Blogs Of A Shopaholic

MONTH TWO DONE ✓ ✓ ✓ Ok, before I get started, let's just put this out there - confession time - there have been a few purchases this month!! Whilst I have been doing the No Buy Challenge I have also been "curating" my closet at the same time.  This has been, and still is, an ongoing thing and has required me to really look hard at my wardrobe, how I want it to work for me and also my inspirations etc.  I have decluttered and also realised that I was missing a few things in there that I felt would add to my wardrobe.  I don't want to talk to too much about that on this post (I shall do another post when I have finally completed the task) but like I said, there have been a few purchases and I always want to make sure I'm totally honest with you all.  But...I managed to get through February only spending around £30 so I am happy with that and it's a massive improvement on what I would normally spend in a month.  So, other than the few purchases, I hav...

It’s not often that something makes me want to write a blog post immediately, right there and then, but that’s exactly what happened this morning. After about a year and a half of debating, deciding, looking at other options, reading reviews on tonnes of other products, I finally decided to order a bottle of the Younique Rose Water Toning Spritz! “Why the delay”? I hear you ask.   Well, because, I actually think the products are incredibly overpriced.   That is obviously just my own personal opinion but as a self-confessed beauty addict I like to know that I can get seriously good quality beauty products in my local high street and still get change from £5. The Younique Rose Water is £23 (excluding shipping costs which were free on the day I ordered) and I think that is a lot of money for a rose water spray.   When you consider, Glossier do a version (Soothing Face Mist) for £15 and Lancome sell their Tonique Confort Hydrating Toner for just £13 (not to me...

For me, nothing says relaxation like a nice hot bath and a face mask!  Just recently I have really made an effort to have a bath at least once a week and I use this time to just chill with Spotify on my phone (The Greatest Showman on repeat ), give my face a good cleanse and then pop on a face mask, lay back and.... relax ! My last post highlighted my evening skincare routine and whilst I do try to do this every evening, I like to take have at least one evening of the week where I take a bit more time and really make sure my skin is lovely and clean.  I will pop a link HERE to that post so you can head over and have a little read.   I do follow the exact same routine before my bath which is: Micellar Water to remove make up and then a cleansing balm to give my skin a good cleanse and that's when I will choose a mask to pop on.   The two types I have been reaching for lately are the L'Oréal Pure Clay masks and the Garnier Sheet Masks. Both of thes...

Today's post is all about my skincare routine for the evenings.  If you read my previous post you will know that I said I try really  hard to follow this strictly but it doesn't always happen that way, and I have to be honest and say I can be quite lazy when it comes to night time skincare.  I will pop a link to my morning routine HERE so you can catch up with that if you want to, but carry on reading below to find out what I do and the products I use in the evenings. Let me start off by saying that we all have those evenings when we know we really should take off our make up but then we get waylaid and caught up doing other stuff (binge watching Stranger Things on Netflix is my current fave), before you know it it's 11.00pm and you can't be bothered with all the faff! This is most definitely me and for those evenings I will remove my make up using some wipes.  I try really hard not to make a habit of this but I'll be honest and say it happens at least  o...

I've been meaning to do a skincare related blog post for a while now but time has just slipped by (as always!).  Now that we've hit March though I thought it would be the perfect time to share my current skincare routine with you as I change my routine to fit in with the season ahead and Spring feels like it's most definitely on it's way.  I have decided to make March my "Skincare" month on the blog and will be posting regular weekly posts about my routines and the products I use so keep checking back as I will be uploading more regularly (or at least trying to) this month. I do take my skincare quite seriously and whenever possible I try really hard to follow the same routine daily, saying that though, it doesn't always  happen, but 99.9% of the time, it does and this is especially true of my morning skincare routine.  The first thing I do (after brushing my teeth) is soak a cotton pad in micellar water and gently wipe it over my face.  I am ...

Hey everyone, And just like that, we are at the end of another month! One more month closer to Spring but as I am writing this, the snow is falling down outside my window and setting a very (magical), wintery scene! Last month I did a "favourites" post as there were a few things I had been really reaching for in January (I will link that here if you would like to take a look).  I am still loving those same things but have accumulated a couple of empties, so I thought I'd make February an "Empties" post, rather than storing them up for a huge blog post later. The first thing to be finished up is my favourite ever perfume, Black Opium by Yves Saint Laurent.  This was a bottle I got for Christmas 2016 and I had been down to the teensiest bit by around September and I was eeking it out to make it last.  To be fair, this has such a strong, long-lasting scent that one spray of this is all that's needed to last an entire day so I could have made t...

Hey everyone, So we finally made it to the end of January and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.  I hope it was ok for all of you, whether you chose to do some resolutions like "Dry January" or "No Spend" or you just needed to get through to the first payday since Christmas. There are just a few things that I have been reaching for constantly in January and I really wanted to share them with you.  The first two things though are products I have written about previously so I won't repeat myself but I will send you in the direction of my previous blog posts.  They are (if you haven't guessed already) the Tanya Burr Gift Set ( here ) and my haircare favourites from Percy & Reed ( here ) but they have been staples in my everyday routines through January. There are a few new products though and they are all skincare related.  The first being the Alpha-H Liquid Gold Rose Limited Edition.  This came in my Marks & Spencer Advent Calendar (...

Hey everyone, Happy New Year!!  I really hope everyone had a fantastic festive holiday and feels fully re-charged and ready to face the new year ahead.  I am currently sitting in my pj's writing this, having spent last night with friends so today is all about tea, biscuits and films (Charlie & The Chocolate Factory to be precise). I really want to start 2018 as I mean to go on so I am putting out my first blog post of the year on the first day of a brand new month and year in the hope it will mean I will be much better organised!  I thought the best post to kick off the new year would be an "empties" post so below are all the things I have used up in the month of December.  I love that feeling of finishing products and especially at the end of the year when inevitably thoughts turn to de-cluttering and tidying up. Haircare Percy & Reed Reassuringly Firm Session Hold Hairspray - £12.00 It would seem that no post of mine would be complete without s...