Tumblr Addiction

So recently I have gone a bit crazy on the whole Tumblr bandwagon. I basically reblog anything that my eyes find aesthetically pleasing, cats, makeup, fashion, beauty, and generally amazing photography. Follow me and if we have posts in common I will follow back! 

I'm http://obsessivemakeupdisorder.tumblr.com/ and I post pretty much everyday! And I really appreciate every like, reblog and follow!

Instagram SuperGorgeousNovember Tag

So this month I am taking part in the SuperGorgeousNovember Instagram. I attempted a tag like this in September but moving to university severely disrupted this so I never got to finish. But this month I am determined to get all the way to the end.

The beauty blogger who creates these tags is the amazing Alice,from Super Gorgeous who you should all subscribe to!

And hopefully you will join in with the tag and follow me on instagram, naomicaitlin and you can see my photos for the month!

October Favourites

For once in my life I am not hating autumn, I am embracing the colder weather fashion and makeup, finally!

Only have a few favourites this month, firstly lipsticks there has been a constant rotation of two lip colours this month. The first one is a Revlon colourburst lipstick in the colour Plum, such a great autumn berry colour which just looks great on just about every skin tone, the finish is quite glossy and it also has a slight shimmer to it but nothing overly noticeable. The next one is a Rimmel Kate Moss lasting finish lipstick in the shade 04, this is a very deep berry, maybe even purple colour with a satin finish and I just ADORE this lipstick. It has a great lasting time and can be sheered out for a daytime look or layered on for a vampy evening look.

Next is the Bourjois Happy Light Luminous Serum Primer, now I know that the beauty world has gone a little crazy for this Happy Light range. But I am literally in love with this primer, it makes every foundation I put on top of it look amazing. It makes my skin smooth, the right level of matte but luminous and radiant, it’s fabulous. And it smells like old school Olay moisturiser wins all round.

Another makeup favourite is the Garnier eye roll-on concealer, I know I am a bit behind on this hype but I finally got my hands on this from Wilkinsons for £6 BARGAIN! This stuff is a god send, the amount of late nights I have had (work and play related) the level of concealing and the caffeine is just magic at making look like they didn’t even happen. My only problem is that the lightest shade-Fair is still just a bit too dark to highlight on top of some of my foundations which is a bit of a pain. Wish high street makeup would improve their shade range.

Last makeup item is the No 7 sunkissed bronzing pearls, I have started to love just wearing bronzer at the moment which a day I never thought would arrive, I used to be such a blush gal. The No 7 bronzer is such a great colour as it has a pinky/reddy underlying colour that makes it look really natural.

This month I have been slightly obsessed with the colour burgundy, and the L’oreal color riche nail varnish in 409 hypnotic red has been on my nails all month! Love the colour and how fabulously autumnal it is.

My last favourites are not makeup related and are two tv programs; Made in Chelsea and New Girl. I’m so happy that Made in Chelsea is back on as I love staring at the beautiful people! I’m also loving the hilariously funny new series of New Girl, looking forward to those cold winter nights in bed watching a lot of tv.

And those are my October favourites, I’ve been so rubbish with my blogging at the moment trying to get better!

Liz Earle Skincare Review

Whilst on holiday, the day that I had been dreading arrived, my Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish finally gave up on me. The worst timing ever.  The day I got back I ran to John Lewis and repurchased a 200ml bottle and seeing as I don’t buy a lot of things twice, I thought that this would be a good time for a review of the Liz Earle skin care essentials routine.

Just a bit of skin care background, before this I had basically nothing to speak of. I slapped a bit of moisturiser on before I put my makeup on and then my makeup was removed by either makeup wipes/remover and that was it. But after a while of bitching about my skin and delving into the online beauty world, I decided to take the plunge and invest in a proper skin care routine. The reason that I picked Liz Earle is pretty much down to Zoella, her appraisal convinced me that this would be great starter products.

So I think will start the review with my favourite part of the set, the cleanser.

