Piz Buin Self Tanning Colour Dial Review

Friday, 1 June 2012

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Dress... Zara
Shoes... Primark
Sunglasses... New Look


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- I purchased this product on a bit of a whim, I was just casually perusing the aisles of tescos ( as you do on a saturday night when you're avoiding revision) and decided to pick this up. This was also during that heat wave last week that had everyone and his mums parakeet baring a tad too much pasty flesh. Seeing as I am very much part of the majority that was a little too pasty for anything but inclusion to the Cullen clan I decided to bronze it up.

- The product itself has a very interesting premise, you can twirl the dial and choose how dark you would like your tan to be. In this case I began by using the second to darkest one but when I re-applied I used the darkest setting. I dread to think how pale you'd have to be for the first setting to give you colour.

- Before commencing project tan I exfoliated with the little gem that is Treacle Moon's 'That Vanilla Moment', I won't go into detail too much as there is a review coming up but it's pretty amazing and smells delicious! I applied the product using a mitt by Velvotan and it applied very evenly but was transparent, so it didn't give me any idea of any places i'd missed which is something I feel i'd like to see in a self tanner.

- Apart from the slight issues with the product not being very dark and application being a tad tricky the product still created a beautiful even tan that didn't leave me looking like an oompa-loompa. The tan faded very naturally and didn't leave me looking like i'd contracted some horrible skin disease.

- Now that exams are over and I can spend guilt free time on myself without being surgically attached to the DEFRA website I plan to re-tan with this product and hopefully keep it up, it just makes clothes look so much nicer! As i'm sure you can all see in the before and after shots above :)

- P.S. I made reference to both twilight and oompa-loompas during this blog post... I'm literally hanging my head in shame.


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Just keep swimming

Sunday, 27 May 2012

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Dress... Zara
Shoes... Primark
Sunglasses... New Look

- Another outfit post in which i'm wearing sunglasses! It's days like these that I really loathe the fact that i've spent hours* doing my eyemakeup for no good reason as it's all hidden.

- Had some exciting news last week, I am now a lifestyle writer for Aesthetic magazine, the magazine is by bloggers for bloggers so should be a very exciting project!

- I'm completely in love with fish print at the moment and this aquatic print dress from Zara satisifed my need to be wearing fish on my front and to expose my back. I think the open back gives the dress a little something and with a tan (hint hint blog post on fake tan coming soon) it looks great.

- Excuse the bruise on my leg, I can't exactly pin point its origin but I think it was from a rogue cow. Ah, the joys of country life!

- *read minutes


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Matchy, matchy

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

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Cardigan... New Look
Top... Topshop
Shorts... H&M
Necklace... Topshop
Shoes... Primark
Sunglasses... New Look

- Today has been a mixture of hard-core exam revision and intermittently torturing myself by watching sad Greys Anatomy scenes on Youtube. So, it's fairly safe to say that today has been a day of great emotional turmoil, firstly trying to get my head around the sympathetic stress response and secondly trying to get my head around how they could have killed of Denny!

- Today i'm wearing a Revlon lip butter in Candy Apple. To be perfectly honest i'm a bit undecided on red lipstick. I feel it photographs on me well but in real life makes my top lip appear even smaller than what it is. I really do envy girls with trout pouts!

- The sunglasses are New Look are so lovely, a gentle cats eye slope in tortoiseshell. So pretty and flattering on pretty much every face shape. These sunglasses and the red lipstick make me feel very 70's.

- P.S. Has anybody noticed its sunny? I don't feel like anyone's mentioned it ;)


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Tights and socks

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

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Cardigan... Primark
Dress... Topshop
Necklace... Topshop
Shoes... Primark

- 'Tights and socks?', I hear you say, are you crazy? Well this is one little outfit that might have people wondering about my sanity but I can assure you there is nothing better than pairing pastel coloured socks with tights and brogues, well, except for pizza... there's nothing better than pizza.

