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Hi everyone, it's Karen from the Geordie Grom Maw. Welcome back to my channel. I hope you're
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very well on what is a very grey, rainy, cold day in October here in the North East. So
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I hope you're all snuggled at home wherever you are. Today I've got an Amazon Essentials
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try on haul for you and I've also got some trainers to show you as well that I've been
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gifted. So I got six items from Amazon. I used the Prime Try Before You Buy. There was
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a few things I needed so I thought I'd have a look at a few different things while I was
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ordering. So as usual I'll show you them first, tell you how much I paid for them, give you
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some details about them, then I'll try them on and we can see what they look like. So
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for information I'm 5'4", I am a size 18-20 and I got everything today in a 2XL. I do
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have quite a large stomach, not quite sure what shape I am. I don't think I'm an apple
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shape, I've just got a big stomach. And I will be wearing shapewear for some of the
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clothes just to make it look a bit more streamlined. So for the first item I got a pair of black
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terry fleece joggers. I got them in a 2XL. They do come in a size extra small to a 6XL
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which all of these clothes do. They are from the Amazon Essentials collection. They come
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in 12 different colours. I got them in black. They were £20.50 and they are 60% cotton
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and 40% polyester. So I'll just show you them. They are just your basic black joggers
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with the drawstring waist, which I'm not very keen on but we can work with that. They've
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got pockets, they're quite wide at the bottom and they feel really, really snuggly. They've
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got a nice elasticated waistband so there is some stretch in there. So I'm going to
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try those on with the first jumper that I got. And this is a green V-neck long sleeve
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jumper. I haven't got much green in my wardrobe so I thought I'd pick a green up. This also
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comes in extra small to 6XL. I got it in the 2XL. It comes in 12 colours. It's £21.90
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and the material is 55% cotton, 25% modal, whatever that is, and 20% polyester. So I'm
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going to try this one on with the black joggers and we'll see what those look like. Okay
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these are both pretty huge on me. I'm just going to step back. I could have definitely
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sized down. The joggers, they're really comfortable but they are, I've tied this as tight as I
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can get it and they are very, very big. I could have definitely sized down. I like the
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pockets. I like the, the length's not bad. A little bit long but then I do have short
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legs. That's what they look like from the back and from the side. I do have some shapewear
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on with these. The jumper is huge. I like the jumper but I would definitely need to
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size down in this so I would have to go for an extra large. I like the fact that the cuffs
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are ribbed so I can pull them up my arms and they're not going to fall down. I like
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the colour. I quite like the colour on me as well but it is, you can see it is huge
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I like the v-neck. It's got a little bit of ribbon around the v-neck. That's what it looks
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like from the back. I like the fact that it is long at the back as well as at the front
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and it's got that little, that little split up there. I think this would look nice with
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a pair of jeans but it is, it's, I think it's too big. What do you think? Because I would
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if I size down, it may be tight. Do I want to wear a baggy? I'm not sure but that's the
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green jumper anyway. So let's go on to the next jumper. This next jumper is a grey cable
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knit jumper. Again, you can get them in an extra small to 6XL and I got it in a 2XL
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It comes in 21 different colours so if you like it, there's lots of options. It was £22
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and the material is the same as the green jumper. So 55% cotton, 25% modal and 20% polyester
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So this is the grey jumper. It has a round neck but it's not a high round neck so I quite
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like that. I like the cable knit. It gives it that chunky knit feel but it doesn't feel
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too thick. Long sleeves again and hopefully this is long and covers the back side like
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I like. So I'm going to try this on again with the joggers and we'll see what that looks
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like. So this grey one is also quite large. It looks weird on my shoulder there but I
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think that's maybe my bra strap doing that. I'll just step back. You can see it is very
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long in the arms. I've obviously got really short arms and the cuff isn't really tight
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so if I pull it up, they may not actually stay there. I do like the jumper. I think
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the jumper is really, really nice. It feels so soft. Again, I think it's too big for us
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but what do you think? Do you think I could get away with this? I wouldn't wear it with
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the joggers. I would wear it with jeans and I think the fact that these joggers have got
