Oxford Street Haul

A recent post ended with something along the lines of not spending money again for few months but that didn’t even last a week. I’m just going to admit it - I am a shopaholic. I feel a tad bit hopeless…maybe; I should start adding up to see how much I spend before I over do it. For now I’ll just enlighten you with my shopping spree.

After spending days at uni from 9am – 5pm, I finally had a half day and so I decided I was going to go Oxford Street, whether it was on my own or with someone else. I just knew I had to go. I had no reason to go but I just love London, I think it’s beautiful but anyway I didn’t end up on my own, I met up with an old time friend and we both wrecked our bank accounts…slightly.

1. Marvel Top – Primark (£6.00)

I got this in a couple of sizes bigger than my actual size because I wanted to wear it as an oversized top rather than a normal top. I like oversized tops, jumpers, shirts, you name it – I’ll probably have it. Unless it’s jeans, trousers, leggings…don’t buy that in oversized; that is not cool. I don’t normally by my clothes from Primark unless they’re basics or random jewellery but I found myself debating between the Marvel top and Olaf (frozen) top as they were both really cute and as you can see I did end up getting the Marvel one.

2. Biker Skirt – H&M (£14.99)

I have been eyeing this skirt for so long. I didn’t know if I wanted this or not so I kept it saved in my favourites for over 2 months and then eventually realised that if I didn’t buy this, I was going to regret it. The H&M near Selfridges had 6 FLOORS! I couldn’t find this skirt after walking round for half an hour then gave up at that H&M. I went to the one closer to Marble Arch/Bond Street – which only had 2/3 floors and found it pretty easily…after climbing on an unstable stool trying to find the right size (short girl problems).

3. Lip Products

So I think I’m facing the ‘buy every make-up product’ phase, my last blog post was a really bad make up haul. I saw reviews for all of these and I wanted to try them. So you’re probably wondering why there’s two pictures with one that looks a bit strange. When I went and washed my hand I noticed that some didn’t come off as easily so I thought I’d let you know what actually lasts.

   A. Automatic Precision Lip Liner - KIKO(£5.90)

I got this in the shade 507, it’s a Scarlet Red colour that I wanted to try out, there are 15 other colours that I may or may not want to buy. It was on discount for £3.90 and I thought why not, I did go in to buy a lip liner but I forgot what colour it was I wanted so I had to stand and stare for a long time. I need to revisit and buy the translucent lip liner - I’m kicking myself for not buying it when I went there. This product has a blending applicator on the reverse side, which I thought was pretty cool they were also not lying when they said it was water-resistant.

   B/C. Rimmel Provocalips - Boots (£6.99)

I got this in two shades 550 Playing With Fire (B) and 730 Make Your Move (C), These two products left me amazed, well all of them did, all the colours were so vibrant and intense and I just sat there thinking ‘wow’. As you can see they are completely waterproof and colour probably last for a really long time without having to reapply them. On the reverse side it come with a clear ‘lock and shine’ gloss which I did not add on top but you could get away with having either a matte or gloss finish.

   D. Revlon Moisture Stain - Boots (£7.99)

I would have bought 3 Rimmel Provocalips but I wanted to try something else. This is in the shade 045 New York Scene. It’s a very similar colour to the lip liner but just slightly more red. I don’t know how weird this may sound but I don’t like the taste/smell of the products. It smells like something I used when I was an art student but I cant pinpoint which type of paint it was, on the other hand my sister thinks it smells like a really toned down version of Mac Studio FixFluid Spf 15 Foundation. 

   E/F. NYX Butter Gloss – NEXT (£5.00)

I got the shades BLG05 Crème Brulee (E) and BLG07 Tiramisu (F), I prefer the Tiramisu shade compared to the other purely because it looked much more natural on me. I know many who loves these ‘butter gloss’ products however I have tried it a couple of times and I don’t think it lasts that long. You’d essentially have to keep reapplying this throughout the day which is not something I’d want to do. I haven’t yet tried to mix it with a lipstick or anything so I might see what happens then it might work better like that.

4. Really Cute Gloves – Primark (£4.00)

That is not the name of the gloves; they had no name so I just wrote the first thing that came to me. Do you find that every winter you buy a new pair of gloves? I definitely do. This is my excuse for buying the – My hands get cold and gloves were the solution. I particularly like the design on them and the colours aren’t ‘out there’, I can also text or read on my phone pretty easily without having to worry about taking the entire glove off because they have the ‘cover’ thing for your fingers. I have no idea what the name for that is either.

5. Galaxy Minstrels – Primark (£0.80)

This is not make-up nor is it clothes, it was there and I picked it up. As it was part of the whole shopping spree I thought it deserved a number and place on this page. I love food. I love chocolate. I hate exercising. I bet you can see my future pretty clearly now. I ate this for breakfast…with milk. Chocolate’s good for you.

6. Earring Set – Primark (£2.00)

As I said before I do buy jewellery from Primark, I had no need to buy this entire set, as I only actually needed the first pair for work. So I’ve actually cut off the bottom row and the bows off to give to my friend who accompanied me because she liked the other half so I was told her she could have it as I actually have lots of earrings already.

7. Ring Set – Primark (£2.50)

Amelia Liana recently made a blog post about this £140 ring, which looked really really pretty, but I don’t buy rings for £140. Coincidentally, I saw this ring pack when I was browsing and the first row caught my eye. I don’t like the last row, well the silver one is nice, but the other 3 are probably going to remain untouched. The shapes were cute and I don’t have rings like that and as it reminded me of her £140 ring, I bought this. That was my logic and reasoning.