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!
♥
