My favourite makeup look of the week...

Ok, so this is one of six posts that are going to be a little bit different (and much shorter) to the normal posts I do and I'm planning to do them every weekend. Basically, these posts are going to be about my favourite makeup look from  during the week. Of course, I can't actually show you any pictures of my actual face and what the makeup looks like on me but hopefully I am good enough at describing how I put everything on and you have a good imagination! So lets start the first post about my favourite makeup look from this week!

 

 

I am not going to go into much detail in later posts about how I put on my foundation, concealer, powder, and eyebrow powder because it mostly stays the same and it will just get boring but if you want to know how I apply my base makeup then feel free to comment below and ask me. I will tell you what the different products are even though I've probably mentioned them all at some point on my blog! (left to right): Work The Colour Eyebrow Kit by Collection, New Skin Revive foundation by Sleek MakeUp, Ideal Flawless CC powder from Avon, and Wake Me Up concealer by Rimmel.

 

 

After I have done my basic makeup, I move straight onto my eyes. I usually go for a two-toned eye shadow look and I put the lighter shade all over my eyelid and put a darker shade in the outer corner of my eye and then brush it up into the crease (I hope that description actually makes sense to you!) The two eye shadows I used for this look were Golden Sand (the shimmery gold shade) from the All About The Eyes Palette by Little Mix with Collection and the chocolate-y brown shade (it doesn't have a name, sorry!) from the Colour Works natural palette. Finally, for my eyes, I put on mascara, I know I have mentioned this in two posts and now three posts in a row but I will say what mascara it is again! It's the Does It All Water Proof mascara by Collection.

 

For my lips, I always put some sort of lip balm on before I put on lip gloss or lipstick so my lips don't feel really dry. This time the lip balm was Chupa Chups (a type of lollypop, in case you didn't know) Lip Smacker and over the top I put on a pastel-y pink Barry M lip gloss, I'm really sorry I don't know what the colour was called or if it even had a name.

 

That was all for this post but there will be a second one next weekend, I promise! Please comment down below if you do like this sort of post (even if it isn't the same as a video!) I am still doing normal posts but they will be published some point in the middle of the week, I'm not sure but if you keep checking, I'm sure it will be up before the end of the week! Post soon xx



My Latest Beauty Obsessions...

Hi again people! Yes, I am posting a bit sooner than usual because it is the holidays for me now which means I can post more often! There is also another reason why I'm writing a normal post in the middle of the week but you will have to wait until the weekend to find out... ;)

 

As you can tell from the title, I am finally doing another Beauty Obsessions post! So the first beauty product I want to tell you about is these amazing (no exaggeration!) CC pearls that I got from Avon. They are honestly better than any powder I know of because as soon as you brush it on you can tell the difference from when you didn't have them on to when you did have them on. I have been using them instead of my usual powder. The other great thing is it makes you look more natural because they just enhance and tone your own complexion. The pearls are in different colours so there are green, purple, red, yellow and blue pearls for each of the different tones in your skin to make it look like you have a more even complexion.

 

 

Recently, I have got more into Simple because I have heard a lot of good things about it. I already had a travel version of the Simple Kind To Skin Moisturising Facial Wash but I wanted to try a better daily exfoliator and I found this Oil Balancing Exfoliating Wash and, as I've mentioned before, I have really annoying oily skin so I found it and I thought I should try it out. Since trying it for a while now, I really think it is much nicer to my skin than the one I was using before and it also makes my face appear less shiny which I like because I hate looking like I'm melting to be honest, haha!

 

 

Next up is a new lipstick that I got recently. It is from Avon like the CC pearls and it was from the new range of lipsticks they had (yeah... I forgot the name of the range and I threw away the box it came in so... soz) and it is in the colour Berry Blaze. Thinking about it now, you can't see the colour so I am going to try and describe it to you (be warned I am rubbish at describing!) it is a very deep burgundy but it's more purple than red. Yep... I warned you, I am really bad at describing so you might want to just search it up... hang on, I didn't tell you what range it is... I think it is from Ultra Colour but I'm not sure at all!

