Outfit Post: Shiny leggings and a horse print shirt

Matalan shirt / Primark leggings / Select flatform shoes

What’s this I see? An outfit post? I’m so bad at doing outfit posts. I’m quite good at remembering to take the pictures but getting the posts up is a different story.

Anyway, onto the post. I’ve had this shirt for a while and only just got round to wearing it. Originally I photographed it with black skinny jeans but I ended up pairing it with my shiny Primark leggings and new black velour flatforms from Select. The outfit was a bargain and came to under £50 for the shirt, leggings and shoes.

This is such a versatile outfit that I wore for dinner, drinks and shopping in the daytime and got a few compliments for the shirt even. I love the print, it’s got little horses all over it!

Do you like this background? Colourful!

Elemis Timetospa + Matalan + Neal's Yard Remedies Discount Codes

Click here to use the code on the Elemis website 

You guys know I love a good offer so I wanted to share this one with you just in case you're about to place an order at www.timetospa.co.uk.

There's a 15% discount on orders for new customers only on Elemis products via the timetospa website. All you need to do to get the discount is use the code TTSPR.

Click here to use the Matalan discount code

Matalan are also offering £10 off your first online order when you spend £25 or more at www.matalan.co.uk before 26th July 2013. Use the code 4EE7137B62.

                                                Click here to use the Neal's Yard Remedies discount code

Last but not least, you can get 20% off at Neal's Yard Remedies, just enter INSTYLE13 at the checkout.m

Happy shopping!

July Magazine Freebies: Model Co, Elemis, Ciate and more

Glamour Magazine with Model Co Lipgloss

Bad news guys, I'm afraid it looks like we're going to be spending all our pennies on magazines this month!

It's a bumper month for fab freebies so I've rounded up all the offers on newsstands now to help you decided what to buy before you head out.

Glamour: Choose from 5 products from Model Co including an eyeliner, mascara, two shades of lipgloss and an eyeliner worth £78 in total. The lipgloss and mascara have a little mirror on the side for touchups on the go. It is actually just £1, ignore the price on my cover as this is a subscribers edition.

Cosmopolitan: Free sunglasses, 3 styles to choose from including a glamorous oversized pair and classic aviators. 

Company: Fabric make up bag

Tatler: Free sunglasses

In Style: Neal's Yard Remedies Power Berry Daily Facial Moisturiser worth £12

Marie Claire: Ciate Caviar Manicure duo (mini paint pot in shade Cookies & Cream and gold caviar beads topcoat set) worth £10

Red: Elemis Pro Radiance Illuminating Flash Balm worth £11.50

Elle: Rodial Brazilian Tan in clear, light and dark worth £13.50

Traveller: Free Neom Hand Cream (50ml) worth £15

Manicure Monday: Nails Inc Nail Polish Porchester Square

Nails Inc Nail Polish Porchester Square available from here 

See that Hero Shade sticker on the bottle? Yep, you’d better believe it. Porchester Square is one of those colours that had everyone raving when it first came out, and quite rightly so. This is quite simply the perfect mushroom shade for me.  The others I’ve tried have left me looking a but corpse like but this one has just enough lavender in it to suit most skin tones.

Like all Nails Inc polishes, I used two coats to get this finish and I personally love the application and formula. It also has a naturally glossy finish that I adore. A mushroomy shade makes a change from a nude beige and is just that little bit more interesting. Get it or regret it!

Mammoth Empties Part 2: Make Up

Here it goes, part two is devoted to makeup (with one random face product thrown in because I clearly got confused).

Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in B20  Beige Tendre 30ml – Warning – shake before use! A great foundation, really easy to apply although it does need buffing out with a stippling brush or sponge afterwards. I have repurchased already but I’m still looking for the elusive perfect foundation as I think this is a touch light on me.