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this bow in them is making everything look a bit bulkier. Does that look a little bit
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better? But yeah, I do like the jumper. I think the jumper is really nice and I wouldn't mind
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this in a couple of colours as well. I do like grey but I do buy a lot of dark colours
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as my subscribers sometimes point out to us and I need some brighter things. So I think
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they had it in a red and I quite like it in the red as well but I thought I would get the grey
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just to try on. So yeah, that was the grey jumper. So I'm just going to talk to you about the
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Fitfil trainers that I got. So the first pair I got are these trainers. Now the reason why I
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ordered them, I got an email from Fitfil and they said, would you like to try a couple of pairs of
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shoes and you can show them on your channel? And I thought, well, I had a look at their channel
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and the reason I decided to go for them is because they did them in wide and extra wide
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and it said they were good for chronic foot conditions. Now if you've watched my channel
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before, you'll know I've got osteoarthritis in my feet and my ankles and I do have diabetic
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neuropathy which affects my toes. So looking for comfortable shoes, finding comfortable shoes
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is a difficult challenge sometimes. So I thought because they said that I would try them. So I
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ordered the pair of trainers. These are rebound core shoes. I got them in a UK seven and a half
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They had them in pink, purple and black and I got these in the purple which is featured on the back
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of the shoe and I got them in the white. They do do them in an extra white as well. So these are
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$79 or 65 pounds, but they are so light. They are really, really light. I have worn them around the
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house for the last day and they are very comfortable. I haven't been out in them yet
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because I just haven't been out of the house, but they are just so light and because they're
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wide, they don't hurt my toes because there's plenty of room for my toes to spread out in them
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and the seven and a half just gives us that little bit extra room that a seven wouldn't
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and an eight would be too big. So I like the fact that they did half sizes. They're nice and cushioned. I think they're memory foam inside and the laces, I like the fact that
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there was a gap here. I haven't seen that on other trainers or I haven't seen it on trainers that
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I've got or trainers that I've looked at in the shops, but what I find when I wear trainers
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because I've got osteoarthritis in my feet, is this part of the shoe where the laces are
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hurt my feet. I feel like I just want to take the shoe off because it hurts, but the fact that
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there's a gap in the laces there, they don't seem to press as much on the top of my foot
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but they are really, really comfortable. They do feel like they've got a little bit of a heel on
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them, but they are very cushiony to walk in, should we say. I was very, very pleased with
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them when they arrived. So those were the trainers. I also saw on their website these
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Cozy Core boots. Again, I got them in the UK, seven and a half. Again, these come in the wide
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and the extra wide and said they were good for chronic foot conditions. These were $89 or about
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£73. They do have a Velcro fastening. I was expecting a zip, but I don't hate the Velcro
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fastening. They feel suede. They're not real suede and they are furry inside, so they would
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keep you really warm in the winter. Again, it feels like it's got a bit of a heel on, but they
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are really, really light as well. I'll put all of the details in the description box below if you
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want to go and have a better look. But I just thought these would work really well with jeans
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jeggings, just for going shopping or just going out in the cold in the winter because my feet do
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get quite cold. Because these are furry inside, they would keep you really warm. I do think the
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seven and a half is a little bit bigger in the boot than in the trainer, but they are boots
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so you might want to wear thick socks with them. I think that would be better because if you wear
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these with thin socks, it did feel a little roomy inside, but I don't have really wide feet. It's
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only simply for the fact that I've got osteoarthritis that I want to have the wider fit
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so I've got room to spread my toes out and they don't nip. They've got a nice sole on them as well
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so I think that would grip quite well if it's icy outside. I do have a discount code for you if you
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wanted to order them. Again, I'll put the link in the description box below and I'll put the discount
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codes below. It's a 32% discount if you've never used Fitfield before. I know there are quite a
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few YouTubers have talked about Fitfield shoes, so you may have used them before, but if you haven't
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you can get a 32% discount, which is a really good discount. The code for that is Karen32
