London Trip! (& Harry Potter Studio Tour) :)

Can't believe how long I've been meaning to do this post for! Well I went to London in the middle of October sooo... like a month haha! Well here it is. :)

My sister and one of my best friends live in London, so I always have a base to stay at should I want a wee break away. My boyfriend Scott has NEVER been to London, so when he came in to a bit of money, we decided to go down for a few days and do some visiting!

We travelled down on a Megabus (he didn't come in to THAT much money haha) and the 9-10 hour drive actually wasn't too bad! There was wifi and plugs so we were sorted. I got into my jammies and slept a lot of the way! We stayed at my friend's flat that night, we just went out for dinner and drinks. :)

On the Friday we went to Harry Potter Studio Tour - EEeeEEeee! OMG, I was so close to tears at some points, I'm a massive Harry Potter fan and it was just amazing!! I'm gonna post some pics from it below under a link in case people are planning on going and don't want any spoilers. =p

On Saturday, my sister took us on a guided tour of all the tourist spots for Scott. At night, Scott and I went to Carnaby Street for dinner and out for drinks in Soho. On Sunday, my sister showed us her local area, Kensington & Chelsea.

My sister and I in Trafalgar Square // Scott and I // Scott and I at Buckingham Palace

 

Night out// Soho // St Christopher's Place // Carnaby Street

 

Sloane Square // South Kensington // My sister's street

We had a great time!! If you want to see some of my Harry Potter Studio Tour photos, click below!

The Cosmetics Kitten's Diary :) --November 4th--

Heeeey guys! Time for my lifestyle post. I was obviously planning on doing this every week, but life is so hectic that I'm just going to try do it as regularly as I can. :)

 

What have I been up to this week?

I have been sooo tired this week. I think now the clocks have gone back, it gets dark so early and my body just wants to go to sleep! I hate this time of year, when I literally don't see sunlight because it's dark when I go in work and dark when I come out. Meh.

 

Weekend before last I went to London to visit my sister and my best friend, who both live there. I took my boyfriend Scott (his first time in London!) and we had a great time! I'll do a wee post on that soon.

 

Us at Buckingham Palace. :)

 

I also caught up with the girls this weekend, we're all teachers and sometimes it's hard to find time to meet up, so I'm glad we sorted something out!

 

 

I also finally got rid of my old extensions last weekend! I had my old set in for six months and although my hair was still ok quality, my own hair had grown in too much at the roots so it was time to replace them! It took six and a half hours to take my old set out, colour my hair and put my new set in. Phew!!

 

old hair / my own hair (yes, all of it...) / new hair

 

And how was work?

Work was actually mostly fun this week. We had an all-day Hallowe'en party on Wednesday, which I scrabbled about for a last min costume for. None of my regular Hallowe'en outfits were particularly... appropriate haha. So I wore my cat onesie and went as a cat! =p

 

 

Easy haha.

 

 

And how are the cats?

My wee cat Pippa was not very well at all, she had an abscess on her wee bum. :( She's 14 and we worry about her, and she had to get a buster collar on. She was SO down and we thought she was maybe giving up. :( But after two weeks on antibiotics, she's making a good recovery!! :)

 

 

 

Anything else?

My watch broke so I'm hoping to get a new one for Christmas, looking for some suggestions of brands/styles?? This is the one I'm kind of drawn to just now, it's a Michael Kors. I'm looking for a big-ish face and maybe a wee bit of bling haha. Not too expensive tho!!

 

 

 

I'm also doing the Photo a Day Challenge on Instagram - if you fancy seeing what I'm up to, you can follow me on there - I'm CosmeticsKitten. :)

 

 

 

Hope you've had a good week! Remember to give me any suggestions of watches if you can think of any. Have you been up to anything exciting??

Let me know!

