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Monday Amusements 18 and today’s charity shop find!

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Look at this amazeballs skirt that I just bought! The bathroom mirror photo does not do it justice, I assure you. I only went into the charity shop to drop off some donations, but when I turned away from the till I saw this beauty. I looked at the tag, saw that it is a size 14, and was saddened until I took a step back. Polyester? I thought. Tulle underskirt? I detect…’80s. A 1980s size 14 is about equivalent to a 10, or a small 12. I have a couple of skirts that my mum used to wear with size 14 tags and I bought a Laura Ashley dress a few months ago that is an ’80s 14. I looked at the price tag – £4.50 – and decided that I might as well try it on. And success! It is now mine and makes me feel like Alice in Wonderland and/or a Disney princess. I love it.

I also popped into Superdrug to take a look at the Revlon Colourburst lip glosses. After reading Robyn’s review at Stay Beautiful, I couldn’t resist seeing how bright pink Adorned really is. It is extremely bright.  Maybe it’s too bright. I loved it, but I’m too intimidated to buy one right now!

Lots of bloggers have been posting their autumn wishlists, but my favourite so far comes from Hannah at Daisies and Dr Martens. I love how she explains her choices and picks out accessories to wear with the clothes.

I loved reading this review of Nail It! magazine at Do Not Refreeze, it sounds great. I am also very intrigued by the review of the 2True Pro Sequins Nail Polish range.

I am determined to autumn-clean my blogs, and will definitely be working through SillyGrrl‘s 10 Things that shouldn’t be on your blog list. Sorting out my tags will take ages and I don’t think I’ll get it down to 10 – I want to keep brand name tags here and author name tags on my book blog, because they’re useful, but I really want to simplify things.

Finally, the cuteness this week is actually supplied by two bloggers! Kate at ghostparties shares some kitten advice and some adorable pictures, whilst The Girl Who Looks Like a Cake shows off her beautiful black cat.

4 Make-up Products That I Can’t Get Excited About

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I am thrilled by the sight of colourful, sparkly eyeshadows. I love reading perfume reviews, even though I want to smell perfume before I buy it. If a blogger has reviewed a new lipstick range, I feel kind of like it’s Christmas. However, there are some products that I just don’t care about. I may not be using the Best Ever version of that product, but I can’t be bothered to ruthlessly hunt it down.

1. Foundation

I only wear foundation because heavy eyeshadow and under-eye concealer looks really weird on me if I don’t have something on the rest of my face. When I was a teenager, I was obsessed about covering my spots and freckles, but now I rarely get massive spots and quite like my freckles.  Unfortunately, even the thinnest layer of foundation seems cover to them up.

I have tried four foundations in my life. The first was a Rimmel stick foundation. I went through several tubes because they were often on sale for only a few pounds at my local pharmacy. Then when that supply ran out, I moved onto Stay Matte because it was the cheapest. Finally, I tried the Cool Matte mousse foundation in the lightest shade, but it oxidised and went orange just the same.

Finally, I was old enough to own a debit card, and I orderedsome samples of Lily Lolo’s foundation. I found a good enough match in ‘Porcelain’, and haven’t bought another foundation since.

2. Bronzer

I am resolutely pale. I bought a bronzer once, in my teens. I applied it so sparingly to my face that it didn’t show up. I used it as an eyeshadow a couple of times, then passed it on to my sister.

3. Blush

I own four blushers. A light pink one, a really light pink one, a darker rose one, and a bright almost florescent magenta. This is already two more than I actually need. I do read reviews of blush, and occasionally I bookmark one, but every one I like is an almost-dupe for one of the four I already own. I don’t see the point in buying them, so I don’t.

4. Mascara

I love mascara. I always have and always will, but it’s just not exciting. I’ve yet to find a realy great purple mascara, though I always have three black mascaras on the go. One that I’ve had open for a while, for ‘natural’ lashes; a newer one, for when I’m going out; and a double-ender, for when I want extra volume.

I’ve found that the brands don’t really matter. As long as the mascara is of the ‘volumising’ variety, it usually works fine. I really like the Benefit Bad Gal mascara, but that’s only because it is the least clumpy mascara that I have ever tried. I don’t think that it’s any more volumising or black than any other I’ve tried, but it’s so clump-resistant that I can wear three coats without it looking ridiculous. I pulled out the stopper on this tiny sample about a month ago and it’s still not really going clumpy. I’m not sure I’ll be buying the full size any time soon, as it’s £17.50.

Do you love all types or  make-up products, or are there some things that aren’t your cup of tea? Can you get excited over these basic items?