Would love for christmas

Helloooo guys. Again, I'm having to apologise for not posting anything in a long while. It's been a mad couple of weeks. Anyway here's a little wishlist! Enjoy.

1. Jersey Skater Skirt- £16 from Topshop
2. Lip Crayon In Arcade- £7 from Topshop 
3. Kristen. Green Gemstone Necklace- £16 from Regal Rose
4. Green Speckle Skater Skirt- £16 from Topshop
5. A Million Kisses Lip Tint- £5.50 from Lush
6. Vitamin E Hand And Nail Treatment- £8 from The Body Shop
7. Nails In Ashes And Fire- £6 from Topshop 
8. Grey Marl Speckle Skater Skirt- £16 from Topshop

Fairly Topshop heavy post but I just love these skirts! Also, I already have the lip crayon. It's a lovely plum/red colour when applied lightly but quite purple when put on heavily. When I want to go for a bolder colour I like to mix it in with a red shade to get a deep burgundy. 

I hope you have a lovely weekend! Can't wait for Christmas to get here. Thanks for reading.x

My new cute tights

Hello everyone! I hope that you're all well.
I've been wanting some cute heart tights for ages but I could never seem to find the type I wanted. A few days ago, I was browsing ASOS and there they were! The exact kind I was looking for and they were reduced!
ASOS Heart Sheer Tights from ASOS- £8 (Currently £6)

My friend told me that she often wears another pair of thin tights on top of any patterned tights that she wears. This is because it makes it harder for the ones you're wearing to rip and it just keeps you that little bit warmer in the winter. Obviously it's up to you whether or not you want to do this but here are some photos just to show you what it looks like. The tights are slightly darker but you can still see the pattern well. 

I really love these tights and I will definitely wear them a lot (although they'll probably tear soon being as I can be so clumsy).
Have a lovely week everyone! x

Busy, busy, busy!

Hello all! I hope that you're well. I'm so so sorry that I haven't been blogging at all lately. I have a 2000 word draft of a 5000 word essay due in a couple of weeks and and also have five January exams to revise for!
Anyway, I spent a little time this evening making a very small wishlist. It's admittedly pretty rubbish but I've had no time to browse around recently.

1. Europe Night Map Tee from Topshop- £25
2. Black Tapestry Floral Print Skater Skirt from River Island- £18
3. Navy Velvet Skater Skirt from Fashion Union- £16
4. Nails In Mercury Rising from Topshop- £6
5. Maddy Blouse from Monki- £25

Sorry again for the lack of blogging! Hopefully I'll have a little more time after this essay draft is finished. Take care.x

Shoes!

Hello everyone. I'm sorry that I've not posted anything in forever. I've not had a lot to blog about and I've had tonnes of work to do.

Anyway, a few days ago I ordered some shoes from Amazon. I wasn't sure about them when ordering because I've never really worn wedges before and I've never bought shoes from Amazon. They arrived today which was a nice surprise being as they were estimated to arrive next Friday.

     





I love these shoes. They're really comfortable and look great. They're from a company called SoYouShoes but I couldn't find these particular shoes on the site. If you're interested in buying them you can get them from Amazon here. They cost me £17.99, and including P&P I paid a total of £21.94 which I consider to be very reasonable for what they are.
Have a lovely weekend everyone! Until the next time.x

Hello everyone! I hope that you're all well. I'm so sorry for my lack of blogging.

Anyway, I just wanted to show off a nail varnish that I bought a little while ago.
Carnival from Urban Outfitters- £6 (currently part of a 3 for £15 offer!)
I love the colours in this nail varnish and the way it sparkles is just so pretty! I also have Cosmo and Tarot from Urban Outfitters. I can't find Tarot on the website but it's basically the same as Gypsy Night from Topshop. I apologise on behalf of my horrendous nails. I play the violin so long, lovely nails are a luxury I can not enjoy.

 

 


I'm so chuffed because I got my first university offer! It was from my insurance uni (the one I want to go to if I can't get the grades for the others) but even so, it's a massive relief to know that I'm going to university next year! I've been having lots of tests and horribleness at college at the moment so I've been fairly busy. I'm also waiting for my free sample of Fit Me Foundation from Maybelline so I can possibly do a little review on that.
I hope that you're all having a good week! Thanks for reading.x

I went shopping

Hello all! I hope you're all well. I did some shopping today and thought I'd share some of my purchases! 

 

This is lovely purse that I wanted from a previous post. It cost me £12 from Accessorize. I love how it looks and how it's set out. The colour is gorgeous however the photos don't do it justice as I took them in the evening and the lighting in my room is awful. 

If you like what you see, you can purchase this purse from here

I've been meaning to buy this lip butter for ages now and only got around to it today. It's a lovely smelling, lovely tasting, dragon fruit lip butter from The Body Shop. It cost me £4 but I didn't mind because 100% of the profits go to charity! 75% will go to the charity you choose out of the ones The Body Shop are supporting and the other 15% will go to The Body Shop Foundation which is their own charity.

