What I like to put on my face!

After posting a little note about getting a clarisonic today one of you asked me what I like to use it with so I thought I'd do a post showing you what skincare I use and what I recommend. :) F.Y.I my skin type is oily/combination.

note: I know this post contains a lot of products from two particular brands, I'm not famous enough to be sponsored or anything, they're just brands that I like.

Make up remover...

To remove my face makeup I use the No7 beautiful skin cleansing water. I just pump some onto a cotton pad and it wipes all my face makeup off! I then use the No7 beautiful skin eye make up remover to remove my eye make up.

Face wash... 

If I have just taken my makeup off I like to use the soap and glory peaches and clean face wash but in the morning I like to use the clinique liquid facial soap for oily combination skin. (I use the clinique 3 step skincare system) I've already tried the clinique face wash with my clarisonic and I love it! I'm yet to try the soap and glory one though, I'm going to try it tonight! I don't think I've ever been excited to wash my face before! 

Toner... 

I then use the second step in the clinique skincare system, the clarifying lotion in number 3. 

Magical serums and things... 

Now these are two products that I have fallen in love with! I have quite large pores across the tops of my cheeks and my nose so I'm always trying different products to help shrink them. I haven't been very successful in doing so if I'm honest, until now.. I use the No7 beautiful skin pore refining serum. THIS STUFF IS MAGIC IN A BOTTLE. If I'm about to apply makeup I then apply the No7 T-zone rescue to my forehead and nose area. I'm always looking for products to help control my oily t-zone and this one really does work! 

Moisturiser..

I use the final step in the clinique skincare system, the dramatically different moisturising gel. If you haven't tried this stuff I highly recommend it! and also, where have you been all this time?! 

I hope this all helps! 

Alex 

xxx

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An electric toothbrush for my face?! - Clarisonic mia 2 review

I've been debating whether or not to buy a clarisonic for a long time, (mostly due to the hefty price tag.) and finally found myself in a position to buy one. It's often described as an electric toothbrush for you face and that does make it sound a little scary if you ask me...

Anyway, it arrived today and I couldn't wait to give it a go! Now, using a vibrating brush on your face is kind of weird I have to admit but it does make your face feel squeaky clean and soft! It also claims to do many other things like help to clear your skin, help with fine lines and wrinkles and dry patches etc but obviously after one go I can't tell you if it really does that. (maybe I'll do a review after a couple of months or so?)

At the minute I can't really tell you if it is worth the price tag but at the same time I wouldn't say it wasn't. I am however pinning an awful lot of hope on the dainty little device!

I'll let you know how it goes!

Alex

xxx

hair miracle???

If you're like me and have long hair then you are most probably aware that it can be VERY high maintenance. keeping it conditioned and what not. Well, I may have just found you lovely people a miracle in a box and it is made by the angel that is charles worthington and is better known as the "strength and repair hair repair kit." (other kinds of this kit are available such as one to create shinier hair etc but I haven't tried those yet....)

This kit involves three simple steps to follow once a week for four weeks so it's a bit of a "course" for your hair really.

In the kit you get: Hair repair oil 50ml, strength and repair shampoo 75ml, intensive hair repair mask 125ml,  plastic shower caps x 4, and an instruction booklet. 

The first step is to apply the hair oil to your hair and then cover it with one of the rather attractive looking plastic shower caps and leave it on for ten minutes.

You then rinse the oil out and use the shampoo provided.

Once you've shampooed the hair you have to ring out any excess water from the hair and apply the hair mask for five minutes. I also like to put the shower cap back on here otherwise I'd be covered in conditioner! After five minutes you just rinse your hair once more and style your hair as you normally would.

The result is shiny, smooth, conditioned hair that smells nice too! :) So what more could you want??

Just thought I'd let you all in on this little gem ;)

Alex

xxx

To BB cream or not to BB cream?

Be warned, this is a product rave. If you don't like this sort of post look at my previous one here which is a little more on the emotional side but hey ho, beggars can't be choosers.

So everyone has heard, read, lived, and suffered the hype of BB cream and if I'm perfectly honest I've always been a little sceptical for a number of reasons but mostly because 1. I have oily/combination skin and thought it would never work for me and 2. Quite frankly I didn't think one that gave me the coverage I feel I need existed....

