Do the Truffle Shuffle

Hello my honeybears!

So, a few days ago I decided that, because I had money in my bank account, that I'd get myself a nice new tshirt. I like any kind of tshirts; fitted, baggy, mens etc.

I love the website Truffle Shuffle because it's kinda movie/tv related clothing. I have a couple of tshirts from them and a few accessories so I knew that they were reliable. All of the items I've bought from there are good quality and reasonably priced. With my most recent purchase, it was estimated that it would take 1 to 3 days to arrive with standard delivery. It came the day after I got a despatched notice. That is the service I like AND on the bottom of your delivery sheet, you are told which action hero packed your things. Mine was Wolverine.

This is my new tshirt, I wore this little outfit to a casual family party. Sorry for my gormless expression.

And here's me being happy!

Gremlins Tshirt - £12.99 from Truffle Shuffle

I also bought myself some new sunglasses because they were just the best things I've ever seen! I did actually edit this picture cos it was really bright.

Kitty sunglasses by Chelsea Doll - £11.99 from Truffle Shuffle

And here is my face. Enjoy.

Both my necklaces were presents.
My lipstick is one of my favourites.  Kate Moss' Lasting Finish Matte in 101 by Rimmel

That's all for tonight my loves :)

Toodles!

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Question Time

Hello my honeybears!

I have dedicated this post simply to any question you have for me or any questions I have floating around my head.

If you fancy asking me a question then pop it in the comments box and I'll keep updating this post to answer any (if I get any), you can also answer my questions as I think of them :)

Josie Questions

Are you ever too small to wear a maxi skirt/dress?




Thanks kids.

Toodles!

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PINTEREST!

Hello my honeybears!

Pinterest is one of those sites that you probably see around on the side of your Facebook newsfeed and you just go 'meh, not fussed by this'. If you are one of these people, seriously, think again!

It took me a long time to get into it but now I LOVE IT! I have mainly fashion/beauty boards but I also have a wedding board. Every girl can dream about their perfect wedding, can't they?

I love planning out life on my boards or finding new makeup/hair ideas to try out.

It is a great place if you've got a special occasion coming up and you're lost for ideas for anything then this is honestly the best place you could visit for inspiration.

I also look on here for gift inspiration like little diy, personal gifts. There are a lot of 'how to' guides and step by step manuals to making different things so if you're ever stuck, give it a browse and get some inspiration.

I'll throw in a link to my Pinterest page so you can all have a nosey. Some of the boards are a bit sparse because I mainly look at wedding stuff. I love the romance!

http://pinterest.com/josievs/boards/

That's all kids.

Toodles!

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Durham City y'all

Hello my honeybears!

I'll apologise now for the dire quality of the pictures (a lot of flash and mirror shots) as they're taken on my phone because I can't get the correct camera angle on my digital camera and I'm not lucky enough to have one of the massively expensive professional cameras.

So last night, I was out in Durham City centre on a night out with friends. As I work all week and every Saturday, Saturday night is the only time I can let my hair down and I have, since my friends have got back from uni, been out almost every week. I'm getting a bit sick of it now but I rarely go out in Durham so it was a welcome change of scenery.

If you are ever in the North East of England. Pay a visit to Durham during the day, it's a gorgeous city.

Anyway, as my favourite asset of my body is my boobs, I nearly always go out with cleavage on show because why the hell not really.

I picked two dresses which I changed between a million times before going out.

The back on the right one isn't an open back, I just hadn't bothered to zip it up.

These are two of my favourite dresses ever! They are both from Missguided and they are both green (I love green) One is a bottle green whereas the other is a teal colour but I think it's leaning more towards the green than the blue side.

The bottle green (left) is a little bit too big for me as I've lost weight but it is soooo comfy and as it's got that little wrap cross front, it covers any stomach bloating or in my case, general belly fat. It does have quite a large open neck so I used boob tape to stop from fully exposing myself and just taped it to my bra. Boob tape is a girl's best friend in these situation.

The right one, which I ended up wearing, is fitted but not skin tight. It is rather short so I spent the night having to squat to pick things up. It perfectly frames your cleavage so the free drinks get racked up pretty quickly. It's not too tight that you feel like you're going to die but it's tight enough so that you feel comfortably 'sucked in' or it did me.

I honestly love both these dresses. If you are a dress or skirt person a la moi then Missguided.co.uk is the place for you. I am honestly on there at least once a day ogling dresses, playsuits, skirts etc.

 Heels and cobbles don't mix so I put my roll up flatties on. But yea, this is me casually posing outside Cafe Nero.

To top the outfit off, I used my beautiful Missguided clutch bag with chain strap, I adore the shininess of it. I have included this bag in my Presents blog so if you want to see it in full, check it out on there or go and have a nosey on  www.missguided.co.uk , you might even find some items you fall head over heels for like ME! I decided to stick to the ocean colours (it is summer after all) by painting my nails this blue which is Barry M Gelly Hi Shine in Guava.