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which I'll put in the description box below. If you have used Fitfield before, you can still get
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a discount of 30%, which I think is really good. The discount code for that is Karen30
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but again, I'll leave those in the description box below if you want to go across and have a look
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They do have quite a wide range, so there's plenty to scroll through and have a look at
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It took about, I'd say, 10 days for these to arrive, which wasn't that much of an issue
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if you're desperately waiting for them. I do recommend that you go and have a look at least
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to see what you think. Back to the Amazon Essential clothing, and the next thing I got
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was a dress. Yes, me looking for the perfect dress that I don't normally find. This is a
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burgundy wrap dress, again, in extra small to 6XL, and I got it in a 2XL. It came in nine
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different colours. It is 95% polyester and 5% elastane, and it is £37.60, again, from the
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Amazon Essentials range. Now, it is a wrap dress. I've never, ever worn a wrap dress. I love the
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colour. I think the burgundy is a lovely colour. If you saw my autumn outfit video recently
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I got a burgundy and cream stripe jumper. I absolutely love the colour, so I thought I
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would try this wrap dress in the burgundy as well. It's a very polyester and elastane. It's a very
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silky kind of feel to it, so I'm going to try this on and see if I can get away with a wrap dress
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Do you know what? I really like this dress, and I'm very surprised. I'm just going to step back
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so you can see it. I think it's a nice length. It's just below my knees. I think it fits us
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perfectly. It makes us look like I've got a waist, which I have got a waist, obviously
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but it makes us look like I've got one. The tie, there's a little slit in the side where you pull
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the tie through inside and then go around the back, and then this bit has another built tie on
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it, and you tie them together. It's also got a hidden button here as well. It might be a little
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bit low, so I may have to put a little pin in there or possibly wear a camisole underneath it
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but I just think, I've got a mirror here, I just think that is really flattering
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What do you think? I haven't got any tights or anything on with it, so I'd probably wear, you
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know, tights and some nice shoes or boots with it, probably shoes if I was going somewhere nice
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because I think this is a dressy dress, but I just really like that. There it is from the side
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I think because it's got this gather detail, it doesn't make us look that huge. I'm not sure
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whether the material's clinging a little bit, so you can maybe see some of my lumps and bumps
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but, you know, I have lumps and bumps, so you're going to see them, but I'm really pleased with
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that. I think for the price, I think I said £37, I think that is well worth it. You know
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if you didn't like burgundy, there is quite a lot of other colours, but yeah, I don't know whether
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in fact, no, I don't even think if you sat down in it, it's not going to gape. The wrap
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part comes right to here and this goes right over the top. I think that's great. I really
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chuffed with that. I'll probably take a photo and then think I was wrong, it doesn't look good
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but at the moment, seeing it in the camera window, I like that. I think that looks good
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It's quite snug on the sleeves, I have to say it is quite snug, so if you've got bigger arms than me
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you might have a problem. You might want to size up a little bit. I think this one just goes up
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to an XL actually, did I say a 6XL? No, it goes up to 6XL, so you could upsize in this if you wanted to
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So that's the burgundy dress. I feel like I'm doing quite well so far because I think I've
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liked all of the clothes, just some of the sizes were a little bit off, but I like this dress
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So the next thing I've got is another dress and this one is a, it's a blue dress
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Again, it comes in extra small, but it only goes up to 2XL this one and I got it in the 2XL
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Comes in eight colours, it was £26.60, 95% polyester and 5% elastane. So this is what this
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one looks like. It does have short sleeves, but I've also bought a cardigan because I thought I
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would wear a cardigan with it. I do get quite hot even through the winter, so I don't mind
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short sleeves. There is a little bit of a gathering on the sleeve, which I really like. I think the
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print is very pretty, it's like a blue with a like a lighter blue flower on it. It's got a round neck
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but I would say that was more of a scoop neck. At the back, it's got like a keyhole detail with a
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little button. It's kind of like a tea dress, I would say. So it's got a seam across here
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across what would be a waist and the skirt does flare out a little bit. And again, this dress
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feels like the burgundy one I've got on, it's quite silky. So we'll try that on and see if we've
