On Sundays

After going out to dinner last night and falling asleep to the final of Masterchef, I did not take my make up off properly, meaning that I now have smudged and smeared lipstick over my wrists where I've wiped it off in the night. Please tell me I'm not alone in having done this? I know I won't be alone in saying that revision is  just not getting better, so here are a few things to help you have a relaxing start to Sunday whether you're revising or not!

It was the Met Gala on Monday; I mentioned my sort-of-underwhelmed state about the fashion. My sister agreed! What were your thoughts?

It's Vogue's Centenary year! I've started off my weekend reading through their gorgeous special edition with Kate Middleton on the cover. I have loved Vogue for many many years and my wardrobes are topped with my multiple stacks of them! 

This Princeton professor made a CV of all his failings (I feel mean saying that!). He listed all the academic placements that he did not get to show his pupils that not getting something isn't always a bad thing. 

Whilst trying to finish reading through my (36 page!!!) dissertation, my motivation started to wane. I bought this pouch/clutch as a treat to myself to power through. It's hand-made, limited edition, and I got one of the last two in stock! Not to mention it's beautiful!
(p.s. see it here too!)

Feel Unique has 15% off Benefit! (And other deals too!)

I recently bought these sandals and am already loving them!

Nyx is doing so well right now. Their Lip Lingerie range and their Soft Mattes have been my go-to lip products for months!

Labour's Sadiq Khan is sworn as London's new Mayor.

Happy Sunday!

xoxo

On Beauty - Rosie for Autograph Collection

(You would not even believe the focusing struggle I had with these.
Alas, all I can do is apologise. I tired)

The Rosie for Autograph Beauty Collection did have a fair bit of hype. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's collection of underwear, pyjamas (and the dressing gowns, oh the dressing gowns) is already established very much in its own right as probably one of the best known and best designed collaborations of any that out there on the high street. As a model, RHW knows her stuff. She knows what works and what looks good.
Her beauty collection is no different.

I got the eyeshadow palette (£18) in Copper Gold Rush (I also got this palette for one of my best friends Emily who loved the colours on first look). The palette has a matte nude colour, a shimmer berry maroon, a shimmer gold-tinged nude and a shimmery dark smouldering brown. The paler colours blend in so well with the darker colours and they can be worn by themselves as well. You can really pack the lighter colours on and then need a tiny amount of the darker ones. They blend beautifully and are really pigmented. The shimmer is probably what would be described as glitter for grown ups; it looks beautiful but without that really heavy glitter look. 

I also got the cream eyeshadow stick (£12.50) in Feline Fox. Wow. The pigment of all of these [after swatching them all, the swatches were on my hand all day], is incredible. The swatch shown is with one quick sweep. That is it. These are incredibly creamy and blend well. They last all day and do not budge. And all of the colours are beautiful. They remind me of the Kiko versions but are just that bit more glamorous.

I don't think that I really need to mention the packaging. It's Rose Gold. It's made beautifully. Enough, honestly said. 

You can get these and the rest of the collection online and in stores now; and I would advise you at least swatch everything!

xoxo

Do My Boobs Look Big In This?

Let's face it, we've all said it. 'Oh I probably need to get fitted, but oh well!' And so we continue to wear bras that do not actually fit and that do not actually make us look as good as we think we do and that are not in fact as comfortable as we thought they were...
Wearing a bra can be a pain as it is, let alone if it doesn't fit properly; not to mention it could also be affecting the rest of your body more than you realise if you aren't wearing the right fit. Putting into google 'problems of wearing...', the first suggestion which comes up is '...the wrong bra size'. If that isn't enough to convince you to get fitted, then I don't know what is!

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley created her collection for Autograph in Marks&Spencer with a main reason being that women should be wearing the right things for their shape so that they can look they best that they possibly can (and who doesn't want to look like her?!) The only real problem with getting fitted and finding out you are actually a different bra size from what you've been wearing for the past four years is that you have to buy new underwear. The tragedy!

I don't feel that, as far as I have been aware, this topic is blogged about that greatly. Yet if '#freethenipple' gets ten tonne of coverage, but you don't completely follow through with it, then at least do so to a proper fitting bra!
Go and get a free fitting at your local M&S. You'll thank yourself later when you have brand new spanking underwear ;)

If you're still not convinced, then check out this Buzzfeed article on 8 signs that you're wearing the wrong bra size...and go treat yourself!

xoxo