FOTN - Smokey Summer Eyes

I was going to do an outfit of the evening post when I went out for a meal last night but tragically I had no one on hand to take the photos for me. Instead I thought I'd show you the hair and makeup I was sporting;I went for a summery bronzed, smokey eye look with soft boho waves (that sounded so cringe).

Face

Benefit Porefessional Primer

Chanel Vita Lumiere Aqua in 'B20'

Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in 'Ivory'

Mac Mineralize Skin Finish Natural in 'Medium'

Mac Bronzer in 'Refined Golden'

The Body Shop Blusher in 'Tea Rose'

Loreal Glam Bronze in 'Blonde' as Cheek Highlight

Eyes

Maybelline Colour Tattoo in 'On and On Bronze'

Urban Decay Eyeshadows in 'Dark Horse' (Crease) and 'Sin' (Highlight)

Loreal Volume Million Lashes Mascara in 'Black'

Mac Eyeshadow in 'Espresso' for Brows

HD Brows Brow Beater

Lips

Revlon Matte Lipstick in 'Smoked Peach'

Clarins Colour Quench Lip Balm in 'Peach Nectar'

Becca.x

OOTD - Strictly Casual

I've done outfit post's for what I wear to work previously, but lately I feel like my style has been somewhat evolving, and when I say evolving, I actually mean getting incredibly lazy. I thought I'd show you the latest look I've been rocking in the work place and yes, before you say it, I have myself been wondering whether I should just just stroll into work in my pjs. Also I'd just quickly like to apologise for my moody face in all these photos, Andrew, my photographer of choice is away in London for work so I've had to deal with my mum thinking she's "arty" and snapping wildly at me from every possible unflattering angle, makes it difficult to smile when you have a camera pointed at your double chin.

Hoody - Primark

Top - Primark

Necklace - H&M

Earrings - Topshop

Leggings - Topshop

Bag - Zara

Boots - Office
Lipstick - Mac 'Cut a Caper'

Leggings aren't something I often wear; I am very pear shaped so unfortunately they do nothing to flatter my figure. I look slimmest in a dress and opaque tights, they suck me in and create better shape, but sometimes comfort just overrides style and I can't resist sticking on a pair of soft, black leggings and just embracing my inner slouch.

I am living in hoodies at the moment, they are so easy to wear and perfect for this delightful British summer we are experiencing. I picked this one up at Primark the other day, it is a speckled grey and not too thick to wear at work. The top is also a new Primarni purchase, I love any top that is long at the back and slouchy so I actually bought this in the light grey as well as the darker version featured in this post. I bought them in a size 16 as I like the really oversized look, but the cashier in my local Primark really couldn't get her head around this and shouted 'GIRRRL YOU CRAZY? YOU AIN'T NO SIZE 16' in front of the whole queue of customers. Possibly the most embarrassing moment of my life.

To try and dress it up slightly I wore my usual H&M collar necklace and my small heeled Office boots, I did consider Converse but then I think I would've looked like I was heading for the gym, and we all know that just ain't the case.

Becca.x

Mac 'Heavenly Creatures' Collection

I don't know how many more blog posts I can get away with using the opening line 'I love lipsticks' but seriously though...I LOVE LIPSTICKS. Mac are my absolute fav when it comes to the little sticks of glory so whenever there's a new collection I can very rarely avoid purchasing a new hue. The 'Heavenly Creatures' collection is inspired by all things cosmic and is available throughout July and August featuring a selection of limited edition lipsticks, glosses, blushers and eyeshadows.

There are 5 lipstick shades in the collection and whilst I was tempted to order them all, I ended up going for 'Pleasure seeker' which the Mac website describes as a 'creamy peach', and 'Cut a Caper' which is described as a 'midtone peachy pink'. I admit, both do sound quite similar but I am literally a woman on a mission when it comes to finding the perfect peach lipstick so I just couldn't risk missing out. 

