Recent Purchases

A few days ago I went shopping with one of my friends, and I bought a few things that I wanted to share with you today.

First we went into Superdrug because I wanted some new makeup. 

The first thing I got was the Bourjous Healthy Mix Foundation as it's talked about a lot and several people have recommended it. It was £9.99 so not too pricey for a foundation that apparently is great!

 

I also bought a Sleek blush in the colour 'rose gold'; I've wanted a new blush for a while and again Sleek is a brand that is highly recommended and although I haven't used it yet, I love the colour and it's amazingly pigmented. I think it was around £4.99 and it seems like it will last me a while.

We also wanted to look at Tanya Burr's lips & nails products but unfortunately the majority of the products were sold out.

Next we went to Boots so I could buy the Collection Lasting Perfection concealer as it was out of stock in Superdrug. I chose the shade cool medium, 2 however I think it's a little too dark for my skin tone. So far I really like this concealer but I think it may run out soon since there doesn't seem to be much product inside but for only £4.19 I would probably repurchase. 

On the Maybelline counter I spotted the 24hr Colour Tattoos which I have on my Spring Wishlist. For only £4.99 I couldn't resist finally purchasing 'pink gold' because it is unbelievably pretty and will be perfect for spring and summer.

We then went into River Island and I found some gorgeous pieces of jewellery that will be perfect for spring and summer.

 

Flower ring - £4

Pink flower & gold love heart finger toppers - £3

Pink and gold daisy bracelet - £3 

Daisy earrings - £2

 

I can't wait to wear these pieces of jewellery - I love them all! 

Then we headed to a small cafe for a bite to eat and we passed an American Sweet Shop. Not being able to resist, we went in to have a look round and I found a small pot of Lucky Charms for only £2! Buying them was a must and I can't wait to try them!

My last purchase was the Lush Bubblegum lip scrub which retails at £5.50. At first I thought this was a little pricey as I was unsure as to whether or not I would use a lip scrub very often. However I've used it several times over the past few days and already love it. There is a lot of product in that small pot so it's likely to last quite a while. As well as that, it smells and tastes amazing so I'm really glad I bought it even though I was reluctant to at first. 

That concludes this blogpost, I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed buying everything!

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Rachel x

Good Friday

The weather today was gorgeous, so my family and I decided to take a trip to the beach. I took a lot of snaps so I thought I'd share them in a blogpost since some of them have too lovely a view not to. 

 

It was a lovely day that was topped off by fish & chips for lunch! How did you spend Good Friday?

 

Also I apologise for the lack of posts recently, I've been out and about quite a bit these holidays and sometimes lacking inspiration. Some new posts should be up soon though as I've been wanting to focus on quality rather than quantity. 

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Rachel x

Spring Wishlist 2014

This spring I have quite a few things that I can't wait to get my hands on. However, since I don't have much money (*sobs*) I've condensed my Wishlist down into 6 items that I want to purchase before the season is over.

Images from Polyvore

1. Liquid Eye Liner

I rarely wear eyeliner but lately I've been spending the majority of my time watching everyday makeup tutorials on YouTube, which mostly consist of using eye liner at some point. The tutorials showed that it can really make a difference to your look so I want to try it out for myself. I'm more likely to purchase a Rimmel or Revlon liner as opposed to the Bobbi Brown one (as shown in the picture), but I couldn't find a suitable image on Polyvore! If anyone has any recommendations for possible liquid eyeliners to try out then I'd love to hear them!

2. Alexa Chung ~ It

This book has been highly talked about and it appears on essentially every Instagram feed. I'm going to have to do some research to find out what it's about but I love Alexa Chung and her fashion sense so I'll probably purchase it regardless.

3. Maybelline The Falsies mascara

The Maybelline mascara is extremely controversial and has had completely divided opinions. Some people say it's the best mascara in the world while others say it's awful and not worth the hype. As I'm looking for a new mascara anyway, I think I may have to purchase this one to see what all of the controversy is about!

4. Rimmel Stay Matte Primer

I was shocked to see how small the Baby Skin product was when I went to purchase it the other day. I was immediately put off so now I'm on the hunt for a new primer to try! Primer is something I definitely need in my makeup bag as my make up often creases however I'm not sure which one to buy. I'm considering this particular primer since I have the Rimmel Stay Matte Foundation, but I'm completely unsure at the moment so any other recommendations would be welcome!

5. Sleek Face Form

Every time I go into Superdrug to purchase this, it's sold out! So this spring it's my mission to buy it because I've wanted it since before Christmas and I'm still determined to get my hands on one.

6. Maybelline Colour Tattoos 

In an attempt to be more adventurous with my make up, I would love to have a Colour Tattoo in my makeup collection as I think they'll improve my everyday make up look as well as being perfect for spring and summer. I fell in love with the colour Pink Gold so I'm definitely going to purchase that one!

