8 Things Tag!!

8 Things Tag….
Can’t remember who tagged me because I’m getting old!


8 Things I Look Forward To


1. My family holiday next February we’re going on another cruise to lots of places http://pocruises.com/Cruises/N004/Itinerary.axd have a look and see how cool it’ll be!
2. Days off self explanatory really!
3. Payday same as above!
4. My birthday because it’s awesome although after 21 it does kind of go downhill a bit :(
5. Coming home at the end of the day
6. Having the house to myself, nothing like watching films in your pjs and no one moaning at you to get dressed and do something productive!
7. Winning the lottery I wish!
8. Christmas!!


8 Things I Did Yesterday


1. Slept
2. Ate sausage casserole and Hagen daas Belgian choc ice cream yum!
3. Watched Greys Anatomy serried finale :(
4. Watched The Unit
5. Watched Army Wives (a lot of tv yesterday)
6. Fed and played with my cats Barney and Foggy
7. Saw my boyfriend after he finished work
8. Watched Muriel’s Wedding on tv before I went to sleep (A LOT of tv yesterday!)


8 Things I Wish I Could Do


1. Speak Italian, French, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese
2. Retire right now!
3. Find what I’m really good at and make it my career instead of coasting along in naff jobs!
4. Realise that no.2 and 3 contradict each other!
5. Earn more money
6. Stop spending so much!
7. Get my social life back in order!
8. Make my family proud of me


Sooo that’s it kids, that’s all you're getting from me! I tag anyone who has read this and wants to do it! X x x

20 Questions Tag!!

20 Questions Tag!

I wasn’t technically tagged but I haven’t posted in forever so I’m doing it and there’s nothing you can do to stop me :p

1. Things you cannot leave the house without:Hmm can I just say my bag and all the junk in it?!Ok if I had to narrow it down to say 3 things it would be phone, Vaseline (or any lip balm) and money/debit card.

2. Favourite brand of Make Up:At the moment it would have to be Urban Decay I’ve been using the Ammo palette almost every day recently. But all time favourite 17 from Boots I love the eyeshadows.

3. Favourite flower:Wasn’t really ‘into’ flowers until recently but I’ve discovered that sunflowers are my favourite flower. I think they’re gorgeous.

4. Favourite clothing store:Shoes – used to be New Look, at the moment not really impressed but most of my shoes are from there so we’ll go with New LookBasics – Next because they are usually cheaper than New Look, H&M etc
Everything else – Debenhams just for the sheer variety of brands and products

5. Favourite perfume:All my favourites get discontinued but it was Armani Night (red bottle) then Gucci (clear bottle brown liquid smells quite manly but also a bit like talc!) and now the new-ish Gucci in the brown bottle think it may be called Gucci? lol

6. Heels or Flats:Everyday wear got to be flats except in winter I like to get out my knee high boots. Nights out – heels but I’d like to wear flats to be honest I’m getting kind of low maintenance when it comes to shoes.

7. Do you make good grades:Eh kind of not as good as I should have done

8. Favourite colours:Used to be baby blue then teal now purple although I am rocking the black/white black/cream combo at the mo

9. Do you drink energy drinks:Used to be a blue bear junkie (Spars version of red bull) just to keep me awake through my old job (it sucked) but now don’t drink it at all

10. Do you drink juice:Yeah sometimes apple is my fave but like orange as well smooth though no bits! God help if I find bits in my juice! I drink it more on holiday mainly because they give you gallons of it with breakfast :D

11. Do you like swimming:No, I LOVE swimming!! Used to swim competitively but got into partying and that kind of faded away but I still love it only really get time for it when on my hols.

12. Do you eat fries with a fork:I’ve loved reading peoples answer to this dunno why just a weird fascination I guess. To answer the question though I eat chips with a fork if they’re part of a meal that wasn’t from a drive through (home-cooked, restaurant etc)

13. Favourite moisturiser:L’oreal Hydrafresh I think it’s called it was discontinued in Boots then Superdrug stocked it now they just do the dry skin one which makes my skin drier????I have found that they stock the oily/combo one in Morrisons hurrah!! I can’t be bothered going on a new moisturiser hunt

14. Do you want to get married later on in life: Hmm yeah if I find the right person logic will go out the window and I’ll be all bridezilla! but I don’t necessarily think marriage equates to a happy life together. I know people that have been together 40 years without being married. So it’s each to their own really.

15. Do you get mad easily:Yeah but I calm down really quickly as well.

16. Are you into ghost hunting:let me think nah not really lol random question!

17. Any phobias: Small heights yeah that’s right standing on a ladder, chair, stool, couch whatever I will freak out (in my head but I never let it show) The weird thing is though that I love huge heights they completely fascinate me! Skydiving?sign me up! Rock climbing? Love it! Flown a plane? Why yes I have! See I’m weird!

