I needed a new purse

My old purse was on it's last legs, pretty much destroyed. So I've been on the look out for a new one for months. Why months? Because I'm super fussy with bags and purse. They must be beautiful  and equaly practical.

I'm a hoarder so I keep on my receipts, train tickets, film stubs etc. etc. Which means I need a fairly big purse, but at the same time it's got to fit in my slightly tiny handbags, but it also has to be able to double as a clutch in case I don't want to take a handbag out.

So finding a purse I love is difficult. I find one and think it's lovely, but not quite perfect, and carry on the hunt.

But I think I've cracked it this time. There's a little boutique in Falmouth called Dizzy and it sells lots of lovely things including clothes, jewelry, bags and obviously purses. Looking though the shelves of purses this immediately  caught my eye because of the colours. Then I looked a little closer, it's a marvel purse!! Yes it's covered in cells from marvel comics. I looked lovely, it had comic books on it and low and behold when I opened it it fanned out super big. I was on to a winner. Now for the final check. The price. Now for something that's going to carry my money around, I don't want ti to clean me out so I have nothing to put in it. £11.95. Bargain. So I scooped it up and started looking around the rest of the shop. There's a few necklaces in there I might go back for when I've got a few more pennies.

If you ever happen to be in Falmouth, Dizzy is a lovely shop to find a few quirky bits in.

Anyone else have their own favorite boutiques in their town/city? And secret treasures you feel like sharing?

10 thing I love about coconut oil

One product I keep re-buy every time it's empty is Superdrug coconut oil. Retailing for £1.99 (just found a tenner mixed up in all my receipts trying to find the price, win) usual on a two for offer.

1) It's multipurpouse. Hair, skin, even cooking. Well I don't use it for cooking but apparently you can. Maybe not this brand tho...

2) It's a solid until you touch it then it melts into an oil. Which means when you (I) drop it on the floor it doesn't spill every where and it's wasted.

3) The price. I spend £1.99 every 2-3 months for a moisturiser, hair mask, itch relief cream, etc etc. I really don't need any other hair product as this is amazing, I'm just a sucker for trying new things.

ASOS Sale haul

When ASOS emailed me to tell me that there was an extra 10% off there 70% off sale a girl just couldn't resist. After scrolling though all the beautiful things, I realising that my wardrobe is spilling onto the floor and I shouldn't buy any more clothes till I can fit them into the massive double wardrobe (the only piece of furniture I own) I shouldn't buy any more. So ended up with these lovely things.

ASOS MADDOX Swallow print lace up flat shoes, £11.80 with discount. I needed some new flats for work as I have worn every pair I have out. All the soles are falling apart and I should chuck half of them out but I can't bring myself to do it. I might actually have to make someone else do it. I own two suitcases of shoes. Mainly heels and wedges. But I'm starting to think two suitcases is an awful lot. I'm talking to massive suitcases as well.

ASOS Open Fang Ring, in gold and silver. Gold £3.60 with discount, Silver £2.70 with discount. I just couldn't decide. Am I a silver or gold girl. So I got them both. Because of the eczema on my right hand they only really fit on my ring finger. Bad luck but oh well. So at the moment I am swapping them to match the colours of my outfits. I'm not normal a jewelry person. I just have a few bits of what I guess is decried as "quirky" pieces. These are the latest addition.

Nail Rock Toonland Nail wraps in Cupcakes and Teddies. £3.60 each with discount. I haven't had the best experience with nail wraps but these where way to cute (and cheap) not to buy so on a whim I decided I'd try them out. Look out for a review.

Sunday Sale Shopping

Well not technically a Sunday shop. I order these at the beginning of the week and picked them up yesterday. But I slept pretty much all day today so I haven't actually bought anything today.

It's my favorite time of year at the moment. Sale time!

This was a bit of a New Look website splurge. My nearest New Look is kinda small. So I has a super small rail of sale clothes. So every so often I have a look at the website. After looking over nearly every item in the sale. A lot of things I loved but weren't in my size :( So I ended up getting 2 floral bodies for £3 each, originally £9.99 each. A pair of shorts for £6 originally £19.99 which I've had my eye on for a while. And a pink quilted bowler bag for £9 originally £17.99. I did need a new bag anyway...

