Autumn High Street Picks

Over the years I've found that I much prefer Autumn Winter fashion over Summer clothing mainly because it's wayyy more interesting putting outfits together by layering up and I love the more muted, earthy colour pallette we've generally seen over the past few years. For the past few weeks now, I've slowly been resigning myself to the fact that it's not getting any warmer and September is only round the corner...so I compiled a little wish list of stuff that I shall hopefully own once my fashion fairy godmother sees it :-)

1. Long Flare Jumpsuit by Rare @ Topshop - £39.00 - I know 70s fashion is a big deal at the moment but I don't know how far I'm willing to go in terms of wearing bellbottoms and wide flares so I guess you could say this is my safe attempt at pulling off that trend! I think this jumpsuit would look lovely on a night out with a pair of chunky wedges or platforms.

2. Black Leather Jacket @ Miss Selfridge - £49.00 - I know I've been moaning about the cold but its not really cold enough for a coat yet hence why I need this jacket in my life!

3. Alexa Chunky Lace Up Leather Ankle Boot @ ASOS - £60.00 - I know these are probably not to everyones taste but for some reason I really like them?! As much as I love Doc Martins on other people, I don't think I would ever suit them so these are a good alternative.

4. Denim Skinny Jeans @ H&M - £29.99 - I'm never disappointed with jeans from H&M and I'm hoping I'll be able to get my big pregnant bottom into these once bubbas born :-)

5. Animal Print Gloves @ H&M - £12.99 - I do love a bit of animal print so I'm pretty sure these will find their way into my wardrobe at some point over the next month!

6. Tobacco Skinny Trousers @ River Island - £30.00 - There's a few pairs of coloured jeans that I've got my eye on from River Island but the colour of these means there versatile enough to wear all year round.

7. Buckle Platform Sandals @ River Island - £59.99 - I think I was experiencing a bit of shoe buckle fever when I was browsing the net, hence why these beauts are on here!

8. Suede Boots @ H&M - £39.99 - Buckle fetish again :-) So I couldn't wait much longer to get these so imagine my surprise when I was about to pay online and it said they had been reduced to £29.99 = mega happy me! I'm not quite sure why they were reduced though as the website still lists them at full price?

9. Bow Tie Trousers @ H&M - £34.99 - I love the draping and detail on the waistband of these, I think they'd look great with a loose jersey top and some gladiator sandals.

10. Aztec Print Cardigan @ Miss Selfridge - £45.00 - I love love love oversized cardigans and jumpers, there just so snuggly and warm, they look great with a belt around the waist but I especially love the aztec print on this, it's on trend and will see you through to winter in style.

What's on your wish list for Autumn/Winter?

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July Favourites

Hey everyone, hope your all having a great summer! I'm so happy it's finally stopped raining here and the sun has (sort of) been making an appearance :)

Just thought I'd share some of my favourite purchases from last month, I was considering doing a post like this every month as I tend to rave about products I've just bought and consequently, some of my holy grail products become forgotten about. I have actually spent quite a lot on make-up this month, mainly on E.L.F. products as they had a 50% promo on about a week ago I'm gonna do a haul post on everything I got from them another time though as there is so much to review, so much that I've not even had a chance to try everything I bought yet! Anyways here's my favourite new purchases & products from July:

 

H&M Brick Red Poncho

I'd had my eye on this poncho for a while as I knew it would cover my bump and it looked lovely in the catalogue promo photos. I'd resisted purchasing for a while when I noticed it had gone into sale for the other day and considering the lack of affordable and fashionable maternity clothing I caved in and bought it....as well as a few other things :) 

H&M Feather Earrings

I can never just buy one thing from H&M, it's so bloody cheap and on-trend! Which leads me onto these boho kinda earrings I also purchased. Long, embellished earrings have always been a bit of an addiction of mine but recently I was trying to give my poor earlobes a break from all the heavy fake metal I'd been hanging off them over the years :\ Fortunately these are really lightweight and look stunning on.

Available from: hm.com

Neutrogena Visibly Clear Spot Stress Control Ultra Light Spot Treatment Moisturiser

I've always found Neutrogena products slightly hit & miss especially when they changed the formula of one of my HG face washes :\ Anyways, I reluctantly purchased this moisturiser as it was on promo in Boots and needed something cheap to replace my Body Shop skin clearing lotion. Whilst I'm still not sure of it's spot fighting abilities, the way this makes my skin feel is great. It feels really light and refreshing on the skin and which I'm guessing is down to the cucumber ingredient. On the days where we've had really humid weather, this hydrates my skin just enough as well as cooling it down.

Witch Anti-Blemish Skin Clearing Primer

I absolutely love this product. It fades the redness around my breakouts and previous acne scars, mattifies oily patches of skin, makes my skin surface smoother before applying make-up and I love the fact that it acts as a barrier to the plethora of make-up products I apply over the top. I've been using this for a few weeks now and admittedly it is my first ever primer! I don't use moisturiser underneath as I feel like applying both a moisturiser and primer is just drowning my face in products which doesn't help if you have oily skin plus this does a great job of moisturising on it's own. Overall, great product if you want a purse friendly primer :)

Boots Skin Clear Oil-Absorbing Sheets

These have been a god send for me over the last month! I hate applying powder over greasy skin so oil blotting sheets are a must-have for me. These are quite powdery when you tear them off the adhesive inside the packaging but they work wonders at absorbing oil from the skin and my make-up doesn't come off at all when using them either which I've noticed can happen with other oil blotting sheets I've used in the past.

 Products shown available from: www.boots.com

Make Up Academy Professional Eye Palette Heaven & Earth

After seeing several bloggers raving about this value for money neutral palette I had to have it considering I'm pretty much always on a budget and Superdrug were offering free delivery on all purchases so win win for my lazy, pregnant self :) Honestly though, this is a fab eye palette if you love neutrals as that's pretty much all this consists of.

Top row swatches taken in natural daylight.

Top row swatches taken with flash.

Bottom row swatches taken in natural daylight.

Bottom row swatches taken with flash.

Overall, this is an amazing product for the price, it retails at £4 which I think makes it well worth trying out. The shadows are very easy to blend and pigmentation is good so I'd definitely advise snapping this up before it sells out!

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss Peach Petal

 This had been on my wish list for a while simply because I was yet to find a nude coloured lip gloss that actually gave a nude lip and having googled swatches of this, I was hopeful this would end my search!

Bare lips with no product applied.

Lip swatch of Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss in Peach Petal.

 For your reference I'm an NC25 in MAC, so as you can see, this is highly pigmented and does in fact lighten my lips to give a more nude lip. One thing I would say is that this gloss is really sticky so it can go on quite streaky and kinda sit on any dry bits of skin. Overall I'd say this is a fab lipgloss, just make sure you really moisturise your lips beforehand which I mistakenly didn't do when I was swatching! I'm definitely going to be purchasing some more colours from the range in future.

Products shown available from: www.superdrug.com

 

 I hope you've enjoyed this post or it's at least been a bit helpful, would love to get some feedback.

 Have you tried any of the products I've spoke about and what products or brands are you loving at the moment?