feeling floral..

hey lovelies :)

Just a quick outfit of the day post today, I'm not doing much as far as I know, maybe popping out later but apart from that I just have some overdue work to do - *sniff.

I went shopping to Primarni yesterday and I am so pleased with the things I got, a couple of the items follow:

on me face:

Miss Sporty so clear foundation in light

Coralista blush by Benefit

on me eyes:

Grey & Bronze from Beauty UK palette 4

2true liquid eyeliner

Collection 2000 black eye khol

Max Factor false lash effect mascara

on me lips:

M.A.C. viva glam gaga lipstick 

love necklace / Topshop (which i'm obsessed with at the moment!)

below are my new brogues from Primarni - they are light-ish pink and have a low chunky heel, i really like them and i think they will be a staple in my wardrobe :)

i'm wearing:

Floral Jumper / Primarni

Jeans / Gap

Belt / Camden market

Brogues / Primarni

has anyone else taken a trip to Primark recently?

happy saturday lovies :)

daisydolly X

It's out with the old and in with the new...

Hola chickens :)

About a month ago, I was a walking advert for The Collection 2000 16-hour wear foundation and concealer and the shine away pressed powder. I was telling people that they were good quality and great value, and should go out straight away to buy them.

So it turns out I may have been wrong..

I suffer from really bad combination skin, which is really oily making it acne prone, but at the same dry and tight feeling. And I'm also super-duper sensitive to just about everything and prone to reacting to most products. And it really does suck. I'm always so envious of my friends who can just leave the house with no face make up on and feel confident. When I have to put on concealer to cover blemishes, foundation to even out my skin tone and then powder so that I'm not attracting magpies all day because I'm so shiny.

So when I found the foundation, concealer and powder combo from Collection 2000 (a brand I normally trust because it's mascaras and eyeshadows are actually really good) for a cheap price, I thought it was a win-win situation, the foundation even claims to be oil-free which is a bonus. But as I've been using the trio, my skin has been getting progressively worse and worse, so it's time for..

..out with the old and in with the new.. :)

^^there's the old...

♥ ♥ ♥

and here's the new!

Miss Sporty is a brand that I rarely give a second thought, I have a crazy purple lipstick from there and that's it. But when I was in Superdrug this afternoon I spotted the golden words '4 Anti-spot actions', 'Anti-Bacterial' and 'Dermatologically tested for young skin' - I have to say I was chuffed with my find :).

So my lovely mummy, who could see I was very sad about my bad skin, offered to buy me the lovely new trio so that I could try them out and see if my skin was going to improve.

So that's what I shall do.

All three products claim to:

♥ Absorb excess oil from the skin

♥ Clarify skin and minimize spot breakout and blemishes

♥ Moisture skin thanks to emollient agents

♥ and Help control shine

If the products really do all those lovely things then pretty soon I will be a happy chappy :)

So far I have just tried out the foundation on my hand and it feels really lights and blends really nicely, and it also has a light clean scent which is fresh and pretty :).

These products were very cheap, the foundation and powder being £2.99 and the concealer stick only £1.99. But I feel like I trust what they are saying on the packet and if they do what it says on the tin, then money really is no object.

I will be trying my new purchases out over the course of the next few weeks and will let you know how it goes :).


Has anyone else had problemos with the collection 2000 products?
Or has good or bad things to say about the Miss Sporty ones too?

Au revoir for now.

lotsa love

daisydolly X

things I'm currently lusting after...

I'm always always always lusting after many things, here are the top five at the moment...

MeMeMe Cheek-E Blusher in Peach-E, £4.99

I have heard goooood things about this cream blush and it looks like a lovely summery peachy pink for my holiday in Mallorca in a few days time, just gotta go out and buy it first...

You Rebel Lite tinted moisturiser - Benefit, £21.50.

I had this applied during a make over and instantly fell in love.

Sadly I'm not sure I can splash out for it. Christmas methinks?

models own powder blush in warm glow - Boots, £5.

Do you really need another peach coloured blusher? I hear you say.

Well the answer is: Don't be silly, of course! ;)

Gosh lipstick in Darling - Boots, £6.

love, love, love it ♥ nuff said.

Long, voluminous hair, priceless.

I have, since I can remember, wanted long hair. But being the idiot I am, I keep going to the hairdressers and getting it cut short, something just takes over me when I walk in a salon. But I am determined to grow mine now. And I will have hair like Cheryl Cole by the end of 2011. I will.

Hope you enjoyed this post :)

Anything you're currently lusting after?

Don't forget to follow!

lots and lots of blog lurvee xoxo

a tour of my room :)

hello lovelies!

So, recently I tidied and re-arranged my room and made it much more prettified than it was before :) and I thought I would show people on here.

So, here we go...

