My Everyday Makeup

Hey!
I have been recently trying a lot of new makeup things so I thought I would share with you my new everyday makeup look. Its pretty L'Oreal heavy which is weird as before last month I have never really used anything from them.

So this is the look I have been wearing most days.

Base

• L'Oreal True Match Foundation ~ N1 Ivory
• Bourjois Healthy Mix Concealer ~ 51 (To cover redness on my nose, chin and cheeks)
• L'Oreal Lumi Magique concealer ~ 1 Light (Under my eyes) 
• Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder ~ 001 Transparent

Eyes

• Max Factor Excess Shimmer ~ Bronze
• MAC Eye Shadow ~ Woodwinked
• L'Oreal Super Liner Superstar ~ Black
• Rimmel Scandaleyes Khol ~ Nude (I forgot to put it in the picture)
• L'Oreal False Lash Superstar Mascara ~ Black

• Rimmel Brow This Way ~ Medium Brown (I only used the powder part)
• L'Oreal Brow Artist Plumper ~ Light/Medium

Cheeks and Lips

• NYX Blush ~ Taupe (Mines looking a bit worse for wear but it's my favorite contour colour)
• Natural Collection Blush ~ Peach Melba
• MUA Shimmer Highlighter ~ Iridescent Gold
• Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet ~ 07 Nude-ist

That's it! I love wearing this look, it features some of my newest (and oldest) favorites. Let me know what you think.

Here is the look a few hours in after the lipstick had came off (I ate and didn't bring it with me so I had to remove it).

Until next time!

Byee!

OOTN | Wicked Sunderland

Hey there!
Last Saturday I went to see Wicked at Sunderland Empire theater. It was amazing! I had an amazing night with thanks to my lovely boyfriend for taking me!
I thought I would do a quick post to share what I wore.

•  Black heels from Deichmann
• Topshop Jamie Jeans
• Primark black cami top
• Jacket from republic (similar available)
• Red Herring bag
• Necklace  from Primark 

And if anyone was wondering what my boyfriend wore:

• Newlook dark grey lace up boots
• Next Chinos
• River Island Shirt

We had the best time! (My boyfriend even enjoyed it and he hates musicals!)

Thanks for reading! 

:)

Hair Update | The Concave Bob

So I have been wanting my hair cut for weeks. It was long and I was starting to get bored of it. I had the idea of getting a bob and then put it off for ages because I was scared. Then last Thursday i was in town with my mam and we walked past a walk in hair dressers. She made me go in and get it cut (either that or I wasn't allowed to talk about haircuts again). I was a bit nervous with it begin a walk in salon but the man that cut my hair was amazing. However, I'm not sure I like it...

If you weren't sure what my hair looked like before i'll share a picture.

Only obviously a different colour haha!

As you can see I had a LOT cut off. I'm still undecided on it. 

Let me know what you think?

Boots Haul | March 2015

Hey! So I did a bit of shopping at Boots (they have 3 for 2 on makeup its justified!) and I thought I would do a quick post to share what I got.

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation in Light Vanilla - £9.99 *
Bourjois Healthy Mix Concealer in Eclat Clair - £7.99 *
Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet Lip Lacquer in Nude-ist! - £8.99 *
(3 for 2)

Collection eyes uncovered Nude Grey Palette - £3.99
Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder in Transparent - £3.99
Rimmel Brows this Way in Middle Brown - £3.99
(3 For 2)

ecoTools Concealer brush - £5.49*
Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel Exfoliating Pads - £4.99
Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel Foaming Face Wash - £3.59
(Tea Tree & Witch Hazel was on buy one get one free)

So those are all the things I bought. Hope you enjoyed looking at what I bought as much as I enjoy looking at what other people buy (not nosey at all...)

(All products marked with a * were bought with Boots advantage card points/store credit)

Why I will not be seeing 50 Shades of Grey.

Hello a bit of a different one today, but I felt it was something I needed to share my opinion on.
First things first, I am in no way saying you should not enjoy or like the books or the film and am in no way trying to change anyone's opinion on them.

I don't think you need me to tell you how massive the 50 Shades of grey book was. Its massive. Everyone, even my mam, seemed to have read it. So I decided to give it a go. Firstly, I just didn't enjoy it as a story, it bored me. despite this I found myself telling people I liked it (despite not caring to much how people view me its nice to fit in sometimes). I even found my self saying 'maybe' when invited to see the film. I didn't want people to think I didn't like something everyone else liked. But now it's time. Deep breath...

Taken from The Rambling Curl Blog

I don't like it. Not only did I find the book boring but I found it shocking. It's a story about an abusive relationship. That would be fine, if it wasn't so romanticized. As a someone who has been in an abusive relationship in the past (something I never talk about to anyone) maybe I'm over sensitive to it. But shouldn't we all be? It shouldn't take going through abuse to allow us to recognize it. I really believe if that had never happened to me I would still feel the same way. Stalking is wrong. Physical punishment is wrong. Controlling is wrong. Manipulation is wrong.

I get that its a story, its not real, but everywhere you go there are 'looking for Mr Grey' tops. People posting about Mr Grey being the prefect man all over the internet. He isn't, hes the complete opposite. People are into BDSM, that's fine, you have every right to be into what ever you want, but that's not what this is. I know this for a fact, a dominant in a BDSM relationship would never ignore a safe word, they would never cause pain other than for sexual reasons and they definitely would always respect their partner and their boundaries.

I don't find it sexy and I don't find it exciting. It is abuse. Enjoy the book and enjoy the film if you do. But please recognize that it is not OK. That if this happened to you in a real relationship it would not be OK.

Annnnnd calm... I will leave you with a really interesting blog post by The Rambling Curl that I found really interesting. They outline some of the abuse from the book really well and much better than I could. You can find the post here.

Thanks for reading and bearing with so much 'wordyness'. I'd love to hear anyone's opinions on this both agreeing or disagreeing. Normal blogging will resume shortly.
Bye for now!

Beauty on a Budget

Hey,... So it has been a while.

I thought I'd share some of my favorite budget makeup products. Since I'm on a student budget the majority of my makeup is 'cheap' and my high end makeup tends to be gifts, from lovely lovely people, or things I have saved up for. Hopefully this might help people on a budget like me.

Base

Foundation - Rimmel Match Perfect in porcelain - £6.99

Concealer - MUA Cover & Conceal  in fair - £1.50

Powder - Seventeen Miracle Matte Pressed powder in porcelain - £3.99

Contour/highlight - Seventeen Define & conquer kit - 5.99

Blush - Natural collection in Peach Melba - £1.99

Eyes and Lips

Eye shadow - Natural collection duo in Mink Sable - £1.99

Brows - Natural Collection solo in Crushed Walnut £1.99

Eyeliner - Collection Extreme in black - £2.99

Mascara - Primark PS Love volumising mascara in ultra black - £2

Lips - MUA Matte in Lilac Belle - £1

So the total?

£30.43

A bargain for a full face that looks good and features some of my absolute favorite products.

That's all for now.