Happy Movember - Essie & Mac

Happy Movember guys! I absolutely love this charity event - such a good cause with an added bit of fun to raise money. Wasnt going to grow a moustache anytime soon and as I'm no longer in uni to get involved with the earlier shave the boys before they have a hairy month event - buying this tshirt was my donation (I'll also donate some money of course) The top is from New Look for £7.99 and I plan on wearing it a lot this month to help raise awareness. This post is a bit of a mixed one. I wanted to mention that but also to show you two new products I've purchased. The first is Mac's lipstick in 'Media' which i'm wearing above and below (excuse the photo, alcohol was consumed but I thought the photo gave a good representation of the colour)

 Mac - 'Media' Lipstick 

I originally went into town to buy Mac 'Diva' but with it being such a popular choice they were all sold out. Well, we thought we'd found one but upon me opening it, it was actually 'Media'. This may of been a blessing in disguise as I absolutely love it! It sounds a bit weird but I'm a bit scared to wear it. I feel its quite daring. When I wore it out on Saturday night people thought I was dressed up for halloween. I don't think it helped that I was wearing a black lace dress mind. I do really like it though so I shall be wearing it anyway.. just maybe not with black. I think it will look really nice with that floral top I bought from Topshop in the previous post. Media is a deep, dark red wine with a satin finish and perfect in creating the vampy look. The girl in the shop did tell me about Media and said it was very similar to Diva but a bit redder. 

Essie - Thigh High 

I was looking for this burgandy/red colour for ages and I was so pleased when I found Essie had it in the name of 'Thigh High'. They had a few other similar ones and after i'd messily swatched them all on my nails in Boots I looked very much ready for halloween and got quite a few dirty looks in town. This rich, burgandy/red shade is described by Essie’s website as a “Festive Glistening Garnet” and I think they have it pretty spot on as it is a beautiful jewelled tone. It is a very dark red, which fits in perfectly with all the dark autumn/wintery tones. Thigh High does have shimmer running through it (albeit subtle shimmer) but this does give it a gorgeous glowy quality. It is very, very subtle. I have not experienced any problems with this polish being streaky to apply, in fact I find it glides on very evenly. It is opaque in one coat, but this gives you more of a raspberry red shade, unlike the vampier deeper shade you get with two coats. I've had this on for about 4 days and it hasnt chipped yet, which for me is incredible. Overall, I'm very pleased with this and I will definitely re-purchase should I ever run out. 

Been in my basket #1

Topshop floral and fringe top - £35 
Zara shirt - £29.99
Urban Outfitters tee - £14 in the sale 
Urban Outfitters grey cardigan - £12 in sale 

When I saw the Topshop top in the store my friend immediately pointed it out as being hideous but I absolutely loved it. I wondered round the shop and couldnt stop thinking about it so I just had to get it and I'm so glad I did. It's just up my street - dark floral, fringing, autumn colours. Love, love, love. I'm going to see The Killers on monday so I might wear it there with a maxi skirt, Misguided black denim and leather sleeves jacket and JC style shoe boots. I'm sure I'll be doing a post on what I end up wearing to The Killers. 

I'd been searching for a white shirt for ages but none I saw had been quite right. They were either too see-through or the wrong cut or fabric. That was until I spotted this one from Zara. It has three quarter sleeves, which will be great to showcase a nice watch, a flattering cut and soft, silky fabric. It's also one of those tops that would be perfect for work, but then perfect to wear out after too. 

And finally my Urban Outfitter sale finds. I'd been considering this top when it was full price but I never got round to buying it. It's quite oversized so I like being able to wear it different ways, for example off the shoulder as shown above. I think it looks great with a maxi skirt or jeans too, which is good because it is designed to be crop. The cardigan is great too as the fabric isnt itchy and doesnt have full sleeves. For some reason thats a pet hate of mine. I'm always rolling my sleeves up. 

So, thats what has been in my basket this week. Pay day on friday, which i'm so excited about, even if most of it does need to go into savings. 
What's been in your baskets or your payday treats? 

A week in photos #5

- Cup of tea in a starbucks mug, chocolate & candle
- Starbucks & make up swatch hand, pumpkin I made of my boss, Jack Wills changing rooms
- Starbucks in mac, Topshop, mac, Jack Wills 
- Biggest salad ever, soup, mango, All Gold chocolates 
- Jack Wills, Topshop jumper & uo skirt outfit, mac, Jack Wills 
- GU dessert, Mini champagne & a turkish delight 
- Love from siri, 100 bloglovin followers, Kip from ND
- A guy ruining Neil's Art Attack life, me and Siri falling out, long hair & dressing gown
- Leather jacket and maxi dress outfit, Topshop order, Topshop items

One skull stein.. Three ways.

One of my biggest hobbies is taking something and getting creative with it and using it as something its not intended to be. The other day I ordered this skull stein glass from Urban Outfitters for £14. They have free delivery until the end of the month so I recommend checking out their stuff asap to save yourself a few pennies. I love their interior range and am always looking at their new in home section. I also skull interior items but I particularly like this because I knew I could do different things with it, so I thought I would show you guys some ways in which you could use this. 

Example 1 

Its main function.. to drink from.

Example 2 

For storage. Eg - brushes, pens, combs, nail files, etc. 

Example 3

As a vase. My mum is a florist so I was lucky to have these flowers near by, but you can get them and the oasis really cheap. A cute way to add a girly edge to something dark. 

Pining for #1

River Island PU fallaway jacket - £60 
Urban Outfitters stag head - £28 
Next stag head - £35
River Island fallaway black jacket - £55 
Topshop playsuit - £55
Miss Selfridge leopard playsuit - £39
Chanel rouge coco shine lipstick in parfait - £24
Mac Diva lipstick - £14 
Alan studded boots - £65
Topshop blazer in petite - £65
River Island high shine tube pants - £30

Re-wearable halloween pieces

The one thing I hate about fancy dress is how much it costs to buy an outfit that you'll probably not get a chance to wear again, unless you want to go as the same thing the next time which in my opinion takes the fun out of it. So this year I thought, right, i'm going to find something that I can make look halloweeny but can also be used for other occasions or just general wear. All these pieces are from asos. Luckily, at the moment the gothic trend is around at the moment so theres a lot of spikes, skulls, leather and gorgeous blacks and metallic fabrics available. For me, the cobweb dress and maxi skirt below are perfect! Paired with some studs and skull accessories and OPI nail varnish and you're good to go. Who said fancy dress had to be tacky aye? 

A week in photos #4

- Please dont leave UO tray
- Primark zeb & lep antibacteria wipes, Nina Nesbitt itunes, magazines, chocolate skull lollies 
- UO delivery, night out, skull stein, sleeping after the night out (i always get snapped kipping)
- Jager shots, my fur headband, leather jacket crop top maxi skirt outfit, blogging 
- Photos from nights out 
- Asos delivery, nandos, healthy breakfast of a smoothie & special K, ..more nandos (no guilt)
- Limited edition for stand up for cancer pink lucozade 
- More pink lucozade & glamour