Here you can find out some more information about the campaign and here is where you can buy this lovely lip butter. I have to say, I'm not sure how you choose your charity online however you definitely can in store

 

I wasn't going to buy a jumper but I saw this in H&M and couldn't resist! It's so soft and I've wanted a grey jumper for a while. This jumper cost me £12.99 which I think is a steal compared to the prices of some jumpers at the moment. Most of the ones I see are £20+. You may have to wear something underneath it as it's a little see through, but in this weather I don't find layering up to be a problem.

I can't actually find a link to the jumper on the H&M site so you're going to have to root around the shop I'm afraid!

On another note I am absolutely drowning in revision. I've got a biology test next Monday, a physics text next Friday and I still have tonnes of EPQ research and writing to do. Sigh. I hope your week is going better than mine. Thanks for reading.x

Shoes

Hello all.
I've been meaning to get some shoes for a while now being as I only have about two pairs that I actually wear. While browsing the internet I came across these which I really liked.

1. Artist Block Heel Lace-Ups (in burgundy) from Topshop- £78
2. ASOS ACCOLADE Suede Platform Ankle Boots from ASOS- £65
3. Dark Green Slipper Shoes from New Look- £15.99 (Currently £10.99 on sale!) 
4. Navy Suede Block Heel Ankle Boots from River Island- £65
5. Dr Martens 1461 Shoe (Purple in Crushed Velvet) from Dr Martens- £90
6. Office Dynamite Brown Leather from Office- £85
7. Artist Block Heel Lace-Ups (in black) from Topshop- £78

They're all so pretty! I can't afford any of them but ah well, I can wish. 

Enjoy the rest of your day! x

Nothing To Envy- Barbara Demick

I was sitting on my bed browsing the internet when I looked up and felt almost ashamed of not having written anything about this book earlier.
I picked this book up on a whim about a year or so ago at Waterstones as there was an offer on and I needed one more book to make it apply. I couldn't find another book I specifically wanted so I just read the back of this and decided to give it a go. It's probably the best impulse buy I've ever made.
This book was such an eye opener into Kim Il-sung's and Kim Jong-il's reign. The book follows the lives of ordinary people and recounts their experiences at the time. The most shocking part of the book for me was about the North Korean famine that occurred from 1994 to 1998. It was truly horrific hearing about what these people had to go through.
This book is amazing. I found it so informative and gripping. Sometimes it was hard to remember that the events that happened, actually happened to real people. I'd definitely recommend giving it a read.
You can find more information here

Accessories

Hello all!

So I've been looking for a few accessories recently and thought I'd share some that I really want. 

1. Kristen. Green Gemstone Necklace from Regal Rose- £16
2. Cecilia Scarf from Monki- £18
3. Pixie Tibetan Feather Earrings from Regal Rose- £6
4. I Love Crafty Feline Fatale Kitty Earrings from Motel Rocks- £8
5. Green Bird-shape Diamond Pendent Earrings from Romwe- £11.99
6. Amy Stag Wallet from Accessorize- £12 
7. Totty Mittens from Monki- £5
8. Grey Pyrite Stone Pendent Long Necklace from River Island- £18

I love the colours of all of these items. I'm hoping to buy a few next month and then strongly hint at the ones I don't have for Christmas. 

Things arrived!

Mimmi singlet in whipped mint from Monki- £4
Colours- whipped mint, mellow me yellow, candy tongue 
The top is lovely however for me, I find it's a little low under the arms and my bra strap shows. It's a lovely colour though so if you like it and you are concious of this you could easily wear a bandeau underneath or something.

 Almira bag maps from Monki- £6
I really like this bag. The map pattern on it is beautiful. I'm really glad I bought it. It's really spacious too so  it would quite comfortably accommodate my books and folders. I am a bit weary of using it at college though because it's so nice and I don't want it to get ruined!


Coconut body butter from The Body Shop- £13.00 (I purchased it for £8.45 on sale)
This body butter smells amazing however I haven't had a chance to use it. I have lots of Soap and Glory body butter that I got earlier this year and I was going to wait until it was finished but I think I'll give it a sneaky try and perhaps post a review.

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Hello all.
Yesterday I went to see Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs live.
It was at Rock City and it's the first time I've actually been there so I was surprised by the size of the venue (I thought it was quite small). Me and my boyfriend were the first ones in so we got a good view!
The support was a lovely guy called Roosevelt who was really good. I hadn't heard much of his stuff but I was really impressed and will definitely listen to him more. This is his song called Sea. It might not be everyone's cup of tea but I really like it. In my opinion however, he's better live than in studio.
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs was great. It was a really upbeat gig. There were two dancers that came on stage for some songs who were fab. There was a lot of confetti being shot around which really got us all going and towards the end they threw a blow up dinosaur into the crowd!
Overall it was a great gig and I had a wonderful time although my knees are worse for wear!

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Holiday

Hello all. I just wanted to share a few snaps from my holiday in Majorca earlier this year. It was a beautiful place. I think my favourite place was a cove we found while trekking. There was no one else there and it was beautiful. You can see it in the left hand picture on the penultimate row. There's a few more photos on my flickr if you're interested! 

