top - Primark, shorts - LavishAlice, jewellery - Topshop

Happy New Years Eve guys!!

So this is the outfit I wore on Christmas day, for some reason I don't look very happy in these pictures aha. I think its because my sister was taking the pictures and I was trying to teach her how to focus and use my new camera!

Also I know this outfit doesn't look very Christmassy but these shorts are a lot more sparkly in real life, they were a Christmas present and they are gorgeous! They are dark green and black and they have gold and black shiny thread running through them, really lovely. I will definitely be making lots of use of them over the next few months!

I hope you guys had an amazing Christmas and I hope you all have a lovely New Year. Me and my friends are planning on going over to another friends house and we will probably just chill with a few bottles of wine and lot of yummy food!!

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I'm sorry this post is a little late but I wanted to get my sales picks up around Boxing Day. Anyway this is just a quick snapshot of what I got for Christmas, I know some people aren't keen on these posts but I personally love having a nosey at what others got for Christmas. I have been very spoilt this Christmas and with my birthday coming up on the 4th, I have a feeling I'm going to be very spoilt once again; probably the reason I love Christmas so much aha, two sets of presents and lots of time to spend with friends and family! Anyway I list what I got below, I got a few other odd bits, like chocolate and WH Smith vouchers, as well but I just chose the bits I thought you guys would want to see!

Original White Converse

Soap and Glory Gift Set (Righteous Body Butter, Clean On Me Body Wash, Great Shakes Hand Cream, Sexy Motherpucker Gloss)

Spotty Umbrella

Mini Batiste Dry Shampoo Set

MAC 'Satin Taupe' Eyeshadow

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Shadow Stick in 'Wasteland'

Escentric Molecules 'Molecule 1' Perfume

Charles Worthington Brilliant Shine Shampoo & Conditioner

Student Cookbook

Jasmine Diffuser

Real Techniques Starter Eye Set

Real Techniques Stippling Brush

The Body Shop Vitamin C Reviver

Lavish Alive Boucle Shorts

Topshop Studded Purse

The Body Shop Seaweed Clay Mask

Filing Pegs

Lauren Conrad Beauty Book

Ted DVD

Friends and Rivals by Tilly Bagshawe

Leave me your links below if you've done a Christmas post because I love to see what other people got:)

xxx

Topshop Ruby Embellished Shorts £55.00 £25.00

ASOS Digital Print Shirt £38.00 £18.00

River Island Grey Shift Dress £65.00 £30.00

ASOS Jewel Playsuit £35.00 £14.50

Motel Cross Embellished Shorts £35.00 £21.00

Warehouse Tweed Jacket £65.00 £45.50

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, I had two days of plenty of food and lots of alcohol and pressies!! I can't wait to go sale shopping now though and these picks are some of my favourite things I've seen online. Expect to see plenty of hauls in the next few weeks:D!

xxx
p.s. I have a 'What I got for Christmas' post coming soon; I've loved reading other peoples so thought I'd do my own!

jumper & heels - New Look, jeggings - Warehouse, jewellery - Topshop

ITS CHRISTMASSSSSS (Eve)!!

I am so so excited if you couldn't already tell aha, lots of lovely food, a few cheeky presents and just spending lots of time with family, I can't wait. We tend to spend Christmas day with one grandparents and Boxing day with the other so I sort of get two Christmas days which I personally love because it just spreads Christmas out for that little bit longer:)

Its also my birthday on the 4th January, so as I usually get money I decided to buy myself an early birthday present!! Its something that I've been wanting for absolutely ages and I'm sure you guys will be able to appreciate it too; its a NEW CAMERA!!! A Canon 600d to be precise and I love it so much, I have just spent the last two days walking around taking pictures of random things and playing with the settings and these outfit pictures are the first to be taken with the new camera and so I hope you can tell the big difference in photo quality!

These heels I bought in the New Look sale when I did some last minute Christmas shopping at the weekend and I am in love with them, I've been wearing them around the house I like them that much aha, they were also a bargain at £10!

Anyway thats enough rambling from me!! I hope you all have a lovely Christmas, I shall probably post again the day after Boxing day!!

