FOTD: First Day At School


Rimmel Fix and Perfect Primer
Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer 
Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation 

Bourjois Bronzer Duo 
MUA Highlighter in Iridescent Gold
Sleek Contour Kit in Fair
M.A.C Blusher in Crisp Whites



Collection Eyes Uncovered Pallet (Gold)
Maybelline Colour Tattoos in On And On Bronze
Rimmel Wonderfull Mascara 
Collection Extreme Felt Liner
Barry M Eye Crayon 

Collection Lip Liner in Pink Heaven
L'Oreal Colour Riche in Eva's Nude 

Volia!



Secondary School: My Experience

Hate to start this on a bad note but this is not easy for me to write and to be really honest with you I've had to sensor a lot of things because, I don't mind getting personal, but there is parts where it gets Personal with a capital P. Anyway what my experience taught me there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Lets start at the beginning: Year 7. Okay imagine a lanky girl with a bob wearing a really oversized uniform. Yes Willy Wanker is still fresh in my mind. But my first day/ week is a bit of a blur all I remember is making friends with this girl who, at the time seemed like a great friend, but in hindsight used me and thought that I was vulnerable and an easy friend. At the age and time I thought it would be a great idea to share my BIGGEST SECRET EVER with this girl and needless to say that it spread round the year group like wildfire. I got tormented rotten for it, but at the end of the day I now realise that it was all meaningless and shouldn't have affected me the way it did. Things at home have never been great but school was my kind of release, my safe place, but that was torn away from me all because I trusted the wrong person. This then caused me to start acting up and just being a little shit. By the end of Year 7 I must have been excluded 10 times at least. I was also very friendless because nobody wanted to be friends with the naughty broken kid.

After a summer spent in beautiful Egypt, Year 8 roles around and in retrospect this was probably the best school year. I was doing well in all my subjects, but school wasn't my happy place and nor was home I got confused and anxious. It was also around this time that I met the person who I should probably punch but thank at the same time, I'll call this person Paper for privacy reasons. So naturally Paper new of my secret and at first we were friends but then my moods would just swing and I would be horrible to everyone close to me and that meant that Paper and I were no longer friends. We would have arguments all the time, sometimes physical fights, one of which ended in paper sitting on my. Not only did I get into fights with Paper I also got into a lot, and I mean A LOT of arguments and fights with other people, more so with this one girl, we shall name her Fairy. I was angry and jealous at Fairy for being friends with that girl that I was friends with in year 7, looking back it wasn't Fairy's fault. I was just an angry little kid.

In Year 9, I had even more arguments with Fairy, but coinsidently it was the year that I met one of my bestest friends. The broken kid was fixed. Or so they thought, things at home were just going from bad to worst and that meant that I would lash out more at school. It was my way of releasing all my anger and jealousy. At times I would just become another person. At school I was this loud, angry, aggressive and disruptive kid but at home I was the complete opposite. This is also the year that I got diagnosed with depression.

Year 10 came and this was the worst year of my life, home life and school life. I was just getting into loads of arguments with these girls and butting into arguments that were not even my arguments to have. All this arguing was getting to me and without going into to much detail, things at home were horrendous. I got so depressed that I tried to end my own life. I dont think I will ever be able to explain how bad thing actually were. Just imagine being tied to the floor and having a brick put on you one by one, at first you can handle it but suddenly it all gets to much. Thats when I moved school, I knew the problem wasn't the school it was me. I needed a new start. And so did my family, they moved to the other side of the world. I was alone.

Once I moved school, I became so much happier, was able to come off antidepressants, I reinvented myself. I was no longer that angry naughty girl who picked fights with anything that had a pulse. I was the new girl and nobody knew me. I met the most amazing people and came out with enough qualifications to go and do what I want to do and for once in 5 years my life is looking up.

When I talk to my friend that I made in year nine, it's weird seeing and hearing about yourself from someone elses point of view but then nobody has every really seen it from mine. Nobody really knew the struggles and battles I was fighting everyday. But I can finally see the light

All About That Blusher

For as long as I have been into makeup, I just didn't really wear blusher because I just had so many problems with it because I am quite pale but, ALAS I have finally found some techniques and blushers that work well.


