Todays hair - HOTD

So I've recently been wearing my hair in this half up half down do, it reminds me of how I used to have my hair a lot back in the 90's! I love how voluminous your hair can look and even though my hair is relatively long it makes my hair look so much more longer and I get a lot of compliments on how long it looks.

I just grab a random section from the crown of my head, this can vary every single time, I take larger sections sometimes and others I take smaller sections, it's all down to how you feel really. I then take a backcombing comb/brush and go about my business backcombing until I'm happy, then I take a hairband and tie the ponytail, once again backcomb at the base of the ponytail for even more volume and around where you can see the parting so that is hidden and for even more volume. I finally add some hairspray and salt spray for texture as I'm not a lover of sleek straight hair, I love messy texture with my hair as my face seems to carry it off a lot better I'm told..?

L'Oreal Paris True Match Foundation

This foundation has to be on my list of favourite foundations to say the least!

This foundation claims to be 'super-blendable' and 'matches skin colour and texture' Along with saying that in 2 weeks your skin will look healthier, smoother and more even from using it, also a beautiful flawless-looking complexion..You're skin only better.

I only got this foundation because I got a voucher to have so much money of it and this was really the only massive incentive to buy this product, although I am glad I did buy it for that reason as L'Oreal will be having me back to their display very soon to try out other products! Well done L'Oreal!

The packaging is in a glass bottle with a pump, to me a pump is key as I have no special technique using a foundation without a pump, it just goes everywhere and I end up loosing a lot of product. The foundation I do this a lot with, although I have managed to not do it so much is my Revlon ColourStay. I love this foundation and I will do a review on that soon, but without a pump I wasted so much to begin with. Boo.

Now onto the foundation itself and to see if it lives up to the description.  I agree that it is super-blendable, this glides onto the skin and even though I did get a shade that was probably a slight bit too dark when I put it on my skin and compared it to my skin on my face and neck, but I personally don't want to have my TRUE shade as I would be a walking white ghost! So I have the shade N2 Vanille which is still a very light shade as this range has an amazing range of colours, if I got my real shade I'd be around Nude Ivory but I would be too light for my liking.

So when blending this possibly too dark shade onto my face and neck it blends seamlessly! It looks scary at first and you think oh...But then you start blending and it's basically gone (not the foundation, the scary darkness)

I'm not sure about the healthier, smoother, evening effect it claims to give you after 2 weeks as I don't use foundation every single day. I may try and see about it this but putting foundation on everyday when I don't need to seems pointless to me really.

Overall I love this foundation and will be repurchasing it once this has emptied and I am very proud to say it does do the things it says on the packaging.

Excuse the mess of a student and photography student! It will be tidy soon.

Foundation Shade

Just foundation

Finished Make Up

Finished Make up

Primer: L'Oreal Studio Secrets Smoothing Resurfacing Primer   Foundation: L'Oreal True Match   Under eye concealer: No7 Instant Radiance   Spot concealer:  Revlon PhotoReady   Poweder: Rimmel Stay Matte   Eyebrows: MUA Pro-Brow Kit   Eyes: MUA Undress eyeshadow palette   Lips:   ELF Pouty Petal 

Back to university!

So I'm now back at university after a lovely 3 week break, well it was hardly a break as I worked almost everyday at my work place and had university work to crack on with! The work never stops!

But today was something that I am prone to and didn't come to surprise me when it happened. I did in fact blow the fuse in my whole entire flat, this meant all 4 rooms had no electricity what so ever, our corridor lights didn't come on with the sensor and our kitchen was completely gone. 

I managed to do this by simply trying to cook my lunch, happy as I was cooking away and then all of a sudden one of the hobs button things blew up and sparks came flying out of it, letting a scream out and jumping back in shock and horror I walked into the corridor to then find myself in complete darkness, I then went back into the kitchen and messaged my flat mate saying "I think I blew something up, are you in the flat?" 

A few minutes later after we tried to fix the problem ourselves looking at the circuit box, we decided to phone down to reception and explain what I had done..rather embarrassing to say the least! So the lovely man came and had a look to see the damage I had produced, the verdict was I blew up that certain hob plate (we are getting a brand new one) our extractor fan had also gone or I may have even blown that too, but that was too indeed fixed as was our corridor light that had been broken before I did any of this!

Flirty champagne eyeshadow

So this make up look is what I love to wear pretty much everyday when I'm off for lunch with friends or I'm off out for a day with the boyfriend. It's a beautiful subtle smokey eye with a champagne eyeshadow base.

First of all I used the Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Eternal Pink all over my lid for a creamy shimmery base.

I then used the MakeUp Academy palette in Undressed and I used Shade 2 all over my lids, for the crease I mixed Shade 4 & 5 together making a matte slight shimmer crease colour and finally I used Shade 1 for the inner corner to brighten the whole look up and your eyes up.

