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I went in town to find an interview outfit. I found some smart, dark denim shorts from Newlook and a grey, loose T-shirt to tuck into them (A shirt wouldn't have looked right with the shorts). I didn't get them though because I thought it would have looked too casual but I'm going to order them now. I think it should be OK to wear. I only think it would be inappropriate if I wore jeans and a hoodie to the interview. I will wear these two items with a cardigan, black tights and black dolly shoes.

GOSH Holographic! It was half price too at just £2.49. Half the GOSH make-up was on sale; liquid liners, eyeshadow quads etc.

From Superdrug, I also bought three MUA eyeshadows, £1 each. These are really pigmented!

WHSmith Cupcake storage drawers, half price £9.99. I already have the Blossom design which holds my make-up but I wanted another set of drawers for my jewellery. It was quite hard lugging this around town though!

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No7 Exquisite Curl Mascara

Two coats on top lashes, one coat on bottom.

This mascara is No7's latest addition to the range and I was looking forward to trying it because I have never used a No7 mascara before. The packaging is really pretty; a muted lilac with shimmer. The wand is similar to Maybelline Falsies but instead of the wand being flat, it's rounded. It doesn't pick up a lot of product which is great because I find mascara wands that do usually clump your lashes together. I look for two qualities in a mascara; it needs to darken my lashes and it must not clump. Like most mascaras, it darkens. As for the clumping; there is none. I really like it! It gives a natural look and you can layer it on without any clumping.

At the moment you can purchase this mascara from Boots for £10; £13 from the 23rd February.

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This or That Tag

I was tagged by Ellie a beauty blog, so thank you!

Make-up:

Blush or bronzer: Blush

Lipgloss or lipstick: Lipstick, my hair gets stuck to my lips when I wear lipgloss!

Eye liner or mascara: Definitely mascara!

Foundation or concealer: Concealer, I don't wear foundation

Neutral or colour eyeshadow: Neutral but I wear coloured eyeshadow on my lower lash line

Pressed or loose eyeshadow: Pressed

Brushes or sponges: Brushes

Nails:

OPI or china glaze: I haven't tried OPI or China Glaze!

Long or short: Long but not too long!

Acrylic or natural: Natural

Brights or darks: Brights

Flower or no flower: Hmm flower

Body:

Perfume or body spray: Body Spray; I have some gorgeous ones from Natural Collection (Search my blog for the review)

Lotion or body butter: Body Butter (Collection post here)

Body wash or soap: Body wash

Lush or other bath company: Other bath company. There isn't a specific one but there are tons of cute bath companies out there with prices much cheaper than Lush!

Fashion:

Jeans or sweat pants: Jeans

Long sleeve or short: Depends on the weather

Dresses or skirts: Dresses

Stripes or plaid: Stripes

Flip flops or sandals: ... depends on the design

Scarves or hats: Scarves

Studs or dangly earrings: Dangly

Necklaces or bracelets: Necklace

Heels or flats: Flats but heels for when I go out

Cowboy boots or riding boots: Cowboy

Jacket or hoodie: Hoodie

Forever 21 or Charlotte Russe: Haven't bought from either

Abercombie or Hollister: Haven't bought from either

Saks 5th or Nordstrom: ??? Don't know of either

Hair:

Curly or straight: Depends on my mood

Bun or ponytail: Bun

Bobby pins or butterfly clips: Bobby Pins

Hair spray or gel: Spray

Long or short: Long

Light or dark: Don't mind!

Side sweep bangs or full bangs: Side sweep

Up or down: Down

Random:

Rain or shine: Shine

Summer or Winter: Cannot decide!

Fall or spring: Fall

Chocolate or vanilla: haha Vanilla of course!

East coast or west coast: West; I'm from the South West

If you wish to do this tag (Which from looking at the wording, is American) then feel free to do so!

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Super Smoocher - Crazy Rumours lip balm in French Vanilla

I've had this since this morning and although some may think it's too early to review this product, I'm going to. With some products you need to wait a week or two to see the results (Skincare) but with make-up, I think you can make up your mind whether you like a product within minutes.

I purchased this lip balm from Super Smoocher. Super Smoocher is home to natural lip balms of many brands and has free delivery on all orders. The free delivery is fantastic as this is what determines whether I make an online purchase. I ordered Wednesday afternoon, my lip balm was shipped Wednesday evening and it arrived Friday morning; pretty good!

