La Femme Beauty in mint green and La Femme Beauty in grey.
Will be back with proper posts shortly. I'm still trying to get back in work mode!
Friday, 27 July 2012
NOTD
New polishes that I bought for a pound on holiday.
La Femme Beauty in mint green and La Femme Beauty in grey.
Will be back with proper posts shortly. I'm still trying to get back in work mode!
La Femme Beauty in mint green and La Femme Beauty in grey.
Will be back with proper posts shortly. I'm still trying to get back in work mode!
Saturday, 21 July 2012
Were Back In Business
Well hello there, im back, did you miss me?!
Ive just returned from two weeks in Cornwall. Me and the family go to Cornwall every year in our little caravan and this year I had such a great time.
It felt amazing to get away from it all, to just relax and not have to worry about anything...i went makeup free for most of the fortnight and it actually felt really good to go barefaced.
This is just to say that im back and am ready to get into full swing with posting regularly.
Have you got any summer holidays booked?
Ive just returned from two weeks in Cornwall. Me and the family go to Cornwall every year in our little caravan and this year I had such a great time.
It felt amazing to get away from it all, to just relax and not have to worry about anything...i went makeup free for most of the fortnight and it actually felt really good to go barefaced.
This is just to say that im back and am ready to get into full swing with posting regularly.
Have you got any summer holidays booked?
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Top 5 Thursday: River Island
This weeks installment of Top 5 Thursday comes from River Island.
It seemed as though I found it quite easy to pick my 5 this week, there wasnt as much new in stuff as previous weeks and what there was didnt really appeal to me. The only thing I found tough was picking the last item.
It seemed as though I found it quite easy to pick my 5 this week, there wasnt as much new in stuff as previous weeks and what there was didnt really appeal to me. The only thing I found tough was picking the last item.
Brown Print Blazer - £45.00
Really like the print on this blazer, very 60's wallpaperish (not even a word!). Would lookg great with jeans and a tee shirt.
Cream Lace Necklace Peplum Top - £30.00
Every week ive shown you a white/ cream lacy thing..im not obsessed I promise you. The peplum on this top makes it bang on trend, its alsoabit dressier but not too dressy so could probably be worn from day to night.
Dark Green Maxi Skirt - £18.00
Some of the A/W stuff is starting to come in the shops now and I think this would make a great transition piece. Perfect for now when its still warm but not baking hot sunny weather and perfect for September time when it starts to cool down. You could probably even rock it in the winter as well!
Black Enamel Knot Earrings - £4.00
These are super bargainous and purse friendly at £4 and I couldnt resist them. Theyve got a vintage style and would add just enough to make any outfit :)
Black Zig Zag Print Cut Out Swimsuit - £25.00
When I first saw this I didnt even read that it was a swimsuit and thought it would look really good worn like a body suit underneath some trousers or jeans so that only the zig zag bit was visible. I suppose this is still doable but the material might be too clingy for some people to do that. Even so, as a swimsuit its stillreally cool and is made even more trendy by the cutouts on the side.
What is your favourite out of this top 5? What else are you lusting after this week?
Cleaning Makeup Brushes
Recently I have been getting more into makeup and feel that to get a better result and easier application I should invest in some proper makeup brushes to make the job easier.
I dont have many brushes, just a bog standard one I use for all powder products (powder, blusher, bronzer), a cheapo eyeshadow brush which cost me £1.99 and then the most expensive brush I own..a Real Techniques stippling brush which I use for my foundation.
Since I bought these ive noticed my makeup has gone on better, but theyve also got really grubby so today they had their first proper wash.
Theyre currently drying but I took some pictures of what they looked like afterwards and What I actually used to wash them with.
Ive noticed that some people use baby shampoo to wash teir brushes, which I dont have around the house anyway but I saw somewhere on the internet that its better to use something with anti bacterial properties because brushes collect and breed germs so they need to be got rid of.
