OOTD Outfit of the Day

I think this is my very first "outfit of the day" post so I am slightly nervous. It's a pretty warm day here and luckily with my job I can wear what I like (within reason) unless I have a formal meeting scheduled or something. I bought this dress last week and had intended not wearing it before my holiday but I thought I'd give it a test run today (and thank goodness I did as I discovered it is slightly see through!) If you could excuse my tired face and phone camera quality photos, that'd be great btw...

Dress - from Exhibit (think they might be an Irish retailer) £17.99

Tan gladiator sandals - Primark (last summer)

Rings - Miss Selfridge (last summer I think)

Bangles - here from H&M £6.99 (not wearing the animal print one obviously!)

I hope you like it? I know maxi dresses aren't for everyone but I like this and find it comfortable. The stripes and colours aren't something I'd usually wear but I was feeling a bit brave when I went shopping that day! I have no idea where the necklace is from I'm afraid. So other than that, that's it really. Eeek.

LoubouLush x

100th blogpost!

I noticed this would be my big 1-0-0 and to be perfectly honest I wasn't sure what to write in it. I have a couple of bits I want to review and I was going to reveal a bit of my holiday wardrobe/must haves but I haven't had time to photograph them yet. So I thought I'd just give an update on what I've been up to.

I've been super busy with work, which as someone who is self employed isn't something to complain about especially with holidays looming. You might have noticed Slimming World has gone by the wayside. Due to my silly work schedule, the meetings were too hard to fit in and I was useless on my own. In the holiday countdown I have been shredding and although I haven't lost much weight I do feel like I'm getting a bit more toned at least and I'm quite enjoying it but again it's taking about 20 minutes out of my day.

If you follow me on Twitter you will also know we've got a new addition to our family (albeit probably a temporary one) which has added to the madness. One night last week our dog was in the garden and started barking a bit manickly. Husband went to look and found a tiny ball of fur in the garden beside the dog... tiny kitten had found its way into the garden and into the path of our labrador! Our garden is fairly secure so we're not sure where it came from. Much hissing later and some help from my Dad we got it into a box and brought it into the house for the night. The poor little thing was limping and shaking like mad. The next morning we took her (yes vet tells us it's a she!) to the vet and given her injury/our garden set up he thinks she might have fallen from a tree. He aged her at about 6-8 weeks and said she's too young to be out on her own. We've put a notice in our local shop but noone has claimed her yet. Her leg is healing well and she's not as hissy as she was but Bella the labrador still isn't sure of her so I'm not sure what her long term future will be in terms of staying with us.

Then of course we have this holiday coming up so we need 2 pet sitters rather than 1! Oh and husband has called her Kevin and it's sort of stuck. Poor little thing...
Anyway that's what I've been up to. Hopefully I'll be back with a few more posts that might be a bit more interesting as this has turned into a bit of a ramble. I hope you've all been well and if any of you have any tips on looking after kittens, send them my way please!

LoubouLush x

MUA Pressed Powder

I have a few bits and bobs from the MUA cosmetics range at Superdrug and I have to say for the £1 price tag, I've been impressed! A few weeks (maybe months) ago I was in a mad hurry and ran into Superdrug to grab my sister a cheap bronzer. I lifted shade 4 of the pressed powder by mistake and only realised after I got home. It's FAR too dark for me so I threw it in the back of one of my make of drawers and forgot about it.

A couple of weeks ago I was all fake tanned up (St Moriz) and couldn't find my face powder and found this MUA powder again. It was still a bit dark but I thought I'd give it a go and I was really pleased with how well it stayed on and looked. I used it as a contour and then put a light coating over my face. I couldn't believe I hadn't set it aside as a contour before!!

Anyhoo I decided I should get my hands on a lighter shade for more everyday use as I begrudge using my MAC powder too often. Shade 1 is a good match for me. It give a nice coverage and finish to my make up and of course only costs £1. I've been using it a lot recently and my skin seems to approve. I've even used it on its own with no foundation or other base just to give me a little bit of cover up and I honestly REALLY like it.

Shade 4 to the left, shade 1 to the right

Shade 4

Shade 1

Some information about what's in them... (can't get this photo turned upright, sorry)

It really is a great value product in my opinion. I've used both of them on my eyelids as well for a hint of colour. The packaging is fine and although there is no brush or powder puff with it I tend to prefer using my own anyway (and it's probably a bit much to ask with the price tag!

Have you tried it? Or are there any other must have MUA things I need in my collection? I'd love to hear your thoughts :)

LoubouLush x