Zines!

I love collecting zines, and I got these two a little while ago.  I came across Mel Stringer's shop  GirliePains on Etsy, where she sells illustrated zines, stickers and other things which feature her cute characters.

Everything came like this.

The drawings are so detailed and pretty.  The girliepains shop can be found here on Etsy: girliepains shop.

Listen to This: June Playlist

 

 

at the beach

                                                                                              Studded High Tops - Jeffrey Campbell

Jeffrey Campbell Skull Litas

New skull Litas

Room Ideas #2: Lighting

Flower Heads Paper Lantern , Blue Q, $9.99

Elephant & Company Table Lamp, Blue Q, $34.99

I love the elephant print

Hector the Owl Blue Lamp, Urban Outfitters, €40.00

Tetris Lamp, Urban Outfitters, €55

Room Decoration Ideas

I've been looking for ideas for redecorating my room lately, now that I'm finished for the summer.  I could probably try making something similar to these pieces too.  Here's a few of the things I liked so far:

 

Baroque Shelf: €105

Pink Cuckoo Clock: €59  (love this)

Elephant Rug: €17

Five Drawer Jewellery Box: €46

Starburst Tapestry Throw: €40

Pink Glitter Frame: €12

glitttter!

Scalloped Oval 4 x 6 frame: €15

 I think this blue is so cute, it would look great against some stronger colours.

Love this:

Notebook €9, Urban Outfitters

And I almost forgot the best moneybox ever:

Skull Moneybank: €20, Urban Outfitters

New ELF Makeup

Here's some make-up  I bought from ELF recently.  L-R; Liquid Lips Lipstick in Pink Lemonade, Eyelid Primer in Sheer, Beauty Book Neutral Eye Edition, Blushing/Bronzing/Blending Face Brush, Blending Eye Brush.

Underneath; Clarifying Pressed Powder in Ivory, Tone Correcting Concealer in Ivory.

A lot of these are products I've already tried out and liked but I've bought a couple of new things to try such as the concealer and the blusher/bronzing brush.  I've also re-bought the liquid lipstick in a different colour, Pink Lemonade. I like this lip colour because it's got a lot of pigment like a lipstick but is still light, and doesn't have the sticky feel of a lipgloss.  This colour is a little darker than I expected but is still a nice, bright pink.

I've tried out the concealer a few times this week and so far I like it.  The colour actually suits my skin quite well, and it has a lot more coverage than I'd expected.  This works quite well as an under-eye concealer and for evening out the skin tone, as the name suggests.  This is not really suitable for blemishes although if you applied several layers of concealer on the area it could work, but you should really use a concealer with a thicker formula for that.

The Bronzing brush is really impressive.  I've been using it this week for contouring around my cheeks and I've found it to be really effective.  The angle of the brush is perfect for contouring the 'hollow' part of the cheek.  I use it with the thickest part of the brush pointing towards my ear and the thinner part pointing towards my nose/mount and I find that this angle applies the bronzer more evenly.  This brush is also great for blending out the bronzer afterwards.  It can be used for any face powders, but especially bronzer, blusher and skin finishes.

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I moved into the apartment I'm staying in for college today, it's three hours away from where I live.  Here's some of the stuff I got for it: 

I got this duvet set but for a single bed.  It's less pink/purple in real life, the background colour is grey.  

Breakfast at Tiffany's movie poster for my wall.

Smaller poster for my wall - I have a postcard of this on my wall in my room at home and liked it a lot so I got a bigger version for when I'm at college.  

I got a set of these owl mugs too, they look way better in real life, the colours in the photo are a lot brighter.

I also got loads of art stuff and other things, but I think I'll go shopping tomorrow for some clothes and things for my room, and I need to explore a bit, I've only been to this city about three times before and never really walked around it much so I have zero idea where everything is here.

Got my ELF order today so I might do a post on that soon too, and I finally caved and bought the Lita style boots from Boohoo.com, but they're being sent to my house and not here so I have to wait until next weekend to get them when I go home.  I can't wait that long! :)

So today I was offered my place in art college, so happy :)  I'm starting in a few weeks.

Then I'm going to Reading festival on Wednesday.  Foo Fighters are playing on Sunday, I can't wait for that.  There's so many bands I want to see, the line-up is really good this year.






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FF were amazing, and I had some really good photos but I lost my memory card a bit after I came home on a night out  (genius I know) so now I have no pictures except one of the stage at Paramore (they sucked.)


Got some Foo dollars though :)

Listen to This: No Doubt

                                                                      Just a Girl, from the album Tragic Kingdom.

                                                      


                            

I haven't posted on this for a while because I've been really busy with other things this week.  It was my birthday on Thursday, I had a party for it on Friday and I've had other stuff going on too so I didn't have any time for blogging.  Tomorrow I'm going shopping for shorts and stuff for a festival next week (yay :D)  so I'll do a post on that soon.  

Review: Barbara Daly Nail Polish in Starlight

Barbara Daly Nail Polish in Starlight - in natural light

With Flash

This is a gold metallic polish with a lot of subtle glitter.  It's a cool shade of gold, with tiny specks of iridescent glitter.  It's smooth unlike a lot of glitter polishes and is fully opaque after 2-3 coats.


This would be better suited to someone with a darker skin tone, I might use it for doing nail art.  This polish would be great as an accent nail to a nude colour like Grey Suede from Revlon.

Floral Print

Floral Print Cropped Top - Primark

Jeans - Only

Topshop Bralet

                     Mint Acid Wash Bralet - Topshop

                     Floral Chiffon Skirt - Swamp

Spikes and Skulls

I love these Lita-style boots, they're amazing!  I love the colour and the silver spikes are so cool.

Carolina Studded Litas, $39.99 Necessary Clothing.com

I love the skull on this clutch bag, and the mix of stones and rings on the handle.  

Skull Face Clutch, $39.99 Necessary Clothing.com

Topshop Mint Crop Top

I got this in the post yesterday. I love the polka dot bag!  

I bought a denim look bralet from Topshop's website last week, along with some other stuff.  This is the first thing I've bought from Topshop as the nearest one to me is an hour away.

  

The colour is acid washed mint, which I like a  lot.  It's a little big shorter than I expected but when you try it on I think it looks better that way.  I'll probably wear this with a high waisted skirt and maybe get some high waisted shorts too.  

I really love this top.  It's not this bright though, it's more of a mint colour and you can see the acid wash effect better in real life  This picture isn't great, I'll put up a proper one soon.  Overall I love this top.

This is the photo from the Topshop website.