Denim Dungarees OOTD

I've always wanted a pair of denim dungarees, but i definitely don't think my legs would be able to pull off the shorts version, so when i went into primark, just before my holiday i found this dungaree dress, i thought i might be able to work this a bit better, and since it was from primark it was only around £12 so really cheap! 

Usually i would wear a crop top with it, or a patterned top which goes with the light wash denim, but today i paired it with a sports contrast top as i thought it made it a bit more casual and a bit more dressed down. I actually really like how the look turned out, i think i can pull of a boy-ish top because it is a dress rather then shorts. 

The dungaree dress has a little pocket on the front which i think adds a nice touch and it also cinches in at the waist and flares out like a skater skirt so it is very flattering. 

Sorry about the miserable face but this was the only half decent photo! I was not having a good face day. I used my normal everyday make-up and pinned my hair so it looked half up, half down, i think this made it look a bit more feminine to rear away from the sporty top but was also out of my face and looked put together.

 

I'm wearing Barry M's new 'Gelly' Nail Polish in Prickly Pear, i really like the texture of these nail polishes and they truly do last for days without chipping at all, even without top coat. 

I hope you enjoyed this post, sorry that i seem to be doing a lot of OOTD's i'll definitely do a more variety of posts soon! 

Closet Organization

As I have only posted a short post tonight, and posts have been lacking a bit for the past few days, I thought I'd give you a longer more interesting one on top of 'Weekstagram'. I recently spent a whole day reorganizing my closet before I head off to Uni, and although i'm not totally happy with the results it's the best I can do, and the best it will ever be as i'll be moving out in September so it won't be needed anymore. 

My most important thing is that it looks tidy when the curtains are both closed and open! I'm lucky enough that my closet is built into the walls rather then it being a wardrobe because it means I have much more room for clothes and don't have to use up lots of drawer space, it also means I can keep all my clothes in one place and don't have them scattered about my room! The curtains that are across the wardrobe are from Argos and so is the wooden drawers, the storage box next to it is from an outlet store near me.

My clothes are just hanging on a metal pole that was already attatched before I moved into the house, it's under a lot of strain because of the amount of clothes that are on there, even after a clear out! But it's fine, I just have too many clothes. 

I can't remember where I got this shoe organiser from, but i keep all my flats, sandals and trainers downstairs in a little drawer in the outhouse so i don't need to make room for them in my room, but all my heels are kept upstairs because i barely ever wear them. But they all fit neatly into these organizer and its nice that they're on display but they're not taking up too much room! 

Down one side of the wardrobe is some random stuff, the topshop shoe box holds spare make-up bags and purses, and on top are just my clutches that need to be easily accessible but they're not used everyday. I've just got my empty laptop box sitting there because I'm getting a new laptop soon so it'll need to be put away in there. 

On top of the box that holds all my pajamas are some blankets that i just use when it gets cold and i want to sit downstairs, in  the summer months they are obviously not used but they're used well as a cover for the inside of the box. 

Inside the box are my pajamas, leggings, old t-shirts and old shorts, mainly i just wear these clothes to bed, so they're in an easily accessible place and I can just grab whatever i need and go. I didn't have enough drawer space to put all of this in drawers so this is another way that i can store them.

In this white container on top are just my bra's, belts and tights. I don't particularly like the idea of my underwear being so on display but as my wardrobe has a curtain they are barely seen. 

The top drawer of my drawers is seasonal, so at the moment it contains my bikinis a couple of pairs of sunglasses and my sunhat. In the winter it would contain winter socks, and scarfs hats and gloves. 

The second drawer down is my underwear, of course organised into types and they are then folded and put in rows. 

The bottow drawer contains all my socks, I don't really wear socks are the moment except at night when my feet get colder so that's why all my bed socks are near the top, in the winter my everyday socks would be near the top because i'd be wearing them everyday. 

I hope you liked my closet organisation, and if it didn't give you any tips for yourself I hope it was interesting at least, i love seeing closet tours so i assume there's some people who are the same! 

Love ya, bye x

Weekstagram #1

Weekstagram is a new series in which every week I shall post the pictures that I've been putting up on instagram, if you want to follow me on instagram the link is here.