My heels were, as the boys say, 'lethal'. Literally. They were another eBay find. The one downside is that they do hurt if you accidently catch your leg on the spikes but otherwise, you look like one hot mama, strutting your stuff in some 'killer' heels.

I was naughty (hehe) and mixed my silver accessories with gold jewellery. Bad Josie, slap on the wrist for you. These earrings, again, are from Missguided. I mixed my spikes, gold with my silver. I've worn these so much that I've started to bend the backs of them. I think they'd actually look better in silver because I'm blonde, they obviously blend into the golden tones of my hair so silver would be more striking. 

I have a spotty chest, sorry guys :( I also have a new freckle there too. This eye necklace was a 19th birthday present from one of my best friends, it's from Topshop. My birthday was in January so it's probably long gone. I love it, there's something spooky and mysterious about it. I love that little aspect of it.

There is my cleavage too. Hehe,

I sound like I've just advertised Missguided constantly through that post. I didn't mean to, I just like their clothes and accessories.

That's all then guys.

Toodles!

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Fake tanning it

Yello my honeybears!

So, I ordered some fake tan and tanning paraphernalia (good word, right?) from Feel Unique. Unfortunately, people don't leave as many reviews as say the Superdrug or Boots websites so I kinda had to wing it on how good/effective some of the stuff was going to be.

I ordered my normal fake tan which is the cheap and cheerful St Moriz in Medium. It leaves you looking seriously dark with the top layer but after washing it off then it makes you look lovely. I use the mousse because I find it far easier to rub in than the spray and it's very light on the skin but it can bobble if you have any other product on your skin and it leaves horrible marks like this.

 I can't correct this without bronzer because the tan just won't lie on it :(

 I also ordered a new fake tan mitt because I managed to overuse mine so much that the glove no longer protected my hands from the tan, it just sank through and left me with orange mitts. Anyway, I found this Garnier Ambre Solaire 2 step self tan kit which is an exfoliating glove and an applicator  mitt. I had already exfoliated so the glove wasn't of use to me this time but I decided to give the mitt a spin. I must say: Not impressed. You can't rub the tan in in circular motions which is what St Moriz advise and I always do to get a streak free tan, instead they say 'massage into skin with gentle sweeping motions' I am now patchy as fuck and hating life. Thankfully, the areas that seem the most patchy aren't going to be on show. I'm sure I'll get used to it as some point or I'll go back to one of the cheap, pharmacy tan mitts which stop you looking like streaky bacon.

My most exciting purchase was a Self Tan Back Application by Velvotan. Another failure in my eyes. As the pads don't cover the entire ends of the paddle, I scrapped a large amount of my tan off with the sharp sides. The surface area of the pads is really small so it takes forever and you get too much of the product on the one area so it's darker than everywhere else. You always don't get the desired streak free finish because the small pads don't allow you to 1) rub in the product properly 2) get the product in the correct place 3) leaves you with massive white patches because you can't rub it in properly with the applicator so you end up looking a bit like a zebra or a piece of streaky bacon.

I have said streaky so many times in this post....streaky.

All in all, this wasn't a particularly successful online shop.

I am going out tomorrow so I'll give you a little run through of my possible outfits, final outfit, accessories and makeup.

Toodles!
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Skin

Yello my honeybears!

So, today/ tonight whatever, it's nearly midnight, I'm going to just go over the products I use for my morning and night skin care routine.

Morning routine

I have really oily, blemish prone skin (classic teen age I guess) so when I wake up, I'm super oily so when I wake up I use my Simple Clear Skin Oil Balancing exfoliating wash. I originally bought it because the products were on a 3 for 2 offer in Boots but I really like it! It smells fresh and it leaves my face oil free and feeling squeaky clean. I use it every morning and night because I get really bad blemishes and a lot of blackheads.

I then use a toner. I'm yet to find a perfect toner but so far the Garnier Pure Pore Purifying toner is working well to remove any excess oil and nastiness that is lurking around on my skin. It's not too harsh on your skin, unless you accidently get it in your eyes which I've done :(, so you don't feel like someone's rubbed sandpaper over your skin and it smells so lovely, it's also really good value as Superdrug and Boots normally have offers on on their skincare.

The Clean and Clear Dual Action oil free moisturiser is so good for a morning as it makes your skin so matte so makeup doesn't just slide off your face. It's so soothing and you don't need much of it to cover your face so it's cost effective. Not that is costs much though. I'm such a cheap skate :).

