Comfort Shopping

So I'm royally fed up at the moment, but I managed to drag my arse out of bed today to go and find some bargains in town. I seem to be spending quite a lot of money of late...I've only really been buying cheap things but it all adds up! :/
I had a good scout about in Poundland as always and came away with this little lot.

How cute is this!? It's Method Kid squeaky green 3-in-1 shampoo and it claims to be a body wash, shampoo and conditioner in one, 99% natural, paediatrician tested and hypo-allergenic. The scent is fuzzy peach. I've actually used this before and mainly used it as a body wash. It was ok as a shampoo but a little drying. At a pinch though it would be fine. It's not very conditioning but then I do have very dry hair, plus do any 2 in 1 shampoo/conditioners ever truly feel that they are conditioning the hair adequately? Suppose it does depends on hair type. It's not overtly peachy smelling either. I get sort of coconutty notes mostly, but it is very pleasant and definitely worth a quid!
I also picked up two Rimmel Lasting Finish Kiss & Stay Lipglosses. The shades I chose were 170 Sunset Mauve and 110 First Kiss. Sunset Mauve isn't very mauvey at all, it's more of a warm peach shade with some gold tones. First Kiss is a rather bright pink. Both come with slightly tinted sparkly glosses, which are quite gloopy in texture-not sure I'll use these parts really, plus the brushes are weirdly splayed!  The colour part feels fairly similar to the Collection 2000 Cream lip creams in texture. They also have a vanilla scent but there is a bit of a chemically undertone. However this quickly disappears. I can definitely vouch for their staying power- it was so hard to get the swatches off my hand-took a lot of scrubbing! So these would be perfect if you needed a lip colour to last a long time. I think these shades would suit lot of people as they are pretty easy to wear colours. If you are into stains then check out your local Poundland I think they had a few other shades also.

L-Sunset Mauve, R-First Kiss

I also got some novelty lip balms. I really didn't have high hopes for them, I was just intrigued but the 'flavours'! Disappointingly they don't smell as strong as would like but they feel relatively smooth on . Not top quality but they'll be fine for chucking in my hand bag! They also had a two pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit and Doublemint gum flavour balms.

Lastly I went to TK Maxx to check out the beauty section. Here I got a set of 5 mini bottle of Kings & Queens shower gels (Royal Favourites Set). The different scents are Honey, Jasmine, Cinnamon Orange, Mango and Lemon Flower. I've had a good sniff and I love the smell of the Jasmine one, can't wait to use it, but they all smell delicious and for just £3.99 such a bargain! Was the last one there too so woop!

Anyways, I have spent a little too much this month so it's gonna have to be a case of 'That'll do pig, that'll do.' For a while at least! 

Confuzzled! Infaillible or Infallible??

Ok, so I was perusing Fragrance Direct when I spotted some Loreal Colour Infallible eyeshadows. I was going to purchase until I noticed that it said Colour Infaillable on the container in the picture rather than 'Infallible' so thought maybe it was a fake or something. Anyways in Boots today I noticed that the name differed between the pots and the stand labels there also. Am I just being really blonde and it's meant to be like that or what?!

New purchases and some repurchases!

I went to Boots today to stock up on some items I am running out of and can't be without! Firstly I needed some face wipes as they are handy to have near my bed when I can't be bothered to wash my face properly. Which is a bit too often really! I wanted to use my No7 voucher as it expires today but they were sold out of their Quick Thinking 4 in 1 wipes. I've been wanting to try them for ages but there's no way I'm paying £7 for them full price! Instead I chose the newly re branded Botanics face wipes. They were on offer at £2.32 so fairly reasonable. I also got the new mattifying gel-cream to see if it can replace my nearly gone oil free moisturiser for sensitive skin. Right away I don't think they're very similar. The texture and smell are completely different. Still, I will give it a chance! Oh, and it was £3.32 as all Botanics stuff is a 1/3 off at the mo. I also used a voucher from the machine giving 100 points when you buy any facial or skincare Botanics products.

