Quick update!

Hello everyone!
Today is just going to be a wee update of my life and how I'm planning on scheduling some posts on here.

First off I am going back to school next Wednesday, which is a good and bad thing in all honesty. This means that I may not be able to post as often but I'm not going to give up on this blog as I did with one last year. With going back to school and being in the last year of school (ahhh) I get to wear mufti every Friday, my plans are to start a weekly fashion Friday post of what I wore to school on that day. On these posts I will list what I wore and where it was from but also if I would wear it again to school, if it was suitable and just general things like that. So look forward to Fashion Fridays! I do have heaaps of other posts planned, including at least one blog colab so watch out for that.

The photography club that I go to will be starting again soon so expect some more photography posts soon. :)

I am always up to try anything so please let me know any ideas for posts by commenting below or messaging me, and I will do my best to do your ideas for you.

Until next time, be happy and stay gorgeous :3 xxx

Celebrity hair and makeup inspriation

Hello everyone!

Today I am going to be talking about my celebrity hair and makeup crushes currently. I thought that these photos may inspire you as the do for me.

Starting with hair:

Natalie Dormer has the most amazing hair; I really love the colour and length of it. The way she has styled it in this photo has been my inspiration lately. As I could never even imagine shaving my hair as she has so I just put all my hair to one side and pin it there.

Niomi Smart who is one of the many youtubers that I watch, ever since she started her channel I fell in love with her hair. The length is my ideal length and what I really am trying to grow my hair to, but sadly I have a long way to go. I also love this style that she has in this picture as it is incredibly casual but if you were to tighten the piece that is up it could turn into a more sophisticated hairstyle for a night out.

Onto a makeup look that I am obsessed with at the moment is the blue around eyes, not just on the lid but lightly under your eyes as a liner. I found that Evanna Lynch pulls this look off amazingly, it really brightens her blue eyes which is something I want to try and do. I also love that on this particular makeup look that the lips are still bright but not over taking the power of the blue on the eyes.

I hope you have enjoyed this wee sneak peek into my current celebrity hair and makeup inspiration. Please feel free to leave some feedback or any requests for posts down in the comments or message me.

Until next time, be happy and stay gorgeous :3 xxx

How to fill in your eyebrows!

Hello everyone!
I finally went and got my eyebrows done so they are all nicely shaped again, this got me thinking of how I fill them in whilst doing my morning makeup and how I never really knew or got taught how to do them but I watched millions of youtube videos to find out what to do.
So I thought that today I would write a basic technique on how to fill in eyebrows.

This technique is also good when you get rogue hairs that just need plucking but you're scared that you'll ruin your eyebrow shape.

You want to start with your middles. To find out where your eyebrows need to come to you line a eyeliner or something straight and long along the edge of your nose, lined up with the inner corner of your eye. This is where your eyebrow should start, using the brush or pencil that you're using to fill in your eyebrows make a rough outline of your eyebrow.

To find where the arch of your eyebrow is going to be, line the eyeliner along the side of your nose at an angle where it goes through your pupil, where the eyeliner crosses your eyebrow is where your arch should be. Lightly draw a outline of where this is.

Time to find the end of your eyebrow, once again line the eyeliner along your nose and this time on an angle to pass over the outer corner of your eye. Where the eyeliner crosses your eyebrow is where your eyebrow should end.

Lightly shade any spots that seem to be sparse. I put a little bit of the pencil I use then smudge it with my finger to achieve a more natural look.

I hope this has helped anyone starting out with their eyebrows or it has interested you to see how I personally do my eyebrows. Let me know if you have any tips that I should add to this list, and please feel free to leave some feedback or any requests for posts down in the comments or message me.

Until next time, be happy and stay gorgeous :3 xxx

Tips on surviving getting your eyebrows done

Hello!
Just a small post today as I am working on another post on eyebrows but I don't seem to be getting it done so in the mean time here is another post :)

I went and got my eyebrows done today at my regular place, whilst walking to the appointment I got thinking about how I felt the first time I went and things I wish I knew when I went, so here are those things!

1 - It will hurt, not much but it will hurt so be prepared for that.
2 - Ask when you make the appointment how much it will cost you so you can be prepared with the money, for your first time if you're able to take cash do especially if you aren't sure if they take eftpos.
3 - Moisturize thoroughly around your eyebrows the morning before you get them done. This makes the skin softer which makes the hairs easier to pull out which equal less pain for you
4 - If you're like me and struggle to talk to people that you don't know, or you're bad at small talk get the person talking about themselves. For example today I brought up the subject of dogs and I knew that she had one of her own so I asked how he was and it went naturally from there.
5 - Don't be afraid to mention if you don't like the end product or if you can see something you want fixed, you're paying for this so you want to be happy with the result.