But there are clearly some cosmetic angels up there praying for us slightly more "glowing" girls. (Glowing sounds better than shiny okay.) The lovely cosmetic angels at maybelline have found the solution believe or not! Or at least I think so.

This miracle comes in the form of Maybelline's "Dream pure BB cream" and boy do I love this stuff. Now I don't know about you but I'm quite partial to a moderate to full coverage foundation but sometimes I find that when you get the coverage you also get the heavy "I can feel the makeup on my face" kind of feeling and some days I just don't want to put up with that. Or if I've gotten up late I don't have the time to put up with that.

This BB cream gives quite a good coverage yet doesn't feel nor look like there is anything on your face, it just looks like skin. Which is amazing I know. What's even better is it comes in two formulas, one of which being for oily skin! Yay! We can finally jump on the bad wagon! This cream does claim to do 8 things but whether it actually does that all of them I don't know but who cares? It looks good and doesn't slither down my face!

I like to use a primer under this still as I feel this gives it a better staying power and I also like to apply it with the real techniques "expert face brush" which is amazing in itself.

Go get yourself some of this stuff girls it's only £6.99 and it's probably the best £6.99 you'll ever spend. 

Alex 

xxx 

P.S. I am not sponsored by anyone! I just love the stuff.

Becoming a teacher is okay...

So this is going to be a bit of soppy post and I apologise for that... If you're not into that feel free to look at any of my other posts and just skip this one ;)

Recently I've been talking to people that are applying to go to university for the first time and they've been telling me how scared, anxious and nervous they are. Some are even unsure if it's the path for them and I just want to let everyone know that it's okay to feel like that! To do that I want to tell you my story :) This will also give you the chance to get to know me a little better, obviously that only applies if you want to...

It all started when I was at the ripe old age of 17. For around four years I had been planning to go to university to do paediatric nursing only to find out that due to some sight problems that I have (that's a story for another time kids) I wouldn't be able to do it. I was heart broken, I felt lost, I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my life. So I did what I thought was best at the time and just applied to do a uni course in the subject I was known as being one of the best in ICT. So I applied to do web systems development.

It was great, it interested me, I liked doing practical work, my ICT teacher was VERY proud to have a girl in his class go on to do the course... everything was perfect! Until.. dun dun duhhh I went.

So let's set the scene here, I'd moved into university and was two weeks into my course when I realised I couldn't do it anymore. I was feeling incredibly home sick and I thought that was just because I missed home but in actual fact it was because I wasn't happy and I just wanted to feel happy somewhere. I realised that even though I liked the course I could never do it as a job. I'm not the sit at a desk all day kind of person. So I spent a good few hours one night crying to myself worried that I had let everyone down, my parents, family, teacher etc. Everyone had been so excited for me, I was the first girl in my family to go to university I was the only girl in my year to do an ICT course and I felt as though I was going to let all of those people down. Even so I managed to bottle up the courage to phone my mum and let her know what was going on. But I wasn't going to do that without a plan.

The people I lived with at the time were all trainee teachers and I had a massive interest in their course, more so than my own and this led me to the decision that this was what I wanted to do with my life. Something I should have realised sooner as leading up to results day that year I would quite often find myself looking at teaching courses "incase I didn't get in" when in actual fact it was because I didn't want to get in.

So I phoned my mum and we had a little chat and do you know what? She wasn't feeling let down at all. Nobody was, if anything they were even prouder of me for changing my mind and following what I REALLY wanted to do. So here I am a year later sat at my computer, heaps of education books read and weeks of work experience under my belt and about to head back to university once again.

What's best of all is, it's all okay because I changed my mind. That's what I want you to take from this, don't be afraid to change your mind about anything! As long as YOU are happy nobody will mind! Your happiness is what matters really :)

Alex

xxx


A few other tips I'd like you to take into consideration:

1) Only choose to do something if you REALLY want it, not just because you feel you should or because you feel as though it's your only option.

2) Think about the career afterwards and not just the degree.

3) You're never going to let anyone down if you're doing something to make you happy.

4) It's okay to have doubts but when it comes to things like this maybe think about why you're having them.

