The Girl in the Summery Dress

Hello gorgeous, 

I hope everyone is well.

It's time for me to admit defeat.... Summer is amongst us and I'm less than impressed by this. I loath summer, I just get too over heated it's not good. Being a Brit, I'm just not used to this weather, for 25 years I've lived in the cold but recently our summers have gotten hotter. As I am so pale, by the end of the day I look like a big lobster. So while I'm all freckled up and looking like a lobster I want to try and look as cute as possible. 

That's where the clobber comes in, some of my fav summer dresses to the rescue. I'm going to show five of my fav dresses. I wear dresses so much because I feel pretty and girly in them. Dresses are better in the summer because who really wants to wear pants and feel restricted?

Most of the things I'm going to show are old so you can't get them anymore. But they were all purchased from New Look, ASOS and Primark.

I love these dresses, I love nautical dresses and I adore cherries on clothes, they look so cute :-)

OK, I know this may look a little grannyish, But I love it on. The stripes are cute and I love the flowers. I like it, it's different.

As you can see, I'm very into my florals. This one is quite short so I would have to wear some skinnies or leggings

I like this dress because of the colour, It's actually grey colour but the sun is against me today it doesn't know whether to rain or pour. I like the little synched bit and the buttons. I guess I don't really need attention drawing to that area but I like it anyhoodles.

I hope you liked, I know my style isn't to everyone's taste but I'm ok with the choices I make for clothing lol. Lemme know your fav summer things :-)

Peace, love and sexy dresses :-)

My makeup story :-)

Hi my lovelies,

I hope you're all ok :-)

I spotted this tag on a blog I was reading and thought it would be fun to share. I love to read peoples stories and wanted to share my own, enjoy and here goes :-)

How old were you when you started wearing makeup?  

When I went to secondary school everyone looked like two bit you know whats, so I started wearing this cream shimmer eyeshadow and mascara. My parents never limited me on makeup I was always allowed to wear it unless I went too crazy.

 

How did you get into makeup?  

I’ve always been obsessed and would buy stuff I wouldn’t really need but for the past two years I’ve gotten in to it more. I want to go college and learn it and hairdressing professionally. I think it’s fun to be creative.

What are some of your favourite brands?  

MAC,  L'Oreal, Wet n Wild, Maybelline, MUA, Sleek and Barry M.

 

What does make-up mean to you?  

Makeup is something I can hide behind, when I don’t feel so happy I can go up to my room and play around with it. I don’t trowel it on, I think it’s nice to have my skin showing I embrace my pink cheeks and my milk white skin. I love makeup but I can live without it.

 

If you could only wear 4 products on your face what would they be? 

Gel liner, some sort of lipgloss, eyeshadow and lipstick.

 

What is your favourite thing about makeup?  

My favourite thing is learning it, once you know makeup you can do anything. You can freelance or even work in an awesome shop or on a counter. Making people feel better with a little makeup would make my day

 

What do you think about drugstore makeup vs high end makeup?  Obviously high end in some instances can be better but as I search and search through my makeup I realise that it doesn’t always have to be MAC etc, I’ve found a ton of dupes today. I guess if you have the money it’s not my place to say something but I cannot get my head around the fact that some people splurge and spend £30 for a blush. I love the feeling going around Superdrug and Boots and coming home with a bag full of goodies knowing I can get all of that for one thing at Dior or wherever. Budget makeup is not so bad. I hate people who brag, “Oh I got a new Chanel nail polish today” there is my take on it.

 

What is one tip of advice you can give to a beginner?  

My advice to beginners is to start off with drug store brands and gradually upgrade after mastering the technique of applying it correctly. I also advise, don’t be so upset if you try a winged liner or smokey eye and it doesn’t look amazing first time round. If you stick with it and try and try you’ll get there, no one can be perfect straight away :-).

 

What is one makeup trend you never understood?  

Nude lips, yeah I really do not like nude lips. I actually think they silly why would you want to look dead? I’m not really fussed, just because I don’t like it doesn’t mean someone else shouldn’t

 

What do you think of the Beauty Community on Youtube/Blogger?  

