New Year Celebrations - Party Look

Hello everyone! I hope you had a great Christmas and that you got to spend it with your family. It is my favourite time of the year. But now that it is drawing to a close, we have the celebrations of the new year 2015 to look forward to. I am very excited to celebrate it this year and so I thought I would plan what I am going to be wearing early! So I thought I would share with you my make up plans. It's more of a daring look but its the new year - I am going to go for it as I LOVE this look and I hope you will too!  

Let's get started!

So firstly I moisturised earlier in the morning so that my skin feels softer and my make up sits better. I use the Simple Replenishing Rich Moisturiser. I use this because I have very sensitive skin and it is the only product that does the job well without breaking me out! 

For the skin, I used the Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in the shade '010 Light Porcelain'. This is a great foundation as it stays on for a long time without a primer and is relatively full coverage. Then, to conceal under my eyes, I used the Soap and Glory Kick Ass Concealer in the lightest shade. This concealer is in the form of a crayon which is something I have never tried before but I am loving. It's a recent buy but I am finding it has really long wear and good coverage. To set that all in place for the night ahead, I used the Rimmel Stay Matte powder across my 'T-Zone' as I wanted a dewy finish for this look.

As I have quite dark brows, I decided to leave th as they were - instead I just brushed them into place using using an eyebrow brush which you can find anywhere. So it was straight on to the eyes. I wanted to go for a pink/brown light smokey eye, so  I went straight in and primed my eyes using using the Maybelline Colour Tattoo in the colour rose gold. I then used an eyeshadow of the same colour to pack more colour on. Then, though the crease I put a darker pink in and blended the colours together. I didn't want to focus too much on the eyes so I didn't apply any eyeliner but you can add this step in now. To create voluminised eyelashes, I used the Bourjous Volume Clubbing Mascara in Ultra Black. This is great for adding volume and giving separation of the lashes.

To  add some colour to my face, I used the Rimmel Blush in the shade Pink Rose. I then used the Soap and Glory Solar Powder Bronzer which is favourite makeup product at the moment. I use it to add colour to my face and give it a glow. Sometimes I use it to define my cheekbones! 

To finish the look off, I used the Collection Lip Butter in the Shade 'Perfect Plum'. It really is the centre of the look and I love the colour as it is a bit more daring and wintery!

If you do recreate the look, be sure to send me a picture as I love looking at the pictures that are sent to me! 

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How To : Festive Tealight Holder | DIY

It's nearly Christmas and there's nothing more that gets me into the Christmas spirit than some good old DIY decorations. This year I am loving candles so I thought I would show you how to make this festive tea light holder that I have created!

You Will Need:

A jar big enough to hold 3 tea light candles,

Sellotape,

3 (new) tealights,

Some green, red and white acrylic paint, some newspaper and thin, medium and thick paintbrushes.

Let's Get Started!

So firstly, you will need to put a large dollop of red paint onto a paint plate (or anything you can wash paint off of).

Next you need to take three strips of sellotape and put them evenly on the jar with gaps in between the different strips. You then need to paint all over the jar including the tape and apply a few layers, however not too many as you want the red to show when the candles are lit. You then need to leave it to dry preferably over night.

When the paint has properly dryed. You can take the strips of sellotape of carefully. It is important that you do it carefully as some of the paint that is on the jar may come off with the tape.

Taking a small amount of green paint, put it on the paint plate.

On the red strips on the jar, you can draw whatever festive shape you want, but I decided to draw some cute Christmas trees. I painted two trees on each strip of red paint on the jar.

Next to the Christmas tree, I painted snowflakes using the white paint. I again, painted two snowflakes on each stripe. (You might be able to tell I love snow!)

Then, underneath the snowflake, I wrote some 'Ho Ho Ho's. I again did tow on each red strip using the same white paint.

Now all of the festive painting is done!

Next, I decided to paint the lid using some more red paint but that is optional! I did a couple of layers of paint to match the paint on the jar.

Now all that was left to do was put the tea light candles in ...

, and light them.

This is perfect for a cold winters evening on the mantelpiece or in your bedroom and us a great gift or decoration for anyone. I hope you enjoy creading this, and if you do, be sure to send me a picture of the finished result! 