All in all, I spent £21 and saved £36.96! I love saving more than I've spent. If it hadn't of been in the sale I would of spent £57.96. To be honest if it wasn't in the sale I wouldn't of bought the shorts, and decided between one of the bodies. But just the bag and one of the bodies would of cost me £28.98 so I did pretty well.

I've got a few bodies now. My love of them started with my white asos cut out body which was bought as part of my Lady Gaga fancy dress outfit. But that's a whole different story. It was reused as a Black Sawn inspired fancy dress later on. After that I realised how much I loved them as apposed to tops. They keep their shape much better and because I love high waisted shorts/trousers/shirts I pretty much always have my tops tucked in. So bodies work well for me. Also I have a pretty boring shirt for the night club. Which I've actually lost all but two of the buttons for so I tend to wear bodies or vest under it and tie it up.

I always wear shorts to the night club as well. Mainly fun interesting shorts which make me look less in uniform than I would. I now have a vast collection of lovely hotpants to wear to work. And these ones have just been added. Despite how much I wear them I still think £20 for some material, however pretty it is, that only just covers my bum is a bit to much. Although after wearing them just 10 times is £2 a wear. My mum always taught me clothes as an investment. It makes me feel so much better. And it helps explain things to my dad. I never tell him how much I spend, I tell him cost per wear. Or just outright lie because he'd rather I save my money.

I am super fussy when it comes to bags or purses. So buying this one without seeing it in person was a bit of a risk, but it paid off. I have a lovely dark brown Jump bag my mum got me for christmas, but as summer is coming in I wanted a lighter colour, as when summer comes my clothes get lighter and my accessories should also. My criteria for a bag isn't particularly bad. But I am picky. It need to be exactly the right size. Unless I am going away for a few days I never want a massive bag because I just fill it with stuff I don't need. But it does have to be big enough to hold my essentials without squashing them all up. Typically i am usually carrying around ipad, camera, phone, lots of keys, sos nail kit, work apron (Smirnoff kindly gave me my own), purse and a cardigan. I took it for a spin today and everything fitted nicely. I also love having lots of pockets. This one may only have 3 but they're in the right place. It has a big pocket on the outside of the bag, a phone pocket inside and a large zip pocket. Lovely.

Anyone else picked up some super bargins in the sales recently?

Gillette Venus Pro Skin Sensitive Disposable Razors

The other day to my dismay I found my usual razor was blunt as. Don't you just hate it when that happens? So I bopped down into town with the idea of buying a new set of blades. However, razor blades are ridiculously expensive. And despite my dabbeling in waxing and hair remove creams my skin hates them. Oh how I wish I could wax one every 4 weeks but no, my skin decised to come up in some seriously nasty red bumps whatever brand I use. Maybe it would be different if I went to a salon and got it doe professionally, but no salons where i am are open at 7pm when I actually have time to go and do it. So until I find salon social time off, I am condemned to razors.

I picked these up on a whim. Because they where new and interesting and introductory price of £8.99 for 3 razors, about £4 cheaper than my usual blades.

Where they worth it? Well, when I was actually using them they made my skin feel super silky, despite cutting up my knees a little. Which I haven't done in ages so I thought that was a bit weird. They have the same moisturising strips that the non-disposable venus razors have. I love the feeling after using a new blade it just feels so much more de-fuzzing, especially after using a blunt blade. So getting out the shower I was super happy with super smooth legs. Brilliant. I'm always weary with razors as I have super sensitive skin and I can feel the razor rash coming on half way though shaving if I'm going to get it.

But then it all went wrong. I got dressed to go to work at the night club, and on my walk down their it started to rain. When I say rain I mean chuck it down. Which socked my tights. And then it happened. The dreaded razor rash burn. It was painful. After drying off at work, and luckily not having to walk back in the rain I got home to discover red dots all over my legs. Not happy. I slapped on some Coconut oil and jumped into bed hoping it would all be okay in the morning.

When I woke up the red dots had gone. Good ol' coconut oil, but I had some stubble. What the hell? I'm not talking just a little mm of hair, but full on need to shave my legs again stubble. I'd shaved my legs no more than 18 hours ago and I need to re-do them. With my normal razor I'll have a good 4 days before I feel the need to have another shave, but this was less than a day.

Unfortunately, I hate buying things I already have, so until I have used all 3 I will be having to shave ever day and cover myself in moisturiser. Thank god summer has failed to happen and wearing black tights/leggings is still expectably.

