What I Wore - Coffee Date

Today I went out for coffee with my boyfriend.  I wore my lovely dress by Love from Topshop.  I don't wear my favourite dresses enough because of the weather or because I worry I'll stand out too much/ look too dressy.  I think I'm going to make more of an effort to give my favourite things more outings, they deserve it!

It's such a cute a cute 60's style and is light and flowy.  Of course I had to wear woolly tights as well because of the cold weather!

I wanted to wear a nice light scent to go with it so used this lovely light body moisturiser by L'Occitane in Cherry Princess.  I bought it together with the matching shower gel as a treat and I'm glad I did, it's really lovely stuff with a subtle, light scent.

I went for simple pearl earrings and just blusher and mascara.  Really natural make-up!

I hope you enjoyed this post!

xxxx

I want Pink hair!

Browsing through Tumblr I have been exposed to some gorgeous images of long pastel coloured hair.  I'm so drawn to it for some reason.  I know I can't dye my hair that colour right now, there's no way I'd be allowed on stage with pastel pink hair, but in another universe, that would be me...... long pastel coloured hair flowing in the wind, flowers in my hair.  Ethereal and pixie like.  I'm sure that it's extremely difficult to pull off in real life outside of an arty fashion shoot!  I remember when I was shopping at Topshop in Oxford Street I saw this new hair salon called Bleach on the bottom floor that seemed to be doing this very thing!

I would probably have to just get the ends of my hair done as my skin is so sensitive I doubt it could tolerate bleaching.  Sigh.

For now I might have to go for this comb in-wash out colour that I saw in Urban Outfitters!

Much safer and less permanent for now!
xxx

Nivea Face Care Pure and Natural Moisturising Day Care Review

Recently I have been trying to use products with more natural ingredients.  These ranges tend to be a bit pricier than what I'd normally buy so I was happy to come across this new Pure and Natural range by Nivea.  My experience of Nivea moisturiser in the past is that it stung my sensitive skin so I've avoided using any of it's products.  I liked the sound of this new moisturisers's 95% natural ingredients.  It's free from Parabens and an affordable price which convinced me to give it a go.

I got the day cream for normal to combination skin.  I found it was a very rich cream.  I don't need to use much of it at all to cover all of my face.  There was no stinging feeling!  I've been using this as a night cream as it is a little too heavy maybe for day for my skin and there's no sunscreen protection in it.  It is good in the cold weather though when I do need something a bit richer.  I've nearly used it all up so that is a good sign that it has been useful!

Overall I would say it is a nice rich cream with more natural ingredients at a good price.  I would bear in mind though that this cream is rich and if you have naturally greasy skin it might be too heavy for it.

Having used this I definitely will be checking out the rest of the Pure and Natural range.  I'd buy this again to use when my skin is feeling dry and need of more moisture.

Hope you found this review useful!

xxxx

Today I Wore...

...My Topshop Baxter lilac jeans (again! I love the fit and the unusual colour) and this pale green jumper by Pins and Needles that I got from Urban Outfitters in the summer.  It's another grey day here so I'm craving pastel spring shades as usual.

Always nice to wear cute socks and these dotty ones from H&M make me happy.

 I was going to paint my nails pastel shades to match but having inspected my nails polish free I decided they needed a break from the varnishing!

I love these pastel shade nail varnishes!  Maybe I'll put them on next weekend!

I hope you are having a great Friday and looking forward to the weekend!

xoxo

The Body Shop Rainforest Shine Shampoo review

Like most of my skin my scalp can sometimes be sensitive to certain shampoos.  It's really hit and miss as most shampoos are absolutely fine and then suddenly after maybe even years I'll try a new one and find that it's irritating.  I recently had just such a problem with a shampoo from a more expensive brand that I decided to treat myself too (!) so decided to try out a shampoo that has as natural sounding ingredients as possible.  This Body Shop Rainforest Shine Shampoo sounded just the ticket with it's ingredients containing no parabens, sulphates, silicones or collorants.

I'd used sulphate free shampoo before and found it really difficult to get out of my hair.  I also found it doesn't lather up well and I end up needing to use quite a lot of it as I have long hair.  I decided that my scalp needing some time off from any unnatural ingredients though so decided to give this shampoo a try.

The instructions say you should add a few drops of water and lather it up in your palm before you apply to your hair.  I did this but I still needed to use quite a lot of it to cover all my hair and I paid special attention to rinsing it all out.  After using it a few times I would say that I still struggle to get it all out of my hair.  Even if I feel like I'm rinsing it under the shower for five minutes I can still feel it on some of the roots when it's dried.  The rest of the hair does seem really nice, healthy and shiny though so I plan to persevere with it and maybe turn the shower up to it's highest setting to try and make sure I get it all out!  I've found that adding a small amount of shampoo with a sulphate in it helps to get it to lather up and rinse out.   Then I don't have to use so much of the natural shampoo which is good as it is expensive.

All in all I think it's worth trying but bear in mind that you have to try a lot harder to get it all out of your hair than with your average shampoo.  If you can manage this you just might love it!

I'm Not a Paper Cup - review

Check out my cool I'm Not A Paper Cup ceramic thermal travel mug.  It was also an awesome Christmas gift.  I love it's plainness.  It's got a silicone lid and works well to keep my coffee or tea warm in the morning.  It's nice to have a lid if you're clumsy like me!  It's got a double porcelain wall with an air cavity in between for insulation which means it doesn't hold as much liquid as you would think looking at it from the outside but that's how it works I guess!  The insulation means that the outside stays cool to touch even with a hot drink inside.  It's re-usable so it's eco-friendly.  I suppose it could save you money too if you take your own coffee to work instead of buying it at coffee shop on the way.
Ultimately I just think it's fun and useful!

Monday Things - What I wore

My Sunday Things was starting to develop itself in to a regular feature and then I never managed to get it up yesterday!  So this week I'm going to do Monday Things.  My usual weekend is Sunday to Monday so that's why Monday's as good a day as Sunday for me to capture a few things to blog about!

Today I wore my Mango jumper that I bought last week.  I can never stop wearing new things over and over when I first get them!  I decided to wear it with my white pleated Monki skirt instead of jeans to change  it up.  

I'm also wearing thermal tights as it's the only way I can get away with a floaty skirt in the below zero temperatures!

I painted my nails dark blue a couple of days ago so.  Probably sub-consciously influenced by my new jumper!

I used China Glaze which also has a lovely rich pigment like the Sally Hansen polishes do.  The formula is a slightly runnier consistency than the Hansen ones but is still really nice to apply.  My application process still needs practise though!

I wore a cute ring from Accessorize which I think contrasted nicely with all the dark blue.

I put my hair in a plat across the top of my head.....

....and added a splash of bright pink lipstick!  It's Art Deco Perfect Colour lipstick in Pink Thistle number 36.  It's a really good pink that's bright but not too bright for day.  It has a nice rich pigment and creamy consistency.

I also wore some lovely earrings I made for myself in dark blue topaz and Sterling silver.  My boyfriend bought me the gorgeous blue topaz drops for a present and I wrapped them in sterling silver wire.  If you're interested in something similar take a look at my shop here.

Then it was time to go out for coffee!

We went to one of our favourite coffee shops here called Werner.

I hope you enjoyed this post about my Monday and that you had a great start to your week!

xoxo