What's in my bag? | Spring edition

 

I know I haven't really posted on my blog in about a month now I am super sorry for that, but I have just been so busy recently with the new puppy coming home, my job & I've just been feeling blue, but I am here now with a fresh new blog post for you lovely readers.

 

 Although some days it feels like it's still one of those winter days when you don't know whether to throw on a jumper or a shirt, it is in fact actually spring. I carry a lot in my bag when I'm out and about so I just thought I'd share with you what's in my bag this spring.

 

 

 

 

First things first, every girl has a purse it's another fashion excuse really isn't it? My purse is just a simple patient nude purse from Primark, it has 3 sections, one for cards one for notes and a separate section for coins, it's always essential to have money in hand just in case for an urgent taxi ride or bus ride. Not only that its great for holding keepsakes, I keep a photo in mine just to look at and smile at when I open my purse.

 

Keys, I've gone through sets of keys like I don't know what because I am absolutely useless when it comes to keeping keys... but since we got the locks changed I've done great keeping them so fingers crossed it stays that way. But these are essential & also car keys if you drive, no doubt I'll be useless with those when I get a car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

My phone, everyone these days has a phone, I have the iPhone 5c in white and it goes with me everywhere. Phones, the internet in general have just become a part of everyday human life, it's how we communicate from parts of the world to another part of the world, in some ways its a good thing and in other ways it can be bad. But my phone is my life and I cant imagine life without the internet, it's a great thing for when I'm out and my family want to get in touch with me.

 

I carry my headphones, because I can't go on a train or a bus without these, I have to take them everywhere with me just to listen to music on the go.

 

Maybe I use too much twitter or I read blogs too much but my battery dies pretty quickly so always carry my phone charger, I keep thinking about investing in a battery pack but I can't find one that I thinks worth the money, so for now I just carry my cable and plug.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like to take a few basic hair products with me on the go, especially when I know i'm going to be outside for the majority of the time & this products include a tangle teaser, these are amazing and I totally recommend to anyone even if you have curly or straight hair, these are the best & I also think they're reasonably priced & it's really cool that you can get all those cool prints too.

 

I also like to carry my dry shampoo, everyone's had that day when they cannot be bothered to wash their hair, so I just like to carry this in my bag for as and when I need, its the Batiste Dry shampoo in the 'Blush' fragrance, I really like it, but I feel that sometimes it's a little bit too powdery, it is the travel version which is awesome for carrying round in your bag and I think the price is just short of £1.50.

 

And the last product I carry for my hair is my hairspray, it is the Elnett satin by L'Oreal Paris, it's my favourite hair spray of all time & I just think hair spray is a must for long day trips just to get the flyaway hairs, it smells amazing and it is once again the mini travel version, which was £1.50 when I got this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now the 3 basic makeup essentials are a must for me, I carry them everywhere

they include concealer, powder & whatever lip product is my favourite at that time, just for top ups such as if your skin becomes oily throughout the day you can powder it over & for breakouts concealer is the number one for helping to cover unwanted blemishes, and I cant stand dry lips, so lipbalm is one of my favourite things to help keep my lips hydrated through the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And last but not least, I always like to carry some sort of fragrance in my bag, because its great to always smell gorgeous when you're out and about, the fragrance I'm loving recently is from Body Shop and it is thee water lotus. It smells beautiful, perfect for this summer, and it's travel size which makes it even more amazing, it came in a four piece set & I love all the other fragrances in the set too but this one is my all time favourite.

 

 

 

Thanks for reading my lovelies and I'll apologise again for not blogging so much, I will be posting a lot more, I've built up quite a few things to review so there are plenty of blog posts to come!

 



 

 



April Favourites | Better late than never

 

Now I know that I'm a little late this month but I've been busy with my new job, so I do apologise but as they say it's better late than never afterall. I've been loving quite a few things this month so it's been hard having to narrow it down into a blog post, I always struggle to do these blog posts because it's sometimes hard to actually pick just a few favourites.

 

 

 

 

In April I really enjoyed starting to read a book I got for my birthday, it is the book 'Girl Online' by Zoe Sugg. I'd been wanting this book for a while way before my birthday so I was really happy to receive it, I love the story so far, I like being able to relate to a book and I didn't have a problem connecting to the story I won't give anything away for those that haven't read it yet or are only at the beginning of the story, but I really do think it's a good book to read this spring, so grab yourself a copy!

 

 

Also this month, well it's the May copy but shhhhhh...

 

I bought the Vogue magazine, I used to buy it a lot a couple of months ago but sometimes certain places don't stock vogue. But I really wanted to start to put a scrap book together for this seasons and next seasons fashion trends to then share with you guys, I love making things and putting things together and I'll have a lot of spare time over the summer so I am really looking forward to building it up and showing you the end result.

