A weekend up north

Last weekend my mum, dad and i all travelled up to go to the great north run (which my mum took part in). We left on Saturday after youth theatre and got up there at around sevenish. We always stay in the same b&b, which is opposite the sea and has an amazing view of the sea.. Hence the same 'sea veiw'.

We always go to dinner in the same place too, but i cant remember the name. This year i persuaded my parents to go on a walk a long the beach before we headed out to dinner. We sort of left my dad behind, but hey hum. haha. A bit further up the beach there was some party going on or something and they were all lighting Chinese lanterns, which made it look even prettier. I wish i had remembered to take photos of that :( apologies!

The next day wasn't as good. We got some lunch from Morrison's (and some other goodies which will be in my next post) and went up to the race. The reason why it "wasn't as good" is that it rained. I was sitting on a mat under two umbrellas and a waterproof coat.. and i was still cold. Mind you, i am usually cold a lot of the  time..

I forgot to bring our good camera, but i did take some photos of the runners from under my umbrellas on my dads phone;

 

there were more photos, but they were all basically just poeple running

 

Its really set me behind on homework and posts, but I'm getting back into sync with things. Plus Ive started some new things which has made me even busier!! but i promise ill always have time for blogging!

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No. 7 Beautiful skin day cream review

First of all, i want to apologise for not posting in a while - teachers are dumping heaps of homework on us, and the other reason will be explained shortly ;) .. anyway, iiitttss......

 

Part two of my review series! This is all about my No.7 beautiful skin day cream for normal/oily skin. I love it just as i love my foaming cleanser! Seen as how i am very VERY prone to breakouts and I'm always hoping to find a good face cream that's wont cause a break out, or feel to heavy/thick. This is defiantly good if your like me and want smooth&clear skin package.

I mostly like it because of how incredibly soft it makes my skin feel, plus, there's absolutely loads on the bottle, or whatever i should call it, haha.You only need a splodge on each finger and it can cover your entire face. So i expect this will be lasting me a long time, which is good because, i don't have a lot of money, so i probably wouldn't have enough to get this next month as well

(just a hygiene note - your hands and face are two of the most oily parts of the body, so wash your hands and face before putting this on in the morning?)

Now, when i was at the shop and the nice lady - who's name i cant remember- was helping me, she told be that by putting this on would make my foundation and other such face related items, would last longer. She also said that; if i were to put my foundation on without this then it might turn out a different skin colour to mine. As for her first point: i haven't tried wearing my foundation without it, due to the second point, but i have noticed my powder and blush lasting a lot longer! i tend to come home and it would be rather late when i realise i haven't taken it off yet.

 

I would defiantly recommend this to anyone with normal/oily skin.if you don't have dry/oily skin, try another one? I would expect that its just as good... i don't really have much else to say about this, so come back for my next post soon :)

 

toodles

 

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No.7 beautiful skin foam cleanser review

 

As promised, I'm doing reviews of all the no.7 products that were featured in my last post. Here is the first of four :)

 

Ive only had this a couple of days but mmm I'm lovin' it :) ! i recently had a break out on my cheeks which is odd for me (i usually only have an oily "T zone") but this has really reduced redness and has actually cleared up my skin quite a lot!

 

I use it every morning and every night, i put 1-2 squirts on my hand and i tend to massage it in mostly to the places where i have spots. And then if Ive been wearing a lot of eye make up then i find putting some on a little cotton pad works well.

 

Also, it says on the bottle that its for oily/dry skin, and it is perfect! It hasn't dried out my skin at all, but its still cleared it really well. So, i pretty much recommend this to anyone with oily/dry skin. However, if that isn't your skin type then i suggest looking at their other foam cleansers (they have all skin types).

 

That's pretty much it. there isn't really lot to write about this i don't think. just that i love it, how soft it makes my skin, and how clear my skin is now! :)

 

Come back for the other reviews - and if you don't know the other products that I'm talking about, then read my last post? :)

 

see you soon..

 

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WeIrD haul time!

I went out with my dad today because i need new school trousers and shoes and ended up getting a whole lot more!! :) - good news for me, possibly not for my dad.

