1. Primark 'Love my Boyfriend' white with black stripes t-shirt, £3.50. As I said in my last haul post, I'm really getting into basic t-shirts and this is just another It has the rolled up sleeves and it's just simple but pretty. I got it in a size 14 but I think I might go back and get a size 12 so it's more fitted.

2. Primark Red rope stakement necklace, £3. I've been after another statement necklace for a while as I only  really have 1 at the moment. I saw this one and I loved the colour and thought it was a really great design from primark, and it was only £3 which is amazing!

3. Miss Sport Fabulous lash Xtra black mascara, £1.99. I've been using my sample size They're Real from benefit for ages now and it's time that I bought a new mascara. This one was really cheap so I thought why not, hopefully do a review on it soon.

4. MUA Single eye shadow in Shade (Matte), £1. I haven't got many matte eyeshadows and this is just the perfect shade for an all-over-the-lid colour, particularly for spring/summer. For a pound you can't go wrong.

5. MUA Powder blush in Marshmallow, £1. Superdrug was doing 3 for 2 across all cosmetics so I got this for free. For some reason I've started using blusher, which I never normally do so I thought I would expand my collection. I looks really bright in the pan so I'll have to see how I get on with it!

(Everything from Poundworld, so everything is £1)

6. Salon Selective refresh and revitalise dry shampoo. This is a re-purchase as I recently ran out of it. It's my all time favourite dry shampoo, I've done a full review here so make sure you check it out.

7. Maybelline Baby Lips - Soothing Cherry and Oxidising Berry. I am so happy I found these!! I got one a while ago from poundworld - the mango pie one - and I love it! I was going to stock up on that one but they only had these ones. These flavours are only available in Japan and have been mentioned by Ingrid from MissGalmorazzi in her Japan haul. The Soothing Cherry one is actually going to be in a giveaway soon so make sure you stay tuned for that!

8. NYC Blush Palette in psychedelic. This is another item I'm going to be putting in the giveaway! These are only available in america as far as I'm aware so it's a great find! They're such pretty colours as well so I thought you guys would love it.

9. Beauty Formulas Cleansing nose pore strips. I was going to get the ones from the Boots essentials range but never got round to it. I saw these on the shelf so I thought I might as well give them a try for only £1. I'll be doing a review of these soon.

10. Simply Cotton 120 Cotton pads. Just an essential.

Hope you've enjoyed this post! Have you tried any of these products? What else would you like to see in a giveaway?

Thanking you,

Naomi

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Hope you like them! Give me some ideas for new designs in the comments!

What's your favourite design to do on your nails?

Thanking you,

Naomi

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Why, hello there...

So, here's what I've been buying. I bought this stuff a few weeks ago and I went shopping today, so look out for another haul post soon!

1. Select Black and white striped T-shirt, £6. Im starting to get into plain tops/fitted t-shirts and also monochrome sort of things so this was just what I was looking for. It has the rolled up sleeves and it's not quite cropped, but on the shorter side, which is quite nice. Not a bad buy..

2. Allura (Poundland) nail caviar, £1. Good ol' Poundland. I've been wanting to try nail caviar for a while now and spotted these. You get 12 different colours but you don't get a massive amount in each vile, but you wouldn't expect much less from Poundland. Might do a review on these.

3. The Body Shop 'Born lippy' lip balm - Toffee, £3. I had a few spare pounds left on a voucher from christmas which was burning a hole in my pocket so I thought I would give this a go. I've done a review of it for Nicole's blog, ColeoftheBall, which will be up soon so go check out her blog!

4. Gosh Matte top coat, £4. Matte nails seem to be the new in-thing, so instead of buying individual matte nail polishes, I thought it would be more cost efficient to just buy a matte top coat. 

5. H&M Set of 4 midi rings, £1.99. I've actually taken these back as they were too small and wasn't overly fussed about getting a bigger size, but they're just simple midi rings with different colour stones in each, good for stacking.

6. Allura (Poundland) Tangle attack, £1. The poundlands answer to the tangle teaser. The quality isn't great as it is just cheap plastic, but it does have the same concept with longer and shorter bristles. I think it's great as I can't justify spending £10 on a brush and it does just the same job for a fraction of the price.