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got as much luck with this one. I think we have another winner here. I really like this dress as
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well. I think it just, the shape of it just really suits my figure. I love the colour. It fits really
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well. It's not tight around the waist. I like the length of the sleeves. I love the neckline
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I just really like it. So that's what it looks like from the front. You can see it's got a little bit
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of a flare in it from the side and from the back. I would probably wear this with some thick
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tights and boots or even thick tights and trainers. I think you could get away with this because it's
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quite a, I think this is quite a casual dress. I love the print. I think that colour is so pretty
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and it works well with my colouring. Yeah, I really like that. I'm very happy with that
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I'm definitely going to keep this. So yeah. So onto the last item and the last item is a cardigan
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It is a long line cardigan with long sleeves. It's cream, but they actually call it ecru
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but it's cream. And it also comes in size extra small to six XL. And again, I got it in a two XL
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It comes in 16 different colours and the material is 55% cotton, 25% modal and 20% polyester
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And it's £25.30 for the cardigan. Now it is quite a thin knit cardigan this
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um, well it's polyester, so it is a thin knit. You can see it's got a long sleeve. It's got
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no real collar to speak of. Uh, it does have pockets, which we like. Um, it's got a bit of
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ribbon on the bottom with a little, a little split to the side. Uh, it's got no fastening
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So it is a loose, it is a loose cardigan. So I'm just going to try this on with this dress. It's
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probably longer than the dress. Uh, and we'll just see what that looks like
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It's nice when you don't have to go off camera to change your clothes, you can just put it on
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Actually, I quite like that. I think that's quite nice. Um, I thought it was going to be too long
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but I don't know if maybe it would look better with jeans rather than
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than the dress, um, because it is longer than the dress, but I quite like the colour
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You know, if you're wearing it with dark, something dark underneath, um, it kind of
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brightens you up. Again, the sleeves are long, um, but they are elasticated at the cuff
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or ribbed at the cuff, so I can pull them up, which I would do. And I like the pockets. Uh
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they are, I could do with them being a little bit higher, um, because I couldn't reach to the
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bottom without stretching. Uh, so yeah, they could do with being a little bit higher for me
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but I am only five foot four. But yeah, I'm really, I'm really happy with that. It would
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be maybe nice if it had a couple of buttons, so if you wanted to fasten it, um, but it doesn't
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so I suppose you could always put them on. Um, but I think that's quite nice. I wasn't expecting
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to like it for some reason. So that's what it looks like from the front and from the side
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and then the back. But yeah, I wouldn't mind this and a couple of other colours as well
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Um, maybe a black or maybe a bright colour, uh, like pink or something. I'm quite happy with that
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I would go out wearing that, I think. But again, I think with jeans rather than this dress or maybe
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a longer dress. I do have a black dress that it might go with. I can think of so many things it's
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with. So that was everything I got from Amazon Essentials. I was quite surprised how much
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range they had, um, and the size range I thought was really good. The colour range is really good
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So if you've never looked at Amazon Essentials before, it's well worth having a look and you
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can use Prime Try before you buy. So you can get up to six items. You get seven days from when
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they arrive to try them on, um, without paying. Then once you've decided which ones you want to
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keep, you just send the rest back and you pay for what you've kept, which I think is a really useful
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um, feature that Amazon have got. And also don't forget to go across and look at the
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the Fitfil, um, shoes and trainers and boots that, uh, they have on their website. And again
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I'll put the discount codes below for you. So that's all I've got for you today. Um
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I hope you enjoyed that. Uh, again, like I say, it's really cold outside, so I hope you're all
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warm and snuggly inside. Uh, let us know what your favourite piece is. Um, I always like to hear your
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comments. So thanks so much for watching. I'll be back on Sunday with the Sunday Sunshine Show
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and we are talking about coats. So another, another clothing, um, video. So come back for
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that at half seven on Sunday morning. And that is in collaboration with the Transatlantic Housewives
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of YouTube, who are myself, um, Marie from Busy B. Marie, Maria from Maria Crocker, and Tina from
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Tina's Talk Time. So like I said, thanks so much for watching. Uh, I'll see you soon and bye for now
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