& Tuesday Twirl
Dear friends. It's been a busy time lately, with a trip to Plymouth last week for the scattering of Mum's ashes, and another trip this week.
I've been buying Christmas presents and studiously avoiding Black Friday deals (if you weren't going to buy it at full price, don't buy it!). I've bought a few new beauty products recently and will cover them today.
RETRO DRESS WITH LONG BOOTS
This is my second "retro style" dress from Madcap England. It's sleeveless but I find they work better in autumn/winter with a jacket and maybe a silky roll neck underneath, as the material is not what I'd consider for summertime. It's a silky type of scuba material. It skims over curves, lumps/bumps.
This dress isn't in Spring colours as such but I added some brightness with my Roxy in aqua (Kettlewell) and red handbag (Etsy). The suede boots are old, from Boden.
It's shorter than I would normally wear, but I think that's fine with opaque tights and boots.
Tomorrow I'm off to have my hair done, having let two months elapse which means my roots are pretty awful.
NEW BEAUTY BUYS
My nails and cuticles are finally in a good place, thanks to products from Manucurist (serum and oil). and taking Biotin daily.
I bought some non-gel nail polishes from a new brand, Harriet Westmoreland. Harriet is well known for her "clean" nails: short, natural looking and beautifully manicured (Nigella Lawson is a fan). I bought the basecoat, topcoat and two of the Vanilla Gloss Polishes.
I can't resist a beauty box, and the Boots Show Stopper box caught my eye. It was £90, but well worth it because there's very little I wouldn't use, or don't like. I'm already using the Grown Alchemist Polisher and Boots Berry Lip Sleep balm, plus the Caroline Herrera perfume La Bomba and Ole Henriksen Pout Preserve Lip Treatment in Strawberry Glimmer.
I've also bought a couple more pieces for autumn/winter, a brown suede skirt and brown cord jeans. I'll show you these next week.
How do you like your nails? Long with nail art, or short and subtle? Do tell in the comments.
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LAST WEEK'S FAVOURITES
"This is getting to be quite a habit", from Penny at Conversations with an Older Woman
Great advice from Laura at I Do Declaire on how to evaluate purchases.
"How I am grey blending my hair with toners" by Alison at Midlife and Beyond
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