Mini ShoPinG tReaTs

Hallo everyone, what a glorious summer sunshine we had last week and it was payday this week...woo (mini celebratory dance), my monies is going on wedding stuff at the moment but I thought I would treat myself to a few things.
I bought a few bits, I will be doing a full review and look with my new products but thought I would share what I bought.

 I've been eyeing up L'Oreal Liquid Lip forever, it has the most gorgeous gold packaging,making it look a lot pricey than it is and the prettiest selction of colours.. Its a mix between a lipgloss and stain, you may know this already but for those who dont L'oreal is part of the YSL family this means when YSL bring out something in their makeup range you can guarantee in a year or so L'oreal will produce something very similar ( probably all made in the same factory) but for fraction of the price, the lipglosses are proof of this.
YSL lipstick is amazing but at £24 each my pocket isn't a fan, at 8.99 I can justify getting more than one. I chose Rose Melody a  beautiful pink shade, the smell is DIVINE very fruity with good applicator.
I also purchased L' Oreal  Lumi Magique (Boots have a 2 for £15 deal at the moment on L'Oreal so it's a good time to buy). This is a highlighter pen, again its got that YSL Touche E`Clat vibe going on and comes in 2 shades, I chose light and it works really well on my pale complexion.
My third purchase was NYC Best of Broadway Quattro eye shadow, 5 lovely colours for producing a smokey eye look.
I had  seen this mentioned on Lily Pebbles you tube vlog and she said  it was a dupe for a Chanel Christmas set, so I went a found it and it seems really good, the two taupe colours are really pretty and it has good staying power and for £2.99 is a good buy.

The ET tablet case was a  bargain in H&M, even though the girl mocked me slightly for buying it, she was clueless-  it was £2!!!
The baby wool is for more booties :) which I'm starting this week (I'm a knitting machine :) )  and finally a standard vest for working at Lush. Lush is like a green house at the moment so its vests all the way.
As I said above I will do a look with my new products, till then Laters x

Not JusT for NannAs

       Crafting times!

 I've recently been getting back into doing more arts based fun so thought I'd share with you guys on todays blog.
Some of you may know that my main job is as a screen printer, this means I get covered in ink most days, so when at home I tend to pick crafty based projects that don't get me too messy.
Don't get me wrong I like a bit of mess but I also enjoy doing my art in front of the television now and again, this is why im choosing to share my love of knitting with you.
Im not a very good knitter, I try but im easily confused by the patterns and so far in my repertoire is afew chunky scarves, a very loose hat(not worked out tension yet) and a baby blanket.
Two of my close friends are pregnant and I've chosen to make their tiny humans small knitted booties to wear on their teeny feets(both are going to be winter babies).
I spent ages trying to learn how to knit, my mum tried to show me years ago but it never sunk in not till I was given the best beginners book - Knitty Gritty.

I cannot recommended this book enough if you are just starting to knit or just can't get your head around knitting and purling (technical terms don't cha know). This book makes knitting possible to understand, I can actually make things!
I've nearly finished my first pair of booties and  I will be starting the second ones very soon and then maybe I will begin on some mittens. I will post some pics once the girls have seen them.
Also I've discovered a really cool site called Wool and the Gang (woolandthegang.com) they make knitting fun, they have a wide selection of patterns and different blogs definitely worth checking out.

Its not only wool I have been playing with but paper crafts, my wedding is in less than 8 weeks! ( starting to get a little stressed) and we are making the decorations for the village hall. We have decided to make paper hearts from maps/ vintage and coloured card, to then make garlands and the chairs prettier.
Hopefully we are starting  construction of these this week
  (photos will follow).
Let me know what arts based fun you have been up to recently or if there is something you would like to try.
Laters ...

holiday TiMes Are a GoNe

Hai everyone sorry I haven't written a blog in a few weeks, I've been away on me  holidays.

Firstly we went to Bruges/Belgium for bber and bike riding, then me and the boy went to Glastonbury for beer and bands. So basically I've been drinking far too much fruit beer and cider and eating a lot of cake and burgers, my poor skin :(.
Its been lovely but kinda glad to be back home, also I have been missing Professor Periwinkle, the large furry beasty.
I was actually feeling so unfit that I have rejoined the gym! I had a little bit of gentle persuasion from my lovely friend Sherrie who is coming with me, I have no motivation if I'm not with anyone else so she will make me go for longer than 10 minutes. We went last night and it wasn't too bad, I was promised a gin at the end of the session which helped power me throug ( shock horror). While on the running machine I  began to wonder what people would think if I  were to bring one of those e-cigs with me? Would this be a gym faux pas ?? You can smoke them in most places these days. Another thing I can never understand is people in full makeup in the gym, if like me your face gets very red and beetroot like makeup will not be your friend but the exact opposite you will encourage the spots.
Sweat x Makeup = breakout city. Maybe this is why I don't venture to the gym very often.
Apologises for not doing my third installment about festival wear, I just ran out time needless to say if you saw the weather last weekend my wardrobe consisted of wellies, poncho, leather jacket and either a vest or tshirt. It was muddy, rainy ( some electrical storms) and extremely sunny, classic Glastonbury.
One of my highlights was seeing M.I.A (little preview below)

In other news I've been using some new Lush treats that came out a few weeks ago African Paradise and Million Dollar Moisturiser. I will begin with the product I was most excited about using, Million Dollar Moisturiser and it is my new fav.

 You all know I like a face cream to have SPF - its my main requirement. I could never use British Nanny SPF 30 from Lush as it was far too rich for my skin and made me breakout but this is perfect and SPF 30! It soaks in quickly and doesn't leave a greasy feel, my skin feels matt yet hydrated. Its full of honey and Shea butter to soften your skin but has lavender and rosewood oil which will balance and tone your skin and it smells amazing because of the tonka absolute in it. I'm so glad they cracked making a sunscreen that is fantastic for combination skin, its a little pricey but as with all Lush products its worth it as you know no animals have been harmed.

The second is African Paradise which is one of Lushs body conditioners or as I call it "lasy person moisturiser". You smooth the fabulous smelling lotion all over your body after washing and then rinse it off, you are left super soft, I'm incredibly lasy and this is the solution for my dry skin. Perfect especially as summer is here, use it after shaving your legs and they stay soft all day. It's full of almond oil, aloe gel, Shea butter and moringa oil which is an amazing African plant  full of vitamins and protein. One of the fantastic things about this product is the moringa oil sourced is supported by the SLush fund, which means the money Lush pays for the product goes back into local based projects around the area and in this case it helps a women's refuge in Ghana. The women  who live here are feed and know they are safe it also has a project that involves the women who wish to work getting involved with growing Aloe Vera plants ( which Lush also buys). So its great that instead of just giving people who need help cash they are giving them the opportunity to make a sustainable living and regain their independence back..

I really like the idea that as well as having the most glowing, softest skin you also get a sense of well being with your purchase, a nice added bonus I think :) ...till next time, laters x