In the garden's at Grandads - Yankee Candle purchase for £4.78 - Egg Sandwich - Organizing my wardrobe - Posh meal at the Hen Do - Cherry Pajamas - Not Thirsty Thursdays, Hungry Thursdays - Yankee Candle crazy - Pizza and salad - KFC - Girls on the boat at the Hen Do - Burning Candle - Going out for a family meal - On the boat - The Harvester - Nautical Nails for a nautical hen do. 

I don't know whether I'll do one of these every week, or just every so often but I like the idea of summing up my week in pictures. 

Mwah x

Mint Green OOTD

Just a quick OOTD post, it was fairly sunny the other day and I just went to visit my grandad with my mum so I wasn't doing anything special but I quite liked my outfit anyway so I thought I might as well share it! 

Top: Primark

Skirt: New Look

Necklace: Primark

Rings (l-r): Topshop, Primark

Bracelet: Somewhere in Greece

I did my usual everyday make-up routine, the only difference is I tend to use different combinations of the MUA heaven and earth palette, just to mix it up a bit!

I put my hair in a messy bun, because it was on the second day of not being washed so it was looking a tad greasy, so it looked much better pushed back into a bun, also it was a really hot day so it's much nicer when my hairs out the way of my neck!

I used 'Moonlit Path' by Bath and Body Works as my fragrance, their fragrance mists, are one of my favourite things to use in the summer because they're so light and refreshing and don't smell too strong.

On my nails I have American Apparel 'Office' on, it's my favourite mint green and I got it in America, I wish American Apparel Nail Varnishes weren't so expensive in England, and I had an American Apparel near me! 

I've never got into mint green until this summer, now I love it! Plus, even though it's weird I kind of like matching my nail varnish to whatever clothes i'm wearing, that's normal right? Right? Right. 

High End and High Street Foundation Mini Reviews

Now, I have gone through bottles and bottles of foundations, all different as I love trying out new things and never tend to stick to the same one, but these are the four I have most recently tried and tested so I thought I would do a mini review for each of them and compare them to show you if it's worth splurging on an expensive foundation or just sticking to drug store brands which are much cheaper. 

Rimmel London Lasting Finish 25 Hour Foundation in 100 Ivory

Rimmel London Wake Me Up Foundation with SPF 15 in 100 Ivory

Collection Lasting Perfection Ultimate Wear Foundation with SPF 20 in 2 Ivory

Mac Studio Sculpt Foundation with SPF 15 in NC15

Rimmel London Lasting Finish 25 Hour Foundation

The hardest thing for me to find in a foundation is one that exactly matches my skin tone, and although this doesn't exactly match I feel like it contains the right hues so that he can easily blend into my skin and make it look like there is no foundation there. The coverage on this foundation is really good and this is by far the best out of them all for my particular skin type. This is the only one I have repurchased on more than one occasion. As for the 25 Hour part, this is not the case, but I doubt it will ever be the case, no foundation is ever going to last 25 hours, but it lasts long enough so I don't have to reapply all day, which is what most people look for in a foundation, so that's the good thing about it. The only thing I have a problem with is the glass bottles, I've never been a fan of glass bottles especially as when it seems as if the product is finished with, there is actually still half a bottle left in there with no way of getting it out, but I suppose for such a cheap price there's not really a lot to complain about. 

Rimmel London Wake Me Up Foundation

Another one of my favourites, this has been repurchased once so far, and I will probably go ahead and purchase it again. I love Rimmel foundations, because they have the right amount of coverage, however, for people with more problem skin you can only use a pea sized amount of this on your entire face, because if you use more the tiny amount of glitter in it becomes more then a small amount and your face just looks like a big ball of glitter (may be exaggerating slightly). When I'm having a bad day with my skin I much prefer using a different foundation with more coverage. A negative for me was this foundation, as it is supposed to, makes your face looks glowy and dewy, however I much prefer it when my face is more matte so I do prefer other foundations for that reason, but there's always the option to use powder over the top which mattifies it a bit. 

Mac Studio Sculpt Foundation

This being the most expensive foundation by far, should live up to high expectations. A massive bonus with this foundation is the colour matches my skin exactly, which is hard to find with drug store foundations mainly because you have no-one who is able to advise you on the best colour to use, however, at the time I was using this regularly I felt like I had to put a lot on my skin to cover up all the problems I was having, I feel like though if I was to repurchase this again while my skin is much more improved then it used to be I would enjoy it much more. The good thing about it, however, is that it is build-able so it can be used as a lighter foundation or a heavier one so it suits a lot more people. The SPF within the foundation is also a bonus, although definitely not normally necessary while living in England, ha! All in all, although I don't think this foundation is worth the price for me personally, I can see what makes it a great product and why it would be perfectly suited for some people and therefore would be worth paying a little extra. 

