Monday 23 December 2013

Get Ready With Me: Festive Edition

Yesterday, I went out for some food with my family and I decided to be festive. About half way through getting ready, it occurred to me that I haven't done a blogpost in a while, as I've been busy, so I decided to do a festive 'get ready with me'. This is usually a thing beauty vloggers do but who cares? Anyway, enjoy!

After several cups of tea and biscuits, I had a shower and used some of my new Soap and Glory products I bought a few days ago.

 Just before getting in the shower, I took off my eye make-up I had been wearing during the day so it didn't run down my face and leave ugly black stains; that is never a good look.

 After getting  out of the shower, I used the Soap and Glory body butter, 'The Righteous Butter', all over my body.

Whilst my hair was damp, I put some curling mousse in it and sprayed it with salt spray (it sounds weird to use two, I know, but I feel like they work well together when curling my hair).

 I then moisturised my face with Clean&Clear Dual Action Moisturiser.

Next on the list was my make-up. Since I was going out with my family, I didn't over-do it on the make-up; I kept it quite simple.

I used my Real Techniques Stippling Brush to apply my foundation, Revlon Nearly Naked in the shade '120-Vanilla'. I love the way my Real Techniques brush applies my foundation; it blends it really well.

 I used a cheap, bronze eye shadow palette from Superdrug on my eyes: I used a light gold (the bottom colour on the palette in the picture above) in the corner of my eye, a rose gold colour (at the top) all over the lid and and then blended the dark brown in my crease (left). All of these colours were shimmery so I thought it made the look extra festive. I then put some white eyeliner from Elf on my waterline, did a little cat eye using my Seventeen liquid eyeliner and used Rimmel Scandal Eyes- Retro Glam Mascara on my eyelashes. I don't have a close-up picture because the ones I took were utter garbage.

Next was my Collection concealer that I can not live without. I put this under my eyes and on any blemishes. I set this, and the foundation I applied earlier, using Rimmel Stay Matte powder so it would stay in place much longer.

I bronzed my face and neck using Bourjouis bronzer and used a Sleek blush in 'Rose Gold' to give a lovely 'rosy cheeks' effect. This blush has a slight shimmer to it so it also highlights my cheekbones.

To add the tiniest bit of colour to my lips, I used a Palmers lip balm underneath and applied a tiny swipe of Barry M lipstick, in the middle of my top and bottom lip and blended it out using my finger.


I curled my hair using a Babyliss curling wand and sprayed some more salt spray before brushing it out slightly. For extra volume, I flip my head upside down, shake my hair about with my hands and flip it back up. This isn't a long-lasting fix but it's perfect for when you're having pictures taken and your hair's flat.


You can't see my outfit very well on these pictures but they're the only ones I got (I'm hopeless!). Here's a list of what I'm wearing and where I got it from, if you're interested:
  • Jumper- H&M
  • Skirt- New Look
  • Necklace- Etsy
  • Boots- New Look
  • Socks- Primark
I hope you liked this post; I know I haven't posted much. This is due to lots of exams and illness. This could possibly be the last post before Christmas; if so, have a lovely Christmas!

Ciao For Now
xx

Wednesday 4 December 2013

Birthday Fun

On Saturday, 30th November, it was my birthday! I thought I'd do a post about how lucky I am; I have the best friends and family.

First of all, I just need to say thank you to all of my family and friends who got me cards and presents; I've been so lucky to be given lots of lovely things.

Whilst I'm writing this, I'm listening to music on my phone through my new docking station from my mum. It was such a surprise and it feels good to blast music through the house with it. My friends got me some amazing presents including a dress, jar of lights, nail varnish, Lush shower gel, magic poo (yes, you read that correctly) and lots of food. I guarantee that I'll have devoured all the food by the end of the week. I also got a lot of tea/hot beverage related things: twinings tea, 2 mugs, a teapot and enough hot chocolate to last me a lifetime (wow, I'm going to be putting on a few pounds!).

I went into town (Manchester) later on in the day and spent a lot of my birthday money. I got some clothes that I'm planning on using in a 'Wintry Wardrobe' blogpost later on this month (if I remember...). I also spent quite a lot of my money in Lush; I might do a Lush haul soon (again, this is just an idea and may never happen as I am lazy, forgetful and have too many ideas). We went into HMV and I finally purchased AM by Arctic Monkeys and Midnight Memories, One Direction's new album. I also may have bought Dirty Dancing because why not?

Here's a rubbish collage of some of my fabulous presents and purchases-
I spent the night of my birthday with my best friends. We ate pizza, chocolate and sweets until we felt sick and kept the neighbours awake until about 3am.

Overall, if you didn't guess already, I had an amazing birthday. All that's left to say now is 'hurry up Christmas!'.

Ciao For Now
xx