These boots are made for walkin'!

You know when you buy something and you like it so much that you have to keep looking at it?! Well that's how I feel about my latest purchase - my gorgeous boots from River Island :-) I keep popping into my bedroom to get another peak! ('sad' springs to mind...)

I was in Watford supposedly shopping for Christmas presents recently, but 'accidentally' wandered into River Island and picked these beauties up for myself...

I've been after a new pair of boots for a few weeks now, what with the colder weather n all. These were just what I've been looking for as they're flat (I can't be doing with heels on a daily basis), a lovely tan colour, and have fur, which is just everywhere at the moment.

Now this might sound strange coming from someone who shops a lot, but the £44.99 I spent on these is the biggest amount of money I've spent on any single item in ages. Although I buy quite a lot, I normally shop in sales and am a bit of a bargain hunter. However, I reckon they're great value for money. They're really good quality and I think they'll be pretty versatile.

They should be perfect for work as well as play, and I think I can wear them with a whole range of looks. Also, as well as wearing them with all the fur showing you can turn them up so they look more like boxing boots, to give another look again.

I am tres happy with my new purchases and can't wait to debut them at work a some point this week :-)

But from now on I think I need to be kept on a tight leash on Christmas shopping expeditions, and remember I'm supposed to be buying for other people! I think it's probably best that I avoid River Island then...

xx

A Nail Revolution!

As I've said on here many times before, I'm no beauty expert. I love getting all dressed up, but I lack a bit of confidence in the make up area and so tend to stick to the same routine on a daily basis. The one thing I do like to play around with is nail varnish, because that seems far less scary to me and I figure you can't go too far wrong :-)

I own quite a lot of nail varnishes and tend to buy a new one and wear it religiously for a couple of weeks. However, the nail varnish I bought recently has to be one of my favourite ever nail purchases - I've just never seen anything like it.

I'm sure you've read many reviews on different blogs about Barry M's Nail Effects so I won't bore you too much with the details, but basically, for those of you that don't know, the idea is that you paint your nails a base colour of your choice (it doesn't have to be a Barry M polish), let it dry, and then over the top paint the Nail Effects black polish. Then, before your very eyes, it dries and starts to crack, leaving a really cool finish.

I've tried it out with a few different base colours, and so far my favourite has to be Toasted Almond by 17. I think it looks really good with the black Nail Effects over the top, and almost gives a bit of a leopard print feel.

I've had so many compliments since I've been wearing it, and I telling people all about it who haven't heard of it yet - I feel very 'in the know'! One random thing I really like about it (and I probably shouldn't admit this!) is that when your nails start to chip you don't really notice it so much, so you can keep hanging on for those extra few days! There's a lazy girl's review for you!

Overall, this is one of my very favourite new products ever and I'm a total convert :-)

Good one Barry M - you've really excelled yourselves with this little baby! xx