My bed and my lovely shoes picture.

The Bed is from Ikea and so is the canvas of the shoes.

My nail bar :) The piece of paper is swatches of all of them - hehe I was very bored when I made this! All my Barry M ones at the front ♥

My patriotic chair.

Union jack cushion is from Store 21 and was £6! I really recommend Store 21 for homewares, you can find some really great bargains.

Spotty pink cushion is from Next, I think it was about £12 or £15.

Marilyn Monroe poster :) (HMV - £3.99)

Shoesies canvas :)

My makeup brush collection - I put all of them into a pretty jam jar and stuck a cute pink bow on it :) and put some gorgeous candles out as well. And the teddy's name is Eddie :)

My 'most-worn' jewellery and perfume. Rings on the hand, studs in the little box and dangly earrings in the cupcake mug. The perfume is 'Love ETC' by The Body Shop and I ♥ it, I picked it up for about £7 at a town fayre on a discount stall (yay) but I think it's usually £12, not sure.

My mirror and my necklaces. I stuck some pretty satin hearts on the mirror that I got for valentines day a few years ago, hehe.

My storage. My beauty stuff, hair stuff and makeup in the draws. My 'occasional' jewellery in the blue and silver box and my school books in the basket :)

My 'motif' wall ♥

Just things I liked and were nostalgic for me, I stuck on the wall, pictures, magazine clippings, pics of fit guys haha, messages, song lyrics etc.

The top draw of my white drawers (a couple of pictures before). This is my face bases, blushes and bronzers and my moisturisers and wipes. Basically just face essentials :)

Second draw. Eyes and lips :)

My EVERYTHING chair, makeup chair, hair chair, beautifying chair, just general 'sitting on' chair etc, lol. :)

I thought this was a pretty funky way of using the lid of my perfume 'Marc Jacob's Daisy' - which is my name yay! I finished the product but didnt want to get rid of the lid so I decided I would stick on one of my bed knobs. Love it ♥

So, that's the end of my room tour - I hope you enjoyed reading if you got this far and please follow if you haven't already done so.

Bye m'lovies xoxo

haul: Boots & Superdrug

hey beautiful people :)

I went shopping today with a couple of mates and went absolutely crazy :) I got loads!

I had a 'free makeup lesson' at the Benefit counter in Boots and had a makeover - which was so fun :) I would really recommend booking one, they're free and the products really are gorgeous, I couldn't buy this (as it was too expensive), but the girl used 'You Rebel Lite - tinted moisturiser' on me and it was amazing - I am definitely lusting after that ;)

So yeah, let's get on with the haul...

all the products :)

Stuff from 17 at Boots.

At my makeup lesson at Benefit the girl gave me a really pretty purple eye - so since I can't really afford Benefit I went to 17 and tried to recreate the look for less money ;)

-x2 eyeshadows in Regal (the navy blue) and Punky Purple - £3.49 each

At the moment they have an offer where if you spend more than £6 you get a free Bronzing Summer Glow kit which includes -

-1x Mirror Shine lipstick in Sugar Daddy

-2x Eyeshadows in Ivory Coast and Statuesque

-1x Instant glow bronzing powder in medium

-1x Bronzing brush & 1x eye applicator

I never really use these free gift things but I thought this was quite generous for only spending 6 pounds - a nice thing to have in the draw :)

-beautyuk eye shadow and eye liner collection 1

This is their new palette and looks quite cool, I was going for bright colours and this looked perfect :) - £3.99

I had two of the £5 off vounchers for No.7 and Ruby and Mille cosmetics so went to look :)

I have always liked the look of their eyebrow pencils and needed a base for eyeshadow so these two things were perfect :D

I bought

-Beautiful brows pencil in 10 brown/black - RRP £7.25, I paid £2.25 :)

-Stay Perfect Smoothing and Brightening eye base - RRP £7.50, I paid £2.50 :)

Stuff from 2true at Superdrug.

They always have a 3 things for £5 offer here so I got

-True Colour Blusher in Shade No. 3 (I plan to use this as a bronzer)

-Eyeshadow Dazzler in No. 9 (you can't really see this - it's a lovely bright, royal-type blue)

-Gloss-wear Lipstick in Shade 7

Stuff from Natural Collection at Boots.

I have a lot of neutral eyeshadows and not many pinks so I went for these to be different :)

They also always have a 3 products for £5 offer

-Duo Eyeshadow in Frost Shimmer/Aqua Shimmer

-x2 Single Eyeshadows in Candy Floss (the brighter one) and Soft Pink

AAAH I'm so excited about this ♥ it's absolutely gorgeous!