- These brogues are probably my most worn shoe and they were only £1 from Primark last season. So, imagine my suprise when I see them in store this season for sale for £10! What a huge mark-up for exactly the same shoe! Looks like the recession has finally hit Primark ladies and gentlemen.

- In other news my car door is finally fixed! For those of you that don't know the switch for my electric window broke and my aunt and boyfriend came to the rescue to perform open door surgery to remove the broken switch and replace it with a £3 ebay jobbie. Anything to avoid paying Halfords a few hundred to fix it... Robbing bastards! ;)


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Instagram Week #3

Saturday, 12 May 2012

Stalk me on Instagram! : notafashionstudent

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cruel demon // a random car looking sexy in the steam // manicure time // yard outfit // typical blogger // uni lecture with seashells // 100 instagram followers! // hangover cure // ball dress // sleeping beauty // our new flat // starburst milkshake // looking fat in my work photo // brush cleaning time // equine yard at my uni



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Weekly Wishlist 8 feat.Estee Lauder

Friday, 11 May 2012

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Weekly Wishlist number 8! Noticing a trend here? My name is Charlotte and I'm an estee-lauder-aholic. This bank balance damaging love affair began when I first purchased the double wear foundation, since then I've never looked back. Recently i've been perusing stalking the Estee Lauder section of Harrods.com, and have compiled a little wishlist of items.

1... Double Wear Concealer. £19.00, am I the only one in the world who didn't know about Double Wear concealer?! I have the Brush on Illuminator from Estee Lauder but unfortunately it's just not manly enough to take on my dark eye circles.

2... Idealist. £35.50, as i'm sure you all know Estee Lauder has long be toted as the skincare queen (well in my opinion anyway). So i'm excited to try this skin polisher. Not only does it minimise the effect of pores it also helps the skin continuously renew itself.

3... Lucidity. £26.50, a bit of a makeup junkie crime I know but i've never actually tried a translucent loose powder before! I figured who better to begin my foray into powder than with Estee Lauder?

4... Automatic Brow Duo. £16.50, recently i've been addicted to toying with my brows. Ideally I would love thick face-framing brows a-la Kate Winslet but until that day i've been religiously filling them in. I love that this product has a smudger on the end to soften the look of filled in brows.

5... Advanced Nightwear Eyecream. £36.00, this eyecream claims to repair past eye area damage and protect from future damages. When it comes to applying concealer around my under eye area I am definitely not the most gentle of creatures so anything that can help rejuvenate my under eye area is a win for me!

6... Advanced Night Repair. £54.00 (50ml), do I really even need to sing the praises of this serum? More awards than Jessie J and Red Rum combined this little serum is a beauty must have and go-to for anybody wanting to maintain and rejuvinate their skin. This is definitely first on my 'to-buy' list with my first months wages! :D

7... Double Wear Foundation. £26.50, Best to end with a bang right? Who can fault this amazing foundation, providing you get your colour spot on this provides a natural looking flawless full coverage. I never feel more confident than when i'm wearing this foundation.


What are your Estee Lauder Favourites? Anything you think I should add to this list?

*Sponsored Post


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A whole new world

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

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Jumper... Topshop
Jeans... Next
Shoes... Primark

- The return of the Topshop studded jumper. I've been wearing this jumper a lot recently and if I uploaded a daily outfit you guys would be more than sick of seeing this little piece of ombre heaven.

- I haven't been buying much in the way of clothes recently. My virtual wishlist is now almost too long for my head to contain but I really need to carry on saving up for our new place. However, this won't stop me filling online shopping baskets clicking 'buy' and then wimping out at the last minute. I can see this game of online retail chicken carrying on for a good few months.

- This week has been an amazingly exciting week, not only did I get a post uni job (not related to my course - but let's just gloss over that shall we?), I also found a flat with my beautiful boyfriend. If all things go as planned (xfingers) we should be moving in on the 22nd of next month and of course we'll be vlogging the entire move and probably bits and pieces from the next month.