Anyone else bought anything recently which has failed dramatically to live up to expectations?

Elegant Touch: Polished: Misty Grey False Nails Review

So a new week and new set of false nails.

This weeks choice Elegant Touch: Polished in Misty Grey. Which where £5.25 from Superdrug, I think they where on a £1.50 off offer.

I don't usually go for just a block colour on my nails, it's mainly french tips or something a bit fun. Mainly because a lot of people see my nails and it may sound weird, I feel because so many people look at my hands, I feel they should look nice. And these have not disappointed. I put them on on Friday morning and the compliments flew in. A couple of regulars that come into the cafe for coffee in the morning saw them and said they looked lovely. Then where surprised when I said they where just stick ons. So that was nice. 

This is a photo of them 2 days on and 3 shifts later. They've stayed super well. I work with my hands all the time (minds out of the gutter people). Making coffee and bar-tending as well as cleaning. So much cleaning. My nails chip a lot quicker than manufactures promise. But these are holding their own at the moment. Havn't had to replace one yet so that's good as usually after 3 shifts I would have done something stupid and had one flicked off. 

I also love the colour of them more and more, I think I'll like them even more after a little bit of a fake tan session. Just to make them stand out a little bit more.

Anyone else have any recommendations for fake nails with staying power?

Sunday Shopping

Sunday is fast becoming my shopping day. Last Sunday I managed to find this white tee dress in New Look for £2! Just £2! I thought it would be a nice simple thing to slip on with some fancy saddles when then sun comes out and I have a day off. Both of which seem unlikely.

As I've been so busy working I haven't really had time to do any washing and I'm down to bottom of the draw skanky pants. So I thought I'd better buy some new ones. 3 for £7 in New Look and as one of the sets on knickers matched a bra I thought I might as well get that as well. This doesn't happen much in my local New Look.

I also had a little Superdrug shop once again. Picked up Argan Oil Flexible Finishing Spray and Hydrating Masque as the hair treatment is super good. Reviews to come. Finishing Spray and Hydrating Masque where both £4.99. I also picked up Gliss Hair repair because it was on offer for 95p! As I was running out of make-up wipes I picked up Nivea Daily Essentials Facial Cleansing Wipes. I am super lazy when it comes to taking my make-up off at the end of the day. It's either super late or I've been running around all day so there is no remove, cleanse, tone etc. etc. I just rub a wipe all over my face, hope I've got it all off and fall into bed.

I now have 720 points on my Superdrug card!

Anyone else picked up any bargins in the sales recently?

Wednesday Wishlist

1: Globe Bar 2:Californication: Season 3 3:Cambridge Satchel Company 15" Exclusive to Asos Contrast Trim Batchel 4ASOS Open Fang Ring

Follow up with photos

As promised, here are some photos of my Max Factor Pan Stik.

This is me before a 5 hour bar shift in a hot sweaty cellar;

And this is me after a hot, sweaty shift and walking home in a near torrential down pour, complete with wind at half three in the moring.

I think my make-up did pretty well considering.

Presents!

Although I buy a lot of stuff for myself, I do buy stuff for other people. On special occasion or just if I see something. My boyfriend gets a lot of kit kat's.

I thought I'd do a post of some of them present that have gone down the best in the last few months.

May

Mum's Birthday

My Mum loves kitchen gadgets, and although I cannot compete with the £400 Kenwood blender thing my Dad bought her, I knew she'd love an Ice Cream maker as it's one of the gadgets she doesn't have. She loved it. Me and my bother went halves on this present as although £39.99 is super reasonable for an Ice Cream maker, my brother is a poor student, and I am poor graduate. I rang her a few days after she got it and she'd already made a ridiculous amount of ice cream and gone though half the recipe book that came with this. I order this from firebox but after having a look it's no longer available.

Brother Birthday

I got my brother two t-shirts and a marmite pot key ring for his birthday from Truffle Shuffle. I did buy him three t-shirts to begin with but the jaws one was out of stock so I changed it for a keyring of his favorite childhood food. He and I would spend our childhood battling it out on Mario Kart. I still remember the one time I beat him and he had a sulk :) We also watched a lot of star trek with our dad. And although he is named after Scott Tracy from ThunderBirds (my choice) I couldn't find any t-shirts of him (Vergil seems to have all the fame) So Star Trek was the next best thing. By the time I'd rang him to say happy birthday he was already wearing it and loving it.