5) And most importantly, mums are ALWAYS right! My mum had always said I should be a teacher and I never listened hahaha now look where I am!


P.S. good luck to any of you going to university in september!!!!!!

My mission

So over the past couple of months I decided to give myself a little mission. Partly because I like to give myself things to do and who doesn't want to feel like a spy ay? ;) But really, I have given myself the mission to try and step out of my comfort zone.

I wanted to try new styles, new makeup, new hair styles etc.. you get the idea. This all came about because I watched these videos. They're all about helping people come out of their comfort zone when it comes to clothes and that is what inspired me.

Now if you know me then you know I only really wear neutral coloured lipstick and am always jealous of how good everyone looks in bright colours because I always thought I didn't. So that's where my mission has started, new lip colours! I've experimented with a few, red, burgundy, bright pinks... This may seem normal to some of you but to me this is a HUGE change! What's even better is, I'm happy about it! I can totally change up my makeup I don't always look the same now :) It also means if I can't be bothered I can just do simple eyes with liner and mascara stick on a bold colour and there you have it, looking like you've made an effort!

This is only a small post I know but I thought I'd let you know and I hope it inspires you to step out of your comfort zone too :) I promise it's not as scary as it looks out there!!

I'll keep you up to date on how it's going etc :)

Let me know if you decide to do the same! If you do write a post on it so I can see how you're doing and be sure to mention who inspired you in it! :)

Alex
xxx

P.S. Sorry for the bad picture quality, I don't have my camera at the minute :( So I had to opt for my Iphone 4 camera... sad times for all of the photography geeks out there :(

My usual lipstick colours 

My new lipstick colours! Adventurous hey? ;)

I've found love..

Now when I say I've found love I don't mean I'm running off to get married or anything like that. (sorry to disappoint) What I have found however are products to be in love with. Whether it be their price or their looks. Kind of like a man I suppose then, you know, money and looks is what every girl wants really hahaha.

To start this off I'm going to give you what may possibly be my best find of all time. Maybe even the best find known to all women! Now brace yourselves... Ready? You may want to sit down for this... I found O.P.I. nail varnishes for £1!!!!! Yes that is definitely right and they are definitely real. I came across them in poundland and if I'm perfectly honest I looked at them thinking they were cheap nail polish in a similar looking bottle but it turned out to be GOOD nail polish in the RIGHT bottle. Who'd have thought it ay? Now admittedly they are only shatters and I'm fully aware that trend has been and gone but for £1 who cares?!

From left to right: Gold shatter, shatter the scales, super bass shatter

My next find is a perfume. I was just casually strolling around my local river island as you do and I spotted their perfume stand. Now I had read that they had a perfume very similar to Dior's "miss dior cherie" but was unable to find it at first. So as I was already there started to spritz a few of them and then I came across this bad boy. River Island's "paris" perfume. Admittedly I wasn't completely love struck at first but I'd sprayed it on Keeley and as we were walking around it kept sneaking up on me and asking me to buy it, so I did. The only way I can describe this perfume is if a bottle of marc jacobs daisy and a bottle of the paco rabanne lady million got together and had a baby this is what it would smell like. Only it would be a cheap baby because it's only £12 for the biggest bottle...

I also recently ventured into the river island sale and came across this beauty. My ideal little black dress. It's just simple at the front plain black dress, fitted at the bottom lose on top but the back is where the real show stopper is. This really is a "party in the back" kind of dress. I'm so funny... not. I found this little beauty for just £15!

This dress has an open back with a beaded strap running through the middle.

I've also been loving pastels and creams at the minute. When I say pastel I mostly mean pastel pink but I've also been LOVING mint green lately too. So needless to say I've stocked up on a few items in these colours.

Pink blazer: Primark. white lace panel back collared shirt: Primark. Cream lace dress: New Look. Pink makeup bag: Ted Baker. Mint, pink and gold bracelets: Primark. Nail varnish: Rimmels 60 second polish in princess pink.

My final and probably one of my more expensive purchases in life is a bike. I love this bike so much I can't even describe it! I mean, it has a basket, white wheels, leather handles and seat and looks vintage, what more could a girl want?!

