Non Beauty Haul

A few days ago I went to a discount store, kind of like TJMaxx and found a corner full of cute boxes and book boxes and just generally storage/stationery. If I lived here I'd have bought tons more because they had some really nice bigger boxes but I only got the one. The storage box I bought has a Paris theme and I thought it was funny that right next to the word "Paris" there is an English stamp with the Queen on… oops! I also bought the matching notebook and a Haute Couture themed notebook. I have tons and tons of notebooks, I love them and they're great to use for college. The box was originally $16 which I got for $5.99 and the notebooks were $10 & $12 which I got for $3.99 each. I've searched for storage boxes like this before on ebay and know that they aren't that cheap so I'm glad I decided to get it. 


I also came across these two books at a local music shop. I knew as soon as I saw them that the illustrations were by Camille Rose Garcia, I'm in love with her work. I'm such a geek for fairy tales too, I must have the Alice in Wonderland book about 5 times now. I'm going to see if there's a way I can display some of this in my room and perhaps I'll use the box to store some makeup. What do you guys think? 

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?