Better late than never..

I have realised I have done fashion, nails and lifestyle so far but haven't covered much beauty. Well its time.... dunn dunn duuuun!
The weather is getting colder which means lips are getting drier so we all need that little something to keep them soft. This is my secret little weapon...
Balmi Lip Balm £4.99

My lips have been extremely dry this autumn/winter. Puzzled as to why but I found my hero for saving my lips. I originally wanted to test the well known eos lipbalms from the USA but they were £6.99 on Amazon and I had heard some reviews saying its not worth the hype so I decided to give it a pass. I spotted the Balmi lipbalms in boots quite a while ago and thought they looked extremely similar to the eos balms. I picked one up and have loved it ever since. I use it last winter too, sadly it is getting low and they now have a new shape.. a square?! Much prefer the round ones but hey ho!
Hope you found this helpful and it saves you from chapped lips this winter. It's going to be a cold one!

XOXO

Try Before You Buy?!

I was on the hunt for some new products could review as my blog has been sadly neglected for a while. I know I shouldn't use excuses but I have been starting a new blog in addition to this one. Go check it out... http://allthingsbrightandfashion.blogspot.co.uk/  
It is more fashion based and only fashion will be posted on there. Things like OOTD's, new trends, clothing I have been loving, brands, etc. A post has not yet been put up but I am currently working on two, and I am trying to create a good layout.
I have also been extremely busy with college and have been stuck on what I could do for my next blog posts. Thats when I came across this website. So I registered and they gave me a lovely link to share with all my fellow blog readers...
https://www.whatsinmyhandbag.com/r/53xc

I have signed up to try the YSL touché eclat radiant touch, fingers crossed I get to review it for you. I have been wanting to try it for so long and on a student budget I cant quite justify spending that much when I don't even know if I like it. It's like that with most products. I have a very limited high end makeup collection, most of it is from boots and superdrug (or drugstores to all the non british readers!). HaHa

Heres my little profile link
https://www.whatsinmyhandbag.com/u/Amy96

I have only just started so I am slowly getting used to the site.

Thought I would just pop on to say hi and I am still here to write blogs. Please don't leave me just yet, haha.

Thanks for reading and checking this blog out, hope I keep you interested and wanting to read more. I enjoy writing about things and it is a passion of mine, I love to share that passion with people!

XOXO

New Year, New Me??

Recently I have been so focused on hitting deadlines for my work that I haven't had time for myself.. (thats why my blog has been neglected, sorry) but today I found time for myself and realised it is time to start what I set out to do for the new year. I don't want to be a whole new person, I just want to feel different, look different and be more confident with myself. This includes getting healthy and being more persistent with exercise.  Yes.. Exercise  that means getting out of breath and being sweaty, but I guess that shows your working hard. If I put more effort in then I will able to achieve bigger goals.

Tumblr has been extremely inspirational for tips and tricks, and inspirational qoutes to get me motivated... (although I do tell myself "i will start tomorrow" but can you blame me as it is 7pm)

It's not just fitness and eating healthier so I can have more energy but being happier and more confident. That will only come if I let go of everything, and I mean everything and just move on from the past. No forgive and forget, just keep away from the ones who hurt you badly so it won't happen again but lift the big chain and ball I have been carrying around for years. It's time to have more fun and have a better social life. Re-connect with old friends who you miss but meet up more with new friends aswell. You have to have an equal balance. This won't come from counseling or therapy or self-esteem work, this has to come from me! Doesn't matter what the doctor says or the councellor says, I am moving on but accepting i did have a breakdown but am overcoming it slowly and gradually. I achieved this by being more positive, smiling more, laughing more, having more fun, and not worrying.

A new me calls for new hair, right?? My hair is looonngg and I am not just saying that. I can almost sit on it! Do I really want to chop it all off at once? Instead i am gradually going to get there. Little at a time. Using my own handy dandy work and some hair dressing scissors my mum bought me. I do both my brothers hair and my mum's (can't do my dad's because.. well.. he has no hair!) so how hard could it be to do my own. I guess I will find that out soon.. should I post a picture when I am done or wait until I go drastically short, eventually, maybe, never? I guess that all depends on how great I cut it haha. So many people seem to be going short this year so I thought why not!! Not to follow the crowd but I have had long hair for a few years now and it is too much to manage and im getting a bit bored of it. A fringe (or BANGS if your american, which personally is so much cooler to say) has also been trending lately, not too sure if I am that brave. I would like to go for sort of a wispy, shaggy fringe like Katy Perry rocks in her part of me music video rather than go straight for the classic T Swift block fringe. Personally I love her hair in the trouble music video.. maybe I will be brave enough to try it one day! Last time I had a block fringe was when I was 11 and I loved it at first until I realised I looked about 5!