18. Do you bite your nails:Used to but stopped when I learnt that biting ONE nail- just one!! Is equivalent to licking a toilet seat in terms of bacteria and such. So since licking a toilet seat is something I’d never do I stopped cold turkey and haven’t done it in 9 years!!

19. Have you ever had a near death experience:Yes

20. Do you drink coffee:Nope used to in college mainly because you got a kit kat free to dunk with it!

I tag all of my followers and anyone who randomly reads this! x x x

If you were to buy one thing from GOSH what would it be?

Sounds like an impossible question right? Well I'm trying to work out what I should get in the 3 for 2 offer currently on at Superdrug. I'd like you guys that read my blog (if you still do lol) to say what you think is the best product that they do.

Ooh one minor point you can't say Darling lipstick because it really is the 'darling' of Youtube and the blogs.

The reason I'm doing this is because I don't actually own anything from GOSH. I have been curious about it for a while now but have never really gone out of my way to buy something.

So yeah I hope some of you comment with your suggestions because in the end I think that's why we all blog and watch videos on YT because we like to see the products being tested by regular people. So I want to know what products from GOSH have worked for you, what did you love? On the flip side I'd also like to know what to stay away from, what products you think are even worth the trip into town!

Anyhoo thanks in advance guys and I'll write soon expect some very picture heavy posts over the weekend, I've accumulated a scary amount of stuff over recent weeks and just not had chance to get pictures and blog about it.

x x x x

My very first contest!!

Hey guys I've decided to hold a contest, I'm not sure what the look/s will be yet or indeed if there will be looks to do. It will start when I hit 100 subscribers which seems a long way off (and is) but at least it will give me time to get some really cool prizes together.

Soooo what kind of prizes would you guys like to win? If I have any readers from the US maybe some GOSH and Barry M?

Let me know what you guys would consider good prizes and I'll see what I can do!

x x x

Tagging mania! Random questions I answered with intensive hair conditioner on!!

I got tagged to do this and I thought it would pass some time whilst I’m waiting for my deep conditioner to work so here we go!

Rules: 1. Respond and rework: Answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own. 2. Tag eight other people.

What is your current obsession? Henry Cavill.

What is your weirdest obsession? bacon flavour wheat crunchies

What are you wearing today? A coral vest top, long white shirt over it and dark blue skinny jeans with silver pumps. Oh and some bangles and my Tiffany necklace

What's your favourite comfort food? Pasta especially gnocchi yummy stuff

What would make today special? If I had won £110 million on the Euro last night lol

What would you like to learn to do? Fly planes

What's the last thing you bought? A lot of stuff yesterday ha ha but the very last things was my Glamour magazine I’ve never missed an issue since it came out (geek!)

What are you listening to right now? Late night alumni - seemingly sleepy

What is your favourite weather? Warm but breezy

What is your most challenging goal right now? Paying off my overdraft: (

If you could turn into an animal, what would you be? A dolphin or a whale

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would it be? Barbados or St Thomas I LOVE the Caribbean!

If you could swap lives with anyone for one day who would it be and why? Hmmm probably Scarlett Johansson because she’s married to Ryan Reynolds!

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? Times Square and I’d take my brother because we both loved it there.

What would you like to have in your hands at right now? The keys to a new car!

What do you look for in a friend? Honesty, loyalty, a slightly warped sense of humour and a willingness to spend HOURS shopping!

Who do you want to meet in person? Hmm that would be crush of the month Henry Cavill!

What's your favourite type of music? Pretty much anything to be honest it ranges from house to soul

What's your dream job? actress

If you had £100 now what would you spend on it? Guerlain issima midnight Secret and a bottle of Gucci perfume that I can’t find anywhere! Have a look at pic above and let me know if you guys see any!

Things you wish you could change in the past? Nothing because if I did I wouldn’t be the person I am today and have the good things in my life that I do.

Fashion Pet Peeve? Hmm jodhpurs but ‘apparently’ they’re back in fashion – yuk!

If you could have a super power what would it be? I wanna fly that would be so cool or be invisible

Do you admire anyone's style? probably Diane Kruger or Helena Christensen because they always look immaculately stunning

Describe your personal style. Skinny pants/ jeans, lots of different random handbags, flats or very high shoes – always peep toe! (kitten heels are for wimps and give everyone cankles!) Bangles and looooooong necklaces and a massive fetish for earrings oh yeah and a thing for wearing necklaces as bracelets

What's your favourite ice cream flavour? Triple choc

What's your favourite makeup brand? Dior or 17 from boots

What makeup do you use a lot? Mascara always! I once didn’t put any in my bag and because I was on the bus I had to improvise and I literally painted my lashes with liquid eyeliner. Don’t get me wrong it did look good but not something I’m in a hurry to repeat!

