ANOTHER LITTLE HOME HAUL

So I went shopping and bought yet more home prettiness, I'm so excited to move now and start setting everything up in our new house until then I'm going to bore you with random selections of my purchases.

PAPERCHASE

I have a love of most things from Paperchase their stationary is gorgeous also you can find so many pretty house bits as well, the owl photo frame was £12, the cup was £7 and will be perfect for my morning tea since I'll be living a lot further from work than I do now. The padlock shaped keyring was £6 and is for my new house keys, and the 3-way pad was £4 and will be living on my new desk when I get it, one of my weaknesses in life is pretty stationary!!

DUNHELM

Another weakness is pretty storage these boxes that look like books will look gorgeous on a floating shelf above my desk and for 99p each I couldn't not get them, the storage tin was £1.99 and the tray is for my hubsters desk and that was only £1.99.

I love Dunhelm they have so many nice bitty bits for such a good price.

PRIMARK

Following on with my discovery of the amazing homeware department in Primark I had to pay the Liverpool store a visit when I was last over there it is massive and filled with so many things I wanted, I'm definitely going back over in the next couple of weeks to pick up some more things, the big star light was £10 and is led so really bright, the pack of 15 star lights was £6 and the round lights were £6 from the velvet ghost range, also from that range I got the hanging hook for £4, I love Gabriella's range and I'm desperately trying to find the cat cushions she's bought out.

The big frame was £5 I'm currently pressing the flowers my hubby got me for my birthday if they go right I'm going to put them in there as a cute keepsake so a photo of that may follow next week.

These Christmas candles are also from Primark and the photo really doesn't do them justice, they were £4 each and both smell gorgeous also I love that the little charms around them can be used as tree decorations. I'm like a child at Christmas so I'm made up to start buying a few thing for it now.

So there it is my second mini home haul hope you are enjoying these and don't find them boring, no doubt another one will be coming soon we're hoping to find out a moving date in the next couple of weeks and then I can really get into house moving mode until then I have to be satisfied with buying bits and looking at paint colours.

MINI HOME HAUL

As I've spoken about a few times now I'm moving house woohoo!!!  so you can now expect many house haul blogs and photos of the new place being done up.

The house we're moving to has much bigger rooms than we have now so I need to fill large spaces with a small budget so everything will be pretty inexpensive to buy.

Everything in today's haul came from either Primark or Asda, I honestly never knew how good Primark's homeware was until a few weeks ago now I can not wait to get over to the big Liverpool store next week.

As you know I'm very new to the whole blogging thing and in all honesty I'm just very proud of the fact I actually managed to put photos on here since my laptop has decided to change how you upload photo's(sigh) so here's the items closer up with prices

 

PRIMARK

 I'm a little in love with this throw, the colours are gorgeous and it is so ridiculously soft, it will look amazing in my new lounge and for the bargain price of £5 it's a cheap way to brighten up a room.

 PRIMARK

Candles are my weakness one of my favorite things is to sit in candlelight and just chill, the pink glass candles were £2 each, the tin was £1.50 and the owl was £2.50.

The pink ones are for my study and I think the owl is going to be for the dining room.

PRIMARK

Again these are feeding my candle addiction and they both smell amazing plus I'm sure they were only £2 each!! these will be going in the living room.

PRIMARK

These lolly lights are so cute  and absolutely perfect for something I'm working on for mini me's room, they were on sale for £3 which is amazing, I'm really looking forward to seeing them lit up when I've finished what I'm planning.

ASDA

Again feeding my candle love, this set of 6 mini Yankee candles was only £6, the owl oil burner was also £6 and the utensil holder was £3!!

So there it is my first of many home blogs, any tips on how to make the most of a large space or good places to go for affordable homeware let me know!!

PAYDAY PURCHACES

Every payday I make sure I go out and get a couple of bits just for me as I'm trying to update my look at the moment it has been a lot of make-up and hair products recently so I thought I would review them for you.
My thoughts on these items are just that, mine it doesn't mean everything I say is right it's just my own experience.


                                                 THE REVIEW


REVLON LIP BUTTER(£7.99)
                               

I'd read quite a few reviews on this and had only seen good things so I decided to give it a go, it's a good price and comes in a variety of colours I went for Pink Lemonade. I've got to say I absolutely loved this product, it went on so easily, was very moisturising, you could have it as a subtle shade or build up a bolder colour if wanted. 

It lasted well when eating and drinking and it left my lips feeling so soft even when it had worn off, I will definitely be buying more of these next pay day.

   RIMMEL SOFT KOHL(£2.99)

I've always been a brown eye liner kinda gal so in the interests of shaking things up I decided to go crazy and get this kohl pencil in Stormy which is a lovely grey colour, it went on easily even to a make-up novice such as myself and it lasted really well.

Again this can be used as a subtle sweep of colour or more layers can be used to make it more dramatic.

COLLECTION SPEED BLUSH (£2.99, on sale from £3.99)

I'm not a big blusher person but I do think it looks nice when you have slightly tanned skin in summer so thought I would give this a go, I got the colour Tickled Pink, it was easy to apply and gave a good subtle colour which is exactly what I wanted it's not very long lasting and I honestly don't think I would rush to buy this again.

NATURAL COLLECTION  SOLO EYES COLOUR POTS (£1.99 each)

I got these in the colours Heather and Barley, they weren't highly pigmented at all you had to add a few layers to get an effect and I also found they creased quite quickly. Given the price they might be good for a young girls starter make-up kit especially since they had a lot of choices of colour but I don't think I would repeat purchase for myself.

SANCTUARY SPA THERMAL SATCHETS (£4.50 for 2)

This is my favorite facemask and usually I use the bottle of this but they didn't have any this time, this mask leaves my skin feeling soft and smooth. It may be pricier than some other masks but I feel it's completely worth it!!

BARRY M NAIL PAINT (£4.99)

Again I love Barry M nail polishes and have a large collection of them, the one I bought this time is in the colour Raspberry, usually I would say this is a perfect colour for autumn but with the weather the way it is at the minute it was perfect for my wintery cosy feeling I've been having recently. I always find them to be long long lasting and definitely don't chip easily.

All the prices were right at the time of publishing this but are obviously subject to change and different shops may change differently, hope you enjoyed my first review and I'll be back in 2 weeks with my Glossy Box review.

MY FIRST THOUGHTS

                                       

For years I have been a woman that has hidden from cameras and mirrors and sunken further into the comfort of my baggy black clothes, now thanks to a good friend sending me the link to a curvy vlogger I realised I should be proud of my size and the beauty that comes just simply from being happy and healthy and more importantly I deserved to finally like being me.

Suddenly I wanted and felt I deserved a wardrobe filled with loads of bright colourful clothes for too long I have shied away from brighter tighter fitting clothes for fear of people looking at me and judging, now I'm looking forward to people noticing me hopefully for the right reasons.

Because clothes were never of interest to me I have spent years learning how to look after my skin and have now got regime to be proud of, hair care is another thing I have always loved and learning new hair styles, however make-up was a thing to be hidden from in-case it made people look at me, so that is another very scary new area for me to explore.

This blog will follow my journey to becoming the woman I want to be, I may not have anyone read it but I'm going to use it as my modern day "dear diary" and put down my thoughts, feelings, fears and hopefully purchases down here to look back on in a when my goals have been met!!

Be patient with me as I build my confidence up and use you as an unseen sounding board I've had a lot of years of hiding but hopefully i can break through and find my true self again and enjoy the process of finding the new and improved me.

If you like what you read here please check out my Facebook page and give it a like and share, I'm new to all this but dreaming big(with added pink sparkles).