 

 

The next thing is the mascara I talked about using in my last post. I am absolutely loving it! It's the Does It All Waterproof Mascara and it really does live up to its name as it actually does everything I want a mascara to do but in one. There are five things; it is waterproof, curls, volumises, is long-wearing and conditions your lashes so it is really good.

 

 

Next up, is a Sure Long Lasting Protection deodorant! I guess a deodorant is a bit weird to put in a Beauty Obsessions post but I really wanted to tell you about this fragrance in particular because it smells so nice and it is a bit different. It is violet and apple which I've never heard of as a fragrance before but I really like it. And, deodorants are always a must-have so even though I didn't include it in my Summer Tips/Ideas posts, please put some on! ;)

 

 

Finally, I have a shower gel from Ashden & Co by Mad Beauty that I got in a shower set for my birthday from one of my friends. It is travel size which is good because I've nearly ran out of my other shower gel and it smells SO NICE! I tried to find the fragrance but all it said was that it was a unisex Ashden fragrance which makes sense because I wondered why it smelt slightly like a mix between an aftershave and a perfume! And yes, I actually like it so you can always be surprised! I honestly love the smell so much that I might have to get more 'unisex' shower gels which sounds very weird!

 

Anyway, that was all today and I will post something special very soon xx

**Have you heard about Action 1D? They are making videos saying what they want to change in the world (I've only watched Louis' one so far so I need to catch up!) and they are also giving anyone else the chance to make a video saying what you want to change in the world.It sounds like a pretty cool idea to me even if I can't  get involved myself as I can't show my face all over the internet but if you can and you want to, feel free, I mean I've been watching some of the videos by other Directioners.**

My health and beauty tips for the summer... (pt 2)

Yay! It is FINALLY the summer holidays!! Well, at least for my school because we got to leave yesterday but some of the other schools I know are leaving on Wednesday so I guess I got lucky! Also, I don't know when any other countries' schools finish so if you live somewhere else and not the UK, then please comment down below because I would love to know where you come from and when your schools break up for the summer!

 

Anyway, I had loads more ideas for beauty in the summer so I decided to make another post about them. This is part 2 of my beauty tips for the summer...

 

 

This tip is to wear WATERPROOF mascara, or just anything waterproof because the summer is usually when you go down to the beach or swim in the pool. And if you are wearing a really nice mascara or eyeliner and you get splashed with water or you want to swim in the water, you don't want to end up looking like a melting panda (I love pandas but we are humans!). These two mascaras are my favourite mascaras at the moment, the purple one (just the colour of the tube, it is a normal black mascara!) is the Does It All Waterproof Mascara and the pink one is the Volumising Mascara. They are both by Collection.

 

 

The next tip is to wear lip balm because when the weather changes (which has happened a lot here in Britain!) your lips can get dry, this is not just when it is cold, it can also happen in the heat. If you didn't know already, my favourite lip balms are from The Body Shop. This lip balm is one of my favourite Born Lippy's, it is called Satsuma Shimmer and it has little specks of shimmer in it and smells so fruity! <3

 

 

I love facemasks, but I never find much time to do them unless it is in the holidays so this is my favourite thing to pamper myself with in the summer after a stressful school year. The first facemask is one that I haven't actually tried out yet but I really want to and it looks really good, it is by Quick Fix Facials (who do loads of different types of facemasks) and is the Anti-Blemish Mud Mask for oily and spot prone skin. As soon as I saw this on the shelf, I just knew I wanted to get it because my skin is very oily and spot prone which can be horrible so I really want to see if it works. Also, a bonus is it can do 10 facials!

 

The other two facemasks aren't necessarily ones that I have used before but I have used a couple of ones from the same place and I love them! They are from Superdrug and the first one is a Fruit Sorbet Antioxidant Peel-Off Mask. Now, I have had a bit of a nightmare with a previous peel-off mask because I ended up having to wash some of it out of my hair with the help of my friend when I was round hers! However I have decided to try it out again. The other one is a Cucumber Cooling Clay Mask which sounded cool (haha, get it?) because I like using other cucumber skin products as they feel nice and refreshing.