 

 

 

 

 

This month I am really loving my Urban Decay Naked 3 eye shadow palette, it comes with 15 different pigments. I'm quite fair skinned meaning really dark colours don't exactly suit me as I have blue eyes and fair hair naturally, this palette is filled with pinks and light browns with one really dark colour which can be used for the smoke eye effect which I must admit I'm still perfecting, but in spring and summer I feel that you don't want anything too heavy on your eyes as it gets quite warm so just a stroke of eye shadow and a coat of mascara is a good alternative for the spring/summer season.

 

Urban Decay have two other palettes out to go with the naked 3, these are naked 2 and the naked palette, they're all around £38 for one, I picked mine up at a Debenhams store. Little bit pricy but well worth the money, mine has lasted me ages.

 

 Definitely one of my favourites this season!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm really loving lip balm this spring, especially my lollibalm by benefit, just for the simple reason it makes a great alternative to wearing lipstick all the time, it can be a pain in summer to have to keep applying lipstick during the day. I have just been carrying this round in my bag, it's just super easy to whip this out and apply without a mirror, no smudging, slightly pigmented with a pale pink, also a bonus when it comes to keeping your lips hydrated!

 

 

 

 

 

There's probably only one thing I hate when it comes to spring and summer and that's when my hair becomes dry, now that I have blonde ombre, I want to keep it healthy so I've just been using Schwarzkopf  'got2be oil-licious' this is a tame and shine oil with extracts of argan oil, I use this daily, mostly after a shower just to put on the ends of my hair, it has really been helping as well as giving my hair a 3 minute treatment each week and laying off the hair straighteners!

 

It's definitely one to try and can be used on all hair types, this can be found in any drugstore for around £3-4.

 

 I have loads and loads I could write about this month for my favourites, but it would take me forever to write just something little about each of them!

 

 I hope that you are all enjoying spring so far, I know that I am, I have so much to look forward to in the next week and I can't wait to share it with you guys!

 

Thanks for reading!

 

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Everyone has a sweet tooth? | Foodie post

Lipgoss girlies,

 

Do you have a sweet tooth? Everyone has a sweet tooth right?

 

 I've always been a sucker for a piece of cake or chocolate, you can ask anyone in my family that although everyone in my family is a lover of all sweet things. Now I know I'm straying quite afar from my department of the blogging world as you might say, but I thought I'd indulge a little in this blog post I've got for you guys.

 

My lovely auntie, uncle & cousins paid a visit this past weekend, it was great to see them seen as though we haven't had a great big catch up since before the new year. We do the usual general chat about how college/school is going, (boring) then there's the chat about how much I've grown up and we also have a little gossip (I have a very suitable blog name!) of course you have a gossip, it's what family does. My uncle really is quite the joker & knows how to make me laugh, he was talking about eyebrow threading, don't worry, he doesn't get his eyebrows thread, that would be weird. (ooh maybe I'm not straying too far away from my beauty blog after all. Tip - Never get your eyebrows threaded first, better to get them waxed)

 

Anyway,

 

They always bring round some treats for us whether it be home made or bought, so as you can see from the image inserted below, yes... they took a trip to....

 

Tadaaa!

 

 

I've always wanted to make an afternoon out of going to betty's but I'm not fortunate to have one close to where I live, but I would absolutely love to go to the tea room in New York it looks beautiful, ahh one day.. a girl can dream.

 

I might as well say that I'm a coffee & a tea person so you can consider it afternoon tea OR coffee for me, it's not very often we get any treats from betty's tea room, they were lovely enough to bring us some, although I do know that my mum received a giant Easter egg a couple of Easters ago, it was probably one of the best chocolate egg's I have ever tasted, I definitely recommend, a little bit pricy but well worth it when you've had a little piece.

 

 

The packaging is super pretty of course, I find that betty's is your traditional way to enjoy tea with the ceramic teapots decorated with the cute patterns, served in little tea cups with saucers, well that's how I would picture it in my head, very vintage & warm.

 

A bit like the image below, they looked so good that you didn't want to eat them although obviously we ate them, especially while they were fresh, they were decorated in a simple pretty way with the pink and the yellow complimenting each other with the daisy's piped delicately on the top. They tasted amazing with the soft Victoria sponge like filling on the inside. I found that just one made me full which is great for my thighs (ha ha!) not too heavy though, just enough room left for a cup of tea.  

 

 

I've had some of the shortbread biscuits also, they're probably one of my favourite kinds of biscuit, they certainly beat shop bought shortbread, that's for sure, it's always great to have something to dunk in your tea or coffee, although personally I think short bread goes better with tea?

 

Are you a tea or coffee person? I have a taste for twinings English tea, or their fruit teas.

 

 Where are the best tea rooms? I' m thinking about taking a visit to one very soon!

 

What does your sweet tooth crave? Let me know!

 

Thank you for reading

 

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