Which NYE Outfit Should I Choose??

Hope you've all had an awesome Christmas!! I defo have, been super busy but it's been fun! :)

Last year you guys were great at helping me pick a New Year's Eve dress - looking for some opinions again please? :)

 

Gorgeous screenshot, I know. Standard.

So, which one do you like best? You can comment below, on YouTube, or tweet me @CosmeticsKitten.

Let me know!

~ Lauren ♥

Bikiiiiiiniiiiiiis!! A selection I have bought. =p

So I booked up a last minute holiday, and of course this means BIKINIS. Now, I used to be a wee stick when I was younger and the bikini posed no threat - however now I am a 'curvy woman' (haha trying to justify becoming fat) the mere thought of one fills me with fear. I am pear shaped, so I set out to try and buy some figure flattering two pieces.

Don't worry, I am obv not going to post photos of myself in the bikinis on the internet - I am all too aware how that could end up! So here they are all by themselves (you'll just have to imagine them on).

These are my selection from Primark:

Top to Bottom Prices:

Multicoloured Bikini - £5 top, £3 bottoms

Floral Bikini - £7 set

And my selection from New Look:

These are all Kelly Brook bikinis, I love her designs in New Look, I love the pin-up style! I think they're perfect for curvier girls and luckily a lot of them were in the sale!

Top to Bottom Prices:

White Travel Print Bikini - top: £16.99 but in sale for £12.99; bottoms: £9.99 but in sale for £7.75

Blue Floral Bikini - top: £16.99 but in sale for £6.00; bottoms: ££8.99 but in sale for £3.00,

Pink Bottoms (couldn't get a top, just gonna get a wee cheap pink or white one!) - £8.99 but in sale for £4.00


And Tesco (yes, really):

They are both a bit sparkly which makes me happy. :)

Top to Bottom Prices:
Orange Striped Bikini - Top: £7; bottoms: £5
Floral Bikini - Top: £9; bottoms: £5

What is your favourite? Do you have any tips for figure flattering bikinis? Or any quick weight loss ideas haha?!

Let me know!

~ Lauren ♥

Primark & New Look Haul :)

I showed you two of my pretty pastel dresses (only £17.99 each!) from New Look in this post, so now I'm gonna show you the rest of the things I got from New Look and some things from Primark. They might be all of a similar theme haha - a bit pastelly and a LOT girlie. =p

Dress - Primark, £13

Blazer - Primark, £18

Shoes - New Look, £25 (not new)

I think this dress is super cute for like a semi-formal summer event, or a summer wedding. It's sheer but has an under-layer, and the drape at the front is really flattering! I also LOVE this blazer, it has padded shoulders and a structured lapel, with runched sleaves. Again, a really flattering fit I think! :)

Top - New Look, £16

Skirt - Primark, £8

Blazer - Primark, £18

Reeeeeally unsure about this. I don't mind it too much with the blazer, but don't think I have the confidence (or the figure) to wear it outside my own garden haha! Maybe by summer I'll feel a little bit better about it. =/

Dress - Primark, £13

Blazer - H&M, £24

Shoes - Missguided, £32

I don't know why I'm posing like a mental for this outfit. It's so pretty tho, I can actually see myself wearing it to work with tights as it's kind of a shirt dress. The little pockets have bows on them, which is adorable. This blazer has got a lot of attention from my last post, I can't believe I haven't featured it before! I got it in H&M a few months ago, but as far as I know it's still available in store. :)

Dress - New Look, £17.99

Shoes - ASOS, £50

Necklace - York Market, £4

Cat - Priceless

The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed I wore this dress on my night out in London. It's another New Look kids dress, love their selection just now!! Dana is in this because a) my cats were trying to get in all my photos anyways and b) because I had a frame left in this collage haha.

EDT: I scheduled this post on Wednesday, but then I went shopping in Primark and got more goodies haha! I got a cute little top which I haven't photographed cause I'm gonna use it in my next OOTD, but I got two more blazers - oops. I'm a blazer addict!

Blazer - Primark, £15

Bracelets - (left) Swarovski and my sister's creations, (right) Forever 21

This blazer is exactly the same as the lemon one but in black and for some reason cheaper. I tried to get in the structured sleeves, they look much better in real life. And it's definitely BLACK, even though it looks blue in the second pic.

Blazer - Primark, £15

I just kind of threw this on on top of this dress for speed, I probably wouldn't wear them together. This blazer is turquoisey and a lot less structured than my lemon and black ones. Even though this is a size 6, it's still a baggy fit but I quite like that about it. It's a lot lighter too.

Well I hope you liked my Primark and New Look goodies, probably gonna be my last haul/OOTD post for a while cause I'm now skint!! What outfit is your favourite? have you found any cute bargains recently?

Let me know!

