Beauty buys

A slight post with a difference today, well it's purely a beauty post but my blog isn't strictly fashion and i'll post about whatever I fancy really. I consider it to be slightly more of a lifestyle blog posting about things i've been up to, things that interest me etc but with an obvious main focus towards fashion and outfit blogging.

In term's of beauty blogs i'm definitely inspired by people like gh0stparties which I have been since I first starting reading blogs years ago. Her advice is soooo helpful that you cant go wrong with a gh0stparties recommended product. I never have.
So this post was largely inspired by my trip to Boots yesterday which was that dreaded visit of everything in my beauty regime running out at once!!! Those trips are the worst, girls will know. I decided to use it as a chance to swap some of my old products for new ones that I wanted to buy but also keep the tried and tested classics. So here's a quick run down.

Eucerin Dermo Purifyer Night Care 50ml
This product claims to improve skin complexion, delivering lactic acid directly to follicles in order to act against skin blemishes where they originate. To visibly reduce blemishes and prevent the formation of new ones.
This is a new product for me and having quite a troubled skin time at the moment, I hope it's going to be a great one. I've used Eucerin products in the past when my skin was going through a nightmarish time and always found them really good.
Oh and this is on the Boots website for £9.99 but I found it in my local one for £4.79 on offer.

LOreal Paris Skin Perfection 3 in 1 Purifying Micellar Solution 200ml
This is one of those products i've heard so many great things about I had to get! Beauty bloggers have been using to Bioderma cleansing water and raving about it for years and apparently this new L'oreal offering comes very close to it at a much nicer price tag.
I have to say I couldn't wait to take my make up off with it last night and it didn't disappoint, my face felt so clean and I love the fact that it also acts as a toner!

Rimmel London Stay Matte Primer
I don't currently use a primer and this one has had great reviews so this is one i'll be trialing to see whether I've been going wrong doing without a primer all these years.

Collection Lasting Perfection Ultimate Wear Concealer
This is my third time repurchasing this and it is my all time favourite concealer. Up until using this I had always used Mac's Studio Fix Concealer and I have to say this is as good if not better. I find it covers absolutely everything, even the reddest marks and it doesnt budge all day once on and is light enough for my pale skin.

Revlon ColorBurst Lacquer Balm
After looking through all the brands in boots for something like a balm that was going to give me a really natural wash of colour this was the nicest one I found. It's in the shade Demure and I had to include a picture of it on the lips as i'm in love already. Being somebody who wears a lot of reds and dark lipsticks on a daily basis I just wanted a change and something more of an every day colour. This fits the bill perfectly.

So I hope you liked that little beauty round up. I have part 2 coming for you very soon.
Please leave comments as I love to read them and get back to every single one.
Charlie x

Tiny dancer

So this is me getting the hang of taking outfit photos with a tripod and self timer. Again i've got nothing but admiration for you girls who make it look so effortless. It's bloomin' tricky!
Anyway I put this outfit together this morning and although it's very plain black and grey (my staple colours) i'm really happy with it.
The little crop black polo was £2 in Primark sale.
The Skater Skirt is from Topshop.
Stockings from good old M&S.
Boots from The White Pepper
Quartz Necklace is my own Honey Rose Amber

Recent purchases- Skirt obsession!

So you know when you notice something is missing from your wardrobe (in my case it was a wide variety of mini skirts) and you go through one of those phases where it's the only thing you buy until you feel you have adequately resolved the problem. Now I'm feeling pretty pleased as punch with my new skirt collection. 

Charcoal gingham mini kilt skort.

Topshop £34.

Envy jacquard skirt.

Topshop £38.

Check mini skirt.

Topshop £36.

Printed mini skirt.

Zara sale £15.99

Mustard pleat skirt.

Charity shop £3.

Teal mini skirt.

Charity shop £3.

Phew! Thank goodness for that! I wonder what will be missing next!?

Charlie x x x

Back in the world of blogging!

I've had an unintentional hiatus from the blogging world for the reason of life, it just gets in the way sometimes. I'm so admiring of you ladies who can do it all, I just don't know how you do! A full time job, my own house to look after, two bunnies, a hammy and a guinea pig, and the responsibility of running honey, rose and Amber my small online jewellery business. All this and trying to have a social life as well just makes it seem like there aren't enough hours in the day. I'm sure a lot of you feel the same. However I just miss blogging so much and it's a community I love being a part of so I'm going to commit to one post a week at the very least and I'll go from there. 

Also in the time that I've been away I feel that my style has gone through a bit of a metamorphosis as well as brand new brunette locks! So it seems an apt time to start documenting different looks again as I have so much fun getting dressed up on a daily basis and I'm lucky it's something my job allows me to do.

These pictures were shot by my lovely friend Yui, and I think she did a pretty good job. Thanks Yui! <3 

Id love to hear what you guys think about the demands of blogging and the outfit etc so please comment below and I will reply to everyone.

Top- eBay 

Skirt- Topshop

Shoes- Dr Martens

 

Check Mate!

Topshop Trousers £45 Here:

Topshop Biker Jacket £58 Last Season Here's a Similar One

Topshop Strappy Cami £10 Here:

Asos Academy Ankle Boots £35 Here:

Pink makes the boys wink.