I used the MakeUp Academy E3 Blending brush and the E1 Eyeshadow brush to apply the shadows.


















I then used my L'Oreal Paris Extra - Volume Collagene in a brown colour to give a more natural look but you can use any black mascara you like if you want more drama on the lashes.


















Here is the finished look. Hope you like it!

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Instagram Diary

Birthday cards

'Laughing'

79p lunch from work, oopsies

Lost my boyfriend to his phone, snuggles

Owl earrings, obsession

Dead beautiful butterfly

Beautiful day down the beach with the best friend

As you can see I'm new to Instagram and I don't use it a lot but I am now going to and keep these little Instagram Dairy posts every month!

Good news is that my new Canon 7D came a few days ago and now I'm getting the hang of filming I shall be posting a video, but not sure what to do it on, so give me some ideas and I'll film the most common suggestion.

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Birthday blog!

So today it is my birthday! Yay! 

Only been a tad excited all day and feeling fat from the chocolates I have received....FATTIE

At the mere age of 17 I am getting a bit old and decrepit and according to my good old best friend I am in need of a wheelchair. But in all seriousness I am having a great day and it keeps getting better and better. 

Awful lighting but flowers, card, ring.

Woke up to my gorgeous boyfriend singing Happy Birthday to me, he then went to go and get me a huge bunch of beautiful flowers and my card which he wrote a little soppy message in because we are a soppy as couples could possibly come! He then also decided to do a fake proposal with a eternity ring band we had bought together (he made me go up and get it, cheeky sod) Opening up the little ring box and on one knee, made me laugh and of course I said yes ;) But all in all it was a joke and unfortunately was not a real engagement ring! (NO WEDDINGS UNTIL YOUR STABLE WITH MONEY SOPHIE!) Adding to the laughing and smiling he then brought me up scrambled eggs on toast with bacon, although I had to instruct him on how to make the scrambled eggs. 

Later on in the day I had my best friend come over and opened all her presents which were all wrapped delicately and then I just ripped them all open, I don't know anyone who carefully rips open a present? But each present represented me in a different way, I am not going to name every single present I got from her or my family but they are all so appreciated and I love every single person who gave them to me!

My brother did a wonderful job of my envelope and it did make me very proud to have him as my brother who can draw way better than me and is a lot more artist than me! 

Tonight I am to eat like anything with my second family (boyfriends) a good old chinese, I mean come on who doesn't love a chinese any day of the week no matter how you feel!? 

I will be filming a Shopping/Birthday Haul soon so keep checking for the video to be up and I should be posting again soon!

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Morning skincare

My skin can become oily especially in the summer! My make up never wants to stay on my face for more than a few hours and I have found a way to keep it on for a lot longer so here is my morning skin care. You know when you wake up you look like you've been dragged through a bush backwards and your face is like the sun shining from the lovely natural oil your face has....Or is that just me? Anyway so I use 3 products for washing my face, I know this might seem a lot but each one does it's own different thing to my skin. 

For getting that awful shin from my face I use Clean&Clear Morning Energy Shine Control Daily Facial Scrub (a bit long) This is amazing for getting rid of my shining face in the morning it leaves my face matte you could say, although it does make my face feel a little tight I just had some of my OIL FREE moisturiser and my skins plumps out you could say. The smell of this scrub is amazing it has lemongrass and fruit extracts and you can really smell it on your face and in the tube which is a plus if anything smells good then there is a higher percent chance I'll like it! 

 For just a general scrub that gets rid of your dead skin and leaves you with skin as smooth as a baby's bottom it has to be Soap&Glory Flake Away. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this scrub it leaves my skin so soft and silky! I have to say if Soap&Glory want to send my anything to review or trail then I would take it without thinking, their products are just so amazing and I have used a lot of their products as they are not the most cheapest or the most expensive they are the right price for what you get and they can last for ages if you don't over do it. I also love the smell of this scrub with shea butter, sugar, peach seed powder, sea salt, grapeseed and almond oils...*breath* Recently I've noticed they have brought out a cosmetics line and I am pretty excited and might have to go a buy some as they seem like amazing and have seen good reviews for them, let me know if you'd like to see some reviews on any of the products.

And finally I'm not prone to whiteheads or pimples I may get the odd one or two now and again or some small groups around my face but nothing to bad, but I have awful pores and blackheads all around my face! It's horrible and although you can cover up with foundation you can only hid so much! I use Neutrogena Visibly Clear Blackhead Eliminating Daily Scrub I haven't been on this product for long but I have seen some different but nothing major and I've been looking into the Soap&Glory Scrub Your Nose In It Multitasking Scrub And Mask which has a lot of good reviews and I always seem to go back to Soap&Glory products.

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