(L-R Pleasureseeker, Cut a Caper)

1) Pleasureseeker - When I first opened 'Pleasureseeker' I really thought it was going to be the one. It's a very orangey-peach and is the first glaze formula I've ever purchased from Mac. I really, really thought I was going to love this however when I applied it to the lips I found it to be a little frosty which I'm not a fan of and it wasn't as flattering as other peach tones I've tried such as Revlon 'Smoked Peach'. I also found it to cling a little to dry patches and with it being so sheer I found the colour to be a little uneven. All that being said, I think I will be taking this on holiday with me as I imagine with a tan this would be a much more flattering shade and it is nice and light and glossy.

(Mac - Pleasureseeker)

2) Cut a Caper - As soon as I saw this had been re-promoted I knew I had to get my hands on this lipstick. It's one of those infamous Mac shades you hear so much about and I couldn't wait to rip opening the packaging and see what all the fuss was about. When I opened the packaging though I found myself feeling a little deflated as it reminded me of so many other shades I already own; 'Costa Chic', 'Watch Me Simmer' and 'Force of Love' to name a few. I didn't really get what all the fuss was about but when I applied it to the lips it was a whole different story. It is the most perfect daytime peachy/coral, it is NOTHING like anything else in my collection and the lustre finish makes it so easy to apply. I cannot recommened this lipstick enough, it is already sold out on the Mac website so I urge you to get your hands on this before it's too late!

(Mac - Cut a Caper)

So I guess the moral of this story is 'Never judge a book by its cover'. I love, love, LOVE 'Cut a Caper' and this deffo would have made it into my 'Top 5 Mac Lipsticks' post. There's a couple of other bits from the collection I might try and get my hands on, especially the Mineralize Skinfinish in 'Light Year'. 

Have you bought anything from the 'Heavenly Creatures' collection?

Becca.x

Lazy Sunday - Get To Know Me

It's a lazy sunday morning and I've been writing my blog about a month now so I felt it was about time for you all to find out a little bit more about the person behind the posts. I thought I'd fill in a 'Get To Know Me' tag as I know it is pretty popular in the blogging/YouTubing world and I just love jumping on the old band wagon. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask them in the comments section below, or tweet me at @BeccaBTB and i'll get back to you!

What I really look like as I write this post, minus all the usual lipstick and Topshop!

Vital Stats:

Name: Rebecca Savva.

Nicknames: Becca, Sav, Beek, Beeky, Squirrel.

Birthday: 14th May, I am the ripe old age of 22.

Place of Birth: Leeds.

Zodiac sign: Taurus.

Occupation: Just finished University & currently working in retail.

Appearance:

Hair colour: Brown, dipdyed and currently very dry.

Hair length: Fairly long.

Eye colour: Weird. One is green, one is half green and half brown.

Best feature: I quite like that my hands are quite small even though I'm really tall.

Braces: Wish I'd got them when I was younger but I never did.

Piercings: Just my ears and I only got them done earlier this year; I'm not a big piercing fan. Why would you want something digging in your skin and staying there? Makes no sense to me. 

Tattoos: Three. Piercings scare me but tattoos dont for some reason. I have my initial on my wrist, a heart behind my ear and song lyrics on my foot.

Righty of Lefty: Righty4lifeeyy.

Firsts:

Best friend: A girl called Jensen who went to my primary school. 

Award: I never win ANYTHING but in reception I won the egg decorating competition at Easter, then someone stole my winning egg. Heartbreaking.

Sport: I am the least sporty person you will ever meet.

Real Holiday: I went to Cyprus to visit family when I was younger and when I was 18 I went on my first 'proper' holiday to Kavos...

Concert: Probably Party in the Park in Leeds, I've been pretty much every year. I've seen some right gems there; A1, Ricky Martin, Craig David...

Favourites

Film: The Life of David Gale.

TV Show: Too many to pick one. Buffy The Vampire Slayer is probably my favourite OF ALL TIME, but I love Criminal Minds at the moment.

Colour: Orange.

Song: Anything by Gabrielle Aplin, Ben Howard or Damien Rice.

Restaurant: Probably Pizza Express, boring I know.

Store: Topshop. Boring again.

Book: The Hunger Games Trilogy. Boring AGAIN!

Magazine: Not much of a magazine reader anymore, I just read blogs.

Shoes: Currently my Converse.

Currently:
Feeling: Lazy.

Single or Taken: Taken for 6 years this month!