This is the Victoria Pendleton Somerby bike in blue. I couldn't get a picture of it with the basket for you :( 

Needless to say my bank balance isn't looking its best at the minute but at least me and my blog are! That's all that matters ;)

Alex

xxx

The guilty pleasures tag!!!

This is a tag that was created by my friend keeley and she tagged me in it! I feel so privileged to be the first person to be tagged!! :) 

1. You must name it 'The Guilty Pleasures Tag' so we all know what is happening and the blog reading community don't feel swizzed out of anything.
2. You must tag at least one person at the bottom and as a comment on one of their posts with a link to this post in the comment
3. You must not try and be cool. The aim of this is to have fun!
4. If you could, copy and paste these rules at the top
5. Leave a link to my blog page. You can find keeley here

1. What is your beauty guilty pleasure (you can choose for this one whether to pick something which you love but you feel guilty as it is expensive, OR maybe a beauty look that isn't necessarily 'on trend' e.g. Taylor Swift Teardrops on My Guitar face diamonds)

My beauty guilty pleasure has to be expensive perfumes. Now, I swear I don't purposefully go to the expensive ones and automatically want them, but whenever I seem to smell a perfume I like I look at the price and it's usually around the £50 mark. *cry* Examples of some of my favourites are: Marc Jacobs Daisy (ALL of them) Juicy Couture, Pacco Robbanne 1 million, Laura mericer vanille gourmonde... and the list goes on... sadly. I also have a love for expensive bags... Just expensive taste I guess? I like to believe it's because I was born to be rich or a princess, or both.

2. What is your TV guilty pleasure?

Now this is going to sound really strange.. I LOVE programmes about people that have been through accidents or are suffering from weird illnesses! I just find it really interesting! Things like "extraordinary people" just draw me in! Is that weird? 

3. What is your music guilty pleasure?

Now, before I tell you this there is something I need to explain. First of all I am quite a nostalgic person. Secondly I used to compete in dance a LOT. So my guilty pleasure would be songs that myself and my friends have competed to and a few of them are with me on this one. They just bring back great memories! and lets face it, who isn't up for a bit of chav drum and bass now and again? 

4. What is your film guilty pleasure?

My film guilty pleasure would have to be mean girls and the twilight films. As awful as they are I can just watch them over and over and over again. I think it's safe to say that I know the words to mean girls off by heart now and will quite often use mean girl quotes in everyday life. 

5. What is your food guilty pleasure? (Maybe something you love that nobody else does, or perhaps something you feel guilty about eating because of the calorie amount. Either one, we're not fussy here.)

I am OBSESSED with Philadelphia cheese. It's sad but true. I love it with almost anything, pasta, on a sandwich and most of all, on cream crackers with cucumber... oh. my. god. 

6. What is your guilty pleasure read? (Let's keep this PG people, no 50 shades discussions)

I love what most people would call "easy reading" books. You know the kind where there's always a girl who has a shopping addiction and has major relationship problems? Yeah them. I don't know why I just get sucked in. For example I have read the entire series of sophie kinsella's shopahlic books. 

7. Your guilty pleasure celebrity? (Seems obscure but roll with it)

This is a hard one for me to answer. This may shock you but I'm not into celebrities at all. I don't even know who most of them are! They just don't interest me... sorry if this has meant you have lost any respect for me... 

8. Your guilty pleasure? (Something random here, like maybe you enjoy clipping your nails out the window or something)

This would have to be singing and dancing around the house when no one is in. I just have a whale of a time! And obviously I become beyonce. 

This is a really cool tag and I challenge anyone that reads this to do it! It's really fun I promise! hahaha Have fun guys!! 

Alex 
xxx

Perfect pamper products!

So last night I decided to give myself a little pamper night and I thought it might be nice to show you what I like to use when I do this :)
I like to run myself a nice warm bath and whilst this is running I remove all of my make up. I then like to light a candle or two and add some bubbles to my bath.

This is a candle I've been loving! This is Yankee candle's "vanilla cupcake" candle and it smells exactly like cupcakes! (just as you'd expect I guess.)

