Blog beauty sale!

Hello :) I have accumulated so much stuff, that most of it very very very rarely gets into my rotation :(. So, a few general rules for the blog sale:

1. This is UK based only.
2. First come first served. Payment by paypal please. Leave a comment with the item you want and your paypal address.
3. Postage is stated for each item. However, I will offer combined postage for more than 3 items bought, so leave a comment and I will give you a combined postage amount ;)
4. Thanks, have fun, don't hesitate to ask if you have questions, and grab yourself a nice bargain! x

5. Buy all of the below for £80 and only £5 postage!!

For sale I have:

1. The Balm - Balm Jovi Palette RRP £34. My price £15, postage £2. Most colours just swatches, a few used 3-4 times.

2. Urban Decay - Sustainable Shadow Box RRP £28. My price £15, postage £2. Used each colour once or twice.

3. Too Faced - Candy Bar Palette (baby sister of the Chocolate Bar Palette) RRP £16. My price £10, postage £1. This was just swatched! Comes with iphone 5 case.

4. Too Faced - Glamour to go Fairy Edition Palette RRP £13. My price £7, postage £1. Used 2 times, some colours just swatched.

5. Urban Decay single eyeshadow in Strip. 1.5g RRP £14. My price £5, postage £1. Used 2 times.

6. MAC eyeliner in  Teddy RRP £14. My price £4, postage 50p. Used 6-7 times.

7. Smashbox Toki Doki Modella Palette 3.6g. My price £3, postage £1. Used 2-3 times.

8. Sleek Face Form Contouring and Blush Palette in Light RRP £10. My price £5.50, postage £1. Used max 5 times.

9. Elf Brights Palette RRP £10. My price £1.50, postage £1.50. Some colours used 25%, others just swatched, but this palette still has a lot of life in it :)

10. Maybelline Color Tatto in Eternal Gold RRP £6. My price £2, postage £1. Used max 4 times.

11. Calvin Klein sheer creme eyeshadow in Retro Silver RRP £9.50. My price 50p, postage £1. Used 3 times.

12. Nyc Sunny Bronzer 10g. My price £2, POSTAGE £1. Used twice.

13. Revlon Colorstay Pressed Powder in Very Deep 8.4g RRP10.99. My price £3.50, postage £1. Used twice as contour powder.

14. Accesorize big bronzer 15g. My price £2.50, postage £1. Usage less than 10%, lots left of it.

15. Sunkissed Bronze Eye-Shade Palette 8g. My price 50p. Postage £1. Used 3 times, most colours just swatched.

16. Essence Shimmer Powder shade 01 Rose it up! 9g. My price £1.50, postage £1. Used twice.

17. Nivea pure and Natural powder Shade 04 Sand 7g. My price £1, postage £1. Used less than 20%.

18. W7 compact powder shade 01 Natural Light. My price £1, postage £1. Used 3-4 times.

19. Pixi single eyeshadow in no2 Champagne Glow 2.29g. My price £1, postage £1. Ussed once.

20. Prestige weightless loose powder shade Toffee 7g. My price £1, postage £1. Used once

21. Revlon blush in Merlot at Midnight 6g. My price £1.50, postage £1. Used twice (the golden overspray is still there!)

22. Natural Collection by Boots blush in Sugar Plum. My price 50p. Postage 70p. Used 3 times.

23. Revlon Baby Stick for lips and cheeks in the colours Pink Passion used 2 times, Sunset used 2 times and Tahitian 25% used. £1 each, postage £1 each. All 3 for £4 including the postage!

