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dress: white tunic dress* from little mistress
shoes: amazon
lipstick: mac 'rebel'

this dress really isn't something I'd usually go for but when I saw it on the website I thought I'd go for something a bit different and choose it! I like how it's got the whole monochrome trend but it's also summery with the tiny neon yellow stripe on it! It's also quite flattering too which I wasn't expecting as I can't really think of much worse than a white dress if you're not 100% confident! I've already worn it to my friend's birthday meal the other day with tights and flats and I liked it like that too! It retails for £32 but it's currently reduced to £18- score!!

I'm wearing my new mac lipstick, as I said above it's the shade 'rebel' which is a dark plumb colour. It's more of a winter shade but I hadn't worn it yet so I thought I'd give it a go for these photos and I really like it, I can tell I'm going to wear it to death from October onwards when it gets colder!

I feel like I haven't done an outfit post in forever, it took me three different attempts on different days to get half decent photos of this dress, either the lighting would be funny or my hair would be weird in them- #bloggerproblems! (yes I did just hash tag on my blog...)

Don't forget to check out Little Mistress, they have loads of amazing pieces and they have a very good sale at the moment too and 10% off your first Little Mistress order with the discount code 'IAMNEW'

although the little mistress dress was sent to me for review purposes this does not influence my opinion and it is 100% honest as always

New York fashion, beauty and food haul

this was so requested so I thought I'd better do it for you guys- I'm good to you aren't I ;) anyway it's like eighteen minutes long and I can only appologise for that, I tried to go as quickly as I can but I ramble too much- sorry! I did a post with some lots of photos from the trip which I imaginatively called 'postcards from New York' (hahhaa) and I've also done some vlogs which will be going up on my YouTube channel, I think there's enough New York content to keep you going for a while! Normal posts will resume soon, I've had a few ideas for posts recently but just not had the time to do them so I will be getting round to doing it all in the next couple of weeks!

#julylondonmeetup photos and vlog

on saturday I went up to London for the #julylondonmeetup organised by the amazing Helen, she'd been planning it for what seems like forever and you can definitely tell- it was such a lovely weekend! I did a vlog of the whole weekend but I'm rubbish at remembering to film so sorry it's a bit all over the place! It was so lovely to finally meet everyone- especially Lauren who I've known for like two years but hadn't met yet!

On the saturday I met Ellie for a quick drink before we headed down to Tiger Tiger and did lots of chatting and got amazing lace eyelashes applied to us by Paperself- I went for the rose ones which are so cute! After that we did some shopping, topshop photoboothing and then went for food- there was even some dancing in the street to One Direction which got us lots of strange looks from people on the buses! The Sunday was very relaxed and a few of us went shopping and just had a girly day out which was lovely! It was so nice to finally meet everyone and I hope everyone that went had a really good time as I did!

I'm currently getting around to sorting out the videos I have from New York so I can upload a vlog, I stayed at Helen's for a couple of days after the #julylondonmeetup and only got home late last night so I haven't had a chance yet but they will be up soon!

Here's some links from people I met, don't forget to check them all out as they're all amazing and have such good blogs which I'm sure you'll love!
Helen
Ellie
Lauren
Sam
Ana
Clare
Natalie
Jordan
Christina
Vicky
Grace
Kat

my top five favourite lipsticks

Seeing as I'm such a lipstick junkie I thought I would do a video showing you my top five favourites! Sorry there's not much brand variety here by the way but I tend to stick with Revlon and if I want to treat myself I get a mac one!

night time skincare routine for combination acne prone skin

my skin is combination and acne prone and when I asked if this post was something you wanted to see I got a good response so here it is! I like to keep my skincare routine quite minimal  as I don't enjoy taking my makeup off so the quicker the better for me! I also don't like lots of heavy products sat on my skin so I favour ones which sink in quickly and don't leave residue sat on the surface of my skin overnight.

EYES: Firstly I remove my eye makeup with the L'Oreal gentle eye makeup remover. I like this one as it's very gentle and doesn't sting but it does a good job at removing eye makeup- it's also resonably priced too!

CLEANSE: Then I use the Emma Hardie moringa cleansing balm and a wet flannel to remove my face makeup. This is my favourite part of the routine as the cleanser smells amazing and feels so luxurious on the skin. It also leaves your skin very soft which is great! I bought the cleansing balm after skincare queen Caroline Hirons raved about it so many times. It's pricy so it might be worth trying to find a tester pot to buy before getting the full size so you don't waste your money

TONE: Next I use the Pixi Glow tonic all over my skin to tone and efoliate. This was also a Hirons inspired purchase, I'm going to be controversial though and say I don't really see the hype around it but maybe that's just me! I don't dislike it as it leaves your skin feeling refreshed but it just seems a bit 'meh' to me- nothing special and quite expensive for what it is

MOISTURISE: Then I use the Lush vanishing cream as a moisturiser. This is perfect for people who's skin can sometimes get oily as it's very lightweight and sinks in easily and doesn't leave a residue which heavier ones often can. I like using it at night time too as it's got lavender in which is a nice night time scent
BLEMISH TREATMENT: I leave the moisturiser to sink in for around 10 minutes and then I dab the origins super spot remover onto any blemishes. I really liked this when I first got it but I think my skin has gotten immune to it or something as I don't think it really does anything any more, boo! (Sorry I forgot to include it in the photo by the way but I didn't have time to take the photos again!)

LIP BALM: I then finish it off by using Elizabeth Arden eight hour cream on my lips, eyelashes and eyebrows to put some moisture back into them

I don't know if this was interesting or something you would like to see more of but if it is then please let me know as I can do one for my morning routine etc!