Last Post Of 2013!!

2013 has well and truly been a whirlwind, going from being a journalism student to the dizzy heights of full time employment which has been an adjustment i'm still not use too,

get me back to 99p jager bombs!!

2013 has consisted of all nighters in the uni libraries, waving goodbye to old friends and saying hello to new, laughing, crying and just general awesomeness!!!

Life has now suddenly been based in Bristol rather than good ole Bath!!

Things in 2013 that I'm 100% going to miss (Uni times) but 2014 is looking so promising already, such as:

One Direction Where We Are Tour at Wembley Stadium.

Travelling Europe with my girl Lisa

Manic weekends away (mainly London)

I hope you all have an amazing New Year and all your dreams come true (fingers crossed for Harry Styles HA!) 

Whatever your plans are for tomorrow evening have fun and enjoy

Lots Of Love

Katie 

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Beautiful Bath Abbey

My Surprise 22nd Birthday Party

Visiting Stonehenge

Lush Haul

A few weeks ago, we had our boiler restored in our house Alas hot water!!!

So I decided to pop in the Lush store in Bristol and just treat myself to a couple of festive shower companions. I love Lush, one the products are great and secondly they don't test on animals which makes it so much more appealing to me!!!

First of all I purchased the Snow Fairy shower gel!!! The smell is to die for. Literally. This is a limited edition Christmas shower gel and my gosh, I literally could eat it, the smell is so sweet smells like Candyfloss. 

Its a bright vibrant pink, which makes it extremely girlie. 

I also purchased a sweet little Santa scrub called Sandy Santa. This is packed with murumuru butter and shea butter. Sandy Santa is a body butter & sugar scrub, it claims to give you a moisturising affect and smooth and polish your skin at the same time. 

I'm excited to use this!!!! 

Last but by no least is the Bubblegum lip scrub. I did purchase the Christmas version of the lip scrub and really didn't like it as much as the bubblegum one. This is my favourite product from Lush and a product i continually buy. 

Katie 

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Last but 

Christmas Wish List *High End*

So I've been a good girl this year,

*2 seconds please, let me just blow my own trumpet* 

So I have put together my rather expensive Christmas list- I'm a working girl, I'm allowed these luxe items right?? 

Granted some items are unrealistic but a girl can dream......

C'mon Santa I have been a good girl this year!!!!

So these are my top 8 products. Too create this I used the ShareEight App (available on Itunes ) 

So my top products are as followed: 

Yves Saint Laurent Candy Volupte Lipstick £23.50

Jo Malone Wild Bluebell Cologne £78.00

Vivienne Westwood Black Dome Bag £255.00

Nars Lip Pencil, Luxemburg £17.50

Tom Ford FT009 Whitney Butterfly Sunglasses £182.20

Benefit High Beam £19.50

Quilted Vintage Chanel Shoulder Bag £2800.00

Benefit Benetint £24.50

Bear in mind these are high end luxury items, which I'm unlikely to recieve especially the Chanel Bag, bet hey everyone can dream!!!

Snap Shot #2

I always like giving you a sneak peak into my life. So I felt today I would give you a peak into my life through recent photographs.

Rimmel Apocalips Review

Personally I'm all about a statement lip, me and eyeshadows, just don't get along.

Recently I discovered the Rimmel Apocalips Lip Lacquer. 

I've fallen hard for these beauties. 

I've read great things about these must have lip products, and I'm so glad I jumped on the bandwagon. 

This is 100% not a gloss. Rimmel are true too their words when they say its a 'Lip Lacquer', because it is so pigmented and its staying power is immense.

The colour last for hours, and you're lips look full and the colour looks freshly applied (even though really you applied a few hours ago.)

I bought the colours Big Bang (400) and Celestial (101) 

Celestial is a perfect colour for everyday wear and gives your lips a lovely dusky pink finish and Big Bang is perfect for that statement party lip. I'm a HUGE fan of a red lip so for my it's perfect!!

The packaging looks expensive for a £5.99 product. 

