Hey Lovelies,

Sorry I've been absent for a while but Im back with a lovely little easter post, so grab all the chocolate you can and keep reading!

Planning my easter makeup led me to crave something more natural (ish) with a pretty spring time eye look. The makeup as mentioned below will definitely give you the pretty spring look we've all been looking for, even if this english weather isn't complying.


Lets all be honest I did this post due to my love of the I heart Revolution Surprise Egg rose gold, I am utterly in love with all aspects and most of all the travel friendly size! Also for the £5 price tag I had to try it, and I was not expecting to love it as much as I do now! Makeup revolution you did so well! Perfect for easter with the compact easter egg size, the rose gold packaging and the pinky warm tones - utter heaven in an egg with 2 beautiful highlighter shades. Be aware that I had to order this beauty online due to the amount of out of stock signs they have in stores, but I cannot wait to buy more eggs from the collection!


Of course I then had to include another recent essential of mine, the Bad Gal Bang Mascara by Benefit. This mascara is honestly out of this world (fitting as it contains aero particles derived from space technology - one of the lightest materials!). Adding the perfect amount of volume and length to my lashes like no mascara has ever done before, I find the formula dries very quickly on my lashes and feels weightless. It is also a little clumpy however I enjoy this as it makes my lashes look less false and naturally bigger. Overall the best mascara you will ever try.

 Finally another essential of mine is this Mac Lip Liner in the shade Boldly Bare, it works perfectly with my favourite Mac Velvet Teddy Lipstick and makes the shade last longer without adjusting the colour of velvet teddy. This is my perfect lip kit and isn't too much on the lips, so natural but 90's. Your lips but better! Also as its easter and a lot of eating and drinking is probably going to take place, no need to worry about your lips - the lip liner makes any lipstick last ages!


I hope you enjoyed this quick little post about my easter makeup essentials, and please let me know in the comments or social media (all my links are in the sidebar and below) if you have tried any of the products I've mentioned or any you recommend for me to try! Any excuse for makeup shopping!

Abbey Hearts ♥

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Hey lovelies,

So Valentines Day is just around the corner and if you haven't already got your makeup sorted, you can definitely plan a makeup look around this perfect lip colour!

Whether you are spending your valentines day with family, date night or with your gals then you can still rock this lip shade no matter what the event! Wearable in the day and super seductive for the night, suiting every skin tone. Of course I am talking about Sleek! An affordable beauty brand with quality at the heart. This is the Sleek Matte Me liquid lipstick in the Rioja Red shade.


Perfectly red in every way. I received this for Christmas and I've kind of been obsessed with this shade ever since! The formula is creamy yet matte (obviously) but doesn't feel overly drying on the lips. I desperately want to pick up more shades as they are only £3.95 on Feel Unique. The formula lasts a super long time, Ive even managed to eat and drink with only a little smudge but with reapplication looks perfect again.


I just wear this liquid lipstick on its own as I've found a lip liner isn't needed, due to the formula not bleeding out onto my skin - which I've found before with other high end liquid lipsticks!


As you can see the swatch of the lipstick matches the bottle perfectly, so you know what you're getting instantly. It is the 'perfect' beautiful red shade for any special event, and even though I have extremely pale skin it suits me to a T. Every once in a while we all need a bold lip colour to express ourselves and I think I have found mine.


Here is a quick selfie of me from Christmas Day wearing the lovely Matte Me lip! Also very wearable with any eye look from a classic smokey to just simple cat wings to spice things up a little. I wear this lip colour with any outfit, a dressy date night look to a lovely every day me.

The art of I love you book - link here. 

I really hope you enjoyed this little pre Valentines Day post, comment below with your favourite red lips or feel free to tweet me as all my social media links are in the sidebar! And of course I hope you have the best Valentines Day thats filled with lots of love, fun and most of all chocolate!

Abbey Hearts ♥

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Hello Lovlies,

Having never done a Bath bomb/Lush haul before ever on Abbey Hearts (Which is totally unlike me, bath queen over here) I thought November would be a fitting month. It's the run up to Christmas, its now snowing outside so why not cosy up - put the heating on full blast and run a nice relaxing bath. I have been a lover of all things bath time since forever, it makes it fun & relaxing all at the same time. The bath bombs/fizzers & bubble bars in this haul I have collected since the end of October (so excuse the halloweens items), from a mixture of places. I can't wait to share them with you!


