New Purchases for the week.

Hey Bloggers.

Hope you are all good.

At the moment I am still a bit poorly, been feeling quite run down for the last few weeks and this week it has been even worse.

So I'm sorry for not posting this week.

Normally I am on top of posts but lately have been struggling.

But I hope that you don't mind too much if for the next week or so if I just do some more smaller posts until I get back on my feet.

Now this week I made a couple of little purchases to get me through the week.

I brought:

Tea Tree Oil

Elderflower eye gel

Ginger and sandalwood oil (For oil burners)

and has a sort off freebie the 400ml coconut shower cream.

Now I brought the tea tree oil mainly because I was down to my last third of the last bottle I bought and that bottle is still going and I have had it for about three years. (In fact it lasted so long the bottle has since changed)

Tea tree is great as a spot treatment and I use it on my eczema to help when I have a flare up plus it's one of the only essential oils that you can use pure.
The fact it's only £5 helps too
Natural for the win.

The eye gel I bought because I had literally just finished my Avon eye gel and desperately needed some more.
Now years ago my oldest sister used to use the elderflower eye gel, so I know it's a good classic staple. So I am going to give it a try to see if it will make me look more refreshed. :)

Now the shower cream was given to me has an incentive.

(Which clearly worked...I am a total sucker)

The lady in the body shop asked me if I have a love your body card (Which for people who don't know is a body shop loyalty card, you get freebies when you spend a certain amount, a free gift in your birthday month and 10% off all purchases)

Now I had one before and loved it but it expired and I couldn't be bothered to re-new it.

So when the lady asked at the till I was like I need to re-new it but I might give it a miss.

Until she wheeled out the free shower cream.

I signed the back of the card faster then Katie Price gets over men.

Told you I was a sucker for a freebie.

This little stash will tide me over for a bit but there is more stuff I want.
Mainly of the nail varnish variety but I will tell you more in my next post.

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When did shaving become such a chore?

Hello Bloggers.

Hope you are having a lovely day.

A conversation today inspired this blog post.

Whilst at work I was talking to my colleague about shaving.

(Now people will say that waxing and the other million hair removal options are better but we all know shaving is quicker, easier, pain-free (Unless you cut yourself *Ouchies) and above all cheaper but back to my point)

Firstly we were talking about men shaving there body hair and how she prefers men to leave it free and through this we got to the point about shaving our own legs and how she didn't shave her legs as often as she should.

Now I can't remember the last time I shaved my legs.

From the looks of it, its about three weeks.

Now I know I'm single and technically it's only just turned Spring, so my legs aren't on show.

But I'm in the bath every night and my new excuse as been.

My razor isn't in the bathroom.

That's true.

It's not.

Yet I have about 15 disposables that are less then eight feet from the bathroom and in that time I haven't touched my legs. Yet I have plucked my eyebrows and shaved my armpits most nights.(Using the old school old blade in the bathroom)

But I think I have worked out why it seems such a chore.

The time (And has you gathered the fact I'm quite lazy)

If you do it quickly you risk cutting yourself and missing patches of leg hair.

Do it slowly but more efficiently and you have missed most of the day.

(I can be in the bath a good twenty minutes just shaving)

So how can you be quick and efficient.

Simple.

You need a good shaving cream.

My two to recommend is the old school Gillette satin care shaving gel.

Now they say foaming gels dry out your skin but this one doesn't.

Plus because it foams you actually can see where your razor has been so you don't miss anywhere.

Result.

And it comes in loads of different flavours and for all different skin types.

If your looking for a shaving that doesn't foam but helps with shaving then meet Ambrosia.

Ambrosia is fantastic for people who have really sensitive skin.

A little bit of this goes a long way. (Too much and you clog your razor up and that's very time consuming)

It has a slight smell but not overly girly.

Contains oat milk and honey, which leaves your skin so soft and moisturized so you can save time because don't need any body lotion on your legs.

