Wishlist Series #3

Evening guys!

So the past two weeks have focused on my clothing wishes and wants, but today it's BEAUTY and HAIR - my favourite thaaaaangs. 

People wonder why I prefer beauty shopping to clothes shopping (it's like 60-40 to each though in all fairness) but the main reason is, makeup and hair products always FIT, you don't have to worry if your bum looks big in a lipstick or if you're gonna end up with sweat patches in a hair product! It's easier, and you will ALWAYS get wear out of them, unlike clothes which you buy and then slip to the back of the wardrobe!

The first 5 items are gonna be from Cult Beauty, which as the name suggests is THEE website to get your butt over to if you want all those cult beauty products you hear bloggers and vloggers talking about, if a product is gonna be big - Cult Beauty will have it! The next 5 will be from Beauty Bay which is one of my favourite beauty sites to buy from, generally you can always hoke out a discount for the site somewhere online, plus they have a premium service that you pay £1.50 for and you get a premium sample and faster dispatch (all deliveries are free to UK but this makes it quicker, and I'm really impatient!).. So without further ado.. Let's get starteddddd. 

1. Anastasia Beverly Hills - BrowWiz - £15.50

2. Escentric Molecules - Molecule 01 - £65.50

3. Therapie - Himalayan Detox Salts - £37.00

4. Alpha-H - Liquid Gold - £31.50

5. Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics - Lip Tar - £14.00

6. BEAUTYBAY The Collection - Little Black Box Summer Style Edition - £15.00

7. Dr Lipp - Original Nipple Balm for Lips - £11.50 

8. Orly - Sunglasses at Night - £5.38

9. Urban Decay - Electric Pressed Pigment Palette - £38.00

10. Paul & Joe - Blotting Paper - £4.00

So as you can see from the 10 things I've chosen, Cult Beauty tends to be on the higher end of the price scale, but that's pretty typical of cult beauty products! Both websites do stock some products the same, for example they both stock Anastasia Beverly Hills, so it's worth checking on both if a shade you're looking is out of stock on one! Also, how good is number 6! All those products for £15 including a Tangle Teezer dupe! I think something like that would be great for a young girls birthday present, maybe a 14/15 year old who's starting to experiment with makeup and hair, it's so cheap but gives so many things to play with!

What do you think of what I've chosen??

Do you have any of the products or have you used them in the past?

Let me know in the comments if you have!

There's one more fashion wishlist next Sunday and after that we'll be back to reviews etc!

Money is tight at the minute so I've not been buying many beauty products, so wishlists are my next best option!

Thanks for reading! xxx

Wishlist Series #2

Heyaaaaa.

It's week 2 of my Wishlist Series, and today it's my top 10 from River Island.

Everythings under £50 as per usual!

So lets get started :-)

1. Dark Red Stripe Trim Oversized Top- £32.00

2. Fluro Orange Floral Racer Front Top - £20.00

3. Black Splash Print Cold Shoulder Dress - £25.00

4. Light Pink Pineapple Print Mini Skirt - £25.00

  

5. White Cut Out Sling Back Sandals - £22.00 

6.  Light Brown Suede Worker Boots - £45.00

7. Lime Chevron Embellished Clutch Bag - £20.00

8. Gold Tone Encrusted Double Hoop Earrings - £8.00

9. Dark Grey Cat Eye Retro Sunglasses - £13.00

10. Black and White Spliced Print Joggers - £20.00

What do you think of my choices?

Have you bought any of them?

Let me know if you have!

Rachel

xx

Wishlist Series #1

Hola!

So payday is a LONG day away, so therefore I can't shop, even though all I want to do is SHOP!

I'm going to do a few weeks of wishlists from my favourite retailers, however I have a lot so this could turn into a very long series! 

Today's choice is ASOS, so take a looksy below and see the top 10 of what I want to buy!

Everything I've chosen is under £50, because I would NEVER spend more on clothes than £50 unless for a very special occasion!

P.s they might be from other retailers, but I've found them on ASOS!

Prices in bold are from ASOS's 50% off sale and are correct as of the 24th June.