To add bubbles to my bath I like to use the lush bubble bars. This is one from their christmas collection that smells exactly like the snow fairy/godmother soap. If you don't know about these soaps they have a very sweet, sugary, candy floss kind of scent. It comes on a wand so you just swish it around in your bath to make bubbles! (pretending to have magic powers whilst doing this is completely optional but I like to think it just isn't the same otherwise.)

Once I'm in the bath I wash my hair and then I like to apply a hair mask. 

At the minute this has been one of my favourite hair treatments. This is soap and glory's "glad hair day" treatment. Like everything else soap and glory, it smells AMAZING.

Whilst this is doing it's job I choose a face mask to apply. 

This is a sample I received in a glossy box and I will definitely be purchasing the full size once it has run out! This is the Murad "clarifying mask" in type 2. Words can't describe how amazing this is. If you have oily/combination skin like me this is a must have.

If I don't choose the murad face mask I will opt for one of these ones which are great! They're really cheap (about 3 for £1) and you can get different scents, peel off ones or wash off ones and they all do different things. 

Once I'm all masked up I make a start on my body. For some reason when I'm having a pamper night I feel its more essential to exfoliate than ever so I do that first. 

I like to use soap and glory's "breakfast scrub." This stuff is incredible it smells like toffee!!!

By the time I've done this it's usually time to wash off my hair and face mask. 

This face scrub is great for getting rid of any dry skin and leaves your face silky smooth! It can also be used as a face mask :)

I then like to give myself a good clean and get out and apply some body butter :) 

The combination of these two from soap and glory's sugar crush range have quickly become two of my favourite things of all time. Like most soap and glory products they work amazingly well and they smell incredible! They don't have the usually soap and glory smell. They have a lime scent but it is a very sweet, sugary lime scent. If you're ever in a boots that sell soap and glory I highly recommend you go and have a sniff. But be warned, you will become hooked.

Sometimes I like to treat myself to a little extra... 

If I feel like adding a little extra something I like to use the lush vanilla puff. This is essentially just talc but it smells like vanilla. It has a real vanilla pod in the bottle too which makes the scent quite strong too :) This can also be used in your hair if you're running low on dry shampoo!

Once I've done all of this I usually finish off by doing my clinique 3 step skin care regime and then I'm ready for bed after all of that hard work! :) 

Alex 

xxx

Ambre nails!!

Now we all know that ambre has been in trend for quite some time, whether it has been ambre hair, clothes or even on items of jewellery but today I learnt how to do ambre nails! Here's my step by step guide. I hope you enjoy this little gem of nail goodness!

You will need:

makeup sponges

you can buy these anywhere, you only need cheap ones, nothing fancy!

white nail polish

This is elf's nail polish in "white" (imaginative I know)

colours of your choice

These are chanel's "coco blue number 551" and topshop's nail varnish in "parma violet."

clear top coat

This is rimmel london's 5 in 1 base and top coat.

and nail varnish remover

I recommend using the nail varnish remover pads. You'll see why later on. These are just cheap ones from prim ark.

step one

Paint your nails white. This will make the colours more opaque later on. Let the white dry completely before you do anything else!

I recommend applying a couple of coats to make sure the white is completely opaque.

step two

Brush on your chosen colours to the square side of the sponge.

Don't be stingey here! keep pasting on that varnish but do it quickly! *stressing*

step three

Push the sponge onto the nail and move it around a little. This will create the ambre effect.

If you wiggle the sponge the ambre effect will be more gradual.

messy huh?

step four

Tidy up the edges around your nail with the nail varnish remover.

step five

Apply a top coat.

Repeat these steps on each nail and you're ready to go!

I also recommend experimenting with different colours.

Here I used three colours!!

From left to right: Topshop "parma violet." Ted baker, this one has no name! sorry *hangs head in shame*, YSL's nail varnish in number 34.

Don't be afraid to go bright!

Rimmel's 60 second nail varnish in "instyle coral" and Topshop's "causing a stir"

Colours that clash a little look even better!

Barry M's Gelly nail varnish in "greenberry" and Barry M's nail textured effect nail varnish in "kingsland road."

