High End vs Drugstore (Bronzing Highlight)

Want to save yourself around £20?! Continue reading this post to see the perfect dupe for MAC Global Glow! 

Mascara Comparison

If you follow my social media or have been reading my blog you'll know how much I LOVE Benefit Roller Lash, so I decided to give Too Faced Better Than Sex a go to see how it compares...

Subtle Pinks

Okay so this is definitely one of the bolder makeup looks I have tried and it is safe to say I am SO in love! I mean look at that sparkle!!! I have also some how managed to do winged liner that looks 'okay' so that's a miracle in itself! 

Affordable Makeup Brushes

Looking for a stylish yet affordable set of brushes to start up your makeup collection? or simply wanting to expand your collection without forking out the big money? If so, this brush set is perfect for you!

Red Lip

"I've got that red lip classic thing that you like and when we go crashing down we come back every time"

Makeup Haul (High End)

 I slipped and my card fell into the card machine? 

Cute Makeup Set up

Anyone else Gossip Girl obsessed?! It is literally the best tv show ever... 

Cocoa Brown Express Tan

Cocoa Brown tan has been one of those brands that I've seen and heard about every where but never actually got round to trying, so when I asked my friend where she'd been on holiday because of her tan and her response was Cocoa Brown, I knew I had to give it a go. 

Soft Smokey Eye

Mark Hill Pick 'n' Mix Curlers

Okay first off, let's get all the giggles out now because yes these look... interesting

Products I've 'Rediscovered'

These products are a major throwback to me, but I have also fallen back in love with all of them, do you guys have any throwback products? 

Spring/Summer Transition Pieces

Topshop Haul

"I may starve for the next week but at least I'll be dressed fabulously" (Ella Catherine; May '17)

Highlight on Fleek

Is there anything better than your cheekbones looking like a disco ball? Didn't think so,

Makeup Haul

Who doesn't love a beauty haul? I haven't bought makeup in SO long so here's a couple of things I 'needed'

A Very Tiny Fragrance Collection!

Who doesn't love a good fragrance post, eh? As you can see, my fragrance collection is absolutely tiny but I thought I'd give you a whistle stop tour anyways! Also, a quick heads up... I am so s*#t at describing scents so please bear with!

Is There Such a Thing as too many Nude Eyeshadows?!

Let's get one thing straight, there is no such thing as too many neutral eyeshadows. Something which I have had to unsuccessfully persuade my parents for years! 

Head to Toe Topshop

I mean... I was going to start off by saying "it's safe to say spring is here" but then just the other day I had to de-ice my car so there goes that out the window! BUT, the last few weekends have been simply gorgeous. 

Back to Pinafores!

 I always feel like I've gone back in time 15 years and gone back to school with this pinafore but I love it so much! 

Why is 'Body Shaming' STILL a Thing?!

So, the other day a story did it's rounds on social media on unairbrushed photos of Kim K on holiday, and the internet went into a frenzy. It was apparent that Kim did have some cellulite and had just well,  a very normal looking body... refreshingly normal in fact. She seemed to receive so much hate and negativity from these photographs, it literally took me 5 seconds to find the above examples of people being so nasty about a woman they have never even met. A woman who has feelings just like any of us. I can't imagine how it must feel to turn on your phone for it to be filled with hate messages telling you how gross you look. The woman has given birth to two children and is a normal human just like all of us, she has feelings too, no one deserves this kind of treatment. 

Perhaps if it was bought a little closer to home people would understand more, how would you feel if someone was saying those comments about your mum or your sister? It would be awful, so just because its someone you don't know, it does not make it okay. 

Body shaming is never ever acceptable and something needs to change in this society because it happens way too much. You see articles daily about celebrities apparently looking bad or needing to lose weight or gain weight; what kind of example does this set to young people?! Nobody is perfect, but nobody needs to be perfect. We are human. We are all unique. Magazines and social media set these ridiculously high expectations for both women and men. What the perfect lips are, the perfect dress size, the perfect legs, the perfect biceps the list goes on. But many photos we see on campaigns and magazine interviews are airbrushed or edited or use a lot of makeup. They aren't a true representation of that person. 

 Whatever shape or size you are, you are beautiful, you are you. 

If we all looked exactly the same, the world would be a very boring place, almost everyone wants to change something about their appearance and its said a lot, but it's so hard not to compare yourself to photos on social media because, as I said earlier, comparing your everyday to someone else's highlight reel is silly. They probably also have days where they wake up feeling and looking so rough, but they just don't post those days on social media. No one puts up their 'just woken up, I have sleepy dust in my eyes and a puffy face' look to instagram, so don't compare yours to someones 'going out look'! Those photos of Kim K were a reminder that she is a normal woman just like all of us, she has her imperfections, she has cellulite just like everybody. It is a normal thing. It isn't something we should be scared or embarrassed by. 

But I also was recently thinking, that we are our own harshest critic. I get that we can all be judgemental but I always see good things about someone else's body or appearance that I would never pick up about myself. I tend to wish I had something that they do, that I looked like them or that I could have a talent like them. I see them for them, but I don't really see myself like that. I sit and judge, slate and moan about tiny parts of me all the time, but I would never even notice these things on someone else. So why should you say them about yourself?

There are so many examples of completely stupid things that I will pick up about myself when looking in a mirror, things that I doubt anyone else has ever picked up, but to me they could make me look gross, and I don't think constantly being exposed to body shaming of people looking 'normal' helps at all. 

How are women supposed to feel comfortable in their own skin when society seems to have all of these ridiculous expectations. Why can't we just celebrate each other for what we do have and for how beautiful we all are and how different we all are from each other. 

Celebrate our natural beauty, don't bring each other down all the time. 

Golden Glam Look

Anyone else have those days where you put on all of the makeup as if you're about to go on a night out but in reality you're sat in your PJs?! This was me at 9am on a saturday because I was bored and I came up with this golden glam look. 

My Thoughts/Experiences on a Placement Year.

Are you completely on the fence about doing a placement year?! Or having those last minute nerves?! I know this time last year I was exactly that and I wish I could have read someone's thoughts and experiences! So here are mine, hope this helps! 

Current Skincare Regime

Anyone else decided that January (and most of February) was just a 'free trial' and that the year has properly started now?! Ha, I totally did that and so my new years resolution to schedule posts and have much more of a blogging routine has started now with my first beauty post of 2017 (god that is terrible!)