NOWSEEN.com jewellery competition.

Hiya loves, hope you're all well :)

I was recently contacted by NOWSEEN.com , a new online jewellery brand who use beautiful real gemstones and precious metals to make truely stunning pieces.

As soon as I saw the images they sent me I squealed with delight! Everything is so pretty, and thats not even the best bit. As they are a new brand, they are running a competition in which one lucky person will win £200 worth of goregous jewellery from their autumn/winter collections. All you have to do in order to be in with a chance of winning is like their Facebook page and follow them on Twitter it honestly couldn't be easier so I'm so excited to bring this to you guys!  

I am going to be working with them some more after they launch so look out for that, and in the mean time, go and enter! 

Essie haul.

Hi everyone!

 You must know by now that I love nail polish with a capital L, so I thought I would treat my self to a few new Essie colours. I ordered these beauties from Fragrance direct, after seeing Emma's haul , I couldn't resist checking them out! These were a crazy £1.99 each! Considering Essie polishes are usually £7.99, that's pretty fab! Now I haven't purchased any Essie polishes before (mainly because the price put me off), but for so little I really couldn't say no to this deal!

The shades I picked up were (L-R) `Neo whimsical`, `We're in it together`, `Action` and `Bikini so teeny` (oh I just love the names! *squeals with glee*)

I love every shade! I think they will see me all through summer, so I shouldn't need any more... Yeah. When that day comes I will eat my metaphorical hat. But anyway, getting back to the colours in had, how pretty are they?!

First up `Neo whimsical`, a gorgeous toned down, neutral grey-y pink;

Another pink I know... But I just thought this was the loveliest pastel shade, made me think candyfloss :)

(You might need your shades for this baby!) Action certainly lives up to it's name! I don't actually have  a proper orange in my collection, so I'm so please I bought this one! The only thing I would say is the consistency was a bit weird when it got here (it was all lumpy) but it's alright now, and I'm pretty sure it must just be a dud bottle.

Lastly is `Bikini so teeny`. I have been eyeing this polish up on the Essie for some time so I was very pleasantly surprised when I saw this on the website!

I also added this Sally Hansen top coat to my basket (I must have accidentally clicked two!) because  my MUA and No7 ones have both run out, Sally Hansen is another I have never tried before, so I'm intrigued to see how this performs :)

What do you think of these shades? Whats your favourite essie polish?

Alice
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Mini beauty haul.

Last saturday I went for a little browse in boots, meaning to buy one thing, but one thing led to another, and now I have a mini hauls worth! 

So this is what I originally went into buy, as I've mentioned before, I don't really want to look like Caspar the ghost this summer, so hopefully this will help! I've used this once already and it has given me a quite nice colour, but being a fake tan/ gradual tan novice, it has gone a little patchy! but hopefull I'll get the hang of it. 

The next thing I picked up was this No7 mascara. My mum has it in brown, and I had used that and really liked it, so because I'm not partial to brown mascara, I purchased it in black, and so far I love it!

I was drawn to this polish because of the colour and price. These are only £2.99! I haven't tried any Maybelline nail polishes before, but they have an amazing colour range an the formulation is fantastic. I but this on as soon as I got home because I love the colour so much! It's not really shown in my pictures , but is a perfect vibrant , almost neon coral. Next on my list from this range is a bright lime shade :)

Next I spotted that Collection had a three for two on, so like a moth to a flame, I had to pick up a few bits! I love the cream puffs and had actually lost the one I had, so I decided to pick up two: 

 These are what I like to wear when keeping my lips subtle, and I really cant praise them enough, if you don't have any of these them check them out!

Finally I picked up an new blusher, these don't have the best pigmentation, but the colours are pretty for a little flush of colour, and doesn't this just look so summery!

So thats my recent buys, do you have any of these products? 

Alice

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Haul!

Seen as we have just had the Easter holiday, it means I've had plenty of time to shop! I have had Birthday money and have been saving up for about two months in order to go on  a bit of a spree, so this is what I have bought recently :)

On this trip I really wanted to buy some new clothes, but not much really caught my eye. However, as you  can see, I did much better in Boots and Superdrug!

Let me start with my new Converse :)

I had been wanting these for quite some time and have already worn them so much! They are pretty expensive for a pair of canvas shoes, but I personally think they are worth it as you get really do get great quality.I have a feeling these are going to be in a lot of OOTD's soon!

I also made some Mac purchases :) (my first can you believe it!) my lovely Lauren got me a Mac voucher for my birthday, which you can imagine went down pretty well!

