Maybelline Color Tattoos 24 hour!

These are another little revisit for me, I don't usually use cream eyeshadows as i find they crease loads on my lids but with a eyelid primer they work quite well. I had 3 colours so far, Immortal charcoal, Metallic pomegranate and On and on bronze. The colour pigment isn't that great to be honest when applying on the lid it goes on really nice but once blended out with a Mac 217 it goes quite see threw on the lid, a sheer blend of eyeshadow. Super easy to blend though.

These eye shadows have had a lot of hype and i just don't see why, they're not that great and they definitely do not last all day never mind '24 hours' but who wears make up for 24 hours anyway.

A little Primark haul

I recently did a trip to Primark and bought myself some essential items. The shop i went to was in Wakefield which they have just extended and now is massive but unorganized. I use to love primark when i was younger but then i started to hate it as i got older because of all the hassle of bumping into people and juggling through all the clothes to find your size then trying them on. Plus i found all the prices had risen. But I've wanted to recently try it out again as i was seeing look books with certain clothing from there. Especially the high waist jeans which i have been dieing for!

Rimmel Apocalips Lip Lacquers

Rimmel lip lacquers (Apocalips) came out a while ago but i didn't see much on them in the blogging world and think they need talking about! they are the perfect lip product for spring summer but have an amazing range of colour's that are suitable more for the winter months too. They are super creamy but the colour pigment is speechless for such a creamy lip product! These are similar to a lip gloss in texture but have really good staying power!

You may still be able to buy them today in Boots at only £6.49 (Rimmel are on offer now) buy one get the second half price. (out of stock online)

How i curl my hair with straighteners

I curl my hair quite often, i think it frames my face better than it being straight. Other than that its usually up in a bun. I always use straighteners to curl my hair as i find them a lot easier than doing it with a curler, i usually burn my fingers with a curler or end up with one side being perfect and the other side being odd. It usually takes me around 15-20 minutes to curl all my hair and i have pretty long hair.

So once I've washed my hair i usually towel dry it a little i then spray the got2b heat protection in my hair and usually some kiddies detangle spray which smells like pear! its so amazingg! I then brush my hair threw with the tangle teezer and dry the rest of my hair with a hairdryer and then brush it through once again with the tangle teezer. 

Weaning, when & how? and things i cook & use!

As Ava was approaching the 6 month mark i was getting myself prepared for starting her on solids. We had just moved into our own house which was perfect timing and i went out and bought a steamer as i knew i wanted to do all home made food and not use jars. Even though i don't eat many vegetables myself i still wanted to cook the best for Ava. I hadn't cooked proper meals in my whole life as id lived with my parents, so i had to learn from scratch. Obviously i knew how to use a microwave etc but cooking meat etc was all new for me. 

So i went out and bought a few cooking books which have helped me so much and i still use them today. The books are by Annabel Karmel and id recommend them to anyone who's going to start weaning. I started off using the Top 100 baby purees and Baby and toddler meal planner as meals start from 6 months old in those ones. The baby and toddler meal planner was brilliant as it had a guide on day to day, week by week on what to feed your baby and how many meals a day to feed them.

Revlon colorburst lip butters

Revlon ColorBurst lip butters are back with more shades! Avalible at Boots at £7.99 each (buy 1 get the 2nd half price) and at Beauty Outlets!

Revlon lip butters came out a while back and the world went crazy for them. You don't hear about them much now but they are perfect for keeping the lip moisturized and feeling creamy but giving a gorgeous layer of colour to the lips at the same time. They are like a tinted lip balm, i just wish they smelt like they are named. I still use these today!
They come in a simple packaging but each one is the colour of the lip butter product which is fab so you don't have to look at the bottom of the product to discover what shade it is.

