Current Wishlist!

Exams are upon us, so obvs I've been avoiding revision and spending a lot of time on the Internet, lusting after things I can't afford. You become so good at procrastinating when you go to uni. I keep putting everything in my basket, then realising it comes to like £200 and having to remove everything *sob*

So I thought I'd put everything I want on here to waste even more revision time!

Kate Spade Ring

This ring is maybe the cutest thing ever. Need. Please can someone buy me this? Thanks xo

Kate Spade Watch

 I love my Olivia Burton watch that I got for my birthday and I wear it everyday, so now I feel like I need to expand my watch collection. This is just so pretty, so it's defo on my list to buy.

Strathberry of Scotland MC Nano Bag

A dusky pink bag? Yes please.

Skinny Dip Phone Case

Isn't this the most unnecessary phone case you've ever seen? Like, how does this protect your phone at all? Still, I want.

Triangl Bikini

Doesn't every girl wish she had one of these? But I really cannot justify the cost of this, which makes me quite sad...

River Island Heels

These are are so cute and I don't have any shoes like this, so that's a good enough reason to buy these, right?

New Look Heeled Sandals

Possibly the most expensive pair of shoes I've ever seen in New Look, which is the only reason I haven't already bought them yet.

H&M Bag
It's pink and covered in tassels. What's not to love?

Okay, I've wasted enough time. You should probably be revising as well. Gotta do well in these exams so I can get a well-paid job so I can afford to buy everything I want. 
#motivation

Love, Becca xxx

The Body Shop

I've been spending a lot of time (and money) in The Body Shop recently, so I thought I'd share all the bits I've bought and tell you my faves.

Hand Cream

As I said in my April favourites post, I'm really trying to look after my hands, so I went back to buy some new hand creams. I bought the mango and the shea ones which both smell fab. These hand creams are so easy to just pop in your bag and they really take care of your hands.

Lip Butter

These are so hydrating for your lips and the smell is so lovely. They come in these cute little pots that you can take anywhere and they are really helping to keep my lips really soft.

Vitamin E SPF 15 Moisture Lotion

Vitamin E Intense Moisture Cream

I've had the Intense Moisture Cream for a while and it has saved my skin from the winter weather. I decided to buy the Moisture Lotion because it has an SPF in it and I've noticed that I've caught the sun a bit on my face and I don't want to have to go out and buy a new foundation just yet! I always forget to suncream my face in the summer so having a moisturiser with built in SPF 15 is going to make my life so much easier in the summer months.

Vitamin E Cream Exfoliator 

Vitamin E Gentle Face Wash

These are two very new purchases (I bought them today) so I haven't had a chance to test them out. I wanted to have a skin care routine using products from the same range so that they would compliment each other. I'm hoping I will love them because I love the rest of the range!

Honey and Oat 3-in-1 Scrub Mask
Here is another product I have yet to try, but I bought it on a recommendation from my housemate so hopefully it works for me! I have never used a mask before and this one promises to smooth, refine, moisturise and condition my skin, so I'm expecting big things!

Drops of Youth Concentrate

Waaaaay back in January, I made a resolution to take better care of my skin and to form a proper skin care routine so I went into the Body Shop and the assistant suggested this. She hyped it up so much that I felt pressured into buying it, but I really shouldn't have. I don't know how old she thought I was, but this product is for combating the first signs of ageing and I'm only 20! It is a nice product, lightweight and fragrance free, but it doesn't really do anything for my skin except make it feel a bit tight. I have tried to give it a chance and have been using it on and off since January, but I'm disappointed and annoyed I spent so much money on it!!!!

Peppermint Intensive Foot Rescue

Peppermint Soothing Pumice Foot Scrub

Summer is fast approaching and I've started buying sandals already! But I am so embarrassed by my feet, they are actually the ugliest things in the world. I don't care about my feet at all in winter because they are constantly covered by socks, but they need to look nice in the summer. Can't be on the beach with cracked heels! Both of these products have a fresh, minty smell that leave your feet feeling nice and clean. It's not an overpowering scent as I don't want to be able to smell my feet haha. The scrub has really rough particles in it made from volcanic rock which really feel like they are exfoliating the hard skin on your feet and the foot rescue makes them super soft. I haven't been using it for very long and I can already feel a difference!

Instablur

This primer is amazing. It reduces the appearance of pores and controls shine, it keeps my make up in place all day and is perfect underneath my foundation. I never bothered with a primer before as I didn't have a problem with my make up sliding off my face, but since using this I've found that my make up lasts longer during the day. It really helps to hide my pores and 'blurs' my skin, making it look so much smoother. I really would really recommend this primer!