~ Lauren ♥

My Trip to London Town. :)

Just a wee quicky with some photos from my London adventure. I went for five nights, and spent three nights with my sister and her boyfriend and then the last two nights two of my friends from Glasgow flew down and we all stayed with our best friend and her boyfriend who moved to London last year. I had a great time! :)

There were big Easter Eggs near to the London Eye you could choose a wee stickers to put on, I chose a red and wrote on it 'SMILE! Love, Lauren from Glasgow' so if you see the eggs, look for my sticker! =p
We went to the Chocolate Festival on Southbank, there were sooo many samples, it was awesome but so busy!
It was lovely and sunny so we went to Spitalfields Market and then a park to have lunch. Do you think I look like my sister?? People always say we look alike.

As a surprise, my sister took me to see Legally Blonde the Musical! I just about DIED. It's my favourite movie ever and we had a fantastic night! Thanks, Alie!! <3

I had some time to myself, so I did some shopping, went to Hyde Park, and had a wee breakfast in the sun at a pavement cafe. :)

When I met my friends for the second part of my holiday, we went for lots of 'lunches' (i.e. drinks) and went to see Jersey Boys. We also didn't know you weren't allowed alcohol on public transport - oops! You are in Scotland haha!

We went a night out into Camden - can you tell which is the before and which is the after?? =p

On our last day we had lunch at the most random cafe ever just off Oxford Street, called Allan's of Mayfair. The decor was SO random; a flatscreen TV, Christmas decorations, fruit, faux fur on the walls - very bizarre but fun!

I had a great trip, mainly because I got to see my sister and my friends, but I do enjoy a wee visit to London! Has anyone else gone anywhere fun over the holidays? Or are you planning to?

Let me know!

~ Lauren ♥

NARS Orgasm, London Haul & 30 Day Challenge

A few days ago I reviewed one of the new products I bought in London, Benefit They're Real mascara. Today I'm going to show you a few other things I purchased! Now, I don't have a lot of money right now what with being unemployed and all, but I managed to treat myself to a few things (with help of my boyfriend and parents!!).

 Yay! I got me my Nars Orgasm blush! I've wanted it for a while now. Actually, I wanted the Orgasm/Laguna duo but my pennies wouldn't stretch to that lol. So here it is! It's a lovely peachy pink shade with a subtle golden shimmer which claims to suit any skintone. I always opt for peachy shades because of my yellow base tone, and I've heard so many good things about this that I haaad to snap it up!

Is Benefit 'They're Real' the best mascara ever??

First of all, I have to say a big thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway, and CONGRATULATIONS to Sarah @ FashionismyH2O for winning!! I loved doing a giveaway, can't wait for my next one!! =p

So, as you may remember, I spent this weekend in London. One of the presents I bought myself  -  after reading good reviews on it - was Benefit's They're Real! mascara (£15.90 in airport, £18.50 on website). I have not worn it out the house yet, but I have had a wee shot in order to do a review here.

Here's the packaging and wand:

Back to reality: Home from London...

Hello!! I feel like it's been ages since I've blogged, even though it was only really the weekend. I had an awesome time in London, it was great to see my friend again! I didn't get a chance to take any photos specifically for here (my friends don't know about my blog) so apologies for the 'Facebook' photos!! I really need to hire someone to start taking photos for me so I don't look like a complete idiot.

We flew down, me and my two friends, and I am NOT a good flier. The flight was only an hour long but I still got myself in a state. Ugh. Anyways, here's a photo of what I travelled in:

Primark jumper

Primark belt

Forever 21 skirt

Primark socks

Primark boots

Love me a bit of Primark. Also love these socks, seem to be wearing them a lot!! So after the flight it was an hour's bus journey to where my friend lives, so we got to hers about eleven thirty at night. A few drinks then bed! She lives really central so it was awesome.

Blog GIVEAWAY & Laaandaaaan tomorrow! + Day 3 :)

Just a reminder that I am doing a Blog Giveaway because I reached 50 followers (thanks!!), the link is HERE to find out more and to enter. This is the prize:

Now, I'd probably have closed the comp on Friday cause I figure that's plenty time, but I'm running it until Sunday because I'm going to London tomorrow!! One of my best friends moved there to work at the end of August and a few of us are flying down tomorrow to visit. So excited! This is my group of besties:

I'm second from the right, and Mandy (who we're visiting) is furthest right.