Haircut and Etsy Store Opening!

Hello :)

So recently i had my hair cut...Long gone are the knots, tangles and ugly limp hair. Along came the pretty layers, Soft fringe and Non split ends! I love it and i wish i'd had it done a long time ago!!







Porducts used for above face...
Bourjours Healthy Mix founcation, Elf Golden Bronzer and Complexion Perfection. Mac Shroom over lid, With Patina to add depth. Loreal superliner in carbon black, Rimmel sexy curves Mascara. Rimmel shake up pink with Gosh Darling over to make more wearable!

Also, today i opened my Etsy store! I now have 4 pretty bags for sale! Check them out here... http://www.etsy.com/shop/LilyRibbons Hopefully i'll be selling a few, and making many more! Its been a busy few months, but things have finally started to settle down, so bring on the sewing :)

I hope everyone is well, Competition still in progress! Keep tuned for prize info!

Lil x

Bag Lady.

Im back! Ive been gone a long time, Well a few months but it feels like years!
I almost forgot how to attach photos to a post! So yes anyway, Im back, Ive been busy moving house, job, friends, life basically! I now live in the sunny south of england, near to family, friends and great shopping :)

So that explains my absence! Im loving that i have kept on getting page views and new readers even though i havent been updating this! I am in long need of a giveaway! I reached 60 subscribers the other day (yey!) so i will be doing a nice (cheap) but very cute giveaway in the next couple of weeks!

So recently i've been doing my usual, Making bags!
Ive picked up some new slinky silky fabric, and have started to line the inside of my bags with it! Its so gorgeous, and one sqaure metre costs...99p! Its fab!

So here are two new additions to my bag family:

The large purple one is for my mum, as i realised she's not been given one yet! And the other one was an experiment with using ribbon, and i must say, i love it!

There is a local market in my new town, so im thinking of maybe selling some.


Also...i have new make up storage! Ive seen these boxes on lots of blogs, and spotted one on sale in WHSmith the other day, £9.99! bargain! I LOVE it!

Its huge! Even my mac pallette gets lost in it!


And lastly, despite being skint after deposits, rent, and a generally rubbish wage, I purchased some new nail polish to add to my ever growing collection!


I love these, so different to what i usually buy, yet so summery! Ive been wearing them all week, and although they do chip, they are still pretty damn gorgeous! They were 3 for 2 in superdrug, and each i think they were like £2.50 or something?



Anyway, Ive loved blogging again, i have missed it so much!

Watch this space for a 60 subscribers giveaway :)

Lil xx

CCO and completed MAC palette!

Living in portsmouth now gives me access to a Cosmetics Company Outlet. Thank goodness! Not having a mac store locally in Aberdeen was hard, very hard! So today i treated myself to a trip to the cco in gunwharf quays.

There was so much to choose from, but seeing as i only needed three more pans to fill in my palette, i got three eyeshadows!

One normal stock (Blackberry), One LE Blonde/Redhead/Brunette collection (100 Strokes) and one LE from the style warriors collection (Soft Focus).






Left to Right: 100 Strokes, Soft Force, Blackberry.

Each one was either £7 or £7.50 so quite reasonably priced!

100 Strokes: Love this, it sparkles in the sun and is a lovely dark purlpe/plum colour! Great for a smoking a green eye!

Soft Force: Buttery yellow frost with, cant wait to use for highlighter!

Blackberry: Have wanted this for ages, its a matte dak purple/plum. Perfect for smoking a green eye also! Cant wait to use this!

Left to Right: 100 Strokes, Blackberry, Soft Force.

And finally my completed palette!!

Top: Soft Force, Omega, Patina, Quarry, Club
Middle: Shroom, Honesty, Woodwinked, Blackberry, Scene
Bottom: Retrospeck, Wedge, Antiqued, 100 Strokes, Smut.

So there we go! Onto palette number two :)

I heart shopping!

The other day i went on a payday shopping spree! Here are some of my purchases...
(beware - this post is photo heavy!)

Two new h&m nail polishes, which i heart! Their formulation is so fab, goes on so smooth and i love them! these were around £2.99 each if i remember rightly!

Very similar to two barry m's i own...but in my eyes they are slightly different so, totally worth the price :)

A lovely lipgloss for 99p! I LOVE the smell of this, think banana nesquick milkshake! Its deeeelish!

I love love love cheek stains, theyre quick and easy and i love how they can be mulitpurpose for lips too! So after seeing BUBBLEGARMs review of bourjoirs lip stain i thought id give one a whirl! I chose the reddish one as i already have a few pinks from other brands. I love the gel formulation! It looks so natural and so pretty on the lips! (fotd pics to follow)

After also seeing a review for this i thought id try it and compare it to the other bourjoir foundation i have! Its the healthy mix foundation! Ive been using this everyday now and i MUCH prefer it to 10 hour sleep effect! Its so much better coverage, a lot thicker consistency, nicer smelling, a lot less oily, and a better colour match to my skin! So yeah, a lot better in my eyes!!

I also got a natural collection lip pencil, and the new coral lipgloss from revlon! Beautiful!

Top: H&M lipgloss
Left: Natural Collection lip pencil
Right: Revlons coral lipgloss
Bottom: Bourjoirs lip tint

Lastly i bought...love ring from accessorize! needless to say i love this!!

Aussies 3 minute miracle colour intensive conditioner! Amazing, the only thing that can calm my horrible tangles!

Oh and a piccie of my nail of the day, barry m (cant remember the name!)

All in all a good days shopping!! I hope to have many more like it! :)

What do you make of my purchases? Any recommendations for more drugstore products?

It's Romance..

Coral Romance that is! My sister was given a nail polish by my mum and she kindly let me borrow it to blog about! Seeing as i am penniless and Haul-less!...until tomorrow!

The colour is...coral romance. Ive never used rimmels larger brush polishes, but i must say i am definately a big fan!

Ever heard a nail pro tell you the way to self manicure is to do one stroke in the middle, and then one at either side? Well i tried this with normal polish brushes and i was left with patchy nails which needed going over a dozen times!

...But this brush actually lets you do it in three strokes!

Love the colour too, very summery!

Id like to be able to include a price with this post but i've no idea how much it was!

Oh, am i weird that i photoshopped round the edges of my nails ro remove my mistakes?!

What drugstore colours are you loving at the moment?