Saturday's 'Not Spending Any Money' Mini Haul

On Saturday I popped in to town as I was bored and also because I'd seen a Metallica top appear on Topshop's website the night before and wanted to go check it out (in hope it wouldn't be that nice, so I wouldn't spend)...

Yes, I loved it, so I bought it!

Well, I did want a top to wear when I see Metallica at Download...

£22, And Finally at Topshop.

Love everything about this, especially the holes all over the neckline.

The top is really long.

I'll reveal how I style this after Download!

- I'm going to do a Download Festival in Outfits post :)

and then I wrongly visited Superdrug, in search of black lipstick...

Oh, Hello 3 for 2.

I couldn't resist once I found Barry M's black lipstick...

In my defence, I have wanted the Burgundy/red Magnetic polish since it came out!

and I love the Waterproof Eyeliners, this colour looked too gorge to leave.

- I have 3 Barry M Waterproof Eyeliners now and will do a review soon :)

£3.99 (free on 3 for 2)

£4.99

£4.49

and here's the black lipstick on...

Opinions welcome. I expect not many will like. Please don't be too nasty :)

So far I've had the following reactions from friends on my Facebook:

 

1. Oh no hoe u didn't :( looks scary xx

2. not too sure on this, maybe if you did your eyebrows darker??xx

My reply:
It's all about the statement lip! If I did my eyes or eyebrows darker it'd look too extreme and I would look gothic xx

3.and one of the lads: Holy Shit! Zoe thats scary!...

 

Anyone else been hauling over the long weekend?

 

I hope you all had a great weekend :)

I have another 8 days off still, 5 of which will be spent at Download Festival, from Weds-Sunday night. So so sooooo excited!!! 2 SLEEPS!

 

xXx

Purchases :)

It's 3:20am, I should be going to bed, but I am a Blogging Addict and need to get my fix!!!

Last night I went to check out my friends new crib, go out for a meal and have a sleepover, so I was unable to blog and really missed it, sad?

Tonight I went to my cousin's 21st party and to a bar/club in town and I have since been sat at home, watching a film called Joy Ride, having a proper perv on Paul Walker, whilst drinking Whisky and Lemonade.

I'm now watching Joy Ride 2, still drinking W&L and thought I'd do some blogging :)

 

Today my friend and I went shopping in Telford (once we had finished dancing round her kitchen and munching on Skittles!!).

The latest edition of Company Magazine came out today (seems weird saying today now, technically it was yesterday!), so I was really excited to get that.

Whilst looking for Company, I found a copy of the February edition in Boots. I missed this one, so it was great to find it and for just £1!

I then picked up the new April edition in WH Smith :)

 Florence on the cover, looking gorgeous!

So looking forward to getting stuck into the mag. I bought the March edition for my train journey to London last month and absolutely loved it. There was a lot about blogging, careers and life that I found so inspirational and some fab fashion bits! I much prefer a magazine like Company, to celeb gossip magazines which feature the same sad celebs and silly stories all the time!

Lots of love for Company Magazine.

Another thing I was on the lookout for (as Shrewsbury is lame and we have a delay in getting anything new in!!), was the new Batiste Cherry.

I FOUND IT! YAY.

I will be doing a review post on this :)

 

£2.99 from Boots

That's all I got today, as cash is very very short :-(

But here is some things I bought a couple of weeks ago and never got round to posting about!

 Facemasks, 99p each of 4 for 3 from Superdrug :)

I tried the Exfoliating one whilst in Newcastle in January and it was SO good, I just had to re-purchase!

Reviews to follow soon :)

Loving the new RI bags :)

I got this baby, as I had eyed it up for a while :)

Just £16!!

You may have seen that I also bought the leopard version of this style skirt not long ago...

I love them both! Great price and really cute :)

(I haven't got round to wearing either yet though...!)

I hope you are all having a great weekend!

If you are on Twitter, let me know and follow me if you like :) I'm new to it and finding it a wee bit dull atm as I don't follow many people or have many followers, haha!

xXx

Birmingham Shopping Weekend

Hey girlies

(Another pic heavy post...)

So, my last 2 posts were about the Selfridges Christmas Beauty Event, which I attended in Birmingham on Thursday 1st December. I did the follow-up post and the Goody Bag post and here is the shopping/purchases post.

I was in Birmingham overnight on the Thursday and all day Friday, then went back on the Saturday with my sister, as she invited me to tag along with her :)

As this post contains a lot of photos, I am not going to write a lot. I plan to do posts on some of the things I bought, like the nail polishes :)  If you have any questions about any of the products, just ask!

