Topshop, Superdrug and Yankee Candle Haul

Hi.. My name's Hannah and I have a problem.

I used all the willpower that I have inside of me and it was still no use in helping me to resist going for a little shop and buying lots of new things. I've been feeling a little down recently and the one thing that cheers me up better than anything else, yes, even better than Ben and Jerrys and a cup of tea ..is shopping! I had a little splurge on Topshop make up, picked up a few skin and hair care items in Superdrug, placed an online order with Yankee Direct, and also one with Models Own (eep!).

Topshop

 

I got myself two new nail varnishes (not that I need any more), one metallic shade 'Glimmer' (£6.00) and a matte shade 'Celestial' (£5.00). The shade 'Celestial' was chosen by my giveaway winner so I picked up one for her and liked the look of it so much that I got one for myself too. After much swatching and a handful of pink streaks down the back of my hand I decided on a bright pink matte lipstick in the shade 'All About Me' (£8.00). Finally, after eyeing up the 'Sunbeam' highlighter for about a year I saw Kayleigh's review on the 'Crescent Moon' one a couple of days ago and decided that one looked like a far nicer shade so changed my intentions and headed straight for 'Crescent Moon' (£10.00) instead. I held them side by side each other in the shop and there is quite a considerable colour difference between the two, and even the description on the packaging; 'Crescent Moon' is listed as 'white' and 'Sunbeam' is listed as 'yellow'.

Superdrug

I was disappointed when I got to Boots and found that their 3 for 2 offer isn't on anymore because I had a big long mental list of things that I wanted to get! However, I hadn't been browsing long when quite a scummy looking pregnant lady started causing a scene in the middle of the store. At first there was just a few raised voices and as I couldn't quite see where the commotion was coming from I just assumed it was a woman telling off her child.. but then the shouting continued and when I heard the line 'f**king touch me again and I'll kill you' I knew this was more than a mother and child incident! It continued to 'get your hands off me, I'm waiting until the police get here' and 'I'm pregnant, you've assaulted my baby' and because the voices were so, so loud the entire store had stopped what they were doing and were engrossed in watching this argument. Human nature prevailed and I peeked around the ailses to find the source of the trouble and it was infact between a woman and a security guard! I have no idea how this whole situation started off but I popped my head around the corner just in time to see her swing an almighty punch right in the security guard's face!! This is most certainly not something I am used to seeing at 1pm on a Friday in the middle of Boots! The security guard kept his cool the best he could while another guard ran to help the situation and the woman started angrily thrashing her arms around to get away and started pushing and kicking all of the surrounding stands! It really was quite an experience to see - Benefit and Clarins products flying through the air, lipsticks scattered everywhere, skin care smashing across the floor - wow! As curious as I was I thought it was best I scooted myself out of the store before it went any further as it was pretty certain she was about to be arrested and I didn't want to be one of those gawping members of the public that just stands and watches it all go down, so I quickly escaped and ran to Superdrug instead!

That was nothing to do with my shopping, I just wanted to tell the story! But incase you didn't know Superdrug is now running a 3 for 2 offer instead, only on cosmetics/make up though. I picked up three Nivea items; a raspberry lip butter (£1.25), a rich moisturiser to combat the dry skin that winter brings (£3.00), and their newly released moisturiser/primer that every girl and their grandma seems to be talking about recently (£3.99). I also picked up the VO5 moisture soak elixir (£4.25) that is regularly raved about by Lily - I did think it seemed a little pricey for what it is so I hope that it works! On a complete whim I picked up something I have never seen before and that is the Tresemme Liquid Gold Restorative Treatment (£3.45) and I only really got it because it was on offer and I liked the name 'liquid gold' *big sigh*.

Models Own

Following my ridiculous splurge during the Models Own 50% Summer Sale I have found a new favourite brand of nail varnish. I think they’re spot on with the quality and the price is great – plus their shade range seems to be never ending. It feels like only a week ago Models Own brought out the Mirrorball collection, a collection that didn’t really tempt me, but now they’ve brought out the Wonderland collection for winter and oh my. I. am. in. LOVE! The collection consists of five different types of glitter polishes and I wanted to exercise at least some restraint by not buying the entire set and only selecting two. After trawling the Internet for good quality swatches I settled for Jack Frost and Northern Lights. I am extremely happy with my choice and I just cannot stop staring at the beauty in a bottle. I don’t think that Northern Lights comes across as well as it could do in the pictures, but trust me it is beautiful! (£5.00 each).

Yankee Candle

Whilst in a spontaneously festive mood I ordered 11 Yankee Candle tarts from Yankee Direct which are predominately Christmas scented - it's never too early! The scents include 'Christmas Tree', 'Christmas Cookie', 'Christmas Cupcake', and 'Christmas Eve' - Christmas Eve has a smell? Really? I also picked up some others that are just generally seasonal appropriate: 'Cinnamon Stick', 'Spiced Orange', 'Sugared Apple'.. and the list goes on. (£0.90 - £1.10).

Random

I picked up Glamour magazine for £2.00 because of the free Nails Inc nail polishes that come with this months edition and these full size bottles retail at £11.00 a pop so it’s great deal, especially when Glamour is my fave mag to read anyway – it always makes me feel like a strong and independent woman after reading it. None of the four shades available particularly tempted me but in the end I went for ‘Glitter Glamour’ because you can’t go wrong with a glitter! I found this great post here: link that contains swatches of all four of the shades if you need help deciding. I also got two bars of the new Dairy Milk with Oreo because these seem to be like gold dust – I can’t find them anywhere! I don’t know why Tesco and Co-op don’t stock these. I found these bars for £1.00 each in Poundland.
 

 

My little student overdraft won't be able to withstand this addiction for much longer - get me to shopping rehab asap!

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