Trip to London!!

Hey Everyone,

I hope you are all well and enjoying your weekend :)! So, as you can tell from the title of this post I went to London yesterday! I love London (especially the shopping!) and I just wanted to share my trip with you :)

I had a very early start so I could catch my train, which left at 7:49 a.m.! But I had enough time to take a quick picture of my outfit and make up.
Firstly, I'm wearing my leather jacket from River Island (which I mentioned in my Investment series), Top Shop cardigan and Snood from French Connection. My top and jeans are also from Top Shop (Leigh jeans). Finally, my boots are from Levis.
I curled my hair with my curl formers, which I slept in over night :)!
My make up I kept pretty simple and won't go into too much detail. I'll just say what is on my eyes: Kiko Long Lasting Stick Eyeshadow in 06 and I used Urban decays Dark horse eyeshadow (from the original Naked Palette) in the crease. Then, as usual, I draw my cat flick with Stila stay all day waterproof liquid liner in intense black. Finally, for mascara, I layered two to make them extra full and long lasting. Using Clinique's high impact mascara in black and over the top of that I used Maybelline's the Rocket Volume Express mascara in waterproof.

After, shopping (haul coming up!) we went to Belgos in Covent Garden for lunch! I love muscles, and I had with chips and a peach flavoured beer! 

The show was amazing! Jude Law was good live - very surreal seeing such a famous actor in the flesh! (:P). 

Overall, I had a wonderful day and I am so grateful to my parents for taking my sister and I!

I hope you enjoyed the post and have a lovely day!

Emma

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Review: L'Oreal Paris New Nude Magique Eau Teint

Hey Everyone,

I hope you are all well! I'm super sorry for my absence the past week and a half...I have been up to my eye balls with uni work and general life. Too busy to blog (for shame!) Hopefully I'm back now for a while and I will try and give you regular posts! But first a quick update - I now have a JOB!!! Yay! I had been looking for work for almost 3 months! And finally the lovely people at Primark Brighton decided to give me a break! Just feel like such a weight has been lifted :P That's enough about me....

It universally known that I am a self-proclaimed beauty snob! It's true! I didn't used to be - until I began to try more expensive products. So, I am hoping that with this blog, that it will encourage me to branch out and try (and review) more affordable products.

So, as shown in the title, I will be reviewing L'Oreal Paris New Nude Magique Eau Teint. This product has already been talked about a lot in the beauty community. It appears to be loved by many! I am still on the fence. I seem to have a love hate relationship with this foundation. N.B. I have combination skin, prone to break outs in my chin and nose area.

I've been wearing it on and off now for 2 weeks. I wear the shade 100 Porcelain - the colour match is pretty good for my extremely light skin (as you can see from the photos below), however, the colour range is limited. My first impressions were it has a very light weight feel on the skin and has a very runny (watery) consistency. This is why it recommends to shake the bottle before use. It then dries to a powder-like finish and the coverage is light. I found that the best way to apply this was with my hefty LY34 foundation brush from Louise Young. I did not like using my fingers as it felt greasy and did not blend well. The only issue with application I really have is the bottle design - if you aren't careful when pouring there is the potential for a lot of wasted product.

The finish is very natural, semi-matte. This is what first encouraged me to try this foundation, as I love foundations that can control the oil on my face. Overall, it does do this - for the first 5-6 hours of wear time. If I didn't powder, then I could definitely see it wearing away around my nose.

This is one of the issues I have with high street foundations - there staying power never seems as good as higher end brands. This is why I disagree with this idea that this foundation is a dupe for the Giorgio Armani maestro foundation. I have only tried GA once, but it's staying power was a lot better and felt more matte on the skin, so did not end up looking greasy. To the right, is a picture after 6 hours wear time, with a powder touch up. Another note, this foundation did not break me out (which was nice) and is removed easily with a regular cleanser.  

  

Obviously, I don't know how it would be on dryer skin types but I would recommend trying it out in the shops. In conclusion, I'm not totally disappointed with this £6.99 (normal price £9.99) foundation and I'm sure I will continue using it. 

I hope you enjoyed this post and have a lovely day! 

Emma

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Is it worth the investment?

Hey Everyone,

So, I was thinking the other day - life is really expensive! (especially, if you are like me, and you have expensive taste :P) There are trends that come and go every year, but you really have to ask yourself - is it worth it? I am going to do a little series answering that question with some of my own personal investments.

Starting with....Boots!

More specifically, flat everyday boots. Everyone needs shoes, right? These you can pretty much wear with ANYTHING! Whether it be jeans and a t-shirt, or you want to dress them up with a dress. I am currently at uni and living in a student house, so I am limited on space. I had to be very strict with myself when choosing which ones to bring with me :/

These are probably the most comfortable shoes I own at the moment, they are a classic Chelsea Boot. I got these from Topshop about a month before I came back to uni and they are just a dream. I always wear black so I chose them in a Taupe shade so as to break up an all-black outfit.












I also love the fact that they have a slightly higher heel

than most of the other Chelsea boots I have tried, as this means I don't feel so much of a penguin when walking in them!
Also, for all you students out there, I did get student discount off these which was 10%. So that makes them even more awesome :)! I can't remember the price but they were no more than £60 - money well spent!!
As I said, I bought these from Topshop but I can't find these ones specifically :(. Though they have some similar ones online.

Finally, my babies....

These are the classic Dr Martens 1460 Boot in smooth Black Leather. I did get these as a Christmas present last year and I would totally recommend the investment! They priced at £100, and I was able to get student discount on these as well :) I have a love, hate relationship with these boots as they are sized quite large as a shoe. I am normally a size 6, but these are a BIG size 6! So, a part of me wishes I had got these in a size 5, but I was worried I wouldn't stretch them far enough.

But having said that, these were a life-saver when it snowed in Brighton last January. I could not have walked home without them! I am currently in the "love" part of our relationship and am finding them extremely comfortable. And as I said they are a classic boot that will last you so many years.

Here is a link to the Dr Martens Website.



I hope you enjoyed this post and have a lovely day,

Emma
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