Nails Of The Week!

Barry M's Strawberry Ice cream 309

Compared to other Barry M Nail Paints, this is quite sheer, needing 3 coats. It's also streaky on the first coat.

I think the colour is really pretty though so I'm willing to over look it's formula :)

It works a lot better with a base coat. I used Collection 2000's 2in1 Base Coat and Ridge Filler, which evens out the colour of my natural nails beautifully.

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Yesterdays and Todays OOTDs and Plymouth University's Open Day and Today's Purchases

Grey vest: Primark

White board shorts: Primark

Navy cardigan: Primark

Gold bangle: Primark

'L' pendant: Accessorize

T-shirt: Republic

Denim shorts: Primark

Wooden bangle: Chinese hotel in Holland haha

(also wore white dolly shoes)

And I wore no tights today! I'm so proud of myself :D

So today I went to Plymouth University's Open Day! It was pretty good. As were on the coast, there are loads of water sports to do. They also have a four floor library with a cafe at the top and the student union was just voted best the student union in the country. It looks amazing, but then again, any university will look amazing compared to secondary school!

A girl said that she comes from Manchester and in the three years she's studied at Plymouth, she went back home to see her parents for a total of two weeks haha

The students were really nice! We went to a Psychology drop in session for my friend but I came out wanting to do it too haha

I wanted to go to an English drop in session but it didn't start till 2 and that's when we had to leave so I'm going back in September for their other open day.

One of the girls said she has friends who study at Brighton and Falmouth who love it there and they're the other two places I want to go :)

She now has a Psychology degree but is going to London to work on Media and filming and she also said she knows someone at the BBC who has a geography degree so degrees can be flexible to many jobs.

Hmm Psychology or English? I don't know!

I didn't like any of Primark's bikinis. I'm quite fussy when it comes to bikinis I've discovered. I don't like triangle shaped ones and would like support so my boobs don't look small!

They also didn't do any nice summer dresses :/

And their gladiator sandals were ok, but not enough for me to want to buy them.

There was a pair which were really nice though and I don't know why I didn't buy them. They were a goldish/creamy colour but not tacky looking and had three chains going across the top (ankle part) and a normal flip flop type bottom. Haha I am so good at describing! Don't ya think?!

They were £8 anyhow.. I'll get them when I go into town to buy some birthday presents.

Popped into Boots and got two boring items:

Natural Collection: Pink cloud blush and Waterguard mascara, both £1.99

I reaaaalllly wanted some 17 nail polishes but I have so many already. I wanted Parma Violet as I don't yet have a Lilac in my collection (I know I can't believe it either!) but I wasn't sure whether it would be streaky or not.

Oh and I had £7ish on my advantage card so the Natural Collection items were free. I wish I remembered I had that much on my card because I would of bought some 17 nail polishes. I wouldn't of felt as guilty buying them if I knew I would only of had to pay a few extra pounds on top of my advantage points. Ahh next time!

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University Questions

• What University do you want to go/are you studying at/did you go to?
• Why your chosen University?
• Do you want to move away from home/did you move away from home?
• Why?
• What course do you want to study/are you studying/did you study?

And if there are any other bits of information you want to add in you can :)

I'm just curious and need ideas!

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Nails Of The Week!

Fingers look stupidly long here :S

This is Miss Sporty's Clubbing Colours Nail Polish in Salsa - a dark coral. (The site has changed the finish to look pearly? But I assure you it's a cream finish)

This is with one coat!

This looks very similar to Eyeko's Coral Polish. As I don't have that colour, I don't know if it's a dupe but they look greatly alike.

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OOTD

Vest: Republic

Cropped cardigan: Peacocks

Denim shorts: Primark

Dolly shoes: Newlook

Today was the first time I have worn shorts to school! or in fact out anywhere for years. I have really pale legs so don't normally tend to. Plus the 'popular' girls have great legs so I didn't want to look crap next to them!

I'm wearing tights here, most people didn't even notice :)

Oh and in this photo my body shape looks really boyish :S It's more curvy in real life or what's the word.. sportish.

Boyish is straight down and sportish is slim with slight curves.

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Benefit's Conceal It Stick

"Oh Louise, really? Another blimming Benefit review?!"

I'm sorry! I had to!

So everyone knows Glamour magazine were (and still are if you can find any) giving away a free benefit pencil with July's issue. I chose the It Stick:

I'll just dive straight into this because you've probably had enough of these reviews!

Pros:

• Creamy
• Blends well
• Medium coverage
• Lasts well (I accidently went sleep with the concealer on and when I woke up, it was still had good coverage)

Cons:

• This isn't a con for me personally but I'm sure it is for other women. This stick only comes in one colour supposedly to suit all skin tones. Well as you can see it is very light and will not suit all skin tones. I have pale skin so it is the perfect colour for me but anyone darker will find this hard to use.

Would I re-purchase? I might buy another Glamour magazine because for £2, this is a decent concealer but I would never pay the £17 price tag.

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The Body Shop's Facial Cleansing Bar

Price: £3.00

What The Body Shop say: A vegetable-based soap that lathers onto the skin to leave it feeling cleansed, lightly moisturised, soft and refreshed. Especially formulated for use on the face, it can also be used on the body.

First of all, I really like the scent. Initially I couldn't pin point it but I knew I had smelt something like it before. I thought I was close when strawberry bonbons popped into my mind but my mum went 'ew no! that's not strawberry bonbons!' and then it hit me, turkish delight! That's why my mum isn't keen on the smell because she hates the sweets. My dad loves them so that's what I smell when he eats them.

It's not a strong scent so don't be put off if you don't like the smell of turkish delight. That's just what it reminds me of but it is a floral/sweet scent and it's gorgeous.

This is the best cleanser I have used. Now that's a strong statement but here's why:

• This lathers loads and I like my facial washes to do that as then I know it's working.
• It literally leaves my face squeaky clean.
• Afterwards my skin feels soft.

For a couple minutes after using your face feels slightly tight, but I love it when that happens.

Some people might say: 'It's a bit expensive for a bar of soap' and I will say yes it's a bar of soap, but it's a cleanser and £3.00 for a cleanser is great value for money. This also lasts ages! I've been using mine for a few weeks and it hasn't changed in size. I also read a review where it only slightly decreased in size after having it for a few months.

Would I re-purchase? Definitely, this is now my holy grail cleanser!

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