I deiced to get a lipstick in the shade `Pink nouveau` 

I love this colour so much! it's a perfect bubblegum pink, with out being too `in your face` I think this is going to look so gorgeous with so many colours, particularly white in the summer :)

I also picked up the much raved about `Fix +` to try 

I've been really enjoying spritzing this onto my skin before applying my make up lately, and after if I'm looking a bit powdery :)

Boots had a 3 for 2 on (never good if your trying not to spend to much!) so I picked up some things I've been wanting for a while.

I recently ran out of my beloved Health mix foundation but fancied a bit of a change...

Step up Rimmel match perfection! This foundation is really good! I was dithering between this and the `Wake me up` one, but seen as I'm not really into foundation with a glowy/ dewy finish, I went for this, and I have to say I've been really loving it :) I found they also had a wide colour range, and I think this one is a great match for my fair skin. 

I needed a new eyeliner and have heard great things about this one, so I thought I would pick it up.

At first I found it quite hard to work with, I'm used to using a dip- in liner , technical term there ;) which is kind of ironic considering their famously harder to use, but after a bit of practice I've become  fine with this and actually really like it. 

One thing I knew I wanted to buy were some Rimmel Acpocalips!

I chose the shades `Big bang` , `Apocaliptic` and `Celestial` and I have to say they defiantly live up to the hype :) 

I also picked up a Balmi, which happened to be half price! while this was great, it did mean they only had the peppermint one left, however, I actually really like the flavour! 

The last thing that managed to find its way into my basket in Boots was this Rimmel Scandaleyes eye shadow stick:

I was just drawn to they colour :) the Balmi wasn't actually on the 3 for 2, so when the lady told me I could still have one thing for free, I dashed back to get this! I love the consistency and it's really easy to use :)

In Superdrug, I bought a new red lip liner (thrilling stuff!) and the new MUA undressed palette. 

There's not much to say about this, I just needed this!

As I think I have mentioned before, I'm trying to get a bit more creative with my eyes, I want do do more than just my eyeliner! so I thought this would be a good way to play around with some eye shadow, and for four ponds, whats not to like!

We also went into international, where I bought this gorgeous denim look skater skirt

This is actually from the kids bit because the adult one looked weird!  I actually wore this today for my first day back at school :) (OOTD to come!)

The last thing I bought on this trip was this really cute hair bow

I cant wait to wear this at the back of a messy bun, just to make it a bit more interesting :)

I also went shopping another time, (I know, addicted) mainly to go to Primark because there isn't really one close to wear I live, so when ever I go it becomes a bit of a trip :p

I'll start from the top :) 

One basic thing I bought were these `shoe liners` 

Not hugely exciting, but I needed them :) I do like the colours though, theses are just what I like to wear under short Converse and Vans.

As these are £1 for two (I will never get over that!) I always pick these up. I like to use them to take of my facial make up before actually cleansing :).

I popped these into my basket as my other eyelash curlers have lost their spring, and for a pound, you cant go wrong :) 

  Next up, hairbands! I like the Primark ones because a) their crazy cheap and b) they don't have the metal bit which can damage your hair.

Unusually for me, I didn't actually see that much jewelry that I liked, but I did pick up some earrings :)

Firstly, these gorgeous arrow head style ones. I'm not usually a big fan of drop earrings, but I love these, also, they were just a pound! I think these also look a bit Topshop. 

 The other pair are these simple oval studs, there just simple, but I rather like them :) 

I think Primark is the perfect place for me to buy sunglasses, I'm sure if I bought an expensive pair I would end up breaking or loosing them! Anyway, when I saw these I feel in love a little, as you may have realised from reading my blog, I adore anything vintagey! so of course these appealed to me :)

One of the items of clothing I picked up is the gorgeous peplum top! look at the print! My mum actually saw this and said she new I was going to pick it up :)

Another top I spied is this sporty style crop, I love the sort of see through material and the motif :)

I also bought this simple top for school, bit boring, but I do like the colour :)

Another crop top?! I seem to be slightly addicted :) I love the cute Disney print on this one. I like that the bottom of it is actually finished as well! often I find crop tops are left un-hemmed and start to fray really easily (I'm looking at you Topshop!)

Lastly from Primark, my Mum kindly bought me some new PJ's :) I think I'm defo going to have to wait for summer to wear these, but I can't wait too!

We popped into new look as well, and I saw that they were selling these t-shirts for £5 instead of £7.99, so I thought I would bag my self a bit of a bargin! I love the blue colour and the grey will go with everything. 

And last but not least, I bought theses cuter than cute socks from River Island :) They are going to look so sweet  with my new converse :)

Few, that was a long post! thank you if you read this far! I think I can safely say, that's it for a while and my bank balance officially hates me :)

What have you bought recently? What do you think of my purchases?

Alice
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