24. Rimmel Wake me up shimmer touch in 002 Radiant Rose 14ml. My price 50p. Postage £1. Used 5 times.

25. Rimmel Scandaleyes eyeshadow stick Unused! £2, postage £1.

26. Rimmel Just Bitten lipstain and balm, Sealed! £2, postage £1.

27. Technic juicy stick lipstick/gloss, used twice. 50p, postage 50p.

28. Calvin Klein Delixious Luxury Lipstick in Orange Too. Used times. £1, postage £1.

29. Revlon LipButter in Creme Brulee, used 3 times. £1, postage £1.

30. Max Factor lipstick in Pashmina. Used twice. £1, postage £1.

31. Nyc lipsticks in 405 Blue Rose, 432 Red Rapture and 402 Red Flame, each used twice,  £1 each, postage £1. Buy all 3 for £4 including the postage!

32. Avon glosses in Gleaming Berry, used 40%, and Spicy Red, used 3 times. Both for 50p. Postage £1.

33. MUA lipstick in shade 15 Juicy. Used twice. 50p, add this to any other item (could not think of another decent way to sell it :) ).

34. Elf eyeliner in Coffee, used 4 times, Barry M khol pencil in shade 11(silver), used 10 times, Rimmel exaggerate retractable eyeliner in Pine, used less than 10 times and wet n wild lipliner brown colour (swatched). 50p each, postage 50p each, or all for £3 including the postage.

35. Nailpolishes: Barry M colour 66 Matt white, La Femme sparkling red. Each used 2 times. 50p each, 50p postage each.
36. Becca nail polish in Toasted Marshmallow used twice. £2.50, postage £1.
37. Sally Hansen nailpolishes: magnetic in Silver Elements used once, hard as nails in Pink Sapphire used twice and complete salon manicurw in Gray by Gray, used twice. £1 each, postage £1 each. Ask me about combined buy ;).

Thanks for looking! x

DIY - Shirt collar necklace

 

When I was really into the collar necklace trend, I also discovered the shirt collar necklace, which I thought was an amazing idea!! Still, I did not want to ruin one of my shirts or buy a shirt just to cut the collar off. The idea I had instead was to make the collar from scratch using an old pair of jeans I was not using anymore. Because I thought the project involved much more sewing than I was up for, I waited until I got the sewing machine to do it :)

The first thing I did was to find a video showing how to make the collar from scratch. I will detail the steps below, but the video that helped me a lot (and describes the steps faster and easier) is this:

Materials:

- fabric
- a shirt to measure the collar
- sewing machine or neddle and thread; I also had invisible thread for some parts
- scissors
- chalk
- lace for embellishment
- snap fastener
- pins

Steps:

1. Using your favourite shirt, mark the contour of the collar on the fabric. Don't forget to leave about 2cm allowance.There's the pointed part and the base part. Mark these separately, on the back (inside) part of the fabric. I did this on the leg of the jeans, so I cut 2 pieces each from the beginning.

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2. Pin the 2 pieces (top and bottom) together as the pic shows, and cut along-side the pattern you marked.
3. Once you've cut it, you have to sew the 2 pieces together as:
- for the pointed pieces, sew along-side the outer part (the one that will be folded outwards) and on the side parts.
- for the base part, sew on the sides and the bottom part of it as it will sit on your neck.
The pictures say more than 1000 words :)

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4. Turn both of the parts your are left with inside out.
5. Place the pointed side inside the base part, and sew along-side the part that overlaps. I used invisible thread for this :)

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6. Using pins arrange the decorative lace as you think you want it. Before sewing mock try the collar on, to see how everything looks when you fold it on the neck ;) when you are happy with the design, sew on the lace. If you feel inspired add other embellishments.  I added a bit of pink lace as well, for contrast. You can add rhinestones,  buttons, pearls or whatever else floats your boat :)

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7. Try it on again to see where you need to place the snap fasteners, and sew them in. Take extra care at this last step ;) You don't want to place them misaligned and ruin everything at the end!!

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And voila! You have a beautiful shirt collar!! Tip: this goes amazing with an androgynous outfit, but with very girly hairstyle, make-up, jewellery and shoes! Have fun with it, I know it did! :)

If you like this, would like to hear it :)