Adding a touch of S/S to my wardrobe.

One of the best things about working at Tesco is in April we get two paydays - obviously this is my months pay cut in half, but nevertheless it's still nice.  I would prefer if I got paid every two weeks as I always find the money is gone after two weeks.  So today I popped to the shops, setting myself a challenge.  The first was to buy the Naked Palette by Urban Decay but of course everywhere was sold out.  The second challenge was to buy something from Primark - lately I've walked in and walked out with nothing, this time I walked out with £38.50 worth.  

Floral Kimono - £10.00

This was the first item I picked out.  It's a sheer chiffon kimono which will be lovely over a tank tee and leggings or jazz up a rather plain dress.  You can't really see the colour well but it's supposedly duckegg.

Sheer Chiffon Shirt in Rust £10.00

Long Necklace avec Feathers - £2.50

I really adore my electric blue chiffon shirt, I only wish it was longer so I could wear it with leggings.  So when I spotted this shirt I had to get it, it's a lot longer at the back and is a gorgeous colour - more terracotta than rust though.  I also picked up two feather necklaces, this was the first - it's pink and looks extremely feminine.  I'm loving the hippie trend at the moment.  

White Feather T-Shirt - £5.00

Feather Necklace with Gold Charms - £2.00

I know, I've gone a bit feather mad but this T shirt caught my eye, great for the hot days in summer where all you want on are sandals, vintage levi's and a tank.  I go on about Vintage Levi's like I own a pair, I will soon :)

Tank Tee's in Cream and Purple - £4.00 each

These were my last buys, I wanted some plain tanks to go under the Kimono and also because you can get through so many in the warmer months.  They had lots of colours, I preferred these. 

I then went on to buying make up, starting off in boots I took the opportunity of two of the great offers.  

Barry M 2 for £5 or £2.99 each

I've been after Dusky Mauve (far right) so I picked it up.  The other two caught my eye in Epsom the other day, 'Indigo' and 'Raspberry' - two gorgeous colours for this season.  You're probably thinking 'why didn't you buy another polish?' I was going to but couldn't see any stand out shades like these.  

17 3 for 2

Photo Flawless Primer - £4.99

Lipsticks in Belle and Beehive - £4.49 each

I love my MAC Prep+Prime but I'd love to find a cheaper alternative that is just as good, I've heard really good reviews about this primer so I hope it will work for me too.  I've gone a bit lipstick barmy lately, building up my nudes.  I got these two, Beehive I've heard about and Belle I just liked.  I bought the highly recommended 'Apple Blossom' by Natural Collection for only £1.99 the other day too!

I popped into Next to buy some new Jeggings as mine are currently falling apart.  

£16

I only buy my Jegs from Next as I find they fit perfectly.  I just wish they lasted longer at that price!

Lastly I went into Topshop and bought an unlikely item.  

Foundation Brush - £7.00 (£6.30 lesser student discount)

I never usually pick up the make up items in Topshop, but I needed a new foundation brush and this one was so soft and a decent price to I decided to grab it.  My current foundation brush is starting to shed, i'll probably wash it and keep it but I needed a new one!

So spending wise it's been a good day, I'm getting some Cath Kidston like bedsheets over the weekend too to update my room a tad.  I also found out today that the fashion shoot we did for university got us an A+ which I was over the moon about.  My grades just keep getting better since I've been to university!

Have a lovely weekend, I'll be at the old ball and chain, Tesco as per.  

You make me feel, like I'm living a Teenage Dream.

You may remember that I blogged about a photoshoot myself and a fellow student did for our Imaging unit for university.  Well, we've had a stressful few days what with low resolutions, editing weird colours out of the skin and laying the damned thing out but we are finally ready to mount and present on Thursday.  Here are our final three images laid out in the style of Lula magazine, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Teenage Dream

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Our opening double-page spread.  It will look exactly like this once mounted, except the obvious split in the middle of the two pages will be gone.  

Page two.  This has a 'polaroid' type effect and is positioned in the middle of the page.  The blank space gives a clean and crisp feel.  

Page three. This one is positioned into the top right hand corner and is smaller than the page itself, leaving blank space under captions and to the left.  

I am really pleased with how they came out! I will probably take a picture of the mounted work as you can't really understand the story until they are.  

*All work is copyrighted by Non Optional and Floral Etiquette.  

He loves me, he loves me not...

It's been a fairly productive week for myself, I had a trial for an internship and today we shot our pictures for our university imaging brief project.  We, (when I say we, I mean myself and Jemma over at Floral Etiquette) were influenced by Lula magazine.  It was a good day meeting up with a model and make up artist who both did smashing jobs.  We had to style and photograph the shot which was brilliant experience.  A lot of my time was spent directing the shots and also playing around with the set.  

I don't want to give away our final images but I was excited to show you a taster of things we got today, so here is a couple of pictures, feedback is welcomed.

The title of the shoot is 'Teenage Dream'.