1. ALDO Nerawiel Black Mesh Slipper Flat Shoes - £50.00 - £25.00

2. Moschino Peace iPhone 5 Case - £30.00

3. ASOS Suede Mini Backpack with Fringing - £30.00

4. ASOS Textured Biker Jacket - £50.00 - £35.00

5. ASOS Coin Constellation Necklace - £35.00 - £24.50

6. ASOS Pencil Skirt in Sheer Stripe - £32.00 - £22.00

7. NARS Eyeshadow Duo - £25.00

 8. ASOS Wrap Front Blouse - £30.00

9. ASOS Jersey Kimono - £25.00

10. New Look Palm Print Track Short - £12.99

What do you think of my top 10?

Do you like shopping with ASOS?

Let me know!

xx

Estée Lauder Haul.

Eveninggggg guys!

So as I've probably mentioned before I like to do surveys online to try and get myself some money saved up to allow me to shop without the guilt (usually I don't get much of that either though!). Not so long ago I hit my £20 target on Valued Opinions and decided my store of choice would be Boots for my next haul! Estée Lauder was the counter I hit, and I can't deny, I hit it hard. 

I've heard a lot about the Doublewear Stay-In-Place Foundation, some things good, and some not so good - and I wanted to try it for myself! So I bought it to try it out for myself and I am IMPRESSED! The Estée Lauder counter assistant was really helpful choosing my shade and tried 3 different shades on me to see which would suit me best and I settled with Pure Beige! The foundation goes on so easily and really blends in well, and it really does last SO long, it's probably as close to a foundation tattoo that you can get at the minute. I wore it to Parklife all weekend and it didn't budge - even in the rain! It retails at £28.50, which is expensive, but I only plan to use it for nights out and events that I'm gonna be braving the elements in, such as a festival! It is far too heavy for everyday use, your skin would never need that kind of coverage on a daily basis! But for special occasions, this will be the first foundation I reach for! I love the packaging as well, so classy and elegant! It doesn't have a pump but I just pour a little onto my hand and it doesn't run away thanks to it's thick consistency!

Doublewear Stay-In-Place Foundation in 'Pure Beige'

The other product I purchased was the Pure Colour Envy Sculpting Lipstick in the shade 'Dominant'. It's the creamiest consistency and it literally glides on to your lips like a dream. I generally don't like creamy lipsticks because they don't last very long on my lips, but this lipstick is different. It's a bright vibrant pink that's not going ANYWHERE. I kept it on all day, and that included eating and drinking - and it looked just as good when I got home as when I left the house that morning! It's expensive, I can't lie, it retails at £24. It's the most expensive lipstick I've ever bought but I don't regret it, the price tag is really reflected in the quality of the product and it's staying power. The packaging is obviously included in the price, and it's a beautiful sleek design with a magnetic close. I'm wearing Dominant in the picture below! Swatches will be further on!

Pure Colour Envy Sculpting Lipstick in 'Dominant'

Yet another shameless selfie to show off a product ;-)

 I always think it's important to remember with buying in Boots you do get Boots points which you can save up for other purchases! So at least you do get some reward for shopping in store! When I went to Boots, I only intended to purchase Doublewear, but there was a gift with purchase (GWP) on if you bought two things, and I'm a sucker for a gift with purchase! This gift with purchase was valued at over £90 so I think it justified my extra spending!

I received a gorgeous teal and navy tile print makeup bag, a Lipstick, a Moisturiser, a Mini Advanced Night Repair, a 4 piece Eyeshadow Palette, a Mascara, an Eyeliner and a Nail Polish. This was my first purchase of any Estée Lauder cosmetics, and getting the GWP really introduced me to a lot of new things I maybe wouldn't have been willing to purchase! I'm not going to go into toooo much detail, because basically I love everything and this post would be 4 hours of reading long!!

Advanced Night Repair and Daywear Moisturiser

Pure Colour Nail Lacquer in 'Blue Blood' 

Pure Colour Lipstick in 'Bois de Rose' 

L - 'Bois de Rose' & R - 'Dominant'

4 piece Eyeshadow Palette - I don't know the names I'm sorry! :( 

Unfortunately I'm a major crap blogger and forgot to take pictures of both the Eyeliner and Mascara and I'm in Northern Ireland and they're in Manchester! Thankfully I know what they are so you can check the full size out online! I received the Pure Colour Intense Kajal Eyeliner in 'Blackened Black' - which really is super black and goes on so creamily, no tugging at your eyes! Sumptuous Extreme Lash Multiplying Volume Mascara in 'Extreme Black' - I love the brush of this mascara, It's now very much included in my mascara routine, and it's so black! I love black eyeliners and black mascara and Estée Lauder definitely supplies that! 

