Leeds shopping: MAC and Liz Earle

Hey Girls,
Yesterday my friend Lisa and I had tickets to the mind, body and beauty show in Leeds, we rocked up all giddy expecting to be attending a show along similar lines to Olympia or Professional beauty...how very wrong we were....In reality it was a tiny room inside the Northern ballet building in which a few random local business' had set up display's of their offerings on paste tables, the majority were non beauty related. After fending of the dodgy watch salespeople, sampling (and pretending we loved while trying not to vom) some rank yet expensive skincare, escaping a lengthy lecture from the Church of England and an even lengthier Tai chi demonstration we did manage to get our eyebrows threaded and a shellac manicure for a tenner before escaping to the city centre for some much needed retail therapy.

I knew Leeds was supposed to be great for shopping but I couldn't believe just how amazing it actually was, the shops are all so pretty and you are completely spoilt for choice, you really do need a full day (and an even fuller bank account) to get around them all.

I would like to move there now please.

So as I'm pretty broke at the moment I had a budget, which was rather frustrating, but I decided my money would probably be best spent in a shop which us country bumpkins don't often get a chance to visit.Harvey Nichols.What a wonderful place, full of beautiful people it is!Once inside we were excitedly fondling the Alexander Wang Rocco bag while the snotty Balenciaga girls gave us evils, I had a feeling they sensed our  budget so we headed over to the sanctuary of the MAC counter where I picked up...

'SNOB' Lipstick and Studio sculpt foundation

Seen as though we were in Harvey Nichols I thought it fitting to buy 'snob' a lilac toned pink (satin finish) which I have never owned before, and has great potential to become a favourite.

I have also never owned studio sculpt foundation but it has been on my list of foundations to try for such a long time. I used it today and on first impression I really like it, it's a medium/full coverage and gives a dewy finish. Watch this space for a full review.

Also in Leeds city centre is an actual Liz Earle SHOP and it's a corker! I had to go in and repurchase the cleanse and polish hot cloth cleanser!

If you have a blog and have recently reviewed the Liz Earle Cleanse and polish, then you may have had a comment from me moaning about how my skin has missed mine since I ran out a couple of months ago, and it really has! Not too often will you hear me give a product Holy grail status, but this cleanser really is, for want of a better phrase "The absolute nuts". 

The sales assistant was lovely and because she asked me if I had purchased from Liz Earle before I had to explain that I was a Blogger and got certain products sent to me from the PR, she asked all about my blog which was lovely and told me that she usually watches Pixiwoo and we had a chat about Nic's baby, it's such a small world! Oh and when you purchase something from the shop you get a free sample size gift of your choice, I chose the skin repair moisturiser which at 15ml is a very generous amount of product, and I'm sure to fall in love with it aren't I?

xxx

Sunday shopping...Primark etc *video*

Dear You Tube, why do you always pick the thumbnail 

that makes me look like a deranged Chipmunk?

Just a quick (ish) video of what I picked up from town yesterday. I love to shop on a Sunday,it's so much more chilled out and quiet than any other day.

Because the sales are on at the moment (and I can't be bothered to sift through the mess) I didn't end up buying very much, but I do quite like filming these videos,and it was either that or watch Man.utd "/ 

I hope you enjoy,and please subscribe x

Haul:from Naked for £1... to Chanel badness!

 I have been a busy bee this week, i've gone from doing virtually no shopping to the point of having withdrawels ( I kid ya!) to finding myself shopping on two separate occasions and in the mean time the postie has dropped off parcels full of goodies that I ordered a week or so ago! 


First up I took a trip into Savers, I'm not sure if these shops are all over the country or not,and to be honest its a shop which I seem to forget about for some stupid reason as there are so many amazing bargains to be had, from household products to top perfume brands!! Here's what I picked up...

1. Naked 'be smooth' cocoa butter body cream 

2.Imperial leather foamburst 'shower and shave'

3.Revlon Nail polish 'peach smoothie'

Can you believe these 3 products total came to £3.29???

The whole 'Naked' range is £1 in savers!!! I nearly died!!!!

Next I popped to Superdrug to check out the 'Avoir la peche' range from Sleek,but aside from the eyeshadow palette's which to be honest doesnt float my boat, had all sold out :( I did swatch the 'Pan tao' blush and 'sugar may' lip polish and really need to find them at some point!! 


