Fashion | Late Night Shopping at Harvey Nicks

Went to the Harvey Nichols Leeds Student Event last night at Victoria Quarter with fellow blogger @Lily_Delamode/@simply-life and fashion designer Kamilla Yau. Doubling as the Leeds RAG Fashion Show Wrap party, perks included free entry, late-night shopping with 10% beauty brands (which a shop assistant informed me is something rare for Harvey Nicks), a goody bag of purchases over 50 pounds, which wasn't hard to achieve if we pooled our receipts together.

I've been hesitant about the sheer skirt trend but eventually succumbed to buying one off missguided and was pleased I did! Suppose it's one of those things you can't wear just anywhere but it fit this particular occasion well. Score.

The night was spent browsing through all the gorgeous new season additions and sipping free pomegranate cider. Oh here's a useful tip for you ladies (or gents even): go shopping with a fashion student, or better yet, a fashion design graduate! They are able to spot the tiniest details that often gets missed by the untrained eye and makes all the difference from a good buy and buyer's remorse.

In the end we spent our $ on the beauty counters: I bagged two items that have been highly recommended by youtube gurus and friends alike (The Shu Uemura UV mousse base and the bareMinerals powder) I can't wait to try them out. Kamilla bought some glitter effect nailpolish from under-rated brand 'butter'. The pigmentation of glitter nail polishes tends to come out quite weak when painted on but these polishes actually had great strong color with only one coat. It's convincing enough to make me consider nabbing some up for myself.

Combining our collective haul, we qualified for that free goody bag which contained samples from Dermalogica, an invite to the next fashion event hosted by Harvey Nichols and a pack of mini 'ohso' chocolate - healthy chocolate (could it be??) that contains probiotics that are found in yoghurt to aid digestion and general well-being. Never heard of this brand before but my god, good-for-you chocolate that tastes good as well?  I need to find company HG and demand a lifetime supply! Plus, look how adorable the packaging is!