What my hand now looks like! haha

Hope you enjoyed it! Let me know what you think in the comments :)

xxx

The procrastinating beauty blogger tag

Rules: 

1. You must copy and paste these "rules" onto your post when you write it, it doesn't take long! 

2. You must state that this tag was created by "the Beau Bow" link www.thebeaubow.blogspot.com 

3. You must thank the person who tagged you at the start of your post (link their blog as well) follow them if you're feeling nice!, and then at the end of your post stare who you tag, and then comment on their blog on their latest post to them know you tagged them, and link your post so they can see what to do. 

4. Title this post "the procrastinating beauty blogger TAG" so everyone knows what it is about. 

5. Have fun!

Thank you to my friend keeley for tagging me in this! You can find her at http://thebestofmeicanpossiblybe.blogspot.co.uk 

1. name a beauty regime that you rarely do? 

BLOW DRYING MY HAIR! I don't even know where to start with this one! It is most definitely not something I enjoy. It just takes so long! I have a LOT of hair and although a lot of you may see that as a blessing, trust me, it isn't. Whenever I attempt to blow dry my hair I can guarantee you that by the end of the mammoth task I am near enough melting into the floor with a mound of what is apparently blow dried hair on my head and that just isn't the kind of look I'm going for I'm afraid. Although a blow dry is part of most peoples daily routine I really do treat it like one of those "special occasion" things, like when you give yourself a face mask or when you have to do "the big shave" on your legs. (another thing I hate.)

2. Is washing your makeup brushes something that you do regularly?

Washing my brushes is something that I like to think I do regularly when in actual fact I probably leave most of my brushes until they are almost ready to take themselves off for a wash. I try to wash my foundation brushes regularly because I find they can get a bit clogged and gross and I do spot clean my other brushes. I do believe though that I seem to spot clean them as a way to avoid actually washing them.. It's just too much effort! "ain't nobody got time for dat"

3. How long will you last with chipped nails? 

This is where one of my worst habits comes to light. Once my nail varnish is slightly chipped I can't help but just peel the rest off! I don't know what it is about it but it's definitely something I find far more satisfying than I probably should. So the answer to this question is all of about two minutes. 

4. How long will you put off buying/replacing a beauty product, even if you need it? 

This is a situation I very rarely find myself in. As a self confessed makeup addict I buy a LOT of makeup, but so that I don't buy makeup that I don't "need" I will buy things that I may already own. For example, I will buy a bronzer knowing full well I have one at home but I convince myself it's okay, it's there as a back up. This means that I have a box full of unopened products that are apparently "back ups" and are "necessary." I suppose this really does mean I have a problem... 

5. What is your worst beauty habit? 

Foundation is where my worst habit lies. If I have bought a new foundation and I find that it is too dark I will do everything in my power to make it lighter just to avoid going out and buying another in the correct colour. This may involve mixing it with a foundation that is far too pale, applying heaps of powder or my best yet, a little bit of talc on my face. Yes you read that right, I have put talc on my face. (In all fairness I was going out and didn't have any other options but still.) I also have a second bad beauty habit. If I find I've gone a bit heavy on the blusher or bronzer and look at myself I realise I'm resembling the joker I don't wipe it off. Oh no... that's just not the done thing! You see, what you need to do is use your powder brush and some face powder to kind of buff it? Then you can apply more or a different blush/bronzer if needed and you're good to go! (I don't know if this actually works but it manages to convince me that I look acceptable but this is coming from a girl that has put talc on her face.) 

6. Name something non beauty related that you put off doing all the time? 

This ones easy. Making my bed. You know when you've taken your dirty sheets off and put them in the wash and then you have to attempt to re-make your bed? Yeah, I hate that. I will avoid putting the clean sheets on just until I'm about to get into bed. Don't ask me why because I don't know but for some reason I find it is just something I dread!

7. When going out somewhere, do you leave getting ready until the last minute?

Getting ready is actually one of the few parts of my life where I am SUPER organised. If you've come here from keeley's blog http://thebestofmeicanpossiblybe.blogspot.co.uk then you will already be aware that when I get ready it is like a military operation. Right now I couldn't be a better example of this as I am currently sitting doing this tag as I have gotten ready nearly two and a half hours earlier than I probably should have. I often find myself sat waiting to leave to go somewhere. Even more so when I'm with keeley. I'd describe how she gets ready in stages, she really takes her time, has a little rest between getting dressed and doing her hair... It looks quite leisurely really. Whereas when I get ready I do everything I need to do in the time I have allocated myself and perform one task straight after another.

