Things I've Fallen in Love With... #1

...While working in Selfridges.

You may have noticed I've been MIA for a couple of weeks. That is because I have been working at the lovely Charlotte Tilbury at Selfridges, and... well I haven't been organised enough to pre-write and schedule blog posts (forgive me).

As you can imagine, I get to see so many people on a daily basis, that I have fallen in love with many a thing while working there. I try not to venture too far out of where I need to go to (usually staff room to beauty hall, and back again with the occasional toilet trip in there too) as I will fall in love with too many things. And I definitely, definitely, do not, under any circumstances browse round the beauty hall. No siree. That would be dangerous!

Of course, working with the make up at Charlotte Tilbury has made me want it all, and it saddens me to know that I just can't have it all! I decided to break my Charlotte Tilbury wish list down into more manageable chunks and the first few items I just have to get besides the Colour Chameleons I already have are...

1 - The Rock 'N' Kohl Pencil in Bedroom Black. Is it kohl? Is it gel? You never could tell, for although it's in a standard pencil format, this is the creamiest, blackest pencil I have ever come across - just like a gel in a pencil. You can smudge it out within the first minute to create smokey looks, and after that it sets and stays put All Day Long. You can wear it in the waterline and it will last a lot longer than anything else I've tried. Definitely first on my list and a steal at £19.

2 - Filmstar Bronze & Glow (£49). Charlotte created this for a certain Hollywood legend to help define her face, and boy does it work! The contour shade is such a beautiful, warm and natural shade, and can also be used as a bronzer, and if it's possible for a highlight to be natural, this is it. It's not sparkly, just frosty - and can be built up for more intensity. The two products together work in perfect harmony. This highlight looks gorgeous down the nose too, something I would never normally dream of doing on myself, but with this, it just works! It also make a really nice under-arch highlighter.

3 - The Dolce Vita Palette (£38). Out of all her beautiful palettes, this seems to be the one I am drawn to time and time again, and probably the one I sell most of too. Oozing with russety copper shades, it's just gorgeous and looks stunning on all eye colours. The shadows are really creamy and pigmented and last all day.

4 - Penelope Pink K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick (£23). Charlotte's lipsticks are really moisturising and you can actually feel it on your lips. They contain an extract from an actual Lipstick Tree which the tribes used to use to defend their lips from anything harmful, so I like to feel I'm doing good for my lips as I apply this! The colour is a pinky purple nude, which I just adore. It has a slight sheen to it when you first apply it, but as the day goes on the sheen fades yet your lips are still the colour of the lipstick. I was really surprised at just how long lasting they are for a moisturising lipstick.


Now onto the things I have spotted on people passing by....

First up I spotted a woman wearing these tights which I instantly fell in love with.

A quick Google search told me they are Agent Provocateur 'Whip Me' Stockings - and it's then that I notice fully what they say! I didn't fancy forking out £35 on a pair of stockings that I'd want to wear as fashion tights - so had a quick internet search.... and came across these on ASOS (What The Actual!?!!!!!!) but also came across these two on eBay which I thought were a good and cheap alternative for under £10 (search love backseam tights on eBay).

I also spotted one customer with stunning holographic silver nail polish which I'd assumed would be Color Club. I, naturally, being a nail polish whore, asked her what it was - and she told me it was Barry M! BARRY M! I have already been out and bought this, and it's part of the Boots 3 for 2 offer. Now here's the part where I kind of feel like I'm in some strange outer-universe. I've been searching online to give a link to this polish, and it seems it doesn't exist and no one knows about it but me (and the lady wearing it in Selfridges, and the lady she had seen wearing it and asked where she got it from). Surely we're not the only 3 people in the world to own this polish?! I don't understand why the Bloggosphere hasn't gone wild over this! I mean, it's SO holographic, and from memory, under £4. I will do a nails of the day with it soon, promise, but it'll have to wait a while as I'm giving my nails a Dr Lewinns treat at the moment.

The only, and literally the only thing I could find was an image of it from someone selling one on eBay which I think is actually the teal version, not the silver (and it went for £9).... some clues I can give you while you're hunting it out... it has a texturised matt silver lid, the barcode sticker on the side, as well as the barcode number, says NPLEB13C, and the little sticker on the bottom says BOOTS C 335 Limited Edition. I'm guessing the 'Boots' means it's exclusive to Boots. If I find out anything further, I shall update.

Right - after speaking with the PR company for Barry M, I can give you the official scoop - they've created four limited edition glitter polishes - two exclusive to Boots, two exclusive to Superdrug. The Boots ones are Silver Lights (silver holographic glitter) and Tinsel Town (multi-coloured strands), and the Superdrug polishes are Fairy Lights (pink holographic glitter), and Gold Dust (rose gold strands). Phew. And this is what it looks like.

Another customer was wearing this Zara Duffle Coat which looked great on her. Okay, so she was stunningly beautiful, but she said so many people ask her about her coat! I am definitely going to have to pop into Zara to give it a whirl.

And then, the things I have convinced myself I need while walking from the staff area to the Beauty Hall. I go the way that means I walk through as little of the Beauty Hall as possible - as I said before, could be dangerous to my bank balance. However, this plan of mine could have a flaw, because now I absolutely need a neon sign from Gods Own Junkyard (located on the Lower Ground), in my life, which retails at £1430 or thereabouts. Chris Bracey, aka the neon man, has been making signs for years for anyone who's anyone, and now I want in on it! The one I am particularly taken with is a star shape and says 'Lucky' in the middle, but I can't seem to find it online. Meanwhile, this Love one is also rather fetching.

I also never knew I needed a Jellyfish Tank from Red5 in my life, but alas, I seem to. 

Plug it in, and a fan from the bottom pushes the 'jellyfish' gliding around the tank. It's really beautiful and mesmerising - check out the video to see it in it's full effect - it looks even better in real life. There are different light settings, although blue is my favourite... and I'm thinking this is a Christmas present waiting to happen for myself son.



In a similar vain, I think he would love this Wall Climber remote control car, which can drive on walls (but not ceilings, I asked). I will have to carefully consider the impact this may have on the walls of my house and anything hanging on them... but what little boy wouldn't love this?!

Anthropologie is beautiful to look round - some of the things are rather pricey, but I was surprised to discover these monogram mugs were only £8 each.

Oh, and while I've been on the tube escalator, I keep seeing these Sophie Conran Measuring Spoons on the John Lewis advert and have taken quite a shine to them.

And before I knew it, I'd spent 2.5 hours creating a blog post of things I needed, making me lust after them even more. So that is where I shall leave this post. I shall try to be more organised with scheduling posts. See ya soon!