Cleanse & Polish-Hot Cloth Cleanser

I absolutely love everything about this cleanser, the smell, the texture etc. This is a cream cleanser and it is made with all natural plant extracts which is perfectly free of perfumes and fragrances. It does not strip my skin or leave it feeling tight but it does remove all of my makeup, waterproof and all. I just massage this into my skin all over my eyes and then I remove it with warm water and a muslin cloth or flannel. I find that this is perfect at keeping my skin smooth, spot free and really helps keep my blackheads in check throughout my t-zone. It is meant to be suitable for all skin types including sensitive skin, although I know it doesn't always suit everyone.

Instant Boost-Skin Tonic

This alcohol-free toner is just so beautiful, it is a hydrating toner and I think really it does help your moisturiser work. It really is a great boost of moisture to your skin and I do really see the difference in my skin for using it.

Skin Repair Moisturiser-Dry/Sensitive

This moisturiser comes in a few different versions to cater for as many skin types as possible, I went for this one purely because it said sensitive and I panicked that the other versions would possibly aggravate my skin. I think I possibly over reacted. I quickly learnt that this formula may be a bit heavy for the summer day, and couldn't really be worn underneath my makeup. I have been using this as my night cream and it has been working really well. I do also think that this will work well in the winter when my skin dries up.

Overall, I think this is an amazing set and for a skin care virgin is the perfect first time buy to introduce someone to the skincare crazy world.

Lipstick Tag

How many lip products do you have?

After a massive clear out of my makeup collection I have 32 lip products.

What was your first ever lipstick?

I think it was a Rimmel bright red lipstick, I did not do subtle when I was younger.

What is your most worn lipstick?

This will definitely be my Clinique Different Lipstick in Sweet Honey, it is a pinky brown, nude colour. It is very much a ‘your lipstick but better’30, it’s very moisturising and I love it.

What is your favourite brand for lip products?

For high end I would say MAC and high street either Revlon or Rimmel.

What is your favourite finish?

My lips are quite dry so I prefer something that is quite moisturising which means normally avoiding a matte/satin finish and going for one with shine or cream finish.

What was the last lip product you bought?

The last little present I got myself was a MAC Lustre lipstick in the colour Lovelorn, very pretty, wearable pink, it’s not too bright and not too pale. Just lovely!

How many lip products do you have in your handbag?

I normally just carry the lipstick/gloss I am wearing that day and a lip balm to top up moisture levels so it doesn’t normally exceed 2/3 products at a time.

What lipstick do you use for a red lip?

I’d have to pick my favourite ever red lipstick, Rimmel’s Moisture Renew Lipstick in the colour Diva Red, which is a gorgeous deep blue toned red. I use one of two lip liners with it, either Topshop’s lip liner in Deception (I think) for when I want a vamp-ier deep red or with Rimmel’s lasting finish lip liner in Red Dynamite for when I want it to be a bit brighter.

How do you store your lipsticks?

I at the moment have them crammed in plastic draws which cost £1 from Poundland, cheap and cheerful.

What lip products are currently on your wishlist?

I want a YSL Rouge Volupte lipstick so much, partially for the lipstick and partially for the luxury packaging, swoon.

In Flight Essentials

I'm back from holiday now and I was unable to post anything, so I am now trying to get all of my posts out now starting with this one.

So I don't really allow carry on restrictions hold me back when flying I just make sure that I am armed with a lot of clear sandwich bags. Most of my carry on bag consists of beauty products and then random bits. I will start with beauty products, more specifically skin care.

