I'm a loser!

Reasons for the statement above..

• I haven't blogged since January.
• I still only have 3 followers.

And the main reason...

I really want to blog right now... even if no-one is ever going to read it!

Now, I can't speak for anyone else, but to me blogging is a way of talking about anything you want to talk about. Sharing something you want to share with anyone who is willing to listen at that moment in time.
Even if no-one is actually listening...!

A massive amount of things have changed for me since January.
I finished my course, got a new job and loads of other crappy boring life stuff that happens to everyone. But the biggest thing that's happened pretty recently is I have finally realised that confidence is key.
And if you haven't got it... fake it!

I met a great friend on the course I was studying, and she's just about as into makeup as I am. She's very talented, and amazingly confident in her abilities. I showed her a couple of looks that I'd done on myself and randoms and she was impressed. She asked me to come and do a shoot with her and a photographer she'd been working with for a while... Exciting!

It was one of the scariest things I have ever done; I mean, I've sung in front of some pretty big crowds and haven't really been that nervous. But this was just completely crazy!
I swallowed my fears and went for it! And it was one of the best things I have ever done.
It taught me that there are people out there that are just out to hurt you, for the success you have enjoyed. They need to get over themselves and start living their own lives instead of being jealous of others!

Yeah.
Be yourself, and 'eff the others that don't have a personality and want to feed off yours... not cool.

Early Birthday Presents + FOTD.

Sooooo!
It's my eighteenth birthday in 13 days! I'm so excited and I'm hopefully having the girls from my college course over for a cocktail party!

I went shopping with my Dad, Step-Mum and Bro' today and my Dad bought me a couple of early birthday presents,
These are my favourite! As i've got size 10 feet (YES thats right! UK size 10. I have no idea what size that is in US) I have to shop for shoes in either Evans or Long Tall Sally.
These are from Evans, and I've wanted them for SO long! I even managed to cram one of my feet into a size eight in the shop before christmas because I was so desparate to own them.... Yeah. Didn't work out.

These are also from Evans, They look lovely with a pair of bootleg jeans and they are amazingly comfortable. They're only about 1 1/2 inches high so they only make me about 6ft 4! Bonus!

Thanks Dad!


My friend from college knows how much I love makeup, so she gave me this thing... A Victoria Jackson Survival Kit. It's got loads of different bits and bobs in it so I used a really nice blush and some eyeshadows from that for my FOTD.

Hope your all having a great day!
xxx

MAC, Barry M, Burts Bees & Lancome Haul!

Hi guys!

Anno! It's been ages :/ Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years!

Right, so as the title says I've got my first haul to talk about! Obviously this isn't the first makeup that I've ever purchased.... But I've just managed to get my hands on some lovely stuff over the past couple of weeks :)

So here goes!

The first things I got are from MAC.

(Please excuse the bad pictures.... I had to search the net as my camera is being stupid today.)

• MAC Blushcreme - Ladyblush - I have yet to use this lovely looking blush as I've misplaced my cream blusher brush and haven't got the funds for a new one just yet! :(
• MAC Mineralize Skinfinish - By Candlelight
• MAC Paintpot - Painterly
• MAC Fluidline - Blitz & Glitz - So fantastically easy to apply, the glitter is more like shimmer so not at all chunky. Doesn't irritate my eyes when I try to remove it like most eye products with glitter.

The next lot of stuff I recieved was actually a free gift with a magazine subscription... but oh how I love it all!

• Barry M Intense Black 3 in 1 Mascara - I was SO surprised and impressed by the Barry M mascara! I've been using Rimmel London Volume Flash Extreme Black Mascara which is pretty good.... but then when I tried the 3 in 1 it separated my lashes, create a massive amount of length and didn't clump at all.
• Barry M Dazzle Dust - 97 Dark Chocolate
• Barry M Blusher - 2 Rose
• Barry M Lip Paint - 146 Dolly Pink - The lipstick is ultra bright pink, as is the blush but used together with flawless skin, a small flicked eyeliner look and massive lashes it looks excellent!
• Barry M Nail Paint - 165 Burgundy - Gorgeous! Applied a couple of coats almost as soon as I'd taken it out of the bag. Quite alot of chipping but the colour was opaque after one coat and I didn't apply a non-chip top coat!
• Barry M Nail Paint - 292 Navy
• Barry M Matt Super Soft Eye Crayon - 10 Purple
• Barry M Kohl Pencil - 2 Brown
• Barry M Glitter Liquid Eyeliner - 6 Bronze - This eyeliner has a really REALLY tiny brush! Which makes it great for outlining on the eye really delicately.

I've also gathered three different lip products in the past fortnight....

• Burts Bees Honey Lip Balm - I had a cold throughout the Christmas holidays... and this was the only thing that prevented my lips from cracking and getting really sore. I still love it now, it's great in the freezing weather even though I despise the smell and taste of honey! Thankyou Burt.

• Burts Bees Lifeguards Choice Lip Balm
• Lancome Juicy Tubes - Tokyo (Apple)Needless to say I love every single one of these things! Especially my MSF... but one thing that I'm really not that impressed with is the Lancome Juicy Tube.

I absolutely adore the scent, it literally makes my mouth water when I apply it, but as soon as I step out of the door my hair sticks to it.

I have a really big 'thing' about stuff getting in my hair and making it dirty or greasy so I'm really not pleased to be pulling clumps of sticky apple-smelling hair from my lips! But as I paid £6 (According to the sticker it was supposed to be £13?!) for it, I've decided to wear it on the days I put my hair up! Basically I fell in love with it at the shop because it's green; which is my favourite colour and it smells of apples; which is my favourite scent!

I also popped into Superdrug yesterday and picked up some basics, as well as the new Original Source ShowerGel - Grapefruit & Gingerlily.
It smells so delicious and zingy! And it made my whole bathroom smell of lovely fruityness!

So, theres me little haul! Hope you've enjoyed reading my crappy little chitchat! And happy 2010!

Love
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