And that's it! All my tips for going to get your eyebrows done. Let me know if you have any tips that I should add to this list, and please feel free to leave some feedback or any requests for posts down in the comments or message me.

Until next time, be happy and stay gorgeous :3 xxx

My everyday makeup routine

Hello everyone!

I hope you're all good :)

Today I am going to tell you about my updated everyday makeup routine. I have briefly gone over my routine in my morning routine (before school) but since I posted that I have added in new products and changed some. I also thought that for those that are just getting into makeup or people that want a more detailed version of it here it is with pictures and all.

Lets do this!

Here is all the products I will be using -

And the brushes I use - 

Starting completely facially naked here I am:

You want to have a completely clean face to start to achieve a flawless finish. I start by moisturizing my face, I am using the Neutrogena Naturals Multi-Vitamin Nourishing Moisturizer. I find that a little of this goes a very long way, but don't be afraid to use lots as more is more. You want to completely cover your face and neck, leave this until your skin is dry. I use my hands to apply my moisturizer.

I then move onto my concealer. I am using Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer in soft beige, I dot this under my eyes to cover my dark circles, around and on my nose to cover freckles, and lightly on my cheeks to cover redness. I blend this in with an artiste professional creme blush/bronzer brush,  I find it really good to blend my concealer, as the shape allows me to get close to my eye and into the creases around my nose to blend completely. I tap my ring finger lightly over where I have applied the concealer as to blend any that hasn't been with my brush, the heat of my hand assists this.

Next I put on some Healthy Defense Daily Moisturizer with a light tint. I use this rather than a foundation as it is much lighter, doesn't go cakey after wearing it all day and it looks a lot more natural. I rub this on with my fingers then blend with a thin lizzy face brush. When blending a full face makeup make sure to blend down your neck and into your hairline as to avoid lines showing where your makeup ends.

To set my makeup I use an Australis Fresh and Flawless Pressed Powder in the shade deep natural. I apply this all over my face to set the concealer and moisturizers to make them stay throughout the day. I really like this powder as it's really lightweight but still does what i want it to. I use an artiste professional stippling brush to apply it.

I now put on my lip balm, I put it on now as to let it soak in and do its job before i put anything else on my lips. Sadly the wrapper has been taken off my lip balm and I have no idea what it is!

I then start on my eyes by lining my lower waterline with a Lancome Le Stylo eyeliner in the shade 301 Amethyst  I really like to use this as it makes my eyes look brighter and shows the blue of my eyes. 

I put some Brown Thin Lizzy Eyeliner on the outer corners of my water line to accentuate the curve of my eye. I put this into the middle of my water line and blend it with the lancome eyeliner to create a smudged look.

Onto my eyelashes. I am using the Revlon Lash Potion mascara in Blackest Black. I was recommended this mascara by a friend and I got it for Christmas, since then I haven't stopped using it. Before getting this i would get my eyelashes tinted in blue black, as much as I liked how my eyes looked after getting them tinted, the colour wouldn't last long and I would need to curl my lashes every morning since switching to mascara I have barely ever curled them unless I want extra curl. After one coat I brush through with a lash and brow brush to separate my lashes and to remove any clumps. 

To let the first coat of mascara dry I move to do my eyebrows. My eyebrows seriously need doing so please ignore that haha. I use the Thin Lizzy eyeliner to fill in any small gaps in my eyebrows to make them look fuller, I then brush through them with my lash and brow brush.

I then do another layer of mascara, and brush through with the lash and brow brush again. To finish my eyes i use my artiste professional creme blush/bronzer brush with my Australis Fresh and Flawless Pressed Powder to tidy up around my eyes. 

To start on my lips I line them with an Elizabeth Arden lip pencil in the shade Taupe. I find lining my lips gives my lips more definition and also makes the lipstick more prominent. 

To finish off my makeup I am using a Revlon Colourburst Lipbutter in the shade Sweet Tart. Then brushing of some Australis Fresh and Flawless Pressed Powder with my artiste professional stippling brush. I find that finishing my lips with the powder mutes the colour slightly giving a more natural look and it makes the lipstick last.

That's my makeup done!

 Here is the finished look:

And a before and after:

I hope you all enjoyed seeing my everyday makeup, please feel free to leave some feedback or any requests for posts down in the comments or message me.

Until next time, be happy and stay gorgeous :3 xxx

December 2014 monthly favourites!

Hello everyone!
Today I am going to talk about the things I loved during December. I am planning on making this a regular thing on here so let me know if you enjoy it or any suggestions on things you think I would like to try, please tell me down in the comments.