It was only recently I realised why flying always left me with dull, unhealthy looking skin. The air in the cabin dehydrates you so much so it is essential to moisturise to combat this effect. The morning of my flight I cleansed, toned and moisturised as usual, I opted not to wear any makeup to the airport as I would have only taken it off on board. Once we had taken off, I quickly scrabbled into action and firstly started by using an antibacterial hand gel, Carex aloe vera hand gel, then gave my face a quick wipe with Nivea gentle facial cleansing wipes for dry & sensitive skin. I don't usually use face wipes as I know they aren't great for your skin but this is a one off. I dabbed some of the Origins super spot remover gel on any pesky spots. I then slapped on my face mask of choice, the Origins drink up overnight intensive mask which I could just leave on my skin and reapply as often as I want. I decided to layer this up with the Body Shop vitamin e face mist, which is great for when I'm feeling a bit panicky mid-flight as well. I popped on a bit of hand cream because I find my hands always get quite dry, I have been using the Crabtree & Evelyn summer set meadow ultra-moisturising hand therapy which is just so lovely! And finally I packed a perfume sample that I had and that was the Givenchy dahlia noir.

lots and lots of moisture boosting products.

For makeup bits I basically grabbed my small benefit makeup bag and selected a face of the day which I will be applying about 40 mins before the end of the flight to reduce the drying of my skin. The products I've chosen today; bareMinerals Prime Time, Bourjois healthy mix foundation in 51, Rimmel wake me up concealer in ivory, Sleek contour kit in light, NARS blush in deep throat, Rimmel stay matte powder in translucent, HD brow kit in vamp, 17 clear definition mascara (used to set eyebrows), Rimmel scandaleyes eyeshadow stick in bullet proof beige and bad girl bronze, Rimmel lash accelerator endless mascara in black, Revlon lip butter in juicy papaya and Carmex moisturising lip balm.

this mirror was so handy I was so sad when it broke.

Random bits I brought with me were; a fluffy pair of bed socks to keep my toes warm, I always freeze on planes. Big hair clip to pin my fringe back and a few hair bobbles and clips. A travel fold away mirror. A book, 'the time of my life' by Cecelia Ahern, I love her! My tangleteezer. My iPad, phone and earphones.

bit of a random photo to finish: selection of bracelets for holiday, bed socks on the plane, carry on tag, view from the window and rough looking selfie after 4 and a half hours on the plane.

July Favourites

Yes I am aware that I skipped my June favourites but I am back and it is now time for my July favourites. I have been on a bit of a tight budget this month (missing my student loan) so I haven't been able to try many new things so this should be short and sweet...maybe. 

Makeup first and I have been loving the MUA eyeshadow palette in Heaven and Earth. I think that this is a great staple palette to have, all the shades are shimmers or metallic which isn't to everybody's taste but I like it! The pigmentation is disputable but overall I think it is lovely and provides some great colours for a great price!

from L-R on my arm the colours are swatched from the top left shadow going clockwise. I particularly love the top left shadow for a brow bone or inner corner highlight. MUA eyeshadow palette Heaven and Earth-£4

So not that long ago I mentioned that I splashed out on my first ever MAC foundation, MAC Studio Sculpt SPF 15 Foundation, and since then I have been trying to love it, really really trying. But I just wasn't the results from it that I was expecting and was left disappointed with a patchy bizarre looking complexion. I know this doesn't sound much like a favourite, and it wasn't until I applied it with a different brush. Previously, I was using the Real Techniques blending brush or expert face brush. One day when I was attempting a Kim K makeup look, inspired by this Tanya Burr video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shWi2zmx8uc, I pulled out my MAC studio sculpt foundation and the Real Techniques Stippling Brush. This brush applied the foundation so perfectly and I fell in love with the foundation finally! So this is a combined favourite of the foundation with brush, and a lesson to try different applications of foundations that didn't wow you first time, before you make up your mind and chuck it.

MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation NC15- £25
Real Techniques Stippling Brush- £11.99

I don't know whether its the warm weather or whether I am overly hormonal this month but I have had several recurring breakouts. The best thing to tackle breakouts I have recently found is this little miracle bottle, Origins Super Spot Remover. I think this really helps reduce the redness and size of the spot almost immediately and the little bugger is pretty much gone in 2-3 days, yay! It is also fine to apply makeup on top of this stuff...genius stuff.

