It's nearly Christmas!!! I'm super excited for Christmas, I think I have been since September ish. I'd normally be itching to get the Christmas decorations up now, but fortunately for my Mum and Dad we are all going to Center Parcs tomorrow, so it has to be put off for a week. Oh man a little bit sad about the whole decoration thing but how exciting a little break away.
Saturday brought the start of Advent Calenders and my Mum bought everyone but me one, maybe this means I get a special one! Who knows haha. I have pulled together a selection of my most used things for this month to tell you about and maybe just maybe you'll like them too.
Fashion related things first:
Blue Tartan Scarf: This scarf was actually my Dad's, thanks Dad! It's just the right length for me, I hate the feeling of being swamped in a massive scarf. I find that it's so easy to style and goes really well with my studded leather jacket from
Zara. This particular scarf is years old so I'm not even sure where it was from, although you can get similar ones (just in a different less wooly fabric) from the men's section in Primark, for around £3.
Wooly Hat: I love this hat, it's super cosy and looks so cute. It's from River Island last year, but I'm sure they will bring a similar style out this year. Topshop also had some like this just the furry bit was a shorter fur rather than long. Keep a look out this Christmas for cosy hats.
Fur Cossack Hat: I also love this hat, I only got this kind of recently (well September!). It's more of a dressy hat for say a cold night when you're more dressed up than usual. Although I would wear it to go shopping round my local town. I think it adds a bit more to an outfit, it's a lovely classic piece for your wardrobe. This particular hat is from
Miss Selfridge, it was £20 but I got 10% Student Discount off (before my card ran out!).
Studded Clutch Bag: The bag everyone ran out to get! I went to Zara kind of wanting the black version but fell in love with the cream. I haven't used it primarily as a clutch bag yet but I have used it as a 'keep hold of my valuables' in my everyday bag. I use the Oversized Mulberry Alexa (in Patent Oak Leather) and if you've seen/have this bag you'll understand how hard it is and how easy it is for things to go missing in those things! So this little bag has been my saving grace, it's really hand and also can add a pop of glamour to an outfit over this Christmas season. I think this bag is sold out but Topshop do a great alternative although it's a little more pricey and Primark do their take on this bag for around £6.
Hair Cuffs: I find that when I want to just throw my hair up into a 'Clarissa Explain It All' hair do, these cuffs are amazing at just adding a bit of something to the look. They make a messy hair up do look so chic and classy. They are around £2.99 each from H&M, I'm pretty sure they have even brought out a gold cuff and pyramid spike one.
Beauty Bits:
Milan 100ml Perfume: I know this perfume isn't really a Winter scent, I would normally go for my Alien or Tom Ford perfume around this time of year as they are more of a Winter smell. But the range of perfumes at Next is lovely, I particularly am in love with the Milan scent so much so I bought the big bottle which is only £12. It's the most amazing smell, but lets not have me butcher it. Here is how
Next describes it,
'A vibrant fruity fragrance with a floral heart and a lingering woody base. Confident yet feminine this scent conveys a stylish and fashionable edge'.
Orb Mac Eyeshadow: I use this eyeshadow everyday just to even out the colour of my eyelids, it also really helps to set any concealer that I may use on my eye lids. I find that using this stops my eye lids not to get really greasy and crease any shadow that I may have on. All round Mac eyeshadows are amazing and are very much worth the money.
Natural Collection Blushers: These two blushers in particular have become staples in my make up routine, I find myself switching between the two. Pink Cloud is a nice natural blush for my skin tone, adding a little pinky flush to the face. Sweet Cheeks is the perfect colour to wear when I wear a red or darker lip, I find it doesn't draw attention too much to my cheeks but also makes me look like I have colour in my cheeks. If that makes sense! They are so cheaply priced too which makes them more desirable, I will certainly be looking at the other colours asap!
Mac Lustre Lipsticks: I won't go too much into the formula of these lipsticks as I'm sure you all know about them by now! I guess what drew me to these formulas is the way you can go for a sheer glossy look or a really vibrant colour. I love the darker/sparkly of the two, Milan Mode is a really lovely berry pink shade with lovely sparkles running through. I'm not a sparkly lipstick kind of girl but this is really subtle and looks lovely when on. LoveLorn is a really nice shade, I have quite a pale skin tone so this shade is a 'my lips but better' colour with a more pinky undertone to it. I've also got quite into mixing the two shades together, they are just extremely easy lipsticks to wear day to day.
Cuti-Lips Leighton Deny: I've really got into doing my nails and getting gel manicures lately, I used to be really bad for biting my nails, so far so good with the 'no chewing' ban! I bought this from a spa in Center Parcs over a year ago, but I've recently rediscovered it in my nail polish drawer. It's more of a balm consistency which you can rub on your nails/cuticles or even use on your lips. I thought it might have a funny smell but it's a slight subtle aloe vera ish smell, nice really. It has really stopped my cuticles/nails drying out in this awful Northern weather that we have where I live.
Have you tried any of these products? Have you got any you could recommend me to try!?
oxo