- I'm still in slight shock that in one short month I will be leaving uni. I've been here 5 years and it's gonna be a big and welcomed shock living in the 'real' world. The prospect of making an entire new load of friends and getting to know an entirely new county is pretty scary there's no doubt about that!



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April Favourites

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

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Smashbox Photofinish Primer
Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish
Real Techniques Buffing Brush
Maybelline One by One Mascara
DKNY Creamy Meringue
Revlon Matte Lipstick in Mauve all about It
MAC Mocha blush
MUA Blush
Andrew Barton I Love Volume Shampoo & Conditioner


- Something a little bit different today, I actually filmed my April favourites this month! Please do subscribe if you like the video and leave me a link below if you have your own Youtube channel.

- Let the awkwardness commence...




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Weekly Wishlist 7

Monday, 7 May 2012

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Weekly Wishlist number 7! Got a bit of a apology to make, this is actually a rather out of date weekly wishlist, I made the graphic a good month ago and then totally forgot to upload it. Some of the things aren't in stock anymore but I wanted to write this post anyway (mostly because I love yellow and these are still items I really want!).

1... Miss Selfridge Playsuit £35.00 I always love the look of playsuits but because i'm quite gangly I sometimes feel like they don't quite fit me right. Anyone else have this same problem?

2... Yankee Candle in Vanilla Cupcake £14.99 Like any good blogger I love me a good candle! At the moment i'm currently burning a Slatkin & Co candle in the scent Leaves, i'm not really a huge fan of the scent and as I'm burning towards the bottom the smell is getting a little too strong for my liking. I much prefer Yankee's which have a much more even burning life.

3... Topshop Leigh Jeans £38.00 Ah, Leigh jeans, another blogger favourite! I must admit i've never even tried a pair of these on, but i've heard they're very comfortable. The only thing that throws me off is the sizing, no easy bog standard 6,8,10,12 no Topshop has to be different and label everything as waist and length. Unfortunately, whenever I visit Topshop Batman is borrowing my utility belt so I don't get to whip out my handy tape measure in store. Hard life being a super villian.

4... River Island yellow lace skater skirt. Unfortunately this was the item I was referring to early that is currently out of stock. Keep an eye out on Ebay ladies!

5... OPI Need Sunglasses? £11.00 I will admit it here and now, I'm Charlotte and I'm a nail-polish-aholic and yet with all my colours I dont actually own a really nice bright yellow!

6... Topshop Blazer I'm a bit of a blazer fiend and have about 5 (which is NOT enough). I've set my sights on this gorgeous yellow one, Zara also do one similar if you're interested.

7... Topshop yellow nail varnish. Sorry again, another product thats gone down the swany. But basically, I'm really dieing to try out Topshop nail varnish/makeup in any colour.

8... Topshop Flippy Dress. Looks like this is the penultimate fail. This is also no longer available but as I said before keep an eye out on Ebay ladies!


Bit of a failed wishlist. But look at the pretty colours! ooo ahhhh!


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Sperry Top-Siders

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

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Top... Topshop
Jacket... New Look
Necklace... Topshop
Trousers... Primark
Shoes... Sperry Top-Siders*


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Top... Primark
Chinos... Topman
Shoes... Sperry Top-Siders*


- Words cannot describe how in love I am with these shoes! They're a gorgeous coral pink with just the slightest hint of neon- a great way to embrace the neon trend without looking like an 80's throw-back. As I expected the shoes are great quality and the thick sole make them really comfy!

- Max also loves his shoes and although I think they look identical to every other pair of shoes he owns he insists they are totally unique, haha! Again, his shoes are amazing quality and as far as I know fit him like a dream!

- I've been taking a little looksie at the other Sperry shoes available and I'm already considering buying a few more, they're a great nod to the nautical trend without looking like sailor jim.

- My life outside of the glam world of blogging has been going well, exams are fast approaching but I'm choosing to ignore that realization. Instead I am focusing on the fact that in less than 2 months I will be joining the world of renting flats and getting full time employment (even if that is just selling the Big Issue).

- Wanna buy yourself some Sperrys?
ASOS
Office


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