I have had this for months and only the smallest amount has been used!
Origins Super Spot Remover 10ml- £14

A few random favourites now; firstly, to all the UK residents I will not be alone in saying that I have been loving the sun. I am a naturally cold person and the winter makes me really miserable so I am basking and absorbing as much heat as possible now! Please don't go sun! 

I have again been sucked into the world of King's College London A&E department, because of my all time favourite tv program 24 Hours in A&E. I think this is the best hospital based program as 1) its real and 2) you get to see how a hospital works and deals with patients. The series shines such a positive light on the NHS after all of the negativity it has been receiving lately. My favourite person is definitely Jen the Senior Sister, she is such an amazing nurse!  

I hope you all have had a great July too, I can't believe this year is going soo fast!

Holy Grail Alert- Hairspray

Just thought I would let you know that I have found myself a holy grail hair product. 

I had a bit of a hair makeover about a month ago and I am a bit late getting around to sharing this, but I highly recommend Too Funky Hair in Manchester and especially Sarah who is an amaaaaazing hairdresser. 

Even though I loved my new hair I was worrying how I was going to keep this extremely heavy side fringe out of my eyes, so I purchased the 'Big Sexy Hair Spray&Stay' hairspray from the hairdressers.

If you are like me and your usual hairspray experience is soaking you hair in hairspray until you achieve the look/volume you desire, then, five minutes later your hair is flat to your head or the style has dropped then look no further!

A quick spray from this bad boy and my fringe is held in place I could wobble and jiggle my head as much as I want it stays put, which means I don't have to walk with my head tilted to the side, surely I'm not the only one! It also withstood the battering from the northern wind! 

The only drawback is that it does make your hair rock solid, it doesn't make it clump into strands which is good but if you are going for a more natural look I would not advise this hairspray.

At £14 it was way more than what I normally pay for hairspray, but I had to get it, and from the hairdressers I got student discount which is always nice.

This is definitely going to be my hairspray of choice when I am going out all day or night and I want my hairstyle to stay put.

So its been a while...

Just writing to have a bit of a catch up and to let you know I haven't fallen off the face of the earth.

Recently I have happily found that next year I won't be returning to Bradford on the Clinical Sciences course, instead I will be going to the University of Leeds to study Medicine!

Yes I am finally a medical student, it maybe a year later than I wanted but I got there eventually.

So without sounding too cheesy I wanted to say that even if your life doesn't go the way you want it to go does not mean that your dreams are over. Going to Bradford has been one of the best experiences for me and I have met some of the most amazing people. The biggest piece of advice I can give regarding university courses is that you should research all of your options, there is always another route you can take to get to where you want to be. Get yourself a backup plan in case something unexpected happens, especially if the course you are going for all off the same grades/points whatever.

If its meant to happen it will, as long as you carry on trying! Embrace this motivation!

Normal beauty posts will return shortly thank goodness I have missed them!

May Favourites

Sorry that it is quite significantly into June and I am only just posting this, trying to get into the blogging routine.

from left to right: soap&glory sugarcrush buttercream, soap&glory sugarcrush body wash, nina by nina ricci, john freda hair mousse, body shop face exfoliator, l'oreal micellar solution, e45 cream and elizabeth arden 8 hour cream.

e45 cream and elizabeth arden 8 hour cream

May for many people including myself was a time of exams and deadlines and just a lot of stress in general. As per usual my skin reacted to this by having an absolute bitch fit, random breakouts but the worst had to be the explosion of eczema and general dry skin on my face and on my body. I am used to this occurrence now and tackled it head on with no mercy! E45 cream and Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream became my staples for everyday skin care and I laid off the makeup or anything perfumed (which I normally avoid anyway) until it had all cleared up, these two products are life savers.

body shop aloe gentle exfoliator

This is a great exfoliator which is essential for my dry skin, but I have found that many exfoliators are highly perfumed and can be quite harsh in my sensitive skin, but this exfoliator has little fragrance and also calms down any redness. 

