ALL SAINTS DRESS

EASY LIKE THURSDAY MORNING for me! I have the day off and I'm loving lounging around in my own filth eating cereal and watching my beloved recordings of Britain's Next Top Model. It puts me to shame when I watch them floating around in their lovely dresses whilst I'm fusing with the sofa in my PJ's. LOVE. IT.

Yesterday I bough a dress from work...it's called the Bo Tee Dress and for some reason I can't see it on the website at the moment but the top version is HERE. The dress retails for £60 and comes in a range of colours. All Saints is going mad for mesh this season (I already have this and this which both feature mesh, why am I getting more?!) and it has triggered an apparent love for mesh which I never knew I had. I usually associate mesh with prostitutes and gay bars but All Saints has done a really good job of introducing mesh in a less scary, ''I'm not catching fish with this'' kind of way.

I'm a pasty bitch at the moment. The mesh runs midway down the back which would look amazing if you were going bra-less. The shoes are from River Island in the last sale so I'm not sure whether they're still available but I think they work well with the dress and some jewellery to dress it up a bit, otherwise some ankle boots and a nice piece of knitwear would be a great casual way of wearing this dress.

Anyone else liking mesh this season?

WISE WORDS...

WHILST WORKING THE OTHER DAY (I work part time in a clothes shop), a man in what I would presume was his early fifties came in and brought a load of clothes to the counter. Now the shop I work in isn't cheap and he racked up a bill of about 300 squid. He had a grown up daughter with him and I made conversation by just asking ''so are you shopping for an occasion, an event you might be going to?'' and his reply has stuck with me ever since.

This gentleman said to me ''No, I don't need any of this stuff for an occasion, in fact I don't need any of these things at all. If we wrote a list of all the things we needed then the list would actually be very small. I like to limit myself to shopping once a month and when I do go, I feel a real awareness of how privileged I am to be able to have not only the things I need, but also the things that I want, and enjoy the experience.'' He then went on to tell me that he taught his children from an early age to enjoy the wealth they acquire through working, but to always remain aware of how lucky they were.

I don't know why it stuck with me so much but I haven't done it justice in my recollection of his words. He explained it so nicely. It made me stop to think that we should all have those days where we treat ourselves without feeling bad about it, or worrying that we should be spending our money on more ''important'' matters, but as long as you indulge in one of those days, you should be totally aware of your fortunate position.

Hope that made sense! x

ROCK BOTTOM?

EATING A SUBWAY for dinner...in my car...listening to 70's pop...whilst photographing it.....rock bottom?

LONDON SHENANIGANS

HELLO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! Firstly I do apologise for the lack of blogging, as I mentioned last week I was going to be in London for a while and when I got back everything went crazy with the whole education thing and what to do, where to go etc. Howsit hanging for everyone?!
London was really fun and I loved spending some quality time with my dad. We went to some museums and visited old friends and family. Not a lot of shopping took place because it wasn't that kind of trip buuut I did get a few little goodies to review for you lovely ladies. Photo time!

Top: All Saints

Skirt: H&M (£7!!! Can't get over it)

 Makeup done using my new Guerlain bronzer which I picked up in Harrods. Review to follow.

 London's newest big building, the ''Shard''.

MY NAME IS NATASHA AND I'M AN ADDICT

'DIOR ADDICT LIPSTICK' addict of course. Having picked up my A Level results yesterday and done really well in one aspect and pretty shockingly in another, I decided I needed to reward myself for my shortcomings hard work and visit Dior <3 I'm off to London with my papa any minute now so will be doing a mahussive makeup/clothes haul and review when I get back (planning on parting with some monies) however I just wanted to share with you my first little gem of the weekend. Of course proper photos will follow. My dad will have to deal with the fact that his laptop is going to be abused this weekend as I will do little posts in the quiet moments.
How did everyone do in their exams? Comment and let me know! I hope you all got what you were hoping for but if not then it's so important to remember that life has so many different avenues for you to go down. A levels are not the end of the world! I know some awesome people who have amazing jobs/lifestyles who didn't do too well at school/college. If all else fails there is big demand for high class hookers so it's fiiiine! ;)

PRODUCTIVE EVENING...NAAAT

 

 SO APPARENTLY ALL OF THE little bits and bobs I was going to do this evening got completely thrown out of the window when I google imaged something and ended up being referred to Pinterest. I always knew about the site but never properly sat down to look through it. This evening I did...it ended up taking me through a journey of gorgeous outfits, gorgeous hair to amazing recipes and fitness ideas. That was only after a few pages! Lord knows what would happen to me if I decided to actually go through it methodically. I'm ashamed to say that I have done nothing and now I'm showing you photos that I like *facepalm*.

This dress is gorgeous...

Need I say anything?

 This is so cool! I want to copy it ;)

 Can bikinis GET any cuter?!

 This girl is gorgeous...not to mention the hair!

 Simple but nice :)

 Gorgeous girl with fit hair...again ;) *Planning when to copy it*

 So true hahahaha!

 Can't hear Ludacris the same way again now! Haha.

 Happens far too often :s

 Hehe...

This may be my new weapon in arguments with people, so cool ;)

I refuse to believe that I wasted my evening when I have fed my brain with such great content. Woop go me!!!

CLINIQUE EVEN BETTER FOUNDATION

IT'S THE DAY BEFORE SHIT HITS THE FAN...that's results day to normal speaking people. I...am...bricking it. Not because I havn't worked hard enough, trust me, I worked my absolute butt off. I just get nervous because it doesn't always turn out how you would like it too. AAAAAAAANYWAY. I was in Bristol the other day with my lovely friend Heidi, whom is also very obsessed with makeup, and I demanded a sample out of the woman working on Clinique. The lovely Kristina from KAYTURE has revealed that she uses Clinique Even Better foundation and her skin is literally f l a w l e s s ! I tried it in the colour 3.

The above two photos are the foundation in natural daylight (although pretty miserable outdoor lighting to say the least!). I found this founation a tad too shiny for my liking because I prefer not to use powder on top of foundation, yet with this I think I would have to. The colour is great, it matches my skin really nicely with how it is at the moment. Not much to say about smell etc. The coverage is medium to full and it blends really well.
I think this is great for anyone who has quite dry skin or doesn't mind layering the powder on, however it is not quite what I'm looking for. I can't imagine ever finding the perfect foundation but I damn well wont stop trying! In fact I'm off to London for a few days on Friday so I'm hoping to come by a Laura Mercier stand and grab the Silk Creme foundation which is supposed to be beautiful. Chanel is still topping my charts at the moment though ;) Love their foundation!

Has anyone given this product a go? xx