My favorite Blushers to use are;

  • Sleek Rose Gold because this offers such a nice highlight and has great pigmentation.
  • MUA blusher in Bon Bon because it is a perfect subtle coral for pale skins, I think this would look great on redheads!
  • TopShop Cream Blusher in Head Over Heels, it looks quite shocking in the pan but I like to dab my finger in lightly and really work it into my skin. This blush works best with a more intense eye/ lip look

The way that I have applied my blush recently has a big part in my kindled love for it. So before I use to apply blush with a standard blush circle brush, however that didn't suit my face so then I invested in an Angled Blush Brush from MAC and then I apply it on the apples of my cheeks and then really bring it up onto my cheek bones.

The Liebster Award








Hello everyone, so the other day I was nominated by the beautiful Ashleigh from Mashmato for the Liebster Award which is a blogger award that showcases and allows new bloggers be introduced to the blogging world. The rules are simple:
Once nominated, make a post thanking and linking the person who nominated you.
Include the LEIBSTER AWARD sticker in the post too.
Nominate 10 other new bloggers that have 200 or less followers who you think are worthy of this award. Let them know they have been nominated by commenting on one of their posts. You can nominate the person who nominated you.
Answer the 10 questions asked to you by the person who nominated you and make ten questions of your own for your nominees.
Lastly, copy these rules in the post.
Here are my nominees


1.
Sprinkles & Periwinklehttp://www.sprinklesandperiwinkle.com/


2.
Fab Daisy 11http://fabdaisy11.blogspot.com


3.
Yours Truly by Casperhttps://yourstrulybycasper.wordpress.com/


4.
An English Rosehttp://anenglshrse.blogspot.com


5.
Georgia Charlottehttp://www.georgieblue.blogspot.com


6.
A Double Jointed Girl and Her Doghttp://doublejointedgirlandherdog.blogspot.co.uk/


7.
Pretty Mad Thingshttp://www.prettymadthings.blogspot.co.uk


8.
Style With Cashmerehttp://Stylewithcashmere.com


9.
Autumn Country Girlhttp://autumncountrygirl15krc.blogspot.com/


10.
Megan Hursthttps://megmadethis.wordpress.com




Question Time!!!


1.If you could dye your hair any colour for one day, what would you choose?
    PILLARBOX RED
2. Are you a sweet or savory person?
    Sweets 4 life
3. What was your dream when you were younger?
    I wanted to be a writer.
4. Has your dream changed/been achieved?
    It's changed so much now I want to be an interior designer or Makeup artist
5. What is the best book you’ve ever read?
    Harry Potter (duh) or Love Kate
6. On a scale of 1-10, how much do you use social media?
    About an 8. I may not be tweeting but I be seeing
7. Where do you see your blog in 10 years?
    Right now its just a hobbie but I would love to develop it into something amazing
8. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
    In New York reenacting Gossip Girl
9. Are you an optimistic or a pessimistic person? Or a mix of both?
   I would say I'm a mix of both
10. Do you take ages to do your makeup? How long?
      Depends what I'm doing that day but anywhere between 5 minutes to 1hr 30mins


Now my questions to you!!!

  1.  PLL or Gossip Girl
  2.  Kendall or Kylie?
  3. What are your opinions on Contour?
  4. Twitter or Instagram?
  5. Dream Job?
  6. What's on your makeup Wish list RIGHT NOW?
  7. If you could live any where in the world where would it be and why?
  8. Favorite Lipstick?
  9. If you was stuck on a desert island what 3 beauty products would you take with you?
  10. What are your thoughts on Strobing? 

How I Blog

Everyone has their own routine to blogging and today I wanted to share my routine with you all.



PLANNING

Okay so at the start of the month I have a checklist of new lists to write(!) Which normally takes me about 2 hours to complete. The first checklist is The Update. This one is where I tick off things I have to update such as my blog stats, media kit etc etc. The second one is my favorite one and that's the monthly blog post checklist and it looks something like this:

That leads me onto the next stage:

PHOTO'S

I always bulk produce my photos and that includes setting them up, editing and relabeling them. For my photos I just use a Samsung Point and Shoot Camera, I normally spend around 8 hours doing this, taking away the brakes I give myself.

WRITING.

The same as photos I like to bulk write because its not everyday that you feel inspired to write and I think you guys can tell when a post is uninspired. I schedule them way in advance as you can see above though, I don't write all my posts at once. This normally takes an hour a post to write and I tend to write 4 posts each time on average so therefore I write for about 4 hours.

