In the lead up to Halloween, I am currently lusting after many items that I have seen online. I have compiled a list of my favourites! I am very tempted to buy all of these...
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(Photos from store websites)
Skeleton Dress - Missguided
Skull T-shirt - River Island
Lime Crime 'Poisonberry' Opaque Lipstick - Love Make Up (UK stockist)
Halloween Nail Wraps - Topshop
Pumpkin Face Jumper - Topshop
I am also looking to buy a long black wig. I would really like to try black hair, but without making the permanent commitment. I made that mistake back in 2007...
A black wig would be ideal for Halloween, but also for after Halloween.
Any recommendations of reasonably priced, good quality wigs would be very welcome!
Do you have a Halloween wish list? Are you as excited as I am?
I had another busy fun weekend and decided to get some outfit photos to do a Weekend in Outfits post. I love checking out other bloggers outfit posts (OOTD/OOTN/etc), seeing how people dress and how they style their clothes. I hope people enjoy my posts too...
So, here is my Weekend in Outfits:
Fri: Non-alcoholic Drinks and a Catch-up
Dress: H&M
Scarf: Primark
Tights: Asda
Shoes: New Look (years old!)
Bag: Paul's Boutique
Faux Leather Jacket: New Look
Saturday: Afternoon Road Trip to Aberystwyth
Top (with big shoulder pads!): Primark
Skirt: River Island
Tights: Asda
Boots: Asda
Bag: Paul's Boutique
Faux Leather Jacket: New Look
Sunday: 'Sunday Club Reunion' Open Day at Ditherington Flaxmill Maltings, followed by a (veggie) carvery
A few weeks ago I went to Birmingham for a Thursday night away with my friend. Jo.
We planned to go check out the Selfridges Girls Night In event, but it didn't seem to be on :-( No treatments, no champagne and no cupcakes!
Anyway, we had a shop, ate a Nando's, then had a girly night out, followed by a little more shopping/browsing the following day.
We had fun :)
I treated myself to a few bits whilst in Birmingham...
Primark:
Excuse edge of bed!
My Little Pony Tee £6
Neon Yellow Top £5
Car Print Crop £6
You can see how I style the MLP and neon tops here :)
Nail Polishes in Holiday Fun (neon purple) and Magnetic (silver/rainbow glitter) £2.50 each
- I saw these on Lucy's blog a while ago and was excited to find the Angelica stand in Birmingham Primark :) So much choice! I have yet to use these, as I kinda forgot about them...I just got them out the bag and the purple was drying up :-/ So we'll see how they are and I'll report back to you all!
Urban Outfitters:
Nail Polish in Twinkie £6
(Review on this soon! On first try I would not recommend, sadly! But I am going to give it a second chance...)
Selfridges:
MAC Creme Cup Lipstick £13.50
- I actually bought a MAC lipstick that isn't a Limited Edition/Collection one!
NYX Nail Polish (yes, more nail polish!) in NPS139 Precious Gems £4.50
and I just HAD to have this when I saw it...
Mermaid blouse £25
I LOVE all things mermaid and this is beautiful!
I also picked up some random bits from the Spar!
Kerrang, just because.
Rainbow Drops, going back to childhood!
and WKD, going back to the early drinking days...hey, we needed some cheap pre-drinks!
I may aswell add this here, as it's not had a post to fit in to...
I got this blouse from Asda a few weeks back, just before Birmingham.
I saw it weeks earlier but wasn't 100% sure but waiting paid off, reduced to £5, had to get it!
Mum said she was horrified when she saw it hanging in my room but liked it on.
Here's how I styled it :)
I also picked up some of my usual purple hair dye, even though I'm still not decided on re-doing the purple yet...but it was on offer at £2.79 in Superdrug. The dye which I use is Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL 46 Cyber Purple. When my hair is dyed it looks something like this...
Not the faded out colour that it currently is!
But I am stuck on what to do...
Purple again, back to blonde, red, brown, ???
Help...
I still need to catch up on the lovely comments left on my previous posts but am currently in a rush to get ready for Lostprophets gig in Birmingham later! Well, I say later, Kelly is going to be at mine in 30 mins, AHHH!! Will catch up on comments tomorrow :)
xXx
(This post was live an hour or so ago, but I forgot my River Island purchases so had to edit!)
Last night I went to Birmingham to watch one of my favourite bands, Kids in Glass Houses <3
The guys were supporting You Me at Six, along with Mayday Parade and The Skints (we missed The Skints!).
The gig was awesome.
KIGH absolutely smashed it, as always.
I have seen them 9 times now over the past 5 years and still get excited like it's Christmas every time I see them.
One of the best bands live. So much energy, charisma, entertaining, great musicians and Aled is one of the greatest frontmen, EVER.
Sadly, we didn't get to meet the guys this time :-( I dislike seeing them live and not meeting them, so used to meeting them now! Boo.
Anyway, as you can tell, I am still on a KIGH...sorry, I just had to!
I am still on a high from the gig, even though I didn't get home til 2:30am, was in agony from wearing 5 inch heels at the gig, had 3 hours sleep and then (I don't know how) I walked a good couple of miles to work this morning!...must have been the excitement and listening to some great tunes on my journey to work (KIGH included, of course!).
Here's what I wore:
Top: River Island
Skirt: The Infamous Faux Leather, Primark
Tights: Asda
Shoes: Primark (year or so ago!)
Bag: Birthday present off Kelly a couple of years ago, New Look
The Shoes:
Gig shoes - Driving shoes
The heels killed, but I felt older and was taller and had a 5 inch height advantage so could actually see the stage! I only noticed one other girl wearing heels there, everyone else was in Vans, Converse or military boots...
The Nails:
Lefty: Barry M Black, Rio white nail art pen and Models Own Hedkandi Ibiza Mix on the thumb.
Righty: Barry M Black with Models Own Hedkandi Ibiza Mix
The Face:
Had the dramatic eye going on.
My hair is so shiny after using my new shampoo and conditioner (post very soon!)
The face consists of the usual foundation and powder, Accesorize Diva blush, some charcoal eyeshadow from 17, L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes mascara, Barry M Waterproof eyeliner and Vivo Frosted Pink lipgloss.
The Photos:
Some (a load!) of photos from the night...
The venue from the car park.
Tickets and nails :)
Outside the venue, where we joined the tiny Box Office queue, as the kind security said it was ok :)
Few minutes later, we were in!
The main queue was down the road, round the block, thousands of people back!!
Kind security! Makes a change for security and staff to actually be friendly and chatty, that was nice.
Mayday Parade.
Kelly and I, living the KIGH life :)
Kids in Glass Houses.
You Me at Six.
Kelly revealed she is a proper geek and had a mission of finding £1 in change on the floor...she had 30p, then I spotted a whole £1 coin, so she picked it up and was very happy...BLESS.
Picked up these cute little flyers for Diamond Days :)
Sitting in the ride, waiting in the warmth after the gig, in hope of meeting the guys but sadly they had left when we were still in the venue :-(
DUDE.
Faux pas.
This would be why I said that there was to be no eating in my car after the valet 2 weeks ago!
So there we have it :)
Loved loved LOVED last night, so much.
Love gigs.
Love music.
Love live, amazing bands :)
Next up: Lostprophets, 23 April, O2 Academy Birmingham.
I hope you all had a great weekend!
I will leave you with Kids in Glass Houses latest song, one of my favourites and where the name of this post came from :)
Check them out.
Great video too (even if you only see the guys briefly!).
