Tag: What's in my Handbag?

The ‘What’s in my Handbag?’ tag is probably one of my favourite tags to read (just because I’m nosey inquisitive), but I’ve never actually done my own – so here it is. This is going to be a very picture-heavy post, so I’ll try to keep writing down to a minimum.

The bag is my Zara shopper, it’s my absolute favourite handbag – I actually have three of them in different colours. The leather is really thick and sturdy and it compliments any outfit. It’s also big enough to carry around all of my junk!

My beloved Ted Baker diary, I take it everywhere with me.

Featured in my Friday Faves post, I love this Issey Miyake perfume.

My Michael Kors wallet was a birthday gift.

This makeup bag was from my Liberty London haul, but I’ll show you what’s in that further down in the post.

Cute coin purse that I now use for my “girly bits”.

I can’t go anywhere without tissues! The Hero Mints* are energy mints so perfect if I haven’t had much sleep!

My Paul & Joe tin, which contains my blotting papers and a lip balm.

Chewing gum is a handbag staple. I often have 3-6 packets on the go.

House and car keys. The star is a handmade keyring I got in Kenya when I was travelling on my gap year. The pink case is from Moo and holds my business cards.

My work pass (sorry it’s hideous picture so I’ve hidden it haha) and my beloved iPhone 5.

One of my other beloved Apple items, my iPad and my Ideal Cases personalised case*.

THE MAKEUP BAG                                                                                                                      

I don’t top up any makeup while out, apart from lips. I personally think that if your bases need reapplying then they’re probably not right for you – I’m not saying that’s right, it’s just my view. The bulk of my makeup bag is balms, lipsticks, lip-glosses and hand creams.

QMS Medi Cosmetics is one of my favourite hand creams.

I’m also a little obsessed with L’Occitane hand creams too.

Mont Bleu crystal file. You need one of these in your life.

The lip collection.

My trusty YSL Rouge Volupte in Spicy Pink and my favourite lip butters.

NARS Damage and my favourite Chantecaille gloss.

I can always count of Caudalie to refresh my face. My flower mirror.

I don’t go anywhere without my sweeteners haha. And also some antibacterial wipes.

Do you carry a lot around in your handbag? Leave me links if you’ve done one of these posts.

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Currently Lusting Over Michael Kors ...

Lustings by lolastarhearts featuring a studded wallet

Michael Kors Textured Leather Wallet - £125 – Net-a-porter.com

I really need a new wallet. I have a Marc Jacobs card wallet that I use for my oyster, student, and bankcards. Then I have a little coin purse (which I’ve stuffed with the rest of my cards!), but I’m fed up of having two purses. I want a bigger one for everything so I can keep the Marc Jacobs for my oyster and student card. Love the fact that you can detach the coin purse!

My friend may be able to get me 50% off so this is a definite purchase … soon. Would like it in the brown, white and turquoise combination.

Ray-Ban Polarised Aviator Sunglasses - £162 – Net-a-porter.com

I honestly haven’t owned a pair of shades in years so I really want to invest in a pair that’ll last me a while. I love aviators and these Ray-Bans look be-yout-iful.

Unfortunately no discount on these so time so save the pennies.

Die-Cast Pleated Shopper - £79.99 – Zara

Really can’t help myself when it comes to Zara shopper bags. I already have two, one in brown and the other in grey felt, but this baby is gorgeous. Dropped a few hints to The Boy and my birthday is in a few weeks – so we’ll see.

Cheetah Platform Wedge Boots - £35 – AXParis.co.uk

I originally saw New Look’s version of these – here – and really liked them, but came across these while creating my image board. Definitely prefer them, the colour of the New Look ones seems slightly garish now. Don’t think you can go wrong with these for only £35. 

The Boy just looked over and doesn’t seem overly impressed, but I love them!

What are you lusting after this week?

PS. Don’t forget my giveaway is still running, here. :)

Wants This Week: Shoes.

Behind on my Wants This Week – again!

Good news though, my boyfriend surprised me with one of my Wants from last week. His lips are sealed and he won’t tell me which one it was, so I’m really excited to see what gets delivered!

My Wants This Week are shoes. When I thought about what I’d do this week, shoes seemed to be the best idea since the boy had bought me two pairs last week. BUT there wasn’t much out there that I liked right now, which was disappointing.

So here are my picks, the best of a bad bunch to be honest!

1 - ASOS LEON Slipper Shoes with Butterfly Print – ASOS - £20

I’m obsessed with slippers at the moment, I haven’t bought myself a pair yet as I need to find the right ones – and try them on, which is the only downside with ASOS – but these are really cute.
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2 - Manney Suede Slippers – Topshop - £28

Again, slippers. I’m really annoyed as Topshop had an AMAZING pair of studded black slippers, which they only have left in a horrible, nude pink at the moment. So these are the next best thing. And you can’t go wrong with suede!
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3 - Black corsage t-bar pumps – Dorothy Perkins - £25

I didn’t realise that there seems to be a recurrent theme of black shoes. I have pair of black t-bars, also from DP, but these are similar to some that Topshop had a few months back. I’m not usually keen on patent shoes, but I love the frills!
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4 - Woven Peep Toe Platform Shoes – New Look - £24.99

I didn’t want to just pick out flats, and even though I don’t wear heels very often I’m completely in lust with these. I love the platform and the chunky heel.
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5 - Two Tone Platform Court Shoe – Zara - £49.99

These are probably my favourite out of all of the shoes. They’re made out of goatskin, and look like they’d be really comfy – well, as comfy as heels can be! I love the block colours, and as well as the black and white, Zara also stock them in white and coral. Love, love, love. 
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What are you picks for this week? Link me any shoes that you've been lusting after!

