Payday Beauty treats: 3 for 2 on Rimmel London

Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick in 107

Rimmel Kate Lasting Finish lipstick in 016

Wake Me Up concealer in Ivory

Today has been one mad rush and I made a serious mess up on my mad dash in Boots. I got myself these two lipsticks and the concealer (3 for 2 - duh!) and then I thought I'd treat my secret santa at work to more than just £5. Is that breaking the rules? Or are we allowed to spend more if we want? Well I did anyway, I got her two nail polishes and the Kate Moss 107 lipstick, because lets face it, it's a must have. Got everything home and realised after picking up my 107 from the front, the one behind it wasn't actually the same. 

I looked at the swatch on the button and thought well it's not so bad, she might still wear that, opened the bullet and the whole end of the lipstick was mushed up in the lid. WHY? Why didn't I check it?! I'm going into Boots tomorrow to see what they can do, I mean I haven't even swatched it on skin so it's not even smeared, just a big mushy mess. What do we reckon? 

Week #50

Meeting Proudlock | Jamie Laing | Off out for some food

So the highlight of my week was probably watching 1D perform on the XFactor final. Wild! I spent most of the week sat at my desk in my pyjamas and as much as I hate wishing my life away, I cannot wait until this time next week when I'm kind of deadline free, but definitely dissertation free! 

Party girl

Photography: Lindsey Pritchard

Model: Naomi Elson

Hair & Make up: Naomi Elson

This is the last shoot in my series for this project. I don't normally work on the black scoop so these shots are a lot different compared to my usual ones but I'm still so happy with how they turned out. The disco ball was a much easier prop to work with and all the co-ord and two dresses are all from Missguided. Let me know what you think!

Flowers? Oh my!

Photography: Lindsey Pritchard

Model: Naomi Elson

Hair & Makeup: Naomi Elson

This was the second shoot in my Photographic Portfolio series and in all honesty I'm not as excited about these as much as I was the balloons. I was inspired to use flowers after flicking through a copy of Company magazine earlier in the year but when it came down to it in the studio we kind of weren't sure what to do with them. We spent over an hour playing around experimenting and these photos ended up being my favourites from the shoot.

Let me know what you think! 

Week #49

Boulle climbing the tree | Festive pigs in blankets | Christmas outfits | German Market | Advent calendar choices | Party photoshoot | My first Laura Mercier product | Gramp's cute note

By the time I finished work last night, at 9 o'clock, I managed my beef stew that Dad made for me then went straight up to bed. The thought of getting my laptop out and blogging was too much. My week was made on Saturday night by the little note my Mum passed to me in the last photo. My Gramps wrote it, it's a book title with the author and where Mum can buy it from - 'Hamma son'. To me and you, that's Amazon. He's so cute I can't even handle it.

Christmas is in full swing round our house. Boo is still on his quest to be the white polar bear on top of the tree, I've been cooking pigs in blankets - my favourites! Dan's Dad gave me an advent calendar to add to my 1D one and on Thursday night we visited the German Market, which I didn't take nearly enough photos than what I had hoped to!

Other than that I haven't really left the house this week on a mad quest to finally write my dissertation. I photographed my final shoot of the year which actually all ended up being Missguided. I think they're so on the money this season and my three outfits for over Christmas are all from their website.

The payday beauty treat: Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation

Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation: £33

I started this new tradition a few months back whereby every payday I treat myself to something beauty related. Now I know you may be thinking 'blimey you only pick something up on payday!'. Well let me tell you, H&M have this lovely thing called fortnightly paydays. Oh they are wondrous.

Last night I went to the German Christmas Market in Birmingham and couldn't resist a quick trip to the beauty hall in Selfridges. I knew exactly what I wanted and had a brief moment of panic when I stepped off the escalator and the floor had been moved around. After having a quick frantic run around for the counter I was quickly matched to the shade Beige Ivory. Silk Creme is a medium coverage which is perfect for this time of year and all the Christmas'y things we've got planned over the next few weeks.

Mustard jumper

H&M jumper
H&M jacket
Topshop jeans

Topshop boots

Topshop hat

Primark necklace

Primark socks

I've gone a little bit jumper mad this year. I don't want to be caught out in the cold again after last winter. Brrrr! I picked up this mustard number in work last week intending on wearing it with a skirt. Well, said skirt was shorter than the jumper, which wasn't quite the look I was going for. So my jeans are standing in for now since I was so desperate to wear it. I'm thinking of maybe getting a leather bodycon skirt to wear with it and doing a bit of tucking at the front. I'm not quite sold on bodycon skirts though, I'm pretty bottom heavy so I'm not sure a tight skirt is going to really do it for me.