Overall I am impressed with this product and will be adding more to my collection. 

There are a few negatives about the product, the doe-foot applicator is slightly clumsy, doesn't quite give a even finish, I tend to rub in with my fingers after I've applied! The lacquer does tend to gather around the top of the applicator as well. 

Also the smell isn't great reminds me of Play Doh! But like me if you can see past that, then it's such a great product.

Have you tried Apocalips?  and what do you think of it???

Haul Time

Payday is my favourite kind of day (isn't it everyone's?) 

So I hit the High Street to stock on some much needed essentials and some not so essentials.

Superdrug was first and I decided to break my Sleek Virginity and indulge in the Sleek counter. 

I've heard great things about this cheap, popular brand so it was only right I decided to give it a go. 

From Sleek I bought the 'Storm Palette'. I was a little annoyed by the fact there was no open palettes so I could have a look at the colours, so I was buying the palette totally blind. Also it doesn't have the names of the colours on the back either (which also annoyed me). 

I also decided to buy a blush to, as I needed a new blush and thought this was a great opportunity to buy a new one, I went for the colour Flamingo (637), it look really scary from the palette but I did have a quick try of it and it's not as bright and gives a nice colour on the cheeks. 

My favourite buy from Superdrug though has to be the Rimmel Apocalips. 

OMG

I went for the colour Bang Bang (400), as I adore my red lip colours, & this certainly doesn't disappoint. 

I did a quick try when I got it home and this is i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-e I kind you not this is now my favourite lip product to date (I haven't even tried it out properly yet!!!!!) 

I can totally see why so many people are raving about it!!!!

Go and and buy it NOW!!!!!

I then went onto Boots to pick up some skin care goodies for my skin,

I purchased Botanics Hydrating Day Cream SPF15 All Bright & the Botanics Hydrating Night Cream All Bright. 

I always use SPF in my moisturisers and also in my foundation.

No one wants leather looking skin when they're old!!!

I also decided to change my cleanser to and bought a new product which Nivea have bought out called Nivea Soothing Cleansing Mousse.

So I'm excited to us it

I will review this products within the next few weeks, to let you know what I think of them!!

Katie

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Those Luxe Products

As you are aware, I'm one of the biggest supporters of High Street makeup brands, but there comes a time when a girl needs a little luxury, am I right??

Yes I get it these little luxury products can cost a bloomin' fortune, but deep down inside we are squirming with delight that we have just purchased the must have designer products. 

So i'm going to share with you my favourites which I have in my collection and ones which i'm trying to decide whether i want to part with the money!!!

MAC- I own a lot of MAC makeup whilst some people say its 100% High Street, I disagree. MAC is expensive and defiantly burns a hole in our banks accounts, only just recently i bought 4 items which ended up costing me £90!!!! MAC is high end but I adore it.

So my favourite products I have from MAC are:

Cranberry and Sketch Eye-shadows!

MAC Painterly Pot

MAC Spalshproof Mascara

My most loved luxe lipstick of all time at the moment is my Chanel Coco Rouge lipstick in the colour Monte Carlo.

 I'm obsessed and wear it constantly at £25, its expensive but totally worth it!!!! 

If you're after a expensive lippy, I urge you to try Chanel!!

YSL Touche Ecclat, Is a favourite of mine, been using it for a while now and I just love it, literally brightens up my face when i'm having a grey day or just extremely tired and maybe slightly hungover.  Big love to YSL.

Luxury items I'm lusting over right now and need are:

                                  YSL lip stain- Mainly because I love Cara Delevinge.

Chanel Perfection Lumiere Long-Wear Flawless Fluid Makeup.

Laura Mercier Foundation Primer

Let me know your favourite luxury make up products and what do you think of mine?

Katie

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No7 Brush Cleanser Review:

I'm really lazy when it come to cleaning my make up brushes & I'm always looking for that quick fix. 

& I think I have found it.........

Boots No7 Brush Cleanser.

Ok I know you're probably wondering what's so great about it??

