so, although i've been perfectly satisfied with my previous foundation combination (see a few post previously), my thirst is never quenched, and i ended up spending my pennies on Bourjois's 10 Sleep Effect Foundation. and i'm so glad i did! it's a purse-warming £8.99 and the shade 71 is an excellent match for my yellow-toned, pale skin.


the consistency is quite runny and it offers light-medium coverage. now, i have a multitude of sins to conceal, and i find that an application with my E..L.F studio powder brush is enough to give me nice, even, natural coverage. it does not make my skin look flawless with just one application, so when i ventured to the pub earlier this week, i applied two very light layers and my skin looked radiant and still very natural. it's not created for the oily skinned girl (of which i am one), so make sure to set with a powder!


grasping the sunbeams today with both hands, i donned my (new) floral skirt, and skipped swishily with R in pursuit of a frisbee. our pursuit, turned out to be fruitless. it did, however, turn up some ploughman sandwiches with salt & vinegar crisps tucked tastily inbetween.

(excuse the body shot, my face was misbehaving today).
top - AA strapless leotard
skirt - topshop

i had the BEST day on monday; my mum, my best friend and me went up to london to HAVE AN ADVENTURE! we ventured round, giving back stupidly faulty boots (i had bought a pair, only trying one on and when i got home, the leg part of one boot was longer and wider than the other, WASSUP WITH THAT?), eating ice-cream and generally adventuring. as well as a completely coveted trip to wagamamas, YUM!

i am a little heartbroken, tho, because said best friend had selfishly decided to return to leeds yesterday and leave me! despite having equally selfishly hitch-hiked to morroco for another two weeks previously.

thursday night was a glitterly, flesh exposing blur, and not entirely on my part. i ventured out with my workmate to a place where, um, those more inclined to slather themselves orange and wear knickers out in public tend to go. having not indulged in alcohol for a while, i REVELLED in it on thursday. My six inch heels made me almost 5'7", a height which proved too dizzying and thus, Kaz and i were frequent fallers!

however, and excellent night was had; tho Kaz's other half was utterly perplexed as to how we had got into such a state - "what have you DONE to my girlfriend?!". dear, it was entirely a team effort!

and now, cue my first outfit post (i apologise for the shambling, blurry, atrocity of a camera...it's courtesey of mother's phone!)

dress - AA (actually the hi-waisted skirt, worn as a dress)
heart suspender tights - ASOS
shoes - office