Spring Wishlist - Fashion

Evening!

Tonight I'm trying to distract myself from dreaded revision for a practical microbiology exam tomorrow! Online shopping is much more interesting than trying to learn different bacteria!

I'm getting inspiration for a spring wardrobe. I really like my style is changing lately but unfortuately I don't have the money to support so I'm day dreaming instead!

Lately I've been finding leggings annoy me. It's too hard to find the perfect pair. I can't seem to find any that are properly black, not see through, don't sag on the knees and are long enough because of this I've been eyeing up treggings. Topshop have an amazing range and some great patterns. 

I love this plain black version. They are £25 and are just easy to wear with everything. I love that they are thicker than normal leggings and still have the stretch to pull you in a little.

I absolutely love the print on these. They are slightly more expensive at £30 but I think the print makes them worth it. They are great for dressing up or down. I'm not sure my pear shape can pull them off but I really hope I can!

images from topshop

I absolutely love my latest primark leather jacket but it's not great for as the weather warms up. I've got a black blazer and really would love some coloured ones for spring.

I love this soft pink blazer and think it would be amazing the floral print treggings. I really want a softer coloured blazer for spring as black can be too harsh. I like that it's tailored as I need jackets to nip me in at the waist or I look big. This one is from Matalan and is £25!

I love the bright blue version too. This would be amazing with light denims!

images from matalan

I really want some distressed denim hot pants with frayed edges. I think they are great with patterned tights for while it's still chilly. The problem is I have a big ass and I'm not a fan of the shorts that show cheek! These look long so fingers crossed. They come in at £25 from Asos!

image from Asos

While it's still chilly I love a maxi dress paired with a jacket. I'm a maxi dress fan. They are so comfy and great for chubby days as they hide everything. I was really drawn to the back of this one from New Look which is £22.99 I'm not sure if the print is a little much for me though!

image from New Look

Lastly I really want some casual cami's that I can easily dress up or down. I really lack strappy tops which are dressy enough for an evening and these look like a happy medium. I love the bright colours they come in and think this one especially would be great with the black and white treggings! I love that it's not too clingy too! These are £12 for Asos!

That's my current spring fashion wishlist. What are you currently eyeing up?

Love M

xxx

 

OOTD Trainers and Lace Blazer

I finally managed to persuade my other half to help me out and take photos! He didn't prove that useful. He took one then told me I didn't need any more as the outfit was the same! I need to train him better!!

Anyway on to today's OOTD. This was something I wore to work, most of my OOTD are things I've wore to work. I'm sure you've noticed from the different outfits, basically any thing goes for work. The Blazer I picked up last year and is from Matalan. It's a jersey material and a loose fit so it's super comfy to just throw on top of things. The lace print isn't still available but this is the same shape and cut. I'm also eyeing up this amazing one!!

The amazing bright blue top is from New Look, I absolutely love this shape of blue. It also has a dipped hem and exposed zip. I tend to wear this a lot as it looks great with jeans or tucked into a pencil skirt.

I've been lusting after Vans for ages now. I purchased some a few weeks back but returned them. I just couldn't decide on the colour as the ones I wanted were know longer available. So when I walked into Primark and saw these for £6 I couldn't resist. I picked navy but think I'm going to have to go back for the red too.

They look pretty similar to Vans and are really comfy. The first day of wear did hurt the back of my ankle but they are really comfy now. They are just what I wanted and I can have a few different colours while I decide which colour of Vans I want.

I kept Jewellery pretty simple. This gorgeous bracelet from Daisy Does. It offers fully unique jewellery, most pieces she never normally makes more than one of so you know you're the only one with that piece. You can also design your own. I've ordered quite a few pieces from here now. As for rings the one in the photo of one my other half got me. When wearing silver jewellery I tend to wear one from my other half and one my parents bought me. 