In my disappointed state I mooched around and picked up these beauties!!

1.MUA Lipstick in shade 04 (LOVE this it's a very sheer pink and tastes like sherbert)

2.Barry M Nail paint in 'mushroom'

3.Barry M Nail Paint in 'blueberry'

4.GOSH 'holographic' nail polish

5.Barry M Lip Gloss shade 104 ( I cant stop applying this!)

6.Collection 2000 'Big fake' mascara (Ive heard so many good things, I cant wait to try this out!!)

The second shopping trip of the week,which I will be totally blaming my Mum for,as she wanted me to go to Primark 'Pyjama shopping!' with her..."hmmm...OK!!' 
To be honest, Primark and the rest of the high street clothes shops pretty much sucked for me this week All I picked up was a pair of Knickers and a couple of vests which I wont bore (or gross you out!)  with pictures of ;)


So what happen's when Clothes shopping royally disappoints?? We hot foot it to Boots of course! Unfortunately for me at the top of the escalator are the beautiful bright lights of the Chanel counter!....and the results of that are...

A totally random purchase, I was actually not planning on buying foundation for a while,but I don't have a compact that I like at the moment and the lovely SA applied this over the 'Sheer glow' foundation that I had applied that morning and it just made my face look luminous and refreshed! Also when you run out you simply repurchase the pan at £26 which saves you £8,SOLD wrap it up it's a Bargain!! :)


And in the post...

I ordered these eyelashes about 10 days ago from allcosmeticswholesale.com they only cost me around £3 for both pairs,!!! They don't come with glue but who uses the crappy glue that usually comes with false lashes?


And Last but not least,my order from the ASOS/Groupon deal came this morning!!

1.NARS 'Belize' Lip Gloss

2.yes to carrots 'cotton candy' lip tint

I picked up NARS 'Belize' lip gloss which is a definite 'my lips but better' shade,perfect for lazy, 'mouching about' days. I also got a 'yes to carrots' lip tint in cotton candy which to be honest has disappointed me by tasting like mint! and not having much tint at all! saying that these two products only cost me £12.50 so I am chuffed to bits!


Phew,so that was my week! I will post up some reviews of these products soon :)
I will definitely not be buying anything for a few weeks I'm even tempted after this lot to join the beauty bloggers that are doing project 10 pan *ponders this for a minute* hmm...we'll see!!!

I hope you have all had a good one my lovelies and have been enjoying the random sunshine in the U.K! Speaking of which where the heck has it gone??

Clothes & jewellery Lust!

I have recently accumulated a number of discount codes for my number one online shop (actually number one shop ever!) ASOS mainly the £5 off a £20 spend ones through Diet Coke (another addiction of mine!) So I have been spending a lot of time over at shopping heaven buying various bits of Make-up 


What I got...
LORD&BERRY Liquid eyeliner pen which I really like,it makes applying a top line very easy, goes on very opaque in one quick sweep and the packaging is uber sleek! one small downside is that it does smudge on the outer corner of the eye if you tear up so no soppy films! But I will definitely be purchasing more products from this line in the near future. view the LORD&BERRY Collection here


NARS Sheer Glow Foundation- If you read this blog often or follow my tweets you will more than likely want to  tape up my typing fingers,Yes ok I Love this,in my opinion ITS.THE.BEST end of.. my review here


NARS Lip gloss in scandal-sadly the swatch on ASOS was not even close to what came in the post I was expecting a coral/pink colour but its more a cherry red...actually i did just check back and it is described as cherry red so thats my fault for not reading the description box eeek! Lesson learned but its a nice colour non the less. Scandal Lipgloss available here


What I'm Lusting after...

I'm really obsessing over this cheesecloth Bandeau Maxi dress it comes in 3 colours (Black,white and green) and I would love the black and white ones to see me through spring/summer..There are just so many ways to accessorise a dress like this and i'm loving that it's a petite maxi being a real life gnome at 5'2".

This dress is also available for normal sized people and in the maternity range 

I am undecided on this top it has been on ASOS for a while and I cant decide if I should purchase it or not,what do you guys think?

