Product review ||

Hello everybody!

I'm awake and blogging at 1am, as you do.

I just caught up on my YouTube videos and went in the bathroom to do my normal everyday 'before bed routine' and suddenly realised I hadn't shared my new finds with the world! And I have a day off work tomorrow so I thought - why not! Lets just write it now :) and who knows! Maybe some of my readers are also awake at this time..or it might even be the afternoon or morning depending on which part of the world you are in! Let me know what time in the comments, I find all that time-difference stuff so interesting but so weird! Half of us are going to bed (or blogging in my case) and the other half are just getting up - crazy crazy world.

Back to the point.

My local town has a small Boots which sells just a few everyday things you might need - not a huge variety, but it does the trick if you just need new makeup or bath products etc, so I popped in the other day whilst in town with my mum and firstly picked up a new mascara (finally!!! I've been using my other one since August!) and decided to go with the Bourjois Everyday Clubbing which turned out to be the best mascara I've ever used!! I love it so much I can't imagine  ever using anything else! It gives my lashes so much volume and makes them twice as long! It also works really well with eyelash curlers which is always a bonus :) here's what it looks like incase you want to find one for yourself (I highly recommend - trust me)

And here's how it makes my lashes look...

I also decided to try a new foundation. As much as I love Rimmel London Wake Me Up I do find it to sometimes be quite heavy and feel very thick on my face which Isent always the niciest. Especially if you have an indoor job like me and you don't really have any access to fresh outdoor air for 8-10 hours each day!

So I went with instead the Rimmel London Match Perfection in the shade Ivory. 

It's gives such a nicier feel and texture on my skin. And I'm so glad I made the change to this one. When pumping it out onto my hand it feels a lot lighter and kind of 'watery' but not in a bad way! I don't think it covers as well as the Wake Me Up but personally I prefer it 100%!

Although the shade is the same 'Ivory' in both foundations, the Match Perfection is a much better suit for my skin as its lighter and gives a more natural feel.

I recommend this for sure! 

Lastly I wanted a skin care that I could use on my face every night after taking off my makeup, just to give my face a clean feel when going to bed and help remove grease and dirt from the pores in my skin, (especially as I work in a restaurant, so the atmosphere is full of the grease from the kitchen etc).

And it was actually my Mum that came across this one...

At first I was a bit worried as its a Boots own brand and it was only about £2.99 a bottle, but I decided to give it a go after reading the back and checking all the ingredients etc, (I also don't use any products tested on animals so I check for this also when buying new products - especially own brands).

I've been using it for about four days now  every night after my makeup has been taken off and I'm actually very impressed! It gives my face a lovely clean and soft feeling after use and it's very easy to put on and take off again, (I use a wet flannel to first dampen the skin and then rub a small amount all over my skin - avoiding the eyes and mouth areas - and then use the same flannel to remove it all afterwards. I usually splash water on my face as well just to make sure it's all gone). It takes only a couple minutes for the whole procedure to be done as you don't have to wait for the lotion to sink in or anything. I'm going to carry on using this and will most likely carry on buying it in the future! I also own a Garnier face scrub which has exphloiating beads in it so I only tend to use that once or twice a week but to be honest, this Boots SkinCkear gives exactly the same after-feel as the branded one!

One thing I will say is that a couple of times I have used this on my skin and it has given a slightly stinging effect on my face. The first time was after I had spent an eight hour shift at work being trained in the kitchen which is an extremely greasy environment and the second time was after a very busy shift at work where I'd got hot running around all day, so I'm assuming it's the lotion working harder on the pores and it may depend on how clogged up they are! (Hate the word 'clogged' so much - bluergh!)

Here's the back of the bottle so you can check the ingredients for your own reasons...

I hope this post has been helpful to you in some way! And just trust me.. That mascara is amazing! ;)

Feel free to leave any comments.

Molly

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Shopping & Spending too much money||

Hello!

Hows everybody doing? The weather here in the UK is doing my head in. One minute its snowing and everything looks pretty and I just want to get home from work and take photos of it all, and then within a couple of hours its all melted :( It also keeps doing this horrible thing where you wake up and the sun is shining and everywhere is lit up and lovely, but then you step outside and it's FREEZING.

Not funny.

