As Colourful As I Go OOTD

  Outfit

♥ Ripped Knee Jeans - Miss Selfridge

♥ Top - Primark

♥ Slinky Blouse Kimono - H&M

♥ Tassel Loafers - New Look

Instagram Diary #2

♥Penny Loafer Loving ♥ Pink to make the boys wink;)♥ Cute lil breakfast and the most amazing mango, mint & lime smoothie ♥ Milk bottle alert ♥ Another Selfie..

♥ I live off fruit and yogurt ♥ What are those eyebrows..eek ♥ Ginger no more ♥ Bannana ice cream and honey, Yes please! ♥ Love this quote ♥ Playsuits are cute ♥ Drinks look 1000% better in mason jars ♥ Pout ♥ Glimpse of summer ♥ HEAVEN ♥ Birthday card making skills on point

I guess I could share a beauty tip or 3..

From much experimentation and learning myself (which is still ongoing and will continue to do for years and years) I have already learnt some things about make-up. Personally I think there is a few key important things that everybody should know when it comes to make-up whether it's buying it or applying it. (that kinda rhymed or it did at least in my mind;)). If you have little experience or just starting out with make-up it can go completely WRONG. It still does go wrong for me!

My make-up isn't perfect at all, and I have spent the last year researching and practicing,  trying new techniques and products endlessly and I will continue to do so for years. So today I thought I would share a few tips on what I see to be essential when it comes to getting your make-up looking as flawless as it can be. Make-up is an endless creative outlet and learning is something that will never stop!

1.  Take the time to find your perfect match..

I know, I know, you are all going to be sat here like we know finding our perfect match is important, but I can't stress enough how important it is to find your match from foundation to blusher .It is honestly sooo easy to end up with a face like a tangerine or casper the ghost,even blusher that looks like you just came out of a circus tent after your latest clown performance, That doesn't mean there is only going to be one shade of blusher you can ever use or one concealer, you can still use a variety of different blusher shades but be aware that not all shades will suit you. It is a really good and easy idea to go to your local department store and just ask the lovely girls behind the counter and speak to them if you are new to make-up or want to learn more about what will suit you. The girls are there to help to you and they will be happy to do so, there has always been abit of a stereotype around them that they can be snobby or rude but the majority will help and be able to give you really good advice!

2.It's all about the blending baby

Another thing I can't stress enough is to BLEND BLEND BLEND. I know for a lot of you lovelies reading this will see this as common sense but the amount of times I have seen girls time after time with their make-up not blended and they look like a patch work quilt their grandma made. Your skin will become clogged, you will have that dreaded horrible jaw line that nobody wants and look like you just entered your local drag queen contest with all the harsh colours,that's a look none of us girls want. So if you take anything away from this post just remember to blend!:)

cool look? how about no:)

3. Brushes, an investment must!

This kind of links back to my previous point of blending to do a really good job of creating a flawless look. Brushes are key! I'll be honest when I first got into make-up and started learning more about it I did initially think brushes were a waste of time and money and I could easily do all my make-up using my trusty hands and fingers but boi was I wrong! . (Even Eyeshadow was applied by fingers at first..oh what was I thinking haha..) ..You know when you look back on old pictures and think oh god what was I wearing? Yeah I look back and think what was I thinking..brushes make such a difference!

HUGE HUGE HUGE difference (oh I am liking caplocks and repating words three times today;)). I never used to believe it but trust me they work:). They just make everything more even, precise and give your whole make-up overall a more professional flawless finish. 

You don't even have to spend a lot on them if you don't have all that much money. Make-up is very much like any other hobby take for example some people collect stamps if that's what they are into ( Good example Sian because everybody collects stamps;) lol)

but instead of collecting stamps if interested in make-up you collect palettes,blushers etc and all the brushes up over the years.

That is all for this post my pretties and I am also thinking of doing an updated Instagram diary today since many of you loved that post:) I hope you enjoyed it and if you would like to know more of my beauty tips be sure to let me know!

They were how much?!

For what seems months I have been drooling over and wanting some tassel loafers. Yes the formally known as granny shoes have been very much in the past few months but everywhere I looked I either didn't like them, they didn't have my size or I wasn't up to paying the price. I saw some amazing ones in Office however the £65 price tag felt a lot for me to pay not because of the quality but I just didn't really want to pay that much for something I didn't actually really need not that I could afford them either.  Long behold however I found these beooutiful tassel loafers in New Look in a lovely pastelly pink colour and how much we're they you may ask?! This is the best part £2! Yes that is right £2! They were reduced in the sale from £20 to £2 I was so happy to then find out they had my size (this literally never happens) I was straight to the tills to buy them and oh my gosh they are honestly such comfy shoes and broke in within hours of having them on (yes I wore them on the same day I bought them) The colours means they are really versatile and I can wear them with absolutely everything from jeans to dresses and I am just so happy with them arghh:) I'm even considering going back and getting them in blue I love them that much;)

The picture on the left shows the Office ones and the picture on the right the ones I bought from New Look literally no difference between them at all, I am sure the Office ones are slightly better quality but at £2 I can't go wrong with the ones I have got and New Look shoes have always lasted for me

40 Beauty Question Tag

Hello everybody, so today I thought it would be quite fun to do a tag post, so yeah I'm going to do the 40 beauty questions tag.

SKINCARE

-How many times do you wash your face daily?

Twice, once in the morning and once at night

-What skin type do you have? (dry,oily,combo)

Combination

-What is your current facial wash?

