Topshop Haul

Hi everyone,

So this is my very first Haul! I don't know how many items it needs to be to be classed as a Haul, but anyway these are just a few things I've purchased online on Topshop in the past few days.

So my main reason for getting these items was because I'd been planning on buying the Topshop Mom Jeans. Now I know what your thinking ... I'm just following the hype - but actually I have an acid wash pair that I wear ALOT and I just fancied having them in black aswell, purely to allow me to wear more colours and to go with some items that I already have in my wardrobe. I also think they are so comfortable and for me that is the most important thing as I hate wearing tight things - everything has to be oversized!
 

 

 

So I purchased the plain black pair (not the acid wash black as I wanted them to look a bit smarter this time) and realised I could get free delivery if I spent £50 and as the jeans were £40, I thought I would make up the difference as Topshop delivery is £4! (a little bit expensive if you ask me!) I also get 10% off being a student so that was even more items to put into my basket! So I decided on a few beauty items as I was so impressed with their lipstick I tried (read about that here) so I went for the Glow Highlighter in Gleam which is a gorgeous gold colour. I have used highlighters before but I have never found one that I really love and look forward to putting on so I hope this will fit the bill!
 

 

 
On first impressions the colour of this is slightly bronze rather than gold but it does give a lovely bit of colour to an incredibly pale English Rose! I would probably say this product would be better for a darker skin tone, but if you are paler like me it still works to give a bit of shimmer and colour if blended in correctly. The consitency surprised me aswell - it's very creamy whereas I thought it would be a bit thicker and harder to apply but it is so creamy it does just blend in pretty much straight away - which is good when you are always in a rush like me :) At £9 it is pretty expensive, but it looks like it will last for quite a while and I think will work throughout winter and through the spring and summer months too.

The next product was this gorgeous nail varnish in 'Rumours and Lies' which is a gorgeous dark berry colour and is a perfect introduction to autumn as it is such a lovely colour. I love Topshop nail varnishes as they are quite thick but not gloopy and at £5 they are much cheaper than some of the higher end products (that personally I don't even like as much!)

 

 

Finally I chose this gorgeous eye colour duo in the shade 'Woodland Walk' and that basically sums up this colour perfectly. It is a mixture of bronze and a dark brown; colours which I haven't ever used, so I thought this would be a perfect start into the realm of bronzey eye shadow shades!

 

 

 

 

I think these colours will be perfect for autumn and at £6 I don't think it's a bad price for two colours which are very pigmented and beautiful.

 

Thanks for reading and I hope you like the products - let me know if you have tried any of them or similar ones as I would love to hear your opinions! I will leave the links for the products below too. Again I am swamped with uni work at the moment so I couldn't put any swatches or images of me wearing the products but I hope it was informative anyway!

 

Love

  Sarah x

 

 

Mom Jeans

Highlighter in Gleam

Eye Duo in Woodland Walk

 

 

 



Apparently it's 'All About Me' - Lipstick Review

Hello everyone,

Again, I have neglected my blog of posts this week but uni is starting to get VERY time consuming and organising a photoshoot in two weeks has become quite a difficult task I must admit. So, unfortunately my work has to come first, but I thought I would just do a quick post on a product that I have recently bought and am a little in love with.

I have never tried any of the Topshop lipsticks before but when I went in to my store near my uni the colours were AMAZING and of course I was drawn to the brightest (no, seriously it is SO bright) colour there was. I would like to introduce you to 'All About Me', possibly the most beautiful and yet scary lipstick I have ever come across.

I'm sure some of you may think this is hideous, and I hope some you, like me, love it, but are not brave enough to wear it. Well, I decided to give it a go ... and it's definitely a statement! I would pobably say it was more of an evening lipstick, simply because it is so bright, but what I love is the texture and look of the lipstick. It is a matte lipstick (which I love) and it has an amazing colour payoff (if all Topshop lipsticks are like this I will definitely be buying more of them!)

 

The image above does not give the colour any justice though, it is VERY bright, so if you are not confident with bright lip colours then I would steer well clear, but like me, if you love it, just give it a go! At £8, the price is pretty expensive, but I brought mine when they were offering 20% off for students so it was just over £6 which is a bit more reasonable, but if you are looking for a statement lipstick then this is worth the price tag!

 

Let me know if you like the lipstick or whether you think I'm crazy for buying it and let me know if you have tried it or any of Topshop's other colours.

 

Thanks for reading and leave some post suggestions below!

 

Love

Sarah

 

Two Month Blog Update

Hi everyone,

So another month has past (I can't believe how quickly this month has gone) and what an exciting blog month it has been!

On my One Month Blog Update post (which you can see here) I had 5 followers of my blog and I was so happy that 5 people had actually taken the time to follow me. I had hoped that I would reach 10 followers by the end of this month, which would have been fantastic; but I didn't finish this month with 10, I finished it with 60 followers! Honestly, to me that is UNBELIEVABLE! I honestly never, ever thought I would ever have that many people following my blog, let alone in two months of starting it - it is so overwhelming.

