Brand Focus || Pull & Bear

Morning Troops

Today I have decided to do my brand focus on Pull & Bear. Having visited the Brighton store recently I was totally hooked on the clothing they have.

You can see the trousers I bought in my Brighton Haul post.

Here though I am sharing with you some other things that I like the look of.

Floral Print Shirt £19.99

Striped Jacquard Dress £19.99

Printed Denim Jacket £29.99

Polka Dot Dungarees £25.99

Relief Knit Jersey £22.99

Leopard Print Espadrilles £19.99

Basic Shirt With Pockets £15.99

High Heel Hide Cowboy Ankle Boots £59.99

Shopper Bag With USA Flag £9.99

Basic Fake Leather Jacket - £25.99


Have you shopped at Pull & Bear before. What are your favourite items?

Thank you for reading my blog post. See you again soon

What I Wore This Week || Up To 10/05/14

Morning all, 

Here is this weeks outfits!

Sunday was a busy day of cleaning ( again,) more shopping ( food - boo!) party dropping off & hospital visiting.
Blue Top | Not on website - BHS
Vest Top - Primark
Pink Top | Not on website - H&M
Jeans (last year purchase. This colour not on website)- M&S.
Shoes (old) - Rocket Dog

Monday brought more cleaning ( bank holiday meaning nothing there then,) cake baking ( Victoria sponge topped with butter cream & strawberries & a visit from my parents.
Top - Joules
Jeggings & Cardy (old) - H&M
Shoes (old) - Next 

Haircut & colour was the order of the day for Tuesday. I had it done ombre style ( photo taken before I went!)
Top - Banana Republic
Jeans - H&M

Wednesday was an errands kind of day.

Top - Next
Vest - Primark
Jeggings & Cardy (old)  - H&M
shoes ( old) - Next

There is nothing for Thursday as I hated what I wore. I was obviously just not inspired that day!!!

Friday is the one day Fin does not have pre-school so he stayed in his pyjamas & I totally went for chillaxing ( I won't use that word ever again I promise!)

Top - South
Trousers - Pull & Bear

Saturday was so dreary!! Its May for goodness sake!

Embroidered Folk Top - Next
Jeans - H&M

And... that's a wrap for this week folks. 

Joe Browns || My Order

Morning My Lovelies

My order arrived at the weekend from Joe Brown's & this excited me very much. With the Brighton haulage of that day too I had a mammoth trying on session. 

Gorgeous Garden Party Dress - This was my total favourite I saw from that 1st sighting in the booklet I got. I still adore it. I do not do it the justice of the model of course. The flow of the skirt is amazing. It is longer on me of course because I am so short , as we all know. However, I don't mind this as I think I a bit old for belt like skirts!

Pura Vida Dress - Firstly, sorry for the state of my hair/face. I was about clothes trying on tired out by this point. This very nearly went back. It is a pretty dress but does not look as nice in the flesh as on the website. I also think I could have sized down. However, thinking again  with a bit of tweaking I actually quite like it.

Fabulous Floral Wedge - These are as lovely in real life as the website. Excuse my horrid feet shot in the 2nd photo but my poor feet were tired out after a day in Brighton. I am debating putting these away to save for the holiday.

Thank you for reading

See you again soon 

Wilkinson Ditsy Duvet Set || Birds

Morning all,

I have been looking out lately to change our bedding. Not the colour scheme as I very much love our teal inspired room but the bedding we have , whilst still OK was making me feel a bit bored. I did buy a nice set from Next a while ago but was not looking to spend quite as much for a 2nd set.

I wondered into the bedroom section of my local Wilkinson store & was pleasantly surprised. Not only did they have some lovely sets but I found this perfect set at just £18 for a king size duvet cover (£14 for single, double is £16) plus 2 matching pillow cases.   

It has my favourites colours in ( blue/ green) & I think the birds are so-o cute. There is the silhouette pattern on the reverse too if I wanted a change so you almost get 2 covers from the price of 1. Bargain. There is also a matching cushion which may end up having a home with me too.

Do check Wilkos out if you are looking for bedding because I think you could not go wrong by trying them out.

Beauty Product Empties #9

More empty products for you today. I have no idea why us beauty fans like to look at other peoples trash like this , but it is seriously great fun! haha! I didn't think I had used as much up as been mixing up a lot of late so didn't think I was getting through very much. How wrong I was!

Now you must know me by now! The Dove deodorant( this time in Pomegranate & lemon gerbera scent) and Batiste dry shampoo ( usually in tropical) are ALWAYS In my empties. I long time fan of both & that will continue for the time being.

This shower gel from I Love Cosmetics ( in mango & papaya) seemed to last me forever. In the beginning I loved it as these are my favourite kind of scents & it washed me well. I even featured it in a favourites. Over time though I grew so bored with it & was actually very pleased to finish it. 

This Clarins Eau De Jardins Uplifting Shower Gel is a 10ml sample I received after an order I placed online. I did choose it myself as I am always keen to try new scents etc. Wasn't for me though at all. I felt it was quite a masculine scent & did not do anything for me all.

Nspa body butter in Mango was quite a pleasant surprise. Bought for me for Xmas along with the Raspberry one by hubby from Asda , I was not sure how good they would be. It is lovely. Not a strong fragrance but it does last a while on the skin. I don't think it would be good for anyone who has to be out quick in the mornings because it takes a few mins longer than my almost instant dry Body Shop ones but overall I am impressed. I have only just started the raspberry one & as I am using 3/4 different brands it will be a while before I use it up. I did spot they do a Pink Grapefruit one too , which I have an obsession with so think I may have to cheekily buy that on a next Asda trip even though I have body creams coming out my ears!