l'oreal skin perfection 3-1 micellar solution

I have almost finished the bottle of this, and I just think it is a great makeup remover and I genuinely believe that it does a great job of clearing my pores, especially on and around my nose. 

sugar crush body wash and buttercream

I guess this next one counts as skin care, it is the Soap & Glory Sugarcrush  Body Wash and body butter. I just love the scent so much it smell of really sweet lime and brown sugar, I feel like I become a lime cheesecake or a key lime pie every time I use it, I advise you to go sniff it next time you are in Boots and I assure you that you will be addicted to it! And the body butter is really moisturising and makes my skin feel amazing. Ooh and I love that the body wash has a pump, so handy!

john freda luxurious volume thickening mousse

In regards to hair care there is only one thing that I seek and that is volume, its not that I have very thin or fine hair its quite the opposite, I have a lot of hair and due to this it is very heavy and can sometimes just drag itself down flat to my head, which I something that I cannot stand. So for a while I have been using the John Freda luxurious volume thickening mousse which I think does a pretty good job of injecting a bit of life at the roots of my hair, I am impressed.

perfume

My absolute favourite scent of all, Nina Ricci perfume, Nina, has finally reached its peak time of usage, spring/summer. This perfume not only has such an adorable bottle but I am head over heels in love with the smell, I have used it as my one and only perfume for almost two years and I cannot get enough. And unfortunately I am running out, in fact this bottle is not long for this world (sob) and I do have many other perfumes that I could wear, but it just won't be the same.

makeup

My May makeup favourite is a bit of a wide generalisation, but I have been absolutely loving all things orange. I have take a photo of some that I have been wearing a lot of this month. As you can see they are mainly lip products but a sneaky nail varnish has made it in. I just love all these colours! There may be the odd coral in there but I'm counting them as orange. 

left to right: rimmel apocalips in luna, l'oreal glam shine stain splash in 501 bonnie, bourjois rouge edition in 09 orange pop up, topshop lipstick in infrared, 17 supreme shine lipstick in hot flash, revlon lip butter in tutti fruiti and juicy papaya and barry m nail paint in block orange.  

I just think that these shades are great for summer as they are so bright and cheery, and they really complete a summer day or night time look. I think they suit my skin tone well and look great on pretty much everyone.

I have also been loving ALL of my real techniques brushes they are just a dream to apply all of my makeup with, and washing them doesn't take half as long!

randoms

And a few random favourites to finish, a recentish purchase of mine was a gorgeous River island purse, now for some reason this extreme bright purse tickled my fancy and the more I looked at it and held it the more any doubts about it, being too bright or too out there, vanished and I was sold. In the bright sunny weather we have been having recently it fits in beautifully, very happy.

The book that I have recently been engrossed in and have just finished is the 'Intimate Adventures of a London call girl' by Belle de Jour. Note: this book is not for the faint hearted or indeed the under 18's. This is the book that the 'Secret Diary of a call girl' with billy piper in is based on, now the tv program is tame compared to this book. However, instead of it just being pages crammed with sex scenes (a la fifty shades), it has a very endearing and intriguing character at the heart of the story as well as a great plot! I will be getting the sequel as soon as I can!

river island purse-£17 and book-£5.99 from amazon
(or free if you rob it off a friend like I did.)

And that's all of my May favourites, any ideas for blog posts or reviews are welcome! Thanks for reading :)

Mahoosive Haul: Part 2

Second and final installment will hopefully not be as long and rambley as it is only based on two little trips into town. By town I mean Manchester city centre.

I went in on Wednesday with several goals in mind, first being the awaited beginning of my MAC eyeshadow palette. So I bought the actually palette part first and due to the sheer amount of eye shadows I thought I should seek some help. The most wonderfully helpful man picked out 15 shades that he thought would suits my skin (fair)and eye colour (greenish), with my preferences of colours (mostly natural) in mind. He was so amazing and really made the experience enjoyable, he swatched all of the colours and wrote them down for me, for future purchase reference. 

left card: carbon, print, silver ring, brule, shroom, all that glitters.
middle card: sable, sumptuous olive, espresso.
right card: amber lights, texture, rule, swiss chocolate, embark, woodwinked.