When I had my makeover the girl used this on me and I instantly fell in love with it :) the colour is so so pretty and ahh, it's just fab ;D

-Coralista Blush - £23.50

Luckily, I didn't have to fork out the money for this - I had a £25 boots card for my birthday so I could get this and I'm so glad I did! CAN'T WAIT TO USE IT ♥

well, that's the end of this haul.

I'm going to Primark tomorrow with my Mum and I will just tell you what I plan to buy so I don't have to do another haul :) I will be getting the foundation/concealer brush and the Kabuki brush so I might do a review of them soon!

But that's all for now :D

Hope you enjoy this post and happy thursday!

lotsa love xoxo

haul: ELF

As promised here is my haul from the website eyeslipsface.com. I ordered my stuff yesterday and was expecting the things to come much later this week, but they arrived the next day! Which has made me love ELF even more :)

Hope you enjoy this post!

here they are! :)

Mineral foundation in 'light (for light skin and golden undertones)' - £3.50

I've never used or had a powder foundation before, usually sticking to liquid ones, dream matte mousse or no foundation at all! But I really like the lightness and sheer coverage of this foundation :) It's a good colour for my skin tone and also claims to work with your natural skin pH balance and match your skin - which is pretty funky :) The only thing I would say is I find it a but tricky to shake out of the pot, so not great packaging. But overall a nice (cheap) product ;)

Complexion perfection - £3.50

This product is amazing! Probably my favourite of the lot :)

The texture is weightless and makes your skin look so light and flawless and gives a nice healthy and beautiful glow :) The balance of minerals claim to matte skin, neutralise redness and brighten - and this product definitely does this :D I have tried lots of pressed powders before and this is the best! I would recommend a lot (especially at that price!). A must buy.

Studio blush in 'tickled pink' - £3.50

I really like this blush. I have heard a lot of good things about the ELF blushes and I wasn't disappointed :) The colour is gorgeous and has a lovely light shimmer and it is really pigmented and blends really evenly on the skin :) the only thing I would say is it's tiny! haha

E.L.F tools, eye widener -£1.50

This products claims to create a wider and bigger looking eye when applied to the waterline. Considering this product is very cheap I wasn't expecting that much and I wasn't bowled over with it's quality - the white colour is quite faint on the waterline however it looks better around the inside of the eye and as a highlighter on the brow bone :) It does come with a built in sharpener though! Every cloud has a silver lining :)

Total face brush - £1.50

I really wanted the powder brush from the studio line but it was 'coming soon' so I settled for the regular brush. It's not the softest brush I've ever used but it does give even coverage and works well with the foundation :) and you can't really go wrong with £1.50!

hope you enjoyed this post ;D

lotsa love xoxo

hello summer lovelies :)

Just a quick post to say that soon I will be doing an ELF.com haul :)

I just ordered a few products that I really wanted to try so I will check them out and then blog about them and score them out of ten!

I love receiving parcels in the post :) do you? lotsa love xoxo

here is a quick pretty picture to put everyone in a summer mood :)

ah! that place, wherever it is, looks so lovely! I need a holiday like that!

Also, I just thought that I would give you a quick preview of the very first bit of my novel, 'There You'll Be'. This is the first part of Chapter One, I don't have many followers at the moment - but if you come across this blog then please follow and if I get enough followers and it's worth it, I will keep posting bits of the story on :)

Hope whoever reads this enjoys and please comment!

One

“Just take your time, Grace,” A plump woman with a blue and white police outfit, with a faint Irish accent said to me, “tell us everything, about your Mum and about him. Try not to miss out any details. I know it’s hard for you, but it’s important. We need to know everything,” she clicked a button on a tape recorder and a low buzzing noise filled the room, “whenever you’re ready.”

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Have you ever noticed that if you stare at something for long enough it can start to change? Even the flattest of objects if you keep your eyes on them and really concentrate can start to morph and form faces. As I sit here I wonder what I’m seeing change, perhaps it’s a part of me, like the terror that I bury so deep within, somewhere inside that sometimes even I can’t reach, like it’s is spilling out uncontrollably. From being trapped in my breath and pumping through my blood then escaping and filling the air and changing everything around me, making things terrifying.

6 months ago I was normal. Just normal Grace. I had a best friend, good grades with the exception of Maths and Physics, a pet cat called Pat who I adored, I did my homework on time, washed up the supper plates with my Dad listening to The Beatles every night, went to the park at weekends sitting listening to music on the grass and laughing with the people I loved to spend time with and lay on the sofa on Wednesday evenings under a blanket with my sister watching Corrie. 6 months ago I was so different. 6 months ago I had a mum.

The day we found out was the 14th April 2007. Now I look back on it, it feels like a dream, a blur that I can barely remember. It’s like I’ve blocked it out of memory and put it somewhere at the back of my mind which I can’t reach and each time I try and grab for it, it tumbles further away.

hope you like it! :D

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