Eating: Nothing. Im not allowing myself to snack as I'm trying to lose a bit of weight before my holiday.

Listening to: Ben Howard - Call me maybe.

Thinking about: Food.

Watching: Youtube.

Wearing: PJ's.

Future:

Want Children: Definately.

Want to be married: Definately.

Careers in mind: I literally have NO idea.

Where do you want to live: I'm happy in the area I am but me and Andrew are finding our own place soon.

Do you believe in: 

God: No.

Miracles: No unfortunately not.

Love at first sight: As everyone always says, I believe in 'lust at first sight' but I think you have to love someone's personality.

Ghosts: Yes I think I do...

Aliens: I'm sure there probably is something out there but I doubt they are stereotypical aliens.

Soul Mates: I think there are more than one soul mates for everyone. Not just in a romantic sense, but friendship as well.

Heaven: No.

Hell: No.

Kissing on the first date: I don't see why not.

Yourself: Sometimes; I think everyone has moment's where they doubt themselves and moment's where they know what they're doing is right.


So I hope you all found this interesting and feel like you know me a bit better. Normal blogging will resume tomorrow, I've bought MORE holiday things I cant wait to show you and accidentally purchased more lipsticks I will review for y'all; I like having a blog, makes me feel like I can justify my spending.

Becca.x

OOTD - Summer Brights

Hi guys this is just a quick outfit post to show you how I jazz up a simple, plain dress/blazer combo to give it a slightly more summery feel. I featured this midi dress in my recent holiday haul post and I've just teamed it with my new white H&M blazer; I've been wanting one for such a long time and it was such a decent price I just couldn't resist when I saw it in store.

Earrings - H&M

Blazer - H&M

Dress - New Look

Bangles - H&M

Sandals - Office
Lipstick - Mac 'Watch Me Simmer'

I say this in every outfit post but serious apologies for the dodgy squinty eyes! I have the world's most light sensitive eyes so I can barely keep them open without shades when the sun decides to actually show its face. I'm literally writing this post inside with sunglasses on because my eyes are hurting, think I look like a Vicky Beckham WAG wannabe right about now.

Becca.x

Summer Holiday Haul

Ok bitches, IM BACK. Sorry again for the absence, to give you a quick run down of my life at the moment I am working almost every hour under the sun as we are incredibly short staffed and this is the first chance I've had all week to sit down and write. I thought id come back with a very picture heavy post showing you all the fashion goodies I've bought so far for my hol next month; if you follow me on Twitter you are probably sick to death of hearing about it. I've mainly been picking bits up in the mid summer sales as money's tight this month what with paying off the holiday. I've tried to include links to all the item's I could find online just incase you fancy making a cheeky purchase for your jollies too. 

(Maxi Skirt - Warehouse - £50) 

Okay so this skirt deffo wasn't in the sale and it deffo wasn't cheap but I bought this as an impulse buy on payday and I am seriously struggling to save it for holiday! It's sooooo beautiful and sheer with a shorter lining inside to protect your dignity; ill most likely be wearing this with a simple black bandeau and a chunky gold collar necklace. 

(Tshirt - H&M - £6.49)

This is probably my sale bargain of the month! The price is just insane and the quality is so lovely. It's from the 'Conscious Collection' which ive never seen before but it is made out of organic cotton; Im going to be wearing this tucked into a casual jersey maxi skirt or just over a bikini when I go to the pool. For reference I'm a size 12 in tops and I ordered this in a 14-16 so it's a bit longer and baggier. 

(Midi Dress - New Look - £22.99)

I love how casual this dress is and the jersey has a really lovely hang to it. I initially bought this for holiday but  I've actually been wearing this for work with my white converse as it's nice and light. Im considering getting this in the red too as I think this is the perfect staple dress for summer and really good value for money.

(Jersey Top - Topshop - £14)

I didn't specifically buy this for holiday, I bought it more for just wearing to work as it's simple and comfy but I'll definately be taking this on hol to stick over a bikini; it is long at the back which is essential for me as I cannot go without bum coverage but it is shorter at the front; ideal if you're pear shaped like me. I can't find this on the website to link it but there was a few colours when I bought it in store so deffo worth checking out if you like your long, slouchy tees. 