The handwash that we keep in the kitchen is anti bacterial and is the Astonish Milk and Honey handwash - this is relatively new but is cheap and can be picked up nearly anywhere.
I wet the brush with lukewarm water then wet my hand and squirted a few pumps into my hand. I took the brush and circled my palm, lathering up the handwash and making sure the brush gets really soapy.
I rinsed and then kept repeating until the water that was coming from the brush was clear.
Once they were thoroughly clean i reshaped them and placed them on a towel to dry overnight naturally.
As you can see, for such a simple technique they came out pretty clean! Im more impressed with my real techniques one because the white part of the bristles has actually come out white.
P.S I know this kind of post is pretty frequent among bloggers but Ive never done it before and was astounded at how easy it was, I always thought it would be difficult and I just wanted to share it among those who might never have done it.
If you do cleanyour brushes, what do you use?
I dont have many brushes, just a bog standard one I use for all powder products (powder, blusher, bronzer), a cheapo eyeshadow brush which cost me £1.99 and then the most expensive brush I own..a Real Techniques stippling brush which I use for my foundation.
Since I bought these ive noticed my makeup has gone on better, but theyve also got really grubby so today they had their first proper wash.
Theyre currently drying but I took some pictures of what they looked like afterwards and What I actually used to wash them with.
Ive noticed that some people use baby shampoo to wash teir brushes, which I dont have around the house anyway but I saw somewhere on the internet that its better to use something with anti bacterial properties because brushes collect and breed germs so they need to be got rid of.
The handwash that we keep in the kitchen is anti bacterial and is the Astonish Milk and Honey handwash - this is relatively new but is cheap and can be picked up nearly anywhere.
I wet the brush with lukewarm water then wet my hand and squirted a few pumps into my hand. I took the brush and circled my palm, lathering up the handwash and making sure the brush gets really soapy.
I rinsed and then kept repeating until the water that was coming from the brush was clear.
Once they were thoroughly clean i reshaped them and placed them on a towel to dry overnight naturally.
As you can see, for such a simple technique they came out pretty clean! Im more impressed with my real techniques one because the white part of the bristles has actually come out white.
P.S I know this kind of post is pretty frequent among bloggers but Ive never done it before and was astounded at how easy it was, I always thought it would be difficult and I just wanted to share it among those who might never have done it.
If you do cleanyour brushes, what do you use?
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
A Post Of Many Outfits
As Ive been promising for the past few posts, I owe all my lovely readers a number of different OOTN's. My two nights out in Lincoln and the outfit I wore to dinner last night to celebrate my final ever uni result.
I didnt manage to get any great photos of the outfits on the actual nights that I wore them but I have just stood in my room changing into all of them so you could see what I did wear.
My head is cut out of them because frankly, I look like a mess..I have rubbish hair and no make up on!
This first picture has been taken on my iPhone because I had just got to the last outfit and my camera run out of battery, im just waiting for it to charge a little bit so I can get the other photos from it.
Arghh this picture is so rubbish but it was the best of many! This was last nights outfit, me mum and dad went out for a celebratory meal.
I wore my nude pumps from primark, and old pair of Dorothy Perkins skinny jeans, a cute peter pan collar top from New Look which has tiny pink flowers on it and then just a beigey/ nude cardigan from H and M.
I aplogise for the huge crease in the top, my wardrobe is stuffed and things like this happen all the time!
The following two outfits are from my little trip to Lincoln. On both nights I wore the same shoes - to save space in the bag!.
Night out No 1 - Playsuit = Primark, Belt = New Look (came with a pair of chinos)
Night out No 2 = Playsuit from Internacionale
I didnt manage to get any great photos of the outfits on the actual nights that I wore them but I have just stood in my room changing into all of them so you could see what I did wear.
My head is cut out of them because frankly, I look like a mess..I have rubbish hair and no make up on!
This first picture has been taken on my iPhone because I had just got to the last outfit and my camera run out of battery, im just waiting for it to charge a little bit so I can get the other photos from it.
