Beauty Hall

Firstly, I'd like to wish every one of you a very happy new year! I'd also like to take this opportunity to say thank you very much for reading my blog, and I hope your year is full of happiness!

 

Recently, I have made a few beauty purchases on things which I love. I've also been given a couple of things as presents, by some very lovely people, so I thought I'd share them!

Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick - 01 Rossetto

 Being a sucker for red lipstick, I completely love this colour! It gives a glossy finish (which I like, as I normally stick to matte shades) and doesn't need to be re-applied for a good few hours.

Loreal Super Liner Perfect Slim - Instense Black

Having tried and failed at doing liquid liner for a few years now, I was sooooo happy when I came across this beauty! I have re-purchased it many times since, and I can safely say it's one of the best make-up items I have ever used, and is perfect for doing winged liner!

Real Techiques Duo Fiber Brushes - Face Brush, Countour Brush and Eye Brush

I had wanted some new make-up brushes for a while and since I had already tried and loved the other Real Techniques brushes, I decided to go for these Duo Fibre ones. I use both the Face brush and Contour brush to apply powder (the contour one is good for smaller areas), and the eye brush, for what it's for - the eyes! They are all sooo soft, and I think they do a wonderful job!

 

Soap and Glory, Sugar Crush Range - Body Butter, Body Scrub and Body Wash

If you haven't already, you need to smell these!  They smell like creamy, wonderful, fresh, limey, yummy goodness (clearly I'm not very good at describing, but basically I want to eat them!). They also leave your skin super soft, which is a bonus!

 

Lush- Candy Mountain Bubble Bar

 I've had a lot of people recommend this to me, so I thought I would give it a try! It smells amazinggg, gives a pink tint to your bath and makes bubbles, what more could you want?

 

 

p.s I hope to be blogging a lot more from now on, so stay tuned!

 

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Outfit Of The Day

 

 

 

 It's pretty much winter now here in the UK, so It's getting pretty chilly. I decided to go for a casual warm look, as I was off out for a walk with my boyfriend, before going out for a meal for my brothers birthday.

 

I am obsessed with disco pants at the moment, so I Just paired them with a warm knitted eyelash jumper, burgundy scarf, parka, black ankle boots and socks with cute little bows.

 

Make sure to leave me a comment with a link to your outfit of the day if you have done one! :)

 

Thank-you for reading!

 

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Yankee Candle - Christmas Cookie

 Just recently I started a new full time job. Even though this is obviously good in many ways, It also means I have less time to do the things I love doing (like blogging).

 I have decided that each week from now on I am going to try and post at least once. So this week I thought why not write about something I have recently been loving? So here:

 

Christmas Cookie - Yankee Candle

 

 

 As soon as Autumn hits, I Like to get into the Christmas spirit (bit early, I know). So, this year I decided to treat myself to a new festive candle.

 

After spending quite a long time smelling all of the wintery scents, I found my favourite - Christmas Cookie. This is by far one of the best scents ever! It smells so sweet and vanillary, and makes me want to just pick it up and eat it! I have used it LOADS and still have a fair bit to go, which is good. I will definitely be picking up the bigger one next time!

 

 

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Halloween Gingerbread Biscuits

 

Soooo, the other day I decided to make some Halloween inspired biscuits, and I thought I would share them!

 

Ingredients:

350g (12oz) plain flour

2 teaspoons of ground ginger (you can leave this out if you want plain biscuits)

1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

100g (4oz) butter or margarine (sliced into chunks)

175g (6oz) light brown sugar

1 egg

4 tablespoons of golden or maple syrup

 

For the decoration:

200g icing sugar

A few drops of orange food colouring (or red and yellow, mixed)

Writing icing

 

You will also need Halloween shaped cookie cutters (unless you're good at cutting shapes with a knife)

 

1) preheat the oven to 190° and grease a baking tray.

2) Put the flour, ginger, bicarbonate of soda and butter/margarine into a mixing bowl. Rub together with your fingers until it looks like breadcrumbs.

3) Add the sugar to the mixture, and stir. Then break the egg into a bowl and mix it with the syrup.

4) Add the egg and syrup into the mixture until it makes a dough.

5) Knead the dough, and roll it out, until it's about 5mm thick. Cut out your shapes, and put in the oven on the baking tray. Bake for about 12-15 minutes

6) When the biscuits have cooled, mix a few drops of the food colouring in with the icing sugar, and add as much water as needed. (You can miss out the food colouring if you've made ghosts).

 

Happy Halloween!

What will you be doing?

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Halloween Make-Up Ideas

With Halloween just around the corner, I thought it was a good time to share some easy to do Halloween make up ideas, using basic products!