I started watching YouTube videos a few years ago and I think it was better back then when people didn’t review stuff just to make money. I hate reading/watching reviews that’re sponsored because it’s obvious they are just saying all the good things to get us to spend money. I prefer to read blogs that aren’t like that, I have very little money now I’m on own and I’m going to treat myself to something I’d like to know both pros and cons. I doubt I’ll ever be sponsored but if I ever was, I’d be honest from the start. I know “If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything” but if I can save someone some money then I’ll slag it off. I’m not scared lol

 

Who is your style icon?  

Ok, being honest, I don’t have a style icon. I don’t like to follow trends, I like to wear what I want to wear and I usually like fashion once it’s gone out fashion. I want to be me and not look like everyone else because that’s boring. However, I love the whole pinup look.

There we have it, share you story I'd be interested to read it :-)

Peace love and all things pretty

A little first impressions

Hello lovelies,

Happy weekend :-)

I thought this product deserved an extra special little shout out because it's just that wonderful, I think it's going to be in my bathroom forever now.

It's this wonderful pot of pure amazingness, I got it just before Christmas and forgot I even had it.

If you follow me on twitter you'll notice I always complain about my hair, I even did a blog post about how unhappy I am with my hair.

I watched a review about it and I remembered to myself ooh I have that in my cupboard. I tried it once, guys I'm not even kidding if you haven't tried it you need to invest NOW it's ahmazinggg.

As it's a hair mask you have to put it on for up to 7minutes and occupy yourself while it works it does it's own thing. I don't have a timer so I just go by how many songs I can murder in the shower and have a boogie to them. Not kidding lol. I get some in my palm and then massage that into the roots and repeat on the rest of my hair. As you're working it into your hair, you can feel it working it's magic.

I don't wash my hair every day I try to wash it on the third day because of the unhappiness it causes to the greasy part of my crown lol. My hair stayed soft and looked shiny, I was 'whipping my hair back and fourth' I despise that song but it's needed in this instance. On the third day, it was a little greasy but that's to be expected right? I wanted to wash it again to make sure I hadn't cooked up the perfect product in my mind and I hadn't. I got my friend to verify the softness and have a sniff at it because I never get to smell stuff boo.

I love this stuff and yes it's quite expensive but if it works shouldn't I just keep repurchasing when I can splurge? The only thing I am scared of, my hair will get used to this like everything else and I'll be on the hunt again, I guess I'll just knock it down to once a week when I start to feel like my mop is getting greasy again. 

I got mine from Amazon

You can also get it on eBay

Another good site is Feel Unique

What do you think, have you ever used this little drop of sunshine?

Peace, love and cupcakes :-)

My skincare saviours..

Hi guys,

It's horrible weather outside and I'm sat snuggled up on the sofa. But it's ok, I just wish I had a certain person with me :-)

When I was a baby I had eczema around my mouth, lol seriously I looked like a clown and I'm glad I grew out of it, but my skin cleaned up as I became older. From when puberty hit to just over a month ago, I've had breakouts and lived with dry and sensitive skin. It made me unhappy, but I did notice that when I was happy my skin got better which was good. When stress hits, I think it's only natural to break out and I did.

Recently my skin got progressively worse, I was feeling low and wanted to change it. I decided to ask the doctor for some help, she wanted prescribe me e45 WTF dude, that stuff is sooo greasy, yes it's good for when you're having dry moments but to use daily? My skin would be worse. I googled products that were good for treating acne and redness and came across PanOxyl, I'll never look back now. There's three strengths, it's better to start at 2.5 just to make sure your skin can cope with it. I chose that one knowing if it didn't work I had a great backup in two other strengths.