I think that the least interesting would be my school things. The shoes are from deichman and they were £8.99. I don't think that's too bad for a price, especially as my shoes always fall apart - even if they have good soles! And then the trousers are from Dunne's (Morrison's own clothes shop). They were £18 and i really like them because they don't just go straight down, and we aren't aloud any clingy fabrics, which this doesn't.

But those aren't very interesting, so lets move onto something else! When i went to greenbelt, and it was raining particularly heavily, the coat which i thought was waterproof actually wasn't. So when we saw a camping shop we looked at the coats and found this:

It was originally £120, but we got it reduced to £40! Its absolutely perfect. The fit in brilliant and it has two inside pockets (one for your phone/ i pod with a hole for earphones), a sleeve pocket for keys and two regular outside pockets. It also has padding, a hood, and inside sleeves. Its from Trespass, which honestly, i had never heard of before, but its really good! I pretty much recommend anyone who wants camping stuff to go there! :)

Then, cause i had a boots voucher for £3 off cosmetics and £5 off skin care products. I plan on doing individual reviews on all of these, so for now ill just list the products and the prices that they are in the shops - if i hadn't had a discount;

 

 

♥No.7 Beautiful skin foaming cleanser for normal/oily skin ~ £9

♥No.7 Mineral perfection blusher, honey ~ £9 

♥No.7 Beautiful skin day cream for normal/oily skin ~ £12.50

♥No.7 Beautifully matte foundation, calico ~ £13.50

 



The reviews will hopefully come in the next few days once I've had a chance to use them :) so be sure to come back and read them, or click on that follow button! :3

Perfect two ..

My friend introduced me to an artist called Auburn - Specifically her song "perfect two" and.. i shan't lie, its my current musical obsession. Its REALLY catchy, and frankly, i think its a real shame that none of my friends (other than the one who showed me it) have heard of it! It's just a simple pimple song, but i loves it!!

 

I love it, so please go check it out? :3

.. and this is just because i like the song, I'm not trying to advertise

 

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How much is your face worth? | tag (updated)

After reading some How much is your face worth tags on my most favourites blogs  <33

- i thought I'd join in

My daily make up....

eyes:
~MUA, eye shadow shade 17 - £1
~MUA, eye shadow shade 19 - £1
~The body shop, black carbon eye definer - £9
~ Body collection, maxi-length mascara - £1.80
~Maybelline, the falsies volume express mascara   - £7.99 (i think, correct me if I'm wrong)

Face:
~Rimmel London, dual action concealer, 010 ivory - £4.99
~The body shop, pressed face powder, o3 - £12.50
~No.7 beautifully matte foundation, calico - £13.50
~No.7 mineral perfection blusher, honey - £9

Lips:

~MUA lip gloss, 15 - £1

 

 

GRAND TOTAL 

£61.78

 

.. well that's more than i was expecting! I might update it again in the future, or i might just leave it, ill see when it next crosses my mind :)

 

Toodles..

 

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Lovley Lip gloss

In my MUA haul post you'll see that i got this MUA lip gloss - shade 5 - and i would like to share my love for it with you!

 

I wouldn't say that this was a review, though it is slightly review like.. hey hum. I just want to say that it is defiantly my favourite lip gloss of all time! *Dramatic*. It looks extremely glossy, which is good what with it being a lipgloss.

 

Another thing i like is the smell. It sounds on, and don't get me wrong, i don't go round smelling lip gloss's! But if its going on my face then I'd like it to smell nice. Also, (I'm very picky with lip gloss) i don't like it if i can feel it on my lips. Especially if it feels sticky.. and this doesn't, which i like.

 

The only thing i don't like is that it doesn't last very long, if i put it on in the morning it will probably be gone by lunch, however, its very portable - so you can always just put on a little more. And what do you expect for a £1 lip gloss?

 

I guess you could call this a review, but hey hum :) I really do recommend this, especially if you have a bit of change in your pockets ;)

 

That's all for now - quite a short post actually - see you soon!!

 

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