Dear all
Sorry for the radio silence.
I have been settling in to Married life, and going back to Uni part-time, adjusting with all of that as well has holding down a full time job and having some sort of life in the process. With all things in Life something has to ‘give’ and at the moment it has been my beauty blogging. So please forgive the fact that I haven’t written anything, I have been taking photos but I just haven’t actually written down any of my thoughts.
Month after I got married I save a bit of money as I am going on my delayed honeymoon in early December. However I did pick up a few little cheapie bits that have seen me through for the past 6 weeks.
Fav photo of wedding
I have recently picked up some exciting palettes which I have had some banter with fellow blogger Georgina ( from forks and Brushes blogspot, AKA my beauty centric blogging pal who has the EXACT taste as me ) I will share those shortly as they are very exciting.
Firstly Nail polish from Essie ‘After School boy blazer’ and ‘The gals are out tonight’
£5.95*on Amazon about a month ago. ( *this varies seller to seller so try and hunt it down)
Any of you who have a thing for dark nails in winter this baby is for you. It reminds me of ‘blue satin’ by Chanel for years ago. That colour was perfection but the formula was beyond rubbish. Which is why this bad boy is causing quite a stir as it’s the dupe of ‘blue satin’ but with all the bonuses of a Essie nail polish.
The ‘gals are out’ is another foray in trying to find the perfect pink. I actually wore this on my toes for my wedding which is why I got it for sentimental reasons. It’s a sort of mid purple with blue tones and bunch of silver sparkle. It looks like a solid colour from far away but when you peer at it close it got a subtle sheen from the silver sparkle. I haven’t tried this on my nails yet, but it’s the perfect alternative to a bright red or bright pink on your toes.
Wet and Wild comfort zone palette is the perfect palette for easy every-day make up. This landed on my radar when I saw it on Lily pebbles blog, after she came back from New York. In the states this retails for about $5, but I got it online from ebay for a £10. Yes paying over double the price but in my mind worth it.
The formula of the eye shadows is very buttery, and very pigmented. You don’t need a lot to get a good colour pay off on your eyelids. With a primer I found these to last 6-7 hours which is long enough for the work day, or a night out. There are directions with where to put what on your eye, and I have experimented with both sides of these. ( Green and brown) and they look lovely. However for a day look I think this is a bit OTT which is why I have been using each colour in turn for a one wash colour on the eye. The definer shadows don’t really work on this, but the others can be easily worn as a one wash shadow for a neutral look.
I am so glad I bought this, usually I am loathe to buy anything beauty wise on ebay, but because I used this so much I feel it was such an investment. Do you ever feel the more you use something the more you love because of its versatility? I love things like that.
So in the month of September sent a total of £21.90 on beauty. Are you going on any self-imposed cut backs on beauty? Do you have any budget bits that you swear by
Thanks for reading
Carrie