Collection Lasting Perfection Foundation

First of all, with this foundation you can certainly tell that it is the cheapest out of them all, the texture is not as smooth and it is harder to apply and blend evenly to even out your skin tone. This was the lightest colour I could get in Boots at the time I bought it so I'm not sure if there is a lighter one or not, but this was certainly not the right colour for me, and even when blended you could tell where it had been applied even though usually the colour 'Ivory' goes perfectly with my skin tone. I may try and purchase the lighter coloured one and see if that improves my opinion of it, even a little bit, but even without looking at the colour difference the formula is definitely not the best being a bit heavier and gloopy. I wouldn't recommend to anyone who doesn't want a high coverage, cakey foundation. 

Finally here are the swatches from l-r; Rimmel Lasting Finish, Rimmel Wake Me Up, Collection Lasting Perfection, Mac Studio Sculpt

I hope you notice the improved quality of the pictures from my previous posts, i'm still using my Nikon D3000 but i feel like I've significantly improved the lighting and got a bit more into editing. I guess it can only get better!

Just a quick one!

So I've created some pages at the top where you can get to all my social media sites, but I thought i'd also make a post about it just to make everyone aware! I'm an internet nerd so i'm signed up to pretty much every site imaginable, but the sites I actually use on a day to day or regular basis are;

Instagram
Tumblr
Twitter
(just click the links to head over there)

I'm also signed up to Facebook, but I'm gonna keep that one personal! Right, i'm gonna spend the rest of my evening drinking a cup of tea and catching up with 'Diaries of a broken mind' Toodooloo! x

Yankee Candle Haul

I work in a garden centre and we sell lots and lots of Yankee Candles, so of course majority of my wages end up going back into the garden centre being spent on Yankee Candles! Anyway, we had a huge sale on recently and even though most of the good ones were gone before I could have a good look through I managed to find a few that I don't mind spending a few pounds on! 

Blissful Autumn Regular Tumbler £2.48

Vanilla Cupcake Regular Tumbler £2.48

I bought both of these for my mum because she loves Vanilla Cupcake and sweet scents like that and she likes the sugared pears, cinnamony scent that Blissful Autumn gives off. I'm not a massive fan of the cakey scents as I think they're too sweet and overpowering.

Honey and Spice Large Tumbler £4.78

Absolute bargain considering these massive candles are usually around £20 or more. Honey and Spice is definitely not my favourite scent out of them all but i surprisingly liked it and for such a bargain price I thought I might as well buy it! 

Yankee Candle Roly Poly Glass £1.05

Wild Passion Fruit Sampler £0.44

Cinnamon Stick Sampler £0.44

The Roly Poly Glass was not actually in the sale but it was surprisingly cheap for a Yankee Candle product so I thought I would buy it so I could burn the samplers as even at full price they are much cheaper to buy if you just want to try out a scent before buying the larger jars! 

Wild Passion Fruit Wax Tart £0.31

I already own a tart burner, so for 31p I thought I would add one more collection and as you can tell I absolutely love wild passion fruit, I wish they would have had a bigger candle left, i would've bought them all! 

To finish off the post I thought i would leave you with a cute picture of the wild passion fruit sampler burning in the roly poly glass on my bedside table, it's definitely a cute little finishing touch to the decor! 

Let me know what you think of this type of post, and where you get your yankee candles from and whether you ever pay the full price for them, I feel like sometimes they're just not worth it! x

Outfit, Hair and Face of the night

 Some fairly old pictures but I thought i'd share them anyway, I went out for a few drinks with friends and then clubbing so had to wear clothes and make-up that would look good and last all evening.

Make-up

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation

Maybelline Stay Matte Powder in Transparent

Neutral Eyeshadow Palette from Avon

17 Champagne Eyeshadow

MUA eyeshadow in White

Elizabeth Arden Peach Blusher

Loreal Super Liner Liquid Eyeliner

Rimmel London Scandaleyes Mascara in Black

EOS Lip Balm

Hair

I just put my hair up in a high bun and then curled some pieces of hair around my face to make me look a bit more put together.

