River island haul

Today I went to the river island sale. I only ended up spending £21, which I am really pleased about because I love all the things that I bought. I love all of these summer time sales, i'm going to be going to the new look one tomorrow too, which I will do another haul about. I did say to myself earlier in the week that I would be more careful with spending money, but theres sales on so i'm going to forget I ever said that :)

Cream skirt - This skirt was £2 in the sale, down from £20. This picture doesn't really show the pattern on the skirt but there is stripes along it. I think this skirt will look really lovely with patterened tights and a black top. I can't wait to wear it! Im very pleased with the price.
Navy skirt - I bought this skirt for when I go on holidays. I'm not to sure of the date ill be going yet but I think this skirt would be a really nice beach skirt, I love the buttons that are running down the skirt. This skirt also cost me £2.

I LOVE this dress on, i'm planning it on wearing it out for my friends birthday next weekend. I like the little lacy pattern that is on it. When I bought this dress I was under the impression that it was £20, but when I took it to the check out it actually only ended up being £10 I was so happy!

This skirt again only cost me £2  it looks really nice on too, its slimming which im happy about. It looks a bit like a zebra print and im liking all the animal print clothes recently. I bought a top to go with this skirt which I am going to write about below.

This is what I bought to go with the skirt above. Its a leotard top which will go really nice a skirt/shorts. Im going to buy a really nice pair of tights to go with this outfit. The thing I dont like about this is that its see through so I would wear a vest or a bralette underneath it so that you couldn't see too much skin. This is another item that only cost me £2!!!

Box full of surprises!

One of the presents I had off my grandparents for my birthday was a little box full of products that I have been wanting to try from Lush, I love all the lush products! They all smell so nice! So when I opened up this box on my birthday I was very happy! So now I am going to review the products that came in my little box!

The box - Okay so let me introduce you to my box, now I know that some people may think this as totally mad but I do really appreciate the small things and the way that something is presented. I love the colour on the box, and the way that the butterfly is wrapped around it. Right now I am going to go onto the inside of the box. Around all the products there is a load of pretty tissue paper, I think the inside is just as lovely as the outside!
The inside of the box - The products that are inside the box are; Karma Kream, Karma soap, happy hippy hair and body gel and there is also a bracelet in there too.

Karma kream - Okay so for a while before my birthday I was wanting to try this product because one of my friends had used it and told me it was brilliant! I will say my friend was right! This product is really fab! It is a hand and body lotion made with all fresh ingrediants. This left my hands/body feeling lovely and smooth whilst smelling lush to! The thing I love the most about this product is most body lotions i find will leave you feeling horrible and sticky, this one absorbs lovely into the skin and doesn't leave you feeling sticky at all. I would definetley recommend this product! Oh and for anyone who has sensitive skin I have it too, and this has not irratated me at all. Rating - 10/10.


Happy hippy hair and body gel - The first thing that I will say about this product is that lush has lived up to its name because it smells LUSH! This is made from freshly squeezed grapefruit, which I Liked the sound of before i had even tried the product. I use this as a shampoo because I have senstive skin and i found that it did irritate my arms slightly. As a shampoo this smells really nice on the hair, i found that the smell also stayed really nice when my hair was dry. It left my hair feeling nice and smooth too! Overall this product worked very well! Rating - 7/10 (due to the fact it irritated my skin)

Karma soap - I tried this for the first time tonight, I used it in the bath. This soap is a big bar and I think that it is going to last a while. It left my skin smelling really nice! I used this soap after shaving my legs and it also left my legs feeling quite moistorised. Due to not using this soap for very long i can't really give it a very accurate review, but I am going to give it 8/10 so far.

This is my favourite part of my little box. It is obviously not a product from lush but I think it was such a cute thing to put in the box. I love the little butterfly charm that is on there too, its really cute. I'm quite pleased with my colourful nails in this picture too.