Merry Christmas everyone:)

xxxxx

It thats time of year again, party season!! Work parties, Christmas parties, New years eve parties... (my birthday parties!!) aha. And for me I always find myself reaching for the same kind of makeup around this time of year. I always up for a gorgeous bronze smokey bronze, it's always the type of look I go for around Christmas. These are some of my favourite products that I used to create a bronze smoky eye:

First I always have to use a bit of the Maybelline Color Tattoo in On and On Bronze, I find its a great base for any smoky eye but in particular I find layering a bronze smokey eye over this cream shadow base just makes my eyes pop! Definitely a must have for me.

Next is eyeshadow, one of my ultimate favourites for what is perhaps the simplest bronze smoky eye ever is Mac Eyeshadow in Mulch. Mulch has to be one of my favourite Mac eyeshadows, on its own its a lovely brown with gold shimmer but paired with the color tattoo it transforms into a stunning bronzy colour. Another firm favourite but much more glitzy combo is this 17 Eyeshadow Trio in Enraged; these three shades are all very shimmery but if you fancy going all out for a dramatic eye, they are gorgeous when used all together; the pale gold all over the lid, the shimmery pale pink in the inner corner of the eye and the darker colour along the lash line and through the crease. A more recent purchase is this Revlon Eyeshadow Quad in Adventurous. These shades are all lovely but I especially love the bronze colour combined with the matte dark brown through the crease, more understated that the 17 Trio but still stunning!

And last but not least is eyeliner and mascara. I'm a huge fan of pencil eyeliners and two of my firm favourites have to be Rimmel ScandalEyes Waterproof Kohl in Bronze and Avon SuperShock Gel Liner in Black and Blackberry. These two eyeliners have to be the longest lasting eyeliners ever, seriously these don't budge and they are really nice colours too. And you can't have a proper smokey eye without plenty of mascara; my favourite has to be the Avon SuperShock Max Mascara, seriously good with lots of volume!

Let me know if you liked this sort of post!

xxx

This was another colour I ordered when Models Own has their 50% off offer! To be honest I was stuck choosing a colour to be my 5th polish (you had to buy 5 to get 50% off) so I just went for this one, not really sure why. But anyway, it was the last polish I tried because I wasn't really that interested in it but I actually love it. Its a really nice chocolate brown that just seems to make my hands look really good and polished. Definitely one I'll keep going back to. And its made me learn not judge colours before I've tried them aha!

xxx

Now I've heard people talk about this foundation for absolutely ages, and since it supposed to be amazing for oily skin I thought it was about time I tried it:) Especially when Revlon had their 3 for 2 offer plus a free glitter nail polish when you buy three products; so if you haven't worked it out already, then that was basically buy 2 products get 2 free! Amazing:)
So after a week of using this foundation I am certainly not disappointed. The consistency is fairly runny and the coverage I would say is medium to full. It doesn't feel heavy or cakey on the face which is a nice change to normal full coverage foundations. The colour range is also pretty good for drugstore, I got the shade Buff which isn't the lightest shade for once aha (I'm nearly always the lightest shade in a foundation). Buff is probably a little too yellow toned for me but you can't tell on my face and it blends in so well that it doesn't make any difference anyway. The only downside to this foundation is the bottle, I wish they'd make a flipping pump for it; although I haven't poured out too much as of yet, I can definitely see it happening at some point.

Basically this is probably now one of my favourite foundations, lasts all day with very little need for touch ups and keeps my oil at bay. Definitely worth a try for all those with oily skin!

xxx

p.s. sorry I haven't posted in a while, on my Christmas break now so expect plenty more posts from now on:)! 

Sorry I've not been on top of blogging lately but I have an enormous deadline on wednesday evening that I have bee pulling all nighters for:( which means any spare time I have, I eat and sleep aha!

Anyway Motel sent me this special offer to share with you guys:

A PREVIEW of the Motel Rocks sale and 50% off before it goes live next week;

CLICK HERE and use the code 'XMASPREVIEW50'

I know where I'm heading to spend to last 5 minutes of my break aha!

