General Photographs

so i think i would do a post showing you some of my favorite pictures i have taken recently, enjoy!x

Dupes For High End Products

Hello, again ha. so we all know that high end products are sometimes a little to expensive for our comfort zone, right? and we want the best products we can find, without spending a fortune. well to help you, i have got some high end products and given them some drug store dupes that i personally think matches up to the high end standard. i use most of these products on a regular basis, and give them all top scores for good quality!

(left to right)Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette & Revolution Redemption Palette Iconic

Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette

Revolution Redemption Palette Iconic

 Okay, so first of all, i don`t honestly think £38 for an eyeshadow palette is exactly reasonable. Honestly, i love my Naked palette so much, but the price... not so much.not to fear, i have found a dupe! with exactly the same number of eyeshadow`s, it is by the brand Revolution, and this specific palette is called Redemption Palette Iconic 3. Revolution has 4 mattes, and Naked 3 has 3 mattes, leaving the rest all pigmented. many of the colors are very simular to eachother, for instance Strange (N3) and Mica (R2) are practically the same, you couldn't really tell any different. also the colors Nooner (N3) and Liquidum (R2) are so alike, and give wonderful pay off. (also, when i was swatching them to see if they looked the same, i rubbed them off, and the Revolution palette seemed to stay on much better than the Naked 3 palette.)

(left to right) The Pore-Fessional tester, Benefit & Baby Skin, Maybelline

The Pore-Fessional is one of my all time favorite Primers, hands down. however, i do really like Maybellines Baby Skin. it, quite obviously, gives you smooth baby skin, which really gives you a nice smooth, light base to work on. the only thing i don`t like about this product is that on it, it says "only for adults", like, what teenager doesn't want a baby soft face and once in a while wants to part with all the lumpy, rough spots? like come on, seriously? but at the end of the day its the product itself, not the packaging. overall i like baby skin, covers up pores (im sure if i had any visible), gives a smooth base to work on, and feels nice and light on it! the only difference i can tell between Baby Skin and The Pore-Fessional is that the Pore-Fessional gives has a tone to it, so if you really wanted to wear it by itself, you could because it gives the slightest coverage.

(left to right) Brow Drama, Maybelline & Gimme Brow, Benefit

so, if you don`t know what these products are, i will tell you that they are brow gels. i believe they make it so your eyebrows don't move around and go all un-even during the day. i find that the Maybelline one makes my eyebrows quite stiff, however does the job at the end of the day. the Gimme brow is a more subtle hold and you cant feel it as much as Brow Drama. Gimme brow has a smaller wand, which is good because it can defiantly give a sharp fill, however Brow Drama has a much bigger wand, making it quicker to comb through, however access gel tends to get on the skin if not careful. Overall if you want a high street brow gel that wont fail you, i recommend Brow Drama.

orange: Real Techniques Core Collection & Gold: Amazon cheapies

Lastly, brushes. i find it extreamly difficult not applying makeup without brushes, i even apply moisturizer with brushes (because base makeup applies on more flawless). when it comes to brushes you want the cheapest you can get for the best quality. i bought the Amazon ones with the gold and black, purely because i needed some new ones as my old ones were getting tatty. i found these, and they were extremely cheap compared to Real Techniques core collection. when they came in the i was more than happy with the quality! they were dense, and made from synthetic hair, and also really nice to hold, some brushes just dont cope with my long lanky hands haha. both brushes apply non streaky if they have been washed reguarly, the same for every brush really. highly reccomend the amazon brushes, i am very chuffed with them!

Winter Outfit Wishlist

LIEBSTER Award

Orange Layer Cake

For the cake

• 225g baking spread
• 225g self-raising flour
• 1 level tsp baking powder
• 100g golden caster sugar
• 100g brown sugar
• 4 large eggs
• finely grated zest of 2 oranges

For the butter icing

• 150g butter, softened
• 300g icing sugar, sifted
• finely grated zest of 2 oranges

