The Body Shop Body Mist, Vineyard Peach, £3.10 (On offer, normally £7.50)

The Body Shop Almond body butter, £5 (On offer, normally £13)

Schwarzkopf got2be Beach matte salt spray, £2.50 (bought from savers, normally £4.07)

The Body Shop Tea Tree Cool and creamy wash, £4.50 (10% off using body shop member card, normally £5)

St Ives Gentle cleansing wipes, £1 (bought from Poundworld, normally £3.05)

Twist and Out nail polish remover, £1(Poundland)

Bourjois Colour Boost in Orange Punch, £4 (Bought from Depop, normally £7.99)

Maybelline Forever strong Pro nail polish in Dark Denim, £1 (Poundworld)

Collection No clumps mascara, £2.99

MUA Power Pout in Rendezvous, £3

NYC Appleiscous balm in Apple blackberry pie, £1 (Poundworld)

Mac Pro longwear Paint Pot in Paintely, £15.50 (Review post here)

Primark Rayban style Sunglasses, £2

Primark sunflower hair band for buns, £2

Accessorize Gold aztec matte finish necklace, £7 (On sale, not sure how much originally)

So there we have it! Writing that out I can see that I've actually saved quite a bit of money on products! 

What have you been buying recently?

Thanking you,

Naomi

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 The product comes in a little glass pot with a matte black lid, pretty standard. You only get 5g worth of product which isn't a lot considering how much you pay for it, but I guess that more grams than in a single eye shadow so it's not too bad. I'm actually keeping it in the box at the moment and taking it out when I use it, just to keep it as nice as possible for as long as possible!

So far I'm loving it, it's so nice and creamy without being too wet. I've tried it both as a single colour and as an eye shadow base and it's worked great. As a single colour it just makes your eyes look so much brighter and awake, and as a base it helps the shadow stay on longer and more opaque. It's super simple to apply, just using my index finger, swirl it around in the product and swipe it onto the eyelid and blend out. It doesn't crease too bad and stays on for so long! Even just swatching it it took a good scrub to get it off!

This swatch was with 2 strokes so you can see it's quite pigmented. It's this gorgeous matte nude colour, a bit lighter than my normal skin colour. They have some similar darker nude shades but I wanted something that would brighten my eyes a bit more. 

Obviously there are a number of cream eyeshadows on the high street for a lot less; Maybelline colour tattoo, Bourjois colour edition e.c.t, but I don't think you'll find one that's this kind of colour or quality. I have heard about some new 'Leather' effect colour tattoos that are being launched soon so maybe they might have some similarities, I'll have to keep my eye out for them!

So, although I didn't feel a bit guilty after buying this, and it was a little expensive for what it is, I love its lots! I'll be on the look out for a dupe, but for now this one is perfect!

Have you tried the Paint pots by Mac?

Thanking you,

Naomi

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Why, hello there...

So as part of our family holiday, we decided to visit some different cities instead of going abroad, this was for various reasons, but we've had lots of fun visiting Brighton and London. You can check out the post I did about Brighton here. 

We were in London to see the show Stomp in the evening so we thought we would make a day of it!

Of course we did all the tourist things of going past big ben and the London Eye, going through Trafalgar square. We stopped to have Lunch at Giraffe which was really nice (if not a bit expensive, but then again it is london)

Thhis is the bit I was excited about. We went over to Covent Garden where they have all the luxury stores and boutiques. I had a quick mooch about and finnaly plucked up the courage to go into mac and...I BOUGHT MY FIRST EVER MAC/HIGHEND PRODUCT! Needless to say I did feel very guilty afterwards but I'm loving it so far! I won't tell you what I got as I'll be doing a post on it soon! We also had a ride on one of the rickshaw bike rides you can get which was terrifying but very enjoyable see London in a different way.

Obviously you're not allowed to take pictures inside the theatre so I can't show you the set of Stomp but it was amazing and incredibly funny, definitely recommend seeing it! Search it on youtube first though, it's not a typical 'show'...

Hope you've liked this post! Don't forget to follow this blog to keep up-to-date and find out what mac product I bought!

What have you been up to this summer holiday?

Thanking you,

Naomi

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Why, hello there...

I haven't be around these parts in a while. I've been in a production at my local theatre which has taken up quite a lot of time and them we've been away these past few days. This post (as you can see from the title) is about when we went to Brighton for a few day, it is mainly pictures so you have be warned. I have to say I was hoping to see some youtubers but sadly I didn't, but still had fun never-the-less.

We first had a look around the marina and had dinner down the front at Zizzi. I've seen Zoe and Alfie eat down at the Nandos here a lot so it was exciting to see where they have been!

We was there when the weather was really bad so we went to Bognor Regis instead of Brighton but I didn't take many photos. The next day we went around Brighton, starting off with the pier (I had a very quick look in Space NK before we left, so pretty but so expensive!)

We then walked around the Lanes which has lots of botiques and is also the home to Chockwockydoodah which was really nice to see all their cakes.

We then went to a really cute old fashioned tea shop and had some really nice puddings. On our way back home we went to Go Ape, which is like an obstacle course in the trees. This was our 6th time doing a Go Ape course so we're practically pros pretty used to it...

Just a short post to show you what we got up to, we also went to London for the day so look out for that post!

Where have you been on holiday this year?

Thanking you,

Naomi

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Why, hello there...

A couple of weeks ago I had my 6th form leavers prom. I was going to do an OOTD post but because of a few reasons I haven't been able to take the pictures, but I thought I would still share with you the shoes I wore, because I love them a lot!

I have rather large feet (size 9 to be exact) so it's always a struggle to find nice, affordable shoes in my size. I've been loving JustFab recently and have actually order some more things from them which will be in another post soon! I did a post on possible outfits for my leavers dinner and all the shoes included in it were from JustFab. The company actually saw that post and as a thank you, gave me free credit of £35 to use on their website, which I am incredibly grateful for! I'm not sure whether you would class this post as a sponsored post as they gave me these as a thank you after the post, but to cover disclaimers and stuff, all opinions are my own in this post!

I chose to get these Arleigh Sandals*, which went really well with the black structured playsuit I wore on the night. I went for the brown pair but they also came in black. The in-trend at the moment seems to be these single straps going across the top of the toes. You would have thought you wouldn't get much support from these shoes and that you'd slip down, but they're actually really comfy and supportive! They're not too tight around the toes and the material is really soft and comfortable. The soles have extra padding in them which again makes them super comfy, and the height of the heal also means your feet don't hurt too much on a night out! This plain simple design can go with any outfit which means you can wear them again and again, they're also great for the summer time. 

I'm really excited to get my hands on the other bits I've ordered. They also do handbags, jewellery and fashion which all look amazing. They're currently doing a buy one get one free offer so you can get 2 items for only £35! I've ordered some flat sandals and a gorgeous handbag which I'm guessing are of great quality so this is an AMAZING offer! Go here to order something for yourself!

Hope you liked this post!

Have you tried anything from JustFab?

Thanking you,

Naomi

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