Haul Time! O.P.I, Collection 2000, Sleek, Benefit...

Hey Guys!

I've been spending plenty of time in Cambridge lately which has given me a great opportunity to go shopping! And my wonderful boyfriend has been making sure I'm keeping up to date with all the latest collections that have been coming out at Mac and Sleek etc!

(I live on the Isle of Wight. It's hard to get anything here!)

Here's some pics of some stuff I've picked up recently!

 

 

 

This pretty O.P.I Polish is called Blue My Mind and is from the original brights collection. It's a super metallic blue which makes it change between royal and navy in the light. I picked it up from John Lewis for £11.50

Ring Reinforcements! Oh yes, exciting stuff... haha I'm gonna use these to (hopefully) create some half moon nails! I've got 500 so I MIGHT just about get there... I'm not looking forward to the trial and error! I have very little patience...
These cost me £2.99 from Ryman.

I've started doing a lot more makeup looks lately and I really want to carry that on, and maybe do some more series'! So I need to stock up on some new lashes! Mine are getting a bit tired now. These little beauties look amazing! They don't look like uber fake lashes when wearing them, they add fullness and length to your lashes and are the perfect finishing touch to making your eye makeup looking flawless! Also from John Lewis and only £4!

This was the one I was most excited about! And for obvious reasons... OH MA GEERRRRD! It's so bright O_o You get a sugar rush just looking at it!
I see it and just think Candy Crush and that awesome game world Venelope was from in Wreck It Ralph!
I really can't wait to play around with this palette! I've always loved Sleek's palettes and they always seem to get better and better!
This is the 5 one in my collection!
The names are so super cute too! Reminds me of being a kid in a sweet shop!
Picked it up from Superdrug for £7.99








Such Pretty, Bright, Fun Colours!!!

I went to stay with my boyfriend for the week and had to pack my makeup bag in a rush, and managed to forget my mascara! Brilliant! So I did some research and went out and bought a different one to my usual MAC Plush Lash. I saw some great reviews for Benefit's They're Real! Mascara and knowing my sister was a lover of it, I thought I'd give it a go. What the eff. I hate this mascara! It's soo clumpy! This isn't my like 'first impression' either, I've been using it for over a week and I just don't like it. It makes my top lashes look like hairy spiders legs! Just no. For me, It's too heavy so puts too much weight on my lashes and has the adverse effect on them. However it does make it pretty good for my lower lashes! They've never looked longer! Just a shame I can't use it properly. Definitely going to be sticking with my Mac Plush Lash, which is £16.50. Benefit's They're Real! is £19.50, I bought mine in Boots so I guess at least I got points!

A little random addition to this haul but a good one none the less! This little 6 well paint palette will work perfectly for mixing pigments ready for use or for mixing some lipsticks together to get your desired colour before application. I picked it up from Ryman's for 49p! Bargain!

I seem to run out of primer quicker than anything! I've not found one that I've fallen in love with yet so I'm trying out a new release from Collection 2000. I use a lot of their eyeliners and they're so much better than I expected them to be so I want to see what their other stuff is like! So far I'm really impressed with this one! I think it cost me £8 from Boots but I'm not sure! There's some good deals on lately and I bought this along with my next product for buy one get one half price :)

It's summer... I've started to sweat 0_0 so I wanted to buy something that might help my makeup stay on a bit longer! I haven't had long enough to give this little beaut a go yet but I shall let you know how I get on! It's called a makeup Fixer so I'm going to see how well it works as a mixing medium as well. This also cost roughly £8 from Boots in their offer.


















Ok I was going to make this as all one post, but it was getting too long! So I'm gonna put up another post of all new pretties I've picked up from MAC recently! They've had some beautiful collections in lately!

Hope you guys like my post, If you want any more info or swatches of anything then let me know! I'll do a more in depth post on the sleek palette and hopefully have a look up using it soon!

x x

My time on Instagram

 

Hey Guys!

Hope everyone's weather is better than the Island's! It's all a little miserable here right now! Although everyone's in high spirits because it's the Isle of Wight Festival from tomorrow! And I think I've managed to bag myself a free ticket! WOHOO!

 

As per usual, here's a few pictures from my week :) I don't know why there's loads of spare space below, it's not like that in my drafts so I don't know how to fix it :/ sorry guys!

 

This beautiful little man is my nephew Max in the t-shirt I bought him when he was born, it finally fits! Gotta love your family :)

It was one of my lovely friend's 21st birthdays on monday and her mum put on this amazing spread! It looked like something out of a magazine! It was all so amazing!

And these are her ducks! haha

 

I was playing around with my makeup before work the other day, decided it was a purple kind of day I think! I love my Lime Crime lipstick in Airbourne Unicorn!



 

I dulled it down a bit the next day! Subtle but stunning lips using E.L.F's Natural Nymph lipstick and Mac's Dazzleglass in Steppin' Out.

 

Apologies for death face from when I took the curlers out in the morning! But look at my amazing new curlers!! Haha I might do a blog post on these little beauts. They hurt like a bitch to sleep in, but they're amazing!

An amazing sign! Even the shop owners were disappointed in the shop...

 

 

Last but not least, My beautiful little Island! I love being here in the summer... just beautiful.

 

 

Hope you guys are all having a lovely week! x

Disney Series: Shere Khan from The Jungle Book!

Hey Guys, Here's another look from my Disney Collection!
I love doing this collection, it's really nice always finding ideas on what to do and getting inspiration. Whenever I go to sit down at my makeup table, if  I don't have a clear picture in my head of what I want to do, It usually goes horribly wrong!