Starting with makeup!

Revlon colourburst lip butter in sweet tart. I am absolutely in love with this, as it is summer where I am and also because my lips get super dry in general, this is perfect for me. The colour stays as it would for a lip stick but it doesn't dry out your lips but acts as a lip balm. I also love the colour, although it looks quite pink it looks natural on but if you want the pop of colour you can build it up.

                                     
Revlon lash potion mascara in blackest black. I have never been one for mascara as it scared me so I got my eyelashes tinted rather than using it, but I got recommended to try this one in particular. After getting past the whole application process I have started to love the way my eyes look when I'm wearing it. This mascara has now snuck it's way into my daily makeup routine.

My favourite perfume this month is You & I by One Direction. I first went to smell this because it was one direction but I fell in love! This one is much more of a floral smell compared to Our Moment their previous perfume. This has become my regular perfume as the scent is light weight and isn't over powerful, just a nice smell.

For Christmas i was given a VS Sassoon wet and dry style straightener from my mother. I am planning on doing a complete review of this but I would mention it here as it is one of my favourite things of this month. I have quite frizzy hair and my previous straightener didn't help this at all but when I have used this one I can see a complete change in my hair.

One song that I have been listening to constantly is Happy Little Pill by Troye Sivan (flaxo remix) I love the original of this song but then I found this remix and it made me love it even more like the drop is just amazing and yeah I don't exactly know why, but this has been my go to song this month.

My favourite beauty guru youtuber this month is Zoella in particular her hair tutorial playlist. I don't know why this month I have been obsessed with her beauty videos (well more than normal) I have really been enjoying them and it's giving me heaps of new ideas to try out while I have the time. I want to try and make more of an effort to do different hairstyles now that I know more how to treat my hair and it is growing longer, so watching her tutorials is giving me awesome ideas. I also find Zoe's tutorials really easy to follow which is a huge plus.

I brought a new pair of High Waisted shorts from Jay Jays in the colour blue black. I have never owned a pair of high waisted shorts but I decided to be brave and get some, these have become one of my favourite items of clothing and I wear them at any chance I get. I have been pairing these with either a crop top or a loose singlet tucked in. I find them a good comfort when wearing a crop top as the don't allow as much skin to be shown as a regular pair of shorts. *The photos really don't do these any justice at all!*

On the same shopping trip I brought a Spotted Blouse crop top in the colour Navy blazer/Milk from Glassons. I don't personally like the matching shorts that you could buy with it which is shown in the link above. I really like this crop top as it is slightly more modest than others as it's not tight or too revealing. The back can be pulled down to meet the high waisted shorts that i mentioned previously to only reveal your stomach. I frequently pair this with the shorts I talked about as the colours go really well together in my opinion. *Again the photos do no justice*

And that's it for my favourites from December! I hope you all enjoyed, if you have any questions about anything I mentioned or you have a request for a post either tell me in the comments or send me a private message.

Until next time, be happy and stay gorgeous :3 xxx

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a good new years even if you sat at home watching the clock count down or if you went out partying, no matter what you did.

I am going to tell you guys about my goals and resolutions for 2015. I don't like either of those words in all honesty haha, goals because it reminds me of being at school and the teachers forcing us to write academic goals which I despised doing, and resolutions because they seem like they will be broken. So I've decided that these are things that I want to do.

Here we go!
1- I really enjoy photography and I haven't been doing much of it lately so to attempt to get back into it i have found this 'challenge' which i am planning on starting today (2nd)

Let me know if you want me to do a post about it at the end of the month if I actually finish it!

2- I found this on tumblr, it is to unapologetically say no. I can occasionally say no but when I do guilt takes over me and I either do what I said no to or I over apologise and just end up annoying whoever I'm talking to, which i would rather not to. 

3- This is going to be my last year at school (ahhh) and I'm really worried about not remembering or when I leave school not being friends with the people I am now, all those kind of things so, I am going to try and take heaaaps of photos and fill a photo album of my last year at school.

4- Don't get upset or angry over small and stupid things. Anyone that knows me will understand exactly what I mean haha. Last year I over reacted about everything and it ruined so many days for me when I would just sit there being angry instead of talking to my friends or just being happy, I really regret this, even though it wasn't always necessarily my choice I still did it.

5- Be happy, this sounds incredibly vague but I want to be happy this year no matter what.

I think that's it! I have probably missed something but oh well.

Tell me down in the comments your things you want to do this year, you might give me some more ideas and we can help each other with our things we want to do.

Until next time, be happy and stay gorgeous :3 xxx