 

 

I am absolutely obsessed with dry shampoo and there is always a new one that I want to try out but I think that they are especially nice to use in the summer to put some volume and lightness into your hair. They are also meant to refresh your hair without having to use water which is useful, for me anyway, as my hair gets more easily greasy in the summer because the heat makes me sweat (yes, it is normal, as I said in the previous post!) and I have a fringe so it touches my face which makes my hair greasy. I don't know, I kind of researched that bit as I was wondering and I wanted to sound intelligent... but that failed!

 

I highly recommend these two dry shampoos, the left one is the Pantene Pro-V Dry Shampoo Instant Refresh and I've been using this one a lot recently. The right one is the Girlz Only Haircare Dry Shampoo and there are different colours for different things, this one is for 'Party Nights' but I also have the blue one which is 'Down 'til Dusk' and I have another one which is purple but I can't remember what it is called.

 

 

The last tip I have for the summer is to use a weather resistant hairspray because it keeps your hair in whatever style you want for such a long time even in the heat. This one is the VO5 High Volume hairspray and it holds your hair for a whole day and at the end of the day it still brushes out easily which is great because who wants to go through pain before going to bed? It also dries really fast which is good as I hate it when my hair is slightly sticky from hairspray, it doesn't show that you're wearing hairspray and, the reason why I think it is the prefect hairspray for summer, it isn't affected by humidity for 24 hours.

 

So that was all for my post today but don't worry, I am planning to post much more often during the next 6 weeks because I finally have more time! :) But for today, post soon xx

**Who else is enjoying listening to Poison by Rita Ora, I love it! <3 **



My health and beauty tips for the summer...

Sorry that I have posted this one a teeny bit late but I suppose it's better than nothing! Anyway, if you live in the UK like me, then you will know that it has actually been hot for the past couple of weeks, even though last week did have some typical rain! But now the sun is back today and I thought that it would be a great opportunity to make a post for my beauty tips for the summer... <3

 

My first piece of advice for the summer is to get a really good foundation that is long-lasting so it won't come off in the heat and the sweat (yes, sweating is natural!), oil free (this is only if you already have very oily skin, like me, and extra oil in your foundation in the heat does not end well. At least not for me!). And finally, you need a foundation with some sort of SPF in otherwise you could get a very burnt face, especially if you burn easily, which luckily I don't have much of a problem with!

 

These two foundations have all of those features in so I think they are perfect for summer. The first one is my favourite foundation ever, by Sleek MakeUp and it is called New Skin Revive. It has an SPF 15, which may not seem like much but it is a big difference between one that doesn't have any SPF, it is also oil free and although it doesn't say, I've been using this a lot for school and lasts for the whole day. The second one is by Collection and is called Lasting Perfection. This foundation lasts for at least 16 hours, has an SPF 20 and is also oil free.

 

 

This tip kind of links with the first one because if it is really sunny then I will sometimes put a small amount of sun cream underneath my foundation as it gives more protection, it is a good idea if you are outside a lot during the day. Obviously, I will always put sun cream on my body (even though I'm quite lucky as I don't burn) if its sunny anyway but this is something extra. The sun cream that I use is Nivea Sun for Kids because it has SPF 50 and is water resistant as well.

 

 

I know I always wear powder on top of my foundation and concealer because I have very oily skin and it sets the makeup but it is very important in the summer as it helps to keep your makeup on for longer and if you're sweating a lot (unfortunately!) it can help control the shine. This powder is from the same Lasting Perfection collection as the Collection foundation in the first tip and it lasts for the same amount of time.

