Blog swap!

Heyya guys and gals of the blogosphere, sorry for the late post, I've literally just dragged myself to write this as i'm not well so that's my excuse!
I thought i'd share with you what i received from my blogger swap!
Basically if you don't know what one is it's a swap of beauty, fashion ect items between two bloggers, i found one through a blog called Tales of a pale face//Link and got matched with a girl called jade!
We decided on the limit we could spend on each other was 20 pounds, and the goal was to send them at the end of last month! I got my box full of items this morning so i jumped straight on here illness and all to write this post... yes i'm that devoted guys.
 So here is what the lovely jade got me!

 In my box jade got me;

• Haribo's
• Body shop papaya shower gel
• Body shop strawberry soap
• Lush bubblegum lip scrub
• Body shop coconut lip butter
• 2 face masks
• Store twenty one earrings 
• bracelet & ring 
• Skull bracelet 

Then as if that wasn't enough she also filled a little gift bag with:

• Mua lipstick in nectar and in shade 13.
• Avon colour trend lipstick in nude flash
• 2x gosh lip jams- shades 101 and 105.
• 17 photo flawless primer
• Rimmel lasting Finnish nail lacquer in Hot shot
• Le volume de Chanel mascara sample size!

I love all my items and can't wait to try some of them out!
Check out out jades blog and see what i got her!
Jades blog // Link

Have you ever done a box swap?

Stir it up Saturday Introduction!

 Hello, this is just a quick post/ update on whats been going on with my blog, i learnt how to make my own blog header and blog button and then i fell in love with a blog  The prettiest pastel this blog is run by a girl called Beth who is super lovely, i can't remember how i came across her blog but i did, i left a comment on her post and she emailed me later that day, we started talking because she wanted some help for her blog layout and header, after i made her blog header and helped her go over a few things and chatted  we decided since we both love each others blog we should collaborate, which we are now in the process of doing :)
it will be a post on drugstore makeup because we're both still in high school so we don't have alot of high end makeup, it will be posted each Saturday for about 4/5 weeks, and on both blogs.
if you want anymore information, if you would like help on your blog I.e blog header or you would like to collaborate email me at Thegirlinpatternedtights@gmail.com.

My Hair care Favorites!

My Hair care Favorites!

I have an obsession for looking after my hair, because i never used to take notice of how much damage i caused it but lately since my hair became dry i decided to take control of my fried mess of hair and did a no heat detox, i can honestly say it helped and now i continue to look after my hair using these products!

so firstly in my favorites is the Tigi bed Urban antidotes which i picked up from TKmaxx for £14.99  this is amazing and smells amazing my only problem with it is that it drys your hair out if you wash your hair alot, like i do, so to deal with this i use the Batiste to spruce up my hair when it needs it, i love the scent, the packaging and the actual product because it refreshes my hair and adds volume which is always a plus i picked this up for  £2.99.

The conditioner i use is herbal essences it has a fruity smell and makes my hair super super soft (i would link it but for some reason it doesn't exist on Google) i got this for a pound from pound land.

Another one of my favorites is the Tigi Shine blaster this stuff is amazing it does what it says it does and makes your hair ultra shiny it's great, i again picked this up from  TKmaxx  for  £7.99

lastly in my hair care favorites is the pro vitamin heat defense spray, this is about 70p from home bargains and pretty much does what it says my only problem with it is that you need to use alot of it but that evens it's self out because it inexpensive and sustainable.

DIY: decorated boxes

Firstly i'd like to point out i'm not to great with arty stuff but i though these were cute! now that's been pointed out away we go with the details.

You will need:
any sized box. (mines an old jewelry box)
glitter or paint.
buttons, sequins, gems or stickers.
PVA glue.

1. take your box and remove any thing that is inside it (that holds the jewelry in place if its a box like mine)

2. cover it in glue if you are sprinkling glitter over it like mine or paint your box and wait for your paint/glitter to dry.

3. You can now add buttons,gems,stickers or sequins in any pattern or shape you'd like. (i thought the first initial of my name in buttons looked rather sweet and a few gems at the side)

4. once your box is dry you can use it for whatever you like, mine is used to store little positive notes and when i feel down i can read them :)

this wasn't supposed to be an amazing tutorial, i just thought i'd try something abit more alternative on my blog, any feedback on whether i should do more but with more detail let me know.

                                        - Amy 

Give me moisture!

Moisture heaven, this guys and gals of the blogoshere is my current favorite night cream! i love this because it has a rich thick texture but doesn't feel like your pores can't breath, it has the nicest smell and although the packaging isn't the most glamorous i still quite like it (because it's green and i love green maybe?)

This cream literally makes your skin feel renewed and freshly hydrated unlike some night creams that make your skin feel greasy and heavy. This little wonder is inexpensive and a must have to any skincare fanatic!

Superdrug Mosterizer

-Amy x

Mini Haul!

Yesterday i ventured out to a shopping near my nans house, i went into super drug and picked up a gosh  "Touch up" green concealer for 49p i don't know how much they are usually but since I've heard good things about green concealers i decided to pick one up, it has a tiny brush applicator for on the go, and the packaging's writing is reminds me of the top-shop makeup font so that's cute!

I also purchased some MUA products a MUA lipstick in the colour Juicy which i only bought because my boyfriend liked the colour and it was only a pound, it's a very coral pink colour in the tube but when i got home and i tested it out it shows up a VERY baby pink colour on the lips which i don't think suits my pale complexion * disappointed face.* 

I then picked up a MUA matte perfect foundation for 2 pound because i had seen good reviews on it and it matched my skin so i decided to give it a whirl and so far so good my only problem is that it needs alot of blending to completely  match my skin. 

