Weekly Wants #8

I'm back with Weekly Wants #8 and it's 8 things I desperately want and are on my Christmas shopping list!

I've been trying to stop online shopping because I'm low on cash, but I just had to have a peak and see what was out there for when my bank account's more healthy.

1. Tweed Sleeve Leather Jacket - Missguided, £37.99
2. Calvin Klein Euphoria (100ml) - CheapSmells, £48.95
3. Black Studded Bowler Bag - River Island, £40.00
4. Black Faux Fur Gilet - Boohoo, £35.00
5. Red Checked Collar Shirt - Missguided, £25.00
6. Black Bowler Hat - Ebay, £4.95
7. Suede Platform Wedge - Boohoo, £35.00
8. Khaki Fur Collar Parka - Fashion Union - £48.00

Weekly Total - £274.89

Wow, that may be my biggest weekly total ever - oh well, we'll see how much Christmas money I get and what I decide to splurge on!

Let me know what you think of my weekly wants, leave any comments or questions below and chat to me on twitter :)

Megan Diva xo

Sale Picks!

Cash is a little bit strapped at the moment so I'm limiting my online window shopping to sale only and today I found three pieces that are really making me want to dip into my bank account once more!

1. You can never have too many little black laces dresses, and at £15.00 this one from River Island is an absolute steal! It looks slightly high in the neck so I'd have to try it on before I commit to a purchase.

2. The Geek and Loser slogan tees are very popular at the moment, and I'm not sure which label I prefer but this grey one from Topshop is my current fave!

3. Now this is my risky little pick. It's over sized, it's a bold print, I sort of love it and it's only a tenner... ooh River Island what are you trying to do to me! It's another one I'd have to try on.

Let me know what you think of my sale picks and if you've found any amazing bargains lately!
Leave any comments or questions below and chat to me on twitter

Megan Diva xo

Collective Haul!

There have been some great online sales recently and I still have some boots vouchers so I have done a little bit of splurging this week - but I'm done until Christmas now I swear!

Glamorous Dress
Topshop Metallic Jacket

 I'm iffy on this Glamorous dress to be honest, but it was only £9.99 and I've worn it and taken the tag off so I don't really think I can return it... I don't know, it's just more synthetic material than I like and it clings to my lumps and bumps, eh.

I love my Topshop jacket, though I have absolutely no idea when I'm going to wear it. It's a lot nicer than that picture shows, it's a metallic dusty pink and it fits nicely - I will find a suitable outfit!

Look Beauty Blush - 'Flirt'

I went for this blusher over Sleek's Rose Gold because it's a bigger palette, and it's more coral toned than pink, as most of my blushers are more pink based I fancied a change. It's really pigmented and I'm looking forward to blending it with my bronzer.

NYC - Lights Camera Glitter
Revlon - Scandalous
Maybelline The Falsies Flared
VO5 Hot Oil Moisture Soak Elixir
Lipcote

Little bit of everything here, two nail polishes that I really wanted, the Maybelline mascara I've been meaning to try for ages and then the V05 Moisture Soak which my hair is in dire need of, and Lipcote which I've been searching for!

Anndddddd onto the six lipsticks!!

Kate Moss for Rimmel Matte Lipsticks - 107 and 110

 I'm in love with this collection, I want them all, the Matte's especially! I went for 107 which is a dark pinky red, and 110 which is a bright coral - the texture is just gorgeous.

MUA Lipsticks - Shade 10 and 16 (Nectar)

 Then these MUA lipsticks kind of look similar to the Kate Moss ones but Shade 10 is a lot pinker than 110 and Shade 16, Nectar is more muted and pale (though it doesn't look it in the photo)

Sleek Lipsticks - Peaches & Cream and Papaya Punch

These are my first Sleek lipsticks and it's a bit of a hit and a miss. Papaya Punch is gorgeous, the coral colour, the matte finish - amazing. Peaches and Cream however... eh. It doesn't really stay on my lipsticks and I think it's a bit too yellow for my skin tone - I will persist with it!

So there's my haul guys, probably my last one for a while! Let me know what you think, have you tried any of these products or do you want more of a review on them if you're interested in getting them in the future?

Leave any comments or questions below and chat to me on twitter

Megan Diva xo

Weekly Wants #7

I know it's been awhile but it's finally time for another Weekly Wants! I'm trying very hard to control my spending after my crazy birthday splurges, but it's not going to be easy.

