My Spring Make Up Collection

I've had quite a lot of free time on my hands lately so it's perfect timing to get some blog posts up! 

The fun thing about make up and new seasons is that you get to play around with different colours and different looks. For me I absolutely love the pinks and the light shades for spring and summer, there's so many cute pink shades around at the moment. These are what I have been using so far this spring.

Rimmel BB Cream Very light shade 
Sometimes I like to put this on instead of foundation I feel like it's not as heavy as foundation can feel. And espcially in the summer you don't always want something thick and heavy on your skin but you still want something to make your skin have that extra glow. I do also use this as well as foundation though at times, It definitely helps your make up stay in place for the rest of the day.

Lip Colour
This is one of my favourite colours of lip products that I've got, it's not too in your face but it just has enough of a tint to your lips to make it noticeable.

Lip lustre Seventeen 
Personally I don't find this lip gloss amazing but it's something that I'm just using up, again there's not a lot of colour to it but it does give your lips a nice shine. It's a decent product don't get me wrong but there's others that I much prefer.

Bonjour Blush
This is something that has lasted me a good amount of time! I think it's such a pretty colour with it's like pink shade and a touch of gold shimmer it's perfect for spring.

Colour 24hr tattoo Maybe line New York creamy eye shadow 
I really like the creamy eye shadows and this is a really pretty pink shade again perfect for this time of year.

Collection Eye liner
I've mentioned this product so many times haha but definitely one of my favourite make up products that I've ever used. I'm not perfect at eye liner but I feel like this is pretty easy to apply and it's a great one to start of with if your a beginner in liquid eye liner.

I also want to start uploading more video's to my YouTube so I've recently just uploaded one for the first time in ages so If you fancy checking it out I'll leave you a link below and feel free to go and take a look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G93ekwdsZGo

What's on my playlist?

I am currently sat on my bed at 11pm on my laptop with my headphones in and my favourite songs on full blast. So I thought why not share with you my favourite artists right now and music that I have been obsessed with! I've never been the one to like what every body else likes, or only likes the songs in the charts. I love discovering new artists and new songs. I also love listening to albums and songs that I used to listen to when I was younger and yes I do still have S club 7 on my I pod. I always just tend to listen to songs that make me happy or that I can relate to, I couldn't care less if they are popular or in 'trend'. 

Kelly Clarkson

Always have loved Kelly's music, I think she's such a real genuine person and she's so talented. 

McBusted 

McFly/McBusted/Busted love all and each! Have always adored McFly and busted and absolutely love them together. 

Taylor Swift 

Most played songs on my itunes, I just love this lady a lot! Defintely a big inspiration of mine and just really adore her. 

The Veronica's 

I was so happy when they brought out a new album because I loved their last one.

Britney Spears/The Back Street Boys

Honestly I have only really just started listening to these artists a lot! I've actually sort of grown up listening to them because my sister loves them both and have always liked their music. But it's only lately that I've been playing their songs a lot and have been loving them. 

James Bay

Defintietely my new celebrity crush! He's gorgeous and extremely talented. His style of music reminds me of Ed Sheeran a little bit but they're totally different at the same time. 

The Vamps

I love the fact that they're not the 'typical' boy band, they have their own style and I find their songs super catchy. Also great live! 

Busted

C'mon who doesn't love them? Even before the whole McBusted thing I still listened to their songs constantly, bring back so many great memories, makes me feel like a kid again.

Who do you love at the moment? Hope your having a great weekend in the sunshine! :)

xxx

Healthy green smoothie!

Smoothies are always a great way to stay healthy. We recently purchased one of these nutri bullets, I experimented with Los of different smoothies some of which were nice and others not so much. But recently I have found my favourite smoothie recipe after chucking in different fruits and veg so thought I would share this easy recipe with you. 

All you need is 

A few strawberries 

1 banana 

1 kiwi fruit

A handful of salad leaves 

1 carrot 

1 orange 

And then of course you just add the water or fruit juice but if you have a nutri bullet you know how it goes. 

I also love to put some ice in mine to make it extra Cooler. Don't let the green colour put you off because for me personally I find it very tasty! (: 

Xxx

Sunny Brighton.