June

Fathers day

Once again another firebox find. My Dad likes tea and photography oh and Dr. Who so I think these went down well. Also the fact I remembered went down well.

July

Dad's Birthday

Another firebox, they are not paying me honest. I got my dad the Spock (blue) one. I rang him to say Happy Fathers day and he was already wearing it. Result.

Living away from home, I love internet shopping for presents. It makes it about a million times less stressful, particularly since I work 60 hour weeks and anti-social hours for the post office, or even shops for that matter.

Foxy Locks Extensions, Superior Set: Colour 90 Platinum Blonde

Guess what came on Friday?!

My Foxy Locks extensions!

I Have been wearing extensions on and off now for the last four years. My hair never seems to grow longer than shoulder length. And that was even before I started experimenting with bleach and every shade and colour under the sun. It's been everything from black to green to pillar box red to purple to platinum blonde. And about several other colours.

Right now it's platinum blonde, which is more of a problem when looking for extensions. In extension colours Bleach Blonde 613 and Light Ash Blonde 60 are too yellowy for me. My previous Blonde extentions where Headkandy Bunny Blonde, which needed about four toning shampoos till they where close enough to wear, ut they were still a bit too yellow. I think toning them that much kinda killed them a little bit too, they'd always tangle and shed super badly. But they were so beautiful and soft and lovely when they came out the packet in April, I was almost tempted to try and get some yellow in my hair so they'd match. But after such a long process to get to Platinum Blonde from a super deep dark chestnut brown, I still don't want to give it up. The process pretty much destroyed my hair, which is now super short.

I'm so glad I got the Superior set which is 215 grams. Despite having super short hair, it is unbelievable think, and seems to grow outwards not downwards. It's so super soft. It holds curls so well even without hair spray (as you will see from the photos). 

With the Superior Set came; 1 quad weft with four clips (The Volumizer), two four clip wefts, two three clip wefts, two two clip wefts and four one clip wefts. After playing around with them a bit I think I've settled on the pefect way to clip mine in. This goes, working from bottom of the hair up; four clip, four clip, both three clip going from top of each ear to back, then two clip either side and the four clip Volumizer at the crown. With the single clips going wherever I feel are needed. I also add five one clip lilac streaks I put in between the three clip and two clip layers. If that makes any sense?

I absolutely love these extensions, they are the perfect colour, which means they don't have to go though the toning hell my Headkandy ones went though. They're getting super well looked after at the moment, mainly because they cost about 3 days of work (I tend to think of everything I buy in terms of how long it takes me to earn it at work).

The extensions have shedded slightly since I got them on Friday, but they do get worn a lot. But not half as much as my Headkandy ones used to. I hooved on Sunday and there was just so much hair on my floor. They also don't tangle as much either. The weft I wore at the bottom of my hair line, with the Headkandy set, would always tangle really badly which meant it shedded horrible when combed, even with a tangle tamer.

Overall, I really love these extensions, and I would urge anyone who's undecided between the 160g Deluxe and 215g Superior set to spend the little extra money to buy the Superior set, after having it, I can't imagin going back to 160g full head sets.

And finally here is a photo of the beautiful things in;

The waves I put in last night and they have lasted all day at work (a nine hour shift of running around). So they went in at quarter to eight this morning and came out at about ten o'clock this evening. With no hair spray! And just to compare and show how well these blend, this is a photo of me without extensions in. Super short;

Hc45: Hydrocortisone Acetate Cream

I have super bad eczema.

Nothing compared to when I was a kid and was literally covered in it head to toe. But it does like to come back with avengence every now and again. There is no warning it just happens. I know I'm allergic to most washing powders, bubble baths, shower gels etc. but even when I'm not in contact with them I'll get it. The doctors thought it might have been dietary, but even after cutting out food groups I still had it. I got diagnosed with stress at 15 and they think that might trigger it as well.

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It doesn't help I work with my hands a lot; barista/ bartender/ waitress I do a lot of cleaning, my hands get dirty a lot and they never get a rest.

Hc45 is my saviour. Not only is my eczema unsightly, most the time it looks like my hand is slightly decaying but it hurts. A lot. If I don't put a strong motisturiser on before I go to bed I will wake up with a claw and which kills to open as all the skin has to re-crack and split. Not fun.

