OOTD: Scout Vintage Blogger Event

All the photos in this post are courtesy of Hannah and her fabulous camera.

Cami vest- Primark

Skirt- H&M

Kimono- New Look

Socks- Primark

Shoes- New Look

Bag- New Look

Just over a week ago, I was lucky enough to attend #scoutshonour2014 which was organised by the lovely Kayleigh and was held at Scout Vintage in Sunderland. It was a fantastic evening (post coming soon!) and, before the event, we couldn't help but stop in a little side street to take some outfit photos- something I've never actually done before so it's safe to say I was extremely awkward!

It was insanely hot that day so I wanted to wear something to keep me as cool as possible, and those little camis from Primark are ideal for summer at only £5 a pop! The shoes are a big thing for me, I've had my eye on them for a while and they're so different to anything I've ever worn before, so I impulsively bought them one day before having that awful realisation that I was probably never going to wear them. Eventually, I plucked up the courage and oh my god, I love them. They're unbelievably comfortable, so easy to walk in and I actually had a few people tell me that they really liked them! Also, I've just realised how horrendously chipped my nail varnish is here, I really should have redone it before I went out..

I think I'm going to have to make more of these posts, I really enjoyed doing this!

Sophie

The Colour Run 2014

The 20th of July brought with it another new first for me- my first ever fun run! The Colour Run is a 5 kilometre run (about 3 miles) which took place around the Stadium of Light in Sunderland and aims to make each and every runner as colourful as possible by the end of it! At each kilometre of the course, a different colour station is set up where the lovely race volunteers did their best to completely cover you in powdered paint and trust me, they certainly did their jobs!

The run started at 11am and sent various waves of runners off every few minutes to avoid too many people being in the starting chute at once. As a group of ten, we were running to raise money for a little three year old girl with cystic fibrosis who needs a high frequency chest wall oscillation vest (HFCWO) to help towards her physiotherapy to keep her lungs clear, which costs £7000. 

There we are before the race looking lovely and clean, not that it lasted for long! Admittedly, I only ran about half of the course and then walked the rest as I didn't do anywhere near enough training, but I'm quite proud that I managed that! 

The picture above doesn't quite show it as well as I'd wanted to but oh my, we were certainly colourful! As you crossed the finish line, you were handed your own pack of paint which you could use for the designated colour throws which happened every 15 minutes to welcome new runners across the line. There was a great DJ playing some great music on stage so it really felt like there was a festival atmosphere, it was incredible!

This is my favourite picture from the day which Daniel took, it looks so incredible with all the paint in the air after the colour throw! It was such an amazing experience, I definitely want to do it again if it comes back to the region, hopefully I'll manage to run the whole thing next time! I'm not sure yet how much we've raised but I'll be sure to tell everyone when we've added it all up!

Have any of you ever done the Colour Run or something similar?

Sophie

Yves Saint Laurent Le Teint Touche Eclait

This post was bound to appear sooner or later. I’ve mentioned it in so many of my previous posts so I thought, why not do a bit more of an in-depth post on it?

I first discovered this foundation just over a year ago. As I may have mentioned, I used to use the MAC Studio Fix foundation but it never seemed to apply the way I wanted it to on my dry skin, so it was definitely time to find a new one. My Mam was the person who introduced me to YSL because she always used it when she was younger, so she suggested I had a look and, after consulting one of the lovely ladies on my local YSL counter, I left with a bottle of this in hand. I had owned one of the Perfect Touch foundations previously and was not a fan at all, so I was a wee bit sceptical as to what this offering would give, not really expecting much. Oh how wrong I was.

Eventually, a foundation has been found that actually proves a pretty damn close match to my ridiculously pale skin tone (as mentioned in previous posts, I wear the shade BR10) - something I’ve always struggled with, especially with high street foundations. On their website, YSL claim that the illuminating foundation "highlights the contours of the face" and gives a "long lasting look of radiance and the appearance of a flawless perfection" and I can honestly say, it really does. As I only really wear foundation if I'm going out somewhere special, I wanted something that was going to be long-lasting with excellent coverage that would still give me a natural look- this just ticks all those boxes. It has a pretty dewy appearance and only requires a light powdering for that perfect flawless appearance, and with an SPF of 19, it’s ideal for those lucky enough to tan in the British summer! Also, it has the most gorgeous smell, not too highly fragranced but very nice.

It pains me to say it, but this foundation does have one small fault. Lately, I’ve found the skin around my nose to be quite dry (thank you hayfever!) and when I’ve applied my foundation, it has clung a bit to these dry patches however I’m pretty sure most foundations would do the same thing, so this certainly isn’t something which will cause me to stop using it.

So, have any of you used this or any other YSL foundation? What did you think of it?

Sophie