I tried it as soon as I got home, you're supposed to wash your face with soap and water before you use. I do not and will not put soap on my face it makes things 10 times worse. I'm trying to get through my Liz Earle cleanse and polish so I use that instead and it works just fine. After using PanOxyl for the first time I noticed immediate changes, my skin got better and I still had the odd spot but the stuff worked so well. I used it everyday solidly for for two weeks, after that two weeks I didn't want my skin to get too used to it so I stopped everyday use and decided to use it a few times a week. My skin is looking so much nicer, the redness isn't as bad, I have always had rosey cheeks so it didn't matter me. I went back to my doctor to see if I could try the next strength up which I am yet to try.

The second thing I swear by is, PLJ (pure lemon juice) I get it from Morrisons and I love it, it's quite cheap and can be found in the water isle. I have it with my dinner, I boil the kettle put half a pint of boiling water in, add the PLJ (as much or little as you like) and then top up with cold water. I know it sounds strange but it really helps me so much. I know I'm probably making it seem like it's in my head but it isn't because my dad used to buy it for me and I noticed the differences back then. My skin looks so nice and again I do still have the odd spot, but I'm only human.

There we have it, amazing products for £££, the PanOxyl (the only thing I need to advise you about this is, it drys your face out so you have to use moisturiser afterwards but that does say so on the box and after the moisturiser your skin will feel amazing) cost me £3.10 and the PLJ was about a pound.

What are the products you're loving for your skin right now?

Peace love and cupcakes :-)

MAC Paintpots fabs and drabs

Hi guys and dollz.
 

With all the dramas going on in my life I guess I haven't really taken the time to put on makeup, because I've either not been out or I've just been going to the shop so I've neglected myself and my makeup. It's bad I know, slap my hand lol. It's all going to change though.

I want to talk about my paint pots, I love these guys because they’re so versatile and yes I love products that have more than one purpose, I feel like I’m getting more for my money lol.

Top Row, L to R - Indianwood, Painterly, Rubenesque and Artifact

Bottom Row, L to R, Artifact, Coral Crepe and Dangerous Cuvee

My favourite is Indianwood, My reasons for loving this Paintpot is, it goes on so softly. It lasts for ages even with my oily eyelids. When you apply it if you take it up into your crease a little bit, it doesn’t matter because it looks like you’ve put a ton of effort in and used two colours which is always good. With these paintpots they can be worn as a base or just as a simple wash of colour. It’s such a nice shade of gold and you don’t need to really stick your finger/brush in there to get a nice intense colour. I know they're usually bases but I don't think I could put something over the top of this shadow, it's just pretty :-)

I like all of the paintpots that I own. However, I bought Artifact from a blogsale and I was less than pleased when it came dried out, I don’t think I’m going to get to use it much, can’t win them all huh. (If anyone has any ideas on how to make them creamy again then I'd love to know)
 

I love Painterly, it’s such a nice sort of ‘concealer’ look, it’s a nice wash of colour but not so in your face that you look silly. It opens the eyes and brightens them.
 

Rubenesque, it’s pretty but I think you’d really have to dig your fingers in there to get a nice colour payoff. I'm actually thinking about selling it, I tried it on yesterday and within an hour it had worn off.
 

Coral Crepe, wow, it’s beautiful I know it’s orange but it’s so nice and the colour payoff is just fantastic.
 

Dangerous Cuvvee is the same as Rubenesque, it’s gorgeous but not the best colour payoff.

I was unaware of paint pots until not so long ago, I sure am glad I was introduced to them now I have the ones I have.

I'd love to hear, what are your fav paintpots?

Peace, love and cupcakes

Help me, I'm havin a Hair Dilema

Hello gorgeous,

I hope you are all well and having a joyful day (it's ok to pun my name when I do it lol)

I want to know the age old question, what colour should I choose next? I just need some suggestions. As you can tell from my title I'm most unimpressed with my hair lately, well I don't think it's just lately it's in general and has been the case for many years, since I started dying it. When I was younger I wasn't allowed to dye my hair, mother was so strict and it annoyed me. I only wanted a wash in one, but even that wasn't allowed, I can't get my breath sometimes with parents. 