As for necklace it's my Beautiful Sphere of Life Necklace (www.mysphereoflife.com) Thanks again to Jenny I'm so pleased to have won this, as you'll have seen from my past OOTD I wear it loads. It's so easy to pair with everything. I have set your heart free!

My jeans are from Next, I've had these for a few years now. I love next for jeans. They are great quality and fit me well. These are similar to the relaxed fit skinny they now sell. These are the Relaxed skinny jeans I'm currently wanting!

I paired it all with Kate Moss for Rimmel Matte Collection lipstick in the shade 110, this is a bright coral red type shade. I've owned it for a while but never gotten around to wearing it. You can see the whole collection with lip swatches here I really love this shade now, it's very bright but I think it's perfect for Summer (when it arrives!).

I'm really enjoying doing weekly OOTD

Love M

xxx

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Earrings for Sensitive Ears

Ever since I got my ears pierced I had nothing but trouble with them and wearing earring for any length of time just made them itchy and irritated. As I got older they got worse. Where silver and gold used to be ok I now couldn't wear these for any length of time either. In the end I stopped wearing earrings all together. For half an hours wear on a night out my ears would hurt and it wasn't worth it.

As I got new body piercings as soon as the six weeks was up I'd go and get plastic body jewellery as they seemed to help the healing. I don't know why but until I was in Matalan on Sunday I hadn't thought to look for normal earrings made of plastic.

So when me and mum were browsing the jewellery I think she was just as excited as me to see these.

9 pairs of studs in a range of colours for only £6 bargain.

And even better, they are completely plastic. I snapped them straight up. Or I should say my mum did for me! I was so excited at the prospect of being able to wear normal earrings all the time I almost when straight to the piercing shop to get more done.

As soon as we got in the car I put a pair of these bad boys in. Honestly they hurt first off (my ears haven't had earrings in for probably a year and when they have it's been for very short periods of time) they are quite thick and my ears weren't used to it. After 10 minutes they felt fine. I have slept in them and worn them for 48 hours now and know problem.

Such a simple thing but I really hope Matalan bring out more earrings like this or more companies embrace the plastic for the bit that goes in the ear so I can wear more earrings! 

I can't find them online but in my local store they had quite a few pairs.

Do you wear earrings regularly? Do you have problems with discomfort from them? Would you consider plastic ones?

Love M

xxx

OOTD

As I was getting ready the other day I really liked what I was wearing so I snapped a few quick photos and decided to share it on here. Hope you like it.

I was lucky enough to win this gorgeous Adorning Ava spike necklace a while back from the lovely Sera from The Agoraphobic Fashionista, if you don't already read her blog it's a great one to check out. When she told me I'd won I was so pleased as it's a necklace I adore and it's the first spike thing I own. I love that it's bright colours and brightens up any outfit. You can purchase it for a very reasonable £8. It's a necklace I wear a lot when I'm having a lazy day. I also love that Adorning Ava offer free delivery. It always makes me more likely to order from a company.

I'm currently really lusting this gorgeous necklace. For £10 you can't go wrong. It's a simple statement necklace that you could wear with anything and make it look very this season!! link here

Oops dirty mirror. So the rest of my outfit was a new blazer picked up in the New Look Sale. I really like this one. I only wish it had a button. It's black with a very subtle navy dog tooth pattern. I absolutely adore the cut of it. Even though it's one that stays open it's still cut to flatter you. Annoyingly I can't find it online but it was reduced to £15 and is still in some stores.

I wore a simple black long t shirt underneath. I prefer to wear a longer cut top with skinny jeans.

The skinny jeans are one of my new favourite purchases. If you are a regular reader of my wishlist you'll know coloured skinny jeans have appeared in them regularly  Well I finally have a pair and they are a gorgeous wine/pink red and were a bargain £14.

They have them in lots of colours. I would say if you can fit in the size down go for it as they tend to get a little bit baggy towards the end of the day. I plan to pick these up in more colours soon. They are comfy and sit a bit higher on the waist so you don't have to worry about bending over and having the gapping at the back.