I'm also running out of my current deo, hair treatment and toner so I have restocked. I've been using Dove Invisible Dry spray but I thought the Go Fresh version in the pomegranate and lemon verbena scent sounded lovely so I'm giving that one a go. I picked up an Impulse body spray too coz I love this scent and they're just handy to have around plus it was on offer for only 99p.



This shopping trip was also a good chance to get some more points as I'm trying to save up so I can get an Essie polish. Nearly there now! :)





Stuffs.

It's been a bit of a weird and stressful week I have to say! Not really felt much like blogging but I think it's good to keep my mind busy at the moment. Here's just a collection of stuff I thought I'd throw together!
Firstly here's the colour I'm wearing on my nails right now. NYX Girls nail polish in Shy. It's a bit different for me as it's quite subtle- I usually wear really bright colours but I thought I'd give it a go as it's fairly new and I haven't worn it until now.

Whilst I don't love it, I do really like it. It also dried very quickly, and being quite sheer and shimmery it's very forgiven should your application be a bit shoddy! Two coats are shown in the picture but I could have done another one to make the colour stronger, but I felt two would be more delicate! I bought this from Fragrance Direct for a mere 89p. There's a good choice of colour too though the swatches aren't very informative. At that price though you can afford to take a bit of a gamble!

Other new polishes include a Revlon Matte Suede one from Poundland and a Missguided polish in Missmatch from Cosmopolitan. I've tried the matte polish and I think I like it but I'm not sure! I like shiny nails!  Maybe one for Autumn/Winter as well. I've not tried the Cosmo freebie yet but it's definitely bright and summery.

Another magazine freebie I got is the Balance Me pure skin face wash from Glamour. I've been really impressed with this so far. It feels really silky and doesn't dry out my skin as much as other foaming cleansers do. I'm actually tempted to get the full size one but at £16 it is a bit pricey! However it does contain ingredients of natural origin-98.8% in fact and 'Contains no parabens, sulphates, mineral oils, silicones, dea, pegs, propylene glycol artificial fragrance or colours.' Now I have no idea what some of them are but I'm guessing they're not that good for our skin!

Oh, and I just had to try the following freebie that came with Marie Claire mag. I'm on a bit of a mascara kick at the moment and have been enjoying trying different ones. So when I saw that they were offering one of three Avon mascara's I was  sold and picked out the Super Shock Max one. I've used it for the first time today and I was very pleased with the results. I didn't think I would get along with the massive brush but it worked well and I didn't find application difficult. It gave good volume and definition and didn't clump so all's good.

At the moment I'm suffering from a bit of a spotty chin. I'm sure one particularly stubborn one has been there for weeks! They've been the hard, sore, under the skin ones too so I haven't even had the satisfaction of squeezing them! So yesterday I went on the hunt for a good cleanser to use around my chin area to try and control the madness! In the end I settled on Garnier Skin Natural Pure Active Deep Pore Unclogging Wash. It claims to offer results from day 1 and I suppose that is true. I used it last night and I could feel that my spot had dried up somewhat afterwards. The trouble with these type of cleansers though is that they tend to dry the skin out so I hope I don't end up flaky and spotty I'll keep on using it (with a light moisturiser) and keep you posted on the results.

Finally some feedback on the Heathcote & Ivory hand cream  I bought a while ago but have been trialling since. In short this is an OK hand cream. It works but it is nothing special. It's also quite sticky and as it is so thick I have been struggling to squeeze it out of the damn tube. Too much effort! It does smell lovely though and I will carry on using it each night before bed. I have also read the tube properly now and have learnt that it's a hair bobble attached to it that you can use when  it's finished. Lovely...

So there you have it, some odds and sods for you! :) 

Bits and Bobs

So today I went for a quick shop after work. I felt I deserved it after a rather disappointing weekend!
First up I went to Home Bargains. I love this shop, they often have some great finds. Though lots of times it's a one off and I wish I had gotten more. Today I got some Lindt Lindor chocolates which I just think are balls of utter nomness as well as a super super cute 'My Melody' notebook and pencil. I also got some Melody pops (bit of a theme here!) for a bit of nostalgia. Shame they only did strawberry and not my favourite watermelon.

