Avon - great or gastly?

Helloooooooo everybody!

So guess what did? I made my first proper Avon order! Three cheers for Bex anybody? I have ordered a few peices from there now and again but as this was the catalogue that went out for the late January sales and I had a bit of spare cash I thought well, why not?!

I'm not sure what the blogging kingdom's opinion is on Avon products so I'm just gonna go ahead and state mine!

Ok, so there are a few ups and downs I guess and a big issue with Avon from my behalf is you can't physically see the products before ordering them - you can't test them on your skin to see if they match your complexion, take a look at how pigmented a certain product is or see how much you generally like the product and that's just a bit of a let down I guess. I love the fact that I can do all of this and more in shops such as Superdrug or Boots and that means that I can feel satisfied before splashing out - especially if they're a little pricey too. I did infact look into this issue though and you can book an Avon party or apparently you can book someone to come around to your house so you can test the products but I think that's a bit of a waste of someone's time and effort just for me to 'umm and arr' over a few products and then to just decide that I don't really fancy getting anything from this months brochure because I know that's what I'd do or I'd feel as if it's compulsory to purchase something, which, by the way Bex it is not!

Another disadvantage of Avon I think is the looooong wait you have to ENDURE until getting your product. I ordered my products around the 20-something'th of January and my products are still no where to be seen, *sulk* I want my new make-up!

Despite all of this though there is a plus with Avon they often have deals on which I think are great for example they had a deal on when I purchased my previous order 'buy one product full price and get another for 99p' which, I'm sorry, is just an offer too good to resist. 

Also - I must add otherwise I'll feel like a naggy old herbert Avon's nail polishes are some of the best I have ever - EVER used. I definatley reccommend trying it as I'm always complaining about my nails smudging but these dry in a matter of minutes. I believe I purchased some in my previous order but I can't remember - sily me! But seriously, it's £3.50 right now on their website and if you have the same problem as me and complain about nails taking FOREVER to dry and don't buy it I will probably cry. 

So anyway, overall in Avon I spent just over £20 but got so many products for that amount of money, you wouldn't even believe! (reviews to come!) 

What are your opinions on Avon? Have you ever bought anything from there? What did you think of the products? Don't be afraid to let me know in the comments - I'll reply, I promise!

That's all for today, have a great evening!

Byeeeee

x x x 

River Island February wishlist!

Good evening (or morning, depending on where you are in our world, hehe) you fabulous people!

Today I've just stumbled across Channon Ryan's blog and he has posted a very lovely - and funny - post about what he has purchased in River Island and I've decided to do a post too despite the fact that I haven't actually purchased anything yet! 

Ok, so after much contemplating I've narrowed it down to four wonderful little jems that I would appreciate muchly in my wardrobe.

This denim wash skater skirt is one of many skater skirts that they seem to have in the 'Just Arrived' section of River Island. The reason I decided on adding this to my wishlist is that I think that I could team this with many different things on top like a cute little blouse, a knitted jumper or when it gets closer to summer and everyone decides to reveal a bit of flesh a crop top! WHAT? *gasp*

Second on my wishlist is this cropped sweatshirt. Sadly, it's grey and I'm supposed to be toning down the greys in my wardrobe - I have too many! I genuinely have no idea why I liked this top, it just instantly stood out to me. I don't usually go for things that have graphic prints on them but for me, this looked a little different and that's just probably why I liked it. OOOH, maybe I could wear this with the denim skater skirt, that'd be cute. Aww, look at all the ideas popping into my head - perfect.

Excuse the cropping.. my bad!

The next item of clothing on my February wishlist is this pair of "black high shine tube pants" i.e. disco pants! My wardrobe is lacking a pair of these like, majorly. I've seen so many people wearing these with all different things and I think that these would look great with the swarm of sheer and chiffon blouses that have been piling up in my bedroom that I have nothing to wear with. So yes - these will definately be on my list to buy on my next shopping trip!

Finally, I have decided I am lacking a long necklace and I have decided that this one would fit great with some of my summer styles I have planned and I think it would also look great with the denim skirt above. 

And so that concludes my wishlist for February, I'm thinking about making one of these every month for different shops so keep your eyes O.O peeled :)

For now, byeeee 

x x x

Follow me on Twitter @BEX1AR for updates on when I'll be posting next!

A lovely new school bag..

What's that Bex, a new bag? 

OH HOW WONDERFUL!

That was a little exaggerative but without further ado...

Ta-da, my new bag. Oh how wonderful it's greyish-mint with wonderful golden fastens and pretty bits. Ok, so I admit this bag isn't as ravishing as it could've been but hey, everything looks better online! 

So, it was time for a new bag for school, you know when your school bag gets to that stage where it's falling to bits? Yeah, that's where my school bag was at, so I decided to throw in the towel on my old leather tote and grab another one. This bag, you may or may not be surprised to hear only cost me £5.00 from Matalan, but this was on promotion as I have a gleaming "Black Card" for spending  £150 in matalan over a period of a year a couple of years back. Despite the promotion this bag is only £12.00 anyway, so definately worth the buy if its to your taste.  It comes in four colours, Black, Peach, Tan and this grey/mint colour but I may go back and pick up the Peach just because I couldn't decide and also wanted both colours *grin*. This bag is rather spacious - or at least spacious enough for all your school nessecities and comes with a beautiful animal print lining inside with a spot to tuck in your phone and a zip pocket for other little bits and bobs. Overall, I think this bag is a little beauty and for only £5.00 can you go wrong?