Thankyou for reading!  Has anyone else tried any nice Lush products that they can reccomend? :)

Inside my memory boxes! :)

Most people will have a memory box, full of special memorys personal to them. I have quite a few memory boxes because I am one of these people who just can't throw anything out. I love keeping things so that in a few years time I can look back on them and remember all the memories that the item brings back to me :) Due to the fact I have so many memory boxes I'm only going to write about a few things inside them, otherwise this post would be never ending!

Okay so here they are, my memory boxes! The big one on the top right hand side is full of memory's that me and my boyfriend have shared, things like cinema tickets, holiday items, and restraunt reciepts are all in that box. The box in green has got lots of birthday/christmas cards in it. All the other boxes contain other meaningful items to me.

Sorry for the terrible picture, the lighting wasnt the best. Here are 2 mini scrapbooks that I have made, 1 of my favourite things to do is make scrapbooks and i'm currently in the middle of making one now, im half way through it. The picture on the right as you can see is of one of the books open, it has a picture of me and a few friend in it on a local beach, and the train ticket that we used to get there. I love all things creative and I hope to continue scrapbooking.

Lucky charm - Right so basically I don't really know what this is. A few years ago when I went abroad to spain we went into a really nice chinese resteraunt and as we were leaving the lady working there gave me and my friend who was with me one of these and told us that they were lucky. Ever since she gave it to me I have always kept it and I don't think I will ever throw it away. Yeah so thats my little story about the lucky charm.
Swarovski box - This box came with my swarovski crystal necklace, I always kept the box even though my necklace is in my jewellery box. I had my necklace bought for me in spain in the city of Barcelona. It was a gift off my father for passing my GCSE's. He bought it for me as a surprise, I was looking at all the jewellery and he asked me what was my favourite. He waited until I wasn't looking and then he bought it for me and gave it to me that evening. I would have had a present back home but I found out my GCSE results whilst I was abroad. I love my necklace a lot so that is why i kept the box.

Okay so both these things are off my friend alex! The picture on the left is actually from a note that she wrote me when we were 15. I couldnt show the whole note because it had a lot of personal things on it. I love keeping things like this because then I can look back and remember all the things that were important to us back then. The picture on the right is actually a birthday card, its a very unique card because she made it all about me. I love it! I love flowers, facemasks and boys and thats all the things that she included on the card! She got it spot on!!

The autographs in the picture are the band 'you me at six' autographs. Technically this doesn't hold any memories for me because I wasn't the one who got these autographs, my Alex got them for me because Iwas unable to go their signing. But it is still special for me because Alex got it for me when i couldn't make it and plus theyre famous people's autographs! So i will be keeping them for sure!
Another thing that there is lots of in nearly all my memory box's is photographs! I take loads of photos everywhere i go, I love photos! Although i don't really like being in them that much i still take lots because they are nice to look back on when you get older. The photo on top of the pile is a picture of me and my friend Hana, we look really young and different in this picture. Me and Hana have been through lots together, she is a lovely friend and she now has blogger!
http://hellobeautiful-give-me-a-smile.blogspot.co.uk/ Here is the link to her profile, she is worth following!

Okay so although it can't really be seen in the middle of the heart charm it says 'love'. I had this off my boyfriend in my stocking for christmas. I think it is really cute, I did keep it in my purse for a while for luck. I took it out then incase it got lost. I love it because its so dainty and cute, I really like cute little keepsakes like this.
The balloon is from my sixteenth birthday. On my sixteenth my grandparents paid for me and some friends to go to a theme park and then for a meal in frankie & benny's on the way back. It was a lovely sweet sixteen! So this balloon reminds me of that special day and eveything that went on.

Although I have kept my prom dress I have always kept my prom shawl too. I looked everywhere for something which I could drape over my arms for prom. I am extremely self consious with them and couldn't stand the thought of having them on display. Prom night holds lots of memories for me good/bad ones actually. I kept this to remember the good memories obviously. In the picrure that is me wearing the scarf, next to the limo that took us to prom. In the picture with me is one of my closest friends leah. I love leah loads! Recently we have got lots closer because we both have boyfriends and they get on great. Me and my Andrew have been on holidays with leah and Daniel (her boyfriend) twice now, and we hopefully will be going again soon!