Do you get enough beauty sleep? Yes or no? Why? Definitely not – my neighbour either the incredibly loud music he plays (and sometimes he sings!) or just generally being a night time kinda person sometimes

Why did you start your (beauty) blog? I started watching fafinettex3’s videos and I was hooked! Then I discovered the beauty bloggers and one day I just started typing

What do you think is the best feature about yourself? Hmm I like my nose or maybe my eyes when they’re not surrounded by dark circles lol

What is your favourite vacation spot? St Thomas or Barbados!!!! L O V E

What do you like least about yourself? My chronic laziness!

Ah ha I’ve finished just in time to rinse my hair! Yey so I tag …….. basically anyone who wants to do it! X x x x x x

Sizzle or Fizzle aka hot or not!

I was a bit bored so I thought I'll do my version of a hot or not, loving not loving etc.

Ta da!! I'm probably copying someone after all there's only so many ways you can re jig hot or not!! So if something is sizzle-ing its awesome and if something is fizzle-ing it's not so cool people. We shall begin.

Sizzle

• Henry Cavill - from The Tudors, the Dunhill ads and my daydreams please feel free to ogle this beast of a man.

Ok, did you take enough time to drool and then to compose yourself enough to read on?

• TK Maxx - my long lost love, I could spend a good chunk of my Saturday in there in my non working youth but now I just run in on my dinner and check for any NYX and St Tropez bargains.
• Living at my boyfriends house for a week and looking after his gorgeous dog Oliver whilst his family were on holiday, playing house is so much fun when it's just a test run!
• Mooching round Cheshire Oaks for an afternoon and buying items that will be disclosed in a haul post later today hee hee!
• Not having to care about crappy weather on bank holidays because I'm stuck in work (should this be a fizzle maybe?)
• Awesome bargain jewellery!!

Fizzle

• Having to decide on an appropriate outfit for meeting my boyfriends ENTIRE family!! So that would be something pastel and pretty and most importantly innocent looking!!
• Crappy weather on bank holidays.
• Watching Marley and Me and realising I could never own a dog because I was absolutely wailing at the end of that film :(
• Having spent nearly all that's left of wages on jewellery!

Anyhoo I think that's about enough for tonight I shall return in the morning bright, refreshed and showing off my bargain bounty! Night all x x x x

NEW HAIR!!! and apologies for not blogging :(

Soooooo I've been rather absent of late (ok so maybe a month and a bit has flown by!) There has been lots of shopping in the past 5 or so weeks and I mean LOTS! I shall post pictures tomorrow because I have the whole day to myself to photograph all my gorgeous treasures.

Ok onto other news I have new hair!! eeep change is scary :O I'll put up a picture of my 'old' hair and my new shiny lovely hair. Yey I've gone from brown-ish to blonde again but not the scary platinum I once was, a nice golden-y 'natural' blonde. Well as natural as bleach can be hee hee.

Please excuse the scary-ness of this picture, this is about a month after I had my hair done and it still looks quite a rich brown and quite glossy in this pic. Alas after not having 'topped-up' my dye since it had faded to almost the bleach blonde of the past on the ends and three inches of natural colour roots!!!!Grim I know but I was spending my money on other things namely an awesome holiday to New York and the Caribbean so priorities people!
This picture now is of my hair in its current glory I'm in love with this it's gorgeous!! It's kind of a crappy picture but I was also trying (in vain) to show my make up for my FOTD!








We shall begin the FOTD dissection-
Face - Estee Lauder Skin Refinisher, Loreal Hydrafresh moisturiser and vaseline on lips. Revlon Vital radiance foundation, YSL Touche Eclat concealer for under eyes, to highlight cupids bow, sides of nostrils and as base for eyelids and Rimmel hide the blemish for the growths on my nose and chin! To finish a dusting of 17 Pressed powder in translucent? not sure what shade because the sticker isn't there!
Cheeks etc - Blonde msf to highlight cheekbones and Eyeko strawberry Fat Balm rubbed in with fingers for blush.
Lips - No 7 moisture drench lipstick dabbed on straight from tube as a stain then blot and applied another coat - Later on in the day I put on a few coats of 17 lipgloss in Barely Rose which looks like a shocking pink in the tube but comes out a soft candy-ish pink.
Eyes - No eyelash curler mine has gone walkies eep! No 7 360 mascara in black to top and bottom lashes and Loreal liquid liner in black along upper lash line with a little flick at the outer corner.
Nothing technical or adventurous just an average day really, anyhoo let me know what you think of the hair! Thanks for reading guys x x x x