Sit Back and Let Em Shine

In a recent post, I gave you guys a sneak peak at some items I'd be receiving in the post, and on Friday the one I was most excited about arrived!!

I have wanted Jeffrey Campbell Coltrane's for a while now, but after seeing the price vs the reviews I decided that it'd be best to get knock offs of the knock offs. After turning to google and searching some things, I found this wonderful blog http://bythe-throat.blogspot.ca by Bre. I love this blog because not only does this girl have some amazing shoe style and taste, she also is the best at finding dupes and knock offs of great trendy shoes like its her day job! (Love it!). After browsing through some of her postings I found these babies.

Wild Diva Lounge "Credence-11" in Black 

Available at Make Me Chic ($32.90), UrbanOG ($33.20), Go Jane ($35.10)

On Bre's blog, she lists the different stores that have the item as well as their prices. After hmming and hawing, I decided to get these shoes off of the UrbanOG website. They were the cheapest in my size, and I also got a sweet deal with a 25% coupon they had. All together my purchase came to 40 dollars (with shipping) and it sent within 7 business days! 

The shoes came in a shoe box within a bigger box, and was not crushed or broken in any way. I always am worried about shipping things like this since if it is crushed, odds are the item will be broken inside.

The shoes fit amazing too! I am always worried when buying any shoes if they actually fit properly because my feet are big and wide (I'm a size 9 or a 10). This site only had a 9 available so I figured Id take the plunge and sell them if it didn't work out. BUT THEY DID!!

I will be doing an outfit post with them soon :) 

What shoes are you dying over?? 

Would you rather buy dupes or the originals?

Birthday Haul...and some other bits and bobs

A week late, but hey.. Ive been working and doing grown up things ok. BUT I finally have the first half of my birthday haul! I say first half because I'm sure I'm going to use the rest of my birthday money to buy a lot more things I don't need, so without further adieu....

the neatest pile you will ever see in my room. 

First up, ill start with my gifts;

As a beauty card holder at Sephora, every year for my birthday i get a different gift. Last year i got the sugar lip tint and lip balm. This years is the beauty duo from Benefit, their amazing mascara and champagne sheer highlighter.

These are all little gifts my friends got me. A sweet gold stud bracelet, black tunnels as well as another pair of silver and jeweled tunnels. My ears are stretched to a 0 so these are some of my new ear candy!

Do you guys remember making those thread bracelets on the bus coming home from school in the 90s? My friends do and they bought me a bunch of em! (This is only half..)

Now for things I bought on behalf of me being old!

Starting off with items from H&M

These pants were in the sale section. The blue wash jeans were 15 bucks and the grey acid wash was 12. I love going and getting amazing deals like these!

This skirt is another really cute item that was on for 19.95. It is full stretch and has a zipper up the back but its super short. My legs are a little too long to wear this successfully without any mishaps...although there will be an outfit post with it soon :D STAY TUNED FO DAT.

Only the tights in this picture are from H&M. A 4 pack for 6.95...cant go wrong with that!

I also bought some vitamin E oil which was on sale (yay sale)

I have been eyeing this purse for weeks now, and finally treated myself to it. It comes in black and this white, and they both have the gold spikes on the bottom. I was so torn between the black and white, but I love that the white has the statement black piping around it.

The last item from H&M is this super gorgeous light weight cardi. It was only 14.95 and features a sweet geo star print. As light weight as it is, its still way too hot to wear out in this disgusting heat were having.

Now onto Zara, which is currently having a HUGE summer sale, although only a few things caught my eyes...and those things are...

This striped tulip kind of striped skirt. It has pockets and is a nice length although I did buy a size or two too big. I bought a medium, but if I want to wear it at my waist I just fold it over and put a bobby pin in the side to hold it together. I do like it big though since it will give me a great item to look forward to outfitting in the fall. Also this skirt was 19.99

Next up are these beauties! 

I absolutely loveeee these boots. They were just there waiting for me. All alone. My size. Destiny. 

At 29.99 i had to pick them up and I literally hugged them to my chest and didn't put them down or take them out of my site the entire time! I have seen other bloggers wearing these a while ago, but I'm sure they didn't get them for the steal price I got them for!

And last, but not least my purchases from Urban Planet. 

I am absolutely in love with this skirt. I have been looking for a black faux leather mini for such a long time, that I nearly gave up until I saw this beaut. I love the cut of it and that it has the zipper pockets, although its quite small....even though its a size large. It was only 17 bucks though, so that's not bad at all.

Another thing I obsessed over was this galaxy print crop tee that I bought for 10 bucks. Its getting a little lost in my quilt but the colours are mainly purple, pink and orange and there are moons, starts and planets through out the whole thing. Anyone that knows me knows how much  love astrology and this top makes me feel so good when I wear it.

And that is it for my haul... for now

Please check back soon for more and also more reviews! 

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Birthday List

As some of you may know, my 22nd birthday is coming up! With only 2 weeks away, I thought I'd kick of my birthday countdown with a list of my must have / wants for my 22nd year in this world.

While growing up, I've noticed I want less and less for gifts, but one or two things that are quite costly (sorry mom). This year is no different. There's only about 1 or 2 things I really want, and everything else  can really get myself. My philosophy on gifts now is ask for things you cant possibly afford but need.  That way everyone can chip in and get that one thing or at least get me closer to my goal.