Hc45 has to be bought at a pharmacy as it's one of those behind the counter medicines. I'm not sure why, I think it might be because hydrocortisone contains/is a steroid and it is a controlled substance.

It is literally a miracle cream. Within 4-5 days it will completely clear up even the worse case of my eczema. If I just have a little bit of dry skin somewhere I will put some on in the morning and by the evening it would have gone.

It comes in a 15g tube and I find that to get rid of my eczema I will barely use a 1/5 of the tube. So after that I tend to just use it as a hand cream and my work takes a lot out of they and it keeps them super soft.

This is defiantly a must for anyone who get dry and cracked skin. And that is everything I have bought today, apart from some pains au chocolat for breakfast and some cheesy chips for lunch. Total spend: 18.19 New points balance of Superdrug Caed: 708

Superdrug Manicure Set

As I said in the last post I got some fake nails before work today. As I was in a super rush this morning and my bag was already full with everything I need for being out of the house for 13+ hours I didn't pack my usual manicure set. That and I was super tired this morning after work 10am- 6:30pm yesterday as well as staff meal and meeting 7:30pm-12am so I stayed in bed till the last possible moment.

Anyway, I grabbed this quickly this morning while in Superdrug. It comes with nail buffer, nail file, cutical/ nail scissors, tweezers and a a toe nail clipped. All of these I already own, but on a bigger scale. They all come in a nice little black bag, which I think will come in super handy for putting in my bag. Occasionally my fake nails will; one fall off and need to be stuck back on or two half snap off. So I will be adding a little tube of nail glue to this set and keeping in my handbag for emergencies. For £3.99 it's not that bad really.

I like that they are all miniatures. It means they will take up little room in my already bursting bag. The nail buffer isn't amazing so I might replace that with the one that came with the fake nails. I think I find it a little bit rubbish because most of the time I have the remain of nail glue on my nails and need a courser buffer to get rid of it. The scissors, tweezers and toe nail clippers are all stainless steel as well so I'm hoping that just using them for touch ups means they'll last a while.

Does anyone else carry emergency mini beauty items in their bag?

Elegant Touch: Classic French in Simply Pink

I buy a lot of fake nails. I wear them all the time. I feel so much better having nice nails, even when I'm having a shit day nice nails make you feel way better. It also make me feel finished, if that makes sense?

This pack came with 24 nails in 10 sizes, nail file and nail glue. Occasionally you'll also get a wooden cuticle stick with some packs but I never really use them and I have a plastic one at home.

I'm on double shifts for the next couple of day. Which means leaving the house at 9:30am and not returning home till about 11pm at the earliest. So on my way to open up my boyfriends cafe/bar this morning I made a detour to Superdrug to pick up some new nails.

Elegant Touch are one of my favourite fake nail brands, I find they stay on a lot longer than most other brands. They are a lot more flexible and slightly thinner which I like. It's got to the paint where it takes me about 5 minutes to do both hands which is nice, so this morning I did my nails after opening up before anyone came in.

The nails I bought today had little tabs on the top of them which makes putting on fake nails about a billion times less messy. I have a little sucker tool at home I usually use for putting them on as it insures that there are no air bubbles between my real nail and the fake one. This is super important when apply French manicure style nails as the majority of the fake nail is translucent, so any imperfection on the nail, or with the glue will show though. Not massively, but I notice and it annoys me.

Although the instructions always say to just put the glue on your finger nail, I tend to put a bit on the fake nail as well. I find this will helps with not leaving any air bubbles. I do one hand at a time and make sure I leave any glue that has spilled onto my finger to dry, so when I start the second hand I won't leave any glue residue on the top of the fake nail as this leaves an uneven surface. And the whole point of wearing fake nails is to look completely polished.

Anyone else have any fake nail brands they would recommend?

(You'll have to excuse the low quality photos, I have a blackberry and I've lost the charger to my little Panasonic Lumix camera.)

Sunday Shopping

Seeing as I have enough make-up to last me forever, well forevers a bit of an over statement for the next few months or so, I have successful not bought anymore make-up since my tax rebate haul. So this means I've started spending more money on hair bits.

I can justify them all though.