 

 

This next tip is about either contouring OR highlighting. The reason why I'm saying only one or the other is because, in reality, you've done all of your usual foundation and concealer and then you're going to add two more products to your face and in this heat, you're face is not going to survive! But then in the summer, I always find that my face turns out looking much less glowing than the rest of my body.

 

So, for me, I only choose to highlight because I think that it suits my skin tone and face shape better. I use my white eye shadow (yes, eye shadow, it saves money!) by Natural Collection and I tap it on my brow bones, top of my cheek bones, down the middle of my nose and middle of my forehead. However, my friend, who has a naturally more tanned skin tone, uses a bronzer. I would use the bronzer on the under-cheek bones (you will know where they are if you suck in your lips), down the sides of your nose, on the outside of your forehead and on your jaw line. This bronzer is by Colour Couture and is a more natural one, you can get more or less shimmery bronzers but it depends on what look you're going for.

 

 

And finally - drink lots of water! It is one of the most important things in the summer and although I'm not usually the best at drinking the amount of water I should do in a day, I am going to try to drink more of it this summer.

 

That was all for this post, don't worry though, in the summer holidays (in one week!) I will be posting a lot more often! I promise. And I have quite a few fun ideas up my sleeves, but if you have any ideas then feel free to tell me them in the comments. Anyway, what is everyone up to in the holidays? I'm doing a lot of fun stuff, comment what you're doing down below, I'd love to know!

**On Wednesday I got my new glasses and I absolutely love them! Proper geek-chic style. I also got my first ever (prescription) sunglasses! I can't wait to wear them - I might even wear them when I'm having a barbeque later today <3 **

The guinea pigs' new tunnel...

Hi people! I am so so so sorry that I haven't been posting for a while (it seems like aaaages!), its just that I have been extremely busy recently. But now here I am and I'm ready to post!

 

 

(Excuse their mess!)

 

Yes - I am doing another guinea pig post! I only realised when I was writing the last post I did about Caramel and Lolly that I really enjoy doing posts about them and that I should do them more often! So here is a post about the new tunnel they got 2 weeks ago...

 

 

When I first put it in their cage, they were really excited and weren't sure what it was because for a long time they have had a log thing that you could only jump on and off, and before that they did have a tunnel but that was ages ago! Also, that bottom you can see halfway in the tunnel is Lolly - she was very interested!

 

 

This is Caramel, who finally came out from her hiding place after she decided it was safe to explore!

 

 

This has to be my one of my most favourite photos of Lolly ever! It is just so funny and so cute! And her eyes remind me of the ones on that guinea pig called Bugsy in the movie Bedtime Stories!

 

 

This is what they did to the tunnel after only one day and if you think that's bad...

 

(Excuse their mess again - I took this photo when their cage was due to be cleaned!)

 

....This is what they did to the tunnel after 2 weeks - they chewed off the whole end! :O

 

So that's what Caramel and Lolly were up to recently and I promise that next weekend you will get another post, I will try! Post soon xx

**Who is planning on going to see the new Minions film that's out now? Or have you already seen it? I am hopefully going next week and I would love to know if it is good - no spoilers though! I did go to watch San Andreas when that came out and that was really good so I recommend that you get it when its out on DVD because I honestly loved it.**



Mini shopping haul with a friend...

Hi people!

During the half-term, I went for a nice shopping trip with one of my friends. We both managed to spend a lot of money (and I mean A LOT!) and I have decided I want to share with you what I bought! So lets head straight to the post...

 

 

Everything that I got was from Claire's, Boots and Superdrug. We did go into more shops like Topshop and Primark but we didn't have enough money towards the end of our mini haul because we had already spent lots of money on beauty products, random things that caught our eyes (we're like magpies!) and Starbucks and Nando's.

