Swarovski Crystal Necklace.

Hey guys!
So lately I've been making earrings, just for fun really. I made a post earlier, here. & recently I have been interested in necklaces too so I searched around for a few things & they arrived today so I quickly put something together and here is what I came up with..

 

The chain & bails are 925 sterling silver and the pendants are genuine Swarovski crystals. I could have just bought silver plated chains & findings but I prefer quality.

Although I just make these as a hobby a few people have told me that I should start making them & selling them so I've been considering it and searching for quality beads & such but I'm not sure I want to definately go for it because the costs aren't low & it is a lot of work & effort.

What do you guys think?

Any tips/advice?

Ohh btw I named that necklace "Apple of my eye" hahaha  :)

Collective Haul!

I've bought a few things in the past couple of weeks so I thought I'd do a collective haul to share some of the things.

Starting off with Makeup, surprisingly I haven't bought much makeup recently. I'm not really a lipgloss kinda girl, I like my lips moisturised but not glossy, I wanted something that lasted longer than lipstick for work so I popped in Superdrug for some lipstains. The colour doesn't budge and I can put lipbalm over it, perfect. I wanted to try the Revlon Just Bitten lip stains  but they didn't have the colour I wanted so I got these two instead..

Superdrug (Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstain, 150 Tender Rose) £5.99

This smells really nice, I love the colour aswell & its quite buildable. Lasting power is good, it lasts me long enough! The only problem is that mine has seemed to dry up really quickly.. not sure if thats just me.

Superdrug (GOSH Long Lasting Lip Marker, 002 Pink) £6.99

This smells amazinggg, the colour is quite bright, I just use this in the centre of my lips over the Maybelline one. The lasting power on this is amazing, it lasts foreverrrr.

eBay (Clarins Mosaique Summer Bronzing Compact SPF 10) £34 + £2 (RRP £26)

I'm so glad I got my hands on this, I never knew it was limited edition until I went to the Clarins counter in Boots & asked for it. The lady showed me a tester that she put away because they sold out because it was limited edition, she guaranteed me that I wouldn't find it anywhere! I was heartbroken. It was sold out in every online store so I decided to go on eBay & I found one from a seller called yourbeautybargains . I had to bid for it though, I always buy things on eBay but this was my first bid & I won! I payed £34 + £2 p&p for it, although it cost me £10 more than the RRP it is so worth it! The packaging is amazing, you also get 20g worth of product, that is loadssss. I was actually surprised at how big it is, it was the first thing I noticed when the lady showed me in Boots. The colour is perfect, not too shimmery either.

Ring fetish..

Top Left: Forever21, £3.90 || Top Right: Forever21, £3.15, £3.15, £3.90
Bottom Left: Accesorize £12 || Bottom Right: H&M £3.99

I had one more but it disappeared when I got home :(

& other random bits & bobs..

 Muji (Acrylic Pot, Deep) 95p each

My tinted moisteriser and BB cream is coming to an end so I bought these to scoop the products in when I cut them open.

Muji (P.E. 30g Tube) £1.25 each

I got these little tubes to put my cleanser and moisteriser in for when I go camping so I don't have the bring the big tubes.

 Pylones T/A Octopus (Pig Flashlight) £5 each

Me & my little sis got these for when we go camping. Ther're so cute & they don't use batteries either, eco-friendly (Y)

I got some clothes too & a few other bits too but I don't have photos of those.

I ordered a few nail supplies online too, some have arrived & I'm waiting for a few more but I'll do a mini haul when they all get here :)

What have you purchased recently?

DIY Earrings

Sometime over a week ago I felt like making my own earrings, just for fun. Cuff ones especially because its so hard to find them in the shops, I have a few pairs but I had to get them online from Singapore. So I went online & ordered all the stuff I needed, earhooks, jumprings, beads, pendants, chains.. Got them all & then realised I had no pliers! So a ordered some a couple days ago, they came in the post today so I thought I'd do a bit of experimenting. I still need to order more beads though, I need more variety!

 A cuff earring.

 

A pair of Swarovski heart earrings :)

Everything is so small & fiddly, turned out to be much harder than I thought it would be.