John Lewis
So first of all I was walking past John Lewis but felt my legs leading me toward the make-up counters so I headed on in and found myself at the Benefit counter looking at foundations. Recently I've been using the "L'Oreal Paris Nude Magique BB cream" which I absolutely love for during the day but I find that at night I want something with a little more coverage. So the lovely counter girl helped me out a lot and I ended up buying this:
"Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow Brightening Makeup" is £24.50 and absolutely lush!! I got it in the colour "Honey" which is nice and warm but there are eight other colours covering everything from Ivory to Nutmeg. It's really smooth and nice to apply, making you look photo ready in an instant! Now then, in the past I've found foundations to be really heavy and make me break out and my skin just look awful which obviously nobody wants. That's where the "oxygen wow" part comes in; it helps protect against environmental stresses (things like pollution if you're a city gal), contains vitamin's C & E which are known to prevent against signs of ageing and finally, it gives a "plumped up" effect!
Whilst at the counter, the girl mentioned that if I make two purchases I receive a free make up bag....and how on earth could I turn that offer down?! So I went ahead and bought their newest product "fine-one-one sheer brightening colour for cheeks & lips" for £23.50.
It's absolutely lovely to use, and doubles up as both a creamy blusher and a lipstick, there are three tones in the stick, an orangey-peachy colour, a deep coral colour then a light salmon pink for that extra bit or highlighting! It's a really nice change from powders because with its slight shimmers it really does highlight your cheek bones making you look healthy and naturally wonderful!
Then I popped to Topshop!
This lead to me buying a jumper and a dress that I've had my eye on for a while now! Okay so this jumper is just one of my absolute favourite things ever! I bought it in burgundy a while ago and wear it all the time, so when I saw it in this bluey-greeny colour I had to buy it, it's £26 and well worth it! It's super cosy and can be worn anywhere; either dressed down with some thick leggings or disco pants or dressed up tucked into a skater skirt. It's 3 quarter sleeves are just right as their rolled up which is so on trend at the moment. Just go and buy it! I bought a couple of sizes larger but that's just a personal preference for baggy jumpers!
This is the dress I've had my eye on for so long, I think it's absolutely adorable! it's quite a thin material and really floaty and £40. Usually I'm a size 10 however trying that on the sleeves were incredibly tight and I couldn't properly move, but the rest was a little baggy on me, maybe I'm just oddly proportioned, who knows? Anyway this lead me to buy the next size up, which did make it baggy but with a belt around the waist it looks really nice. Problem solved.
Finally, Pandora
Basically my dad and I have an arrangement by which for birthdays and Christmas' he gives me money to then go and get something that I really like (I love this arrangement) so as it was my 18th present I figured something special to mark the occasion; I went into Pandora and came out with this simple elegant bracelet and 18 charm for £80; £55 for the bracelet and £25 for the charm. At first I wasn't very sure about the Pandora craze but now I really like it so I'm happy to be joining it! This also means that my family and friends have a really easy job buying me future presents.
And this concludes my birthday shopping, I figured at £194 I should stop and go home! Thanks very much for reading, have a wonderful day!
Buy it
- Benefit foundation
- Benefit cheeks & lips
- Topshop jumper
- Topshop dress
- Pandora bracelet
- Pandora charm
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