 

 

The first shop we bought stuff in, was Claire's. As soon as I got into Claire's, I really wanted to get something even if I didn't know what it was. Then I found this! It is a little canvas painting thing with "Follow Your Dreams" on it. I love it because I am a big believer in following your dreams. Whether that's wanting to be a hairdresser, making your own blog, or just wanting to get a better grade in a certain subject (I know that I want to be better in maths!). Follow your dreams, my little dreamaholics! ;)

 

The next thing I bought was this album by a certain band that I like... 5SOS (aka 5 Seconds of Summer if you don't know them  - which you should!) Just kidding, but seriously, I have been obsessed with this album and I've been playing it everywhere! Literally. In the car, on the bus, on a train, while eating... you name it!

 

 

The next shop we went to was Boots. Unfortunately (well for you, not for me, I needed these things!), I didn't get many interesting products in Boots. But I will tell you what I got anyway, because, well, you never know! This is just the Visibly Clear, Rapid Clear Treatment by Neutrogena that I thought I had talked about before but now after checking, I actually haven't!

Anyway, I really recommend this to anyone who, like me, gets spots really easily no matter how much you use face washes and face scrubs and any other products that are meant to help. This is meant to reduce the look of spots in just 4 hours and it works amazingly! I have sometimes used this in the morning and by the end of the day it has almost completely gone.

 

 

The next thing I got was a new concealer because I am starting to get low again. The concealer that I'm using at the moment is by Rimmel and it is called Wake Me Up. I have changed a lot of my makeup products recently so I might do a post about how I do my makeup at some point. Tell me what you think in the comments below.

 

 

The only interesting and new product that I got in Boots was this. It is the Casual Sea Salt Texturising Spray by Toni & Guy. I have been really wanting to get my hands on a sea salt spray because I have heard a lot of good things about it and my friend actually recommended this to me as she has it at home herself. I actually have this in today and I am honestly loving it because it creates such effortless waves!

 

 

The last shop we went to was Superdrug. We both wanted to get face packs as soon as we got into Superdrug because we sometimes try them when we are having sleepovers and we are both generally obsessed with them! Superdrug always has a nice collection of their own face packs that are quite cheap so we both thought we would try out the Fruit Sorbet Antioxidant peel-off mask. It's quite funny though, because whenever I see a peel-off face mask I think of the first time we tried one out together and we managed to get it all in our hair! It was horrible but so funny! I also got another one which is the Cucumber Cooling clay mask.

 

 

The last thing that I got was this Finishing Brush by B. I have been using it to apply my foundation (it can be used for liquids, powders and cream products) and it gives a much better result than the flat foundation brush that I was using before. I think it gives it a more natural look while still covering up any redness or spots you want to hide. It is one the more expensive brands as it costs £9.99 but I think that it is worth it as it does give a more professional finish and it is a higher quality brush.

 

That was all for today's post, I hope you enjoyed it! I was thinking I might do another post a bit sooner than next weekend (which is when I usually put up new posts) because you do deserve it after not getting one all of last week! For now though, bye! Post soon xx **Who has seen Little Mix's new video for  their single Black Magic? I am absolutely loving it at the moment!**



My latest eye makeup obsessions...

Hi, I'm back! Finally. I am so, so, SO sorry that I haven't posted in what seems like ages and probably has been ages - but now I'm here - this post is going to be about my Latest Eye Makeup Obsessions! It is going to be a bit like the Lip Product Obsessions post that I did a while ago but with more products as I have a lot of eye makeup! Let's get into the post...

 

 

First up is the Sleek Vintage Romance palette that I got for my birthday. I absolutely love this eye shadow palette! Not only has it got 12 different shades but they are all named which I just love because it means you can actually call the name something. Like my two favourite shades in it, are Court in Cannes (a shimmery copper shade with black specks in) and Vow in Venice (a burgundy shade with a subtle shimmer). Court in Cannes is on the top row, the second one in and Vow in Venice is the bottom left one.

 

 

The next eye shadow palette is by Colour Works and it was part of a huge Colour Works makeup set that I got quite a long while ago for a birthday or Christmas. It has five different neutral shades and as you can tell, I have used it a lot because even if I'm not wanting a natural look, I will use the darker shades in the crease. Or, if I want a natural look then I will use the lighter colours on the whole of the eye lid.