I'm super impressed with everything that I bought, and it all feels glorious on my skin, I'm absolutely crap that I don't have the names for the eyeshadows! I will be able to get them when I get back to Manchester so if you would like to know, feel free to tweet me at @RachelVennard or send me an email at vennardr@hotmail.co.uk and I can fill you in!

Have you tried any Estée Lauder products?

What do you think of them and the brands?

Let me know!
Rachel xx

Parklife 2014!

Hello lovies!

Parklife was over a week ago, and I'm majorly depressed - I have a severe case of festival blues!

It was amazing, so many people and the atmosphere was unbelievable! The weather wasn't as good as it could have been, but everyone stuck on their wellies and plowed on regardless of the weather!

 I didn't risk bringing my iPhone with me to the gig, just knowing my luck it definitely would have ended up face down in a puddle and I had a little cheap Nokia instead.. It had a camera, but unfortunately I don't have any Bluetooth devices that will actually connect to it! So I have no pics of being inside the gig except my friends which I've nicked!

The highlights of the weekend for me were: Snoop Dogg ('mazing!), Sam Smith (wowzaaaaa), Cyril Hahn, Bastille (I seen them at Big Weekend last year and preferred them there but they were still good), and Disclosure, who were definitely my overall winners! I seen them last year at Warehouse Project, but being in a field of approx 60,000 people in the sunshine listening to them was amazing and completely trumphed being inside a sweaty, drug filled warehouse!!

Just wanted to do a post to show my makeup off and what I wore and do a little round-up to confirm to myself it's all over!

Saturday

 Just a quick summary of what's on my face:

- Estee Lauder Double Wear in 'Pure Beige'
- Eyes from my 120 Eyeshadow Palette from eBay
- Eylure Naturalite '145' Eyelashes
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade 'Dark Brown'
- Topshop Lip Varnish in 'High Times'
- Bindi and Facial Gems from eBay
- My sunglasses (you can see them later on) are also from eBay :)




- My dress was from H&M, kind of similar to the *cough* marijuana *cough* dress that is basically errywhere at the minute, but obviously if it has banana leaves *wink wink, nudge nudge* on the store is legally allowed to sell it! It was £7.99! It's not on H&M's website but I've seen it in lots of stores, I purchased from the Manchester Market Street store :)
- My necklace is a super old gold chain from ASOS!
- The wellies were kindly lent to me by my lovely housemate Hayley to protect my tootsies!
- My handbag (not seen) was from ASOS and you can see it here!

L-R - Lizzie, myself and Becca!

Me and Becca getting a few selfies in ;-) 

Sunday

What's on the facial region:

- Estee Lauder Double Wear in 'Pure Beige' (as above)

- Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in 'Dark Brown' (as above)

- Eyeshadows from 120 eyeshadow palette from eBay (as above)

- Eylure Naturalite '145' Eyelashes (as above)

- Bindi & Facial Gems (as above)

- Illamasqua Lipstick in 'Eurydice'

- River Island Gold Tone Hoop Earrings

- Hamsa Hand necklace from eBay

- Choker necklace from eBay

The outfit:

- Seahorse crop top from H&M (£3.99!!)

- Culotte shorts from ASOS (pack of 2)

- Kimono from H&M

- High top trainers from Nike (old, outlet!)

- Later on when it got a little bit nippy I threw on a white see through jumper from H&M which isn't on the website but you can see it below! - £14.99 FYI :) 

And now, some more random pictures - Enjoy!

L-R: Becca, Lizzie, Alice & Me!

L-R: Me, Luke, Lizzie, Alice & Parsons

Me & Becca (any excuse for a selfie!)

LR: Lizzie, Becca, Me, Luke and Parsons!

 Anyway, that's enough pictures, I'm depressed now!
It was an amazing weekend with amazing friends and I'm so glad I got to experience it before I start my placement!

And just on a final note about Parklife, RIP to Robert Hart, the festival goer that was attacked unprovoked and as a result of the attack died. All my thoughts to his friends and family, no-one deserves to die at a festival, everyone should be there to have fun and relax.. No-one should have to die for being a fan of music!

Thanks for reading! 

xx