Yesterday me and my boyfriend popped into Leeds to visit the new Trinity Leeds Centre. To anyone heading to Leeds for shop a shopping trip this is a great place to go! It's right in the city centre and basically there are a load of shops under one roof. It's not quite finished, they're still awaiting a huge Primark but even so you can tour round the rest of Leeds city centre and shop 'til you drop (literally). Anyhow, I brought myself a few things and thought I would share them!
I firstly visited Primark and found myself some great bargains! These first three tops are all the same but in different colours. It sounds crazy to buy all of these, I know, but they were only £2 each in the sale rack! As part of my university course I have placement and these tops are perfect for that! I'm going into a Primary school so I need some cheap, respectful clothes and I know for £2 if these get ruined with paint or glue I wont care. So everyone is a winner with these! They're dip hem, light and have a little net pattern on the back which doesn't come too far down. They're very pretty and convenient. I would suggest if you need a couple of cheap tops then get yourself down there and see if they're still about!
Primark- £2
Primark- £2
Primark- £2
The final item I brought was a dress. Last yeah I was obsessed with Spring/Summer dresses and I always felt comfortable in them. This yeah the obsession is returning! This dress was £10 and for some reason I felt like this was quite expensive for Primark; then I though, well.. It's made a lot better than the cheaper dresses in there so why not? It has two layers however it still feels fairly light so perfect for both warm and cooler weathers. It has two flatter factors: a) It pulls in at the waist and b) it has little sleeves which balance out broad shoulders and provides a little coverage to your arms. You can accessorise this dress in so many ways, different jewellery, jackets, tights, no tights... it's endless. This is why I can't get enough dresses!
Primark- £10
The forth item I brought was from Internacionale. It's a denim shirt! I have really tired to stay away from these because me and buttons don't really get along. I usually find that I get a load of gaps when I wear shirts but I got this in a couple of size up and it's perfect. It was on special offer with 20% off so I got it for about £13.60, which I think is a good price for a denim shirt. In comparison to the Primark version (which I tried on a few weeks ago) it's much softer and made with higher quality material. I would recommend this one as opposed to the Primark one seeing as there is only a couple of pounds difference in price and at the end of the day you'll be getting a higher quality product! This is perfect with some leggings, under a jumper or even tucked into a skirt. I think most people can get away with denim shirts in any season, they're so versatile I think every girl and guy needs one!
Internacionale- £13.60 (special offer)
The next item isn't clothing unfortunately but it still is something incredible! I really enjoy Whittard's Hot Chocolates and this time I have brought the 'Luxury White Hot Chocoalte'. It is beautiful! It's so so creamy and full of flavour! I honestly don't know how this company does it but any flavour of their hot chocolate is simply gorgeous and I can't find a comparison! Whittard's hot chocolates are £5.50 each but so worth it if you're mad on hot drinks and want something to treat yourself with once in a while! Alternatively they make a great present, but probably more for in the Autumn/Winter months.
Whittard- £5.50
I've been looking for a mint green for a while now. I have a similar colour by maybelline 60 seconds or whatever it's called but it stains my nails so I thought I'd try something else. Barry M polishes are only £2.99 and not bad quality either! To get a good coverage with this I had to use two coats but it doesn't take forever to dry or go lumpy so it's not too much of a negative. It's a little bit darker than I expected but still a gorgeous Spring colour.
Superdrug- £2.99
The last items are two MUA powder blushers. These are £1 each so I brought two colours; a shade 1 and a shade 4. I haven't tried these on my face yet but swatches on my hand are very nice. They seem to blend with my skin tone but shade 1 is slightly brighter and a little more shimmery whereas shade 4 is more subtle. I would most likely use shade 1 on nights out ect and shade 4 for casual wear. I've seen lots of bloggers and youtubers suggesting to use these so I presume they're good! Still for a £1 you can't go wrong!
Superdrug- £1 each
Just a note to anyone who doesn't know but yesterday I learnt that Superdrug do student discount! I think it's either 10% or 20% ? Whatever it is it's still a great money saver! You have to have a NUS card so you can't use a regular college or university card. I got my NUS card for free with Lloyds TSB when I signed up for my student account. Alternatively can pick one of these up for £11 (ish) from the NUS website. They're a great way to save money in high street stores and if I did pay for mine I would say it definitely has paid itself off!
Okay, so that's a wrap for my first haul blog! I didn't manage to purchase much yesterday as by boyfriend commented on everything I picked up and said I shouldn't waste my money! But these are the things I have managed to buy and my little personal opinion on them!
Thankyou for reading! (:
Ellabella
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