A Little London Haul

So last weekend I went to London with my Boyfriend (a post I will be posting soon), and when in London of course you have to do a little bit of shopping. So here are a few things I picked up.. 

So I've seen a few beauty bloggers talking about this range by Loreal. The Collection Privee are the formula of the Colour Riche lipsticks and they are a six nude shades which are matched to six of Loreal's spokespersons complexion. I picked up Cheryl's Nude. I'm guessing the aim of this is to see which spokespersons complexion is most similar to yours and then this shade will be the most suited to you... However, I have gone completely against this. As you may or may not know I have a very fair complexion and dark brown hair, a far cry from Cheryl's olive toned skin, but I thought I would give this a go anyway. I have not had the chance to use this properly yet, however from what I have it is a very moisturising and quite sheer coverage but build-able. It has golden shimmer to it and I think it will be a perfect nude lip to accompany a dramatic smokey eye on a night out. The packaging of lipstick is something I love making it look very high end but with a £8 affordable price tag! 

When I come across a Mac counter I always walk in and seem to end up with my hand covered in Lipstick swatches and umming and arring which one to choose. So I picked up this beautiful Cremesheen Lipstick in the shade 'Hot Gossip'. This is a dusky pink with a hint of plum, beautifully moisturising and builds up to a beautiful natural colour. As the name cremesheen suggests it does have a sheen to the lips but it doesn't leave a sticky finish. 

Another little Mac purchase from Selfridges is there Studio Finish Concealer and mine is in the colour NW15. I've been thinking about where to get my next under eye concealer from, I've been loyally using Benefits Erase Paste for a couple of years now and fancied a change. As you can see by the photos how fair I am when I was matched to this colour I was worried it would appear very white on my skin. However, I have been blending this under my eyes with my trusty real techniques setting brush and it has been doing just the trick at brightening up my face. I only wear a small amount of YSL's BB cream on a day to day basis, as my skin doesn't need a high coverage foundation or concealer. So a little of this concealer goes a long way! 

A couple of other things I picked up include these gold Topshop hoop earrings, which I'm hoping to wear soon and my holy grail Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish. 

And last but not least I had to pop into Oxford street Topshop whilst in London, and I picked up these beautiful brogues! I am known to wear a lot of black, because I think you can never go wrong and it always looks smart. So I fancied a statement flat shoe to make a change to my Topshop boots. I picked up these Pewter metalic cut out brogues. I fell in love with these at first site, they look perfect with a pair of black skinny jeans and crisp white shirt, adding an edge to any outfit. I think with the cut outs they will be great in the summer too. I love the shiny shoe look from patent black brogues to these, they might not be for everyone, but when you try these on they look even better than on the hanger! I'll feature these in an outfit post soon! 

What have you been picking up on your shopping trips recently? Let me know what you think of my little purchases in the comments! 

Thanks for reading, 

Rhiannon 

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Guess who's Back

I'm back, after a stupidly long time of not blogging! Since I last posted I have been rather busy, went away to Paris and the South of France, friends 21st birthdays, trips to Cardiff, graduated from university, decorated my new room, been to London (a fair few times), work experience at Miss Selfridge's Head Office, started working full time, celebrated my boyfriends birthday, Christmas, New Year. Yeah 2014! Cliche I know but can't believe how quick last year went. So I thought I would start back with a few photos of what I've been up to since I posted last. Don't worry I will not be leaving it that long again to do another post, so keep a look out!

Thanks for reading, 

Rhiannon 

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OOTD: Strolling around Paris

Almost two weeks ago I returned from a lovely holiday where we took a trip to Paris for a few days then drove down to the south of France for a week. I've been meaning to do some posts showing some outfits and I've got a small haul to show you too! Trouble is since I've returned I've been so busy, last week I was doing work experience at Miss Selfridge's head office in London which was amazing! 

So back to my outfit here, when I bought this dress from Topshop I intended it as a cover up and I wasn't overly sure on it at first because of its shape. However when I styled it with this Primark black belt it created an interesting sillhouette. I think this dress is a great alternative to a black maxi dress or midi, the tassles give it a great texture and its so comfortable to wear all day in the city. It is also available on the Topshop website in a few other colours which showcase the brights trend that has appeared everywhere this summer. 

I kept the rest of my outfit quite simple with my Topshop 60's oval sunglasses in a tortoise shell print, my rose gold Marc Jacobs watch, Chanel quilted bag and Primark tan gladiator sandals. I had been hunting around for these Primark sandals in the weeks up to my holiday and was having no luck finding them in my size. Luckily I found them in the new Milton Keynes Primark, at £12 I think they were a great buy, and they look very much like Topshop gladiators we see each year. I also saw these available in both white and black, however they did seem to be selling out pretty quickly! 

I shall post up a couple more outfit posts and my France Haul soon :) 

Thanks for reading, 

Rhiannon 

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Spell it Out: Topshop vs. Primark

I love statement necklaces at the moment, and recently I discovered Topshop's 'Make your own'  necklace at Topshop where you create your own necklace with the letters and charms provided. However for £13.50 I wasn't convinced it was worth the price. Don't get me wrong I love Topshop jewellery, but I was sure I might be able to find a cheaper alternative and that is exactly what I did... 

 Topshop's 'Make your Own' necklace  comes with a gold and silver chain with letters and charms in mixed metals. I'm not completely sold on the mixed metals, but I love the inclusion of charms to add something different to the necklace.  From looking on the website this hasn't received the best review, stating that the letters and charms were difficult to get on and off.

Then I strolled into Primark the other day and came across this bargain... 

 For just £2.50 this is an absolute steal and £11 cheaper than Topshop's! Available in both gold and silver this comes with 34 letter charms which can be used to create your own phrased necklace on this two tiered chain. I picked up the gold version as I wear more gold accessories and jewellery, but to be honest for £2.50 I could pick up the silver one too! I love that this, compared to the Topshop version, has the letters all in gold to match the chain. I also much prefer the style of letters of this Primark dupe as they are less chunky and more elegant, now I just have to figure out what to write on my necklace!

Thanks for reading, 

Rhiannon 

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