 

 

 For this classic skeleton look, you need black eyeliner, black eye shadow, mascara and a bit of white eyeliner for the teeth. This is perfect if you love contouring! I contoured my cheek bones, nose, and all around my face using black eye shadow.

 

 

 This one is a bit simpler. All you need is a black eyeliner, and your favourite mascara and lipstick! You could go all out and go for a dark lip too! I wanted to keep it more neutral on the lips, so more attention is drawn to the eyes, therefore opting for a light pink colour.

 

 

Creepy doll - For this you need to make your eyes look as big as possible! (without covering up the rest of your face.) White eyeliner can help to create this illusion. Then you just need to use a lot of pink blush, for the cheeks, and using a black eyeliner, create the scar type things.. Conceal your lips, and using a bold lipstick create a lip shape smaller than yours!

 

 

 

 The not so scary cat look - probably the easiest and quickest look out of them all! Just create your favourite Smokey eye, put on your 'go to' lipstick, then add a cat's nose using a black eyeliner and a pink lipstick or eye shadow for the middle. simple!

 

I hope you enjoyed this post, and that it gave you some ideas for easy make-up looks, that make it look as though you made an effort, (without really making much effort!)

 

I would love to know what you are going as for Halloween! Let me know in the comments.

 

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September Favourites

When I decided I wanted to do a post about my favourites for September, I thought I would be writing about beauty products. But as I went to write them down, I struggled. I realised that there haven't been many beauty related products I have really been LOVING this month, So I decided to include some random favourites too!

 

Beauty 

Bourjous Colour Boost - Peach On the Beach 

I have worn this constantly through September and absolutely love it! The colour is so pigmented and goes on really nicely, giving a slight gloss to the lips. Although I see coral as more of a summer colour, I will definitely still be wearing this through the Autumn months.

 

  Bourjous Bronzing Powder

 This is one of the best bronzers I've tried! Since my tan had already mostly faded by September, this was a great way of bronzing up my skin.

 

 Hair 

 Herbal Essences - Bee Strong Range

 This has been my saviour through September and all of summer. The sun, as well as using hair straightners so often, really dryed out and damaged my hair. These products put the moisture back in, and made it look and feel a lot stronger and healthier.


Food

Belvita Breakfast Biscuits - Crunchy oats

For some weird reason, I've never liked any type of cereal, so I find it really difficult finding things to eat for breakfast. This month, my Mum picked up some of these breakfast biscuits, and I have eaten them most days since. I even sometimes put them with fruit and yoghurt, just to make me feel like I'm being healthy haha.
Chocolate Brownie's with Cookie Dough
A few weeks ago, I saw a picture on tumblr of Chocolate brownies with cookie dough on top, and thought, I want that! So I took my favourite brownie recipe, and my favourite cookie recipe, and boom! This is now one of my favourite things ever. (I forgot to take a photo, so I'll put some up soon, along with the recipe!)


Songs
This month I have been listening to two songs on repeat. The first is a song called Great Escape, by an amazing singer, Mike Dignam, who i discovered on Youtube. This song was perfect for summer, and I have listened to it most mornings getting ready. You can listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LhpMXYKemE
The second, is the song Wings, By Birdy. She has such an amazing voice, and It's one of those songs were I feel like the lyrics were written for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBKfy0FwUC8

Fairy Lights

Since it's now autumn/ Fall, I wanted to add a new touch to my room, to make it feel more cosy. I recently brought these fairy lights, from Amazon, and absolutely love them! They are so simple (and were fairly cheap too!) but they instantly make the room feel more cute and festive!

If you have written a post on your monthly favourites, be sure to leave a link in the comments, and I'll go and check it out!

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An Autumn Weekend Walk

It seems so strange that September is already here. Like most people, I can't believe how fast this year is going, but i'm glad it's autumn.

 

All through summer, I can't help but wish it would stay warm and sunny for ever (not that we get that much sunny weather in England), but as soon as Autumn hits, I realise just how much I like it. Big Jumpers, warm fires, duvet days, and delicious smelling candles, are some of the things that make me love autumn so much. 

 

 

 

Me and my sister have wanted to go blackberry picking since summer hit, and last weekend seemed like the perfect oppurtunity. It was wellie weather again (which excited me), so we headed off for the fields with our wellies, bags for the berries and of course, our doggie.

 

I feel so lucky living so close to the countryside. It's so peaceful and is perfect, if like me, you love spending time outside.

 

We walked for a couple of hours, talking, picking blackberries (even the dog joined in on that) and just enjoying being outside. Even though England isn't too warm at the best of times, It was such a nice temperature, and was good to get a breath of fresh air.

 

I definitely want to make more time to escape to the fields. The countryside is so beautiful at this time of year, and even if you have noone to brave the outside with you, listening to music whilst you walk can be so relaxing and even quite therapeutic.

 

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