Bargain Shopping Haul

I'm probably not alone when I say I love sales, discounts and bargains when shopping. One store I like to go to every now and then is the boots clearance store. As the name says it's basically a big boots store with discounted items. This store can be very hit and miss, sometimes I'll go in and find lots of things I like other times there'll be nothing worth looking at. If I know I need a new item from boots, like soap and glory products, I always try to come here first. A while ago I made a visit here and I managed to get all of this for just £30.

 I picked up a few soap and glory products which had great discounts. Slim Wear £1  and Scrub your nose in it £3. I've repurchased Scrub your nose in it in the past after loving the product so I picked up another back up for when I run out. I've never used Slim Wear so hopefully I will love this too!


























I then got this body exfoliator Sugar Crush, I've never used this until now and I love the lime smell it's really nice fresh and fruity. I think this is the old packaging too so it might look different in stores now. This was £2.

The other 2 soap and glory products were Mighty Mouth and Return to Slender. I've used Mighty Mouth before and think it's great for putting in your handbag to keep lips hydrated. Return to slender is a new one for me so hoping it's as good as the rest.

The christmas cards were 50p so I picked those up (everything was bought before Christmas) and the 17 eyeshadow and blush were 75p each. Never used this brand before so for this price I thought I'd try it out. I love blue eyeshadow and the blush was a nice neutral shade.

The harajuku perfume was £3 so I picked it up, it's only a 10ml bottle but I really loved the smell. It's the G summer scent so I'll probably be using this in the summer. The small size also means it's great for when I travel.

The Lancome palette was the biggest spend at £15, which was about half price. I think the original price was £30/£35. I'll probably do a separate post on this, but the colours were a matte black and some greys/silvers. 

For anyone wondering where the boots store is, it's the one in Beckton so if you're ever in the area or live in London you can take a trip out if interested. 

Ted Baker goodies

Yesterday I braved the snow to go to Wimbledon because my sister was having an audition there. Whilst she was in there I went browsing around the shops in the town centre. I popped into Ely's, one of the department stores, they had one of the best sales going on, lots of really good prices. I managed to pick up a few things, but as I've promised myself to cut down on shopping/spending/buying I tried not to get carried away. There were so many beautiful things in this store. I only picked up two things from Ted Baker. I never used to like this brand but lately I've loved everything from them.  can't get enough of the bows! I'm not supposed to buy any more shoes this year because I have SO many but these were on sale! (You know how it is lol)

The first thing was a pair of ballet flats. They kind of remind me of the Vivienne Westwood Melissa Flats (which are also on my wish list!) I chose black because they are the ones that would go with almost everything and I'd get the most use out of them. And as you may know already, I love anything glittery! 

These were originally £55 reduced to £28

 The other thing I bought from Ted Baker was something I'd been looking at for a while, one of their washbags/makeup bags. I'd been looking at the pink and black one for a while but as these had all sold out I went with the purple and blue which are two colours I love anyway. Again with a glittery bow! This was £29 reduced to £14.50.

Finally Back!

I know it's been a looooonng time since I last blogged, after my surgery a few things happened which I got sorted and then more things happened etc... I just got so busy and didn't have any time to blog :( I have soooo much I want to blog about so hopefully in the coming days I can get back into the regular posting :) I'm in California at the moment, I arrived yesterday after a long 16 hour journey! My original plans didn't work out, I said I wanted to leave around the 20th June but when I saw my doctor he said I wasn't permitted to fly until another 4 weeks, so 6 days ago I booked a flight a came out. It was very last minute and I've been rushing around trying to get everything sorted.


Thursday I spent the entire day in London for the The Dark Knight Rises premiere, probably wasn't a good idea to go a day before I flew out here but I am so glad I went. I got to Leicester Square around 9:30am with a friend, and in the middle of the garden was a gigantic bat head! I managed to get autographs from Johnathon Nolan, Pixie Lott, Richard E Grant, Tom Conti, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon Levitt and Tom Hardy and they were all SO nice! As soon as the premiere had finished I cut my poster board off the barriers (as you do) and we got the train to the IMAX in waterloo where the cast were gonna be shortly after we got there for the other premiere. It was on a much smaller scale, I went there hoping to get Christians Autograph but didn't manage to. The highlight of my day was having Tom Hardy wave to me from his car while everyone else there was more interested in Mr.Bale who arrived before. So all in all a pretty good day. 


