All Made Over!!

So I'm a self confessed make-up addict.  I've been fiddling around with my own make-up for a few years now and 9 times out of 10 I would get it wrong.  But I was happy - after many many hours spent watching the likes of Pixi Woo and Lauren Luke I eventually got the hang of make-up. The thought occured to me that if I could good at this I could be in with a chance to earn a few bob! WIN!  I realised I had to practise, as you know what they say "practise makes perfect" (did ya see what I did there?). I set off in search of my best mate, sat her down and attacked her with make up (in a good friendly way of course!)  And tada! I did my first make up look on someone else. Now I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous but pleased to say it all went well! Here is a picture:

So now, with my new found confidence I decided to invite family members to have their make-up done as well. My rather reluctant sister Lani let me do her make-up. It's a beautiful soft green and gold look!

I used a cream matte base from MUA and then used the soft green from my Beauty UK Palette on the outer edge of the eyelid and took it up and out slightly.  Next I took a gorgeous gold from my MUA Dusk til Dawn palette and used in on the inner portion of the eyelid. For the eyeliner I used a black eye shadow from my MUA Dusk til Dawn palette and used my eyeliner brush and made a very fine line with the black eyeshadow I flicked it out ever so slightly. This is a fresh and light look for day/evening time.  It would be perfect for summer evening BBQs or meeting friends.

I hope you all like this post, I have loads more planned so make sure you subscribe

take care and don't blow away this summer! :)

Outfit for day and night!

Hey everyone!

I hope you all had a good weekend! I sure did and have had a second wind and am going to churn out some more blogs! 

Today's blog is my outfit of the day and how you transform

 it for the night time. I hope you'll enjoy it! 

Here I'm wearing my black skinny jeans from Primark, they are distressed black denim and are super comfy.  With that I have a purple jersey top from F&F in Tesco. And as I can never be sure of the weather in Wales  (i.e sunshine for  5 minutes) I wore a corduroy jacket.  Accessory-wise I wore a pearl string necklace. This outfit is nice to wear shopping or meeting  the girls for lunch or that long awaited date...

 Here I have Jazzed up the outfit for a funky evening look with plenty of colour and fun but still sophisticated that you could get away with ordering a drink with out being asked for ID, but still fun and funky! I have cinched in my top with a black elasticated waist belt and wearing my dragonfly necklace from Astrid's Garden. I have kept the colour theme going by wearing my Pashmina scarf as this colouful and keeps out that evening chill! 

I know your are dying to know where i got my shoes! Yes, these really are my babies!  I got them on sale in Matalan I'm not sure they still have them as they where last season! sorry Girls! 

                                                    

Here's a slightly closer up of my face (Yikes!) I didn't break the camera. I have added some extra flick to my eye liner to create the cat eye look and added some orange lipstick! Nothing too complicated, no outfit has to be a stress just a couple of accessories and some funky heels and a smile and your all set for the night!!

                 

                              I really hope you have all enjoyed this blog and this has inspired 

you with your outfits!

have fun girls!!xxx

MUA lippy licious!

Today's post is about Budget make up and more importantly lipstick!

I love lipstick but having a small budget I couldn't really afford top brand lipsticks and I never found a cheaper alternative that I liked. Until I found MUA  . It's a make up company that sells all there products from between £1.00 and £4.50, the quality is amazing and have a good amount of product

considering the price!

                                                                                                         

My favourite lipsticks are

Shade: 1

Shade:16

Shade:7

I have previously featured the the shade shade 7 ( shimmery pink)

In my MUA make up tutorial. Check it out if you want to see me wearing it

Shade 16 is a beautiful Orange colour and is fun to wear on a sunny day to pep your self up a bit for the

summer (or rather lack off!). You could at least pretend it's summer with this lipstick on!!

Shade 1 is a beautiful wine coloured red. It has a lovely texture and it isn't oily or slide off your lips. You put it on your lips and that where it stays! Phew!!

I'm going to do something a bit different now! I'm not going to show you on my hand as that's not what lipstick is for, so hold on to your chairs and check out my photo's!

This is the Orange shade 16 

This is the pink shade 7

Wow this red lipstick really plumps up your lips!

not that I need it eh!! But it's gorgeous all the same! :)

shade 1

I really hope this helps all you budget babes 

out there! I love my MUA and I hope you 

you enjoy yours! 

see ya! 

                           

 just in-case you would like some further opinions on MUA  in-case my word isn't enough to have you rushing to the shops! I linked to some beauty guru's  video's link

Cat capers

Hey just a very quick post!

As it's very wet and miserable outside today.

I thought it be better to stay indoors and make something.

I'm sat in my lounge I got out Holly Bolly the rabbit or aka psycho rabbit down to play with the cats!

A sight to see I tell ya, not many rabbits can bully all the cats off the sofa!

I thought I'd slow her down from her menacing behaviour by giving her a carrot!

Hmm well that was the plan, but rabbit turned her nose up at it!

Typical but Umlaut the cat, not one for passing up and opportunity to have something to munch on decided  to crunch it!! Not one normal pet in this house!

Here's a picture of the cat's veggie ventures!

