Favourite Things

Favourite lip products

- I am cursed with chapped lips, this coupled with my anxious lip biting leads to some pretty unattractive lips. I have however, found a mix of products that I love and have really worked for me and my desert lips.  Nuxe Rêve de Mie is a perfect nighttime savior. It is heavy, so it really isn't the best for day to day wear unless you are conservative with the application. Homeoplasmine is a french product I picked up in Paris after some blog searching. It doubles as a talking point as it is also nipple cream (apparently). It is the best nipple cream I have ever had on my face. I have no idea how it works but it is the quickest and most effective fix I have found for my lips. Finally Smith's Rosebud Salve is the perfect every day one. Lightweight, pretty smell and a slight hint of colour. Just make sure it doesn't melt in your bag, but if it did I could relate to you.

My favourite guy graduated in July on the only day in Glasgow to not rain and be above 20 degrees. In a 100% wool kilt and robe he was a happy-hot bunny. I am very proud of this little hard worker who graduated with a distinction in Chemical Engineering. I am slightly bitter knowing his first wage though.

Bag- & Other Stories

I am into mini bags. I have always been a big bag kinda girl- just in case I saw an abandoned puppy and needed to carry it to the vet (my house), but there is something intensively satisfying about not having to sift through a sea of receipts and bobby pins to find my phone. With a mini bag you have to rationalise the junk you carry around on a daily basis. I attribute my new better posture to mini bags- no longer am I dragged down by a bag full of every lipstick I own.

With love from,

Emma x

Favourite Things

Goodness, it's been a while since I've had one of these posts, feel like it's a bit of a cheat to give one "Favourite Things" to one outfit post a week. Must try balancing my life a bit better. I did work out that working takes up at least 10 hours of my day including travel and the over time I end up putting in. That leaves me the maximum of 6 hours in the morning and the evening to have a life. Struggling. Work has been exciting though, and I have been enjoying it even though it is tiring. It still hasn't registered that I am not going back to University yet. Anyway, here are the things I have been enjoying this week.

Above is my kitty vanity case. I have been spending very few nights at home, due to a mixture of traveling and staying over elsewhere that having something to keep all my cosmetics and skin care in has been a savior. Now, I in no way think this case is tasteful, the cats are super naff, but I don't care. It's from Forever21 if anyone is also into the Aristocats Marie reincarnated into a wash bag. 

 

How sweet is this nail polish packaging? My sister found them for me from Etude House which is a Korean website. I mean, it looks like an ice cream?!

My necklace splurges as of recent. Top left: New look, as previously stated, I love anything Egyptian influenced in a piece of jewellery so when I saw it pop up on ASOS I bought it. Top Right: H&M, might be coral, I think it is at least, if not it is a very convincing copy. Bottom Left: Primark, a good size as it sits nicely on the neck and can just get tossed out when it starts to look a bit passed it. Bottom Right John Lewis. It is lovely, very much like a Chanel one that I have numerous pictures saved of. It is so heavy though. It pulls on my neck and by the end of the day I can start to feel my head hit the desk due to the weight of the thing. 

Hopefully I will post on Tuesday but I will be flying back from Manchester that night and have no idea what time I will get in. Hopefully it won't be like last time and I will get my luggage before the next Manchester flight gets in... Maybe I should go pack now...

What are your favourite things this week?

With love from,

Emma

Favourite Things

1. New make-up palette and Body Shop brushes! I am going to be honest, I know nothing about make-up. My first memory of make-up was bright blue eye shadow that I wore to primary school because I thought it was cool. It was in the 90's mind. Now as an "adult" my make-up bag consists of lipstick, a mascara, eye liner, foundation, concealer and a brow pencil. Pretty basic. I wish I was good at make-up but I always scrimp on it because you have to take it off every night and it is gone, not like my clothes, they are still there to hug me in the morning. But, I found this youtube video by the cotton-candy haired Victoria and I was sold. It is a highlighter, eye shadow palette, an eye liner and a eyebrow pencil all in one. I even bought brushes too. This girl should go into advertising, she could sell me anything. If next time you see me I have pink hair you will know who is responsible.

2. Routine pill popping. I have taken these pills on and off for years, firstly as a response to a really bad almost mullet like haircut, but now I use them mostly to maintain my skin as I have eczema and to sort of my nails which I destroyed by wearing nail varnish daily for 6 years, whoops. I have noticed a difference in each area these pills advertise to help, my hair grows at a crazy rate, my eczema is slightly more maintainable and my nails grow so quickly and look very shiny. They work well with my sister too, but I don't know how other people have got on with them.

3. Weekend walks. I live with my boyfriend and his course is very intensive and I always have something I could be reading so it is actually pretty rare that either of us take the weekend off, unless we have visitors. But this Saturday we wandered into the west end for a little bit of a change, he had never really seen my campus so I gave him a tour. And, although this may shock, it was warm! So warm that I took off my jacket voluntarily, March you better have started as you mean to go on!

What did you do with your weekend?

With love from,

Emma x

Favourite Things

1. Sparkly shoes from Zara, I got these in the sale, they were originally £60 which is crazy considering they are made of a satin fabric material. This shoes are also weapons, seriously, the first time I wore them I actually cut up my ankles. Does anyone else have these shoes and have the same problem or do I just walk with my knees locked?

 

2. This Dior lipstick is the perfect colour for autumn/ winter, it is a really deep red on and is the one I wear most commonly on this blog. A good drug store option is Kate 107, which I also have and wear a lot. I find Dior lipsticks really durable and moisturising, it often stays on for 6 hours without touch-ups if I don't eat or drink in that time. Does anyone have tons of lipsticks? Every time I go make up shopping I always want to buy more, but then I think it is silly as I already have the colours that are normal, a nude, pale pink, bright red, plum red and a dark black/ purple. I can not understand girls who have hundreds of lipsticks all of the same colour and can tell the difference between them. Please enlighten me!

3. Stupid Pandas. These little fellas are highlighters. This will come to a surprise to all but there were cat ones but I passed them up for these guys, they just had cuter faces. Now highlighting can be fun and cheerful with these derpy faces staring at me! Highlighters from Paperchase. 


I hope you all had a good weekend!

With love from,

Emma x