HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

Happy birthday to me! Yesterday was my 20th birthday and I had the loveliest day and was given so many lovely gifts! I thought I would do a post showing you what I got and what I got up too in the day. I was extremely lucky this year to receive this amazing Olivia Burton watch from my parents. It has a beautiful rose gold face and white straps. I absolutely love it! It's a really good size as it's not too big and I am looking forward to wearing it everyday! 

I I also received this beautiful faux fur scarf and amazing red heels from Miss Selfridge. I was so grateful for all my presents and how thoughtful they all were. I spend the day with family and we went for a special birthday pub lunch in a beautiful little pub in Cirencester. I had a steak (see below) and was even treated to a glass of Prosecco! After that we went for a little walk about the village and had a look at all the Christmas things in the local Garden centre (twenties have hit me hard - Garden Centres really excite me!). It was a really lovely afternoon and it was a proper winters day with a crispy air and blue skies! I then went to my Gran's house for a cup of tea and some birthday cake which was lovely! You can have a look at some of my Instagram pictures I took though out the day HERE. 

In the evening, I went out with a group of friends into Bath for a few drinks and a night out! It was a joint birthday event so there was lots of people here. It was lovely to see everyone after not seeing most of them for so long because of Uni. I wore my new dress and heels which again you can see on my Instagram page. It was all in all a lovely day and I have been spoilt rotten! The birthday blues and now kicking in but the excitement of Christmas day approaching is well and truly here! I hope you have enjoyed this slightly different 'day in the life' post!

LASTING FINISH BY KATE MOSS

Recently I purchased a Rimmel London Lasting Finish Lipstick by Kate Moss. I had been searching for a lipstick that matched similarly to my natural lip colour so that I could wear it on an everyday basis. I have tried this range of lipstick before and I really liked it so I decided to pick up another colour when I was in Boots the other day. This natural pink shade is in the colour 08 and you can view it HERE. It's only £5.49 which is good price.

There are a lot of things I like about this lipstick. First of all it is so creamy on the lips and you don't need very much. It isn't glossy but it moisturising and doesn't try your lips out. I also like the fact that it isn't completely matte and is slightly shimmery which you can see in the swatch below. However, even with this shimmer I still think it looks very natural. It doesn't last a huge amount of time but long enough that your not touching up every minute of the  day. It is reasonable though for a high street lipstick that costs under £10.00. 

Weirdly, I also really like the smell of it. Some lipstick scents can be really off putting and smell almost 'cheap' but this one is really nice. I would definitely recommend this collection if you haven't tried it already or if you are looking for the perfect starter lipstick. I am going to continue building up my collection as there are loads of shades I still want to try such as 110/111. I also want to try the Acocalips Lip Lacquers which I've heard lots of good things about. Has anyone else tried them? Also, on another note it's the 1st birthday of my blog today. However, I don't really celebrate it as a achievement as I abandoned it for over 6 months, I only really got into blogging this year so it hasn't really gone anywhere but never the less happy birthday to Caramella.

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