Thankyou for reading my post! Other random things in my boxes include, Concert tickets, holiday hotel room cards, awards for swimming and guides, school reports, and loads of other bits & bobs. As I said earlier, I throw nothing out. Thank-you for reading! Has anyone else got memory boxes? Does anyone else not throw ANYTHING out or is it just me cluttering my bedroom?  :P xx

Haul :)

Right so this week I decided that I would spend money wisely buying some things that I really wanted. I get between £20-£30 pocket money on a saturday. Usually I will spend this all on clothes but instead i bought some other bits & bobs, the good news is I even have money left over this week!

These images are actually of birthday cards that I bought. In the card factory there is an offer on where you can buy 5 cards for £1, the cards in there are actually of a nice quality too considering they are so cheap. I didn't buy these cards just for birthdays though, I bought them to use in my scrapbook. My favourite cards that I bought with nice images were the ones in the picture, I really love the one with the wellies in I think it is really cute. I ended up buying 10 cards, but it only cost me £2.

Recently I have started to really like bird cages, i have no idea why but i think they are really pretty. This is actually a notebook although from the picture it doesn't really look like one, it cost £2.50 from wilkinsons which I thought was quite a good price. I like how it looks really vintage too. The paper that is inside the book is also nice and seems like it will be nice to write on, I'm very fussy when it comes to writing books. I own loads of them. I'm thinking of using this book to write down all my ideas/thoughts on various things. I might write down some blog ideas!

Although this post is supposed to be about what I spent my money on I had to say about these m&m's. I didnt buy them my boyfriend bought them for me, they tasted lush! They're £2 which is a ridiculous price for chocolate but they are sooooo nice!! They're from americandy, which is basically a shop full of american candy as the name states! They taste different from normal m&m's because they're made with real peanut butter. I can't wait to try more stuff from that shop, next time I will be trying a twinkie! Has anyone tried a twinkie?

I adore this photo frame that i bought today, all around the sides are pictures of butterflies, birds, and postage stamps. I thought it was a bit different to any of my other photo frames and that it will go nicely in my room. My room is pink, blue and green and all those colours are in the frame. This frame was £3.50 from wilkinson.

The notebook - I hve never read this book before but I loved the film and I own it on DVD. The film is really sad but it is worth watching to anyone who hasn't seen it. This book is meant to be really good, a couple of people I know have read it and have said it is better than the film. I have read 'the last song' by nicholas sparks and I loved that book and the film! I bought this book for £1.25 from my local market, I was very pleased with that price. Has anyone else read this book?
Pjama top - I own so many pairs of pjamas and usually they are all matching pairs, I bought this top without the bottoms because I have a perfect pair of pjamas bottoms to go with it. I shouldn't really of bought anymore, but i told myself it was OK because it was only a top. I bought this from Asda it was £3 in the sale, down from £5.


So altogether out of my pocket money I spent £12.25, this week i started off with £30, so I now have £17.75 left. I'm going to try to spend the rest of that wisely too. I'm planning on buying some Barry.M nail varnish, a DVD and getting some photos developed soon so I will be spending some money on that. Thankyou for reading! :)

Outfits that I have worn and liked recently!

Hello! I thought I would do this post because it is hard for me to find a outfit that I actually really like on! I love buying new clothes and i always seem to be buying them but then when it comes to finding something to wear out, im always saying "I have nothing to wear." So I thought i'd do this post on things that i do like to wear :)

This photo was actually taken yesterday, me, my boyfriend and my family all went to Cardiff bay, I love it there because of the nice long walks along the bay. We went for a lovely walk yesterday, had a smoothie by the bay and then went for a meal in a indian restraunt it was a lovely day.

My outfit - I bought my dress from Asda a few months back, when I bought it it was £16 but i recently seen it in the sale for £5, its from the G21 section. My denim jacket is from New look, it was £20, my bag is from topshop for £12.
I like this outfit because the dress can be worn as a going out dress or be made to look a bit more casual by adding the denim jacket. Also it is quite slimming on, which is a bonus haha!