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation in 200 Soft Beige 30ml – Purchased on a whim and turned out to be one of my favourite foundations. The colour is a little warmer than the Chanel and makes me look pretty healthy. Already repurchased this exceptionally good quality drugstore foundation.

Models Own Powder Blusher Peach Blush – I used to use this along with the peachy coral coloured blusher below as a very light bronzer. Fabulous shade that I used until I hit the pan. Then it broke. Oops. Pretty good value too as the quality is better than a lot of less expensive blushers

Models Own Powder Blusher Warm Glow – Looks great with Peach Blush, also great to use on its own on the apples for a just pinched peachy glow with some irridescence.

Arbonne FC5 Hydrating Eye Crème 1ml Sachet – Got this when I tried out the rest of the FC5 range. The brand is huge in the USA but not as well known in the UK. I’m using the cleanser and moisturiser at the moment but the eye cream isn’t as good as GinZing.

Lancome Definicils High Definition Mascara – Great mascara, definitely one of my favourites. Would purchase a full sized one but to be honest I’ve got quite a few minis to use up first.

George Bronzer Duo No1 for Blondes – I’m not really blonde but hey, whatever. I only started contouring and using bronzer until last year and this was the product I used to get me started. Everybody always used to think I was wearing MAC when I had this on as the colours are that good! Pretty good for a £3.50 compact I picked up to use on holiday. I’d definitely buy this again.

Mammoth Empties Part 1: Haircare

I’ve been saving up my empties for a while now as I figured you’d be bored of seeing what I use in a month, which is pretty much shower gel and toothpaste! I hadn’t realised how long I’d been saving them for. My last empties post was in September, which means this is about 8 months worth! I’ve decided to split it up thematically and keep it very short so it’s not overload, so here’s part one; haircare.

Percy & Reed Splendidly Silky Moisturising Conditioner 100ml- One of the best freebies ever, this came with Glamour a while back and I bought it specifically for this. It’s a great conditioner that leaves hair soft and silky and can be left in for an intense treatment.

Percy & Reed Splendidly Silky Moisturising Shampoo 100ml – As above, love it and love the smell too.

Morrocanoil Oil Treatment 125ml – Best haircare product ever. Will be repurchasing very soon. I love using it in my conditioner, to tame flyaway hair, to moisturise dry ends etc etc.

L’Oreal Everpure Conditioner Colour Care & Moisture 250ml – This has been my go to conditioner lately, I love that its sulphate free.

L’Oreal Everpure Shampoo Colour Care & Volume 250ml – Again, my go to shampoo. Although I’d be tempted to switch conditioner I’d want to stick with this shampoo as I’m yet to find anything better. Not too fussed about whether it’s Colour Care and Moisture or Colour Care and Volume, to be honest I haven’t seen any difference between the two.

Insette Minipack Extra Hold Hairspray 45ml – I picked 3 of these up for 99p I think? I should really try out a more upmarket hairspray but I love these for the super cute size alone.

Manicure Monday: ELF Nail Polish Fire Coral

ELF Nail Polish available from here 

This is just one item I got from a huge ELF haul a while back. It’s the first ELF nail polish I’ve tried and I was drawn to this reddish coral colour. The colour has got to be my favourite part of this polish. It’s about as far away on the coral colour scale you can get before hitting red.

Application is ok, the brush could be better and doesn’t cover the whole nail and the formula is a little on the thin side.  I’d definitely recommend that you use a topcoat with this one to stop it from chipping and it didn’t last as long as an OPI or Nails Inc polish for example. I’ve heard that the quality of these polishes can really vary from shade to shade so if you’re willing to risk it for £1.50 then have fun experimenting! If not, you can’t beat Barry M :)

What I do love about the ELF polishes is the size, (10ml), value (£1.50) and added benefits to the formula. They are “infused with active Vitamin E for stronger, healthier nails” and are toluene, formaldehyde and DBP Dibutyl Phthalate Free. I definitely think that more companies should be working to remove these chemicals from their products so hats off to ELF.