When I saw Ginger Spice, I wanted those bleached bits at the front. I'm not even going to keep that locked away, it doesn't bother me, I liked it. So after weeks of begging to my dad he finally gave in (I was a total daddies girl, ok I'm a brat lol) when I got to school the ridicule started, this one tall boy was so mean to me about it everyone else left me to it.

I was born with brown hair, then it went blondish for years and then it turned back to brown. It was such a dull brown, I didn't like it very much. So I started dying it, forget you mother lol. I've been black, which was the worse thing in the world because I'm so pale I looked like a goth who had used way too pale foundation. I finally got of the black and had it black underneath, I also had blue hair. I've had red hair, brown hair, purple hair and blue.

I'll show you a couple of pictures of my 'through the hair ages' lol

• The red hair colour was my favourite colour EVER, it looked so nice and stayed red for ages. I always feel like I'm ME when I have red hair, I'm not sure how to explain that but a few people have said the same. Please ignore the picture and how I look, I was trying to be artsy.
• The purple was my hair on my wedding day, that colour doesn't last very long which sucks 
• The brown was how I had my hair in 2005

This is my hair now, I did the black bits myself but had it died at the salon. As you can see it's bloody thin, yeah, she used thinning scissors on already bloody thin hair WTF?!? The layers stop about 4ins from the bottom which makes it look like I've thrown some extensions in and not bothered to blend it, so I plan to get 4ins cut off to get it healthy again.

Now to the colours I am thinking about which is where you lovelies come in :-)

Top to Bottom - Red Passion, Cool Scarlet, Damson wine and Plum Passion. I really want Cool Scarlet, it looks so pretty

This is how I eventually want it, I'm not so sure about the back and I want the brown on the left instead of the black. I even want to go with the cut, maybe a little bit longer but I love it A LOT.

These are also the colours I am toying with the idea of.

Girlies, please help me choose. I'm going to try one last red to see how it works and it's that 'Perfect' red I mentioned before, then it's brown with the streaks, but which brown lol. So help me god, I'm a hairdressers worst nightmare lol, I don't think I'm ever going to be truly with my hair, especially now that I have to have it cut.

Peace love and good hair days :-)

My love of Barry M

Hi everyone, I hope you're doing well and not too hungover on this gorgeous Saturday.

I was rummaging through my makeup the other and I found my Barry M Dazzle Dusts, I'd forgotten I had them but I wanted to start playing with them because I think 'WOWZERS' when I see them. I started swatching them on the my hand so I thought, because I'd put them away never to see the light of day, I should say sorry to them by doing a small blog post about them.

Barry M to me is the best drugstore makeup, it's lovely and cheap. Most of the products I've used from them are pigmented and stay put. I used to have an electric blue eyeliner, oh come I can wear it with these huge blue eyes. I have eczema on my eyelids and it started to sting for a while after applying it and it was just a mess.

You get so much product in the Dazzle dusts. I seriously think that one of these tiny little pots could easily last you about 5years. They come in all sorts of pretty colours, anything from Neon Pink to black.

I'm always scared of pigments or 'dazzle dusts' just because I'm scared of the fallout, but with these there is hardly any fallout which makes me happy.

So anyway enough of the chat, here's the pictures :-)

Please be warned I have some in yo face colours lol

I know what you're thinking, "why does she have a pink and orange" the truth is I impulse buy, yep I'm one 'those' people, it's bad so sue me, I'm not scared of in your face colours lol. I got them 4years ago and I just wanted them because I love pink, and they actually look really quite nice on. I wouldn't wear them daily but they're great for fun at Reflex lol.
 

They glide on so nicely, and they feel so soft. There was a little bit of fallout out nothing major. The swatches are just on my bare skin without a base of anything. They're all very pigmented. The first purple didn't show up true to colour so much because the sun was working against me I was trying to take the picture. I've never actually worn on them the lid for a long period so I can't comment on staying power, its ok with me because look how purdy lol
 

I hope you enjoyed my post. What are your favourite Barry M bits?

Peace, love and cupcakes