This is a picture of me and my friend Emily before we went out for a drink a few weeks ago. My dress and my cardy are both from primark, i know the dress was £10 but i bought the cardy last year and can't remember how much that was. I wore small black heels with this outfit and i felt comfortable wearing this out.

Last week my boyfriend took me out for food to frankie & bennys then we went for a walk. This photo is taken by the stream near my house, where we sat for a bit. I didnt want to dress up too much to go out because we went quite early in the day, so i couldn't have really worn heels. So i decided to wear this.

My outfit -  My tiger top and my jacket are both from new look. The top cost me £8 and the jacket cost £15. I wear the jacket with almost everything recently because it goes with lots and it is really comfy to wear. I like the top because it can also be dressed up, a few weeks ago i wore this top with jeans, a long black cardy and heels, it looked really nice. I bought my shorts from river island they were £20, at the moment i think they are in the sale for £15 on the website. I also wore my tights and vans with this, my vans cost £45. I love them! I want to buy another pair of vans maybe pink or red ones.

This is the outfit that I wore on the day of my birthday party. I picked ages trying to find a nice dress for my birthday, i ended up feeling really glad that i picked this one. I found this dress in new look for £28. I like how it is long in the back and shorter in the front. I wore this dress with my black wedge shoes on the day. The picture isn't very clear but on my wrist is some pearl bracelets which were £1 in primark.

IGNORE MY PATCHY TAN!

This photo was taken in dance practice, I wore this outfit because i left early that day to go up my boyfriends house. I liked this outfit because although it was casual I thought it looked nice, I like to look like i've made an effort to go out. My top and my shorts are both from new look, my top was £8 and my shorts were £20. I decided to wear my red converse with this outfit, my converse cost me

Upcoming July wishlist

Last month I done one of these wishlists for June so I thought I would try one for July. We are now in the summer holidays there are lots of things I would love to purchase for these holidays.

1) Mac blusher - This mac shade is called 'something special' I loved this shade when I visited the Mac shop a couple of weeks ago around the time of my birthday. While I was in the shop I got given a free makeover and this was the shade they put on me. I loved how it looked really natural against my skin tone and wasn't too bright. This blusher is a cream blusher, i prefer them to powder blushes as i find them easier to apply. With every cream blusher i have bought i have always used it as a lip colour to, it usually always looks really nice. This shade can be bought on the mac website for £17.50 and i really hope to buy it soon. I already have the foundation and some eyeshaddows so hopefully this will add to my collection.
2) flowery summery bag - This bag is £6 in matalan I think it is really pretty and summery and will be a really nice summer bag. It would also make an ideal beach bag as it is a tidy size. Summer time i am often looking for bags to go with various outfits and i think that bag will go with a lot.

3) Iphone cover - this phone cover is in the claire's accessories sale for £4. I don't really have many phone covers and i should really invest in some more as i'm always dropping my phone and it does help to protect them.
4) river island pattern dress £20 - I LOVE the pattern and colours on this dress, its a bit different to the usual flowery pattern that i go for. The colours are pretty to and i think it would be a lovely dress to go out in for the summer.

5) Pajamas - One of my all time fave things to buy is pajamas. I have LOADS of pairs :) my favourite places to buy them from are primark, asda and la senza. I find these have the comfiest materials. These pajamas are in the sale in asda from £10 to £6. They are ideal for the summer because they are shorts. plus i think that dopey from snow white is really cute, and he is the character on them.
6) pattern shoes, tesco £7. I think that these shoes will look really nice with shorts and a vest top. They look like they would be comfy to wear and will be pretty. In the summer months i do a lot of walking and go out lots with friends. These shoes would probably be ideal for doing this. Plus i own lots that would probably be nice with them.