7. Herbal Essences shampoo - coconut, £1. I've tried the Bee Strong scent, so I thought I would give this one a go. so good so far.

Hope you've enjoyed this little haul, what have you been buying recently? Have you tried anything in this haul?

Thanking you,

Naomi

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Why, hello there...

So, I haven't done a post in a very long time. Sorry! It's been a stressful few weeks and more stressful weeks to come! So this post will be about what's been happening and what's to come!


I'm in my last year of A levels (Year 13) So I have all my exams coming up soon, so I am meant to be busy revising. For anyone wandering i'm doing Psychology, Music and Drama. All of this years exams are after the half term, so I have all of the to look forward to...

I get A LOT of questions from family and church people about what I'm doing for the the next year. I applied to go to do Acting at a few drama schools and universities but didn't get in this year. I was kind of expecting this as not many people get in in their first year of auditioning as they always say 'you need time and experience after school'.
Just to give you an idea of how competitive the audition process and actually getting into one of the courses, Birmingham school of acting gets 800 applicants for only 30 spaces a year, and GSA gets just over 1000 applicants for 35 spaces. Scary stuff! I did apply to Northampton and got through to recall but didn't get a space, they get about 500 applicants for just under 30 spaces.

So what am I doing this 'gap' year? Hopefully I'm going to find a job and work for most of it. I'm also part of my local theatre's youth theatre so I will still be doing acting. We are currently working towards are end of year performance which is a lot of work, but I love it. I am also hopefully going back to my school to help out with the KS3 years drama groups along with a friend also wanting to do acting.

Although I do LOVE acting, there is a possibility I won't end up doing it at uni.

Recently I've been thinking a lot about being involved with christian youth work or worship leading. I am passionate about acting but I don't always have that spark about it, or sometimes I don't think I really enjoy it that much. I currently help out with out local youth group which is ages 4-11 and I help out with a little boy who has Down syndrome. Although they can be hard work, I do love them all! I'm also going to be a leader at Helter Skelter this year (If you don't know what that is, check out this post) which I am so incredibly excited for! I also recently went to another christian holiday sort-of-thing, where the worship was lead by Tim Hughes, who was brilliant! All these things have made me think about maybe taking a christian kind of route in terms of uni choices, possibly doing a christian acting course, or even just going to bible college! There's so much more I could write, but this post is already getting a wee bit long.

For now, I'm just taking it as it comes. I still have a year to decide what to do and it may be completely different to anything that I've said here! Whatever happens, I know I'll be ok.


Bit deep for my blog, apologies.


Hope you've enjoyed/learned a bit more about what I'm doing and where I've been!

Thanking you,

Naomi

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First of all we have my Lipstick/lip balm box. I got this box a couple of years ago as part of a nail polish gift set from the Fearne collection. It is so sturdy and has such a pretty pattern on it! It's probably the size of a regular Muji drawer and as you can see it stores my lipsticks really well all in a line. If you want to see more of my lipsticks, check out my lipstick collection here!

Next up we have this tin, which is actually a tin that had chocolates from Aldi in! It's a nice size and I keep all my back-ups/extras in here. Again it's really sturdy and has a really nice design.

Finally we have these cute little Jam jars I personalised! As you can see in the first picture, the little ones hold my nail files and liners and the bigger one holds my brushes. If you wanted to re-create something like this, there is plenty of different sizes/shapes of jam jars or you can buy them from craft stores. I also did a post on these which you can check out here.

Hope this post has given you some inspiration so you don't have to fork out for expensive storage solutions!

How do you store your make-up?

Thanking you,

Naomi

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Top 5 | Every day make-up must haves

'Salon Selectives' has a range of different types of dry shampoo for different types of hair and hair styles, but I chose to go with the 'Refresh & Revitalise' which says it has perfume release technology. It smells amazing! It's sort a fruity, berry smell but not too sweet, my favourite kind of scent! You would have thought that being only £1 the standard of the product wouldn't be up to much, but it's great, definitely up with the likes of Batiste. It keeps my hair fresh all day and eliminates any signs of greasiness in the roots without leaving much white residue behind. Although the packaging design isn't quite as pretty as Batiste, it still does the job amazing well and for only a fraction of the price!

You can buy Salon Selectives dry shampoo from Poundworld.

What's your favourite dry shampoo?

Thanking you,

Naomi

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