Have you got coloured skinnies? Do you own spike necklaces? I'm loving them.

Love M

xxx

Recent Purchases

If you've been reading this blog for a while then you'll know that I've been jobless and therefore a little bit poor for quite a while now.

But obviously writing this and also being the spendaholic that I am I end up buying items that I mostly could live without.

Obviously I broke my spending ban again by going on a few little shopping trips and surfing eBay at home!

My first trip was into town and I ended up in Internacionale where I picked up a number of bracelets which were on offer, buy one get one half price.

For the past year I've mostly been obsessed wth make up, skin care and various other related products but my focus seems to have shifted recently to clothes, bags, shoes and jewellery!

I couldn't resist these bracelets, they look good together and with other items in my collection that can be added to any outfit to dress up/dress down

I loooooooove how shiny and sparkly they looked in the sun!
Definitely can't wait to be rocking these for the rest of the year, I love spikes and skulls and these were made for me.

They're currently all available in Internacionale and because of their deal (think its buy one get one half price) costs me about £8....bargain!

My next trip was to Matalan.

Between me and M we'd heard about their peplum tops somewhere along the grape vine and my mum promised she'd take me if I finished a part of my work. Incentives work ya know!

So I hastily typed my way to finishing the section of my diss and she took me there.
Funnily enough I text M whilst there to send her a picture of the peplums, where she replied saying she was also in Matalan but at home (which is a few hundred miles away!).

This was just too funny, not even spoken to each other all day yet happen to be in the same shop!

So here are Matalan's peplum tops.

I ended up buying the black and the white, though I wanted the maroon coloured one also in my store and the blue one M found in her store!

I was surprised as although they're less than half the price of the Topshop ones (coming in at £12 I think!) they're actually pretty good and fit really well.

I was also surprised that I liked the white one so much as I normally avoid lighter colours and expected it to be a bit see through but it wasn't at all.

In fact I forgot I took this photo in the changing room and here's what the white looked like on!

I think they're an absolute bargain and cannot wait to go out wearing them.

I also picked up some new leggings with zips on the hips (ooh!)

These are really thick and good quality, I only had to throw out my old ones as they went a bit grey after 2 years of hard core wearing so would definitely recommend these (£12 Papaya make in Matalan)

Also as if it was my lucky day these bags were right at the front of the store:

There were a few different colour combos but I picked up the navy and black one as I was instantly drawn to it whilst my mum struggled to choose between the camel and black, bottle green and black and the plum and black.

To be honest at the time these were down from £12 to £5 so I told her to pick up 2 and I can't even remember which one she actually picked up!

Definitely worth a trip down there if you're passing as there's some really good stuff there at the moment!

And last but not least my latest product buys (inevitably they exist too!)

I'm sure you're aware but both me and M have been struggling with our skin recently and having read much about Alpha H Liquid Gold we were both looking forward to trying it, but obviously skint students don't have much of a fund to use!

Eventually though the angry scars left on my face got to me and I found an ebay seller who had it for £25 with free postage so I instantly snapped it up.

After one use I've seen a difference and hopefully it will continue to improve (will be doing a full post on it!)

For those who don't know what it is, basically you use it as you would a toner after cleansing.

Pour some onto a cotton pad and swipe it over your face avoiding eyes and lips.

Then to let it work most effectively do NOT apply moisturiser, just eye cream if you want.

The main active ingredient in this is glycolic acid which helps to ward off any blemishes, heal scars and fight ageing, I was instantly won over by these multi tasking properties!

A full review will be up in a few weeks with pictures of the offending marks for you to decide if it was worth it or not.

Because of the acid effects, using SPF is a complete must so I purchased Avene high protection SPF for intolerant skin.

I've been meaning to get into using SPF and some of my moisturisers have it and others don't, so eventually I just bought this to be done with it and am hoping it doesn't cause me to break out having an extra layer on my face all day.