Finally i picked up to MUA nail polishes in moody mink (dark purple) and Pistachio ice cream (pastel green) 

i love love loved these colours so i picked up them both, i really liked the packaging too they look like miniature Essie nail polishes they were also a pound each.

after my trip in superdrug i went into this shop called "shush" which i had been told stocked the seconds from big brand highstreet shops like topshop, republic, new look ect. so i took a look in and found some jamie skinny topshop jeans in a forest green colour i instantly fell inlove and paid the small price tag of 7 pounds instead of the usual 40 pound.

the final shop i went into was a home bargains and i picked up a humble vintage photo album for 59p this was originally bought to fill with photographs of my family like younger, sibling, cousins ect to send over to my auntie in turkey as it's her birthday soon but because it may not be finished in time i might just buy her another one and i'll keep this one because it would look lovely in my bedroom!

Mua- matte perfect foundation, nail polish, humble vintage photo album, lipstick. Gosh concealer. Top shop Jamie jeans forest green.

Mua nail polish- pistachio ice cream, moody mink, matte perfect foundation, gosh concealer 

Mua- matte perfect foundation fair

Mua- Juicy

Mua-Juicy 

gosh touch up concealer 

humble vintage photo album

 Mua-pistachio icecream

Mua- pistachio icecream (left) moody mink (right)

Mua-moody mink 

- Amy x

The Versatile blogger award!

ooooo so i received a nomination for this fancy thing, this morning from the lovely http://sunglasses-and-daisychains.blogspot.co.uk/ ( Aka the gorgeous Lauren.)  

so here are the rules, sorry lauren i was lazy and copy and pasted them.                  

Rules

• Link to the blog of the person who nominated you.

• Select fifteen new blog/bloggers you've recently discovered or follow regularly.

• Nominate those bloggers for a VBA, leave a link to their page and a comment on their latest post to let them know they have been nominated.

• Tell the person who nominated you 7 things about you.

 7 facts about me 

1.   My favorite colour is green, i love anything green or flavored like a green thing if that makes sense like apples ect.

 2.   I adore singer song writer music like  ryan o'shaugnessy, janet devlin, lewis watson and my all time love ed sheeran, i don't really have a reason besides that their music levels with everyone no matter who you are and that they all  have beautiful voices.

    3. I have alot of pet hates of random things such as metal table spoons, i HATE them and i don't have reason for it so yes i mainly eat things that need to be eaten with a spoon with a teaspoon, i also hate feet they creep me out they look like deformed potatoes attached to peoples legs. 

4. I love oldish films like dropdeadfred and the labyrinth and i could probably recite everything from the film start to Finnish.

5.  I love horlicks hot chocolate, tea,coffee and mocha's (made by my boyfriend especially)

6.  I love shopping, my favorite shop is TKmaxx its always full of cool amazing things that i don't need necessarily  but once I've spotted it i want and need it, i also love looking around in charity shops for little vintage things like books,plates, cups,mugs and cute plush toys anything that adds abit of old to my new.

7. I'm a major science geek, i find things really interesting like the way the world evolved, the death of stars
 ( i don't mean Micheal Jackson type of stars i mean literal stars in the universe.) anything bioligical or things to do with chemistry or physics i love.

My Tagged bloggers

1. http://www.athriftymrs.com/
2. http://www.essiebutton.com/
3. http://iwishispokelatinandgerman.blogspot.co.uk/
4. http://amyvalentinex.blogspot.co.uk/
5. http://summersbeautyonabudget.blogspot.co.uk/
6. http://stacie-lifeisworththefight.blogspot.co.uk/
7. http://sunglasses-and-daisychains.blogspot.co.uk/
8. http://talkffashion.blogspot.co.uk/
9. http://wonderlandbeautyblog.blogspot.co.uk/
10. http://affordabletreats.blogspot.co.uk/
11. http://xtiffyxx.blogspot.co.uk/
12. http://www.mylifeandlemons.com/
13. http://fatzee.blogspot.co.uk/
14. http://imjustmeganxo.blogspot.co.uk/
15. http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/        

These are my favorite bloggers who i read regularly and you should too!

- Amy x

My trip to london!

i recently went to london, here are some photo's of harrods and the st paddy's day parade! x

- Amy x

St Ives scrub review!

so i'm obsessed with skincare products because i used to suffer with acne, and now although it's gone i still get 'teenage spots' which i obsess with getting rid of and taking care of my skin.
i have tried many different facial scrubs and i think this one beats all of them to a pulp, it smooths, hydrates and makes my skin super soft,  although i haven't saw any major changes with my skin using it only that it removes dead and dry skin and makes my skin feel like a primer would.
it has a sort of medicine like peach scent not a normal fresh peach smell, i'm really bad at describing if you didn't notice already, so basically if you haven't tried this i really suggest you do, and i'll keep you updated on how it works for me.


-Amy x

Strawberry dream cream!

strawberry dream cream by n-spa is a product a got given but have fell in love with, it smells amazing and has a thick consistantcy that hydrates the skin, it has a cute description on the front label of the packaging which i'm guessing is a sort of copy of the philosophy skincare packaging, although this isn't as good as philosophy it's a pretty good body cream just to have as a treat or as a little goodie/gift for someone else,

plus it's also alot cheaper :)