Nivea Daily Essentials Refreshing Facial Wash Gel

-Do you exfoliate?

Twice a week

-What brand do you use?

Simple

-What moisturizer do you use?

Clarins HydraQuench Cream

-Do you have freckles?

Yes, far too many to the point they are just clumps of freckles on my face and I do not like it at all

-Do you use eye cream?

Yes

-Do you or did you have acne prone skin?

No

-Did you ever have to use Pro-activ?

No

MAKE-UP

-What foundation do you use?

Dependent, however currently loving Bourjois 123 perfect!

-How about concealer?

Rimmel Wake Me Up or Seventeen Stay Time

-Do you know your undertone color?

No

-What do you think of fake eyelashes?

LOVE LOVE LOVE ( I wish I was better at putting them on and that I could wear them everyday)

-Did you know that you are suppose to change your mascara every 3 months?

Yes

-What brand of mascara do you use?

Varies but currently Soap and Glory Thick and Fast I am lovin:)

-Sephora or MAC?

I have never been to Sephora so MAC?

-Do you have a MAC Pro-card?

Yes

-What makeup tools do you use in make up application?

Brushes 

-Do you use make-up base/primer for the eyes?

Yes, Always!

-For the face?

YES YES YES

-What is your favorite eyeshadow (color or shade)?

At this time of the year definitely a lovely gold colour with a warm brown in the crease 

-Do you use pencil or liquid eyeliner?

Liquid mainly but pencil occasionally if I use eyeliner on my water line

-How often do you poke your eyes with an eyeliner pencil?

All the time! You don't understand how many times my concealer has to be redone and foundation touched up! I have taken to doing my eye make-up first because of this!

-What do you think of pigment eyeshadows?

Love them! I mean they are just so pretty:)

-Do you use mineral makeup?

Sometimes

-What is your favorite lipstick?

I can honestly not answer that! I love so many lipsticks for so many different reasons but look out for a video on my current favourites;)..

-How about lipgloss?

All of Tanya Burrs are incredible!!

-What is your favorite blush to use?

At the moment I love love love Sleek Rose Gold it is BEAUTIFUL OJHGOSH

-Do you buy your makeup on ebay?

No only ever nail varnishes! It honestly makes me so nervous and you have no idea if it is fake or not!

-Do you like drugstore makeup?

Ofc it's everybody's starting point when it comes to make-up and there is so many incredible drugstore make-up brands there with such a range of products, many of my favourite brands are drugstore and I tend to prefer them over higher end brands a lot of the time!

-Do you go to CCO's? (cosmetic company outlets)

I have but not so much and of recent no:(

-Did you ever consider taking make-up classes?

No I have always enjoyed learning about make-up but I prefer to do that from the comfort of my own home watching YouTube Tutorials and teaching myself, I just find it so much more fun that way, I love to learn things independently and it is so much cheaper!

-Are you clumsy in putting on makeup?

I can be, I mean we all have the occasional issues with eyeliner and getting them wings right or getting that contouring bang on;)

-Name a makeup crime that you hate?

I don't hate anything, If someone does something with their make-up that I personally wouldn't then there is nothing wrong with that, Why should it bother me? You know whatever, if it makes them happy then that is all that matters and people shouldn't shame someone for how they like to do their make-up Just because I wouldn't like it on me or they wouldn't like it on themselves, If you feel good then go for it! like who cares??

-Do you like colorful shades of makeup (lipstick,eyeshadow) or neutral ones?

It can depend on the day or should I say season, but really more neutral tones on the eyes just because I like to wear quite bold lipstick and have that as my statement, but when it comes to summer I do prefer more pinky/nude shapes lipsticks so I tend to be a little more bold with my eye make-up

-Which celebrity always has great make up?

Kendall Jenner always had a good make-up game going on and oh my gosh Blake Lively

-If you could leave the house using just ONE make up item,what would you use?

Either Concealer or Mascara ( I have thee worlds stubbiest eyelashes)

-Could you ever leave the house without any makeup on?

I could and I have, but I tend to wear make-up because I enjoy make-up so much and being able to use it as a creative outlet

-Do you think you look good even without any makeup on?

Uhm..Idk..I think I look ok? without make-up on but there is always them times where you don't and I am a very self-conscious person, I feel a lot of pressure that other girls do..Sometimes I do feel like " Oh my gosh I have bad under eye circles I must wear enough concealer to cover up today" We all have our insecurities at the end of day 

-In your opinion, what is the BEST makeup line?

That's impossible but any which have a variety of products and aren't too expensive

-What do you think of Makeup? 

I think make-up is such a good creative outlet that people sometimes under mime to what you can do with it, when it comes to make-up there is endless possibilities, it's something I get excited about and find joy in doing and I know a lot of people don't understand it but it's like we all have our individual things that we love to do, I could sit in my room and spend hours experimenting with make-up because I love it that much, There is so much you can learn and it never stops and millions of videos to learn these new things and you can share these things and learn together as a community, There is no right or wrong way with doing it, Taking the naked basics palette for example there is 6 shades in that but endless amounts of looks you can create with them shades, even using the darkest shade (crave) and you can create a winged look without rather than using eyeliner

Reading that back and oh my gosh how many times did I say love, literally as many times as I would say literallly in 10 minutes;)..

I hope you enjoyed this post my pretties and got to know abit more about the products I like to use and all my other thoughts on beauty and skincare things i'd love to know your answers to some of these so go comment below and as always I tag everyone to do it:)