Dancing and Lace Embroidery

Last Night was a very special night in our house - it was my little sister, Claire's dance show. So we all dressed up to attend. My sister has been dancing ever since she was small and it's just so lovely to see her perform every year and see how well she has improved! 

So well done beautiful, especially on achieving your scholarship to perform at Buxton Opera House!

This event provided a prime opportunity to wear my new top, which I am absolutely in love with - especially since I found it in the sale!

So here are a few pictures of my outfit and a few others:

Top - Zara

Jeans - Topshop 'Leigh'

Brogues - H&M

Clutch - Primark 

I'd just like to say a well deserved 'well done' to everyone at Dancebites, you were all wonderful, and I can't wait to see what you have in store for us all next year! 

Love Roseanne

xx

W7 In The Buff - Naked Dupe

Today I wanted to share with you one of my most recent discoveries and by that I’m mean makeup! So, for a while now I’ve had my eye on the Urban Decay makeup palettes. I'm sure that you'll have heard of them, as all three have been popping up all over the blog-o-sphere recently.  But personally, as much as I love them, I couldn’t bring myself to spend £38 on an eye shadow palette.

So, several weeks ago, it was my Mum’s birthday and she had asked me for a natural coloured eye shadow palette that was possibly shimmery too. So refusing to spend £38 on the urban decay palette, I scoured the net to find an alternative – and I did.

I bought the W7 In The Buff – Natural Nudes Eye Colour Palette for only £4.80 on Amazon.com.  I was so impressed with the price – I bought an extra for myself and I am extremely impressed with the turn out of this palette! I think this a direct dupe of the Naked 2 palette, as the colours are very similar.

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I took two photos; one inside and one out, so you can hopefully see the light shining off all the different shades.

In ‘In The Buff’ there are three matte shades; a ‘buff’ cream, (I use this as a base) a lovely light ‘chocolate’ and a black called ‘onyx’. I was really happy with these three as they are quite thick rather than crumbly which makes it easier to mix with the other colours.

Then there are 8 other shimmery shades which I also really like, with ‘Silk’ being my favourite (above). So overall, I am absolutely dazzled by this palette, and its quality most definitely surpasses its price. Having never used the Naked palette, I couldn’t personally compare the two, but you can see how similar the colours are – even the layout.

The only negative thing I could say about this palette would be about the brush it comes with which is quite cheap and simple. But being only £5 you can afford to use others, or even buy a new one.

I would highly recommend this product to anyone who wants to save their purse from screaming, and at just under £5 – isn't it worth giving it a go?

I hope you enjoyed this post, let me know what you think, especially if you've use the Naked palettes before.

*Since I wrote this post W7 have released a Naked 3 dupe called 'In the Nude' (amazon link) so if you  prefer N3 - I'd definitely recommend this as they're great quality!

Love Roseanne

xx

p.s: just in case you were wondering, my Mum loved the palette too :)

Flora OOTD

Today I have a short but sweet outfit of the day post for you...

Forgive me for this post being so short, as I am in intense revision mode at the mo, so blogging has to take a back seat until I've finished my final exam. (Which is next week- so wish me luck!)

And it's sweet as I'm embracing the warm weather, i.e. bearing my shamefully pale legs to the world! However, it was so bright when we took these photos that I had to step into the shade!

Dress - Primark

Earrings - The clothes show 2012

Bag - Just Fab

Loafers - Monsoon

Scarf - Vintage

I hope you're all enjoying the weather (while it lasts!)

Love Roseanne

xx

Summertime Sadness

Hola amigos! 

So today the sun is out! Let’s just say that I have mixed feelings about summer in general, hence 'Summertime Sadness' - and also because I've had Lana Del Ray in my head ever since I saw Maleficent - which is amazing! So if you haven't seen it yet go check it out!

If you know me, you'll probably know I'm very odd and don't like summer - I mean don't get me wrong - I love the sun, it's just the heat and humidity that comes with it that I'm not a fan of.

Saying that; today was lovely and it made me smile because it wasn’t overly warm and everything just looked so pretty. I just had to pop into school for a French revision session and into town for a few bits and pieces so this outfit was just perfect.

Here's my simple 'outfit of the day', which is just about as summery as my wardrobe gets: rolled up jeans haha! To be fair I did roll them up a little more when I was outside later – scandalous (I know!)

Top: Old Primark treasure

Jeans: Topshop Jamie

Brogues: H&M

Bag: Just Fab

Scarf: Vintage

How are you liking this weather? If you've done any OOTD posts recently, be sure to leave me a link below and I'll make sure to check them out :-)

Love Roseanne

xx

N Spa Product Review: Day & Night Cream

Bonjour my lovelies! I hope you're all having a wonderful Thursday, (if not, chin up; it's Friday tomorrow!) Can you believe that it's already June! I mean, we're only one month away from my blog's 1st birthday! It's surreal, but anyway, let's crack on with the show...

Today I’d like to share with you my experience of two new beauty products that I tried, both from N Spa.

I’d been on the lookout for a stronger moisturiser for a while as I’ve gone off the Simple one because it didn't really moisturise or improve my skin at all, so I was eager to find something new, that worked.

This time I chose from the brand N Spa, which I’ve heard quite a few positive comments about recently, so I thought I’d give it a go. I bought the ‘Brightening Day Cream with SPF15’ for only £7 from ASDA and I must say it lives up to the more expensive price. It is amazing! My face is normally in the normal/dry category but I've found after using this cream for the past week, my forehead isn't dry at all (as this was my problem spot!)

It says ‘light day cream’ but it is quite a thicker moisturiser than I’m used to, but it works fantastically and absorbs into your skin within seconds.

As well as the Day Cream, I got the ‘Night Repair Cream’ – as it was only £1 extra for another product. I’ve never used Night Cream before as I fell into the belief that it was only for old ladies! But honestly girls, once you’ve tried this you will never go back. I’d say this product is the better out of the two as it is insanely moisturising and it also strengthens your skin overnight. Not only that it’s pink (!), with a smell that’s to die for - I think it's almonds? But mmmm it's good!

I’d highly recommend these products to you, especially if you have a dry-prone skin, as these two would really help!

Have you tried any N Spa products before? What is your go-to moisturiser? Let me know (!) drop me a comment below or tweet me @roseanne_sophia.

Until next time dolls,

Au revoir,

Love Roseanne

xx