What's in my handbag?

Hello lovelies,
         
I have been wracking my brain trying to think of post ideas, using what I like to read and Youtube videos I like to watch as inspiration, and I realised that some of my favourite posts to read and watch are 'what's in my handbag?' posts, so I decided to post one of these for you. 

The handbag that I use all the time at the moment is this absolutely gorgeous brown Michael Kors bag in the colour 'luggage' that I bought with some of the money that I got for my 18th birthday nearly two years ago.

Now, I'm not one to splurge on expensive designer handbags, shoes or clothes, but when I saw this out Christmas shopping in Bristol with my dad on Christmas Eve (yes, the Hughes' leave everything to the last minute) I knew I had to get it, but that it was too close to Christmas or my birthday, which is on New Year's Eve, to put it on my list, and so a month later, using some money I had received over the festive period, I threw caution to the wind, stopped listening to everyone who said I was wasting my money, and splurged the £315 on the bag of my dreams.

I love everything about this bag. The size is perfect to fit all my crap that I cart around with me, but not too big that it looks awkward and unnatural. The versatility of having drop down straps and a long across the shoulder straps means that I can take it literally anywhere. The interior is stunning and practical, with 4 open pockets and a zipped pocket; and the 'luggage' brown colour means that it can match with any outfit, but isn't as boring as a black bag.

Now, getting into all 'my crap that I cart around with me. The first thing that's always in my bag is, of course, my phone. I have the iPhone 7 in 'black' which is the matte black shade. The case that I have on my phone at the moment is this one by Kate Spade. It's a really cute clear case with rose gold dots scattered across it, and the signature Kate Spade logo at the bottom. I can't find it online so I'm not sure if they sell it any longer, but I got it when I bought the phone and I think it was around £35.

The next thing in my bag constantly is my purse. For this Christmas/ birthday I am asking for this matching Michael Kors purse, also in the 'luggage' brown to go with the handbag, but for the time being I've got this cute little black purse that I got for Christmas a few years ago from 'the dogs' (hence the dog on the front). I think 'the dogs' AKA mum bought it from Debenhams, but I'm not sure.

It's a bit tattered because I've had it so long, and it hasn't got much inside it in the way of money-lol @ student life :( - but I think the size is fab as it fits perfectly inside any bag, including little clutches that I take on nights out, and it has lots of compartments to hold all my bank cards, gift cards, ID, student ID, stamps, receipts, etc.

Of course I have my keys in my bag, because otherwise I wouldn't be able to go anywhere/ get back inside the house. On my keys I have my house key and car keys, which are attached to a little keyring that Sam bought me that has a picture of a Little Miss character and says 'Little Miss Late' on it; and my key to my university house which I will be living in from the end of September. This key is attached to a keyring with a little plastic diamond on it that I won in a Christmas cracker. I put my uni house key on this keyring to separate it from the others, so that when I do move back to Bath and leave my car at home, I don't need to take all my keys with me and my mum is able to drive the car if she needs to.

The next thing that I keep in my bag all the time is my headphones, which are usually kept in one of the little pockets inside the bag. I've only got the bog standard, run of the mill iphone 7 headphones, so nothing exciting, but you never know when you're going to need them and the worst thing is when you're sat on a long train journey and realise you've forgotten them. Trust me, it's happened to me, FML. I roll my headphones up and secure them in place with bobby pins so that they don't unravel and get all tangled, and in the process I am killing two birds with one stone as this means that I always have emergency bobby pins on me too, incase of a hair emergency. There are also always a few loose bobby pins in one of the pockets. (No birds were actually killed in the making of this blog post)

My next item in my bag is my sunglasses. Now that it's summer in England we sometimes get treated to a few measly hours of sun and so these bad boys are needed just in case Mr Sunshine decides to show his face. These sunglasses are nothing special. I do not trust myself with expensive designer sunglasses as I either break them or lose them- the last pair ended up in the sea in Devon and will probably have washed up on the coast of Africa by now. So because of my inability to look after sunglasses, I stick to the cheap pairs. These ones were actually from Boots at the airport on my way to skiing and cost me £10.

I always carry perfume around with me, and I often carry a deodorant around in my bag too, just incase. The perfume that I am loving for daytime recently is this Elizabeth Arden Green Tea and Cucumber one which my mum bought back from Duty Free for me last summer, it's so fresh and smells gorgeous; but I also absolutely love to carry round Benefit's 'Ring my Bella' perfume as it smells divine, is in adorable travel-sized packaging, and has a punny name. -sorry-

I always carry my hairbrush to sort out any bad hair days that might occur. This one is like a circular paddle brush that is perfect for sorting out my knotty scrag of rats-tails and transforming them into luscious locks.

I will usually have whatever lip product I am wearing that day in my bag, alongside a chapstick to touch up my lipstick with and make sure my lips continue to look silky smooth. I'm not really a lipstick kinda gal so at the moment I have been slathering my lips in lipsalve to soften them, and then applying my Model Co Illusion Lip liner, which is the perfect natural nude, made to create the illusion of fuller lips. 

I suffer from Asthma and panic attacks so that means that I always have to carry my inhalers around with me. Luckily, I hardly ever need to use them, but I have my brown preventer that I am supposed to take twice a day, and my blue reliever that is taken as needed.

And that's it. That is the rundown of all the stuff that I carry around with me in my gorgeous handbag.

I hope you enjoyed this post, I know it was a little different but I am excited to be posting some different stuff and I am glad to be back!

With love,

Chloe x

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