A catch up and a lipstick treat

Unfortunatley I've been a little quiet on the make up side of things recently, this isn't down to anything other than money. I'm really trying hard to be sensible with my money which is usually a little bit of a struggle for me but I'm trying my hardest to only buy things that are totally necessary.

Two things that I'm on the hunt for at bargain prices are;

-A faux fur headband/headwarmer. I have seen people in Primark ones, but my store doesn't have one and I'm getting quite desperate.

- A camel jacket. Theres tons of these around, but I haven't managed to find the perfect one yet? I'm not much of a jacket/coat wearer, so it has to have that perfectness about it.

If anyone can help me with these- I'd be hugely grateful!!

A little treat I did for myself to save myself from buying yet another lipstick, was turn 2 old "barely anything left" lipsticks into one. With my little lipstick in a pot trick which I did a post on a couple of months ago, I used 2 old lipsticks- Myth and Saint Germaine which I use together quite alot, and melted them together into a tiny pot. I love using it. Theres not alot of it because there wasn't hardly any left, so I apply with a little brush, but its beautiful! I can also put the two of them towards my B2M now, yay! I'm wearing my little concoction in the photo at the top of this post.

Make the most of your old lipsticks or ones you're not so keen on and experiment!

I'm loving everything wintery and cold at the moment. I love the colours, the coseyness- the everything.

As much as I love the summer and wearing pretty dresses, I love this time of year.. Christmas is just around the corner and theres nothing I love more than coseying up indoors with a hot drink and hot water bottle, snug in my pjyamas and slippers watching a movie..Glamorous or what??

I'm going to be moving up to Manchester for a little while with the boyfriend sometime this week.. I can't wait- I love shopping there (maybe I'll be slightly less careful for a while) and that its so unlike London in that everything is so close together..I'll have a lot more time to myself aswell I think, so I'm looking forward to hopefully doing a lot more blogging :)

I hope you are all well

Sparkler Fun!

xx

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Revlon Fantasy Lashes

If your like me and spend forever trying to find the perfect lash then this post hopefully will be of use to you.

Whilst I was on a little Boots spree I found myself once again lurking around the eyelash aisle trying to decide which lashes to try next. I'm quite particular with the lashes that I use because I do have quite small eyes and full strips just make me look rather ridiculous. So I prefer to use either corner or individuals and in the event of a major emergency I'll cut one length strips in half which can be a bit of a pain.

As I have mentioned many times on here and twitter, I love Sleeks Havana lashes but they can be a bit of a nightmare to get hold of, and as falsies have unfortunately become a part of my daily make up routine- I have to have back ups.

I say unfortunately only because I've become a little bit reliant on them and when I am in a rush or one plays up I feel a little bit lost without them.

Without further ado..

Revlon Fantasy Lashes in 91132 Shadow.

I've used Revlon corner lashes in the past but these are new ones and a little bit longer in terms of the strip.

I have to trim these a little bit to fit my eye comfortably, but I only take off about 6 individual lashes and use a cuticle nipper to do so, just to be a little bit more accurate and make sure I don't take any extra off.

I've recently heard a few raves about Revlon Glue and to be honest I'm not one bit impressed.

Its meant to dry clear, but it dries with an unattractive white obvious eyelash glue look and its hard to work with, its really stringy and not the easiest/quickest to apply, so I stick to my trusty Eylure black adhesive (about £4 in Boots).

However, with the lashes themselves I'm really happy. There not too heavy on the eye and there good quality. I hate lashes that fall apart after using them once, so far I've used these 5 times and there all still in tact.

I got these on a special offer, they were 2 for £8 in Boots which I thinks pretty reasonable.

I do apologise for the bad quality photos, I had to use my iPhone because I didn't have my camera to hand and with the lighting in my room I appear a bit too golden (orange) on camera so I went with the black & white.

xx

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Glamour Mag- Nails inc.

What a delightful little surprise I got when my fix of Glamour Magazine came through my door today with a little gift :)

Nails inc. Hampstead Heath.

This is definately my colour for the season andI love to wear this kind of shade nail and so was extremely happy to get it as a free gift.

The results from the pictures below are after two coats, without a base or top coat.

It dries ever so evenly and quick.

I would definately urge you to go out and get this edition of Glamour!

I think for this weekend especially, it would work as the perfect deep blood red halloween nail..

xx

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What I'm Wearing

On Thursday it was my friend Danielles birthday and we was heading out for a mid-week drink or two ;)

So you know when you really want to look nice? But when it comes to getting ready. FAIL!