Sheer stroke of Genius

Hey Guys I stumbled upon a sheer stroke of genius!

Today's blog is for all you glitter nail varnish fans out there. As beautiful as it is, it's sheer murder to remove from your nails. Short of scrubbing yourself to death or removing the top layer of nail as I

had to do the other day because I was away and forgot my cutex.

I personally do not recommend that method! lol.


 But you may be wondering where exactly am I going with this?

 hmm yes thought so!!

Have no fear I have since come up with a free cunning method of removing this stubborn glitter!!

you will need the following:

                                                             

One shot glass

 Three cotton pads

 Nail Polish Remover

Now you got those ingredients together have you worked out where I'm going yet!

Have ya ??  have ya??

I'm going to insert some picture diagrams here to help with my explanation!

 So grab you shot glass (Resist the Malibu!!)

  and place one of the three cotton pads

  in the bottom of the glass.

                                          

put the two remaining cotton pad around the sides

of the shot glass so the inside is covered with the cotton

pads.

Next pour in about quarter of the shot glass full

and let it soak into the cotton pads.

And now you're ready to remove your stubborn Polish and glitte.r

Leave your finger in to soak (if your removing glitter) and you can

twist it around your finger too!

I hope this helps you gal's out there! This also works well on toes!

Please Subscribe and Comment as this makes me do back flips

and me and the pet rabbit do a little jig!

Ciao for Now!

Fortunate Find

 Hey everyone

I have an exciting new post for you this evening. I happened to stumble across Caite paint pot

nail varnish. I was at my friends after an afternoons riding. We decided we need a pamper session

and a relax, so after some decision making and a good couple of cups of tea later my friend decided that we would paint our nails. I asked if she had any colours that would suit me and she emptied her nail varnish box on her bed! I was very excited to see  Mistress by Caite amongst her colours. I instantly got green eyes and I was amazed she beaten me too it. One the more expensive varnishes!
I put it on my nails and instantly fell in love with it! It was so true in its colour and so glossy! Without the need of any top coat to glossify it! It was perfect, went on smoothly and the long narrow bristles made for easy, even and precise  application leaving me with a gorgeous nail. And it only needed one coat!

I set about looking online to get my own little bottle of colour and I was pleasantly surprised to find

it retailing at a very modest £9.00. For the quality I think this is a very reasonable. So I decided I'd need to consult my bank account before splurging out on all of them. So I went to sleep on it!

After casting my beady eye over twitter, I noticed that there was some free make up to be had with

Glamour magazine so off I set as I'm not one to pass up on a free goody!!

After some windy country road negotiating I arrived in a cosy village shop only to find they only stocked

"Tractor Forever" and "TV times"! Hardly up there in the latest fashion trends!(the only draw back to living in the darkest depths of Wales)   Not one for giving up I trotted off with my bestie by my side of to another cosy village shop that didn't have Glamour but did have Marie Claire. I lifted the magazine from the rack while negotiating with myself that it was a sad substitute but I couldn't return home empty handed I noticed that there was a free gift and was even better than Glamour (sorry Glamour). It was a bottle of Jelly bean Caite nail polish. Unable to control on sheer excitement I yelped out a yippee and rushed to the counter to pay for it!

The Nail varnish I like is called Jelly bean.

Unfortunately this is not on their website for reasons unbeknown  to me!!

 But that enough waffle from me. Here are some pictures of me wearing my jelly bean, it's a hot pink with some purple shimmery undertones, making it very slightly iridescent. It's glossy, very highly pigmented and is silky smooth in appearance! I hope you enjoyed my post and leave a comment.

Thanks very much, ciao for now!xx

Easy Do-it-Yourself Heatpack

So we're still feeling a bit chilly and looking for something to warm up and snuggle into! (While we're settled on the sofa watching Dancing on Ice, wondering how they spin on one blade!!!)

I thought I would sit down and get out my...erm (mums) sewing machine and get on and make a lovely fleece wheat bag that is so incredibly easy to make and affordable! All you need is a decent amount of fabric, any fabric with a good thickness will do (Not metallic though!!), 1 sewing machine and some whole grain wheat, this you can often buy from a health food shop for a few pounds! I also added some dried lavender which gives off a lovely aroma when the bags are heated in the microwave, perfect for helping you wind down after a busy day at work.

I chose some really funky colourful fleece for my creation. I started off with a long piece of material about 50cm across, and folded it to make a rectangle 20cm wide. I then cut of the excess material and loosely pinned the edges together. Making sure to leave a small gap at the first corner, I sewed all the edges together. The gap I left not only allowed me to turn the entire thing inside out, it provides an entry point for the wheat/lavender mix. After filling and sewing the gap up, the beanie is complete! All that is needed is 2 minutes in a microwave, and you have a perfect little warmer for your neck! You can use it on your shoulders too!

Not only are these wheat bags great for warming you up, they are lovely if you have tense or sore muscles, say after going to the gym - the heat will ease and stop them cramping!

Remember that we aren't the only ones that can enjoy the heat bags lol - despite the expression on his face he was purring when I took the photo!

Don't forget to watch my tutorial here and hope you get to try this out too!

Sara x