Lola ..x

Wants This Week

Going to do a few posts today instead of doing one reeeeally long post.

Here are my Wants This Week, decided that I’d focus on bags – a girl can never have too many bags .. or shoes .. or dresses .. or anything really!

1 – Tapestry Satchel – Matalan - £12

Matalan are having a bit of a revival at the moment, or in my eyes anyway, and this tapestry bag is really cute. I wouldn’t actually BUY it because I carry around my whole life in my handbags and I wouldn’t be able to fit everything in here but it’s still very nice.

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2 – Contrast Leather Satchel – Topshop - £75

Dear Topshop, your bags are beautiful but 75% of the time they’re way out of my price range. And this is definitely one of those times. Gorgeous bag, and I’d even be willing to leave some of my junk at home so I could carry it around. But until I’m a graduate earning some big moola (HA!) I can’t sacrifice practicality for a bag that’s out of my price range anyway.

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3 – Plaited Leather Shopper – Zara - £79.99

This is one is a bit of a cheat because I actually have two of them already. My boy got me the gorgeous tan one, and then got me a grey felt and leather version too. I see them EVERYWHERE though, which is slightly off-putting but alas had made me fall in love with the black one now as well. I know I was just moaning about the price of the satchel, but this bag is amazing – size, quality, looks, its perfection.

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4 – Ted Baker 13” PU Sleeve – Ted Baker for Apple - £59.95

Okay technically not a bag, hands up. But it is gorgeous! I’m addicted to my Macbook, and she’d look perfect in one of these. Ted Baker has designed them specifically for Apple so these ones are only available on the Apple website. Admittedly, a bit of a bump at £60 but worthy of my cooing nonetheless!

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And finally ..

5 – Leather Contrast Clutch Bag – Topshop - £32

Another Topshop beauty, but this time slightly more affordable. I love a good clutch bag and this one is amazing. I really like the coral detailing, and it’s got space for your cards, money, phone, whatever, so you can leave that bulky purse at home! 10% off for students as well so I’m very tempted to buy!

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As usual, if anyone has some cash lying around that they just don’t need then I wouldn’t object to you buying one – or all! – of these for me! Haha :)

Lola ..x

Mini Shopping Haul ..

Decided to do a little haul of the stuff from my shopping trip.

Picked up some Clean & Clear Blackhead Scrub from Boots because of my combination skin. Although it does get very, very oily, it’s also really dry so I love to use this to give it a good scrub and get rid of any dead skin.

I also get really dry lips and was using EOS lip balms for a while but just found that they didn’t do much for me. So I’m back to my oil faithful, Carmex. Absolutely love this stuff! Hadn’t tried the mint one before so I picked up one for my boy and I to try.

For valentines day last year, my boyfriend got me a pair of gorgeous flats from Zara and I literally wore the heck out of them until they pretty much fell apart – okay, they didn’t fall apart but they got quite dirty! So when I saw these in H&M I just HAD to buy them. They’re almost the same, just not as good in terms of quality. 

I also picked up these black shoes too. I actually haven’t had any black flats in a while, my last ones got ruined in the mud and since then I’ve stuck to anything brown. These were from Dorothy Perkins and were £23, but they’ve got an offer on at the moment for students to get 25% off so I couldn’t pass that up! I’m not a huge patent shoe fan, but these are undeniably cute. Weirdly they say Barratts inside – even the woman at the till was confused but they definitely have them in other stores and online!

Didn’t buy a lot of clothes, I hate shopping usually. I’m an ASOS girl – I love ordering stuff online because I HATE trying on clothes in the shop. ASOS Premier is like heaven to me!

Again from DP, got some cute PJ bottoms. Don’t really wear them in bed that often, so they’re mostly for slobbing around the house!

They’ve got a really cute ribbon at the waist, which is handy because I bought a size too big.

Last thing I bought was this dress from H&M. As I’ve mentioned before I don’t wear trousers so pretty much live in dresses and this was an absolute steal at £10 – could hardly contain my excitement when I got to the till and it scanned at £7! The bottom of it is slightly silky and the top is just like a t-shirt. It’s got really nice folded, capped sleeves and a cute little pocket on the front too.

Please excuse the pictures. My boyfriend and I have set up a bed on the living room floor – yes, we’re big kids! – and that was the only space I had to take the pictures.

I also got a t-shirt for the boy and a cute cardigan for my friend Zoe.

Anyone else addicted to the sale section? Picked up anything nice recently??

Still waiting for my H&M online order (humph!)

Lola ..x