So shaving a chore, well not anymore.

Now my legs are so soft and smooth, I even may whip out the shorts.
*Maybe*

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Where did classic nails go?

Hey Bloggers.
Hope you are having a lovely day.

Thought I would just mention something that seems to be missing from all the beauty pages lately.
Now even I have been talking about bright and wild nail colours lately.
I do love a good trend me.

So I decided to paint my nails the other night but I decided didn't want anything too bright for once.
So I went back to a classic look and I remembered how much I loved it.
Yet it's seems to have gone out of fashion.

Yep a it's simple French manicure.
Now of course an traditional French manicure is either beige or pink with white tips.
But I went a little different.
Mainly because I never seem to have any light pink nail varnish.

So I used a shimmery Lilac colour.

Now I know that the white tips aren't that great but it was completely freehand and also done with my more weak left hand.

Yet I love this look and the fact it really is like an art form and I'm quite gutted that it seems to have gone off trend.

Bright colours are all well and good but some outfits need a more sophisticated nail look.

Not like the false nail French manicured nails

But a bit of free hand.

Like the good old days.

So forget pale block colour or even neon brights.

The French is coming back and I for one will be at the front of the queue.

The Kesha look.

Hey Bloggers

Hope you have had a great day.

As anyone who reads or follows the blog knows, Today I had to dress up has Kesha for work.

I know quite a few people were eager to see the results.

Now I changed my make up idea at the last minute.

Mainly so I could get on the bus to work without fear of being completely ridiculed.

So eye make up.

I used my Urban decay palette for this goth/rocker look.

I used Uzi (white on all the lid and then added Loaded (Dark green) and put the beautiful psychedelic sister (Deep dairy milk purple) on top of that to help build up the layers and give a more grunge feel to the eyes.

I then finished off the look with Urban Decay eyeliner in Ransom under the eyes.

Barry M liquid eyeliner and some pencil eyeliner on the waterline.

Plus some Avon supershock mascara for dramatic lashes.

For the nails I decided to clash the purple of my eyes with a emerald green nail varnish.

I used Barry M number 284.

I love this colour and this time I remembered a base coat. :)

This is what I looked like when I got on the bus this morning.

It took a lots of backcombing to get my fringe that high.

I take my hat off to Jedward doing that everyday.

So full of costume jewellery and more rips and tears to my clothes then you can shake a stick at.

I toddled off to work.

This last part of my make up had to be done there.

(Yes I have just realised that you can see my torso of the week of Jenson Button in the background. A fit fail there)

Now I know in this photo there is two things which make me look bad.

One: The light in the bathroom at work does make me look green.

and two: This is the most serious pose I have ever done. I also look a bit deranged. But it's the best photo to show the whole look.

I just added some blue eyeshadow to my lips to finish off the Kesha make up look.

I hopefully looked OK.

Fingers crossed.

Just one word of warning.

If you do try this look at home.

You will need a long bath to wash off all the glitter.

And you will need to use a hair mask on your hair.

Because this will have to be tamed.

Damn you Kesha.

Hey bloggers

Hope you are having a great day.

Just thought I would show you some of the looks I have done this week.

The first look is the royal blue nail Varnish I have been using.

It's Barry M and I love it. I think this is the colour I will have to wear on the day of the royal wedding.

Kate Middleton eat your heart out.

Just don't let it get chipped because it looks a right mess and I also forgot to put base coat on.

So when I finally took the nail varnish off. I looked like a corpse from silent witness. Not good.

The next look is a simple work look.

Mainly lots of liquid eyeliner and a little bit of glitter.

I love it.

The next look is my first try out of my dress up for work on Saturday.

We are dressing up has rock/pop stars and since I am a little bit poor at the moment.

I have decided to dress up has Kesha.

Now Kesha ain't my favourite person but her outfit and make up is easy to do.

This is my first quick trial of the make I will be wearing.