Will be back to blogging soon guys

xxx

Plus I've just realised I've reached 200 followerss!! Aah, thank you so much guys. May not be much in blogging terms but means the world to me:D

shirt - vintage, leggings - Miss Selfridge, jewellery - Topshop, shoes - Decathlon

We've had snow!!! Ah, I was so excited to see that we had snow, although it did only last a few hours before turning to ice which wasn't so nice to walk in! I was hoping we would end up have a white Christmas but since the snow here has almost disappeared we would have to have a lot more for that to happen I think:)

Anyway, I've had to most stressful week ever, looking for a house for next year plus a load of work thats due next Wednesday!!! I'm going to be pretty busy over the next few days. However I can't wait to go home next friday for Christmas, so so excited!!

xxx

Now I have to admit, I've never been one for glittery nail polishes!! However this year I have been feeling extra Christmassy and for some reason I just had the biggest urge to buy a gold nail polish. So I headed to Boots and came away with this lovely Revlon one; its a dark black/bronze with gold shimmer in it and it is stunning!! I can't wait to wear this throughout the Christmas break:)

Whats your favourite Christmas polish?

xxx

Navy Print Blazer - River Island £35.00

I love this blazer, I'm not usually a big blazer person, more of a chunky knit person aha. But I love the print on this blazer, gorgeous!

Velvet Gold Spot Bodycon Dress - OhMyLove £38.00

I have so many black dresses that I probably don't need another one but this velvet, spotty one is stunning.

Black & Green Boucle Shorts - Lavish Alice £21.00

These shorts are amazing! Topshop have some exactly the same for double the price so I was ecstatic when I found these, perfect for New Years Eve!

Grey & Sheer Jumper - ASOS £35.00

I just think this jumper is so different to so many that I've seen, I love the look of the pale grey knit and the sheer sections just add a lovely touch.

Gold Metallic Playsuit - ASOS £38.00

This playsuit is stunning, I am in love with it. Definitely near the top of my list this Christmas.

Khaki Long-Sleeved Playsuit - InLoveWithFashion £32.00

I've been wanting one of these playsuits for ages!

Burgundy Crew Jumper - New Look £19.99

I have the teal and khaki version of this already, but I sort of want the red one as well aha. A really lovely jumper which  you can dress up or down!

xxx

17 BB Cream in Light

I have recently rediscovered this BB cream and I absolutely love it. Its fairly thick and feels more like a foundation but with a lighter more natural coverage, so its great for Winter when you don't want to be caked in foundation but you want something thats still going to cover.

Topshop Nails in 'Ruthless'

I wore this for my Christmas Architecture ball last night and I can't believe how long I haven't worn this for, the colour is a stunning dark pinky red. Amazing for Autumn/Winter.

Avon Supershock Gel Eyeliner in Blackberry

I have been wearing this liner so much over the past few weeks, a stunning dark plum colour. Its a great alternative to black and looks a lot less harsh. The Avon Supershock eyeliners are amazing, long lasting, budgeproof and glide on really nicely, definitely up there as my holy grail eyeliner.

Mac Eyeshadow in Mulch

I just love this colour. Mulch has always been a very firm favourite of mine, this ones definitely going to keep cropping up in my favourites time and time again. A gorgeous chocolately brown with goldish/reddish shimmer in it.

17 Blusher in Damson Wine

This blusher is such a nice, really subtle pinky colour. I'm not sure why but this has just been the blusher I've always picked up this month. Lovely and natural.

Maybelline Color Tattoo in On and On Bronze

The maybelline color tattoos are still a very firm favourite of mine, especially this bronze colour. Its just amazing for wearing daily as a base with a neutral eyeshadow over the top. Such an easy daily look.

MUA Eyeshadow in Shade 12

Finally I've been picking up this eyeshadow quite a few times this week, a brown with green pearldescent shimmer. This is a very good dupe for Macs Club only I think the MUA shadow has more green shimmer in it. But this colour has been such a great alternative to a grey smokey eye, perfect in the run up to Christmas.

And there it is, another monthly favourites! Aa I can't actually believe it is December. Very very excited for Christmas. I'm also going to be using my twitter a lot more this month because I feel like I've been neglecting it a lot lately, so definitely follow me @thebeautymist if you fancy seeing what I'm up to in the run up to Christmas:)

xxx