(Chiffon Shirt - Barbara Hulanicki @ George - £14)

I was shopping for some house bits with Andrew at Asda Living the other week when I stumbled across this little beauty in the clothing section. It's a gorgeous batwing, chiffon blouse designed by iconic British designer Barbara Hulanicki who founded cult fashion brand Biba. I was tempted to play it safe and go for black but I figured as it's going to be for throwing over a bikini on holiday the bright blue colour would be perfect.

(Origami Dress - Topshop - £20)

Sadly for me I actually bought this dress month's ago at it's full price of £60 but luckily for you it's now in the sale for an insanely cheap £20. I will be 100% taking this dress on holiday with me as It's the perfect flattering shape for any figure, tight around the bust and waist and then flared to skim over the hips. The colour and print is just stunning and there is beautiful origami style folds in the fabric, honestly one of the most flattering dresses I have ever worn. 

(Bikini - H&M - Top £2.99 Bottoms £1.99)

Another H&M sale steal, this bikini is just ridiculous for the price, I mean that's cheaper than Primark!? I love H&M bikini's in general, they are always so detailed and they are always done in seperates so you can buy different sizes in top and bottom as most girl's need to. I love the attention to detail on the strings and the top is lightly padded to give the perfect shape. 

(Bag - River Island @ ASOS - £14)

I've literally had this bag in my saved item for months but at £28 I just couldn't justify spending that on a bag I'd more than likely only use on holiday. So as soon as I saw this had gone down to £14 in the sale and it was low stock I had to add it to my basket straight away. I love anything laser cut at the moment and I can't get enough of the whole neon and nudes trend. I think this is out of stock at the moment but I included the link just in case as ASOS normally has stuff back in pretty fast.

(Sunglasses - Pepe Jeans @ Tk Maxx - £14.99)

I have seriously light sensitive eyes so it's important I get decent sunglasses for when I'm on holiday. I was browsing the shades in TK Maxx the other week and quite a few pairs took my fancy. I spent about 2 hours settling on a £60 pair of Chloe sunglasses I really couldn't afford when all of a sudden I spotted these. I initially thought they were Raybans as they are quite clearly a very similar style, but on further inspection I saw they were Pepe Jeans sunglasses, and whilst possibly not quite as exciting as stumbling across a pair of Raybans in your local TK Maxx, It was love at first sight and I managed to save myself £45. 

(Sunglasses - Zara - £19.99)

I always need to take atleast 2 pairs of sunglasses on holiday as I am incredibly clumsy and forgetful. I saw these in Zara recently and couldn't resist making a cheeky purchase. I always go for brown/tortoiseshell sunglasses, im pretty boring really, so when I saw these had the pink section along the top I thought they'd be perfect for spicing my life up a little bit. 

Pheewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww okay well this has been the longest blog post ever. You can tell I've been desperate to write all week, big congrats to you if you managed to stick this out til the end, total troopers. I have a list of beauty things I need to invest in for my holiday still so expect a blog post on those over the next few weeks and if you have any holiday recommendations do let me know. Im stopping myself from reading the ever controversial 50 Shades of Grey to save it for some poolside drama so I cannot wait to see what all of the fuss is about!

Becca.x

OOTD - A Slouchy Sunday Outfit

Cardigan - Miss Selfridge

Necklace - Primark

Tshirt - Topshop

Skirt - Primark

Sandals - Office

Lipstick - Mac 'Shy Girl'

Ive been soooo busy this week ive not been able to blog anywhere near as much as I would like to, im deffo going to be upping the post's again over the next few days. Here's a few snaps of my favourite new Primarni bargain; this bright red maxi skirt. I originally bought it for my holiday next month but it's just so comfy and easy to wear that I couldn't help popping it on early. It's been really sunny today, but also very windy and not overly warm (this is to explain for my squinty photo eyes) so I chucked it on with a plain black slouchy Tshirt from Topshop and my oversized Miss Selfridge cardigan to stop it looking too summery. I love my new sandals too, only £10 in the Office sale and I think they'll last me years; they're so simple and timeless.

Becca.x

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