SOCIAL MEDIA
Sometimes I schedule tweets but lets be real I'm on twitter 24/7 but lets say I'm a good little blogger and actually schedule my tweets and promote my posts I say this takes about 2 hours.

This is how I blog. It takes me about 16 hours a week to do blog type of things which is the same hours as a part time job, which I would prefer to blog than part time work. I think blogging shouldn't be seen as a job and it should be fun.

If you're a blogger how many hours do you blog a week and if your not a blogger how long do you reckon bloggers blog?

How To The Most Productive Day Of Your Life

Up until recently I was the laziest most unproductive person I have ever known! But alas, after following these tips and guidelines, everyday has been super productive so I thought I would try and help anybody who just needs a kick up the bum! Lets Begin...


BE A RABBIT, NOT A POTATO 

One of my biggest tips is to manage your time, this is something that I use to suck at. I would just sit at my desk and have loads of things to do and not have a clue when they need to be done by so I would just waste my time on social media. PRODUCTIVE. But seriously, the best way that I found to manage my time is by making a reasonable to do list. The reason I say reasonable is because I know from personal experience that if you have a to do list as long as your are, your just going to feel overwhelmed and nothing will get done. On that note, you must stick to your to do list, the way I found best to do this is by adding times/dates next to the dates that the tas needs to be done by, prioritising the urgent tasks. 

I really struggle with getting up early but I really try and make an effort to wake up before 9am and when I do I have such a more productive day. It's small things that can have the biggest impact.

Invest in a planner and plan your day. This way you know what you are doing when and can manage your time a 100% better.

NOBODY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE FUN

Just as a general rule of thumb I like to all the boring things first like, chores and painting my toenails and then I can go on to do the more interesting and fun things; BLOGGING.

PREPARATION IS KEY

"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail". Simple things lie preparing your clothes the night before or laying out your makeup can help you have a productive day just that little bit more


What are your tips for a productive day?

Why TopShop Beauty is the Best

Whenever I go into Topshop, I will always have at least two beauty items at the end, without fail. So today I thought was the perfect opportunity to tell you why I love it so much.



There are 3 main reasons why I love TopShop Beauty more than other clothing shops makeup;

1.Packaging: It's so cute and photogenic but apart from appearance, it's so lightweight. The Lipstick packaging is made of metal so that the lipstick doesn't melt so much in the summer as it would in plastic packaging. The Blushers are extra lightweight but are well made and they come with a compact mirror so they are great for traveling. TopShop do lip bullets which are slimline and don't have any extra packaging then necessary.

2.Formulation of the lipsticks is incredible because they are so long lasting, also the creme blushers particularly are great for in the summer months because the oils from my face don't eat the product up.  

3. The Scent is amazing because... it doesn't have one! I like my makeup not to have a scent to them because if they are all different and then they all mix and nobody want's that now do they?


Have you tried any TopShop Makeup? What are your thoughts? 

Quotes I Live By

I have a pinterest board of all my favorite quotes and personal inspiration, if you want to follow it you can here





The Perfect Red Lipstick, That Won't Cost You An Arm And A Leg

Hands up if you find it overly hard to find the ''Perfect Red Lipstick''? Yeah, me too. Alas, look no further, I have the answer for you...


Of course it was going to be from L'Oreal. Oh how I love that brand! This lipstick adds to my every growing collection of red lipstick, but Blake's Red is P-E-R-F-E-C-T! Let me break it down for you;

The scent is incredible. I am a huge fan of parma violets and it honestly baffles me how anyone couldn't love them, however if you don't like that scent then I would void this whole collection.

Packaging is beautiful, some of my lipsticks have lids were it smushs  the actual product therefore making it 10x harder to use in the morning, however the packaging for this product is designed so that the product never happens because it has a little cut out so that it closes nicely. Also the lid is tailored to the same shape as the bullet.

A struggle I always find when looking for the perfect red lipstick is that the pigmentation and formulation never go hand in hand. L'Oreal Colour Riche Collection have definitely fixed this problem, the actual colour of Blake's' Red is very dense and opaque, that being said in no way does this product sit heavy on the lips and is long lasting also.

What is your Go To Red Lipstick?