All the comments you leave are so lovely too, they really have brought my confidence up in posting content. I'm more excited about seeing if one of you have commented rather than worrying if you won't like a post. My most read post this month is suprisingly my most recent, which was my Clinique High Impact Mascara Review (you can read it here), which I was really happy about as I wasn't sure it was detailed enough when I first uploaded it. One post which had a lot more views this month (which I was so happy about) was my Prom Post (you can read that here and a picture of the makeup I used is below). As I mentioned in my Another Liebster Award post, this was my favourite post as although it took forever, it was a mixture of fashion and makeup and as it was one of my first posts I can see how much my photography and my writing has developed (I hope you all think so too!).
 

 

This will be my 4th post of this month - not as many as I would have liked but I started uni two weeks ago so haven't done any shopping or had time to think and write many posts. I'm hopefully going to start a routine soon of trying to post when I have a day off, but I'm still trying to get used to starting uni so I can't say this will be straight away!
I also didn't post any outfit posts - which I wish I had. For some reason I don't seem to have the confidence to do it just yet, as I said in my last blog update it is a lot more personal than just talking about a new beauty product. I also thought I might have a chance to take outfit pictures before uni, but unfortunately I have still been in 'holiday mode' and not got up early enough - and trains don't wait for OOTD's!

So I think a little task for me is to start small and post just one outfit - it's not much but if you like it, it might bring my confidence up and it may be two by November!

Another lovely thing that happened this month was I got nominated for another 4 Liebster Awards! It is so nice to know that people like my blog enough to nominate me for an award and although I haven't had time to answer them all, I would like to thank you all for being so lovely and enjoying my blog. I'm going to leave their names and blogs below so if you haven't followed them, do so as their blogs are so cute and professional!

Hannah from NICE FUN STUFF

Nadia from Nadia Clarice - Fashion and Beauty

Kerry from Kerry's Habitat

Inez from The Moon And The Lampost

So, this month has been very eventful, in terms of my life and my blog, and I'm sorry this post has been so long, but I hope you enjoyed reading it and let me know if you think I should carry these posts on - as I said I love reading your comments!

Thanks for reading and I would love to read your blog updates if you have done one, just let me know and I would love to take a look!

 

Love

Sarah

Clinique High Impact Mascara Review

Hi everyone,

So I have quite a love/hate relationship with mascaras. For some reason I always have some problem with them i.e. they aren't very easy to get off (causing me to get sore eyes which is not a good look) or they actually don't do anything at all, so basically my eyelashes look the same as they did without it ... and the list continues.

For a while I had been using the Benefit They're Real Mascara, and had really been enjoying using it as I didn't feel the need to use eyeshadow or eyeliner as my eyelashes looked nice enough on their own (I was actually just about to review it!).

But after a few weeks I realised that my eyes were getting dry and sore (let me just say this was not due to the formula or anything like that so don't worry!) as I was struggling to get it off in the evening. I was so dissapointed as I finally thought I had found a mascara that I really loved, but I'm afraid it had to go straight in the bin :( (not out of choice trust me! And please let me know if you have had problems with it too! I don't want to be the only one!)

So the search continued again, and luckily I found the Clinique High Impact Mascara and I love it!

 

I find it is actually quite similar to the Benefit They're Real Mascara (which I am very happy about!) and it is so much easier to remove too. I also found the Benefit Mascara could be quite unpleasant to apply as the brush could catch my eyelashes, but this Clinique one is lovely to use. At £16.50, it isn't on the cheap side, but I justify it by saying my eyes deserve it!

 

 

The mascara comes in Black and Black/Brown and would really recommend it if you like a thicker formula that gives the look of longer lashes.

 

 

Let me know if you have tried this in the comments and you're opinions on it, and I will leave the link to it below:

 

http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Clinique+High+Impact+Mascara+8g/730018690,default,pd.html

 

 

Love

Sarah



The Best Blush Ever? Sleek Rose Gold Blush Review

So, I must begin with saying, blusher is like 'my thing'. I just love how it makes you look and truthfully, I feel like something is missing without having it on (I hope you feel like that too or understand what I mean!)
 
I know some bloggers have reviewed this already, but I brought the Sleek Rose Gold Blush a few months ago and haven't actually got round to reviewing it myself yet, and as I love it so much I thought it was about time!

I was actually recommended this by my sister, who loved it, and I hadn't heard about it online at the time, but I thought I would give it a go. I mean, at £4.49 you can't really go wrong can you?

On first impressions, the blush is so pigmented, it could easily be a high end product, and what I just love about it is that it looks a lovely pink on the cheeks, but from the side it acts like a sort of highlighter and catches the light beautifully. It does give off a certain shimmer, which I personally love, but if that's not what you're looking for in a blusher then I wouldn't say this is for you. I also feel it's perfect for both the day and the evening as it can just add a subtle shimmer and a lovely colour to the cheeks, or if more product is used it can also look perfect for the evening.

As you can see from the picture below, it also last for ages; I have had this for months and used it nearly everyday and it still looks like new! For the price of £4.49 that is just amazing, as I thought it would run out after a few weeks as it is so reasonably priced, but it's still going strong!

I also decided to wear the blush for my prom, which I have also done a post on, so please check that out if you have a minute!

Thanks for reading, and let me know if you have tried this blush, your thoughts on it, and whether you would recommend any of Sleek's other blushes; I would love to try some more, I just hope they are all as good!


Buy online here: http://www.sleekmakeup.com/face/blusher/blush or at Superdrug

Love

Sarah