Now we can't have new hair with make up and outfits... I get compliments on my style anyway but I wont to go more exciting. experiment more. GIY more!! how fun?! My makeup.. well I want to experiment more, not get stuck in a rut. Have fun with bold lip colours and fun winged liner. Maybe continue not using mascara (even though I have like tubes that need to be used up.. oops)! I haven't used mascara for just over a month now and now it just feels natural not to apply any. Sort of like  a many detox for my eyes, I think my eyelashes thank me for it because I was a mascara junkie before!! I have looked at some gorgeous and adventurous new trends for S/S 2013 and I will definetely enjoy experimenting.

Well thats pretty much my life summed up at the moment. Became deep at the start but I pulled it out with beauty and fashion, things that my blog is about. Not my life, no one wants to hear about that.. right?! I'm still not comfortable with people finding out who I am, what I look like. I'm not even comfortable with me and what i look like, yet. Not ready to be judged. Just judged by my blog posts. Maybe if I get enough followers and people liking what I write then maybe, just maybe, i might reveal me....
That's all for now, off to do more work.... yes, even at 10 o'clock at night but I have the Maroon 5 Overexposed album to keep me company.
 
                                                                 XOXO

Marmite?

You are either going to love me or hate me for this post because it is on a fashion item that is compared to marmite. You either love it or hate it....

Creepers!

Personally i love my creepers and have had them for a couple of months now. Mine were from Mr Shoes ( mr_shoes.co.uk ), they were a gift from my Dad for my exam results. I picked them out in the store in Cambrdige where the staff were wonderful and told us everything we needed to know about different stores, postage on the website, etc. They were not like the usual group of people that you get in a shop that arent happy to serve you. Anyway, i first saw the in the store in Bury St Edmunds and feel deeply, madly in love. I was umming and arring on hther to get them because i didnt have much money and had seen other things previously. So i left it. When venturing into the cambridge store i spotted them again but by this time i had no money left, but i had to try them on anyway. I knew that i would buy them online as soon as i got some more wealth. Anyway much to my surprise i unwrapped them in August, the day i got my results. 

Lets get down to the facts. These are a size 5 because i tried them on with thick socks (bad mistake) and finding that once i had worn them once were slipping and sliding slightly. Still comfortable to wear but next time i will ge a 4. I don't think they are particularly generous on the sizes but i'm always an awakward one. Now i'm pretty sure they were about £36.99 but for some reason on the website the ones that look like mine are £29.99.

 http://www.mr-shoes.co.uk/Products/rogue-spike-studded-brothel-creepers-#.UJOdN2mooU8 

They are a deep wine, plum colour with gun metal spikes on the back of the heel and front area in a horse shoe shape. Spikes are a big hit trend at the moment and it gives an extra edge to the creepers. 

Yes, they did give me blisters the first time i put them on my feet and went shopping in them but now they are so comfortable, no blisters again from these. 

I always get compliments on them wherever i am. I paired these with some denim shorts from Gap, a jack wills slouchy white T and my bowler hat from H&M and a woman on the train said i looked great! Also i get so many people asking me where they are from at college, people even think they are the official creepers!! 

So the only down side is the sizing but that is mainly my fault, but apart from that i LOVE them. Need to wait and see how they cope in the snow but hopefully we will find out soon enough.

xoxo

Where Have I Been...

... Trying out this seasons nail trends...

These are pretty much identical to the nails I am rocking at the moment. I used a base coat (as always) and Nails Inc. Victoria to create the tip. Then just finished it off with my Sally Hansen Insta Dri top coat. They look fresh, clean and grab peoples attention even though they are so simple. 

... Visiting Liverpool....

A Lambanana!!! Of course I had to take a visit to Liverpool One and got a Pizza Hut. Having a craving for one right now, haha! Will definitely be re-visiting the lovely city of Liverpool (mainly for the shopping, shh). 

...Catching up on The Vampire Diaries...

Currently addicted to it but really need to watch the first three seasons, oops! Started watching season four before any others, was it a good idea? Guess we will find out but will probably ask for the boxset for Christmas, thats soon! Maybe if i watched the others I would understand why Elena doesn't want to be with Damon, kind of awkward that she is with his brother though. 

"Lets go... crazy, crazy, crazy 'til we see the sun." Can you guess what i am listening to right now.... 

I always listen to music when I need to focus but I always just end up dancing and singing to it like a mad hatter. Surprised I have survived this long but its slowly breaking free, how can you resist when Live While We're Young is playing. Haha!

Had my first ever Krispy Kreme donut on Tuesday! I had the glazed raspberry filled donut and it was amazing!! I see why so many people rave about them, if you have not tried one then it should be on everyones bucket list. Who actually makes bucket lists? 

So, I have been doing other things like going college and doing my A-Level coursework. I guess a plus of being a student is the discounts!! Gosh, my student ID picture is so bad. This seems like a short blogpost but I felt I owed it to explain where I have been. Now you know I shall go, poet and i didn't know it! 

XOXO