This looked is based off the tiger from The Jungle Book, Shere Khan. I used to love watching this film as a kid but I haven't seen it in years! This was actually the second look I did from the Disney Series but I didn't like it! I've since redone it and simplified, which is sometimes so much more effective than over complicating things

Unless you're going to go OTT there's not a lot you can do with a tiger... haha I didn't want to do too much as I wanted it to be a wearable look, so I've kept it nice and simple and elongated the matte black eyeliner, for a cats eye look.

As always, the majority of the colours came from one of my Sleek palettes! This time the V1 mattes for a change! The first time I used this palette I found the colours quite chalky but that's to be expected from such bright pigment, however it doesn't seem to be the case any more. They blend beautifully and the colours are so vivid and rich! Can't explain how much I love these palettes!

For Shimmer in my inner corner, I added MAC's baby, it's cold outside eyeshadow, which was released within a christmas set last year, and I also used my BeautyUk palette which has some gorgeous burnt orange colours which really came in handy for creating beautiful shape and shadow.

My eyeliner is Collection 2000's waterproof liquid eyeliner and my lashes are called Hearbreaker by LetsGo (I think from the Blink+Go family?) 

And that's pretty much it!
If you used a more coral toned orange and brown eyeliner this would be a lovely summers day look!

Latest OPI's!

Hey guys! Hope you're all enjoying this sunny weather!

I saw a post a while ago about an amazing sale on frangrancedirect.co.uk so I had to check it out, and I was not disappointed! There was (and still is!) Essie varnishes for £1.99 and OPI's for £3.99! I couldn't believe it! I only ordered a few things as I'm weary of ordering from new sites, but know I know it's legit I will definitely be ordering more! As soon as I have the money to!

This time round I only bought 2 OPI's, which still only came to £7.98, cheaper than one would cost in the shops! So happy!

I ordered myself a pretty orange shade called A Roll In The Hague, from the Holland collection.

It's a beautiful, bright, pumpkin orange shade, perfect for summer and Hallowe'en! It looks so cute and would look super cute as orange nail art (as in the fruit...).

The second colour I ordered is called The Color of Minnie, obviously from the Minnie Mouse Collection!

It's a simple red with a slight pink glitter but it doesn't show up too much on the nail. It definitely is the colour of Minnie though! I'm going to Disney in Florida this October and I will definitely be rocking this colour! More than likely with some cute little Minnie, Mickey Mouse nail art going on! Can't wait to go!!

I did also get No More Breaks from Sally Hansen, but it just chipped instantly! Absolute crap! Hasn't helped my nails at all! And Essie's Waltz, but that just chipped off too! D: Gutted because I've been looking for a white nude colour for so long! I guess I'll stick to what I know, my wonderful OPI's!

Let me know if anyone's checked out fragrancedirect.co.uk and what you guys have picked up! I can't wait to order again!

x x

Disney Series: Mater from Cars!

Hey guys! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted a makeup look! Life gets hectic sometimes, but I've got a few new looks ready to post in the next few days! And here's the latest! Mater!

This one was requested by my boyfriend! I've made him a little Disney crazy lately, my bad! But I love it! His favourite is Cars so he gave me the idea to do Mater!

Mater is such a cutie pie! This look is much more wearable than the latest few I've done, so it was nice to mix it up a bit! I was a little worried as there isn't a lot of colour going on, but once I saw a few more pictures I realised the last of his teal paintwork, and added a rusty gold to match his sparkly personality!

I even added his little crow bar as my wing! N'awww! Once again, the majority of the colours were from my Sleek V2 Palette, I would be lost without it! The pigment you get from the colours are incredible and the price is fantastic! I can't wait to go and visit my boyfriend so I can get some more palettes! (I can't get them on the Isle of Wight, boo!)

The gold shadow is Half Baked by Urban Decay and the brown eyeliner is from a Beauty UK palette (I also used the burnt red from the palette for a little more rusty depth!)

I cut up an old pair of eyelashes which were from Collection 2000 and just used a few strands on the outer lash line to give little Mater some get up and go! I didn't want to use strip lashes because I think they would have been a bit over powering. For me this is more of a wearable daytime look, and unlike some, I can't stand lashes enough to be able to wear them all throughout the day! That would take a lot of getting used to...

I hope you like my latest look! Sorry the photos aren't great, I did it at the wrong time of day and just couldn't get the light to work with me! Damn nature...

As always, if you have any idea on what Disney Characters I could do next, please let me know!

Hope you're all enjoying the sunshine! x x

My Week on Instagram

Hey guys! Sorry there's not been a lot of posting going on recently! I've been super busy but I do have some new looks in my disney series ready to go up!

Here's just a few pics from my week :)

I spilt my new Mac Glitter all over my boyfriends bed! Haha neither of us were happy...

 

My breakfast this week! Vanilla yogurt with blueberries and oats and a banana :)

The type of traffic jams you get on the Isle of Wight... 

Loving this combo!

My boyfriends new ride ;) 

That's all from my week, I haven't enjoyed the sunshine at all! I've been at work :( gutted! Hope you all had a lovely time! 

X

My time on Instagram

Hey guys sorry it's been a while since I've last posted! Here's just a quick post, some stuff that I've been doing :) got a couple more disney looks coming up! Please don't forget to comment and give me some ideas on what to do, I would love your input! :) 

Mini haul coming maybe, from fragrancedirect.com! Amazing prices! 

Ethan Ash and Janet Devlin putting my tiny tongue to shame! Personally, I think mines normal and they're both strange!

My olive addiction getting out of control... 

Ha! I just love this!

Gorgeous gorgeous top coat confetti from Loreal! Love it! 

Apparently my cat can climb trees!

And my new pretties I can't wait to play with! I wanted the other pigment from the baking beauties collection but it's sold out D,: soo gutted! I must hunt it down!