Strawberry Shower Gel

This is the biggest Body Shop shower gel I've ever seen! I love the strawberry scent from the Body Shop and it is probably my favourite range. It lathers up amazingly and the scent stays with you all day!

Vanilla Body Mist

This body mist is lush. The scent is not too heavy, as I find that even though I love the smell of vanilla, it can sometimes be too strong and I feel overpowered by the scent. However, this is quite light and long wearing and such a good price!

God, I've spent so much money in The Body Shop recently! But I think I now have everything I wanted so I don't need to go back for a while...

What are your favourite products from The Body Shop?

Love, Becca xxx

April Favourites

April is over, so it's favourites time!!

I spent a lot of this month back at home during the easter break, stuffing myself silly with easter eggs and catching up on the endless amounts of TV that I had missed while at uni (we don't have a TV licence there, or a TV haha).

Hand Creams

I have really ugly hands from all the years I spent biting my nails. I've finally kicked this awful habit (just about), but my nails are so weak and break so easily. So this month I decided to take better care of my hands and it's actually working! I'm so happy that my nails are growing and I really think it's down to the Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter from Lush. My Auntie recommended this to me and it has such a great scent, it smells like sherbert lemons! I've also been using The Body Shop Strawberry Hand Cream which smells divine! So I now have really soft hands and my nails are growing, YAY!!!

Paper Towns by John Green

I'm a sucker for a John Green book. I couldn't control the tears while reading The Fault in Our Stars and in Looking for Alaska I became so attached to the characters. As Paper Towns has been made into a film, I wanted to read the book before it comes out in cinemas this summer. I haven't actually finished the book (I do a history degree, so I don't really have time to read a book that I can enjoy, waaahh), but so far it has been an entertaining read. It's a bit of a mystery, and I'm terrible at remembering clues and I never guess the ending correctly, so I'm super excited to see how this ends. Quick summary- Q's neighbour Margo is a bit of a mystery. They spend one night driving around town, exacting revenge on people, and then the next day she is gone. Q takes it upon himself to find out where she has gone and what has happened to her. A really good read, but if the ending is rubbish don't hold it against me haha.

NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads

I love listening to this CD when I'm driving alone in my car as I am a pretty terrible singer and I don't want to offend anyone when I really go for it. Although when there are four girls in the car and Natalie Imbruglia Torn comes on, you can't help but sing it at the top of your lungs!

Lemon Water

I've been loving lemon water for quite a while now. I gave up fizzy drinks for lent so it was pretty much all I drank! One of my resolutions this year (and every other year..) was to drink more water, and normally I fail because water is so boring, but adding lemon just make it taste so much better. And because it is a detox water, it makes you feel so much better as it helps speed up your metabolism and gets rid of any nasties in your body. I also bought these cute little jar cups and I've wanted to show them off for ages and I finally can hahaa!

Sighh Notebook

I saw this cute little notebook on Instagram and I had to have it. I have to repeat this quote several times a day just to keep sane so having it on a notebook seemed appropriate. This store has some really lovely bits and if I had more money I would have bought all of it! There is a fab pencil case that is next on my list of things to purchase! Check out the designs here.

Something Borrowed, Something New

As I spent a lot of time back home in April, it meant I had a lot of time to reconnect with an old friend, the Sky+ box. My Mum has discovered TLC, and how to record things, so she had loads of episodes of this lined up for me to watch. This programme is about Mums who want their daughters to wear their wedding dresses on their big day, but normally the dresses are from the 80s and have awful puffy sleeves and are just plain gross! So Kelly (the designer) makes a whole new dress out of the mums old dress and they are always amazing. You'd never guess they had once looked so terrible! And Sam (the stylist) has the job of finding the bride a completely new dress. Then the question is asked; will they get married in something borrowed, or will they say 'I do' in something new? It's so cheesy. Me and Mum always try to guess which dress they will choose, and I keep telling Mum she needs to find her dress!! We wasted so much time over easter watching this programme and drove my Dad insane hahaa.

Teddy Bear Blanket

Okay, so I know that it is spring now and the warmer weather is coming, but this blanket is the softest thing in the entire world. I have wanted a super soft blanket for a while as my housemate Tash has the nicest one and I felt I was missing out. So I saw this and fell in love. What I didn't realise was how big it was. IT IS HUGE!!!! It is also super warm and as the weather in April was really lovely I haven't been able to use it much!!

Here's a selfie demonstrating how on point my eyeliner has been this month...

(I know it's very pose-y, but check out that wing, dammmn)

I'm kinda sad April is over because that means May is beginning and that means exams. NOOOOOOO. 

#pray4becca

Hope you all had a lovely April!!

Love, Becca xxx