Night time routine

Again, I use the Simple face wash to remove all the days grim off my face. However, a few times a week, depending on my skin, I use St. Ives Apricot Scrub to deeply clean my pore and thoroughly remove all the dead skin cells. It's quite harsh which is why it's obviously not a daily scrub but it leaves your skin glowing and baby smooth after as it removes all the dead skin, dirt and gunk off your face. You don't need much of it as it goes a long way and it smells beautifully of apricots (who would have guess from an apricot scrub).

I use my Soap and Glory Fab pore face mask once a week to reduce the size of my pore and stop the amount of blackheads/spots/general imperfections I get. You only use a grape size amount and you rub it in all over your face and neck, getting all the green beads rubbed in. You can either have it on for 5 or 15 minutes. I use it for 15 minutes as I normally relax in the bath with it on. It's lovely, you can feel your pore tightening and getting smaller. It's a little pricey but it does go a long way.

I then use the Garnier toner or the Boots Tea tree and Witch Hazel toner. This toner generally does the same thing as the Garnier one but it isn't as affective at removing oil and grease from your skin, it does help with spots though and, if you're strapped for cash, it is a cheaper alternative to major brands.

I do, however, use the Boots Tea Tree and Witch Hazel Night gel which is used to reduce blemishes. It's very cooling and soothing so if you do use strong, alcoholic cleansers/toners then this might help to sooth your skin a bit. I can't guarantee that it helps reduce spot size though as I use spot creams and sticks.

The spot cream I use is Clearasil 4 hour cream. It, thankfully, isn't one of those alcoholic gel ones that takes the top layer of your skin off instead of just fighting the spots. Instead, this has a creamy texture that doesn't dry out your skin or irritate. It does get to work very quickly and I swear by it for my face. I get spots on my back though so I use Boots Tea tree and Witch Hazel blemish stick. This way it doesn't spread loads of bacteria over my face and cause more spots. It's a bit drying but not by much.

There's not much more that I can say about my skincare routine so I'll leave it at that but you can get it alllllll from Boots! Cheap as chip y'all.

Thanks for reading.

Toodles!

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I'm bleeding out!

Yello my honeybears!
My post title seems a bit grim but it's because a) this was my casual go to outfit that was worn when I went to give blood and b) Imagine Dragons rule.

Anyway, this is a general casual look that I normally do when I cba to put much thought or effort into what I'm wearing.
I like funny things and interesting tops so several years ago I stumbled across Truffle Shuffle and I was in heaven! I bought what is still one of my favourite tshirts from there. My red Dodgeball 'if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball' quote top. It's so ridiculously comfortable and I've had it several years now with no colour fading/running, no lettering coming off, no loose threads. Completely fantastic. They have something for everyone.
My go to bottoms are leggings. I have some lovely, great quality and great fitting ones from George by Asda. 12 quid, erm BARGIN! They're super comfy and you can downplay statement pieces with a lovely pair of black leggings. BUT buy good quality! Noone wants to see your underwear as you're walking down the street because your leggings might as well be clear. It's horrible, right? If you've ever been stood under someone on an escalator and look up to see how far you've got then BOOM! Some random girl's (might as well be) bare backside in your face then you'll know the horrors of this.
That was massively off topic hehe. When I'm casual, I just let my hair do as it pleases. I'd had it in a bun and hairsprayed back all day for work when it was brushed through it looked better than normal.
I still went with the black eyeliner and black liquid eyeliner because I love framing my green eyes. It's always my main focus on a night out :)

Oh, I mentioned I went to give blood, right? They gave me 2 new accessories. I found that I couldn't give blood that day because they thought I was anemic so they took blood to see however, after stabbing me several times in my right arm and being unsuccessful at getting any, they tried the left. Turns out I'm not anemic but I came away with 2 lovely huge white plasters on my arms and a little one on my finger. Accessorizing at it's cheapest.
That's all anyway guys. Talk to you all on Saturday when I'll show you one of my many going out outfits.

Toodles!
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PRESENTS!

Yello my honeybears!

I know I've posted already today BUT since today is my boyfriend's birthday, I got thinking about presents and things I want for Christmas or my birthday. They're so close together that I really struggle to think of things that I need or even want tbh so I've started just making list through the year.

I love getting presents, who doesn't? Even if you know what it is, you almost always get that lovely fluttery feeling in my stomach when you're tearing into the wrapping paper or opening the bag. I recently passed my driving test and, because my boyfriend and I have been together for almost a year, he decided to get me a present. I broke my last clutch bag on a night out (clumsy drunk) so he got me a new one.

I can't even explain how in love I am with this clutch bag. It goes with just about everything and it's so shiny. I'm like a magpie, sorry. It's so big that you can fix your purse, keys, essential make up, the kitchen sink into it and still have room. It also has a detachable hand strap and chain so you can use it as a clutch or use the chain or hand strap, I use the chain because I feel safer that way but it looks good with or without. It was almost 20 quid but seriously, it's well worth the money as it has no magnet that could become detached and leave you open to pick pockets, it's a zip close so everything is safe and sound.

