Today's Buys

As I'm off to uni this Sunday I've been stocking up on new clothes, especially autumn/winter fashion as I've recently cleared out my wardrobes and ended up being heavily leaning towards summer clothes. So I took my mum shopping today to get a few last minute staple autumn additions to my wardrobe and this is what I've ended up with:

 

My shopping bags!

Primark:

Faux UGG Style Ankle boots £5; I usually get a pair of these every winter just as some casual boots. These are so comfortable!! The fur lining of the boots make them extremely nice to wear but the inside soles flatten easily so I often wear them with bed socks too :) 

 

 

Teal Knitwear Jumper £8; this is a casual off-the-shoulder jumper that will be perfect for layering in autumn/winter times. I'm fond of wear teal colours as I think its a really snazzy autumn colour.

 

New bed socks £2; always fun to have nice new pairs of comfy socks! My sister steals a lot of my bed socks for herself so I thought I'd buy myself 2 new pairs ready for the move, to be as comfortable as possible. Also, I want a onesie for Christmas for uni to be even warmer/comfier on them cold nights.

 

 

Fold away flats £6; these are life savers! I've been meaning to get some of these for ages for long nights out so I thought before heading to uni would be the perfect time. You slip these into your clutch on a night out girls and when your on your way home you slip these beauties on and your feet'll be in heaven! Perfect for those long nights in heels!

 

 

New PJs £8 altogether; PJs are awesome gifts and I love buying new PJs for myself however at the moment, my longer PJs seem to be dwindling and I've ended up with like 3 matching pairs of jammies to take with me so I thought it'd be a good investment to make.

 

 

Grey Cable Knit Skirt £8; I love autumn coming round because I love knitwear! I love buying it and I love feeling snug as a bug being all layer up in it. Well last autumn season I wanted a nice knitted skirt, well this season, I've managed to get one. Its a simple skirt so it'll go with a lot of my clothes and I'll be able to get a lot of wear out of it :)

 

New Look:

 

A little black dress £11.99; a piece of clothing every girl needs in their wardrobe. A little black dress is a staple piece of any good wardrobe and they can be dressed with colour, neutral or black accessories, I will try all of these at some point. I've always had a black dress in my wardrobe for the school musicals but I thought I'd update it before I went to uni and my other black dress is 3 years old. This is a comfy cotton dress with a nice mesh detail at the top so I'd make sure I didn't pair this with any "out there" necklace as it would draw away the attention from the mesh.

 



 

 

 

Dark Red Skinny Jeans £16.99; I love skinny jeans and I'm one of those that doesn't like just the average 'jean colour' jeans. Currently, all my jeans are different colours which is awesome and I can vary and dress them up or dress them down for a casual look. These are the comfiest pair of skinny jeans I currently own and are super soft! I will definitely be buying more of these for my wardrobe in as many colours as I can get hold of.

 

 

 

H&M:

 

Chiffon Dress £7; this was an ideal buy in the H&M sale! I love finding bargains and being able to buy going out dresses in sales is perfect for me while I don't have a job (although I do plan on getting one at uni to supplement my life). This is a gorgeous chiffon dress that I think can be worn many different ways; I'm thinking about wearing it just as seen below and maybe matching it with a simple, thin belt to separate the outfit with matching coloured heels or something. Obviously with the detail along the neckline, I would not wear a necklace with this dress at all but I would pair it with some chunky jewellery such as earrings and bracelets.

 



What have you bought recently?

J

The Day Look

Since I started wearing makeup everyday, I've always gotten comments like "Do you wear makeup?" or "It looks like your not wearing any, its so natural". I thought I'd share my makeup regime with my blog readers and the products I wear on a daily basis.

This is the contents of my makeup box, all my makeup (I've recently had a good clear out)

The products I wear everyday are:

 

Avon clearskin Clarifying Cover SPF15

Avon Eye Radiance Brightening Wand in Fair

Natural Collection Tinted Moisturiser in Natural

Natural Collection Pressed Powder in Neutral

Colortrend Blusher in Cheeky

Avon Glimmerstick Eye Liner in Blackest Black

MAC Eye Line Pencil in Black

Avon Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown

Avon Supershock Max (Waterproof) Mascara in Black

 

Now you may look at this like, well thats an awful lot of makeup for a look thats natural. Well, each piece of makeup I own and use is light on the skin doesn't turn out 'cakey'.

 

So lets start the makeup regime:

 

 This is me before starting

 

Well the first products I will use as base layers are Avon clearskin Clarifying Cover, Avon Eye Radiance Brightening Wand and Natural Collection Tinted Moisturiser in Natural. All the products are very light and easy on your skin so doesn't cause any breakouts, as you can see from the photo above, currently I had a few blemishes on my chin area but there like spontaneous ones. The Clarifying Cover is tinted darker than my complexion but blends in nicely with no streaks, the Eye Radiance Wand covers any dark circles just under your eyes and last a long time as you don't have to use much and the Tinted Moisturiser locks everything else in but also provides a nice 'gluey' layer for the Pressed Powder to attach to.

 

Avon clearskin Clarifying Cover SPF15

 

Natural Collection Tinted Moisturiser in Natural

Avon Eye Radiance Wand

 

After the base layers are added:

Next, we apply the Pressed Powder in Neutral, I naturally have a pale complexion so I got for natural shades to emphasise that. Powder can sometimes appear too powdery on oily skin but my skin is not too dry or too oily so it simply sits on my skin, creating the natural look, like this:

 

 

Next, we apply the blusher. Its a simply shade to add a rosy glow effect to highlight the cheekbone area. I have a vast amount of brushes for blushes, eye shadow and eyebrow but for daily blush, I just use a small one to accentuate the face.

 

Can you see that slight rosy glow? Thats my favourite feature :) haha

 

Now, its time for the two eyeliners.. You might be thinking that two eyeliners is a little much and will look ridiculous. I use the Avon Glimmerstick one to outline all my under eye and the MAC one to do a little on my upper lid and create a slight flick but nothing too big (that's for the night look haha).

 

In this picture, you can see the rosiness of my cheeks too but look at the eyeliner, its not a dark black colour but draws smooth lines to just give a simple outline.

 

The last two makeup products are the most difficult to me because its what requires a lot of symmetry on either side. I often use an eyebrow pencil when my eyebrows need reshaping because it give a definite shape whereas other times I'll just use a powder. My mascara is waterproof which I've only started wearing since holiday due to the pool and stuff but I've found waterproof mascara gives such a long, curly lash. As you can see my eyelashes are naturally long'ish' which I'm proud of and it means my mascara always lasts a while.

 

 

So here's the finished look:

 

 

 

 



 













Have a go at different looks yourself, but this is my daily look when I'm going out, if I'm just staying in I'll cope without any makeup haha. Sometime I will post about my night look as I do wear a lot more on a night out such as eyeshadow as you might have noticed I don't wear eyeshadow daily, personally, I think its too much.

 

Until next time :)

J