I went shopping the other day to 'buy a few tops' and came home with A LOT of full bags and a slightly empty bank account...

After asking on twitter if anybody would like to see what I bought, and getting a couple of 'favourites' I decided to show you all!
At the moment I'm trying to buy clothes I wouldn't normally buy like pretty tops and long tops that go with plain/patterned leggings. Only because when getting dressed on my days off I realise that my wardrobe is literally just full of thick fluffy jumpers, which isn't what I always what to wear - especially when the summer comes!

I will try and remember the prices of each item but i stupidly threw away the receipt when I got home :(

The first couple of items I bought were from New Look (which have a HUGE January sale going on right now so take time and remember to go in there if you're shopping!)

This top I loved as soon as I saw it. I love the floral summery pattern and that it's quite floaty and light to wear. I got it in a slightly bigger size than normal just so it wouldn't show my stomach too much. This was on the sale rail and reduced to £5 :)

From New Look I also purchased these boots! I'm a very boot-person (if thats even a thing..) and I would wear some type of boot all year round if I could! At the moment I only really have one pair of lace-up ankle boots which I practically live in so I wanted some a bit different just for the rest of these winter months. These are so comfy and quick and easy to put on and  were also in the sale for £14 and were the only ones on the shelf..and in my size - weird!

The patterned leggings above were my last buy from New Look. I spotted them on one of those freaky manikin dolls and loved them straight away! I knew I wanted to get some long plain tops so I thought these would be able to brighten up something like that. They were £17.99 :) The black dress/top was from Primark at a bargain £5 (I'm tempted to go back and buy a couple more in different colours). Something like this is a piece of clothing I would probably never look twice at which is why I decided to try it on and was pleasantly surprised! I don't know what you guys think (let me know in the comments :)) but I kind of like it as it's so simple. It doesn't have to be worn with patterned leggings either, you could just keep it simple and even wear it with jeans!

Which brings us to my Primark purchases.

The first thing I picked up were some of these Super Cosy black leggings. I've never actually bought or worn any before but I've only heard good things, so I decided to buy some and try them for myself :) These were £3.50.

Not very exciting but I bought some black jeans! Yaaay.

I actually really like them, as I'm just generally loving black clothing at the moment. The only problem I find with black jeans is that they attract hair..so make sure you have some sellotape ready at the end of the day to get rid of it all, if you have pets anyway!

These are soft feel jeans for £11.

Can I just start by saying, my hair is not that short! It used to be..but it's taken me the past couple of years to grow it. It must have been tucked in hahaha.

After buying my first floral top in New Look, I wanted to try and find a few more and came across this one in Primark. It actually looks better on than it does in the picture. It's quite see-through but I find in the summer this doesn't always matter, (unless its extreme!) but a white or blue coloured vest top could be worn underneath if wanted :) I cant remember the price of this one, but I think it was about £6.

I bought this orange skater dress for a bargain £5! They also did it in white which I may go back for...

A lot of people don't like orange but I personally think it's a lovely colour to wear during the summer. This dress is quite floaty around the bottom and can be worn just casually as an everyday item. 

These shoes caught my eye whilst I was on my way to the till. They were only £3 and I thought they would go quite well with the orange skater dress or just with jeans. I don't own any stripy shoes, but these I just loved :)

These cushions are so CUTE. I bought the Hug one a few months ago and then this week found the Love one too! I had to buy it just so I had the matched set. I hope they make more with different words because I just love them! They are only £4 and for the price are surprisingly soft and squishy. They look so cute on my bed next to my Charlie Bears, and are just a lovely simple effect for any bed :)

This skater dress I bought in Jack Wills sale. It's so soft and thick, I actually love it. It's something I wouldn't normally pick up which is what intrigued me to try it on. I think this sort of clothing can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion. The leggings were also bought from the same shop, I've taken a close up so you can see exactly what is on them...

They are covered in tiny gems! At first I wasn't too keen on them but they look a lot better on than off and compliment the dress well and are very stretchy which makes hem soo comfortable! :). They were also in the sale at £10, and dress was £27 (I think..).

I hope you enjoyed looking through my weekend-shopping purchases, and maybe even inspired you to try and buy items you wouldn't normally get! It's such a lovely feeling when you realise you suit more styles than you realised!

Thanks for reading,

Molly xox

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