That concludes my Spring Wishlist; I'm desperate to purchase these products and if you own any of them I'd love it if you commented below and let me know what you think. What's on your Spring Wishlist?

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Rachel x

My time in London (DAY 3 & 4)

Today I'm going to be concluding the posts about my trip to London. Make sure you've read about the first half of the trip in my previous blogpost or click here to read it!

Day 3

On Saturday (my third day in London) I was lucky enough to visit St. Paul's cathedral. The building itself is absolutely stunning but inside is like something you couldn't ever imagine! It's beautiful. As it's a church we weren't aloud to take photographs inside but looking around the cathedral was magical and one of my favourite parts of being in London. 

While we were at St. Paul's, a couple were getting married and there was a red bus parked outside (that I think they'd hired for their guests) and that bus was the only one I managed to get a successful photo of!

After an Earl of Sandwich lunch, we visited the BBC for a guided tour. The tour was fairly interesting and would be great for anyone interested in the media. We also had the opportunity to visit The One Show set and even have a picture taken on the famous green sofa!

Before our evening meal at Fire & Stone (where I had a margarita pizza) we had some free time shopping, so my friends and I went into MAC where I purchased a lipstick in the shade Syrup.

Next is definitely my best moment of the whole trip; a flight on the London Eye! First of all, we went into the London 4D Experience, which was fantastic, before going on the London Eye. I thought I would've been nervous while I was on it but it was amazing!

The view from the Eye.

We then went to Namco Amusements for an hour before heading back to the hotel.

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Day 4

On our final day in the city, we packed up our bags and went to visit London Zoo! Looking around the zoo, we were able to go off by ourselves and it was great spending the morning with my friends. I managed to get some great photos of the animals too!

Clown fish in the Aquarium.

The giraffes were my favourite...

As were the penguins!

And the zebras!

We arrived home after a Starbucks stop on the journey (yum!) and despite the fact I was extremely tired, I enjoyed the trip immensely and would love to go back.

DISCLAIMER: All photos used in this post were taken by me, all opinions expressed are my own.

I might do a couple more blogposts about London (things I bought, etc.) so I'm sure they will be up shortly. I hope you enjoyed reading about my trip to London as much as I enjoyed being there! Remember to follow me on Instagram @xdaisiechain and follow me on bloglovin'! Thankyou for reading, a new blogpost will be up soon!

Rachel x

My time in London (DAY 1 & 2)

Hello everyone - I'm back from London! It was one of the best weekends of my life and if I could do it all again then I would; it was absolutely amazing!

Today I'm going to be sharing what I did while I was in London - if anyone's looking for places to visit while you're there then there's a few great attractions that I'll be mentioning in this post. 

Day 1

On the first day we travelled down to London and arrived at around 2:30pm. After spending an hour in the hotel (unpacking etc.) we got changed and headed out back onto the bus to go for our evening meal. Before we got there though, we stopped off at Buckingham Palace to take some pictures and have a closer look at it - wow, what a gorgeous building!

After admiring the Palace, we then travelled to the Hard Rock Cafe where we had our evening meal. I had burger and chips, with vanilla ice cream afterwards. The cafe itself was fantastic and had lots of memorabilia on the walls that were brilliant to look at.

Once we were stuffed from the lovely meal we'd had, we had a quick look around the Hard Rock Cafe Shop but I didn't purchase anything from there. We climbed back onto the bus and drove to the Drury Lane Theatre, where we went to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was absolutely amazing and I'd highly recommend it to anyone visiting London. 

The show finished at around 10:30pm so after that we headed back to the hotel where I quickly fell asleep after my first fab day in the capital.

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Day 2

On the second day of the trip, we had breakfast before boarding the bus to go to Wembley Stadium. We arrived there a lot sooner than we'd anticipated so we went to the nearby outdoor shopping centre to fill some spare time before the tour started. In the shopping centre, there was a Lindt chocolate shop where me and my friends spend most of our time (and money!).

After an hour, we headed over to Wembley for our guided tour. Personally I didn't find it very interesting - but I think that's because I'm not interested in football/football stadiums, however many other people on the trip thoroughly enjoyed it.

After our tour, we went back on the bus to go shopping and on the way we passed some beautiful sights - including Big Ben.

The shop we most wanted to go to was Victoria's Secret so we got off the bus at Drury Lane Theatre and walked there. It took a while but was definitely worth it; Victoria's Secret must be one of the most gorgeous shops in the world!

I purchased 3 body mists: Mango Tempation, Such a Flirt and Love Spell.

After shopping, we went on a guided tour of the Drury Lane Theatre. This was a brilliant tour and was one of my highlights from the trip. Hilarious tour guides who dressed as famous historical figures from the theatre, stunning interior and creepy ghost stories backstage made the whole tour extremely enjoyable.

We then went for our evening meal at Planet Hollywood (no pictures of that one, sorry) where I had cheeseburger and chips. Our next visit was to M&M World where I bought...you guessed it: M&M's!