My lip balm arrived in pink tissue paper with pink heart sequins inside. I love love love when companies do little things like this!

Onto the lip balm. Like with the other balms the site has to offer, this is 100% natural. The packaging is cute, almost vintage. It melts onto your lips and keeps them moisturised for a decent amount of time. The scent... I'm in heaven. French Vanilla is a mix of coffee and vanilla. Regular readers know my favourite scent is vanilla and although I don't like the taste of coffee, I adore the smell. This lip balm smells exactly like these two scents. My mum had a sniff and said it smelt like butterscotch, in which she is right. Me and my mum are crazy for butterscotch so maybe this is why I cannot put the lip balm down! Even if it didn't moisturise my lips, I would still constantly use it because it smells amazing.

The lip balm is £3.45, which I think is reasonable.

There are so many other scents I want to try! I've narrowed my list down to:

From Crazy Rumours: Mocha, Cola

and from Hurraw!: Lime, Grapefruit and Cinnamon tinted lip balm.

I definitely recommend the site and Crazy Rumours!

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Wink and Win with No7!

With the realease of No7's latest mascara, Exquisite Curl Mascara, No7 are holding a competition!

The star prize is a pampering weekend, including a makeover by No7 make-up artist, Lisa Eldridge. How amazing is that? They are also giving away 9 goodie bags each week.

To enter, all you have to do is upload a video or photo of you winking to No7's Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/No7) (Click the 'Best Wink' tab at the top)

Simple huh?

Get your entries in now as the competition closes 15th February 2011.

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Body Butter Collection + Reviews

I prefer body butters to lotions. Although my skin isn't dry, I like to give it as much moisture as possible. I actually only use these in the Summer when my legs are on show; the rest of the year I just smell them!

Left to right: The Body Shop Raspberry, The Body Shop Almond, Boots Extracts Vanilla, Body Treatment Cocoa, Palmers Cocoa Butter, Boots Extracts Cocoa Butter x2, Boots Extracts Mango, Boots Extracts Coconut, Boots Extracts Brazil Nut, Boots Extracts Honey.

All moisturise well, I've never come across a body butter that doesn't.

The Body Shop £12.50 for 200ml: The raspberry one smells absolutely divine! Like jam. I don't like the Almond one, it is nothing compared to the Boots Extracts Almond one that my sister has. I wouldn't pay full price for these because I don't like to spend over £10 on a body butter but when on sale they are a great buy.

Body Treatment Cocoa £1something for 220ml: You can buy this at Wilkinsons and it is very affordable! However, since purchasing my other body butters, I've noticed that this one doesn't smell as nice.

Palmers Cocoa Butter £3.22* for 100g: This smells so good (Like chocolate) and is affordable too. It moisturises well, the only problem being how greasy it is. This is a product to use in the evening when you're not doing anything as it takes a while to absorb into the skin.

Boots Extracts £7.92* for 200ml, £2.55* for 50ml: I absolutely adore this range and will choose them over The Body Shop any day. Not the cheapest but more affordable than The Body Shop. These are also fairtrade.

Favourites:

• The Body Shop Raspberry - Jam, yum yum.
• Boots Extracts Vanilla - Anyone who knows me or reads my blog regularly will know that Vanilla is my favourite scent so this has to be in my favourites!
• Boots Extracts Mango - Smells amazing! and isn't too sweet.
• Boots Extracts Brazil Nut - Oh my. I thought that the Cocoa Butter one would smell sweeter but no, this one definitely smells sweeter! It smells like toffee/fudge/yummy goodness. I think this one may just be in the lead with Vanilla! Now that's a compliment!

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*Palmers and Boots Extracts prices from Boots.com, correct at time of writing.

Nails Of The Week!

I wasn't going to show you my 'nails of the week' this week because I've used these colours/this simple design before. But here we are! You can never have too many swatches of nail polishes!

The pink is ASOS Paint in Blake and the blue is ASOS Paint in Lauren. I love ASOS Paints! That's why you see them on this blog a lot!

I filed my nails down today and they feel so much better. They look a lot longer in the photo than they actually are in real life.

Also, my nails were stained yellow, so much so a few were turning orange! I used an old toothbrush and scrubbed toothpaste on my nails for 5 minutes. I didn't think this would make a difference (There are tons of tips which don't do anything) but I thought I'd give it a go. I didn't see a difference until I started washing it off. It has made a huge difference! No more stained nails for me :)

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