1. Khaki military shirt - Missguided, £22.99
2. Studded check shirt - Missguided, £25.99
3. Revlon Lipstick in 'Black Cherry' - Boots, £7.49
4. Palmers Skin Therapy Oil - Boots, £9.49
5. Urban Decay Vol IV - TCH, £24.49
6. The Wonderland Collection - Models Own, £20
7. Mink Tote Bag - New Look, £22.99

Weekly Total - £133.44

Oops, looks like I didn't do very well with trying to keep the budget low. I can use the my boots gift cards for some of this stuff, but the rest will have to wait. Though those Missguided shirts are so gorgeous and that bag may be a necessity now the zip on my favourite Next bag has broken...

I hope you like my weekly wants, let me know what some of yours are!
Leave me any comments or questions below or chat to me on twitter

Megan Diva xo

Recent Buys!

As it was my birthday recently, I found a great excuse to do some shopping in the previous week. I did return quite a few things that just weren't right, but these were my 5 favourites that I kept and love!

Skater Dress from New Look (Sale)
Maxi Skirt from Ark

If you want to see what the skater dress looks like on me, you can check out the pictures from my 21st birthday here! I like it, though try as I might my bra was extremely visible so if you're conscious of that you may need to find an invisible bra!

I adore my Ark maxi skirt, it's half opaque half sheer and just a gorgeous cranberry colour. These pictures are terrible, I will try and do an OOTD post featuring it soon!

Dolly shoes, both from Primark
Rose gold necklace from H&M

I know it's winter but I still need dolly shoes for my nights out - I am a terrible excuse for a girl and just cannot handle heels! I just want some black studded pumps now and I'm set.

Now this necklace was my most exciting purchase by far. I've seen Leanne from Thunder & Threads show it off in so many posts and I couldn't believe my luck when I found one left in H&M - I've been wearing it all the time!

I also got some make-up type stuff this week, a couple of cult favourites that I've been wanting for ages!

Umberto Giannini Tousled Salt Spray
Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in 003 Peach Glow
Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer in Light 2
(Can't believe the writing is rubbing off already!)

So these were my birthday splurges and now I need to save, wah.
Leave a comment letting me know what you think or chat to me on twitter

Megan Diva xo

Autumn Faves

Autumn is well and truly upon us - though to be honest here in Preston it feels more like winter!

Autumn is my absolute favourite time for fashion, all the colours are beautiful and I'm a sucker for chunky knits and boots! So I've put together a few of my favourite items that I've seen in stores or when online window shopping instead of doing work...

1. Lipstick 'Inhibition' - Topshop, £8
2. Studded Cardi - Miss Selfridge, £42
3. Nails 'Thorn' - Topshop, £6.50
4. Plum Lace Dress - Miss Selfridge, £39
5. Bronze Sequin Top - Boohoo, £18
6. Wet Look Skater Skirt - Boohoo, £12
7. Aztec Black Scarf - Matalan, £8
8. Studded Handle Clutch - Boohoo, £25
9. Navy Quilted Jacket - Matalan, £15
10. Berry Pleated Skirt - Boohoo, £12
11. Ombre Boyfriend Cardi - Miss Selfridge, £39
12. Silver Pleated Skirt - Glamorous, £25.99
13. Chelsea Boots - Office, £65
14. Stud Detail Dress - New Look, £27.99
15. Burgundy Skater Dress - Miss Selfridge, £35

I want all of this stuff - why can't I magically be rich?! I'm sure a few of these may pop up in some future blog posts, I'm only human after all!

Let me know if you like any of the items I featured or any brilliant pieces that I missed!
You can leave any comments or questions below or chat to me on twitter

Megan Diva xo

Sunday Face

"The look on a persons face after having been deprived of sleep due to binge drinking/taking drugs... usually after a good weekend" - Urban Dictionary

Well that definition isn't at all accurate, I've had plenty of sleep and I haven't had booze for a week, this is just my face! Not sure if this will be a regular thing, just felt like doing it today!

Hair - absolutely natural

Face - Clinique Tinted Moisturiser (03 Neutral)
Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer (Light 2)
Mac Blusher (Ambering Rose)
No. 7 Beautiful Brows Pencil (Brown/Black)
MUA Undressed Eyeshadow Palette (1, 2, 7, 8)
Urban Decay 24/7 Eye Pencil (Zero)
Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick (Pink Brown)

Necklace - H&M
Top - Bon Jovi 2000 (Thrifted)

So there we go, another new thing I'm trying, apologies for the constant bad quality iPhone pictures!

Let me know if you like this kind of post, I'll be trying a triple photo thing later this week.
Leave any comments or questions below or chat to me on twitter

Megan Diva xo

Weekly Wants #6

1. Leather-look skater skirt - River Island, £20
2. Metallic luxe scarf - River Island, £16
3. Totoro necklace - Temporary Secretary, £8
4. Gold spike ring - Topshop, £8.50
5. Studded loafers - Boohoo, £20
6. Brown tassle hobo bag - New Look, £24.99

Weekly Total - £97.49

Even though I've been shopping this week, there's still a bunch of stuff that I want - go figure!