And to end the post, a pic of Joseph Gordon Levitt and Tom Hardy standing in front of me ;) 

Dark Shadows European Premiere

So... I'm a total Johnny Depp fan geek and have made it my goal to stalk him... ok maybe not quite that bad but whenever he's in London for a premiere I try and go along to meet him. I did try meeting him on the set of Pirate's 4 a few years back in Greenwich and although I got to see the original movie set and kind of see them filming I got bored waiting not knowing if he'd come out to sign after filming. So today he was once again in London for the european premiere of Dark Shadow's, I woke up WAY too late and wasn't even sure whether I'd make it down there, usually I'm there for 8am and I'll wait the entire day but today I got there at 2:30pm which is late for me! lol I did manage to see him again and get his autograph along with Tim Burton's and a few others.


I know it seems to bizarre to wait 10/11 hours just to get an autograph and 10 seconds with someone but the rush you get when they're really in front of you is so worth it, especially when you're a huge fan. It's also really nice to get to know and talk with everyone around you. Tim Burton was, as always, the most nicest person I've ever met! When I saw him at the Sweeney Todd premiere he came over and said "who's next then?" he loves to give out autographs and always thanks people for coming, and that's not something I can say for everyone. I was really excited that Richard Zanuck signed for me, I was shocked no one knew who he was! Probably one of the biggest producers in Hollywood! I also managed to get one of the plastic poster boards they strap to the barriers :)


Here are the photos I took of the day along with my autographs :) I managed to get Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, Chloe Grace Moretz, Richard Zanuck and Jonny Lee Miller. I can't believe I now have Johnny's autograph 8 times, all of which I got in person except for 2.

Richard Zanuck

Chloe Moretz

Tim Burton

Johnny Depp

Jonny Lee Miller

Sprinkles Cupcakes & back from California

I got back early this morning from my three week trip and was so worn out I just came home and slept. I thought I'd get a post in before bed :) 


Before I left for the airport we took a trip to Beverly Hills and visited the famous sprinkles cupcakes store after hearing about the new cupcake ATM. I decided to get one from the machine and one from the counter and see if there was a difference in taste lol. The ATM is really easy to use, you pick the cupcake you want and how many and press confirm before inserting your bank card and hey presto! I wasn't expecting much in terms of taste because all of the cupcake boutiques I've been too in London have sucked, the hummingbird bakery in my opinion is hugely overrated and overpriced. However these were some of the best cupcakes I've ever tasted, I was really surprised. Everything about it was great, it was a huge cupcake to begin with and cost $4 which might seem pricy but compared to other places I think it was really worth it. The ATM is awesome, as the cupcake is being sorted the screen goes to a camera and it shows you the machine dispensing the cupcake. Pretty cool. As far as comparison goes, the cupcakes were really fresh from both the machine and in store.  The shop is really small though and gets packed really fast, the line was out the door! I can't wait to go back here, this place doesn't disappoint. I can't wait for them to open one up in London! 

Bourjois Pop Up Boutique

Today I visited the Bourjois pop up boutique that I've been hearing so much about on various blogs, located in Shoreditch on Bethnal Green Road. I've never actually ventured this way before, I've been around Brick Lane and grew up in East London but just never had a reason to go to this area. It seems a strange location for a pop up shop like this, at least to me it did, I thought it might have been more central. I took a train to Liverpool Street and it was a short walk from there. Today was the last day this pop up shop was available unfortunately, I wanted to get there for opening at 12pm so I could get some free goodies but after missing the train it seems I just missed out. As I was on my way to uni in the afternoon anyways I thought I would take a visit over there. They were offering free manicures, makeovers and hair styling as well as up to 65% off. I did plan on  getting a manicure but by the time I eventually arrived it wasn't long before I had to be in college. I loved the way they designed the whole thing, my favourite was the pink Eiffel Tower's.

I knew that I wanted to buy the limited edition little round pot collection, and also picked up 2 other items. The healthy mix concealer in 52 and the healthy balance face powder in 52. The little round pots were £20 and the powder and concealer came to £9.

Did you guys visit the Bourjois pop up boutique? What did you think of it?