Salon Creative.

I've never really been that into face wash and masks etc, but I guess I've just been quite lucky with my skin. Although now I'm starting to get the odd spot and blemish here and there, and have the worst under-eye bags ever. It's like I haven't slept in years, but I sleep loads... I think the bags are just something I'll have to learn to love! Er yea... Great.
So I've decided it's time to start looking after my skin a bit better, because I do wear makeup everyday so it's bound to clog up if I don't regularly deep clean it. (Don't get me wrong I do clean my face regularly! I have a set of eye-makeup remover, cleanser, toner and moisturizer that I use - I'll do a post on them maybe?)
Also, I'm not one to be blessed in the bank account department, so I'm trying out a few cheaper brands to see how they do, most of the time I find that cheaper versions of things have pretty much exactly the same things in as top name brands, you're just paying for the name really. But everyone loves a good brand at times, and I'm definitely one. But for now... It's a trip to Family Bargains.

Apricot Facial Scrub - Blemish control. £0.99

"Gently lifts off impurities and dead skin cells to reveal newer looking skin. With Vitamin E."

I'm not so sure on this. It smells amazing, so fruity and apricot-y (that could be a word right?), and has little micro beads in to clean away the dead bits on your face. It lathers up just slightly when you use it with warm water, which feels really nice, but I found that the micro beads are a little too scratchy! They're actually quite painful. I didn't expect that as other face scrubs I have used in the past have never been too bad - although they do have beads in that you can definitely feel, none of them have been quite this rough - so I'd gone in all guns blazing and whacked a load on my face and scrubbed away. Needless to say I won't be doing that again! I'll be much more gentle from now on. Saying that though it did leave my face feeling really soft and baby-bum like, which is just what you want from a scrub. As for the blemish control, I've only used it twice, so we will have to wait and see!

Oriental Clay Mask - Green tea and jasmine. £0.99

"A gentle but deep cleansing clay face mask suitable for regular and sensitive skin types."

Again I'm not completely sold on this either. I have quite sensitive skin on my face so generally I should be quite careful about what I choose to put on it. I can't use Clearasil's blackhead wash because it just burns the crap out of my face. But this one says it's okay for us sensitive types so I thought I'd give it a go. And at 99p it's not going to be the end of the world if I really don't like it..

It goes on really lovely and silky, nice and easy to apply and doesn't go very solid like a lot of other face masks which is nice, it means you can still actually move your face. Yet maybe it's just my face, but it was quite stingy on my skin. Although it did smell really nice and had that freshening feeling to it like when you use a minty product which woke me up a little, yet I was planning on a wind down! Despite the stingy-ness, I left it on for the full 10 minutes (you can leave it for up to 15) and then washed it off with warm water. My skin was a tad red, but it did feel super soft and lovely so I guess it did the trick. 

I'm not going to dismiss it just yet, my skin could have been having 'one of those days'. I'll keep you informed.

I hope you're having a lovely bonfire night! Unfortunately I was in all evening doing uni work :( but there's plenty going on outside my window!

Happy Monday, have the best week x

Christmas wish list...

Zara.

one

two

 three

Topshop.
one

River Island
one

Meh... LOADS more, but too sleepy. HAPPY HALLOWEEN x

Fallen off the planet.

I feel like I have. Ergh. Sorry for being so MIA for the last million years, I have just been so busy with uni work etc etc so it's all been very stressful to say the least!
I haven't blogged in so long I've practically forgotten how to do it. So to get me back in the swing of things here is a photo of me all Halloween'y...

What do you think? I was quite pleased, I think this is the most effort I've made for Halloween in a long time! I think I might just wear these contacts all the time.
Ah I'm having a blog block.
I literally don't have a clue what to write about... Hmmm.

Well maybe I should write a little bit about uni? I'm currently way in to my final collection now! (EEEKKK) It's based on the rain... but it has now sort of turned more towards umbrellas, so lots of scalloping and points which is pretty cool...

I need to get back into blogging I do miss it so much, I just seem to have a lack of knowledge into the outside world of fashion at the moment as I've been stuck in my little collection bubble.
Let's hope I get back into it soon before I forget this even exists.
Peace out.

Collection inspiration

Black and Gold

Went for a cheeky shop today and thought I'd do my first outfit post! Not sure if I like the photos but I thought it's a start I guess.. Picked up these amazing shoes at a shop called Shoeholics in Kingston - love them - I've been looking for the right pair of slipper shoes for a while now and haven't been able to get some that WOW'd me without breaking my purse, but when I saw these I was decided. The added faux fur makes them feel that bit more expensive to which is always a nice touch.
Also picked up this top from Primark but I'm not entirely convinced - you can't quite see on the picture but the front is a sort of leather look with small holes all over and the back is just plain in a t-shirt shape. I like it but I think I might swap it for a bigger size so it's baggier and more over sized rather than fitted. Other than that, I picked up a few other bits that I'll post on tomorrow :)
Happy Monday x

Colour fix no.2

Images found on weheartit.com

Mint green. Such a summery colour don't you think? The weather has been amazing this weekend! I've decided I really want those sequin shorts, they are just gorgeous and can be worn both during the day and jazzed up for a night out too, which is always a bonus. I think this colour is perfect for the hot sun, yet can easily transition into Autumn with some added neutral browns and boots, or even just in the accessories.
I feel like I'm babbling, so I'm just going to keep this one short.
Happy weekend all :)