7) Swimsuit - For ages now i have been looking for a pretty swimming costume and have been really struggling, the prettier swimwear always seems to be bikini's. I really don't feel comfortable in a bikini so i was really happy when i found this. This swimming costume is from debenhams and it is £28.50 its in the sale down from £38. It is from the designer butterfly by matthew williamson. I like the colour of the costume and although the picture isnt very clear there are actually really small pictures of parrots on it. I think this is really pretty and although the price is quite high i wouldnt mind paying it as i love swimming, it is one of my favourite hobbies.
8) I love the bright colours in these sunglasses, these are from topshop and they are £16. Most of my sunglasses i buy from primark which are the offer ones for £1. I suppose you get what you pay for and for me they always seem to snap. So i thought that this year i would actually buy a pair of expensive ones for a change.

9) During the summer i am hoping to spend lots of time with my boyfriend. We both enjoy watching films together and i have heard lots of good reviews about 'the vow.' When this film was in the summer i was really hoping to see it, but at the time i had a lack of money (around the time of my boyfriends birthday) and i also had a lot of college work. We both want to see this film. It is meant to be a tearjerker but I do love a romantic film. This is £10 on amazon. Has anybody else seen this film? if so was it any good?
10) I am a HUGE twilight fan. I don't know why I don't own this DVD yet, it must be the longest i have waited to buy a twilight film. When this film was in the cinema i went to see it 3 times, once with my best friend, then with my boyfriend, then with a group of friends. It was so brilliant, i can't wait to own this on DVD! Also i cant wait till the 2nd part comes out later in the year. Every year me and my best friend Alex have a tradition where we book the tickets in advance and go and watch it together, this year we will continue that tradition. I will own this DVD VERY soon because i shall be buying it tomorrow, it is £6 on amazon.

Thankyou for reading :) :).

Summer time goals!

I got my inspiration to do this post from my best friend Alex England, she has set up her own personal goals for the next month. I thought it would be a nice idea to set myself some for the summer.

1) For the next 6 weeks try to drink the recommended 8 glasses of water daily. I am doing slimming world and although with that you can drink all diet drinks i think it would be more beneficial and healthy to drink water. Plus drinking water is brilliant for the skin, which is a added bonus.







2) Loose weight, on August 10th I am going to be in a lady Gaga tribute show. This will mean me having to dance in front of roughly 500 people. I would like to loose hopefully over a stone by then. I have already lost 3 stone over these past few months, hopefully I can continue to lose more.

3) Save up money. Last year I spent quite a lot of money summertime, this year I would like to start saving in advance and making my money last longer doing all the things I would like to do. I am hoping to go to the zoo, go to a theme park, go on lots of nice meals and enjoy all of this with my friends & family. I'd love to be able to know I can do all of this without having to worry about money. This week I will also be booking a holiday so it would be nice to be able to save towards that, which will probably be in August time.

4) Finish reading the fifty shades of grey book series. These books are well worth the buy! I am just over half way through the first book. I have been loving relaxing in the bath reading them giving me some time out. I am now going to be able to enjoy reading these a lot more because I have now finished my college course, I had an overall distinction!!!!!! I was so happy with my result. So yes now I will be able to finally sit down and enjoy reading these.

5) Stop biting my nails and get a manicure/get them painted nicely. I absolutely hate the fact that I have got the disgusting habit of biting my nails. So far I have been really good with this and havent bitten them for a few days now, im just hoping to keep this up and not bite them anymore. I am engaged and i would love to get my nails all nicely manicured so that my ring looks really pretty on my fingers. Plus i have got a nailart kit which i would love to use these summer months so i can do my nails with pretty summery designs. Wish me luck in braking this habit. Has anyone got any good tips to help people from biting their nails?

6) Start eating my 5 a day. I know i have been doing a lot of goals about health but lately i have started to become a bit of a health freak. There are loads of benefits to eating 5 a day such as nails and hair growing (which i mentioned my nails in the goal above), great skin, helps to boost weight loss which i also mentioned above, helps to build up a immunity to infections such as the flu. They are just a few of the benefits there are loads more. So I am going to TRY to eat my 5 a day. Maybe I will finally dig out the smoothie maker that I have in the house to encourage myself to do this. If I do make smoothies I will be posting about that.

Thankyou for reading :)  I will keep updating about how I get on with these goals.