Arghh this picture is so rubbish but it was the best of many! This was last nights outfit, me mum and dad went out for a celebratory meal.
I wore my nude pumps from primark, and old pair of Dorothy Perkins skinny jeans, a cute peter pan collar top from New Look which has tiny pink flowers on it and then just a beigey/ nude cardigan from H and M.
I aplogise for the huge crease in the top, my wardrobe is stuffed and things like this happen all the time!
The following two outfits are from my little trip to Lincoln. On both nights I wore the same shoes - to save space in the bag!.
Night out No 1 - Playsuit = Primark, Belt = New Look (came with a pair of chinos)
Night out No 2 = Playsuit from Internacionale
These are the shoes I wore on both nights, they are brown new look wedges - not sure if theyre real leather. I also wore these to the wedding a few weeks ago.
They start off being really comfortable but when you wear them from 7 till 3 two nights running, they tend to rub your feet..I have the worst blisters ever!
SO, these are my three outfit posts. I feel like its a bit of a mish mash but I hope you understand :)
Im also sorry for the photos of the two playsuits, its the first time ive taken pictures like that and its going to take some getting used to!
Monday, 2 July 2012
Results Day
I GOT A 2:1!
Sorry for that, im just so happy :). I now have a 2:1 BA (Hons) in Criminology.
To celebrate my results me and the parents are off out for dinner tonight. An excuse to dress up means an excuse to post outfit and makeup posts..so expect those later tonight.
Have any of you received your results yet?
Sunday, 1 July 2012
Sunday Update
I keep thinking about introducing regular posts so that I know what im posting on each day. Thursday is Top 5 Thursday and I was thinking that Sunday could be an update of everything Ive done this week and everything I hope to achieve in the following 7 days.
Ive seen a lot of these sorts of posts and think theyre a really good idea because it shows more about the blogger rather than just their beauty preferences.
I went to Lincoln on Monday and came back on Wednesday, while up there me and a friend who has just turned 18 went out and then she helped me move all my stuff out forever. We had a great time and ive made so many more memories to add on to the ones ive already got from the past three years. Lincoln I will miss you.
On Thursday I went for an informal interview for an Internship for the East Anglian Air Ambulance. Say hello to the new Research Assistant for the charity. I didnt have a proper interview and I didnt apply the proper way because my my mum works for them, I went through the inside but they say its not what you know its who you know!
After the interview I went to the hairdressers and had all my locks chopped off which can be seen in a previous post.
Nothing else has really happened this week, ive just got back from work and ill soon be going to bed as Ive got to get up early tomorrow.
Monday is the biggest day of the next week. I start my internship, I have a hospital appointment (wish me luck!) and at 12pm my Uni Results come through.
Im so nervous, the ficure I see on the screen tomorrow is my final degree grade, and although it shouldnt I feel like this is going to affect the rest of my life.
What have you girlies got planned for the next week? Did you have a good week and weekend?
Ive seen a lot of these sorts of posts and think theyre a really good idea because it shows more about the blogger rather than just their beauty preferences.
On Thursday I went for an informal interview for an Internship for the East Anglian Air Ambulance. Say hello to the new Research Assistant for the charity. I didnt have a proper interview and I didnt apply the proper way because my my mum works for them, I went through the inside but they say its not what you know its who you know!
After the interview I went to the hairdressers and had all my locks chopped off which can be seen in a previous post.
Nothing else has really happened this week, ive just got back from work and ill soon be going to bed as Ive got to get up early tomorrow.
Monday is the biggest day of the next week. I start my internship, I have a hospital appointment (wish me luck!) and at 12pm my Uni Results come through.
Im so nervous, the ficure I see on the screen tomorrow is my final degree grade, and although it shouldnt I feel like this is going to affect the rest of my life.
What have you girlies got planned for the next week? Did you have a good week and weekend?
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