L'oreal Paris Preference: 10.21 Stockholm: Very Light Pearl Blonde. My roots are insanely bad and I need to re-do them

Thinning Scissors: My hair tends to grow outwards rather than downwards, it needs to be thinned out and it's easier to use these than my kitchen scissors.

Hairdressing Scissors: To avoid dying my hair for a for more weeks, a while ago i re-cut in my block fringe. This has since grown quite quickly and needs to be trimmed again. But I can't find my kitchen scissors so I thought I'd better just buy some semi-proper ones.

Tinting brush: I have lost mine, it was 3 for 2 with scissors and as stated previously I need to do my roots.

Denman Tangle Tamer: My extensions get unbelievable tangled during the day. I'm not sure if it's because I had to tone them three times before they where nearly the same colour as my hair, been servilely attacked with hairdryer, straighteners and curling iron albeit with heat protection spray, or the fact the wind is insane down here at the moment. Or a combination of all of the above. I've already tried out the brush and it is super good. I usually use my paddle brush on my extensions, but they shed so so much. They still shed with the new brush but not even half as much. And it leaves my hair soooooo silky smooth.

Apart from some steaks and veg for dinner tonight, this is a complete round up of todays spending.


Total spending today: £26.17

Max Factor Pan Stik: Colour 13 Nouveau Beige Review

Now as I said in my Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream review, I have super light skin, so Nouveau Beige is quite a dark colour for me. But I bought it with the idea of mixing it with a mouturiser which pales down the colour. I did this because It is pretty much a grease paint. This doesn't mean it's greasy, although generally made from oil, it just means that it has amazing coverage and a very deep opacity. I first came across grease paint when I start playing around with SFX make-up and film work. I use it a lot on set for the actors as typical make-up will melt off under bright lights and won't give a glossy finish. I first started using the brand Dema-colour which is generally used for completely covering scars and blemishes, I tended to use it for giving latex pieces and SFX wax wounds a more realistic colour.

Anyway, getting back to the Pan Stik, I bought it because working in a night club it gets super hot. And when the bar gets busy you are making drinks as fast as possible. These things added together equal a lot of sweating. So I needed a foundation which could deal with that as I found all my other ones just couldn't deal with it.

When I use the Pan Stik I use any moisturiser I have to hand and a foundation brush and just mix a bit of each together. I do this because I found my skin does not agree with Pan Stik on it's own as it is a thick product. After I have applied it I set it with powder, it doesn't seem to matter what i use. After it's set, to make sure I don't have any tide lines, I use my usual foundation, Max Factor: Lasting Performance colour 100 Fair currently, over the top. Not loads just a light coating.

This then stays put forever. I have been know to be so tired when I get home at gone 3am than i fall asleep before I get the chance to take my make-up off and in the morning my make-up wipe is pretty dirty with Pan Stik. So that's a good 12 hours plus of it staying on my face.

I will update this with before and after photos when I next go to work. Because of the above reasons I am taking a few days off from Pan Stik as my face is not happy with me.

Maybelline Dream Fresh BB in Light

I bought this as I wanted something quicker than foundation to put on my face before work. I work loads running around a cafe/restaurant and bar/nightclub so I'm knackered most of the time. I like to sleep for as long as I can so this means being able to make my morning routine as quick as possible, Luckily I live less than 10 minutes away from work so I usually get up about 40 minutes before I have to leave the house. Most of the time I hit the snooze which gives me 30 minutes to have a cuppa tea, get dressed, put my make-up on and extensions in. When I write it down it sounds like ages, but in my sleepy state I never feel like it's long enough to do much properly. I like the fact that I can just put a dot of this on my finger tips and just rub it in to my face and I already look more awake than I feel. I don't have time in the morning, if I'm working, to do a whole wash, cleanse, moisturise, prime etc. etc.

Here is BB cream when first applied;

I have super light skin, it comes from the snow white/ english rose condition I inherited from my great grandmother. Super light skin, super dark hair. Which makes foundation super hard to find. When I first opened the BB cream I was worried it still wasn't light enough for my skin, but just using a little to cover my whole face, blends nicely. It pretty much does everything it says it does. Apart from "feels fresh" I think it just feels like putting a cream on my face for the first few second, like when you put anything wet on your face, it feels refreshing but it doesn't last. It might be because I occasionally whack on Clean&Clear: Morning Energy rather than BB cream and that feels far more fresher for longer than the BB cream.

