Best & Worse: Emmys 2012

Quick thing to begin found an amazing giveaway here which is well worth you all entering.

http://adorebellerose.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/300-followers-big-giveaway-international.html

I bloody love award ceremonies and have done since before i can remember. In fact as a seven year old child i used to sit with a score sheet watching the Oscars ranking my fave dresses.

Here is my favorite and least favorite looks from this years Emmys.

Best

January Jones in Zac Posen Emmy Awards 2012

January Jones looks absolutely stunning in this Gothic Zac Posen black number. I know a lot of people are not loving this look but it was definitely my fave look. It's so hard to get the Goth trend right (think Gwenie's hideous 2002 Oscar dress) but i'm totally in love with this look. 

Gweneth Paltrow in Alexander Mcqueen Oscars 2002

Worst

Julianne Moore in Dior Emmy Awards 2012

Ok so there is nothing worse than seeing a woman of a certain age letting it all hang out but this Christian Dior dress literally covers everything and ends up making Julianne looks like a giant canary. I'm actually a pretty big fan of yellow on the red carpet and loved Michelle William's 2006 Oscar dress but feel this is the wrong yellow and there is definitely too much of it.

Michelle Williams in Vera Wang Oscars 2006

Mini Tesco Haul

Hello Lovelies,

Just a very quick post about my Tesco haul today, I can never resist picking up a few bargains when doing a food shop so here is what i got :)

I will be reviewing all these products in detail but just wanted to share the haul today.

5X All About Face 39p EACH!!! (Bargain!)

Instyle Magazine comes with free Clinique Lip Gloss £2.50

All About Face Lipstick £1.49

Barbara Daly Lipstick £9.00

Schwarzkopf Powderful Volumising Styling Powder and 2 Sexy Volumizing Hairspray 2 for £5.00

Love Supermarket Fashion Bargains

Love

N

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Football, Food and (X) Factor

Today i lost my football virginity and my boyfriend finally dragged me to a football match :) In return for this sacrifice of my Saturday afternoon he's agreed he will go and see My Fair Lady.

My major dilemma was what the hell do you where to a football match, apparently heels and a maxi dress are both no gos!

So here is what i wore..

Jacket- Vintage, Scarf - Alexander Mcqueen £165-00, Super Skinny Jeans- New Look, Brogues - River Island
White Shirt - H&M

 I'm also wearing one of my fave lipsticks which is an old Kate Moss for rimmel one, i have two as someone told me they were going to stop selling them soon! If you're inclined you buy it in shade 20 here still!

As the fella has still got a dodgy eye we've stayed in tonight and had a bit of a feast and a few ciders while we watch the X Factor! I made lamb koftas, corgettes fritters, potato wedges and we had a load of other Greek treats.

Thanks for reading 

N xxxx

Win My Dream Shoes

Good Morning Everyone,

Came across this amazing competition to win a pair of my dream shoes today on Facebook so thought I would share it with you all. Also if you write a blog post you will gain an extra 25 entries :)

You can enter HERE!!!!

The Last 24 Hours...

Bistros, Boyfriends and Bargains!!!

Well it's been rather an eventful 24 hours in my life!! Last night me and my boyfriend went out for a lovely meal at Ego Restaurant in Sheffield, if you live near and haven't been it's well worth a visit.

I had a glass of pinot and a gorgeous chicken dish in a tarragon and pancetta sauce and my boyfriend had the salmon. We also shared some gorgeous parmentier potatoes and corgette fritters. :-)

Here is the link if anyone fancies checking out the menu :) There's also a few more scattered around the country.

 So after a lovely night out we woke up this morning in rather a panic to see my boyfriend's eye had swollen up which meant a trip to the NHS walk in! He won't allow me to post a photo on here so here is the nearest lookalike i could find on the internet!! 

Jokes aside he is actually quite poorly and we needed to pop into Boots to pick up his antibiotics where i had a part one of today's little shopping accident which ended up in a very bargainous haul (see below).

Oooops! :0

So as we entered boots on a weekend i promised i wouldn't shop i noticed a 75% off sign next to one the luxury make up brands and couldn't resist a few cheeky purchases! So here's what i got...

 As i explained to my boyfriend it's not about focusing on how much money i have spent but the huge savings and the fact i love what i have bought.
The brand is called CARGO and from what i can see used to be very expensive. :)

The first product i bought is the Lash Activator Triple Mascara which promises to give you longer lashes in 28 days. 

I am reluctant to believe these miracle claims but will give anything a try once and it's a pretty decent mascara so win win!

With 75% off this mascara only cost me £6.75 so a pretty decent bargain if i don't say so myself. I will let you all know whether or not in 28 days i have beautiful longer lashes. 

Second product in the haul and my fave was this amazing Cheek Plumping Blush in Rose Blush. 

The product promises to plump and smooth your skin and the shocking thing is; it actually works. This product only cost me £4.62 and i literally have no complaints - if you see this product BUY IT!

One of the nicest things about the product is when i took my make up off it actually felt like i'd moisturized my skin.

Overall i love this product that much i'm considering going to buy all the other discounted ones tomorrow.







Finally i got four eyeshadows and a palette to put them in and i cannot express how lovely they are! Yet another bargain! :)

The next accidental purchases can really be blamed on Boots again as they take 30 minutes to fill a prescription in which we made a cheeky little trip to H&M where i picked up a few little bargains :)

Orange Nail Polish 99p

Stacker Rings 99p

Stacker Rings £3.99

Earings - Free!!!

At this point this I probably should have stopped but still picked up a few more cheeky little purchases :) Unbelievably i picked up this Garnier Eye Roll-On in the 99p shop and couldn't resist it at that price. I have used this product before but felt it was overpriced for what it was but for 99p who can complain!

Final cheeky purchase that's worth blogging about (also got some face wipes and nail varnish remover is the St Moritz tan spray i picked up from the Co Op for just £1.25. I usually use the mousse but will write a review of this product when i use it.

Thanks for reading :)

N

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HAPPY FRIDAY GIVEAWAY

Good Morning Lovely Followers,


First of all can i say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who has followed my blog :) and i will be running a small giveaway until the 1st October. To enter this giveaway all you need to do is follow this blog on GFC and comment on this blog post with an answer to the following question.

What are you favorite type of blog posts? 

 I didn't really know what to give away in the post so thought the best idea would be to give away things i'd actually blogged about so in the package the winner will receive there will be.

1) Two Wet and Wild French Manicure Polishes

2) 3 Technic Nail Art Polishes

4) A selection of bangles from my latest ebay haul

4) A selection of samples from my obsessive freebie trawling :)

5) ONE SURPRISE GIFT

The winner will be selected at random on the 1st October at 6pm GMT, i will not accept any entries after 1st October 1pm GMT. THIS COMPETITION IS ONLY OPEN TO EUROPEAN ENTRANTS :)

Once again thanks so much for reading my blog I didn't think one person would bother never mind this many!!

Lots of Love

N

And just because it's Friday, here's a cute doggie picture.

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Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens....

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things....

(From Top Left Corner, Left to Right) DisneyWorld Florida, Steak, Chips and Onion Rings, My Mulberry Roxanne, Topshop, My Amazing Mummy, My Lovely Boyfriend, Abi my Rhodesian Ridgeback, MAC cosmetics and my Beautiful Besties xxxx

I will also soon be doing my first ever giveaway when i hit 50 GFC followers so please follow the page and keep an eye out for updates!! xxxx