The three colours that I chose were, sumptuous olive, woodwinked and espresso (which I will use to fill my eyebrows). I think that these are great to start my palette off with as they are ones that I don't have anything similar to already.

From left to right: sumptuous olive, woodwinked and espresso-£12 each

The only other thing that I picked up was another vest top from h&m which I ended up changing into because it was so warm and it looked so good with what I was wearing, win!

I then took a wander into Topshop next and decided to use the gift voucher my lovely flat mates got me for my birthday that I had been holding onto since March! I couldn't see any clothes that I particularly wanted, always the way when you have money, so I mooched over to the makeup. I picked up two great summer lipsticks in the colours Infrared, which I have been lusting over for ages and Tease. Infrared is a gorgeous bright orange velvet finish lipstick which will look so amazing on those sunny days we are all expecting, and Tease is a cute but bright pink matte finish, which says it is moisturising but I think I would need to use a lip balm.

From left to right: infrared and tease-£8 each

The next trip was an unexpected trip into town after seeing Dirty Dancing in the theatre (very good, but not as good as the film, no one can beat Swayze!) and I needed to nip into town to return a pair of jeans to New Look. I somehow ended up in Primark...long story short I bought a lot of stuff. I have been looking for a maxi skirt for so long now and it happened to be the first thing I laid my eyes on, it is in a jersey material which hopefully won't make me overheat too much, and is a gorgeous burnt orange colour, my obsession with orange continues. I grabbed more vest tops for the summer, a cream see-through sleeveless shirt and the most gorgeous, bright ombré blue shirt which look amazing on and I love!! I also picked up some little earrings which I already have in two other colours but I just love the style so much I got them in blue.

Clockwise from top left: orange maxi skirt-£10, white sleeveless shirt-£8, blue ombre shirt-£12, stripey vest-£4 and blue polka dot vest-£4.

I also picked up from Boots a No.7 Beautiful Skin Radiance exfoliator for normal/dry skin after a recommendation, to inject some life into my skin, tried it when I got home, it was so perfumed it made my skin burn, in the bin you go. Not good for skin sensitive to fragrance/perfumes.

So that's the end of my very long haul and I don't even want to know how much money I spent, but the purse has been well and truly put down so no more splurges for a while, boo.

A very late May favourites will be up soon, byeee!

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Mahoosive Haul: Part 1

So this post is going to be a bit of a collective makeup/clothes/beauty haul. This shopping was not all done in a day, it is partially an online boots order and three separate shopping trips. As it is so large I think it will have to be in separate parts.

So firstly after a very unsuccessful trip to Boots I gave up and went home to order online as stock is pretty much guaranteed. 

I ordered a few Real Techniques brushes, I already own a few and I love them I so really wanted to extend my collection. I got the core collection, the expert face brush and the shading brush. These again lived up to my expectations and I use most of them everyday.

the expert face brush-£9.99, the core collection included the buffing brush, the contour brush, the pointed foundation brush and the detailer brush-£21.99 and the shading brush-£7.99

I had been eyeing up the No.7 beautiful skin bb cream for a while so I got that in the shade fair, for normal/dry skin as I have quite dry skin and nobody wants a patchy face. This is by far the best bb cream I have tried or owned. It just makes my skin look like an improved version of itself and feels nice and light when it's on, so big thumbs up to No.7. And as it was a 2 for 1 on No.7 products I ordered some pointed tweezers to tackle those hideous short eyebrow hairs that you have to leave to grow a bit before removing. Overall happy with this part of the haul.

bb cream, normal/dry skin in fair-12.99 and the pointed tweezers-£8.00

On Monday I traipsed to the Trafford Centre in Manchester with the main aim of hitting Selfridges (yay). So when I arrived I generally had a browse as I haven't been to the Trafford centre that often. After establishing that the Debenhams did not have a MAC counter, a concept foreign to me, I made a beeline for Selfridges. 