Oh how very ravishing! 

That's all for now, thanks for reading my little blog post for today.

Byeeeeee!

x x x

You can buy any of these bags for £5.00 by clicking here!

I would love...

There's many things I would love in general but there's one massive thing that I would completely and utterly enjoy and would find absoloutely terrific and that is.. white teeth!

Zoella and her beautiful teeth we all long to have!

It's not as if I don't clean my teeth because I brush everyday, twice a day and it's not even that I drink too much random crap, yes I like the occassional cup of tea in the morning but surely that can't be it.. I suppose it just pains me to say that my teeth are not white and also very ugly *cry*

I know we can't have everything but I have tried every toothpaste going! "Ooh this toothpaste will give you white teeth" - No, you're lying and I didn't really fancy paying £10 for a tube of toothpaste that didn't work thank you very much! 

I've also read all these 'home remedies'  about mixing hydrogen peroxide and other gods knows what with things but I am, quite frankly, too scared to put these odd mixtures into my mouth. Imagine what would happen, a chemical reaction going on all up in my mouth - woah, creepy.

So anyway, I guess I'm just one of those people that'll never have white teeth. What a blumming shame. 

What are your remedies on keeping your teeth white? Do you have the same problem as me? Leave your comments down below! 


For now, goodbye!
x x x


More actually interesting things to come in February...

Plans for the next few months

Hello everyone, I realise that I haven't blogged in a while and it's upsetting me that I just generally don't have anything to blog about! Also, I've been having lots of exams so yeah, just trying my best to keep things on schedule! 

Ok so girls and guys, you're in for a treat as on Monday the 11th I am going to Bristol with my friends and I am going to do sort of what may seem a "challenge" to me and only spend £60 in the whole of Bristol BUT Bristol does mean PRIMARK! Wahooooooo!

That means, I could either make a massive long blog post of what I have bought.. or... start a YouTube channel!
.. or better yet, both!

What are your opinions? Let me know in the comments.

So after the shopping spree in Bristol on the 11th of February, I have no plans for valentines day so may do something with one of my friends and post a video about it on my channel (which, I MAY make) But I do want to know your opinions. 

I know I made a post saying back into the swing of things a few weeks ago, so I'm sorry I'm not 'back into the swing of things' quite yet, but I promise I will be soon! Thanks to everyone for reading and I'm almost at 200 views, which for me is GREAT!

Thanks everybody, love you all, don't forget to push the "join this site" button :)
x x x

Being a voluptuous young woman and... proud?

I started this post yesterday but didn't get to finish it due to some rather unsettling news but anyway, it's a little rambly so apologies in advance!

I would say that I am quite a bit larger than most of my friends, them being size 6, 8, 10's and me being, well a rather a lot bigger at a 14/16.

There's a lot of different angles you can look at about being big, obviously there is always going to be the people who will mock you for being larger than others but that's just something that's going to happen. Everyone gets picked on for something and I guess mine is just that I am a big person - I'm not saying it's right for people to get picked on for being any different, because it definitely isn't - but what I am saying is that it is going to happen no matter what is different about you and these are things that we have to come to terms with. I just don't see what's so wrong with being different? I don't believe that anybody is perfect and everybody has their flaws, but it's those flaws that make us the people we are and nobody should mock us for them!

Obviously, I would much rather be slimmer than a size 14 at the age of 15 and I'm sure any of you who were given the chance would change something about themselves but to be honest it's so easy to think that you are so horrible and disgusting and agree with the people that may be insulting you "oh maybe I am a fat walrus" "maybe I am too fat" "maybe I should stop eating to be skinnier" but I promise you that you are not and you should not, I repeat should NOT ever put yourself down because You. Are. Beautiful. 

I've been bigger than most of my friends now ever since I moved in with my Dad when I was in year 5, I don't know why but that is when I remember I started getting bigger than everybody else and I've been following diets and exercise regimes since about year seven and it sounds weird but I just honestly don't think my body wants to be any skinnier and it's got to the stage after all of these fitness things and all the pressure I've put on myself that I've realised that I am happy like this and I do not need to change for anybody. 

An added bonus by the way - is the fact that I can dip in and out of the "plus sizes" as I please and it's great! I can usually find whatever I want in the sales by dipping between the two hehe!

I'm not sure who this is, I saw it on my news feed and loved it!

So what I'm trying to say is you should be happy with who you are because after all, no matter how much you change you will always be you and that's great! I'm not sure if anybody would have got anything from this but if you did that's brilliant!

I'll be back to more fashion bits in the next few days so keep your eyes O.O peeled!

Thanks for reading 
x x x

Into the Wild Newlook Wishlist - Getting back into the swing of things

Hello everyone, to get back into the swing of things I thought that I would create a wish list of some things I've seen on the Newlook special trends of this month "Into the Wild".

Delta Tribe Eagle Print oversized sweater - £31.99

Charcoal roll sleeve sweater - £12.99

Pale Blue Supersoft Skinny Jeans - £19.99

Dark Khaki Studded backpack - £24.99

Suede moccasin pumps - £19.99

I tried to make these into a cute little collage, but, yet again my laptop failed me. So here's this month's wishlist from Newlook, click here to view the collection. Thanks for reading!

Toodles x x x