This year the big thing I want is laser hair removal. I have always had quite a lot of hair since i was little, and I'm the laziest type of person when it comes to shaving. Imagine how amazing it would be to just wake up, put on some lotion and wear shorts without checking for stubble or shaving ever other day. It would truly be heaven! So far I have found a place i would like to go to that offers full body removal at $1400 for 5 sessions. I think this will be a present to myself, but i am super excited to start and see some results!

For the day of my birthday I would really like to get some amazing shoes. When I say amazing shoes, I mean those serious origami looking shoes <3 This is a little list of the shoes I'd die for.. I'm a size 9.5 or 10 ladies if anyone wants to partake in making my birthday amazing ;) lol

These shoes are all from solestruck.com

Other then these items to splurge on, I only really want sailor moon items, a tripod or a ring light for better lighting for you guys to enjoy better pictures! 

Speaking of sailor moon items, another great thing that I would be so happy to have would be sailor moon decal stickers for my mac book (13"..incase anyone wants to jump on this)

I found these on ebay the other day and I exploded a little bit..

sailor moon vinyl decal sticker

 heart locket vinyl decal sticker

*drool*

Well thats pretty much it for my lack luster birthday list! Does anyone else have a birthday coming up? what do you want? And which shoes should I get?!

Stay tuned for a new review tomorrow!!

November Favs!

I am back with another favourites post! This time much closer to the end of the month. For this favourites post, I will be posting not only fashion, but electronics, beauty and skincare products. :)

I have had these lenses for a while, but haven't worn them in a very long time. I have recently started wearing them and I am in love with them! They are the Bambi sesame grey lenses that I received from solution lens. Hands down my favourite lens I own!

Next is my spiked head band. Now that I have a super cutesy hairstyle, I like wearing this to get a little more edge into my style. When I'm having my angsty goth days, its the perfect accessory!

My favourite new toys!! my mac book and my bamboo!! (AHHHHHHH!) These are two amazing friggin electronics that everyone should have...just sayin. I use my mac everyday (obviously) and the bamboo i use to draw animations and things. I'm still figuring out how to use it but so far its pretty amazing.

One of my favourite sweater jackets is this one from Anthropologie. The front is your basic military style jacket, and the back has this gorgeous knit pattern. Its not very warm, at all, but it looks amazing with everything you try to put it with.

I bought these tights from Ardene's I bought 2 for 10 bucks, one black and one navy blue. These tights are so cheap and so amazing. The are actually lined with really nice soft fleece like material, so they keep my legs really warm in the winter. I bought them in a medium large since i have longer legs, and they fit perfectly! In case you don't know, when buying tights, the size correlates with the length, not the width.

I have probably talked about using this soap before, but I will say again, I LOVE THIS SOAP! I have hyper pigmentation spots on my face from acne and I have tried literally everything over the counter and ridiculously expensive. I had finally found this product in an Asian grocery store, and decided to buy it to even out my skin tone and it went above and beyond my expectations. My hyper pigmentation started to settle down, my skin tone over all evened out, and even fixed the dark area under my arms from saving. For 3 dollars a bar, it does amazing magical things!

These shoes I bought during November and forgot to include in my last haul, but the are amazing. I wear them almost every day and the match so many different outfits! The only thing is that they aren't that comfy so i had to add and insole to help me wear it for longer hours. I bought them at Forever 21 during their 10 dollar off event, and got them for only 30 bucks. :)

 Lastly these are my nails for this week :) Hope you enjoyed reading about things that i like!! If you want a more in depth post on anything let me know :) Stay Tuned!!!

October Haul cont.... -___-" late post!

It seems I have spoken way too soon on my last monthly haul post. Alas, on the last day of October I kind of splurged... It was rainy and cold and such a sad day, soooo shopping cured my bad day blues!

As you can see in the picture, I bought a few shoes and a new jacket. I also got a new lipstick and a really cute clutch!

 

This is the lipstick I bought, Revlon's super lustrous lipstick in the colour sultry sable. Its the perfect wine colour for this season, and the perfect match for my skin tone.

 

 

 

 

 The clutch I bought was from Anthropologie, and I love it to bits! its the perfect size to hold everything i need, but small enough to go with an elegant dress or a hot night out dress. At 28 dollars it was a great buy or this chic and thoughtful bag. It is actually a constellation bag, which has a constellation on the front, your birth sign on the back as well as 3 words best describing your sign on the inside. They come in grey with silver, and gold and cream.

 

 

 

 (Cancer : Protective, Intuitive and Nurturing)

 

 

A close up picture of my new shoes!! A pair of black suede wedge boots at 30 dollars...

 

And i caved and bought these gorgeous black, suede and spike Lita knockoffs for 35 dollars.

 

 

Last but not least, I bought this really cute, 2 toned leather and tweed jacket. Its actually extremely warm and gives off a really nice, crisp look. It only cost me 20 bucks which was a great price from its original 64 dollars.

 

 

Stay tuned for my next post, my October Beauty and Health Favs!! Also I have been nominated for the blogging Leibster Awards, so be sure to check out my upcoming post with my nominations and some questions about me!! Hope everyone is having a great day!