My life at the moment

I've not really been sure about what to post recently so I thought I'd just do a load of pictures summarising my life at this moment in time. Considering I don't have photoshop I'm pretty pleased with this!

1. I'm doing a lot of revision recently (thanks A-levels) so I've given different days different priorities. Today is my "maths day", which includes a lot of mechanics revision as I have the exam in January. Hooray.
2. Again, more maths. I've not started C4 at the moment so it's just C3. I'm also doing a C1 retake in January so I'm trying to revise that too.
3. I ordered this top from Monki the other day and I'm really excited for it to get here. It was on sale and only cost me £4!
4. I ordered this bag from Monki as well. This cost £6 but was not on sale. It was all good until I saw how much the postage and packaging was (£6!). I bought them both anyway though because they're both lovely and a bag and top from town would probably cost more than £16. 
5. UCAS- ugh. My tutor submitted my application recently and I wasn't aware until I got an email from UCAS telling me that they had it. Luckily there was nothing I wanted to change on it. I know that Leicester currently have my application and are considering it but I don't know about any of the others yet! It's all pretty terrifying. 
6. I know everyone and their mother has velvet clothes at the moment but I love this velvet skirt from Topshop and really want it. Maybe it'll be mine once I get some more money.
7. I thought these raccoon gloves from Accessorize were really cute and would quite like them for the winter. It's getting cooler and cooler outside. I can't be doing with waking up while it's still dark either, it's so demotivating! 
8. This lovely lad is Orlando Higginbottom a.k.a Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and I have the pleasure of seeing him live on Tuesday! I'm so excited! 
9. This is a really nice, basic skirt from River Island  which would go well with quite a few of my tops and jumpers. Hopefully I can get my hands on it soon! 
10. I ordered this coconut body butter a couple of days ago from The Body Shop and I'm eagerly anticipating using it.  

So that's me at the moment! I doubt I have any readers but feel free to comment with what you're up to recently. Is there anything you've got your eye on for this winter? 

Thanks for reading!x

Seaweed!

So I'm still getting to grips with this so I thought I'd do a second post on some seaweed products I recently bought from The Body Shop and am really happy with!

Tada!
I was using some of their tea tree products before these (the Tea Tree Skin Clearing Toner and the Tea Tree Skin Clearing Facial Wash). Those were really good and did make a small difference but I didn't think they were really what I needed for my skin type (combination). I went onto The Body Shop website and used their online skin diagnostic tool and it recommended trying the seaweed range. I thought there's no harm in giving them a go and they really are great!
Seaweed Deep Cleansing Facial Wash

I use this every evening before bed. In my opinion I do feel that my face looks less shiny after I've used it. This isn't too useful before bed because obviously no one will see me when I'm asleep however it does also remove any make up my make up wipes may have missed and smells lovely! Not to mention my face feels nice and fresh before bed.
Seaweed Clarifying Toner

 I use this in the mornings before I put my make up on. I just pour some onto a cotton pad and wipe it around my face and neck. As it says on the bottle it is really refreshing, especially when you feel groggy in the morning. It does clear my skin quite effectively and makes me feel nice and fresh. I usually wear foundation  to mattify my skin rather than to cover up spots as I have a fairly good complexion, but I haven't really felt the need to use foundation so much since using these products!

Seaweed Ionic Clay Mask

I aim to use this once a week. The tub says that you can use it up to twice a week however I was told in the shop by a worker that this can sometimes make your face more oily due to an excess of chemicals. The clay mask is a greyish colour and has quite a thick consistency. When you put it on your face it does harden so I have to confine myself to my room and not talk to anyone for 10 minutes or so. When I wash it off, my skin does feel a lot nicer. It feels fresh and clean and it does look less shiny.

I really like these products and recommend them to anyone with oily/combination skin. They work really well for me however take what I've said with a pinch of salt because obviously it will vary from person to person. I love The Body Shop in general. All of their products seem to be of a high quality and they believe in some really good causes. I've ordered some Coconut Body Butter from there today and I'm really excited to use it!
I'll let you know what I think.

The Body Shop Skin Diagnostic Tool -x- Seaweed Cleansing Facial Wash -x- Seaweed Clarifying Toner -x- Seaweed Ionic Clay Mask

Hi, hello
The photo above is me and this is a new blog so I thought that I would introduce myself to all of my zero readers!
Anyway, my name is Aleesha Patel. My friends all call me Leesh so if my name is mentioned on here it will probably be as that. I'm 17 years old at the moment and I am at college studying my A-levels. I study biology, maths and physics and am also doing an EPQ (big, long, horrid essay). I want to go to university next year and study mechanical engineering (fun!). I have a boyfriend called Sam and a pet snake called Fanta, both are lovely beings.
You'll probably gather more about my personality as this blog progresses (or maybe not if I get frustrated and delete it like I did the last one).
That's all I think! Let me know if you want to know more.
Leesh.x