Monday, 27 May 2013

Mini shopping trip to Southport

On Sunday I went to Southport to have a look around some shops with my Dad. He took me to loads of places that I had never seen before and they were really lovely. There were 3 amazing vintage shops in alleys and hidden throughout the town centre and most were 3 or4 storeys high! It was so fun!
These are my purchases from the day ( I know there aren't many but I'm planning to go for the whole day and have a proper root around to find some really nice things) but from one of the shops I bought a really nice hardback copy of Pride and Prejudice as its a classic that I've wanted to read for quite some time and it was a bargain at only £3!!! 
I also went to a really cute sweet shop that sold American sweets so of course I had to get some nerds in my favourite flavour- they're amazing!
Finally, I went to superdrug (you can never stay away from make up when shopping) and I bought 3 MUA products as there was a really cheap 3 for 2 offer which meant the liquid eyeliner in Shade 5, concealer in Fair and nail varnish in Amaretto Crush were only £2!! I couldn't leave that offer... I also finally got a Barry M nail varnish in the shade Watermelon as they've had really good reviews and the colour was a really lovely emerald green- so far it has been really good and it went on well and dried fairly quickly! Hopefully I'll get some more in shades like Dragon Fruit soon because they were really lovely, my main problem at the moment is a lack of money :( oh well! That's all for now but I have a few ideas planned for future posts so I should be updating more regularly. 

Sammy xx

Sunday, 19 May 2013

Cheap and Cheerful- My Everyday School Make Up

These are the products I use everyday for a natural look with cheap but average quality products. In order from left to right: W7 Flirty Eyes Mascara, MUA Matte Perfect Foundation in Fair, Simple Kind to Skin Light Moisuriser, Clarins Water Comfort One- Step Cleanser with Peach Essential Water, Kleenex Shine Removing Wipes, MUA blusher, a Next Continental Eye and Lip Palette and Estée Lauder and 17 brushes. 
Firstly, I cleanse and moisturise my face with the Clarins cleanser and Simple moisturiser.
Then I filled in my eyebrows with the Next Continental palette and used the MUA foundation with the 17 brush.
(Sorry if it looks like I'm posing, just trying to show the blush and contouring better)
I use the MUA blusher with the Estée Lauder brush and one of the colours on the Next palette to contour.
Finally, I use the W7 mascara and then I'm done!


I'm sorry that this post was quite boring but I was struggling to think of ideas for a post and I thought this might be useful is people were looking for a cheap and average looking natural look.
Hopefully I'll post again in a few days, I'm doing my GCSE's at the moment so I've been quite busy but I'm hoping to stay on top of this :-)
Sammy xxx

Friday, 10 May 2013

Top 5 albums for the Spring/ Summer season

So I thought I could do a bit of a different post which doesn't just show you what I've bought or give a review today. These are my favourite upbeat or acoustic albums for the Spring/ Summer period and aren't the usual mainstream music as I'm not really into that.

The first album is Paramore's 'Brand New Eyes' which has a lot of quite powerful songs which make you feel happy and alive when walking on a lovely warm day. Even though this album has been out for quite a while and their new self titled album is out, I just think that this is a nice mix between powerful and mellower songs. I saw Paramore's tour of this album and it was incredible- my favourite song by far is 'All I Wanted'. Hayley's vocals are just incredible in it.

The second album is by Walk The Moon and it is self titled. I saw these when they supported Fun. And on their own tour early this year and the vibe was incredible- everyone was having a great time. I love this album because it is really upbeat and fun. The songs instantly put you in a good mood and make you want to dance about (which I may have done in public a few times...). Anyway, I love this album and I love the band (especially Kevin Ray asdfghjkl)

The third album is Mumford and Sons album 'Babel' which doesn't even need an explanation as to why I love it- it's just an amazing album!! The songs are so free and dancey (yes, I am aware that 'dancey' isn't a real word :') ) and are fun for walking in the sun or having a Spring/ Summer bike ride. It's just a generally amazing album and it will always be in my iPods summer playlist!

Fourth is King Charles with his album 'LoveBlood' and his songs are similar to Mumford and Sons but slower and more relaxed. I am not a big fan of two of the songs on the album called 'Polar Bear' and 'Wilde Love' as they are different to the general genre of the album and aren't as calm as the rest of the album. However, most of the album is happy and really good and I love the singer's hair. (Yes, that was a very random comment, haha)

Finally, the last album that I listen to most in the Spring/ Summer weather is by Panic! At The Disco and is called 'Pretty. Odd.' This album is very relaxed and happy even though some of the lyrics on the album are very peculiar but that doesn't stop the great vibes that the songs give off. This album is also very very old but in Spring it cheers you up and makes you feel positive.

That's all for today, I'm sorry if I babbled or if you're really not bothered what music I listen to but I just wanted to do a different type of post to the norm. 
 Sammy xxx


Monday, 6 May 2013

Today in Topshop :-)

Today I went to Topshop and quickly picked up a few things because I had a bit of extra money to spend.
I got a long and baggy vest top with a pretty lace top section at the top. This was in the sale and was only £8 which is an absolute bargain (especially for Topshop!) I got this in one size smaller because it is quite big anyway so I think it would be too big in my normal size. However, the colour is a really nice dark raspberry and for the price I couldn't resist. I also saw that they did crop versions for £14 which were quite new in.
I also got a set of 3 rings for £5 which are really cute for stacking and have small gold hearts on them. The main rings are in a brushed chrome, black and gold and they will pretty much go with anything because the colours are really versatile.
Finally, I got a lipstick in Macaroon because I have wanted it for a long time and now that the weather is turning warmer I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to buy it and wear it. It is a really vibrant pink/ coral and will be lovely for the next few months.

Anyway that was all I bought from Topshop but hopefully I will be able to do some more posts about where I've been and my favourite beauty products etc. Love from Sammy :-) xxx