I did my make up about 3 times and couldn't decide what to wear. I don't know how many of you go through this on a regular basis, but I do..and I get so wound up and throw a few little strops in the process.

I ended up in the Primark Jump Suit. £13.

I twitpic'd a few photos during my panic and the lovely @JRosellenM http://www.jenniferrosellen.co.uk/ and @1CheekyBeauty http://www.sweetcheeksramblings.blogspot.com/ helped me and told me what I needed to do in order to sort my mess out.

I added a brighter lip and brighter cheek and it made me lots brighter and happier.

Thank you beautiful girls..

-Xen Tan Dark Lotion

-Studio Fix Fluid NC40

-Benefit It Stick

-No7 Eyebrow Pencil which I blended through with a brush

-Myth to begin with..However I finished and brightened it up with St Germaine

-Hoola

-A Ruby and Mille Pink blush- I'm afraid I don't know the shade!

-The natural part of Haute & Naughty mascara

-Sleek Corner eyelashes with a few Eyelure Individuals on top

xx

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Britains Next Top Model Live 2010

On Friday 22nd, me and Nikki took a trip to Britains Next Top Model Live 2010, at the Excel London. It was an absolutely fabulous day. I love these days fashion, beauty days out! I hadn't heard of this event until about 2 weeks ago..Its pretty much the Clothes Show Live with a different name, very-very-fab!

This is what I looked like..

My Top is from Topshop and costs just £20, I really love it.. I just wore a cheap £1.50 vest from Primark underneath.

My necklace is from Miss Selfridge.

and this is what I got up to..

- I met Pixiwoo!! How fabulous. We watched a make up tutorial for a "goth" look. It was amazing to see them in real life rather than on YouTube. The presenter lady kind of took over a bit, I would have preferred to listen to the girls but hey!

-We got given lots of freebies :) Including a little Urban Outfitters bag of bits.

- I met all of the Britains Next Top Model girls and got a chance to talk to them and take photos :) This was probably my best part of the day

- We saw the Kiss 100 Team and Diana Vickers performed..Alesha Dixon was also there with her Jewellery Range, she did a question and answers show and to be honest..She couldn't have been any more uninterested which was a little bit disapointing as everybody else couldn't have been any nicer if they tried..

-The Fake Bake team were there, tanned boys offering free spray tans- oh hello!

- I got to shop at some of my fave stalls ever including Never Fully Dressed and Junk Jewels.

http://www.junkjewels.co.uk/ and http://www.neverfullydressed.co.uk/

From Never Fully Dressed I picked up the Taupe Alexandra that I had wanted for a while :)

- Lots of free photobooth photos

-I'm not into fakes or copies and it's the first I have ever got one, but I picked up a leather Pandora Style bracelet in cream.. It was only £5.

-We jiggled around on power plates- eeeek!

-Bobbi Brown and Adee Phelan were there.

- The fashion show which included all of the models and a little trolley dolly bit which made me smile lots.

- There was alot of cupcakes!

The shows on until Sunday and you can buy tickets on the door, so if this is your kind of thing or you just want a casual shopping, cupcake eating, fashion full day out- I would definately recommend that you hop along.

xx

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Put on your dancing shoes..

I had to share this picture of my dancing shoes from when I was a little girl.

I'm so in love with them.

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Umberto Giannini Glam Hair..Volume, Volume, Volume!

"The bigger the hair, the smaller the hips"

Introducing my two new favourite hair products..

-Umberto Giannini Glam Hair Sex Bomb Massive Mousse

-Umberto Giannini Glam Hair Backcomb In A Bottle..

They are FAB!

I am a huge fan of big hair. The bigger the better. The more volume, the better I feel.

I picked these two products up in Boots on a 2 for £7.50 offer, probably because of the packaging to be honest but I am very pleasantly suprised. I am forever backcombing, spraying, backcombing, spraying..and it does it no good whatsoever- but with these two products..this isn't neccessary.

The mousse comes in 200ml and is for all hair types. I use a little squirt of product and scrunch it through towel tried hair and blow dry upside down.. and voila- the biggest, beautiful hair.

I've used so many volumizing products and the majority of them leave my hair feeling sticky with alot of build up but this is really light and clean feeling, almost invisible.

The backcomb in a bottle comes in a 200ml spray. It promises to give instant texture and the volume of backcombed hair without the damage and thats just what it does. It also provides a really strong hold.

For work, I have to have my hair up- so I wear it in a huge bouffant quiff.. People are forever asking whether I have a hair piece in to keep it up so high but my secret is this spray. Its an actual wonder.

If your like me and are constantly on the look out for that volume product- this is it!

xx

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