A bit of a waffly one...

So, it's a sunny sunday for once :)  This post is just going to be a stream of consciousness-what-I've-been-up-to type of post. Sorry if you don't like that!

On Friday evening I went to Oxford to meet one of my friends. We went to a formal at her college (I miss uni!)
It was 5 courses! 5 courses people! The food was pretty good, but I focused mainly on the wine as usual. Oops.

On the train, primarily checking that I applied my lipstick correctly (w/o a mirror!) but turning into a bit of a pose with my book. Yup. The lipstick is Nars 'Shanghai Express'- a colour I love, but don't feel that I have occasion enough to wear it- and the book is Marya Hornbacher's 'Madness'. I am a massive fan of marya, and have the same curious fascination with the (mal)functioning of the brain as she does. Plus, she writes beautifully.

Did I mention that Oxford is beautiful? Especially when the sky is blue. Looks great against the perfectly manicured lawns.

Not a particularly flattering picture of me, but oh well, it's one of the only ones of me by myself!

So yah, that was my weekend. I went swimming today (60 lengths, my number) and am going to go to pilates at 3pm- one of the only classes that was available. I do like a bit of pilates, but every single other class I tried to book at my gym was full! Every one of them! And there are lots going on people. I wish people would fall off the post christmas/pre summer dieting bandwagon already, cos I certainly need to get on it!

Books wise, I am about to start reading 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and will be continuing with 'The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest'. (It's too easy to buy books on the kindle!)

So...sorry for this waffly post. It echoes the mish mash state of my mind at the moment, and I wanted to post if just to say hi, y'know. Hope you are all having good weekends, I'm off to catch up on some bloggies now xx

My First Nars Product!

For Valentines Day my lovely other half S bought me my first ever Nars product. We did tell each other what to get-he'd never even heard of the brand Nars. It might be unromantic, but hey, that's us, cashing in on the commercial event ;) We also had a romantic meal in...Giraffe (the family friendly place) which we both love. Who cares if it's full of screaming kids?

Anyway, back to Nars. I got the eyeshadow duo in the colour 'Isolde' as I was told that it really makes blue eyes stand out. And I wanted my blue eyes to stand out.

It came in a cute dinky little bag, which I have to admit I have put it back in to. Despite using it today, I have cased it back in the packaging and then the little bag! I get like this when a) I have a item that I like and want to look after and b) the packaging is so 'complex' and seemingly thoughful, that the product seems made to live in it. It is almost asking to be neatly wrapped up in it's gloves and scarf equivalent. Does anyone else get like this when they buy a new product? Or am I just weird?

The eyeshadow duo comes in the usual little rubbery packaging, which I think looks sleek and elegant. I sense that it will attract any modicum of dust and (makeup) dirt though, so I'll try to be careful with it.

The colours are just divine. They are both warm brown colours. The first is a little glittery, which I love, and the second has a pinky hue to it.

I wore it today and did take a picture with it on, but the close up made me realise how wonky my face is! My face is not symmetrical, sob sob. So you'll have to make do with a swatch.

 

That picutre took and *age* to upload, and it's not even really added anything to the post! Oh well. I did light swatches as I don't want to use up too much of the product, ha. 

I wore the lighter shade today when I went to visit my grandpa, and the first thing he said was 'Have you got a new eyeshadow on? I like it'. So if even my partly blind grandpa noticed it, then it must look good!