I've just come home from a lovely couple days spent in Brighton. I love Brighton, this was only my second time there but there's just something about Brighton that makes it special. I feel like that's a place where you can completely have your own style and be yourself and no one will really care. It feels like such a welcoming place full of cute shops, little café's and definitely has some quirkiness to the city. We stayed in a lovely small hotel down at the sea front and so close to the shops.

We only really technically spent a whole day there so for most of that day we spent looking around the shops and walking along the sea front. It was such gorgeous weather. 

We had dinner at a cute little Italian place which I have forgotten the name of but it's been voted one of the best places to eat in Brighton. And let me tell you this the pizza was to die for! It's not like the ordinary pizza you get from a super market or like domino's it's proper Italian pizza. 

Trouble is they were so big and I couldn't eat it all, but I really wanted to! 

The Keys were even unique! 

Each morning we were also given some breakfast in a basket. 

We also took a stroll arond the lanes, and they had a lot of cute litle cake shops. 

And then of course we had to visit Choccywoccydoodah (Hope I spelt that right!) Everything looked amazing in there, the people who create those cakes are so talented! 

Brighton is a really lovely place and there's so much to do. I would love to go for longer next time!

What have you been up to lately? 

The Fangirl moments.

I was debating whether to write a post about what happened on this blog but I think I'll show you some of my more 'fangirling' side maybe? I don't know if you know this but I am a Huge McFly/Busted/Mcbusted fan and something pretty amazing happened to me yesterday. So it all started when they announced they were going on tour again and of course I had to go and buy myself some tickets for two dates in fact! There's never been a tour of those guys that I haven't missed and I don't plan on missing them ever unless I absolutely have to. I've honestly lost count at how many times I've seen McFly themselves, McFly have been a huge part of my life since I was 11 and I am now 22 years old. I feel like they have been a band that I have grown up with and they have actually got me through some really low times, and without fail they always put a smile on my face especially when I need it. Busted were also a band that I absolutely loved! I used to have the biggest crush on James, and I just loved the whole band in general. Before McBusted joined together I would still listen to Busted all the time. Yes I miss McFly a lot! But I just absolutely love McBusted as a whole group too, I love how much fun they have on stage and how much they connect with their fans you can just tell that they love doing what they do.
Okay so a few months passed and the day arrived when I got to meet them. I had a mixture of nervous and excitment knowing what was going to happen. We left my home town to travel to Brighton where we are staying for a couple of days (still here now!)
I arrived at the venue which I've never been to before, I was on my own standing in a queue amongst other fans, I figured I was proabbly one of the oldest there (even though I may not look it haha!) We waited about half an hour or so until we were taken to the meeting room. It was a pretty small room and I'd say maybe about 50 fans were there? Maybe a bit less. This is when the nerves kicked in, I had no idea why I was so nervous meeting my favourite band! I felt so anxious waiting in a queue on my own with people that I don't know and knowing that I was going to be face to face with my favourite band It all sort of felt just a bit too overwhelming. I felt silly being so nervous, but as the queue got shorter and shorter I just became more excited. I figured it was the whole 'waiting game' that made me so anxious. I'm also not great in big social crowds as such! The line grew shorter and I was soon to meet them.
The time came and they were all stood in a line ready to greet me with smiles and hugs. I can't quite remember what I said, I do rememeber telling Tom that I was a bit nervous and he was like "Don't be nervous!" And he was right I really shouldn't have been! I remember James being pretty crazy and asked Harry about his recently injured hand! But they were all so lovely and friendly I soon didn't feel nervous and wish I actually had longer because there's so much I wanted to tell them. But it was over before I knew it we all took a group photo and then it was time to say good bye. It was all just so over whelming but so amazing at the same time. I hope that if I ever get the chance to meet them again I won't let amxiousness get the better of me. I want them to know how much they have helped me through so many low times, they always cheer me up and without fail put a smile on my face. I will always be thank ful for that and I have a lot of respect for them,

Pretty bad photo of me but loving James and Harry's expressions in this! ha.

And then the show in itself was incredible! Nothing beats being in the what they call 'OMFG' zone which is a seperate bit right infront of the stage. I've been pretty close before but this time I was even closer. I had so much fun and would do anything to re live that night. 

