Tuesday 31 December 2013

Boxing day sales and a few things I picked up!



OK soooo I went a bit crazy with the sales that are going on at the moment, I've brought a couple of items that i want to share with you! I brought both fashion and beauty items, let me know what you think.

 So lets get started..

 I went into newlook and brought this jumper, it might not be to everyones taste but I liked that it was funky and out there and with it being only eight pounds, I couldn't turn it away, I think this jumper is like marmite you either love it or you hate it. I purchased it in a large, so it can be extra snugly and oversized lol.


Am not a size large, just wanted it to be baggy and oversized 

Beautiful textiles


I would wear this type of jumper to uni on a lazy, can't be bothered kind of day, with a pair of jeans and my white converses.

I also brought this jacket from newlook in the sale, it came down from 34.99 to 19 pounds, its a dark red textured leather-look sleeve waterfall jacket. I would proberly wear it with my black jersey dress and my zara pointed toe heels for an evening look. It can also be dressed down by wearing some high waisted jeans, a white crop top and some converses. 



Speaking of my pointed toed heels from zara, I also got them in the sale, it was the last pair and it was my size! I was so happy because I was eyeing them up online but it said it was sold out. They were £19.99 reduced from 29.99.

zara (sale)


I also brought a top from H&M, its a jersey top with a sweet heart neckline, the top bit is sheer with polka dots. It is one of those tops that has a sexy feel to it. 







On to the beauty section, I needed a new mascara, and I wanted to try something new so I brought the max factor false lash effect fusion volume and length and oh my god this mascara is the one! It gave my eyelashes excatly what they stated on the tube! it made my eyelashes look so long, but not spidery, hands down this is my favourite mascara so far! I also brought a new lipstick from max factor in the colour 825 pink brandy, its a beautiful light pink colour, which is moisturising too as well as being really opaque when put on the lips. Not only that in boots when I purchased the mascara and lipstick they gave a free gift set and claimed it was 30 pounds worth of products, this included a false lash effect waterproof mascara, a nail varnish in the colour cobalt blue and a lip finity in the colour 340 essential natural. They are all limited edition products and i have already fallen in love with the lip finity and the nail varnish! Its absolutely beautiful and am not to sure if the deal is still on but head down to boots, and find out, its so worth it! 

false lash effect fusion mascara, pink brandy lipstick and free gift 

all free when u spend £15 or more, get to boots! 

lip finity 340, stayed on for a whole day! such a good product and am considering buying another one in the colour red!

left eye no mascara, right eye with max factor false lash effect mascara, it's so good, try it! 


Final look with my new mascara, on my lips is vegas volt by mac


On to the higher end cosmetics that I purchased this month, and funny enough they are all from mac, I brought two more lipsticks and they are vegas volt and velvet teddy. Vegas Volt is one of the amplified mac lipsticks and its a beautiful coral colour, that will be beautiful to wear in the summer because of how bright it is, its really moisturising on the lips and i love the finish it gives. Velvet teddy on the other hand has a matte finish and its the perfect warm nude, not one of those nudes that look like concealer lips, it has a bit of colour to it, and I personally think that it will suit women of colour or people who have a natural tan. 

from left to right: diva, ruby roo, velvet teddy and vegas volt- purchases this month

mac's pro longwear concealer in the colour NC30

macs vegas volt

velvet teddy- perfect nude for me

Lastly I brought myself a new perfume called Versace Bright crystal. its a very sweet young smell, the packaging is beautiful, I love it, the only downfall is that the smell doesn't last that long and you have to keep re-applying.

Versace Bright Crystal 

big beautiful crystal 

Well thats all folks so far, hope you approve! happy shopping and let me know what you think!
make sure you have a good new years, 

love Jasmine :) x




Monday 23 December 2013

What I brought this month! Fashion & Beauty haul

Sooo I got a new camera!! My head is about to explode with excitement as am sharing this news with you, I brought it from Curry's and its the canon EOS 600d SLR. Hopefully it will give me beautiful detailed images.


Look how sexy it is, while its chilling next to me on my bed, here are some recent items I brought, starting with a sleeveless jacket from Zara:




 Not only is the wrap around collar super warm but it gives the jacket a bit of drama, could be dressed up with some high waisted 'joni' jeans from Topshop and just a tucked in long sleeve plain white top. Match it with some converses and add some accessories and your good to go. Or wear a long sleeve jersey dress in any colour you prefer underneath and some knee high boots for an evening glamourous diva look! 





As soon as i saw these boots my heart dropped, they are everything and more haha they instantly add glamour and with the right outfit it can bring a fashionista twist to your image, you can purchase these from Newlook and its the kelly brook range. Surprisingly these are very comfortable and thats coming from someone who is hopeless when it comes to wearing heels. they are also easy to walk in which is always a plus! 

I also brought this lace, blue mini skirt, I saw a similiar one in river island and when I saw it for cheaper in primark, I couldn't say no!




I teamed up this skirt with a black jersey long sleeve top and this gorgeous scarf that caught my eye from a beauty supply store called beauty queens in Bristol, the golds and blues look so beautiful together, I had to buy it. 

