My Debit Card Hates Me

As the title suggests I've went a on a bit of a shopping spree recently. I thought I'd let you see what I've bought.

It's buy two get one free in Boots at the minute so when I went in to get the micellar cleansing water I made the most of this deal and got two of them and then got the eye makeup remover free. I also needed to get some blistex and cotton pads as the ones I have at the minute are just about finished and the cotton pads were buy one get one half price. Boots always do great deals and I end up spending a fortune!

I love this time of year when next year's diaries hit the shops. I always buy my diary from Paperchase and spend ages picking out one. This year was no diffferent and I had finally picked out one after about 20 minutes looking at every one of them. I was just about to go and pay when I spotted this little beauty, normally I'm not a flowery kind of gal but the inside of it completely sold it to me. Its so cute. The diary was £14. 

Isn't it pretty!

Also I spotted some washi tape when I was in the shop and got it as I've been looking for some for a while. This cost £4.50.

I can never leave Paperchase without buying something, they have the cutest stationary and other wee bits and bobs.

I think every blogger is taking about Benefit's Christmas gifts and I treated myself to this little beauty. I had went to the benefit counter with my friend as she needed a new mascara and had no intention of buying anything and got so excited when I seen this. 

I love dandelion and I'm nearly out of my hoola bronzer so thought this was a great idea. The bellabamba is amazing and I can't wait to try them all out. This is such a bargain at £29.50 as each of these to buy separately is £23.50.

Hotel Chocolat always has to be visited when I'm in Belfast. It has the best chocolate and they always have little samples for you to try. I had seen on Instagram that they had brought out chocolate fudge and then when I called into the shop they were sampling it and it tasted amazing so needed to get some in my life. Also their chocolate solids are so good with a cup of tea so got the Tiddly Reindeer. They are £5.50 and the Chocolate Fudge is £3.75.

This coat took me by surprise as I had said to myself that this year I wasn't buying a new coat and wasn't on the look out for one. When I spotted this I fell in love with it straight away and got it as it's such a good buy. It will go with everything and it will be lovely over the colder months. Its currently on sale in New Look from £49.99 down to £37. 

I have been lusting over this scarf for absolutely ages so when payday came I knew I had to get it. I have such a soft spot for tartan and this matches up so nicely with my coat. This lovely scarf is a great bargain at £9.99. 

This jumper has caught my eye on a few occasions and thought it would be lovely teamed with a pair of skinnies and a checked shirt underneath. It's lovely and soft and not that itchy wool which I just can't deal with at all. It's in New Look for £22.99.

Lastly is this bargain. I had originally bought this in River Island round February and ended up returning it because I couldn't justify spending £45 on it. I tried it on so many times and send photos of it with numerous outfits to different people but in the end I just didn't think I'd get the wear out of it for that price. That all changed when it went on sale for £25! I immediately needed it back in my life, I went online and they only had a 16 left and I needed a 12, talk about gutted. My friends went on the hunt but to no avail so I hit trusty eBay thinking I'd never find it and if I did it wouldn't be such a bargain anymore. Then I seen one in my size and the highest bid was £12 so I immediately bid £15 in the hope no one would outbid me in the 3 days left on the sale. I was in luck and there was no more bids so in the end I got it for £20 including shipping which was fantastic. I'm so glad I've got it now and have wore it loads already. There's so many colours in it it literally goes with everything. I love the print and it's a good thick blazer so it's nice and warm 

Close up of the print

So there you have it for my shopping splurge. I'm now away to sit in my blazer and try out my benefit blushers while eating my chocolate. 

Beauty Products I Regret Buying

Everyone has those products they buy and are totally disappointed with them after the first couple of uses. I thought I'd put a blog post up about these products to share them with my readers.

First up is Benefit's They're Real. My mum actually got me this for my birthday, she went to get the Bad Gal mascara and they recommended this to her instead. I'm so fussy about mascaras, they have to have a proper brush not one of those plastic comb wands. This doesn't have a proper mascara wand so I immediately knew I wasn't going to be happy with this product. But I gave it a try anyway and was so disappointed with it. Its clumped my eyelashes together so it looked like I had 4 spiders legs coming out of my eyelids with no way of seperating them. I like to do two coats of mascara to thicken my lashes up but it was impossible to do a second coat with this mascara as my eyelashes were so stuck together. I was in the benefit counter again recently and she was trying to sell me this product but I told her I didn't like it and she said you either liked this one or the bad gal mascara, you couldn't like both. 

Next is Maybelline's baby lips. When these first came out everyone was raving about this so I couldn't wait to get my hands on one. After being out of stock in Boots for ages I finally got my hands on this one. This did nothing for my lips other than making them greasy I was gutted. After using by his for a whole day my lips felt so dry. My friend had been looking one and I said she could have mine because I wouldn't be using it, she bought her own and said the same as me that her lips were so dry after using it. I love the baby skin primer but this product just does nothing for me.

Next on my list is Soap & Glory; The Greatest Scrub Of All. It's meant to be a face exfoliater but its so rough I couldn't use itit as it actually hurt my skin. I found that if I mix a bit of it in with my usual face wash it's OK but I definitely couldn't use it alone as it would hurt my skin.

Last on my list is Topshop's Velvet Lips in Plush. Now I don't know if it's the same with all the colours or just this one but I used it once and that was enough for me. It doesn't go on evenly and when you try to build it up it wipes off with the applicator. And let's not talk about reapplication after eating or drinking! I reapplied after having lunch at work and it looked like I had some serious flaky lips going on, you would have to take it all off and start again which isn't good if your on the go. I ended up having to just put a lipstick the same sort of colour over the top of it to hide the mess.

So that's it for my products regrets, do you have any and if so what are they? I always love reading these as it helps me stay away from those products that haven't worked for other people.

Colder Month Staples

Now that it's getting colder outside I need to invest in some products so I don't look like a flakey mess! I thought I'd share some of the products I'd be lost without throughout the colder months!

First up is a lip scrub from Lush. One word to describe this product is amazing. Its smells and tastes yummy and gets rid of all that flaky skin on your lips. Its exactly what I need when wearing lipstick every day, it makes your lips so soft. You can get different flavours, but bubblegum is by far the best. Its £5.50 for 25grams and its lasts a lifetime so its definitely worth every penny.

Next up is Heel Genius by Soap & Glory. Anyone who knows me knows I use this as a hand cream as it's that bit stronger than hand creams and keeps my hands moisturised for longer. My hands get so dry in the colder months and I swear by this foot/hand cream. This retails at £5.50 and is currently on the 3 for 2 promotion.

Lastly it's Blistex Intensive Moisturiser. This is my total lifesaver when it comes to lip balms, I use nothing else. This doesn't leave my lips all greasy and shiny. This moisturises the lips instead of leaving a greasy coating on them which is what I love about it. I hate the likes of Vaseline which dry my lips out and end up making them sore. It also has a SPF10 which is great when the sun finally comes out. I always buy two or three of them so I have a back up and can put one in my hand bag and keep one and at home. This is £2.63, what a great wee bargain.

If anyone has any products they would like to share don't be afraid to comment below. 

I'm on a mission to get back into regular blogging again, I've missed it and my readers too. So I hope to have a few more posts up this week.