For £3 I couldn't help but want to see what the fuss was all about with the thermal spring water.

Me and M have had many conversations about it and whether it actually works and in a moment of weakness I snapped up a mini canister to try out whilst working at home on my dissertation. 

I'm looking forward to wearing and using these products asap!!

What have you been buying recently? Have you picked up any bargains?

L xxx

September Wishlist

Argh September already. Where is this year going. I really can't wait for the end of September though as it's an exciting month for me now. I'm going back to university. I'm lucky and my work is funding me to go back part time to re-train. I'm so excited to go back and start learning new things again (I'm such a geek at times). As well as going back to university I'm off to America at the end of this month so this wishlist is some products I'm hoping to pick up over there.

If you're a regular reader of our blog you'll know I've done quite a lot of shopping this month even though I'm meant to be saving. Some of my buys can be seen here and here.

From my August Wishlist, I picked up the a River Island bag, A hair oil (not the one I wanted but L has got that one) and some shoes. Not the Kurt Geiger ones, but I am still eyeing up some of those pairs. All the purchases are in my hauls above.

Clothes

So what am I lusting for this month. After a recent trip to Matalan with my mum to pick up a birthday present for a friend I'm seriously loving a lot of the clothes in there. I'm so impressed with the clothes they have in there at the moment.

I love this jumper, I tried this on and didn't buy it but have thought about it since. It comes with a white vest top and  the jumper is a short ish one. It's a bargain £10

This dress would be great for work and I think it would be so flattering. I really like the bright colours and is £22. This colour is only available online but they do have a different colour version in store.

How amazing is this duffle coat. Gorgeous and only £40 I always love that it has a hood. I really want a nice coat that has a hood.

I'm obsessed with winter colours. I adore bottle green and burgundy and all shades like that. This pencil skirt is a  really pretty colour and would really brighten up a work wardrobe. A bargain at only £12

Black jeggings/ skinny jeans. These are more like a skinny jean than a jegging to me.  They are only £14, and long enough for me. They are a sort of soft material and I can imagine them being so comfy.

Lastly from Matalan a gorgeous Peplum top. L has this in white and black and it looks stunning on her. Royal blue is a colour I adore and I want trousers this colour too. I'm not sure the peplum style will suit me as I'm pear shaped but I really want to try this and it's reasonable for only £12.

Make Up

As I'm off to America I will be stocking up lots on Revlon as it's loads cheaper there. I will be getting L and I the colorstay foundation. (review here)



I'm really keen to try some Wet and Wild eyeshadows as I've heard great reviews on them. This is the one I will be looking out for most. I love the neutral shades in this.



Image from good images.

I also hear a lot about cover girl so I will be picking up some of their foundations to try. I need to do some research before I go to decide which one will be best for me. I'm also hoping to pick up some Mac while I'm there. I thinking of trying the studio fix foundation and picking up some eyeshadows. Any make up you would recommend me to pick up while I'm there?

Nails
Another thing I plan get is lots of nail varnish. I'm obessed with nail varnishes and can't wait to pick up lots of China Glaze, Essie, Revlon and OPI nail varnishes.



On my list to get is China Glaze for Audrey and the hunger games collection if I can. Essie ballet slippers and a few others. Revlon nail treatments, their scented ones and the gel like finish ones and OPI Nail envy for mum and me.

Make up Brushes
I love my Real Techniques brushes and want to get the core collection and the eye kit one as well as another stippling brush.



Jeans
You can see I need to save lots of money with all I plan to get. L has a list for me too. Lastly I'm hoping to get some Levi Curve ID jeans. I've wanted these a while. I have a bit of a JLO bum so finding jeans that fit at the waist can be a pain for me so I'm hoping these will be amazing. I love the concept of these and hope more designers follow this.



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I think I'll be needing bold curve!

So that's my list. It's a long one this month. What are you lusting so far?

Love M

xxx