First up are my beloved Lush bits, again from October but who says you can't just get round to using them?! However you may think I'm barking mad but the "Sparkly Pumpkin" bubble bar shown below is still available on the Lush website and leaving soon so be quick! It claims to be "uplifting, protecting and refreshing" all in one. But the true reason I bought into this sparkle bomb is indeed for the crazy amount of glitter - you'll find glitter everywhere after using this, trust me! Sparkly Pumpkin is a bubble bar therefore a little sprinkle under the hot running water is all that is needed to create autumnal heaven in the tub!


Another one of my favourite all time scents from Lush is Snow Fairy which is now available as a jelly bath bomb! Anyone else as excited as me? The snow fairy scent is timeless and gorgeous, with the jelly style bomb making a new twist on the old classic. Now not to be hasty or controversial but I this bath bomb to me is massive! Therefore I would never use all of it on one bath only. Call me old fashioned but I like to be savvy, priced at £4.95 each this will definitely last me at leat 2 - 3 baths, as well as some of the others in this haul. And its pink so whats not to love?


A newbie in my haul is Rocket Science, again from Lush priced at £2.95 each, which in my opinion is decent for the size you receive. The lovely sparkly blue colour is what first attracted me to this particular bomb, and again claiming to be "uplifting and refreshing" on Lush.com. I got this as a present for my mum to try as we both loveeee a good bath. I can't wait to see Rocket Science get fizzy in the bath, and the scents and trails it leaves behind. They're always so much fun!


A brand I haven't tried before but was intrigued to is bomb cosmetics. These 2 caught my eye immediately in the shop (it was a garden centre could you believe) just because of how beautifully christmassy and cute they are! I decided to purchase 2 as the deal was 2 for £6 which is cheaper than 2 bigger bath bombs at Lush. Both smell gorgeous, I picked up Ugly Ducking and Candy Cane Lane.  Priced at £2.99 each. I can't wait to see how they both fizz up and go under the challenge once in the water, because to this day I haven't found any as good as Lush.


Im sorry this was only a tiny haul, but a haul none the less. I also hope you enjoyed it! Maybe it gave you a little inspiration to go shopping (sorry not sorry). But it is the season for giving so why not treat yourself and a pal all at the same time! Please let me know if you would like to see my reaction/thoughts to how they all fizz up in the bath - and always keep an eye on my social media for that good ol reverse boomerang. Comment below if you have any recommendations for me to buy next...Im always on the lookout haha!

Abbey Hearts ♥

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Hello Lovlies,

So as we all hate to admit the new university term is quickly approaching and it will soon be October and I'll be a second year student, so crazy! Although I am nervous I am more excited, 1 year down two to go and I am enjoying every minute with my fashion promotion family. So because of this I have been feeling spendy on stationary bits recently, lately I can't leave a shopping trip without buying stationary. The addiction is real.

But Im guessing you didn't click on this post for nothing, welcome stationary addicts! A post to show you all the pretty stationary and give you a mild excuse to buy more...

Can we just take a moment to appreciate these beauties! I made a beeline for this collection when I saw it in the biggest and best Sainsbury's in Manchester, yes Sainsbury's! I am loving their stationary right now, including a marble and glitter collection (see further in my haul). The quality is amazing for just a supermarket and the bargain price tag! The A5 notebook was £4 and the pack of A4 wallet folders was £2.50! I love this design, it is so me and I will definitely be heading back to Sainsbury's for more as soon as! I have my eye on a beautiful pencil case and more notebooks, of the same pattern. (prepare to see this all over my insta & snapchat)


I got these cuties from the Works for 99p, they are going to be absolutely brilliant as cute page buddies for marking pages. I cant wait to start using them! With sticky backs, and great to write on.


Sadly these are the only ones I could find, but definitely check out your nearest the works shop! Similar here, so so cute!

I also picked up some of the hyped about stationary from Poundworld (not to get confused with the other pound shops) I could only pick up these 2 files as that is all my nearest shop had however I will defiantly keep an eye out for more of this 'premium collection' as the quality for £1 each is amazing!


