North London Hauling

Hey everyone, just a quick post today. I'm totally and utterly exhausted and have been for the past two weeks or so (hence the lack of posts). I have no idea why, maybe it's the heat, but most likely I think I've just taken on too much at a time when one aspect of my health has just gone completely downhill... :( Anyway, enough about me, back to the post.

Last weekend I went to up to North London with my mum to visit my grandparents and cousins because my grandma hasn't been very well recently. And so apart from seeing my family, going up north basically means one thing... Shopping!

Amazingly, I bought hardly any of it at full price! So anyway here's what I got:

Kiko nail polish (ALL polish less that half price - only £2.40 each!):

River Island crop top (I couldn't resist at only £5):

China Glaze Hologlam polishes (The Sally's next to my grandmas had these marked down to only £4.99! Considering these were about £11 or so at Professional Beauty I have a feeling they aren't selling as well as they hoped):

Topshop skinny jeans (ALL my skinny jeans have stretched and are now too loose so I needed new ones, plus they were 60% off too!):

Claire's unnamed speckled polish (looked pretty cool and only £1 too):

Forever21 scarves and sunglasses (SO would have left the shop with bag-fulls of clothes had it not been for the fact that it was getting late and my younger cousin was getting restless):

Ciate nail foils kit (I don't really care for Ciate as a brand much but mum got this free essentially so I thought I may as well feature it):

Not that bad if I say so myself! ;)

Mini Italian Polish Haul

A couple of weeks ago one of my best friends went to Italy and asked if I wanted anything....

Of course I said yes! I sent her a nice long list but told her only to get one or two of those things otherwise it would have cost her an arm and a leg and so here's what she got me:

Here's a quick swatch of each of them:

From left to right: Layla Bubbly Effect-Black Forest, Layla Ceramic Effect-30, Kiko Sun Pearl-River Green, Kiko Magnetic-704 Purple

She also got me a couple other bits and bobs that were on the list including some Kiko stuff and perfume from Duty Free (SO much cheaper than in the shops!).

So thank youuuu Aisha!! I love them! :D

Bank Holiday Hauling

So instead of revising all day I ended up going shopping. Oops :/ But looking back I am glad I went, and if you read on you'll find out why!

So what did I get?

Debenhams:

Escada - Cherry In The Air perfume, £35.00 and Escada bag, FREE (gift with purchase). I've wanted a new summer fragrance for a while now and this was just perfect for me! The bag was just a bonus, haha.

Urban Decay - Naked 2 pallete, £36.00. I FINALLY OWN IT!!!! I only went in to buy the perfume and amazingly saw this on the counter! (My local Debenhams doesn't stock Urban Decay, the nearest counter is on Oxford St, hence the shock) The lady at the till said somebody had returned it after accidently buying it online only 10 minutes earlier! I was so shocked and excited I started laughing hysterically :S But seriously, I AM SO HAPPY!

Boots:

Lady Gaga - Fame perfume, £36.66 (r.r.p £55.00). Now, I'm not one to buy into celebrity fragrances, but I particularly liked this one when I received a sample of it that I knew I needed to buy a full sized bottle. I was going to wait a while but when I saw it was almost £20 off, I snapped it up instantly!

Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum - Shade 58 Hale Fonce, £10.99. I needed a new foundation but didn't want to splash out on one yet (thinking about getting the Nars one...) and I've heard a lot of good things about this range so thought I would try one out. Thankfully they had a shade that was almost perfect against my skin tone!

Bourjois So Laque - Rose Lounge, £5.99. I've been looking for a sheer but not too sheer natural pink polish and I've finally found it! It also just so happened that buying this with the foundation meant I would get a free blusher!

Bourjois Blush - Cendre de Rose Brun FREE (r.r.p £7.49).

Poundland:

Sally Hansen- Ion and Gilty Pleasure, £1.00 (r.r.p £6.99) and Revlon Top Speed - Ignite, £1.00 (r.r.p £6.49). If it isn't obvious, I only bought these because of the price!

Waitrose:

ELLE, £4.00 - FREE Benefit They're Real Mascara (r.r.p £9.50) and InStyle, £3.90 - FREE Nails Inc. Polish (r.r.p £11.00). I only bought these for the free gifts, aha.

WHSmiths:

Nail it!, £4.00. I've heard about this magazine but never knew it was available in the UK until today! £4.00 is a bit steep for what it actually is but since it only comes out bi-monthly it's not too bad...

