IT'S FRIDAY. I'M IN LOVE #8

So this is my eighth It’s Friday. I’m In Love…doesn’t time fly! I have been pretty busy working this week (only one full day off – sob) but I have still had a lot of time to find some favourites.  So let’s roll on with them…

BARGAIN BEAUTY BUYS

So I went on a rather unintentional shopping trip earlier this week to a lot of budget shops, and I will be putting up a full haul post tomorrow so look out for that but in the meantime I just thought I'd share with you my joy at finding a lot of stuff for little pennies. So if you do live in the UK I would definitely recommend checking out shops such as Boyes, Home Bargains and Poundland because you can often find a lot of good brands and discounted prices which is always a bonus for the old bank balance! 

MY TELEVISION ADDICTIONS THIS WEEK:

SKINS RISE PART II 

Okay so I think from these IF.IIL  posts we have established that I am just a little bit obsessed with Skins but I promise after this post this is the last time you’ll hear me banging on about it! Anyway it was the last ever episode this past Monday and it ended with the final part to Cook’s story and it was epic. It was like a proper grown up gritty drama piece with sensational acting. It was somewhat heartbreaking to see Skins go but the story was perfect for Cook.

SOUTHCLIFFE. 

So if you live in the UK then you might have seen this advertised quite a bit as of late. It is shocking to watch, after all it is about an ex-soldier who goes on a violent shooting spree in the sleepy fictional seaside town of Southcliffe but it is also kind of brilliant. It jumps backwards and forwards in time quite a bit and uses a lot of close camera angles. Instead of doing the old cops and robbers ‘catch the criminal’ narrative the director chose to show us the reactions and consequences of a town ripped apart which makes for an altogether more real and hard-hitting viewing experience.

I’M ALAN PARTRIDGE. I LOVE Alan Partridge and all of this week I have been watching the old series repeats back. Personally I think Alan Partridge is British humour at its best and I might reference it all too much in real life. 

THE LAST OF US.

Okay so I am gonna look like a total geek here (well I am) and say that I have been obsessed with a PS3 game called The Last Of Us; a zombie-apocalyptic game set in 2033. Now I have wanted to play this for ages after watching the full walkthrough on YouTube here (total geek alert.) but I have finally managed to play it properly. It's more of a movie than a typical video game and the characters and the plots are engaging and fresh plus the main character is a bad-ass fourteen year old girl who looks a lot like Juno. Yeah, I like it a lot. 

MY GRANDAD'S BIRTHDAY!

So last Saturday it was my Grandad's birthday and so all the family went for a lovely family meal on the Friday. It was so nice catching up with my cousins before we all leave for University in September and it was so nice to see my Gran & Grandad enjoying themselves after having a pretty rubbish time of late. I do like a family get-together every now and then, even if it is just because my aunt is funny when she's pissed.   

EAR CANDY.

RIZZLE KICKS - LOST GENERATION. I like the Rizzle Kicks okay. They made the trumpet cool again and I am liking their new song a hell of a lot. Lost Generation is really summery and really catchy.  

FOALS - BAD HABIT. Oh I love this song to pieces, I love the whole album in fact - it is certianly a contender for my album of the year. This song in particular feels really dark but also really summery and I really like this contrast.

SWIM DEEP - KING CITY. This was my song of the summer last year and it probably still is for this year and I am so pleased they are finally getting the recognition they deserve.

LANA DEL REY - COLA. Okay this song is a little bit cheeky and it makes me giggle a bit everytime I hear the first line but I just love it. All Lana Del Rey songs seem to transport me to a convertible in the L.A sunshine and wearing some heart shaped sunglasses and this is totally a good thing in my eyes. 

MILEY CYRUS - WE CAN'T STOP. Oh my am I admitting this? I cannot get this song out of my head - it is so bloody catchy. I can't stop singing it, damn you 2013 Miley for you catchy song and tough-girl attitude. 

So that's it for another IF.IIL. I'm now going to play some more of The Last Of Us. What have you been loving this past week? Oh and of you haven't already then please follow me on bloglovin here and thankyou all so much for my 100+ followers this week I feel utterly honoured!

March Poundland Purchases

Poundland's or Poundshop's are really great places to pick up beauty supplies, I frequently buy products like cotton buds and cotton pads up instead of paying excessively for the same thing elsewhere but recently I have been looking through their make-up stand and finding some bloody good things. You can read my first post on my first Poundland beauty haul here. So this time round I found Rimmel, Revlon and Sleek products and I love these brands full price so since they were just a pound it would be rude not to take them to the checkout. 





Eyelure cotton pads doublepack, Rimmel French manicure polish in 'Rose Praline', Rimmel Exaggerate navy liquid liner '007', Sleek True Colour in 'Blaze', Sleek Sheer Cover in 'Calico', Rimmel EYEFUL eye glistener in 'Flaunt'

 

So I love the Rimmel polish and it does what it says on the tin; a French manicure base colour. I also really like the liquid liner and navy is not a colour a usually go for in liner but it is actually a flattering shade for my eye colour (my eyes are a greeny bluish with a bit of  grey colour) and I think this shade will be lovely for a night out; plus it's really easy to apply. I really like the EYEFUL pencil as well; it is basically a shadow stick with a texture not too dissimilar from their scandaleyes range. The Sleek sheer cover lipstick is a lovely sheer shimmery toffee colour and it is great for everydaywear, however the true colour Sleek lipstick I picked up ain't really my cup of tea; it is a very dark bronze shimmery colour that would be perfect in an eyeshadow but not so much as a lipstick.

 

Sleek True Colour in 'Blaze' (black case), Sleek Sheer Cover in 'Calico'(pink case)

 

Now on to my favourite Poundland purchase; a Revlon Super Lustrous lip balm in 'Pink Crystal'. This is a great 'just throw it in your handbag' kind of lip balm, plus it smells of melon; lovely!

 

(Revlon lip balm in 'Pink Crystal')

 

Poundland/Poundshop seem to stock drug store makeup (or sometimes even high-end although I wasn't quite lucky enough to get my hands on the Stila stock) when the brand has changed its packaging or name or if a product has been discontinued and although some of the stock is a load of tat if you do rummage you can find some gems, but be warned; you have to be prepared to take every thing off the rack just to get that one Revlon product right at the back!

 

Love Amy xx