The 'premium collection' contains folders, notebooks and diaries etc and I have to say I am a little obsessed with the marble one. Its just so pretty! Again for the price you can't really go wrong, these folders will be perfect for the different classes I have at uni and also perfect when handing in essays and projects, just to seem that little bit e x t r a.



Keeping with the ever so pretty marble theme, I picked this notebook up at Primark for £2.50. It was practically calling my name! The marble screamed to me and also the rose gold/copper hardware, on the spine and embossed "notes" on the front of the pad. The paper quality actually isn't bad for the price either, If I can remember they had more marble stationary items in the collection...but I had to draw the line somewhere. I also prefer to stick with A5 notebooks at uni, they can easily fit in your bag and not be heavy! Find it online here.

However I then saw these in Sainsbury's...


Pretty marble and rose gold bulldog (binder clips) for £2!!! Bargain! As I used these a lot in my first year of uni, I thought it would be nice to get some prettier ones instead of just the bogstandard black and silver ones. Think how good these would look binding together a look book or essay...gorgeous! Can you also tell I was sticking with a theme.

Also from Sainsbury's I was clearly feeling a little more jazzy than usual the day I bought this but I still love it (I am really loving Sainsbury's right now).


I must say sainsbury's is my go to for stationary right now, everything is such great quality and really cheap prices. Again I got this in the A5 size (however available in A4 too) because you don't want to weigh your bag down when you can be in all day, sometimes 9am till 5pm and also carrying a MacBook - can get tricky! With all good quality notebooks they have a little folder flap on the inside at the back which I find super helpful as I always have little sheets lying around from lectures and things. And at £5 it really isn't a bad price.

I then happened to accidentally stumble upon Tk Maxx and just had to get myself some more stationary, obviously.





So I picked up this notebook by the brand Fringe, which sadly I cant find anywhere online but defiantly head to Tk Maxx asap! They also had loads of different designs by this brand and the quality is insane, definitely worth more than £5.99. Also how cute is this pattern! It reminded me of those black and white american style notebooks, especially with the little slot for your name on the front. Above shows the lovely attention to detail inside this A5 notebook with a space for the date which is beyond helpful! I am constantly flicking back through my notes to find the date and this will make it so much clearer for me.

I really hope you have enjoyed this little back to uni stationary haul, please comment below or on twitter more pretty stationary I can buy I'd love you're suggestions and feedback! I hope this has been helpful for any of you going back to uni or just starting this September, keep an eye out on Abbey Hearts as I continue the back to uni series with outfit ideas, clothing hauls and uni hacks.

Abbey Hearts ♥

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Hello Lovlies,

So after just getting home from a little lingerie shopping spree, I thought I would share with you my recent purchases. Can you believe this beautiful lingerie set only cost £15 altogether, I just had to have it! Shop the set below!


I cannot get enough of the beautiful details on this set (bought separately) the little bow details, the rose gold hardware for extra femininity and the luxurious lace throughout. The almost watercolour floral pattern is what first attracted me, so why not buy the set?


Im sure this set would also look brilliantly pretty on every skin tone, I bought the bra in a size 32DD and it fit me perfectly. I usually have trouble finding bras that fit me well (they should do half sizes) but this fit couldn't be better! Also for a DD bra it is not 'ugly' as such, no thicker straps for extra support and the style of the bra is stunning. A plunge bra in various sizes plus DD+ is often hard to find. After trying this bra on it really does do exactly what it says on the tin, the soft touch cups/fabric really are super soft! Which again sold it to me! The bra and knickers feel almost silky, very luxurious for the price tag. I can't wait to wear this and feel beautiful!

Again the beautiful rose gold hardware details, by F&F at Tesco

The cups are also very smooth, which means they can be worn under many items of clothing.

Just B E A U T I F U L

This set was only £15 altogether, to which you can still buy online and in store as part of the F&F signature collection. The bra was also available as a deal, 2 signature collection bras for £16! Such a bargain when they are such good quality! I will definitely be purchasing more of these pretty new sets, as they had some lovely prints including this one, so shop the set...

F&F at Tesco Plunge Bra £10

F&F at Tesco Matching Knickers £5

Definitely check out your closest F&F at Tesco, I highly recommend it!

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Abbey Hearts  ♥