Ripley's Believe It Or Not was our final place to visit for the day; I didn't enjoy it very much if I'm completely honest but this is probably just because I was tired after a long day!

I'm going to end the post here because it is extremely long but I hope you've enjoyed reading about the first 2 days of my trip to London! 

DISCLAIMER: All photos used in this post were taken by me, all opinions expressed are my own.

Days 3 & 4 will probably be up tomorrow - if you have any questions, please feel free to ask on here or you can ask me over Instagram: @xdaisiechain and remember to follow me on bloglovin'! Thankyou for reading, a new blogpost will be up soon!

Rachel x

Mothers Day ♡

A few Sundays ago, it was Mother's Day; a celebration I always look forward to because I love treating my Mum and Gran. They both do so much for me so I love spoiling them on their special day as a thankyou to let them know how much they mean to me. On Sunday morning, me and my brother made my Mum the custom Mother's Day breakfast in bed (croissants; shop-bought but we cooked them and she appreciated it nonetheless!). While eating her breakfast, my Mum opened her pile of presents and was over the moon with them. We'd bought her a Pandora charm, a blouse she'd wanted, some wine, flowers and chocolates. 

After breakfast we got ready to go out and went to visit my Gran and Grandad. My Mum gave my Gran her Mother's Day gifts while my brother and I gave her some daffodils since they're her favourite flowers.

For lunch we ordered Pizza Hut (a tradition for every Mother's Day so my Mum and Gran don't have to cook). It was delicious and it took about 3 hours before we weren't too full to eat some Chocolate Pear cake that we'd baked the day before!* 

All in all, it was a lovely relaxing day. I hope you all enjoyed Mother's Day and treated someone that is special to you!

*If you want to see a recipe for the cake then let me know and I'll do a blogpost on it - it's really simple and really tasty!

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Rachel x

London Haul

As you may or may not know, in a few days, I'm going to London! I've never been before so I'm really excited because I've always wanted to go and I think it will be a brilliant experience. It's a school trip so it's a structured 4 days (we already know where we're going and when) but I'll do a blogpost when I get back about the things we did while we were there. 

Today though, I'm going to be sharing the things I have bought for the trip; I'm only going to mention a few things as I still have a lot to buy!

The first thing I've bought to wear in London is this lovely pale pink spotty blouse. 

From Primark, it's only £7.00 and I thought it would be ideal for when we're out and about in the city. It's lightweight but comfy and quite dressy too so it'll look lovely teamed with black jeans, boots and a leather jacket. It has gorgeous neck detailing and a cute button at the back which fastens at the neck. 

Another thing I bought is this collared blouse which is something I'm really excited to wear! It's so pretty and again will look great with jeans and a leather jacket. This is from New Look and is £14.99; slightly more expensive than the Primark top but I think I'll wear this a lot - I love the floral pattern and lately I've been obsessed with collars so I can't wait to wear this again and again!

First of all, I need to apologise for the terrible quality pictures in this post (due to rainy weather and therefore dreadful lighting) because this picture does not do this shirt justice. In reality it is a lovely fabric but on the image above it looks slightly plasticky (I can assure you it's not). Plus, I adore the royal blue colour and cute collar. It's translucent so I'll need to wear a vest top underneath but aside from that, I thought it was perfect and I've wanted a top like this for such a long time. Despite the hanger saying M&S, the top is from Select for only £10; I never normally venture into Select so I was surprised when I managed to find this! Also it would be great underneath a jumper, with the collar showing so I'm sure I'll be able to get lots of wear out of this when I get back from London too!

Next up is jeans/jeggings! This particular pair are from Primark and an absolute bargain for only £7.00. They are extremely comfortable and they'll be perfect for long journeys on the bus. 

Although these 'jeggings' seem identical to the previous pair, they are a slightly lighter colour and these ones are from New Look. They are a bit more expensive at £14.99 but they seem great quality and again really comfy and ideal for the long bus journeys in London.

Once again this photo doesn't do these jeans justice (sorry!) but they are a gorgous pale blue with a faded effect and they are super stretchy and comfy; I also love the gold button fastening at the waist. They were £19.99 from New Look so they're still really cheap for a pair of jeans that will hopefully last a while.

For the journey I picked up some magazines to read while travelling - one of which was the Zoella edition of Company that I've been wanting all month! The others include: Heat, OK! and Now but I'm looking forward to reading Company the most because of Zoe's interview!

I also got a neck pillow from Asda; I think it was only around £4 and I'll be able to use this on the bus to London as well as the aeroplane when I go abroad in the summer.

So that's the end of this haul and there'll be some posts coming up soon about my time in London. I hope you enjoyed this post, if you want to see more hauls then let me know in the comments. Remember to follow me on Instagram @xdaisiechain and follow me on bloglovin'. Thankyou for reading, a new blogpost will be up soon!

Rachel x