Not only have a been buying clothes this months but i brought myself some beauty supplies,
Two new lipsticks: 
revlon: black cherry

normal lighting revlon black cherry 
mac:ruby roo 
finally a red lipstick that suits! 
colour in normal light

I wanted a nice dark lip for winter but was worried that it wouldn't suit me and I wouldn't like it, I wanted a dupe to mac's rebel lipstick and I found revlon's black cherry. Although its not matte like rebel is, I kind of like the fact that it moisturises my lips and the colour is really pigmented and I could tone it down or up depending on how am feeling.

Well what can i say about mac ruby roo except for am in love! because of my arab skin tone I couldn't find a red lipstick that suited until i found this beautiful retro matte lipstick! this colour makes me feel sexy, its one of those colours that brings life to my lips! 



lastly I got Chanel's coco mademoiselle eau de parfum, and the smell puts me in a trance, its quite a sweet smell but its perfect for me! sorry about my crusty nails, I was in a rush this morning and it wasn't happening for me. Anyways i hope you found this post interesting and I hope I have inspired you in anyway, let me know what you think! 

Jasmine x 








Thursday 19 December 2013

Welcome...

Firstly welcome to my blog buddys!!! 

This is exciting me to much, I need to stop and take a breath. Finally I created this blog, took me ages to get up and running simply because I was scared (I had no confidence) but am ready to start a new adventure and talk about all the things am passionate about with you in depth. Hopefully i'll inspire you with fashion trends that i've been loving lately and give you my opinions and reviews of beauty products! All the things that are worth obsessing about. 


Below is a picture of me, just so you know who your reading about,
gosh I look goofy lol :




Just so we can get pass the awkward stage I wanted to share with you guys 50 random facts about me:

1. I once got two speeding tickets in a week, Thank god one of them let me
 off and i got to do a course instead of getting another 3 points on my license..Oops
2.  Am full egyptian 
3. I do fashion design in uni, now in my last year
3. I work in a pizza hut as u can imagine not good for my waistline... 
4. I watch every episode of Eastenders
5. i love disney films - I pretend that I watch it because of my cousin, NOT the case haha 
6. I have a huge collection of shoes 
7. Never tasted bacon, and never will simply because am muslim
8. In the car when I drive I put the music on loud and pretend am in a music video 
9. Don't have Facebook or Twitter, Instagram's my buddy though 
10. I have an A* in Arabic 
11. I know how to belly dance 
12. I sleep with a bra on apparently people say am weird because of that, oh well the 
weirder the better 
13. I don't believe in eating soup, what a waste of calories! 
14. i used to do gymnastics and karate, got pretty fair in both and managed to get a brown belt, one away from black
15. i make fun of the way my foriegn dad speaks i cant help it he's funny 
16. i used to make my family sit and watch me come out of the curtains 
as if i was opening up a show 
17. food is my weekness and i beleive that theres a drug that addicts you to it! 
18. i hate the word moist errgghh 
19. Nutella was mean to me, my brother broke one and the glass sliced open my pinky toe, definatly i dramatic moment and the amount of blood :o it was madness
20. My first car was a volkswagen polo in silver, it was called polly the polo
21. As a kid I used to think newborn babies were mini aliens
22. I used to be bullied for being different 
23. I lost my mum when I was 16  
24. Used to be a tomboy, didn't get into beauty and fashion til i was 16 
25. When i was 8 and we were doing a home extension, i pushed my brother into a massive hole in the back garden, he had to shower for 2 hours to get the mud of him. 
26. I don't like subway 
27. I wish I can live of coca cola 
28. i love yo sushi, but sushi from anywhere else grosses me out 
29. I speak before i think and that gets me in trouble 
30. Me and my brother were the only people who were in anger management in school, don't know why because we wasn't violent or nothing haha 
31. I want a pet monkey :( 
32. I have a birth mark on my bum and I have a mark on my back thats in the shape of africa, ironic because am from africa 
33. I hated my body so much back in school, that i used to wear a long black jacket and never used to take it off not even in the winter 
34. my last name means 'complete' in Arabic, far from it lol
35. i can't sleep with socks on or anything longer than shorts 
36. I have made a mens suit
37. i wish i had green eyes 
38. my mum used to have polio 
39. I have a personal trainer, she's amazing 
40. my  dad was going to call me jessica and my brother jason (if u have seen my brother, you would understand that he does NOT look like a jason at all, Omar suits him way better).
41. I love drawing
42. popcorn makes me feel better, its my comfort food 
43. The best present i ever got was an Ipod touch, something i'll never forget 
44. bridesmaids is one of my favourite films "what kind of name is stove?" 
45. I am five foot one, defiantly model material 
46. I've never had a christmas tree 
47. i used to say salmon in a weird way and pronounce the L, because I thought that was the way to say it because of my mums accent, friends found it hilarious
48. I had the hugest crush on bow wow and lil romeo as a kid, nickelodeon
 was always on  
49. I find baking fun 
50. I want to sky dive so badly! 

I hope you found this post interesting and not awkward :) am tagging my beautiful friend rosa to do this as well!

Rosa

I actually can't wait tomorrow am purchasing my canon 600d SLR, and I will be flooding this blog with photos!!

lots of love
Jasmine x