Foundation Revisit // Mac Studio Sculpt

The Mac studio sculpt foundation was the first high end product i bought about a year back, i know it needs throwing away. But I've finally just used the last of it today. It was running really low and i just didn't use it for a while but i decided to try it out again. I now remember why i bought this foundation in the first place, i hadn't really heard a lot about mac foundations through youtube channels and blogs but i had heard a lot about their other products such as brushes, eye shadows. I went to the stall in debenhams and said i basically have dry skin but i suffer from acne so i need good coverage and they recommended the studio sculpt foundation. They matched me up to NC15 which was the palest shade and it really does match up well. In the summer i just add some bronzer to match me if i get a tan, which is very rare as i hate sunbathing. 

My nail polish collection! // Barry M and More..

I've been collecting nail polishes since i was about 18 when i really started to get addicted to them. Especially the brand Barry M. I use to bite my nails really short so i couldn't paint them when i was younger, but since i started growing them painting was a thing that needed to be done. I still bite my fingers which doesn't make them look nice but adding some nail polish on them stops me wanting to bite them. I think biting them is just a habit and an anxiety thing. A lot of these nail polishes are quite old and need throwing away so i put most of the ones i don't use in the left tray and the newest ones in the right tray.

Home decor // Storage

These are some of our home storage ideas we came up with to make things a little easier and to be able to keep things in place without looking a mess. Id still love some extra storage furniture in my house but its just the cost, so it just has to go onto the list of to do things which is a very big list at the moment.

The farmers market 'key/letter holder' is from i think the Gift Company in junction 32 they sell lots of quirky little items like this and furniture too. This was £12.99 and as you can see we hang pretty much anything we can on there as one of the hooks has broken. Oops!

The shelf is from Ikea which i bought last year it was super easy to put up and was really cheap, they did them in different sizes too. I keep all Avas books on there which is a bad idea as there is a sofa underneath which she climbs onto to reach the books. It will be getting changed once we change the living room around.

Home decor // shabby chic & more

We moved into our first house February which means i could decorate our whole house with my style! Which is awesome. I love all old, vintage, shabby chic with retro pops of colour here and there. I also love the country house with showing beams style cottages so i'm trying to incorporate all that into our house. 

These accessories which hang on the wall are downstairs in my kitchen and living room, i got them from a garden centre in Sharlston and they where pretty cheap around £5.99-£11.99 each. 

Day at the farm!

This post is a little late up but I've been trying to enjoy the sunshine as long as possible and play outside with my little girl and her daddy as we haven't really been doing that because of the terrible weather and my partner working so we try to spend as much family time together as we can, whilst we can.

Monday after Easter we took our little girl to Farmer Copleys which was fabulous. Its the first time taking her to a farm and the first time we had ever been there. What a beautiful place! .. plus it was FREE! 

Easter Sunday // What we did?

Our Easter Sunday was amazing, last year we didn't really do much as Ava was too young to really understand. She couldn't eat loads of chocolate and get creative. So this year was much more fun! plus her daddy wasn't working which made it 10 times better as we could have a family day too.

First on Saturday night i set up all Ava's Easter eggs and gifts on the sofa so when she woke up Sunday morning she could see all what shes got.

She got mostly chocolate eggs, The dolly was from http://www.mrshhandmadeandmore.bigcartel.com i totally recommend them, the dolls are great and most of them you can create yourself and add more items to. She also got a Frozen football, some pretend make up and a story book with a little dolly.

A few items I've been trying out // Real techniques, Revolution, Dolly's mixtures

Real techniques Sponge

So I've recently been trying out this real techniques sponge as I've been hearing a lot of good things about it. I wanted to give something else a go rather than using brushes all the time. I can use this sponge to apply my foundation, concealer and powder under the eyes which is great as i don't need loads of different brushes. I can use the pointed end for under my eyes and the sponge for my face and the flat part for around my nose. I haven't used the sponge dry yet, i just spray some of my hydrating face mist onto the sponge and start dabbing away. I really love the natural finish it gives on my skin. No lines anywhere! (which you can get from a brush). The other great thing is that its only £5.99.