Well let me tell you.

I've been using this for around about a month now and it's fabulous. It cost £8.00 so not expensive.

It's perfect for a quick fix, especially if you don't have time too soak your brushes (like me). 

It's so simple to use, you squirt a bit of the cleanser onto a cotton pad, tissues or a flannel and simply brush your brushes across the pad and see all that excess makeup come clean off!
I love it!!

Katie
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November Obsessions

My November obsessions 

Enjoy!!

The pumps are put away back into the shoe cupboard and the ankle boots are out. I'm obsessing over cute ankle boots at the moment & my cut out boots have been a statement piece when putting together my autumn outfits together, paired with ankle grazers, skater skirts or dresses these boots look chic especially with some cute girly frilly socks 

*to keeps those toes snug*

Topshop

Faux fur headbands, I'm loving these gorgeous head pieces at the moment, they can make a outfit look causal or classy. Nothing says Hello winter than a faux fur headband.

 Major lusting right now!!!

Again Tartan has been a big statement in my autumn wardrobe, from scarves to trousers. Tartan has slapped autumn/winter round the face this season & I'm in L-O-V-E. 

But lets make it clear OTT tartan is NOT ok!!!! 

Of course my obsession with red lips has become even BIGGER now that it is the season of partaaaays

Time bring out glitz n glam 

&

Smother them lips with delicious berry reds!!

Katie

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Whats In My Make Up Bag......

I thought it was about time I gave you a peek into my everyday makeup bag.

So i'm going to show you my everyday make up items.

Enjoy!!!

My make-up bag is Cath Kidston. Love the designs of her bags and you just wipe off make up if you spill any on *Winner*.

Real Techniques brushes have become a great additions to my make up collection. These brushes are perfect if you're on a budget, there really well priced and are such great brushes and will be a permanent feature in your make up bags.

I also have two MAC eye brushes at £25 a brush they are not the cheapest and to be honest I prefer my Real Techniques eye shadow brush. 

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation- This is a fairly new product to my make-up bag, as I have been a slave to Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse for years. I love how great this products is for a high street foundation. Leave me skin looking gorgeous and has such a great finish. I also use the Rimmel Wake Me Up concealer, again has great coverage and is great for a high street concealer.

Rimmell Stay Matte Powder- This powder has been my best friend, I have quite oily skin, so it gives my

 T-zone a non-oily look. 

I adore lipsticks and prefer them to lip-gloss, as I usually get my hair stuck to my lips *not a good look*. But these are the main lip products I'm using at the moment. I love using matte lipsticks and I love my red and purple lipsticks for autumn/winter. These lipsticks from L-R One Direction Kiss You Lipstick *Sorry not sorry*, Topshop in the colour Wicked, Chanel in the colour Monte Carlo, Maybeline in the colour Ravishing Rogue and then my Topshop Lip Crayon in the colour Wicked as well. I have a obsession with that colour. 

Other important pieces in my make up bag are. My Mac eyeshadows in Cranberry and Sketch key colours for a autumn/fall smokey eye. 

MUA I have two pieces from the MUA collection which are the Undress me eyeshadow palette swoon....... & the Bittersweet creme blush. Both products are under £5.00 and both are

 I-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-e

Both products are highly pigmented 

I can't rave about them enough. If you get the chance to buy any products from MUA

DO IT!!!

Maybeline the falsie mascara is my go to mascara, have been using it for years and it's hands down the best High Street mascaras.

Another mascara I use is the MAC Spalshproof, this is the only waterproof I use and own, I bought this to take on holiday with me. Wearing it in 50 degrees heat for a week, it worked wonders and didn't budge. 

For my bottom lashes I use the Clinque bottom lash mascara. This is designed for those little lashes, it's smudge proof and the wand is tiny so you can those pesky little lashes!!

YSL Touche Ecclat is my best friend especially when I have dreaded bags under my eyes, keeps me looking fresh and wide awake. 

My eyebrow pencil is from MUA *shock* 

Katie 

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