I thought I would start a new feature on my blog! Every Friday (hopefully) I want to share some lovely unique items that I have discovered online. I am an avid online shopper and hope to show some lovely things I have found that you won't find on the highstreet :)
I intend on keeping with some form of theme and as such this week will be a scottish theme since Robbie Burns day is approaching!
Heather Gems
I adore jewellery with Heather gems in them. They are beautiful and such an unusual creation, and of course I'm named after the flower!! (Ok, ok... shrub). I have a lovely heather ring that was passed down to me from my mum, but would love a necklace! It's officially on my wish list :) You can find this piece on the heathergems.com website or click here! This gorgeous necklace comes in at £35.95- i recommend having a wee look at their website- the effort that goes into making these gems is amazing.
8bit Tartan Skull Bag
I dont know what it is, but I'm a sucker for anything with a skull on it!! So when I came across this tartan skull bag, I thought it would be ideal- combining my scottish theme and my probably weird obsession with skull designs! The seller has a selection of various other bags, jumpers and pictures to choose from! A quirky little store which you can find here on Etsy! This bag retails at £23.56.
Tartan skater dress
I adore skater dresses, they seem to flatter my figure (which makes a nice change!!!) and I love this one. It also comes in orange and pink tartan, but they may be just a little bold for my liking, but this cream one is much more up my alley. This Monica tartan skater dress comes in at only £20 and can be found here at boohoo.com!
Retro Sunglasses
These are so quirky!! Not sure if I would suit then but I love big glasses and the purple lenses they have are adorable. And, they are only £8.95 on amazon! You can find them here. Or better yet, check out their full website http://www.accessoryo.com/ for a wide range of hats, bags and other quirky accessories to suit your fashion needs!
Essentials Collection
Of course, I couldn't do a scottish themed post without mentioning Arran Aromatics! All the products are made on the island of Arran- probably one of the most beautiful places I have visited. They use natural ingredients and biodegradable packaging (always ticks a box in my mind). This is the essentials collection which contains body butter, shower gel, soap scrub, candle and face cloth all for £30. All their products smell incredible and from what I have tried are all very kind to the skin. You can find this here. I love the island and would recommend it to anyone if they fancy a scottish break- I reckon I will be back this summer!!
To finish, here is a lovely nail tutorial by Rosapie on youtube, on how to get plaid nails!
Hope you like :)
H x
My song of today is a song by Garbage (they have a lovely scottish singer you see ;) ) this is 'Cherry Lips'. Enjoy!
Recently the cosmetics company Inglot has appeared in my city!!! There's literally less than a handful of these stores in the UK so it was great to hear that my little city was getting one! Inglot has actually been around for bloody ages and was established by a chemist (which, as a scientist, gets me a little excited), so the products are well thought out- using only the best ingredients!
Inglot is fab for heavily pigmented colours and they have a vast range of shades to choose from.
So, recenctly I have obtained a few products to try and thought I would do a product review here and also a wee review of the service I received in the store.
YSM Pressed Powder 40
Eye Shadow 'Pearl'
Nail Enamel 967 (a metallic green)
Nail Enamel 341 (a sparkly metallic purple)
Nail Enamel
I wanted to choose nice, dark wintery colours and decided on a nice purple and a metallic green.
I am very pleased with these colours. The green isn't a shade I would normally choose but I decided I wanted to try something different and I'm glad I did. This colour is gorgeous on and oddly goes with a lot of colours I decided to wear this winter.
The purple is beautiful and I wore this for ages. It has small silver,blue and purple glitter particles through it which make this colour pop. The particles are small enough that the enamel dries smooth.
They both apply beautifully- two layers on top of a base coat and you're good to go :) and dry quickly leaving a nice glossy finish.
Would highly recommend and I am keen to collect some more shades!
Pressed Powder
Now, here's what I expect when I walk into a cosmetics store to find a new powder. Someone who knows their stuff. I am used to being asked a variety of questions, for example skin type, what I'm currently using, will I be tanning anytime soon? Or at least something similar, not just 'Can I help?'... So at first I said no, I am fine, just looking. Then I decided I wanted to choose a new powder since I was running out of mine. I asked her about the powders, in particular which one would be good for dryer skin... To this she simply pointed at a couple saying 'these ones are better than those'... Ok. Yes.. That is extremely useful. I now know exactly what to choose.
'You can try some on if you like' she said as she offers me a brush...
OORRR you could do your job and tell me what you would recommend..... I was trying to figure out which shade to choose and not once did she offer to colour match or even remotely discuss skin tone. NOT IMPRESSED SILLY INGLOT LADY.....
I asked her about one that would be similar to MAC's Studio Careblend powder which (which the lovely MAC lady told me was suitable for my skin type- i.e knew her shit). To which she just smiled and kept on pointing at powders.
So in the end, I chose one myself, which was pretty much an exact match to my old powder and went with my instincts. Luckily it was a good choice... Well done me. No thanks to consultant.
The powder is silky to touch and gives a nice light coverage. I use it after applying some concealer (havent been using much foundation lately) and thankfully it doesn't leave my skin feeling dry.
It lasts quite well, but like any pressed powder needs a wee top up now and then. But over all I am happy with this powder.
Powder-1, service- 0.
Eye Shadow
Now I love this colour. It's a silky cream colour and is perfect as a funkier base colour. I also use it as a brow highlight. It lasts really well all day and you barely need to apply any as it is very pigmented- so blending is the key.
Not much more I can say about it really. Need to try a few more colours from Inglot before I can make a conclusion about their eye shadows!
So... I love the products so far. Not too hot on the service I received though.
H xx
My song of today is Blue October (one of my favourite band of all time) with 'Dirt Room'... Enjoy :)
When I'm relaxing I like to be really girly and sit and do my nails. Recently I've been experimenting with random nail art... I'm not that good at it yet but thought I would post my recent look... Floral nails.
Most people are talking about their winter/xmas nail looks, but there has been a severe lack of snow here, and its really sunny today so I thought I would experiment with a spring/summer nail design :)
Its a really easy look to do and I used very affordable nail polish. Here's what I used:
Collection 2000 'Mint Mojo'
Collection 2000 'Ninja'
Collection 2000 'French White'
Star Gazer '104'
And I use a wool needle (you can also use a small brush)
After applying a base coat, I covered the nail in 'Mint Mojo'.
I then used my pink colour and painted on little 'splodges' (for lack of a better word..... )
With my needle I applied the highlight to make the splodges look somewhat like flowers! I used the needle to carefully apply the white (can also use pale pink) around the outside of the pink carefully drawing into the middle to create the appearance of petals.
I then used my needle to apply the darker green ('ninja') to make little triangle like shapes for the leaves :)
EASY! :)
Can even do a little back and red design :)
Quite happy with how this turned out, so will be trying some other ideas! Need to try and perfect doing my other hand first maybe ..... :S
Got some nice Inglot products recently so will be doing a wee review on these soon :)
H xx
Song of today is 'Burn' by The Design, a little addicted to this song at the moment :)