Clutch bag - Missguided.com - £19.99

I really like Lord of the Rings and Star Wars and most things quirky (hence why I bought a replica 'One Ring') so when I found a website that sells Star Wars and Lord of the Rings dresses and leggings, I was over the moon! Everything is a little pricey but seriously, I'm yet to see someone complain about the quality. Here are a few of my favourites:

 R2D2 body suit

 R2DR and C3PO leggings

Witch King leggings - All blackmilk.com

I could just post the website link because, tbh, I love E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. The witch king leggings are on my anniversary list and the others are on my Christmas and birthday list (if I haven't been able to buy one in the mean time). If you are a lover of quirky clothes then this and Etsy are perfect places to shop.

So, if anyone feels like they've got too much money to cope with then you can always buy me one of these :)

I'll be off to bed now guys,

Toodles

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Summer has finally arrived!

Yes, you heard it here first people. Summer has arrived in the UK, for the week at least but since I've finished work and the sun is still shining, I thought I'd make the most of it.

This is my general summer look, it's probably like 99% of the female populations because it is actually so ridiculously basic, it's a fail safe.

Sorry for the shit quality of pictures btw, I have to take them on my phone because I a) don't have a 'professional' camera a.k.a an extremely expensive one and b) it makes me look like I'm orange when really, I have the skin colour of a redhead (very, very pale)

Denim shorts with a vest, or bandeau top in my case, are a classic! You can't go wrong really unless you have, like me, escaping fat that make me just shake your head in disgrace.
I adore this top. I got it out of a magazine when I was like 12 and because I'm a massive squirrel and struggle to throw stuff away, I still had it when I got boobs (yes, that wonderful time in life). My denim shorts are actually way too big for me hence why they look so odd at the front, there's on the tightest notch of my belt. I bought them off eBay and tbh, they're amazing. 18 quid for Levi shorts? Erm, YES PLEASE! It was my own stupid fault for not measuring myself properly before ordering them so I can't fault the company. They're amazing and I would honestly get more if I hadn't spent my last 18 quid on a cat dress (I regret nothing!)

Ahaha, my eyebrows look sooooo wonky! I always wear black eyeliner, liquid and kohl, no matter the weather. I use both the Rimmel exaggerate waterproof eye definer in black and the Maybelline New York master precise eye liner pen. I prefer eye liner pens because they are far more precise and I don't end up with my eye liner covering most of my eyelid, it's happened to us all at some point and, lets face it, it's so annoying having to redo it all over again. I recently got a Barry M eye shadow pencil in Gold Cream to make my eyes look bigger, it does the trick but it doesn't sit nicely and starts to look a bit bobbly.
Aviators are the coolest sun glasses ever. I love sun glasses and I have a lovely selection from big WAG style glasses which make me look like a fly to my favourite mirrored Aviators. I seriously worry about my eye sight so whenever it's sunny I have to get my sunnies out just to protect my peepers from any damage the sun might cause them.
My hair is in awful condition atm. It needs a good cut and dye job because it just looks horrible. I do normally try and go for the 'beachy waves' look but it didn't quite take this time and ended up looking like a frizz ball.

 Lord of the Rings replica ring from eBay

Wing style ring from a vintage/retro store in Durham city centre.

I love accessories. If my outfit is plain, like this one, I add some unique accessories that will add some flavour to the entire thing. That way, it stands out and doesn't seem so drab and boring.

I'll say this now, if you've bothered to read all of this. I LOVE EBAY! There's so many companies on eBay that do amazing stuff for cheap. I have clothes, accessories even full make up brush sets from companies on eBay and when they're from like China and that, there's normally FREE DELIVERY! How can you go wrong?! Answer: You can't/

Wey, that was my outfit yesterday.
Hope I've converted you to the ways of the wonderful eBay.

Toodles my honeybears.
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I just came to say hello!

Yello my honey bears!

I'm Josie, I'm a 19 year old veterinary nursing student and I have no professional experience in beauty or fashion. I am an ordinary girl like everyone else so I will give my honest opinion on everything I try, no matter what it is and how much it kills me.

I love quirky things. My fashion sense normally consists of jeans/leggings and a tshirt, not very adventurous I know but I do live in Durham (North of England for those who don't know, near Newcastle). When I feel like I've worn jeans or leggings too much, normally after 2 days, I make myself get done up; pretty dress/skirt, quirky top, make up on, hair done then pow pow pow! Looking like a proper girl again.

I always feel the need to add something Geordie Shore related cos everyone normally jumps at the fact I'm from that area. Being from around there, I obviously like a good drink so long lasting, waterproof makeup will probably be a big thing I review.
I'm currently on the search for new tattoo and new skin stuff so drop me a question or just say hi and I shall be back in a day or two.

Toodles!
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