I didn't realise that my lust list was so dress orientated!! I must be even more excited for spring/summer than I thought. I do love simple designs though and this sundress is just perfect in my eyes. It also comes in Black and White and is a steal at £25!

These People tree Multicoloured hoop earrings are in my saved items along with the black Bandeau dress,ready to be shipped to my ears!! I think they are so pretty and will add a fab injection of colour to any plain outfit!

the same goes for these People tree bangles...

Sooo cute!

And finally...

I'm not normally a fan of Gold Jewellery,I don't think I would ever buy a piece of really expensive gold but I fell for this ring in a big way! The intricate design and peach coloured stone really sell it too me its just stunning!

Anyway I'm feeling like this is one of those overly self indulgent posts,please note I haven't bought these items (yet) I will be making sure to drink plenty of diet Coke to get the discount codes so that I can justify spending the money,in fact i have one in hand as we speak!! wouldn't it be great if we could just add them all up then spend the total 

*wide eyes and a big stupid grin*

ooh also I am in no way affiliated with ASOS it's just a huge love of mine :)

Do you have any of the items on my Lust list?

What have you got on your on your spring/summer Lust list?

High street 'hopping' vs Online shopping

What i think most girls enjoy about online shopping as opposed to buying on the highstreet is the comfort aspect,the fact that you dont have to go from store to store taking off your boots,then heaving your skinnies on and off, stressing and burning up as you drag your top up over your head for the 47,000th (NO exaggeration ;)) time,ruining your hair and make-up as you do it!Not too mention lugging around however many bags that are bursting at the seams and ready too rip and spill the contents of your new wardrobe/knicker drawer/bathroom cabinet all over the highstreet (*cough*Primark*cough*).

I know that most girls end up flopped in Costa surrounded by bags completely exhausted,bedraggled and lacking the energy to venture back out onto the highstreet, this is never a good thing  if you are shopping on a Saturday ready for a big night out,in fact 9/10 it makes you want to go home to bed and just not bother,even if there was 50% off at Selfridges it would take considerable effort to haul ass up from that leather setee pick up your ripped bags and go in for some yellow bag therapy (ok,it would HAVE to be done but you get my point.)


When we compare the horror story above to the fairy-tale-esque shopping experience that is online shopping (occasional late delivery disaster aside for now!) where there are no nightmare bag ripping,knicker dropping embarrasments,it doesnt matter if your make-up is on your face,sliding down your face or completley non existent, and there is no up and down,on and off pulling, squeezing or tugging of clothes because lets face it you are in your pj's ;)!
(Ok there is no costa coffee in your living room but hey!)

 HIGH STREET VS ONLINE

      * HIGHSTREET                                                                

                                                                                                              
    *  Being able to test products,feel fabrics                                          
     ,try before you buy, and swatch cosmetics.                        
                                                                                                    
    * It's fantastic exercise! as Carrie Bradshaw                        
     said in sex and the city "shopping's my cardio"
                                                                                                  
    * Costa Coffee/Nero's... just any place that sells coffee
     and muffins!!                                                                         
                                                                                                   
     Getting your items there and then! No hanging out of        
     the window waiting for the postie!                                      

    * And while we're on that subject....NO MORE                  
    'SORRY WE MISSED YOU,YOUR PARCEL                    
     HAS BEEN SENT TO THE DEPOT' notes                      
     (grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!)    




ONLINE


 *Being able to browse your favourite stores,from the comfort
of your sofa while watching TV,eating,having a cuppa,wearing a 
facemask and pj's....the list is endless....


*There are no queues in 'online land'


*Most online shops do next day delivery 
and same day delivery is becoming alot more
common (ASOS and Selfridges already provide this service)

*There are no opening and closing times so no more 
wedging yourself between Topshop's doors at 5:31pm
as the sales girl brings the shutters down on you!!
(I didn't do this!! ;/)
              

                                                                                                   



So if it wasn't obvious throughout this post, I am so on Team online!
I wont stop going to the highstreet because I really enjoy visiting little boutiques that you wont find online and my beloved trips to Nero!!  
But now when i take a trip to town i can happily breeze through the shops scanning for my next purchase,relaxed, without 'changing room hair'  bruises around my wrists from carrying hefty shopping bags and blissfully happy in the knowledge that my Saturday night dress and accessories are hung up on my bedroom door awaiting my return ready to party!!