Outfit

Black Playsuit - Primark

Leather Jacket - Primark

Scarf - Sainsburys gift set

Wedges - New Look

Jewelry

Snake Necklace - Accessorize

Cross Ring - Matalan

Room Tour!

For a more personal look into my life, I've decided to take you on a tour of my room! There's lots of things that I don't think are quite right about my room and there's lots of things I would change, but being so close to going to University and moving out it's really not worth spending a lot of money on it. I would much rather spend money on my Uni Room where i'll spend most of the time.

Directly next to my door is my shelves that contain all my beauty products include the basic things like, hairspray, deodorants and moisturizers. In the soap and glory box is all my soap and glory stuff that I'm saving to go to Uni as I won't be able to afford to buy things like that while I'm there. The straw holder was a present from my mum, because I can't have drinks without drinking them through a straw, so it was a bit of jokey present, but I've filled it up at least 3 times since I've had it. 

 The other side of the cabinet contains a mirrored glass plate that I got from Matalan and it has all my perfumes on, I like to keep them out because the bottles make me happy to look at. The ash tray next to it, is something i grabbed from downstairs from when my mum and dad used to smoke and i just use it to put my keys and anything else that I need to grab on the way out that I can't forget!

On the shelves, I have these brown baskets, which I got from a local outlet store, which store all my products in category's and make the shelves look much neater then they would if all the products were on show. The other set of brown baskets contain my make-up and I'm not sure where they came from but you can get similar ones from pretty much any store that sells home products.

On the top of my desk, I've got my speakers which i use to connect my phone and listen to music. I then have all the books that i used for my English Literature A Level, they need to be moved now though because i don't need them anymore! To prop the books up i'm using my Slatkin and Co Twinkling Night candle from Bath and Body Works from when i went to America, they are a massive contender with Yankee Candle, as i have some of each brand, but the Slatkin and Co ones definitely win just because they are usually cheaper. I always have a candle burning somewhere in my room because i'm obsessed. On top of the speaker is usually where I keep my phone and once again another candle. 

On the top shelf section of my desk I've just got my magazine collection with my IPod dock on top which is barely used as my IPod has really old music on, but I like to break out some old classics sometimes! On the little shelves I've just got old school stuff that needs moving now again! I think I need to sort out my bedroom, ha!

To the side of my desk is a mirror where I can do my hair and make-up if I want to stand up and do it, the silver used to match all the photo frames in my room but they've been got rid of since then, it still looks good though. I've draped fairy lights around it as when i light the fairy lights and candles it all looks romantic and pretty. 

My bed is my favourite place in the whole world, on the wall behind my bed i stuck a load of pictures from throughout my life and i like to look at them all the time! On the bed I've got about 10 cushions because i love lying in a bunch of cushions, I've also got a throw from america which is the softest thing in the world and i love using it as a blanket to snuggle in and my bear which my mum gave me a few years ago, i like it especially with the fairy lights because it looks really cosy and inviting. 

My bedside table just has a lamp that I think I got from Matalan a few years ago, there's a picture of me and my Nan that I love and some more candles.

Between the two windows there is a white shelf which I've just decorated with some fake flowers, yet more candles (I'm sensing a theme here?!) some ornamental bits and a picture of me and my dad. 

 By the side of my wardrobe is my guitar and Ukulele which haven't been played much recently due to large amounts of school work, but I'm definitely hoping to get back into that again over the summer. My wardrobe is built into the wall so I've just got curtains that can hide it when it's particularly messy! To the side of the wardrobe is just a hook with some jackets and my everyday bags on.

My TV sits on the wall in front of my bed above my bookcase which house majority of my books that i own (others are elsewhere in the house and on my windowsills) there's also an old school playstation 2 and my freeview box on top of the bookcase just for convenience.

Last but not least is my very pretty (but dusty) chandelier style lampshade that I've had for a very long time but i love it, it looks really nice when I've just got lights and candles on because it glimmers in the candlelight. I think it goes well with the theme of my room. 

I'm not sure if that post was enjoyable or not, but I had all the pictures so I thought I might as well post it! I personally love looking round peoples rooms so maybe some other people share my nosiness! I'm off to sleep now as it's way too late and I have work tomorrow, boo hoo. Toodooloo!