What's your favourite thing to do in the run up to Christmas? 

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A Visit to Costa at Christmas!

My favourite time of the year is Christmas and I especially when all of the shops are all festive. My favourite place for this festive time is Costa. They have the cutest coffee cups as well as some delicious Christmas themed drinks. Every year my friends Imagine and Inés always have a Christmas movie night, and this year we decided to make it that little bit more festive and stop off at Costa. Imagine and I opted for the Brownie Hot Chocolate. Imagine had already bought one of the ceramic Christmas cup and so she had hers in that. It was in the design of  an elf which is so so cute. Because I was freezing, and also felt like having a treat, I had a large one! I'm safe to say it was delicious. Inés went with an all year classic; the Belgian Choclate Creamy Cooler and judging by how quickly it went, I think she liked it! We love Costa Christmas!!!

What's your favourite Costa Christmas Special?

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The New Additions: Our Kittens

So until recently, we have really been wanting some cuddly kittens as unfortunately our cat, Cuddles, passed away. We had been looking for a couple of weeks and soon we found these adorable kittens who had been abandoned by the mother, and so we just had to get two of them - now we can't stop cuddling and playing with them. Meet Roger the Dodger the Lodger, who is the gorgeous tabby kitty cat. He is so calm and friendly and I can tell he will be sleeping at the end of all our bed very soon! Freddy Sanchez is the CRAZY ginger kitten. He is some serious fun and is so very friendly. The best and cutest thing is that they both purr constantly. So here are a few adorable pictures. They are so energetic, so some of them are a bit blurred. Sorry!

  

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How To Do: Cat Eye Eyeliner

So recently I have been really enjoying experimenting with makeup and have began to teach myself how to properly do a cat eye eyeliner since doing that, I love doing it! It looks really good on lots of different types of face shapes, however it doesn't suit absolutely everyone but I would definitely give it a go! So I thought I would give you a small, and easy, tutorial though pictures and words of how you can achieve the cat eye look!

 

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I have used a few liquid eyeliners before, including the Rimmel Scandeleyes Eyeliner, but recently, I found this new brand which I had never used before called 'Essence'. I picked up the 'Extra Long-lasting Eyeliner' and it is such a good quality product - it doesn't smudge, it stays of for such a long time, the pen nib is super fine and the colour is so deep. I love it and so this had to be the eyeliner that I used. I also know that the L'Oreal Super Liner is great for this look as well! Lets get started!

 

 

 

 

BEFORE

 

 

   So first I drew a fine line over the top of my eyelid. Don't go over it too much as it will get too thick and will ruin the cat eye effect.

 

 

Next, I drew a line connected from the top of the bottom eyelid and then went upwards to create the base of the cat eye flick.

 

 

 I then connected that base line to another line, from the top of that line to the middle of the thin line on top of the eyelid, so that it makes a very thin, triangular shape but with a bit of a flick at the end.

 

 

 

I then filled the 'triangular' shape in with the eyeliner

 

 

I then drew another line down into the lower lash line to make the cat eye look more connected and give it more of an effect, as well as outlining the eye a little bit. 

 

 

Then using, the 'Benefit They're Real' mascara, I applied a few coats to the upper lashes. I am currently testing it out and I like this mascara a lot and it really gives the effect of what the name implies - that the lashes are real, however after a few coats it can make your eyelashes looked clumped together which I am not so keen on!

 

 

 

I then applied a few coats of the 'Rimmel Glam Eyes' mascara which is one of my favourite mascaras as it is not clumpy at all!

 

 

I then filled in my eyebrows using the 'Max Factor' eye shadow in the shade '106' 'Terra Firma'. I think that this is the perfect shade to lightly fill in my eyebrows but I don't do this everyday because  it isn't really necessary as my eyebrows are quite darkly coloured for my hair colour.

 

 

AFTER

 

And bobs your uncle - your look is now finished. I love it for nights out and days when I am feeling a bit more daring with my make up and I will be wearing this look a lot more. A good thing about it is that you can change it according to how brave you are feeling, by changing the length of the flick or the amount of mascara. I tend not to apply eyeliner on my water line but that would add a nice effect as well as, outline your eyes. I hope you all like this look as much as I do.

 

 

 

 Good Luck!