Bleached Denim Waistcoat - Yours Clothing £28.00 £18.00* White Dipped Hem 'Beautiful' T-Shirt - Yours Clothing £12.00* Peach & Pink Floral Bird Scarf - Yours Clothing £7.00  Necklace - Tiffany Heart Tag Pendant £130 Navy Blue Skinny Jeans  - Yours Clothing £25.00 (no longer available, similar style)  White Lace Up Plimsoles - New Look £7.99 Days in the park, sleeveless jackets and ankles on show can only mean one thing, summer is here!  This is an outfit I wore last Sunday, its super casual and slightly out of my comfort zone but I really enjoyed wearing it.  It was the perfect Sunday outfit, really chilled and comfortable but have to say I was slightly disappointed with the photographs.  They made me feel a little self conscious especially about my legs but then I came to think, who cares that my legs look a bit chunkier than normal in these jeans, I felt good and like the way they fit.  I think clothes are all about feeling good in them and who cares what other people may think, their opinion is irrelevant if you feel good! I love the way this t- shirt fits and the sleeves have a slight puff making them more flattering on my arms, the slight sipped hem is also super flattering and sits lovely at the back.  I haven't worn a T-shirt like this in years but have loads of ideas what I could wear this with, because of the pink detailing even wearing it with a pair of simple skinny jeans looks slightly more girly than a plain white top.   Denim jackets are my new 'thing' I have two at the moment and would not think twice about buying another, they just go with everything.  I have been wearing this one more often recently now the weather is nicer with literally everything, might even be getting to the point that people might think it's the only jacket I own, its just so easy to wear!  Expect to see this is many of my summer outfit posts, this is definitely one of my summer staples. These skinny jeans are actually the first pair of jeans I had bought in years, I got them in the spring in the Yours Clothing Sale and absolutely love them.  I hadn't had a pair of jeans fit me this well in years, I have completely over worn them but they still look as good as the first time because they wash so well.    I think its always the same when you find something you are comfortable in, I even started buying things to match 'my favourite jeans'.  High Five to Yours Clothing for making me feel comfortable in a pair of jeans for the first time in a very long time. I have noticed that my style recently has been getting a lot more casual, don't get me wrong I still love my skirts and dresses but I have found myself being drawn more to trousers and shorts, I wonder if it's a body confidence thing, because I am happier with my body do I feel better wearing certain things? *This post contains a couple of items gifted to me for review purposes, as always this does not influence my honest opinions, these items are marked with a *

I am always surprised when someone tells me they don't use a primer when applying their make up, it is something in my routine I just cannot live without.  Back in April I reviewed my all time favourite hydrating primer Illamasqua's Hydra Veil, I mentioned that it was finished and I was definitely going to repurchase, which I will but in the meantime Mypure have given me the opportunity to try out another one.  The Inika Pure Primer is a product I had never tried before and after reading a little bit about it online, it sounded like just my kind of primer.

The first thing I noticed about this primer is the luxurious looking packaging, the black and gold colour scheme speaks for itself and gives the impression that a very high quality product is inside.  The bottle is a matte black plastic which is not my favourite as foundation fingerprints take away it's beauty after just one use, although it is wipe clean it would be better without the matte finish.  I love that this has a built in pump it makes using the primer so much easier to use as one pump really is suffice per application.

The creamy formula reminds me of  a couple of primers I have enjoyed using in the past,  it feels instantly more hydrating and takes slightly longer to settle into the skin, so I always leave it for a few moments before applying my foundation.  The moisturising blend of coconut oil, jojoba oil and natural vitamin e helps to keep my skin moisturised all day whilst wearing a full face of make up.  The lemon leaf oil helps to keep excess oil controlled for most of the day but I do still feel the need to powder around six hours after application.  I also find this primer helps to correct the redness I tend to get around my nose and on my cheeks, this is more than likely down to the aloe vera leaf juice and lavender oil.  The scent is really uplifting which I am sure is the mix of bergamot oil, Apricot kernel oil and lemon leaf oil.  The fresh citrus scent makes me really enjoy using this, especially in the morning, when we all need a little wake up call.

I feel really happy using this knowing all the ingredients are beneficial for my skin, lots of the ingredients are similar to those in my skincare products so I feel like this is more like the last step in my skincare routine than the first step in my make up routine.  It is always so reassuring when all the ingredients of a product are easily read and not full of numbers and ingredients only a scientist could pronounce, luckily Inika's Pure Primer is free from talc, parabens, artificial fragrance and mineral oils.  As this is made with 81% certified organic ingredients it really is just packed full of all of the good stuff!

Products with such high quality ingredients do not come cheap, Inika Pure Primer retails for £29.50 at Mypure for 50ml, meaning this is around the same price as my current favourite but with 20ml more product and with so many more beneficial ingredients, it really is better value for money.  As I have only been using this for about two weeks I am still unsure if I would repurchase this but I am loving the results so far, we will see.

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It's been a while hasn't it, I hope you don't mind for the lack of normal posting in the last couple of weeks but you know when life just takes over, that. If you read this post you will already know I am spending my first month back in England with Charl from Ginger Girl Says and so far it's been really good, I am just so glad to be back in England!  It took me a couple of weeks just to adapt to British life again after being in Morocco for such a long time but I'm getting back into the swing of things now and have had lots to do keeping me busy, so I thought I would give you a bit of an update on all the exciting things I have been doing.