~ Lauren ♥

CUTEST Pastel Dresses Ever. Fact. :)

Aaargh, I feel like I've been starting every blog post recently with an apology for being so absent. This time, it's because my boyfriend's dissertation is due this week and I have been putting in crazy hours proof reading, editing, formatting etc. We had to cut out 4000 words, eeeek, but hopefully it'll be ready to be bound tomorrow! Exciting. Hope everyone else having dissertation panic right now is managing ok!! =p

So anyways, I spent a wee bit in London last week which was lovely. I stayed with my sister in Kensington & Chelsea for three nights and then my best friend in West Hampstead for two nights, so I got to see lots of London. The weather stayed mostly nice too, so I got to wear my new pastel dresses! I'm gonna show you two of them today (I went a bit mad and bought a few haha). My next post will have my adventures in London with me wearing these cuties, so I wanted to show you them properly first.

How cute are these?! I got them both from New Look kids!

This dress also came in lilac, and is available for £17.99 (including belt) from here.

Necklace is from Claire's Accessories

Boots are from New Look from Christmastime

Nails are Models Own Juicy Jules with Nicole by OPI Kardahsian Kolors in Kendal on the Katwalk (aaaand take a breath!!)

 Sorry I forgot to take a pic of this dress with blazer off! This dress was £17.99 and is available here.

Blazer from H&M

Bracelets (left) from Swarovski, (right) made by my sister :)

LOVE ring from H&M

Cat shoes (can be seen in full pic above) from Misguided and blogged about here

London necklace (can just be seen) from Accessorize

Hope you like these cuties as much as I do! Are you enjoying the pastel trend? Do you ever shop in the kid's sections haha??

Let me know!

~ Lauren ♥

Haaaappy New Year!!

Well, ladies and gentleman, 2011 is over. I wasn't the biggest fan of 2011 (being unemployed for most of it pretty much sucked) but some good things did happen. I wanted to do a 'Highlights of 2011' post, but I guess I ran out of time for that so onward and upward with 2012!

For Hogmanay, my boyfriend Scott and I went out for a romantic meal and then to a lovely area of Glasgow called Merchant City to bring in the bells. It was so good, we've not had a huge amount of time together recently because we've been busy, so it was nice just to be the two of us!

I had a major self-confidence meltdown on the train in. I was too busy making cocktails and ran out of time to get ready, so I didn't have time to fake tan and curled my still damp hair in about three minutes before running out the door. I also made the mistake of messing about with my new make up brushes without actually knowing what I was doing, so I look like I have no make up on in most pictures. UGLY.

My biggest disaster was my eyelashes (yes, I'm that girl). I needed to wear them (check out my false eyelash addiction HERE) but because my trusty ebay glue ran out so I had to go to Boots today to buy a wee replacement. This was not a good idea. I bought some Ardell lashes as I couldn't get glue by itself, put them on in the train and spent the rest of the night nearly crying about how awful they looked (not shallow at all).

Ghost-like me, with no real sign of make up, half curled hair, and eyelashes that are taking over my face. Ugh.

But, the drunker I got, the happier I got. Do I have a problem?? Here's some more pics from our night:

The dress! =p

Scott and I (Scott's dad took the photo - hence the blurriness =p)

The only decent pic of my nails! It's one of the Models Own glitter ones I got for Christmas, will defo be doing a proper post on them cause I looove them.

I hope you all had a lovely NYE as well! I'm very unsure about the year ahead as I have no idea what direction my life is going right now. I do have a few resolutions:

1. Lose weight/tone up
2. Stop biting my nails!!
3. Keep blogging at least twice a week
4. Make a decision on what I'm going to do with my life!!

The last one is a biggie, but people keep telling me it's exciting not to have everything planned. I hope I make some good choices this year. ^_^

Oh! I also just want to say a big thank you to Emma Louise from Fallen Angel to Yummy Mummy. I am rubbish with blog awards, quite a few people had awarded me one now but I always forget to then pass it on! It makes my day that people like my blog enough to award me. However, Emma Louise created her own blog award (rather than Versatile Blogger etc) and it really meant so much to me! She wrote a little paragraph about each of her favourite blogs, and I was over the moon with what she said about mine. I didn't even know she was following my blog, so this was a huge boost to my self esteem! Thank yooou!! <3

Anyways, if you've done a NYE post let me know cause I love to see all the pretty clothes! Thanks guys for helping me pick this dress to wear, it was perfect! Do you have any New Year's Resolutions or are you giving it a miss this year?

Let me know!

~ Lauren ♥

Help!! What dress do I choose??

I need your help guys. I am looking for a Christmas party dress (Isn't everyone right now?) but my budget isn't fantastic. I ordered some dresses from ASOS and I obv can't afford to keep them all, so I need your help in deciding what one I keep! I also found a dress in New Look, so that's been added to the choices.

I know I look a mess in these, but it's the dresses we're concentrating on!
Also, please try and ignore my mahoosive thighs.

You can click on the photos to make them bigger (if you're brave enough)!!

Please let me know in the comments below which dress gets your vote!

Your help is muchos appreciated! I also bought a pair of shoes which I LOVE. The dress doesn't have to go with these shoes, I will find a way to wear them over the Christmas period! I figure they go with pretty much everything anyways. =p

Hooow beautiful are these?? They're also so much glitteryier (yes, that is a word. =p) in real life.

What do you think? What dress should I keep? Any of them?

~ Lauren ♥