Even after an eight hour shift of running around, being in and out of a super hot kitchen and around a coffee machine it still manages to stay put extremely well. It has obviously faded a little, but I still look awake and fresh after I've finished my shift. I would put a photo of after, but I haven't been to work today. It is my first day off in 12 days so I have decided to do very little.

I'm coming to the end of this tube at the moment and trying to decide whether to re-buy this one or try another BB cream. Has anyone got a BB cream they swear by?

3 Quick Film Reviews

I haven't got round to watching all the films I bought in my tax rebate binge, mainly because I rarely get any time off. When I do I just want to watch unbelievably easy films. Which is why I own so many despite being a Film Graduate who should know better. However, these films give me hope that someone will fund one of my stupid ideas. So first things first;

Lake Placid 3

After worrying I wouldn't understand the story line as I have missed out on this second installment of this epic trilogy(not) I whacked this on late one night. It has to be one of the best worst films I own. And as previously stated, I own a lot. The opening sequence is one of the best worst to these types of films, a couple start having some sexy times on the bank of the lake and in these hybrid slasher/monster films sexy time is always a bad idea if you want to live to the end of the film. They inevitably get eaten in a crocodile feeding frenzy.

We then get to move to what I assume is a semi three dimensional story-line, not that you ever particularly need one in these films. The family of the woman who was feeding the crocodiles in the first film are clearing out her lake side house, which looks completely different but I assume is suppose to be her house, after she has passed away. I think she actually got eaten in the second one. Basically, without giving to much away, some animals have gone missing, the park ranger tries to find them, he meets some teenagers on a camping trip, a poacher and some other people and reasonably quickly they discover there are a lot of varying sizes of CGI crocodiles in the lake. Que a feeding frenzy, lots of bloody death.

Basically it's like the first one but without the dark humor or semi-memorable characters.

Boob count: Only 2 sets of naked boobs.

Ozombie

This is pretty much as ridiculous as Lake Placid 3. If not more. If you haven't guessed from the title in this films universe Bin Laden has come back to life as a zombie.

I was aware this would be a slightly racist and ridiculous film, and it did have a £9 price tag. And for me a crappy horror film should never cost more then £5 but, on the back they're is some pretty impresive stills of the zombie make-up. I love SFX-makeup, I did it as my FMP for my degree. So I had to buy this film just to see. I loved it. The make-up was so well done, it made up for the crap CGI blood which was splattered all over the desert and vanished by the end of the fight scenes.

I can't really tell you what happens in this film. There's some NATO special forces people and they're in Afganistan doing something and then there's loads of zombies to fight. Some of them die, some of them survive. I didn't care who lived or died. I just liked the fight scenes.

ZombieLand

If you haven't guessed yet, I like horror films. I have an extensive collection which can rival my local HMVs horror section.

ZombieLand is one of my favorite recent zombie films. It's like an indie film but with zombies, and a budget. It's well written, I can watch it with people who don't particularly like zombie films and it's got Woody Harrelson in. I would agree with The Sunday Mirror that it is "The best zom-com since Shaun of the Dead" but that's because there really isn't many mainstream funny zombie films. Or at least hasn't between 2004 and now. The only one I can think of aff the top of my head is The Mad, I think I liked that more than both of them but it never really got big. Canada comes out with some pretty good horrors ever now and again. Hobo with a Shotgun being one of the latest.

There's been so much hype with ZombieLand I'm sure everyone knows about it. Even though the zombies run a little I don't mind too much. Usually I hate it. Re-make of Dawn of the Dead upset me quite a bit, but for some reason I don't mind it too much in this one.

I've still got Wrecked to watch, so I'm gonna try and find some time this week, but my diary's already pretty filled.

Wednesday Wish-list

I guess this is a pretty boring wish-list. Two things really?! Working between 40 and 60 hour weeks my window shopping has taken a nose drive. All I want to do is sleep. But my Headkandy hair extensions are coming to the end of the lives. They've had to be toned four times to get them as light/white as my hair and they get worn every day. So they're pretty battered. Just because I had to tone them so many times I've decided not to re buy them and to try out Foxy Locks platinum blonde. I here it's pretty good for super bleach blondes. So when they're back in stock they will be mine. I've also nearly destroyed my purse. It's just about hanging in there. I like the ice cream one from ASOS for summer :) It has occurred to me I am just replacing thins, non-necessary things, but replacing all the same. A year of having absolutely no money has made me become even more of a realist. I haven't decided if this is good or bad yet.

