Brighton Home/ Clothing/ Beauty Haul

For my friends birthday it has become a tradition that we all make a little trip to Brighton as we have now gone 3 years in a row now on and around Halloween (yes this post is 2 weeks delayed I'm very sorry haha but everything should still be in stock). We all love shopping there because of the variety of quirky/ vintage shops that you don't get in our area and it's so nice even if you are just browsing. We also went on the pier in the evening and sat on the deck chairs and honestly it's one of my favourite places in the world.

Probably my favourite shops in Brighton is 'Snoopers Paradise' which is full of so many old nick naks from vinyl's and jewellery to dolls and cutlery. There are 2 levels to the shop and I went upstairs to 'Snoopers Attic' and found a selection of little fake flowers that were too good to leave as they were only £2 in total. There is also an amazing photo booth that we all love to go in and take goofy pictures in which we did this time but I haven't included a photo of them in this haul.

Whenever I go to Brighton, even when it's not on the birthday trip, It has become a tradition that I go into the most adorable shop called Sass & Belle and pick up one of they their decorations for my bedroom. I just think they are so cute and give such nice finishing features to a bedroom/ anywhere else in your house.

I have been after a raglan/ baseball t-shirt for at least 2 years now so when we popped into Dirty Harry's and when I saw this I was all over it. I especially like this one as it's not super tight like most of this style and is a little baggy. It also has long sleeves instead of three quarter length ones which I love and it was a bit of a steal for £12. Such a staple item for winter.

I don't have a stand alone mac store near me, I always have to go into somewhere like John Lewis but in Brighton there is a really nice one so I always make the effort to have a bit of a nosy around. As you may have seen on my Autumn/ Winter Wishlist I have been after the Cranberry eye shadow for a while as it is a 'bright' colour but it is still reasonable subtle and not too in your face.

Along with the cranberry theme, in Urban Outfitters I picked up this little beauty of a nail varnish as I think it is such a traditional winter colour and for some reason I didn't own anything similar to this before so I picked it up and I have actually tried it out and I love it! It dries super fast also which is a must for me. It is in the shade 'Raspberry Beret'.

Finally we went into one of my all time favourite stores called 'Evolution' which I think has a few other stores around the UK as I know there is one in Reading. It sells really unique home peices and I smelt this candle and was in haven. It was only £3.50 which I think is really cheap and it kicks off so much sent and burns for I believe 40 hours, so overall a very good buy!

I'll speak to you all soon,

Sarah x

Sunday Night Pamper Routine!

I don't know about you guys but Sundays are my favourite day to have a bit of a pamper evening. After a long week at college and homework from the weekend there is personally nothing I love more than this.

Chai Latte's are my all time favourite hot drink and when I found out you could get little at home sachets I was all over that business and this is how I like to start my evening as I find the taste so comforting.

Fairy lights and candles are also so essential as they make the room so cosy and the smell from this particular candle is insanely nice and brings back so many nice memories.

Skin care is an essential to me (I also used a face mask to bring pampering to the next level...) it makes me feel so refreshed and I strangely love doing it.

Who doesn't love a good old relaxing bubble bath?! I absolutely love baths as it such a good way just to sit, think and have a bit of a break. People always say it's like bathing in your own dirt which I do not think, especially considering you are that 'dirty' before you get in the bath. Regardless, this is always a Sunday essential for me. Whilst I'm in the bath I often put a hair mask on the ends of my hair for an extra treatment and rinse it out at the end.

Whilst I'm 'pampering' myself, there isn't anything better to me than listening to a vinyl. I love the process of setting it up and I feel like music just always sounds better on a record player. The vinyl I listened to on this occasion was Lewis Watson's new album 'The Morning' which is so beautiful and I did a review of one of his gigs here.

Sunday, for me, is the perfect time to paint my nails! You can get prepared for the rest of the week and not be in a rush so don't need to worry about drying time! Today I decided to paint my nail's in Sally Hansen 'Arm Candy' which is the polish I wore to prom. 

One last thing I always do on a Sunday is to give my make-up brushes a deep clean because of all the product that has been used on them within the week. I occasionally do this multiple times within the week too for face brushes as they can hold bacteria the personally breaks my skin out.

I'll speak to you all soon,

Sarah x