If you asked me a year ago what I thought about big gold
hoop earrings I would have probably said they were charvy and disgusting but oh
how time changes things! I am absolutely in love with hoops earring right now,
I don’t know what it is but they are all I am wearing at the moment and I have
found myself eyeing up a pair of heart shaped gold hoops in urban outfitters
last week. 16 year old Hann would be outraged. I don’t know if it’s the 90’s
feel about them or that upon wearing them it gives a strong enough look that no
other jewellery is needed but I am obsessed by them.
These are my two favourite pairs of the moment and I am
planning to buy more soon. If you want some of your own I recommend going to
Topshop, Urban Outfitters and River Island as they have a fabulous collection
of these loopy beauties.
London is expensive you say? Lies I say! Just round the corner
from Mile End tube station is the East End Thrift store; which isn’t really a
shop but more a garage which hangs clothes outside but whatever. In this ponderous
Aladdin’s cave holds a marvellous collection of second hand coats, jumpers,
shorts, dresses and everything you can think of at low prices! Not only that
but what makes them unique is there fill a bag for £10 or £20 offer where you
get a carrier bag and can fit as much in as you can then only pay the
corresponding price for it (the £20 bags are bigger etc.)
When I went I was able to get all of the above in a £10
making each item on £2.50 each; these items include a cardigan, 2 big Christmas
jumpers and a massive cosy winter coat. Amazing right?! Personally, the best
things they do are jumpers and coats but go along and see what you can find! I
will leave their Facebook link down below so you can find it yourself and its
open every Saturday and Sunday. If you go along please give me a link to show
me what you manage to get, I love being nosey.
I am going to put my hands up and admit I am the worse person
in the world for costumes; I am truly awful in the fact that I just am too lazy
to get anything together and Halloween this year was no different. In my last
minute panic I just decided to go for a makeup look instead and to my amazement
it actually worked! I paired up a “day of the dead skull” with a simple black
dress and flower head band which I had anyway and them boom! There’s a costume!
I am anything but a makeup artist so there are probably a million better ways
to do this look but I managed to do it just using makeup I already had making
it an inexpensive, easy option.
Safe to say it took a lot of black eyeliner for the spider
web detail, flower affect around the eyes and for the lips, I used a black kohl
pencil (I used Rimmel London Soft Kohl) as the base as I found it easy to use
then put black liquid eye liner on top to define it (I used a mix of a MUA
eyeliner and my EyeKo London Pencil). For the eyes themselves and my nose I
used a chunky eye shadow pencil (Collection 2000 Work the Colour) as it was so
easy and quick to use to fill it all in and I did put a little mascara on
(Rimmel Scandaleyes) but with the black background it’s not necessary really. I
didn’t have any coloured face paint on me so for the base of my face I just
went for the lightest foundation I had (L’Oreal Code Lumiere BB Cream) and I
found it worked just fine; for the colour around the eyes I used a bright pink
lipstick I had (Maxfactor in English Rose) but if you have coloured eyeliner
that would work well as well. For my hair I just backcombed the living
daylights out of it (sorry hair) and put way too much hair spray on it just to
get the dead zombie look.
So there you go, if you are as bad at costumes as I am just
go for a bold make up look as it can be really cheap and easy to do! I found
millions of brilliant tutorials on YouTube to help me so if you want to just
type in the look you are going for and you will be able to find something easy.
What did you dress up as for Halloween? Please link me too
some pictures!
As most students are I am determined to save as many pennies
as I can and one way to do that is my making things yourself. One way I did
this was by buying cheap ring binders/folders from a stationary shop for only
£1.99 each then decorating them yourself! This is also better in the sense that
you have more freedom over how you want your folders to look; for me I just
wanted decorations down the side as that was what I was going to see when they
were stored away. I decided to decorate mine just with stickers which I bought
from Paperchase; they have a fabulous selection and can come as cheap as only
£1.00 a packet (also don’t forget to get the 10% student discount!) I went for
small woodland creatures for my coloured folders and glow in the dark space
stickers for my black ones, cool I know right? Each packet covered two spines
of a folder so all together each folder only cost my £2.49 which to me is a
nice bargain and also to me they look awesome so I am a happy girl.
Like most people I do love a deal and I was pleasantly surprised
in Boots on Friday when I came across 2 deals which saved me just under £10 and
involved things I actually needed! How fabulous?!
The first deal is if you spend £10 or more on Rimmel
products you get their Scandal Eyes Flex Mascara for free. I went into Boots
needing a new foundation, pressed powder and mascara so I nearly weed myself at
this offer! It’s not hard to spend £10 on any make up products as well so I
thought it was quite a generous deal as well and also in that on its own the
mascara £6.99 so I was happy with that.
Second deal of the day was that Boots have 3 for 2 on all
facial and body products I think it is and it includes most brands so you have
a large selection to choose from. I needed a new facial scrub and hand sanitizer
as the tube has been stressing me out more than I thought it would with hygiene
and that. I got the Garnier Fruit Energy scrub because my sister had recommended
it to me and as well as that it smells AWESOME! Like seriously after using it I
want to eat my face, so good! Along with that I had heard amazing things about
the Soap & Glory hand sanitizer which also smells fabulous so that fell
into my paws with the legendary Sugar Crush Body Wash which actually smells
heavenly! I have used it as well and it just makes you feel so good and refreshed
so I do recommend this product to anyone who enjoys sweet smelling products.
So overall a very happy Hann left Boots on Friday, if you
need some more beauty supplies I do recommend to go and check these deals
before they are gone.
What deals have you loved
recently?
I haven’t mentioned any music recently but I do want to start to
again and a band I have been obsessed with at the moment is London Grammar so
go check them out, ear-gasms all around!
I am a bad person I know and I haven’t posted in ages but I
am still getting used to university life! A quick post here reviewing my latest
treat which I bought off the lovely Helen from thelovecatsinc in her blog sale and I am in love
with it; my mum has Laura Mercier lip stain in Red at home and I was obsessed
with it so when I saw this one for a small
price of £8 I had to have it. It’s called Sugar Violet and it is a lovely plum
colour which is going to be perfect for the winter; I am a fan of lip stains as
I feel they last longer than lipsticks and they are generally easier to apply. I
did get this discounted but Laura Mercier is one of those brands where I would
be happy to pay a little more for as all of their products are amazing. I am
sure this is going to be my stable winter shade.
Why hi there guys, I made a wee video yesterday about what beauty products and other random things I have been loving recently. As I am a student now I have only included things which are inexpensive but are at the same time a quality product so if you are still in school, a student (like me!) or are just trying to save a few pennies then this will be helpful to you.
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