The Totoro necklace is just so cute I can't handle it, it's one of my favourite films and I just think it's kitsch enough to go with anything. I was recently introduced to Temporary Secretary jewellery and I'm looking forward to my first purchase being this!

I know studded loafers have been around forever and everyone already has a pair, but these ones from Boohoo are cheaper than the Topshop ones and just seem really nice quality.

Anyone who knows me, knows about my ongoing struggle with bag addiction. I saw the brown hobo bag in New Look and my Mum had to pry my hands off it. I know I don't need any more bags, but I'm sure this will join my collection very soon.

I hope you like my weekly wants, let me know what some of yours are!
If you have any comments or questions leave them below, or you can chat to me on twitter.

Megan Diva xo

Back to Uni Shopping

I went on a very nice little shopping spree with my Mum and Grandma today, and was bought some lovely treats and some winter essentials for going back to Uni on Sunday!

Plain racer back vests - New Look, £3.99
Black skater skirt - Topshop, £16.99
Studded boots - River Island, £40
Red diphem dress - Matalan, £18
Fur hood parka - Matalan, £32

I've featured the boots and the parka in my Weekly Wants posts and I absolutely love them - quite looking forward to cold weather so I can wear them out!

I'm very happy with the stuff I got and I'm now pretty well prepared for my third and final year at Uni. 

If you have any comments or questions leave them below, I'd love to see what you're buying for Uni, College or School, or chat to me on twitter.

Megan Diva xo

Weekly Wants #5

1. Black studded jumper - Love, £38.00
2. Fur hooded parka - Matalan, £32.00
3. Cosmic print top - New Look, £14.99
4. Jimmy Choo perfume - Cheap Smells, £50.00 for 100ml
5. Black studded boots - River Island, £40.00
6. Pinch Punch by Louise Gray - Topshop, £6.50

Weekly Total - 181.49

It's another very expensive wishlist but there's just so many new gorgeous items around that I couldn't resist. While part of me is disappointed that there will be no more warm summer days, I'm really looking forward to getting back into Autumn clothes!

I'm going on a back to Uni shopping trip next week so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can find the parka and boots while I'm there because they are necessities for the many rain showers I'll find myself caught in running around Preston.

Let me know if you like anything in my Weekly Wants and share your own! If you have any comments or questions please leave them below or you can chat to me on twitter.

Megan Diva xo

Maxi Skirt Style

I ordered a black maxi skirt from Missguided after I featured it in one of my Weekly Wants posts, it just came and I'm in love with it!

I've never even tried one on before because I didn't know how I'd style it or whether the shape would suit me, so today I just shoved it on with my Miss Selfridge David Bowie t-shirt and oversized Topshop denim shirt.

Excuse the terrible quality iPhone photo and single mirror, my other one fell and smashed!

I've looked into a few other ways that I could style it a bit better, because this is thrown together out of what I was wearing before the package arrived.

I doubt that I'll make a habit out of these styling type posts because I don't think the way I wear clothes is anything special, this is purely to show how I would put things with my new skirt, and as a bit of an exercise for myself!

As you can see I've gone for just a few pieces that I like that I would wear with this skirt in the future, some of these are similar to items of clothing that I already own, like the denim jacket with the fur stole, and any plain grey or white vest!

If you have any comments or questions you can leave them below or chat to me on twitter! :)

Megan Diva xo

H&M Wishlist!

I have a slight love hate relationship with H&M, I think I became too obsessed with the Divided section as a teenager and now it makes me feel a bit queasy - such terrible fashion times. Then the normal Women's section is kind of hit and miss for me, and I feel like some of it is really overpriced.

However, after a bit of a root around the website yesterday, I've discovered some really beautiful things on there, so I've decided to put together a bit of a H&M wishlist!

Coral dress - £29.99

Leopard dress - £19.99

White lace dress - £19.99

'Dark Mole' ankle boots - £24.99

Sequin top - £9.99

Total - £104.95

Well it's safe to say that I won't be spending over £100 in H&M on my next shopping trip, but I may have to treat myself to the leopard print dress and those cute little ankle boots. Bravo H&M, you have impressed me!

Let me know what you think of my choices, are you a H&M fan or not? Leave a comment below or chat to me on twitter!

