My day in Hollyoaks!

I can't believe its took me sooo long to put up this post! I went to be in the audience for the Hollyoaks music show back in May (the studio is only about half an hour away from me) and I totally forgot to do a post for it until now - actually I was only reminded because I watched Britains next top model and they were looking round the Hollyoaks set!

Here is the McQueens house, I love the McQueens they're such a great TV family! It's so funny though because theres actually nothing behind that wall!

Here I am outside Il Nosh... we got to dance on the tables inside after this was taken!

and here I am at the pub...

 and outside the SU Bar...

and by the 'canal', wich is actually just like a little pond in real life! They do some very clever camera trickery at the Hollyoaks studios!

All in all it was a pretty fun day - but we did have to wait around A LOT in between filming! I do not envy TV people.. well actually thats not true, if I was getting paid for it I'd  probably love waiting around alot! 

Aaaaand a few weeks later I got to see myself on TV!!!! For like a second, but still it was a big moment for me and probably one that wont happen again!

Boots!!!

I want these Boots soo much it hurts a little bit!

Ahh look at them aren't they gorgeous!? These are the Helsan boots by Malene Birger and they retail for about £333.  I love the ankle strap and the platform, and the cosy sock detail and the grip at the bottom means they'd a good buy for winter! Also they have a side zip so you don't have to mess about tying up those laces! However at the moment £333 is just a little out of my price range, thinking about it the most I've ever spent on shoes so far is £70! On my list of things to do is to one day own a pair of designer shoes, but alas that day is today! (or even in the foreseeable future!)

Sooo I did a little research to see if I could find similar boots which were a little less pricey and I've decided to share what I found with you!

There are quite a lot of nice boots like this around at the moment...

This pair from Next (£70) are a pretty good dupe - and also have a zip fasten to save fiddliness!

Also from Next are these cute little skater boots (£60) although they lack the time saving zip!

Next up are these Bullboxer boots available from Barratts (£55)

 These comfy looking boots are from River Island and come in at £74.99 (no zip by the looks I'm afraid though!)

Although they don't have the lace detail I was looking for, this pair also from River Island, really caught my eye! (£74.99)

And if you liked the RI boots but are looking for something cheaper, this pair from New Look are a bargain at only £29.99

Again they don't have the lace detail I was looking for, but I really like this pair, also from New Look  (£34.99)

However I think my favourite lookey likey has to be this pair from Dune - which also just so happen to be the most expensive of the bunch at £125, typical! I just love a chunky platform sole though, and these definitely deliver on that! And they have a zip yay!

Thats enough drooling over boots, time to get some sleep!

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FOTD - Khaki Shimmer

Here’s a face of the day from about a month ago! Only just got round to putting it up!
If my memory serves me correctly I used the following products:

Face: 
-    No. 7 Lifting and Firming foundation in New Ivory
-    Topshop highlighter in Sunbeam (Near the outer corner of my eyes up to the temple)
-    Make Up Academy blusher (No colour name apparently!)

Eyes:
-    Outer Corners: Max Factor eyeshadow in Burnt Bark (Serious staple of mine now)
-    Eyelid: Collection 2000 Dazzle Me Eye Dust in Lustrous (Gorgeous greeny goldy colour)
-    Inner Corner: Topshop highlighter in Sunbeam
-    Water Line and Lower Lash Line: Urban Decay 24/7 pencil in Stash
-    Mascara: Volume Glamour by Bourjois in Noir Ébène (Ebony black)



(Can't remember about lips - I think it was just lip balm!)



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Mini Topshop Make up Haul

Sooo first things first, I finally got down to Topshop today to take look at their new make-up. I had a whole list of things I wanted but when I got there I was surprisingly good – maybe because I’d already bought tonnes of make-up elsewhere! (I’ll get to that later on!)

Here’s my hand after having been in the shop! I didn’t go too crazy because there was a shop lady tidying and cleaning all the make-up and I felt bad hovering around her!

(Left to right: Metallic Kohl in first light; Metallic Kohl in Moontide; Crayon in Sunshower; Crayon in Moonshine; Lipstick in Brighton Rock; Kohl in Thistle; Lip Stick in Rosa; Crayon in Sea; Kohl in Coal; the shiny pink patches are the lip polishes in Smoothie and Coral- the colour pay off didn’t seem great with them)

And this is what I ended up going for:

Kohl in Thistle, Metallic kohl in First Light and the Highlighter in Sunbeam

I have to say I am sooo happy with what I got! The highlighter and Thistle kohl had been on my wish list, but I had expected to want the crayon in Sunshower, when I saw it though I realized I had an Urban Decay pencil of exactly the same colour which can do the same job and to be honest can look a bit too garish on my pale skin! Maybe when I’ve got a bit of a tan! I did really like the Crayon in Sea and also the Lip Stick in Rosa, but not so much that I had to have them there and then, I’ll wait a while and if I still want them in a few weeks I’ll get them then – trying to be a little bit sensible!

And the swatches:

The highlighter is just lovely, and it looks so nice on the eyes as well, will try put up a face pic with it on soon (I’m looking all messy having been to work and then shopping! Long day!) It’s something I can tell I’m going to use a lot this summer!  I’m thinking maybe I’ll get another and have a little giveaway?!

I love the colour of Thistle, but I knew I would it’s just my kinda colour! I have a few eyeshadows this colour but not an eyeliner so I feel justified in buying it!

The real surprise is the First Light kohl, I hadn’t really looked at it on the website (their photo is bit pants!) but it really caught my eye when I swatched it. It’s the most beautiful silver-purple colour, very metallic and really pretty! My photo doesn’t do well to capture the purple/lilac tones in it and I cannot wait to wear it!

Something else that looked a lot nicer in real life than on the website is the eyeshadow trio sunstar, the red in it is just gorgeous and I may get it just for that!

I bought quite a lot of foundations as well today for some weird reason! But I put the rest of what I bought in another post because my internet is going funny on me!

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