October Haul

Last month I didn't really buy much because I am trying to save up for Christmas which is just around the corner... *Excited* 

But I do have a couple of items which I can show you. 

My first two items are hair based products which I have fell in love with!! The VO5 'Give me texture' spray has worked wonders!! I bought this because I was watching Zoella's hair tutorial video and saw that this made her hair stay in longer when it is styled so I had to give this a try. 

Also, because my hair is just so thin, silky and naturally straight, you can't really do anything with it so I have found this is an amazing product which helps a lot and will be on my shopping list for boots each month!! You don't even need a lot on your hair, so hopefully lasts a whole month *fingers crossed* 

The next was the TRESemme Ultimate Hold Hairspray, which also works really well!! This isn't the best hairspray up to now, I still find the Elnett Hairspray works better but that is just my own opinion. I still really like this hairspray though it is a very good product, I just don' think it lasts longer. Give them both a try, see which you think is the best one. 

I have also been loving the hairstyle's Zoella showed on her main channel as a tutorial. I posted a picture of one of the styles on twitter from my first try so I will post it here as well along with the link for Zoella's video for you to try too!! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CACC_A3DxLM 

I find that some perfumes which I own (or my Mam owns) give me headaches from time to time and a headache is not what I want when I'm at college and placement 6 hours a week!! Not good!! So I invested in some Impulse body sprays as I hadn't had them in a while. I got two scents from Boots as there was an offer on. I got 'Into Glamour' and 'Very Very Pink' which smell sooooo good!!! But they don't last long, these two have ran out already :'( 

Lately, I have had quite a few spot breakouts and I can never find a spot treatment that works well. I have tried all the top brands and none of them seem to work, so I gave this one a try and within two days it had cleared up a huge spot on my chin!! It's a great product!!

I have had this hand cream hidden in my bedside table since Christmas last year and hardly ever used it. But my hands are getting very dry being out in the cold so I actually used it and the smell is lovely!! I love Soap&Glory products so much!!

Anddd finally, these two pieces of clothing are to die for. Both from New Look as it may as well be my second home the amount of clothes I buy there. My wardrobe is mainly full of clothes from New Look. 

I bought this top for £9.99 (I think) and the colour is lovely. It is a slight crop top which I am totally not used to wearing at all, so I invested in a pair of black high waisted jeans for £22.99 to go with it. The best thing about shopping in New Look is my student discount! Can not forget that when I'm clothes shopping!! 

These are the only things I had bought and used in October. November won't be as exciting as the only things I am buying are Christmas presents, so this may be the last one until after Christmas when I share with you my Christmas presents!! 

I hope you enjoyed this post and hope you all have a great weekend!! Stay safe with the fireworks and dark nights!! 

Melishia x

Should I start YouTube???

Iv'e been wondering whether or not I should start a YouTube channel yet. I have been debating with myself whether or not to start one because I don't know if I will have the confidence to start one yet. (And the same for Kev too he already streams gaming videos on Twitch if you want to check that out.)

So I have took to my blog and Twitter to see what you guys think. I Have already downloaded the 'You Now' app as I may stream live on there one time. But if I did start Vlogging, what type of things would you like to see, like daily vlogs, gaming that kinda thing?

 Also, if you have a YouTube channel it would be much appreciated if you could give me some tips or advice!! All you vloggers who I follow on twitter I do watch your videos too!! 

Obviously I would need some equipment to video and edit with so if you use or know of any good and reasonably priced equipment, let me know down in the comments and send me a message via Twitter!! (Also leave me your links and I will read/watch your blogs and vlogs!!  

I also just want to thank you all who read my blog it means so much and I love to read all of yours too!! Don't be afraid just to send me your links, I will be more than happy to read them!! If there are any ways I can improve my posts let me know!! 

(Me if I start Vlogging hahaha!!)

Thank you all, and have a great Weekend!! (Another post later tonight too)

Melishia x

August Haul

Sorry it is a bit late but just been settling into a new college and it has just been a busy week. 