Megan Diva xo

Weekly Wants #4

1. Kiss Flag Print Top - Miss Selfridge, £24.00

2. Black Fedora - Forever 21, £8.90

3. Skull Stretch Bracelet - ASOS, £8.00

4. Cat Face Pumps - Missguided, £23.99

5. Bumble and Bumble Texture Creme - Want The Look, £8.93

Weekly Total - £73.82

For some reason every thing is a little bit dark this week. I must be unintentionally channelling my inner goth teenager! It's also another relatively cheap list this week, I had to stop myself from putting a Mulberry bag and Pandora charm bracelet on there - got to keep things semi realistic.

I will mostly likely buy all of this stuff at some point, even the Forever 21 Fedora which I'd like to think I could pull off, but I'd probably just end up looking like a Demi Lovato wannabe (which I kind of am...)

What do you think of my Weekly Wants? Do you have or also covet any of these items? Let me know in the comments or you can always chat to me on twitter!

Megan Diva xo

Weekly Wants #3

1. Sheer Maxi Skirt - Missguided, £16.99

2. Feather Print Tee - Dorothy Perkins, £22.00

3. Black Cross Necklace - Forever 21, £4.90

4. Models Own Hedonist - Boots, £5.00

5. Leopard Ankle Boot - Dorothy Perkins, £35.00

Weekly Total - £83.89

I've actually budgeted quite well this week, I might end up buying some of this stuff! I definitely want a maxi skirt for Autumn, and I just think the ankle boots are too cute for words and there's 20% off online. I've also wanted Models Own Hedonist for ages but they never seem to have it in stock when I go to Boots - hopefully that will change soon!

Let me know if you like anything from my weekly wants, any comments or questions below and you can always chat to me on twitter!

Megan Diva xo

Weekly Wants #2

Is it really friday already? Wow! So keeping on schedule, it's time for my second Weekly Wants post, all the stuff I've fallen in love with over the past 7 days and wish I could afford!

Oversized chunky knit cardigan - Glamorous, £44.99
Oh I'm so excited seeing all the Autumn clothes coming into stores! I love big cardigans and the aztec style pattern on this one would be great to just throw on over a plain outfit.

Cross embellished skater dress - Missguided, £26.99
You can never have too many black dresses and this one is just too cute, I love the floaty skirt and the cross detail on it just rocks it up a little bit - the cross trend seems to be here to stay and I don't mind at all.

Neon flats - H&M £12.99
Now these I am going to have to buy, I absolutely love the neon pop trend and they will brighten up any all black or dark coloured outfit.

Primed and poreless powder - Toofaced £22.00
I've heard a lot about this powder and I definitely want to try it out once my Maxfactor Creme Puff powder is finished.

Paco Robanne Black XS - Fragrance Direct £32.99
Anyone who knows me, knows that this is my go to perfume and I'm gutted that my latest bottle has run out. I can't currently afford a new bottle so I'm living with a tiny sample and the body lotion until my birthday!

Weekly shopping total - £139.96
Not as high as last week - I've improved my budgeting! I'll definitely be getting the neon flats next time I'm around H&M and the cardigan might have to come out when the weather gets cooler again.

I hope you like my weekly wants - let me know yours in the comments below or chat to me on twitter!

Megan Diva xo

Weekly wants!

No girl ever let a lack of money stop her from mental shopping, so I thought that every Friday I would do a 'weekly wants' post where I show all the things that I'm lusting after and wishing I had the money to buy.

Khaki studded jumper - Topshop £42.00

I spotted this while shopping on Sunday and now I'm wishing for Autumn to come now so I can justify buying this jumper. I love the khaki colour, it's just a shame it's so expensive as Topshop always is - I'll be looking out for a similar more affordable version soon!

Studded ankle boots - Office £80.00

I found these on Sunday too - just another example of my obsession with studs! They are a definite dupe of the Chloe boots and I may just have these on my birthday list!

Sleeveless checked shirt - Missguided £22.99

Checked shirts never really seem to go out of style, and I have quite a few, but for some reason I just really like this sleeveless shirt from Missguided, it's just something a little different.

Benefit Porefessional - Boots £23.50

This has been one of the most talked about beauty products on blogs and youtube and I only just recently started to believe the hype. I got a free sample size in Glamour, thanks to my Mum picking it up for me and I will definitely be purchasing the full size version with the help of my Boots points ;)

Leather look skater skirt - Ark £22.99

Now this is a skirt that I have been lusting over for ages, but it's something I don't want to buy before I try on. When I'm next in Sheffield near the Ark store I might not be able to resist...

Weekly shopping total - £191.48

Hmm... some how I don't think I can budget all this in! If I had to pick one thing, it would be the Ark skater skirt because I've wanted it for so long (and because they have a 15% discount on all Hearts & Bows clothing til next month!!)

Feel free to leave any comments or questions below or chat to me on twitter!

Megan Diva xo