For the glaze

• 25g caster sugar
• juice of 2 oranges

1. Pre heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas mark 4.You will need 2 x 20cm loose-bottomed sandwich tins, greased and bases lined with baking parchment. Measure all the cake ingredients into a large bowl, then add 3 table spoons of water to the mix.(reserve a little orange zest for decoration) and beat with a wooden spoon or electric hand mixer until combined and smooth.                                                                                                  
2. Divide evenly between the 2 tins. Bake for 20-25 mins or until well risen, lightly golden and shrinking away from the sides of the tins. After 5 mins, remove from the tins and leave to cool on a wire rack.                                                                                                      
3. To make the icing, put the butter and icing sugar into a bowl and mix with an electric hand mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in the orange zest.                                                       
4. Remove the paper from the cakes. Sit 1 cake upside down on a plate. Make the glaze by putting the caster sugar and orange juice into a saucepan, stirring over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Boil until reduced by half, then brush half on the upside-down cake, using a pastry brush. Spread half the butter icing over the glazed cake. Sit the other cake on top, brush with the remaining glaze, then spread with the remaining butter icing. Scatter with the reserved orange zest. The cake is best eaten on the day, but will keep for up to 3 days in a cool place. It freezes well un-iced or filled. enjoy!

Sleepover #1

Something To Look Forward To

Ahh im back! i cannot tell you how sorry i am, even though i have said this on countless occasions. but im back and i am going to make sure i blog at least once a week, and if i fail to do so, you have permission to virtually kick me, ha :)
anywho, this post was just to let you know i have a really good blog post up hopefully during this week or the next, i am going to do a post on how i manage my curly hair, and possibly a few hair styles for the curly haired girls out there and possibly girls who dont have curly hair!
again, i am sorry for the short post just wanted to inform you as i am sure some of you will be missing me and my posts, keep a look out on my blog for some new posts!

HOW TO FOLLOW BLOGS

Hey lovely people reading my blog, this is just a quickie blog post to teach you how to follow peoples blogs on blogger, and possibly mine! i have already done this post but it is within another post, which makes it hard to locate, so here is a newer separate one to make it easier!

1. first things first, go to my blog (which you already are on)!



2. Go to the side of the blog post (the right), and find the Join This Site widget, this has many pictures of people underneath it.




























3. a new page will pop up. click on the desired log in, then log in! your done and you successfully followed my blog! or whatever blog you wish to follow. this is what people mean when they ask you to follow there blog, this allows you to get first hand notifications on posts, giveaways ect. enjoy!

Technic Makeup Brushes Reveiw

Hauling

Hey everyone! how have you all been?! i am so sorry i haven't posted in like, 2-3 weeks? however long it was, you have me sincere apologies. Since its been so long, i think you all deserve to know what i have been up to, well, in actual fact, i have just finished my exams :D, i got some of my results back, none of them are bad, bad, its just i felt i could have revised more to get my grades to above average on some classes. It was my sisters and mums birthday this month which was lovely for all of us. But, now i have a week of school, i have plenty more time to blog for you cool peps ;)

Today i am going to do a haul, i'ts not humongous, but there are some nice things i bought :} (thats a cool smiley face, right ? ). So yesterday i went town with one of my best-friends, her name is Charlotte, and she's very lovely :) we had tones of fun, did loads, bought loads, and most definitely ate loads, hehe. so lets get right to it!

 bracelet from Newlook, it came with the half peace sign charm, but i had a gold necklaces that broke so i added it to it, i think i will make this into a little charm bracelet! it came with 3 bracelets and my best-friend has the other half to the charm. :) her half is white with a black circle in it, and mine is black with a white circle in it! I bought it for £2.99 in Newlook, click here to look / purchase it!

Lazy Day Pamper

Hi guys! today i had a little pamper day for myself, since i was being really stressed at school with exams and just really wanted to un-wind. i thought since this is my first pamper day in months, i thought i would blog about what i did, because for me, my blog is where i can let things out and relax! so lets get into it!


 So, the first thing i did was had a lovely hot bath. i used the Matey Bubble Bath, i get these most years in my stockings and i still love them :)



excuse my wrinkely looking hands in this.. :)




First i applied the Soap & Glory sugar scrub, scrub. i put this just above my elbows. then i put the whipped shower cream by Soap & Glory, i foamed this up all over my body and washed it off. After i did those, i put my shampoo in, i use the TRESemme luxurious moisture shampoo, which is really good because it really locks in moisture. before i put the matching conditioner on, i rubbed root to tips my soap & glory hair supply hair mask. after this, i put my conditioner on after i washed it out.