The camera has washed it out but its a lemon yellow colour. And unbelievably cute!

Squeee!

 

Next I went to Tesco and got a bottle of Treacle Moon Iced Strawberry Dream bath and shower gel. I've seen it on a lot of blogs and so temptation got the better of me! Shower gel is an essential though so I don't feel too bad..even if I already have a good few lined up now! But it was cheap and limited edition so why not!The scent is nothing special or new really but it's still very pleasant and fitting for summer.

Lastly I went to Boots looking for a shampoo for my newly highlighted hair. I say newly but I've been having it highlighted since I was in my teens so it's always got some blonde in it. It can get a little brassy, especially as I go for more golden highlights so I decided on John Frieda sheer blonde colour renew tone correcting shampoo. I've used this before and it's one of the cheapest I've found so I'll be using this once a week to keep it looking bright and non-canary ish. I also felt like buying a new lippie. Just coz. And I finally chose a Collection Lasting Colour one in Sweet Tart- a bright raspberry pink. It's brighter than what I usually go for but I felt like a change.

Brighter than it appears here, apologies for the lovely veiny hand



One last thing, my mum has just come back from a 3 week holiday to Spain (jammy cow) and very kindly brought me back of bottle of Tinto De Verano. Basically it's red wine and lemonade and it's very refreshing and yum. And not very sophisticated in the slightest!!



Tesco All About Nails Blueberry Pie

Mmm I really want pie now. Any will do!
I've had a rubbish day so thought I would cheer myself up slightly with a new post. Did you know new potatoes could explode when microwaved? I didn't until this afternoon when my new top, the walls, the carpet, my hair, my everything got covered in the starchy (and beany- there were baked beans in the mix too) shrapnel. Plus my so called boyfriend stood me up. Again. I'm actually looking forward to work tomorrow.
Anyways enough of my sob stories and onto my new gorgeous nail polish. As soon as I spotted this I knew it had to be mine. I love bluey purple/purpley blue colours and at 99p I couldn't refuse. Like I've said before the quality of these nail polishes, for the price, is amazing. The opacity was great- I could have gotten away with just one coat. It also dries fast and to a shiny finish. Much love.
The pictures make it look much bluer than it really is- it's definitely got more purple tones in person.

I've also experimented with layering another more shimmery colour over the top of it to give it extra punch. I've only put it on my pinkies but George quick dry nail polish in Ultra Violet looks lovely. Normally I'd have to use 4 coats to achieve the opacity I want with it but paired up with Blueberry Pie I get the effect I want with less of the effort! George polishes are a bargain also and are often on offer for a quid and if not they're only £1.75 or something. I think I'll cover all my nails with it at some point during the week when it's starting to look a bit tired-I'll try and get some pics up.



Charles Worthington Mineral Hair Spa Rescue Treatment

I love a good hair mask and this little beaut is from the 'takeaways' range. Or at least I think it's still part of the range, I never see it in my local Boots anymore and I did get it cheap from Home Bargains so maybe it's being discontinued? I dunno but I really hope not! It works brilliantly. It's only a 50ml tube too, I should have gotten a couple! Especially as it was not much more than a pound if I remember correctly.
Product description is as follows- 'Enriched with marine minerals and conditioning proteins, this spa-inspired treatment helps to restore damaged hair and deeply penetrate for an intensive moisture-boost. With moisturising rice protein and antioxidant white tea to leave hair feeling silky-soft and super-shiny.'
Wow lot of hyphens there.
This treatment left my hair indeed silky-soft and I didn't even leave it in for very long. They suggest 3-4 minutes or longer on the tube and I think next time I'll leave it on for a good while. If it makes my hair feel fab after about a min then I'm hoping half an hour or something will leave it positively silken and smug advert girl glossy. And not like straw as it often is. It also smells lovely, just a clean fresh scent, and it has a great thick texture that isn't hard to rinse out.
If you see this around then I would definitely recommend picking up a few!