HAUL: Cath Kidston Factory Outlet

The first ever Cath Kidston Factory Outlet haul is still one of my most visited blog posts (see here)! Since first visiting the Factory Outlet Shop in St. Neots I have made every excuse you could imagine to visit there again. There are so many great bargains to be had but the unpredictability of stock has sometimes meant my shopping trips there haven't been all that successful. Sometimes there just isn't anything I need or want. However, the last time I visited it was successful and made even more so by the fact that I can now buy the many Cath Kidston baby related products I have yearned after for years. 

This is what I got on my last visit recently...  

^Peg Bag WAS £14 NOW £7. We're planning on putting little socks or bibs in this, then hanging it in the babies room.^

^Carrier Bag Store WAS £10 NOW £2. We thought this could have nappies or vests in for the baby, an easy way to store and access them.^

^Tea Towel WAS £7 NOW £3. We aren't sure what this will be for yet but it will no doubt end up in the baby room. Any ideas would be appreciated?^

^Perhaps one of my most favourite Cath Kidston purchases ever - Changing Bag WAS £60 NOW £30. The use of this is pretty obvious and I was impressed it came with a changing mat and bottle warmer too.^

^Holiday Bag Foldaway WAS £38 NOW £25. This is actually a really big bag that folds out and can also be folded away. I think I might use it as one of my hospital bags when I go into labour, it has a detachable zip pocket inside and it's machine washable.^

Have you got any bargains from the Cath Kidston Factory Outlet?

Feel free to leave me comment :)

Helen x

SHOP: Cath Kidston Factory Outlet Shop in St Neots

A while a go we went to Cambridge for such a lovely day out, on the way there we passed St. Neots and it was just rude not to pop into the Cath Kidston Factory Outlet Shop! We didn't get as much as I did last time I visited (see post here). I felt that the choice wasn't as good as it was last time, as they had a lot of sale items, but that's part of it being a factory outlet shop - it's the items that are discontinued or not selling very well. I do just love walking around and looking at all the pretty designs though!

^ Duck Print Towel, £6 ^



^ Provence Assorted Hand Cream Trio, £4 ^

^ 2014 Diary, £2 ^

^ Passport Holder, £2 ^

Which are your all time favourite Cath Kidston items?

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NAILS: Cath Kidston Inspired

This nail art is inspired by Cath Kidston, I love having flowery nails as almost everything I own has some kind of floral print!

Firstly, I painted my nails with Miss Sporty Quick Dry. I love the vibrant blue colour, perfect for brightening up these rainy days recently! I then used the Poundland white nail art pen to create the polka dot effect. If you don't have a nail art pen with a fine nib just use a cocktail stick, (carefully) snap off the end so that there isn't a point (this helps with even application). Dip into any white nail varnish and dot onto the nails. I try and do this step quickly after applying the blue nail varnish, so that the white dots 'sink' into the blue, creating a more even finished look.  

 

Next I used MUA nail varnish in Shade 3 to create 3 larger dots on my fourth fingernail. But you can use any darker nail varnish you have: purple's and pink's generally work best.

 

While the darker nail varnish is still wet add a paler colour into the middle, this time I used a white. Quickly use a cocktail stick or nail art tool to swirl the darker and lighter colour nail varnish together, making sure that you don't make the circle any bigger.  

 

Then I added some leaves to the flowers using ASDA Nail Polish in Aqua 23. I have used a glittery green nail varnish before for a more sparkly finish.  

 

Here's the finished look:

 

 

What do you think?

 

Feel free to leave me a comment :)

 

 

Cath Kidston Factory Shop ♥

 

I have known about the Cath Kidston Factory Shop for a while but hadn't got around to visiting! It's located in St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, which is only around an hour from me. I was genuinely so excited to visit, not only because I'm a massive Cath Kidston fan but also because there are some great bargains to be had there too! I was surprised at how busy it was because we went at around lunchtime on a Friday. It was so funny to see all of the men in the cars outside, looking very bored waiting! In fact Tom was the only man in the shop for the whole time we were in there, which was about an hour and a half!

 

The factory where they keep a lot of the Cath Kidston stock is attached to the shop, so you can people collecting online orders people have made and then packaging them up! It was so interesting to see how the 'online' world is in reality - I've never seen anything like it. The factory shop isn't much bigger than normal Cath Kidston shops but it's got such a wide range of products that are all priced differently, it does take a while to get around. I noticed that some identical products would be different prices, so its well worth checking the labels to find the best price!

 

Some photo's from inside the store...

 

 

 

 

 

The stock is all discontinued products, which doesn't bother me at all! There were a lot of summery patterns in the factory shop, due to the Autumn/Winter ranges being stocked in their main shops now. As it's discontinued stock, it's constantly changing, which is partially good as you can find some lovely products but if you live far away and wanted something specific you couldn't be sure they'd have it in stock. I really wanted some new lanyards for work and I knew they had sold them previously, but they didn't have any in stock when I visited. It's just worth considering.

 

On to my haul...

 

 

 

This is a large washing bag that I bought for Tom's sister who's about to be going to University! Carrying your washing to the University laundrette used to be such a chore, in fact I just hand washed a lot of my clothes! But with this gorgeous bag Tom's sister can carry all of her washing to the washing machines easily! It only cost £9 as well.

 

 

Wash Bag £10

 

 

Baby changing mat, which has a pocket for wipes and a detachable pocket for dirty clothes/new nappies etc - £12

 

 

Gadget Case - I think I'll use this to put my blog business cards in when I go to events or my camera, I'm undecided - £3.50

 

 

 Plastic Picnic Bowl £3

 

 

 Tom bought me this for our 3 year anniversary, it's their weekend bag so it will be perfect for when we visit our families or go for weekends away! It was £30.

 

 

 There were loads of different style bibs suitable for both girls and boys, which were all priced differently. This was the cheapest at £2.50.

 

 
 

 

This Sewing Set is so cute and only £4 its a bargain too! I think I'm going to give this to my friend for Christmas.

 

After visited the factory shop we had a day out in Cambridge, they have one of the best Cath Kidston shops I've been into - it's huge! As the factory shop didn't have any lanyards, I bought this one from Cambridge for £3.

 

Have you visited the Cath Kidston Factory Shop?

 

Do you want to?

 

Feel free to leave me a comment :)

 

Cath Kidston from John Lewis ♥

Yes I love Cath Kidston. Yes I probably talk about it too much. Yes I spend too much money there. But no I don't care :)

I picked up these little beauties from John Lewis, they're 'Wild Flowers Assorted Hand Creams' and only cost £6! Each one is 30ml, so perfect for the handbag, holidays, weekends away or if your feeling really generous then you could split them up and give them as presents!

The 'wild flowers' scents are wild rose, bluebell and honeysuckle, personally my favourite is honeysuckle. They all have very strong scents, there's no denying they smell of flowers, so if you don't like strong scents these may not be the hand creams for you.

I really like the texture of these hand creams, they soak in quickly and their scent stays for hours! Very moisturising and such cute packaging, typical Cath Kidston!

Have you tried these before?

Are you a fan of the Cath Kidston toiletries?

The love for Cath Kidston grows...

Your probably aware that Cath Kidston are having an amazing sale at the moment! I sometimes visit the outlet Cath Kidston shop at Bicester village and have to stop myself wanting to buy EVERYTHING! Everything is just so pretty, vintage inspired and kitsch - all things I love. However I do think that Cath Kidston can be quite expensive and wouldn't often buy anything that was full price, so sales are my best friend!

 

These are my favourite items for this Cath Kidston Sale that are all £10 or under...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are your favourite picks from the Cath Kidston Sale?