I went straight to the MAC counter and described to a very helpful girl what I was looking for and my skin type (foundation with medium to full coverage, skin dry with quite an unevenly textured complexion...sounds attractive, just means that my skin is not smoothy smooth like a bambino's). She suggested the studio sculpt foundation and the mineralise foundation. I asked to look at the Studio Sculpt, so she proceeded to match me to a colour, biggest benefit of high end makeup! She took off the makeup I had on (loreal lumimagique did not like this foundation at all, will have to give it another go for a fair trial) and matched me to NC15...pale!! I then expressed some interest in the face and body foundation as I'm going on holiday and the water resistanceness was appealing. She attempted to match me to a colour until she exclaimed that I was too pale...that's right folks too pale for MAC, how awkward. She gave me a sample of C1 in case I get a tan. 

studio sculpt foundation NC15-£24.00

I then wandered about a bit and found myself at the Nars counter oops, and somehow managed to find myself being matched to the Sheer Glow foundation, to which Mont Blanc was seamless to my skin, fabulous! This is not the lightest colour either so it's a good foundation for us pale ones. I then somehow started talking about primer and she recommended the Nars primer (what a surprise) at the time it sounded like a great idea! So I  then also purchased the Pro-Prime multi-protect primer. I've used once on top of my liz Earle skin repair moisturiser for dry/sensitive skin and I did look a little like I had dipped my face in oil, dewy doesn't even cover it, this did then show through the foundation and caused it to slide about, again I need to give it another test. 

sheer glow foundation-£30.50 and pro-prime primer-£25.00

On my walk out of the shop I picked up some ghd curl holding spray so hopefully when I curl my hair, the curls will have a bit of a longer life span.

After making quite a dent in my purse I left the makeup area and went to forever21 for some summer clothes shopping. After trying on what felt like a hundred things I bought a cute pair of patterned shorts, which makes a change to the many denim pairs that I own. Then  for my summer staples, I picked some loose vest tops that could just be worn with anything over the summer. The mint and white candy striped vest is my favourite and is what I actually wanted my background of my blog to be, but alas I couldn't have. 

cannot remember the prices of these for the life of me, but collectively they all cost about £35 

I grabbed another vest top from new look as well in a really wearable blue colour that I thought would be great for summer.

Because I can't help myself I popped into Boots and Superdrug. In Superdrug, I was mainly looking for MeMeMe makeup as it was a pretty big shop, unfortunately it wasn't stocked (it doesn't seem to be anywhere anymore, please don't tell me it's gone for good?!) I still managed to pick up Real Techniques blusher brush, a cosmopolitan blending sponge, which is so much softer and nicer than the Models Own ones which hurt they were that firm, I also got a eyebrow shaping brush to try and tame my crazy brows.

And finally from Boots I didn't get anything too exciting as there was no high street/drugstore makeup how disappointing, just picked up a hair bun doughnut thing, a wide toothed comb and a big hair clip to try and reduce any damage my hair encounters over summer due to my dip dye abuse my hair has undergone.

So this ends part one of this saga the next and final segment will be up soon! 

Just to say hello.

I'm so tired writing this post but I just couldn't wait to finally get started, seeing as I have been toying with the idea of a blog for months. And since I am on a high from winning the pub quiz (the specialist topic of Ant&Dec became my forte) I thought I would finally bite the bullet and say hello.

So hello I'm Naomi and this is my beauty blog.
I will be delving into the world of beauty covering skincare, hair care but mostly makeup. Due to being a student, most of what I buy is from the high street so is usually purse friendly, although I do occasionally cave and have a splurge.

Please feel free to comment and suggest blog posts, I also love getting product recommendations and don't forget to follow me! 

xx