8. Can you commit to spending bans?

NO. THE BIGGEST, FATTEST, LONGEST, LOUDEST NO HUMAN KIND HAS EVER EXPERIENCED. There are just too many nice things out there!

9. How organised is your makeup and nail polish collections?

At this moment in time, very but that's because I've just performed "the big sort out" in my room. Usually different items of makeup are splayed everywhere and none of it makes any sense and then every morning whilst getting ready this leads me to start questioning my life. "why aren't I tidy?" "why do I lose everything?" blah blah blah. Since sorting out my room my makeup collection has been re-organised into the drawers I bought with the intention of keeping makeup in them and is therefore INCREDIBLY organised. Once drawer for face, one for eyes, and one for lips with all of the products stored neatly inside.

These are the drawers I keep my makeup in. Top is face, middle eyes and bottom lips. I keep my brushes on top in a pencil pot and I also keep things like fix+ and brush cleanser on top. I keep my palettes in a letter organiser and the box underneath is a soap and glory gift set box and I use this to keep hair tools in. All of this is kept by my mirror :) 

My nail varnish is currently stored in some jars. I did have it all in a train case and it was, believe it or not, organised by colour. Yes i really do have that much time on my hands... But since I've gained so much nail varnish over the years it no longer all fits in the case so I've had to start keeping it in jars. This is quite handy though, I just throw them in and it doesn't matter. It also makes a nice decoration. :)

These are the jars i use to keep my nail varnishes in. They're from Ikea.

This is where the jars are usually kept. I kind of use them as a bit of decoration in my room :)

After doing this tag I have to say, I have come to realise exactly how many problems I really do have... Maybe the name of this tag should be changed? hahaha

I TAG lauren from lauren's little blogs :) laurenslittleblogs.blogspot.co.uk
xxx

Products I couldn't live without (at this moment in time anyway..)

Listed are some of the products that I feel I couldn't live without. Yes, I think I would actually die if it weren't for these products due to sheer shock of seeing my face without them. I say that they are my favourites at this current moment as like most girls, I try new products, fall in and out of love with certain products and then there's just some that I never change. That's what the majority of these products are though, things I rarely or never change. So if you want to take a little peep into my makeup bag keep reading :)

Disclaimer: I am aware that there are an awful lot of products listed here but I can't help it! I'm a makeup addict! I'm sorry :( Also, I do apologise if some items look a little grubby, after all I do actually use them, they're not just for show so that is to be expected.

First of all, my all time favourite moisturiser. I've tried many different brands, types, textures etc etc and every time I come back to this good old faithful, clinique's dramatically different moisturising gel. I don't really know what to say about it if I'm honest, I love it so much I can't even think of any words to describe it. Basically it does its job without leaving you shiny or sticky, just nice soft skin :) The only downside being that it's a little pricey..

The next product I'm going to mention is a MASSIVE cult product, I'll give you a clue, it's a concealer.. Yep, it's the collection 2000 (or collection as they are now known as) lasting perfection concealer. Now I don't really need to go into too much detail about this concealer as most of you have probably already heard every blogger, youtuber and their dog rave about it. All in all it's cheap and cover literally anything! It's amazing. I use it in the shade "light 2" for anyone that might be wondering. (If that's the sort of thing people think about. I don't know)

Another thing I think I would die if I couldn't use it is eyeliner. Now, I have two types of eyeliner that keep me from having a panic attack every morning when I see my naked face. One is a liquid eyeliner that I personally believe doesn't receive enough credit and isn't nearly talked about enough as it should be. Maybelline's "liner express" liquid liner is by far THE best liquid eyeliner I have ever come across. Now, I will be honest, I found this by complete accident in boots one day and I most definitely was drawn to it because of the packaging. (I was looking for a felt tip liner and I thought this was one until I opened it and I liked the look of it so I bought it.) It stays put all day and I like the applicator. It's almost like a felt tip and it's quite thick, which I like as it makes for easy application. (which is does say on the packaging.)