Masterpiece Max: High Volume & Definition Mascara by Max Factor

This is one of the things i bought on my tax return shopping spree. I'd gotten a little sample one just before Chirstmas in a free promotion at Boots. Spend more than £15 on Max Factor products and get £25 worth of products free. So I did. And when that ran out, I found another mini in a gift set in the Christmas sales for £1.99 in Superdrug. But unfortuntly this had gone a bit dry and was making my eyelahes all clumpy. So I decided to get the full sized one. It was under a tenner anyway.

So this is the mascara I've been usinf for the last 6 moths or so and apart from an Avon one I had which has lost all wording off the bottle it is one of my favorites. It is not to sticky and it makes my lashes super long. This is super important to me as I have to wear glasses all the time if I want to see and because I'm short sighted my glasses make my eyes look smaller. Also I only really get up about half an hour before I have to be any where so I'm pretty used to wacking on my make-up and leaving my house. If my mascara is too sticky I get black bits all over my glasses, which then ends up all over my face and hands and everything just goes wrong.

It;s quite a quick drying formular i find and even if i decide I want to do a super eye rub with my hand, it doesn't smuge. Which is useful because I'm either running around for 8 hours of the day with no mirrors around serving old people Cream Teas, or running around for 5 hours in a hot and sweaty night club dealing with drunk people. Sweat-proof make-up is pretty much all I have if I don't want to look like the girls who fall out of my night club at the end of my shift.

The brush is a pretty standard mascara brush, but I use an eyelash curler on my eyelashes before anyway and after putting mascara on them they hold the shape all day anyway, so I don't really need a super fancy brush which makes them curly. I just want to be able to brush some on and go. I only ever tend to wear one coat of it as well as I fond this is enough. Mainly because i work more often than not and I can't really be bothered to look really nice, because customers will complain no matter what you look like.

I've problby rambled on enough. To sum it up, this mascara does exactly what it says on the tin. HIgh Volume and Definition. Here are some photos to prove this, and for you're viewing pleasure. Before and after. On the before photo I have already curled my eyelashes. Well briefly anyway.

Hell yeah Tax Rebate

Last month I got a lovely tax rebate. Working two jobs and be taxed a bomb paid off a little. Despite the fact that instead of saving it, which I would of if it hadn't been taxed, I had a nice day of shopping by myself in Truro.

My shopping sprees are quite hit and miss. I either want everything of nothing. The first hour of the day was spent not finding anything I wanted. I was nearly defeated until I stumbled into pre-loved boutique. It's a lovely little shop which deals in pre-owned high street clothes and shoes. There I ended up getting a sheer shirt with all the spare buttons still on. I think it was £5.99. As I work in a restaurant where the uniform is smart shirt, and as I have tattoos on my arms which need to be covered up its defiantly been getting its wear. I also managed to get a pair of pin-striped grey tailored shorts for £3.99, once again for work and a bow print tunic dress, which is pretty much the cutest thing ever for £5.99.

Because my boots card has broken, I've started defecting to Superdrug, because that loyalty card works and I'm a sucker for them. Picked up a self tanning mitt because I lost my last one. Max factor panstick, max Factor mascara and mabyline BB cream, fake nails and nail transfers all of which I will review in their own posts.

I then skipped over to HMV for a DVD binge. Straight to the tiny horror sector, which my own collect rivals. Ended up with Lake Placid 3, ZombieLand, Wrecked and Ozombie. Reviews to come.

And that was my three shop spree.

I even had some money left over from my tax rebate to buy a yummy dinner.

Hello Internet.

After a nearly a year of being a graduate, with no graduate job, I have nearly dug myself out of my overdraft. Which I didn't even have as a student. Four months of unemployment and no income whatsoever drained any savings I made during 3 years of part-timing during my degree. Although I really shouldn't be buying things I don't particularly need, just want, I can't help myself. Like most girls, I am a shopaholic to some degree. I won't post about everything I buy, having a written record of just how many bags of peanut m&m's I get through would be utterly depressing. Instead it will mainly be clothes, makeup, hair stuff and DVDs.