Favourite Accessories

I buy way too many accessories yes I go a bit mad for them! Here are some of my favourites that I thought I would share with you. 

Bracelet on the left - Accessories

Bracelet on the right - John Lewis

Both Bracelets - H&M

Perfect to wear in the summer especially at festivals and different shows with the bright colours and 'hippy' style they have.

Both Bracelets from Accessories

Flower Statement Necklace - H&M

Disco Ball Necklace - New Look

Bow Necklace - H&M

Triangle Shaped Necklace - H&M

Sunglasses - Marks & Spencers 

Watch - Marks & Spencers 

Elephant Necklace - Accessories 

Every day make up

When It comes to me and make up I tend to often stick with the same look and use the same make up products that I know well and fully familiar and comfortable with. I would absolutely love to experiment with lots of other products, colours and just make up in general but having a job that doesn't allow you to wear a lot makes it a little tricky to do so and really I don't have the time to play around with different looks! Hopefully some time In the future I can concentrate on that area more but honestly I'm no make up expert and definitely no make up 'guru'. But I thought I would show you my every day make up look which literally takes me about 15 or so minutes to do, so very quick and easy!

I've probably mentioned quite a few of these products quite a bit in previous posts but some of these are my all time favourite make up products. 

Too Faced Eye Shadow Pallet

This has lasted me for what must be over a year or so now, It's been one of my favourite pallets that I've ever used. The colours are so beautiful and one of the darker colours I actually use to fill in my eye brows! You can do so many looks with this pallet, I tend to stick with the pale colours as that's nice and simple for work. 

Collection Eye Liner 

I love 'Collection' a lot, I just find it does really great products and ones that I buy over and over again. This also lasts a very long time considering that it's a tiny pot and that I use it pretty much every day. 

Collection Concealer 

This is another favourite of mine and also something that I have used many times, it's so affordable and just perfect for the dark circles that I get under my eyes. 

Rimmel BB Cream 

I've only recently purchased this BB Cream, but before this I had honestly never used BB cream befor, I heard so many people go on about it so wanted to try it out myself and I am actually really pleased with it. Again it's affordable, not too expensive but worth having. And what's also nice is that sometimes I'll just put this on instead of foundation, it doesn't feel as 'heavy' as foundation may feel. 

Rimmel Blusher 

I find that this is such a pretty colour and brings a perfect tint to my pale cheeks. 

Collection Eye Shadow Pallet 

Having loved Items that I recently got from Collection I thought I would go and ahead and try something else, It's a really cute pallet with pretty pink/purply colours which are definitely perfect for the spring/summer season! 

Instant Glow Bronzer 

This is something I've had for a long time! But something I use every day, I'm pretty sure that I bought this a couple of years ago and it's still lasted me well so I'm not sure if it's actually still around. 

Benefit Eye brow filler 

Once I've filled in my eye brows with the eye shadow I'll just put a bit of this on top to sharpen and neaten up my eye brows. 

Rimmel Match Foundation

Love, love, love this product! Has to be my favourite foundation, this is definitely something that I've mentioned before in previous posts but I'm sure you all have read about it somewhere considering how popular it is. But I find it's such a perfect colour for my skin. 

So that's pretty much all the make up that I use, I really recommend any of these Items! Usually I'll start of by putting the BB cream lightly on my face, once that's all rubbed in I'll put some concealer on to cover up those not so great dark circles! I'll then use my foundation, put a bit of bronzer and blusher on to give my cheeks a nice glow. Then I'll go ahead and fill my eyebrows in. I naturally have very fare eye brows and sometimes It'll look like I have no eye brows at all haha! So I find it really useful for me to fill them in, and definitely frames my face a bit more. With eye shadows I usually first put on a highlighter for the base and then use a lighter colour on top. I also have quite small eyes so I always find that using light eye shadow brightens them up just that little bit more and then I'll add some eye liner on my eye lids. And then for under my eyes I actually use just eye shadow as it's not so harsh and gives it a more 'softer' look. And then I'll apply a bit of lip gloss or lip balm!

And that's it! Is there any make up you recommend that I try? I'm always open to experimenting with different products when I can. 

xxx