Instead of just showing you all what I have been loving each month, I am going to show you all what I have bought in the past month and whether I like or Dislike them. 

Stationary:

I have already done one year in college, but because I really didn't like my old college and had a bad year there, I moved to a much better college so I wanted new everything to aim at having a better college experience. 

So I had to get new stationary (of course). I go to Wilkinson's for all of my stationary because it is reasonably priced and do good quality things. Like these pens, sticky notes and sharpener in the photo. All of this probably came to around £3. 

(Papermate are really good pens to write with)

I also got this new pencil case from Wilkinson's too because I loved the design of it and loved the little pom-poms on the end of the zip. I literally am like a big kid but it's cute. Also it isn't too big or too small and the right size to fit into your bag.

Fashion/Beauty:

I have only just started to try out eye shadows as I didn't know how to apply it properly or have the right type of brushes for it, but since I have been watching tutorials of how to apply it properly, I wanted to buy some nice eye shadows to try out that weren't too expensive.

I found this pallet in T J Hughes by Technic for £1.99 and I find that these work amazing!! I'm a fan of finding good make-up that is also cheap! Don't always have to go for the expensive ranges.

The next place I went to was Primark where I was on the hunt for a new bag for college because my zip broke on my other one (which I still love). I Did look in other places before I looked in Primark because the bags I previously had got from there for school either broke on the first day or when it rained, got soaked right through. 

But then I saw this bag and it was the type of bag I was looking for and a decent size bag too. After using the bag for a week now, it is a really good bag and does it purpose well!! Also I really love the design and the colours too. I also picked up this scarf too because it is starting to come in colder now and I really love the colour of it.

I find that my hair gets really knotty really easily, and most of the time, just putting a brush through it doesn't make it any better. So when I went into Home Bargains I found this 'Easy Tease' de-tangler and I find it works really well. 

I also bought some Argan oil spray which protects your hair from the heat of your hair dryer or straighteners. Spray it on while it is wet and blow dry it and it makes your hair feel so much healthier!! 

The last thing was this hair piece from Primark for when you have a bun in you hair you can place it around your bun to give it some decoration. I Have used it once and I do like it but I think the flowers could have been a little smaller.  

Other items:

If you have twitter and see my tweets, you will know that I bought these two books together and the first one I have read is 'Paper Towns'. I read this one first because the film was due out the week that I bought the book and I like to read the books first. 

All the way through the book I was so intrigued and I loved the story and I was really looking forward to the end of the book to see what happened to Margo, I'm not going to give anything away in case any of you haven't seen the film or read the book yet, but I was a little disappointed with the ending, I thought it was going to be a whole lot different and better. But the whole of the book is great I just really didn't like the ending it could of been better, but hey! that's just my opinion, let me know what you guys think!! 

(I haven't seen the film yet)

I have only just started reading 'Girl Online' and so far I am really enjoying it!! I will let you know what I thought of it in next months post maybe...

Over the holidays I have been really bored with nothing to do and because I do get stressed a lot, I wanted to try out one of these Stress relief adult colouring books, and iv'e got to say they really do relieve all of your stress!! I am even ordering a different book with different designs in later on, or maybe add it to my Christmas list... Yes, I Have already started that too. Here is one of the colouring pages I have done so far. (not finished yet)

And finally, because my college isn't just a 5 minute walk around the corner any more and it is more like a 20 minute train journey,(which means really early mornings) I thought it would be a good idea to buy a Power Pack to be able to charge my phone up if it is running low at college instead of trying to find a free plug socket. I have only used it twice and it does work well, but I am going to test it out more to see how far It will actually charge my phone to before running out.

(I bought this from Mankind just in case you were wanting to find one, this was £7.99, a good buy)

So there you have it, these are the things that I bought last month and what I think of them so far. I hope you enjoyed this post and maybe gave you some ideas of what to buy on your next shopping trip into town!!

Have a great Day/Evening/Night 

Melishia x