This photo is without foundation, eyeliner, mascara and half the glitter of Elton John I will be wearing.

I have based the make up on this picture.

This is only a rough five minute make up but I will make it look a lot better nearer the time.

The star really does look like a five year olds painting but it was just a rough idea for a first attempt.

I am trying the look, out again tomorrow night.

I'm hoping to show you the improvement.

Fringe cut or Lego man lookalike?

Hey Bloggers

Hope you have had a great day.

Just thought I would show you my new fringe and my new hair colour too.

Last week I used Garnier Nutrisse in light Blonde

and today I cut myself a fringe.

Considering the last time I tried to cut my own fringe I looked like an extra out of star trek.

I didn't hold out much hope of it turning out O.K but there is a trick to cutting a fringe.

The trick is to cut Horizontal about an inch below where you want your fringe to sit. Then you take that extra inch and cut it vertically.

This makes your fringe much neater and also more professionally done.

This a photo I took of me two weeks ago. It shows that my fringe was almost past my lips, you can just about tell the shade of colour too.

And this is me now.

The colour is a lot brighter and now my fringe isn't so heavy anymore, so it now really frames my eyes.

Cutting your fringe or hair is something you shouldn't take lightly. If you have the money to have it done properly then go to a salon but if you don't then have a go yourself.

But just remember you can't stick your hair back on if you cut too much off.

Wearable Orange

Hey bloggers

Hope you have had a great week.

Orange has made a huge comeback in make up.

Especially Tangerine Orange.

Now has much as Orange is in fashion.

It is notoriously tricky to pull off unless you have black skin.

On black skin it makes a statement

Like on this model here.

On pale skin like mine.

It makes you looked tangoed.

So how do you stay on trend but work it to your colouring.

Simple.

You tone it down on the face but make it dramatic on the nails.

On the eyes, you can use a more peach based orange.

This is more natural way of toning down brights.

I used Urban Decay eyeshadow here but you can use any peach base colour.

But by toning down the eyes you can go extremely bright on the lips.

This is Soap and Glory mother pucker in pink apricot.

I love how this orange works with my skin tone.

Plus it's a lovely thick gloss. So you can control how much colour you add.

To do the trend of tangerine Orange.

It is better on the nails.

I used Avon orange on one nail and added Maybelline orange sparkle on top of the Avon colour.

This is the best way of using Orange.

You can clash it better with your outfit on your nails and if you don't like it you can just remove it.

Where as if you try Orange on your face. Although you can remove it.

It's such a tricky trend that if you don't get it right, people will remember your make up faux par.

When I was 17 I used to wear bright Orange on my eyes.

It wasn't my finest hour.

Even though Orange works well on Blue eyes. It was still too much.

This way it works well and it stays on trend.

Orange.

Take a bite, it's going to stay.

Envious eyes. Well you will have.

Hello bloggers

Hope you have had a good evening.

Emerald green and jade green have hit a new stride this spring/summer.

Not just in clothes case in point Jamie Winstone

but in make up too.

However the green is multi layered giving a 3D effect.

Look magazine showcase perfectly how to achieve the look at home.

I also decided to give it a go.

Luckily I have a lot of urban decay products at home but I didn't have the exact colours so I just experimented till I got it right.

I like to think I didn't do too badly and I must admit I love this look, it's edgy (Very Jessie J style) but it's extremely wearable.

I used urban decay eyeshadow in Haight for the base, Loaded for the dark green on the outer corners and Flipside for the 3D middle effect.

This is how it looks finished.

I'm going out on Saturday.

So I will be definitely doing this look again.

With this look though you need to keep the lips simple and you can't make your cheekbones to pink or red because it can clash with the harshness of the green.

All you need for your cheekbones is some highlighter really.

On Saturday I will show you a picture of me fully done up.

Hopefully you will give it a go too.

Pictures welcome.

Comments always accepted.