but it still looked really nice, and for the price I just couldnt say no.

The final place I visited was Republic,  Iam not sure if they are closing down or not but there was a massive sale going on in there, literally apart from the schuh department I think everything was on sale.

So from republic I got this gorgeous necklace from the Miso range. I do have quite a few necklaces of this design but I just really liked the pale pink colour of this one. It should have of been £6.00 but it had 20% off so it worked out at £4.80 which I thought was really good, and ran straight to the till to buy.

So overall I think I had a successful day shopping and I got quite a few bargins, which I was pretty happy about, and the best thing is I managed to stay within my budget as my total spending came to £24.28, just enough left for a cheeky chocolate bar as it is easter J

Thanks for reading…

Kate x

It's all going a bit dotty...

Nail art is something that I have always loved, i think a little added bit of detail on any girls nails makes her feel that extra bit special :) I love trying out lots of different types of nail art and nail designs, so I was really happy to see that on a recent shopping trip, that Primark had started their own range of nail art at super cheap prices. I did buy a few different bits which i will hopefully get round to reviewing soon, but today iam going to focus on their double set of nail art pens.

As you can see from the pictures you get two nail art pens in this pack, one black and one white.  Before I tell you about the actual art pen itself, I am just going to explain the pens in detail as they have a few other unseen uses. As you can see from the photo each pen is divided into two sections, the top section of the pen has the nail colour in and the bottom section is a unscrewable pot which has lots of small round silver jewels which are brilliant to use as part of your nail designs.

The top section of the pen can also be unscrewed revealing a nail brush, meaning the pen can also be used as a normal nail varnish for an all over colour on the nail which is a useful tool to have.

Moving on to the actual nail art pen itself, as you can see from the photo, the nib of the pen it very thin making small nail designs easy to do. I went for the easy option of polka dots just to test out the pen first. I choose Rimmel London Lasting Finish varnish in 702 Marshmallow Heaven for a base colour and the white nail art pen for the polka dots. I found the pen easy and
comfortable
to hold and the colour distribution through the nib was just enough. I hate it with nail pens when the liquid comes out way to fast and it makes nail design really hard to do.  Obviously as with many other other nail art pens if you do need more nail colour, you just have to squeeze the coloured tube on the pen.

Overall I really like this nail art set because there are so many different things you can do with it, and at only £2.00 I think its an absolute bargain. I would definitely recommend this.

Let me know what you think…

Kate