I've had this skirt for a while now and this is the first time I've worn it. I guess pastel pink PVC isn't something you wear everyday and to be honest I've been a little bit self conscious thinking that people will stare at me for wearing it. But I did manage to step outside to have these photos taken in it. It's safe to say its not the most comfortable thing to wear and it quite difficult to walk in haha! However I do love the beautiful colour and how different it is! I know since it had sold out and loads of people are now trying to get there hands on one. I guess the perks of working for Topshop are I do get to get the good stuff first!

Top- Primark £4

Skirt- Topshop £32

Boots- Topshop 'Astrix' £40

Jacket- Vintage £5 

Charlie x 

Honey, Rose & Amber Twitter Giveaway!

Hello my lovelies! I'm running a cheeky little giveaway for you guys. To be in with a chance to win our gorgeous citrine point pendant all you need to do is follow us on twitter (link in the sidebar) and retweet our status about this wonderful giveaway! Ends Monday 23rd September. 

Queenies Cupcakery

So earlier in the week me and the Mr finally visited Queenies Cupcake Shop after wanting to go for so long and somehow always ending up going when it was closed! But it's safe to say it was more than worth the wait. The shop itself is beautifully decorated in the perfect vintage tearoom style with loads of crockery and cake stands and general cute stuff! The cakes were superb, I had a pavlova cupcake with fresh berries and meringue, it was heavenly, the frosting was so so good! And I had a pot of earl grey tea to go with it which is the perfect tea for any cake eating in my opinion. 

Ironbridge is an absolutely lovely place and just generally great to visit anyway with the added advantage of having Queenies there as well so I thoroughly recommend it it you're looking for a day out!

Lovely Little Teacups!

This is my first post in a little while. I really don't know how you guys do it, I admire you so much. I find it hard to juggle a full time job, a small jewellery business and a blog sooo I've decided just to throw another thing into the mix haha! I've been creating these little designs of my own on vintage crockery for about a year or so now and only now has it occurred to me that somebody else might actually like these, so I've opened up a separate Etsy shop specifically for this called Lovely Little Teacups
Please have a look and let me know what you think!
Here's a sneaky little peak of some of the bits and pieces i've created for the shop.

London Haul

I've been dying for some new clothes for quite some time and i've scoured every shop and every website but nothing appealed to me or inspired me at all. I was going through one of those phases where you like nothing in your wardrobe and theres nothing new you like and you feel like you've hit a style brick wall. However the sunny weekend we spent in London a fortnight ago just got me re-inspired and loads of little gems jumped out at me.

First of all this little number I found at a vintage fair in Brick Lane for only £15 and I had it have it. It reminded me of Courtney Love, I think it's very Hole-esq!

 Secondly I found this beautiful jacket which is probably my favourite piece out of all of them. I dug it out of one of those £3 bins in Absolute Vintage in Brick Lane and it's a sort of woolly mohairy type of jacket and I just love it and wear it with everything right now!

 I've had my eye on this jumpsuit from Urban Outfitters for quite a while, it's a lovely comfy grey Jersey fabric and it was originally £48 down to £25 so I had to snap it up! Unfortunately you can't seem to get it on the website anymore but I'm sure plenty of stores will still have it.

This Staring at Stars dress was again in the Urban Outfitters sale section and is by a brand called Staring at Stars. It is another of my favourite pieces as its just the perfect little summer dress for those lovely hot days. 

I saw these in Uniqlo and instantly fell in love. I don't have too many shorts for summer as I generally hate getting my legs out but these are the perfect short for me, super high waisted and not too short. They have a real 50's feel about them and I love the print. I can't believe they were only £7.90!

I wish i'd got more of these Celia Birtwell pyjama pants when I saw them in Uniqlo, there were loads of different prints and they're reduced to £9.90. There so comfy and I've worn them loads since I brought them. They were intitally one of those weird purchases I wasn't sure that I'd actually wear and now I feel like I can't live without them!

I seem to have brought loads recently so I've got a few more 'Haul' style posts lined up. Let me know what you think. Charlie x x x

Honey, Rose & Ambers first magazine mini feature.

Honey Rose and Amber's first ever magazine feature! I'm so proud! The lovely Rosie of Carelessly Cut approached me a little while back to see if I would be interested in being part of the magazine and I was so so excited. It's such a lovely opportunity for a small brand like mine when I am really only just starting out. It's such a lovely magazine as well which makes it even nicer. 

The magazine is out now available to buy from WHSmiths for £4.99 needless to say i've already been and brought my copy, it's definitely one for the scrapbook.

A mega good time!

      

Firstly I should start by apologizing for disappearing from the blogging world briefly. I don't want to go into the ins and outs but you all know how life can be challenging at times and this has just been one of those times but needless to say i'm now stronger and better for the experience. And after all this chaos in my life what better than to spend a lovely weekend in London with the love of my life, it was our one year anniversary after all! Wow! I still can't believe that I met the man of my dreams, I really thought it was the stuff that fairy tales are made of but nope, dreams really do come true! Anywho, here's a few pictures from our lovely adventures last weekend. We visited The Photographers Gallery and The National History Museum whilst we were there and enjoyed some lovely food at The Breakfast Club. I also went on a bit of a mad shopping spree, rude not to when you're in london really but I was really pleased because I haven't really found anything i've liked in the shops for months and was very uninspired by it but now I have a very full wardrobe again so lots of outfit posts coming up soon! Enjoy! Charlie x x x