So, I don't even want to add that all up. But I'm happy with regardless.

Nail Art Hauling

So you all probably know that I like nail art right? Well, its true I do. But I realised that all the nail art I do is generally painted or stamped! So I thought I should invest in some 'other' things to use for nail art and this is what I ended up with:

Some nail art glitter:

 Some nail art studs and gems:

Some nail art brushes:

And some more stamping plates:

And here's a quick look I created using some gold square studs:

I used Barry M Black Multi Glitter as a base, which in the bottle is a black creme with loads of scattered holo glitter, but on the nail it just looks like a black creme. I then just added a layer of topcoat and placed the studs on. Easy!

I bought all the NPW stuff from River Island/Topshop/New Look and the GALS stamping plates from Amazon.

A England nail mail!

So you may have heard about the recent Royal Mail fiasco about the postage of nail polish and other 'dangerous' goods.

Well, I placed an order during the amazing A England two year anniversary sale (where everything worked out at half price or less!) and expected it to arrive a few days later. Well it didn't and, as I later found out, was because they were inundated with orders and so hadn't actually sent them yet. Since this was my very first order from them I waited patiently... and then a week went by... and then another... and then postage horror stories spread throughout the blogging community... And then this is where I got worried.

After emailing them (and getting a very prompt response I must add!) I was offered a refund. I said yes to it, never received it and then a week later got a message apologizing and saying they could send my original order within a few days once they got some special lables from Royal Mail. So I waited, and then yesterday they arrived! Finally! OH MY GOD am I glad they sent them because I am IN LOVE WITH THEM!!

So what did I actually order?

A England Saint George, Excalibur and Tristam (as a set)
A England Lady of Shallot and Ophelia

Love, Love, LOVE!

Half Term and Hauling

Sigh, half term is over :(

But I genuinely needed that break. I guess it was because I just needed time to recover. Life can really take over, make you lose control and just totally tire you out!

BUT, that's not to say I was just sat at home sleeping. Oh no, far from it.  To be honest I don't even feel refreshed if I do that... Just even more tired! Actually, I was only home for two out of ten days.

The first weekend I was at my friends sleepover, that I've already told you about. Then on Sunday I went to Trafalgar Square to see Diwali on the Square. It was actually really good! Monday I was at home then on Tuesday I was off to my aunt/cousins house until Thursday to see them and their two daughters, who might I add are sooo cute and adorable! While there I went to a kids Halloween party on Wednesday where I did face painting. It was actually so crazy but still cool. And then on Friday I went off to my grandparents house with my mum to see them and my (slightly mad) cousins. Monday was only my second day at home. Soooo, in between all of that I had to get coursework, homework and (of course) shopping done! It was a busy week! But totally amazing!

I've already told you I went shopping... So what did I buy?

Well... A LOT!

Oops!

So here it is. (okay this is only about a third of it. It's the only spree I took a photo of... Imagine triple this amount and you'll probably start getting and idea of the amount I actually somehow managed to accumulate.)

And of course here's the polish:

Free Nails Inc

Okay that looks really bad! I feel kinda guilty now. :S

I actually got quite a lot of clothes for a change... Hmm maybe the clothes obsession is starting to kick its way back in..?

Ah well.. The next time I'm probably gonna go on a shopping trip/s like this will most likely be after Christmas so I guess that kind of in a way justifies this huge haul??

Anyway, I've been back to school since tuesday and I'm already ill so I've been stuck in bed yesterday and today :/

KleanColor haul

Hey there

This is the story of how an innocent bit of homework turned into a slight shopping spree...

I needed to get a book for my English class so obviously I turned to Amazon. Well, while doing so I got distracted and started browsing through other things (nail polish basically) and I found loaaadds of American brands that I can't get over here and well I just needed them! So this is what happened:

I had to decide on only one brand cause otherwise the shipping costs would have been HUGE, so I picked KleanColor because they had some awesome polishes that reminded me of indies, but for a lot less.

I almost started crying when this arrived! Just look at them, they're beautiful! AND they worked out, on average, at less than £1 a bottle!!!

Ahh *happydance* whoooooo! Haha, I'm crazy, I know =D

(Ignore the crappy photo quality, I took these pics with my phone because I'm too impatient.)

Until next time x