New Beauty Buys

Hi guys!

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On Saturday I started my first week of my little budgeting project which I have talked about in just about all my recent posts - every 2 weeks I go into town with some money and buy 1-3 things from make up brushes to sunglasses so I will be ready for my holiday. Anyway I only brought 5 things, but I am classing 3 of the items as one thing because they are all very similar, from the same brand and the same price, but they were on offer in Boots. The other product I got from Boots is a replacement for 'The Cookie Exchange Tin', which had unfortunately sold out as it was a Christmas special, so I got something else instead which I used this morning, and LOVE. Finally I went to Lush to find a product I have had on my wishlist for a while now and am very excited to use!

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At the top are the 3 Barry M nail varnishes I brought from Boots. There was a three for two offer on so I got these three regular nail varnishes (not Gelly or effects) for £5.98. Left to right on the top picture - Nude, Strawberry Ice Cream (Picture of me wearing it on my instagram @iceicebby), and Shocking Pink. I have had to apply Strawberry Ice Cream about 4 times over because it is a really pale colour, but if you prefer a subtle colour then applying the colour twice will be fine. It hasn't chipped yet and I have been wearing it for a day now, so I'm pretty impressed.

Next I went to Boots to buy the Philosophy Cookie Exchange Tin which was on sale, however this was a Christmas special and it was sold out in the store I went to, and because it was  Christmas special, they won't be bringing out any more. I was pretty sad because I loved the smell of the body wash in the set, however the loveliest lady that worked in Boots recommended the Granny's Apple Pie Body Wash, Shampoo and Bubble Bath to me, and I loved it. It was £3.50 because it was half price I think. To me it smells like sugary pastry and sweet apples, and a little like popcorn. I used it this morning and my shower smelt like absolute heaven. I hope they bring out more flavours in my Boots store because I would love to buy some more!

Finally I brought the Lush Cupcake Face Mask which I think Tanya Burr or Zoella recommended a while back, and I love it. It smells like sweet chocolate cupcakes that have just come out of the oven, blended with refreshing, rejuvenating mint. I brought this for my holiday as last year my skin got pretty bad. It was mainly the sea and my face stung quite a lot and I was annoyed with myself that I forgot to bring my Lush Oatifix face mask, so this year I will be applying plenty of this face mask to keep my skin fresh. This was £5.95 and I brought it from a Lush store.

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So I got all this for under £20, plus a delicious Strawberry Squeeze smoothie from a Boost juice bar (they sell the best smoothies ever!). It was pretty sunny the other day so I was drawn towards a summery smoothie rather than my usual Starbucks cappuccino - it made a very nice change! So if you guys wanted to see the Barry M Strawberry Ice Cream nail polish on me, then you can head over to my Instagram @iceicebby where you can find many more pictures of beauty things, and stuff I get up to! Have a lovely day!

Love Claudia

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Essie Spring Colours

Hello everyone!

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I am doing another nail varnish post today because I am really into all these spring colours at the minute. Essie is a brand that I love but I really don't have the money to spend £7 on a nail varnish - and that is the main reason I go to Barry M instead, but if I could spend this money on the nail paints then I would. I have 2 spring colours from Essie already but I really would love some more so here are a few of my favourites.

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Barbados Blue is not really a spring colour but it's still a really nice cool blue colour that I think would look really contrasting with some white skinny jeans.

Mint Candy Apple is a colour that I have wanted for a while because it's a really pretty mint green colour a lot like a colour I brought from Barry M recently featured in one of my hauls I did a while ago.

Van D'Go is a light, peachy-pink nail varnish that is a little pinker than Peach Melba which is a similar colour from Barry M.

Go Ginza is a soft cherry blossom colour that represents luxury and class in a blend of baby pink and cool lilac.

Lilacism is an elegant and enchanting lilac colour that's a really pretty soft colour.

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Well I hope you guys liked my last few posts and also I hope you like my new blog look. I apologise for the pages on my blog not working but I am working to fix this for you guys soon because I have recently updated my wishlist page! 

Little Make Up/Beauty/Everything Haul

Hi guys!

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If you saw my google+ post this morning then you will know that I was doing the photo every hour challenge today so because it isn't the end of the day yet I haven't stopped taking photos yet so that post will be up either later or tomorrow morning. Anyway today I went shopping and brought a load of products from body butter to nail varnish and here are some photos of what I brought.

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 Barry M Nail Varnish Left to right - Gelly Mango, Peach Melba, Ridley Road - £9.98

 Lasting Perfection Concealer By Collection in Shade 1 - £4.19

 The Body Shop Passion Fruit Body Butter - reduced to £5

 MAC Satin Taupe Eyeshadow Pan Palette Re-fill - £10

 Keri Smith Wreck This Journal - £8.99

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So I think what I love the most that I brought was my Wreck This Journal which I LOVE already! I also really like the concealer it is amazing after I brought the wrong colour last time I had dismissed it but I am so glad I gave it another try! Also I love the Satin Taupe colour from MAC to add to my palette however I have had to remove Sumptuous Olive and Sketch now because I have a quad. The Body Shop Passion Fruit smells like really fruity, summery yoghurt. That sounds really weird but if you get chance to smell one you will know what I mean. I am wearing the Barry M nail varnish Ridley Rode in my photo challenge post and it is a really cool texture like sugary-ish or something!

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Just a little disclaimer I don't do these posts to show off or promote any products I only do them because you guys love them and I get requests to do them all the time! Thanks for reading everyone and I apologise for not posting recently do two posts today to make up for it! Check you g+ feed for when my next post goes live or follow me on google+ using the g+ icon on the right!

OOTD

Good morning lovelies!

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Today I think I'm going to do two posts, this one and a kind of vlog in pictures? I am super excited because I'm going to the Tom Browns Christmas market at 12:30 today and I adore it there because they sell little gingerbread men and hot chocolate and there are lots of little stools selling little bracelets and notebooks and pictures. I love it because it's really tasteful and get's me in the Christmas mood! 

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So I wore pretty natural make up and my usual half up half down hair tied with a little red ribbon but I straightened it today.

 Blue skinny jeans - H&M - £30

 Dark grey jumper - Topshop - £32

 Bracelet - Links London effervescence bracelet - £150

 Barry M - Mushroom - £2.99

After taking all the pictures I sat down to start writing and forgot about my bag! I couldn't take a picture because my phone's memory is full so this picture is off the Mulberry website.

Bag - Mulberry Bayswater bag - £895

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This is only a quick post because a bit of a larger post will come later! Thanks for reading and keep watching for my 'vlog' type post later lovelies! Love Claudia

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