  

Barry M purchases :)

Silver Kohl Eyeliner Pencil: £2.99

Lip Lacquer in 'Candyfloss': £4.99

Silver Glitter Nail Effects: FREE when you spend £6 or more :)

(I bought the above products with my Boots Advantage Points)

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Lilac Foil Nail Effects: £3.99 (or free when spending £6 or more), Superdrug

Lilac Foil and Silver Glitter Nail Effects

Minnie Mouse advent calendar (still unopened!!)

Aimee got me this as it was buy one get one half price, so 99p :)

Facemask: 99p, Superdrug

Andrea Fulerton Gemstone Overcoat: £4.99, Superdrug (finally found some!!)

Jack Wills Nail Varnish 'Electric Pink': £6, Selfridges

MAC 'Hold That Pose!' Mineralize Eyeshadow: £16.50 but got for £6.50 using £10 redeemable event ticket :)

Baileys coated nuts from the German Market, yum!!

My sister's car boot :) Sadly, the massive Topshop bag was NOT mine :( Nor was the Hollister bag!

Saturday mini haul :)

Skullcandy earphones: £7 (Half Price), HMV

Jolly Rancher's: £2.19

Hello Panda: £1.99

Both from Selfridges

Anyone remember these??

They made me feel totally sick :-/

Pretty Christmas bags :)

Skull vest: £25, Urban Outfitters

LOVE ring: £3.99, Miso at Republic

Buche De Noel Cleanser: £5.95

I needed some Lush facial cleanser, as my Angels on Bare Skin had finally run out, and I was excited to find this festive beauty :) Then I got Celebrate lip tint, just because.

Celebrate Lip Tint: £4.99

  

Returned to the Illamasqua counter to get one of the products used in my eye makeover :)

This is a Christmas present off my sister, so I will reveal/blog about after Christmas!

and some photos of the Illamasqua Freak postcard and sample tab thing, which is SO cute! and as I mentioned in my previous post is AMAZING!! I am hoping Santa brings me some for Christmas :)

Hope you all had a good weekend!

xXx



A £5 Shopping Trip and Exciting Products

Hey girlies :)

Today I was kindly woken up at 9am by my sister (thanks Donna!). We went shopping in Telford. I only had £5 to spend, which I had in a pot at home.

I got 2 little things today:

Boots:

As soon as I walked into Boots I spotted the new Midnight Enchantment collection by No7, cute packaging/look and lovely products. I only got the nail polish, as Donna had a No7 £5 voucher with her, meaning it cost me just £2 :)

Check out the collection here.

No7 Midnight Enchantment 'Glitter Bomb' Nail Polish

£2 using £5 voucher (£7 full price)

I only swatched it on my ring finger, as I had painted my nails just a few hours earlier.

(Nail varnish is H and M Hello Kitty, as mentioned in a previous post ;-) )

Superdrug:

I have been in need of some moisturiser for my face, so was pleased to find this little gem in Superdrug :)

Vitamin E Intense Moisturise Cream

£2.99, Superdrug

(Apologies for the dull lighting! I had to turn flash off to photograph the Moisturiser as it kept beaming off the pot!)

After Telford, I then spent around 6 hours trying/continuing to sort out my bedroom! FUN!

During a break from the mammoth task, I checked my emails, to find an email from Barry M about their new 'Croc Effect' Crackle Paint.

The photo looks pretty cool, though I can't get my head around how it would come out any different to the original Crackle Paints!

I've just watched the video on the Barry M website and it does appear different to the original Crackle Paints.

Priced at £3.99 and available here.

(Photo: Barry M website)

What do you think of the new Croc Effect?? Will you be buying?

Next up, Britney Spears perfumes...

30ml perfumes currently on offer in Boots, £12.99 from £22 (£13 on website, for some reason 1p more than in store!)

I saw the Brtiney perfumes on sale at Boots whilst going in for lunch on Friday.  I love Radiance, my sister has this and it smells so good, but I hadn't tried any of the older ones, until Friday!

I tried Midnight Fantasy, and OMG, AMAZING!!

(Photo: Boots website)

I COVERED myself in the stuff and when I was at the till the girl asked 'What perfume are you wearing?' *CRINGE*...'it's the Britney 'Midnight Fantasy', I just sprayed some' (more like used the whole bottle, haha!), she said it smelt really nice! The smell lasted ALL DAY AND NIGHT! I was sat in my NVQ exams smelling it, even later in the evening, sat watching TV I kept smelling it, great lasting power!

I don't usually go for celeb perfumes, but this is definitely on my Christmas Wish List :)

What is your favourite Britney perfume?

Oh, and I passed both my NVQ Key Skills exams - yay! Thank God! One more stress out of the way :)

Hope you are all having a great weekend :)

xXx