Now this... this I just love. I would love for Clarins to create this scent from the One Step Cleanser ( Orange Extract) into a room refresher or better still a car air freshener. It is divine. A fantastic one step cleanser & the scent stays with me all night long ( I only use of an evening.) I do have another bottle ready to go but I am saving it & using up my No7 Cleansing water instead.

This was another surprise for me. The whole beauty world seems to be obsessed with the Emma Hardie Cleansing Balm & usually this can be a clue to me that it is probably a bit over hyped. So I treated myself to a little gift set from Feel Unique which included a 15ml jar. Well in the beginning I couldn't see what the fuss was about. It was scary to start as I was convinced I would have a horrid greasy face. Thankfully despite my reservations it was perfectly fine .I was only using in the morning ( the smell of Moringa is lovely though so this was the only plus at that point) until one evening I was feeling a bit lazy & took my whole make-up off ( eyes included ) & I am now hooked! Removed it to the point where there was hardly a trace left on my skin & made my skin feel totally amazing. I am gutted it is used up but will have to wait to buy the full version as I am currently using the Clinique "Take The Day Off" cleansing balm instead (jury out still) & plus the hefty  price tag ( a whopping £36 ) make it a not so quick repurchase.

I am not enamored with the No7 Toner at all really. I bought it last year in one of their 3 for 2 plus £5 off voucher deals. Really I love my Clinique Clarifying Lotion (2) but this was the cheaper option at the time. I think I still have 2 more bottles so not sure if I will use them or sell them on yet. I'll think on it.

This Clarifying Lotion from Clinique came in a goodie bag. It is the wrong one for me though so unfair to say any thing bad as it was just not for my skin type at all ( number 1 if for very dry to dry.)

Another present in my stocking from hubby. I would probably not have purchased the Simple "Kind To Eyes" eye make-up remover myself otherwise. However , it does a nice job. Nice & gentle & gets off even the hardest to remove mascara quite well. With a price tag of £3.25 I would happily buy it again when the need arises. 

This you have seen in an empties not that long ago. I cannot believe I have used up a 2nd pot so quickly. Clarins Extra-Firming Neck Cream is amazing. I always say it has that classic Clarins scent ( which they should bottle again I reckon.)  I think it did make a difference to my neck & decollete area. I won't be buying it any when soon though so if you know of cheaper alternatives let me know in the comments. 

I bought the Clarins Eye Contour Balm in error, meaning to buy the Eye Contour GEL. Easy mistake with a brain like mine! I can't say the balm did much. I did cut it open to use every last drop as being mid ban at the time I needed to keep it as long as I could. I did not notice it doing anything different to cheaper eye creams anyway. So another non re-purchase there.

I bought the Body Shop eau de toilette in Moringa as an alternative to a body spray & to refrain from using too much perfume. It was OK. It certainly didn't hold the scent like the body mist I used. I would not buy this again.

Bath & Body Works have been on my to try list for ages. I have used a couple of shower gels ( hits with me ) & I decided to give the anti-bac gel a try too. Mine is in Caribbean Escape. It's OK. Whilst the gel does a good enough job of sinking in & doing that job OK, I found the alcohol content ( 68%) just totally over powered the scent & so I was having to wash my hands anyway. I do have another one called "Tuscan Vineyard" I am using which thankfully does NOT have the same overpowering scent. I won't bother buying them again. They were just to try & the price of them is not worth it.

last in this post we have the Clinique Bottom Lash Mascara. Pretty much dried out but pretty much empty too so in the bin it goes. I did love it but have no plans to buy it again at this point.

So, well done if you made it to the end of this post. Leave links to your product empties posts/ you tube vids.

Brighton Haul - Boys Addition

Morning all,

As you will know from yesterdays post , it was a struggle to get the boys to do much trying on , so honestly we did not get as much as I was hoping. In fact most of Finley's items are guess work - although this is due to the fact the changing rooms are NOT on the kids floor in Primark! What is that about? 

I hope the websites are going to kinder to me in today's post though at least!

We started in Zara ...

Bermuda Shorts - Brads are in mint , although there are other colours available too. I might go back for more myself as now I know what size he is ( both my boys seem to have no waist which makes me very jealous indeed!)

Leaf Print Bermuda Trunks - Lime Green , also come in Turquoise. 

This I think is gorgeous. Finley wouldn't try it on though so I just grabbed a 4-5 & hope that it fits! Mao Collar Shirt.

I had to take Finley to the baby boy section for his shorts. I think the colour of these Twill Bermuda Shorts ( apple green) is gorgeous. They do have other colours on the website but I couldn't see any in store. I think I for see a huge Zara online haul coming up don't you?

Then after a quick McDonalds ( I know , dire but it kept the smalls happy after having to try clothes on,) we headed to Next.

Vest Pyjamas 2 pack - These were a huge hit with Bard purely for the Basketball theme going on! 

Both pairs of jean are the pull on kind. I cannot find the top pair but here is the 2nd pair , which comes in a dark wash too.

It started to go downhill in H&M so...

...we just came away with these. I want to call them Chinos but actually the website is saying Twill Trousers. Relaxed Fit!

Last stop, for Fin only where it was mainly guess work ,l although we did get him to at least try on a pair of the chinos & the jeans ( in the middle of the shop because we could not be bothered to go down in the lift with an armful of clothes to find an actual fitting room!) Of course , as most will probably know the Primark site is rubbish so I will just pop the prices under the photos for you instead. I am nice like that! Everything is the Rebel label apart from the Minion Shirt.

Chinos £5. 

Cuff Leg Jeans - £6

Minion Tee £4

Chimp tee & the Pirate tee both £3 each

Check shorts- £6

Denim Shorts - £6

There was so many lovely things but the boys just were not in the mood & this put me off thinking about photographing anything else!! Like I say , I will have a trip on my own soon.

Thank you so much for reading

See you soon