 

 

The last palette is the Eye Glitter one from Claire's. I got this while I was shopping with my friend, if you can remember, I made a post about my Christmas Lush Haul, that was the same shopping trip! We were looking around for something, anything to spend more of our money on (which sounds bad, I know!) and then we decided to buy an eye shadow palette each and then get one we could kind of share (even though I ended up with it) because it was one of those 'buy two get one free' deals.

 

Anyway... back to the actual product! I think that this is something really fun that you could wear for a party or for Christmas. Also, it has proper glitter - not shimmer - in so if you know that you are allergic to this type of eye-makeup-thing (because I know some people can be) then I wouldn't get it.

 

 

The next thing, is a little pot of white eye shadow by Natural Collection. I like using this as either a base for coloured eye shadow or mixing it with a coloured powder to make the shade lighter. Or I've even used it sometimes on my whole eye lid and then used a brown eye shadow in the crease for a more neutral look. There is so much you can do with a white eye shadow, and probably not just what I've mentioned, it doesn't even matter if its not this one, just have a look around for any white eye shadow you like and you can use it to make different looks.

 

 

The last types of eye shadow on this list, I promise! I got these tiny pots that have two different shades of colour inside from a big set of Colour Couture makeup that I got for my birthday. There are more than just three, I think there are five or six pots including these three but I couldn't find them all. They are somewhere in the depths of my room - it is very messy although I have only just tidied it recently! :)

 

 

Moving on to eyeliner, these are my two pencils which are black and brown. I know that I got them in a set that I got  for either my birthday or Christmas (last year) but I don't actually remember what set because I think I took them out as soon as I found them because I knew I would use them a lot. Which is very true because I use these two pencils a lot as you can tell from the blunt ends! I use the black one for my water line when I'm using my other black eyeliner (which is the next product I'm going to talk about). I use the brown one for a slightly different technique, I line my upper lash line but then I smudge it up onto my whole eye lid for a softer look.

 

 

The next liner that I have is this Mega Effects Liquid Eyeliner from Avon. I absolutely fell in love with it as soon as I saw it in the catalogue because it is basically like a felt pen with a slanted tip for extreme precision. The fact that it could possibly make it easier to line my eyes was enough reason to get it and now that I'm much better at lining my eyes now, I love that the precision means I can give myself different types thickness and different lengths of wings.

 

 

This next product is also from Avon, I don't actually know what it is meant to be called because I got it a while ago and I got rid of the box it originally came in but on the side it says Avon Big Colour so I don't know that's what its called or what... But anyway! It is a double ended eye pencil with two different shades of green. The two shades are Green Dream which I would probably line my bottom lash line with then smudge it slightly and Hint of Mint which I have used on my whole eye lid before. I haven't used it that much though so now I have found it again, I might start using it more!

 

 

Now we are onto mascaras, this one is the Colour Lash clear mascara by Collection. You may have seen it before in one of my other posts because I use this for school everyday so it is my most used mascara plus I also use it for any other natural looks because it just makes your eyelashes stand out without standing out too much. It is also meant to condition and strengthen your lashes which is good and I have noticed that it subtly lengthens my lashes as well.

 

This is the last thing on this list, finally! I am loving this mascara, and I use it whenever it goes right with the rest of my makeup so if I am wearing eyeliner then I will wear it. It is the Volumising Mascara (in black) by Collection and it gives your lashes extra volume and a little bit more length. It is also waterproof which is always a good thing - you never know!

 

That was all for this post, I hope you enjoyed it! Again, I'm really sorry that I haven't posted in ages and I guess it was really lucky that I have this whole week off otherwise I don't know I how I would have found time to post. Anyway, I WILL be posting soon, so for now, bye xx

**Btw, who has seen Taylor Swift's new music video for Bad Blood - I'm so in love with it and it has other stars in it too! <3 Also, have you seen One Direction on the Late Late show with James Corden? It is really funny but I'm going to let you find out why for yourself ... ;) **