Pre shopping ban haul

I'm going on a shopping ban as of tomorrow in a bid not just to save money, but to save me from myself. I can go into a shop to buy a pack of tissues and come out with everything but the till. So, for 1 month, till the 26th of June I shall be purchasing none of the below:

Make up

Skin care

Hair care

Clothes (including shoes and accessories)

Pretty much everything I love. If Boots goes under in the coming month it may be because of me.

In preparation of this I allowed myself to go out today to buy necessities, which turned into a little spree. First stop - Boots. I needed a new razor, E45 cream and a small bottle of perfume. While I was walking from the razor section to the perfume section (which is not more than 5 meters) I got collared by a lady from Clarins asking me if I wanted a mini facial. My immediate answer to this was "no" but she persisted. I HATE getting my make up taken off while I'm in public I feel insecure, horrible and spotty. I don't go out without make up on and under the harsh lights of Boots I wasn't about to be stripped of my dignity - or so I thought. I don't know what happened in the split second between me standing there putting up a pretty good fight and following her to her display area. When I say display area this lady had a chair sat out with all the products in the middle of the shop floor... and then she put her head set on. fml.

I went trough with it though and I have to say the products she used were excellent. First the daily energizer cleansing gel, which is a really great foamy cleanser that gets rid of all traces of make-up. Then the daily energizer wake-up booster which is more or less a toner but really brightens up your skin (once i'm off my spending ban I'll be getting some). Finally the daily energizer cream, I really liked this as well and a couple of hours on my skin still feels great and not at all uncomfortable - normally the skin around my forehead gets really dry throughout the day. That done they put some foundation on (or else I wouldn't have left)they used Skin Illusion. I've never tried Clarins foundations before, I always thought it was more of a "mummy" brand but I have to say I realllllllllly like them and the foundation brightened up my face no end.

I ended up buying the cleanser and a lipstick, Clarins have an offer on at the moment that if you buy 2 products you get a free gift (a beach bag and your choice of three sample products from a select range) and also a massive 1000 Boots points!! I had to go back to the perfume counter to pick up the Marc Jacobs Daisy purse spray that I wanted before I was ambushed!

Then off to House of Fraser to get some concealer, The Bobbi Brown creamy concealer kit has been on my want list for about a month and the girl also talked me into the corrector she matched me up put it on and gave me a free sample of eye cream as well.

Now that the shopping ban has kicked in I wont be updating about what I've been buying, but I have a few things that I really love at the moment and also how the shopping ban is going. argh.

Don't forget Glamour mag is giving away Benefit freebies -High beam, benetint and posietint - in the next issue out on 9th June - I'll be buying 3 copies! (Doesn't count as the make up is free, right?)

No Halloween Costume Needed

It's become an accepted norm that once December 1st comes around the nations will don their snowflake print leggings and their novelty jumpers but so far the other seasons are lacking in their effort. Yes, Halloween is famous as being the single greatest costume day of the year but I need October to step and represent in the seasonal apparel game. Thankfully retailers have heard my inner goth cry and have come up with some seriously cute Halloween inspired items. For those who love a slogan tee you have every variation of saying that could possibly be made by rhyming witch with bitch and if you don't say every one of with Emma Roberts' attitude then you need to watch season 3 of American Horror Story immediately! Dressing with the seasons is clearly big money but it doesn't have to cost the world. Here are my choices of how to get into the Halloween spirit all under £30. Boohoo Starting with my favourites because I can! I actually bought the f

"Brand New Mint In Box"

Of the ways to describe the most premium of items in your makeup collection "Brand New Mint In Box" should not be one of them. One of my most awful habits is buying makeup and then not using it and to my even greater shame it is usually with my most expensive purchases. There is an Alan Carr joke about the extortionate price of a Spanish Onion, the punchline is "when do you save an Onion for best?" This is kind of how I feel about expensive makeup. It's so pretty and so precious that if I get up the courage to actually purchase it, I'm then usually too scared to use it. The pride and shame of this habit is these two items from Dior. The absolutely sublime Dior Skin Nude Tan highlighter which I purchased as a pre-release special edition from House Of Fraser TWO YEARS AGO has sat in box all tightly wrapped up only being shown the light to show off to my friends and family. Yes I do show off my prettiest of pretties to my friends and family...

Am I Disabled?

This article has been going through my head quite a lot recently and I’m feeling a little self indulgent so bear with me. As a kid I was on the special needs list throughout school and given a classroom assistant to help with my tracheostomy care. I was considered disabled enough to warrant disability benefits right up until I turned 18 when they decided that I wasn’t mentally incapacitated enough and too independent. A panel of bureaucrats sat across the table and said “we can see you are but there’s nothing we can do.” I didn’t tick the right boxes. I’ve worked since I was old enough and supported myself as much as I could and excluding a few short absences from work I have been successful in that. Until now. Now I can’t support myself. I struggle with self care. I’ve had to give up my home and I’ve lost my independence. I’m back to getting surgery’s every 6-8 weeks. They were usually just day cases but the last few have been fairly severe with extended stays (I get to have ano

Bec Norris26 May 2011 at 09:59
I need to go on a shopping ban but I literally don't think I can do it!
Also, I'll more than likely be getting the Glamour mag giving away Benefit freebies!
Love your blog! xxx
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