Beauty//MY Bad Beauty Habits

So as a beauty blogger, you may think I stick to the rule book when it comes to the do's and don'ts within the beauty world- Oh how wrong you all are!! A lot of my habits come from me just being lazy and other factors such as stress so we all have them and I'm going to own up to mine eeekkk!!!!! 

Don't judge me.......

Mascara Picking
Guilty! I always do this especially if I'm anxious (I suffer from terrible anxiety and panic attacks) or stress. For some off reason I find it really theraputic, obviously it's not the best thing for my eyelashes or even my make-up come 5 o'clock my eyes are looking like a pandas- not a good look!!


Forgetting my bod!
When it comes to looking after my face with expensive beauty products and moistursing it day and night, I'm on top of it. But my body on the other hand, gets neglected horribly. I somehow seem to forget to exfoliate and moisturise my body. Which is not great!

Brush washing routine- pretty much non-existent
Yes I know it sounds vile, but I'm useless at washing my brushes, I mean I forget all the time. When I end up doing them it's a really quick in and out job. This is something I need to up my game on!!

Changing it up
As a beauty blogger you may think I alternate my make up collection regualry and change it up, in fact I don't I'm really lazy with my make up, if I like a priduct and it works for me, I don't bother changing it I will continously keep using it! I'm getting slightly better though- I think!!

What are your bad beauty habits? Please tell me I'm not the only one who does these!!!

Katie

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Disclaimer- Photo is NOT mine, was lazy and got it off Google. 

Beach Bag Essentials

It's that time of year where we are all jetting off on our holidays (I've just come back from mine, but off to Gran Canaria in 13 weeks- Winning). I know this is something I stress about- What to pack in my beach bag- Dilemma!! So I've put together a list of what I take to the beach. 

Enjoy!

1. Cover Up. When I head to the beach I love to put on a little summer dress to cover up. I tend to raid Primark for my cover up, as they're so cheap, so if they get ruined it doesn't matter! 

2, Sandals. Duh. You obviously need them for walking too and from the beach but also to protect your toots from lava-hot sand. Ouch!!!

3. Purse.  Even at the beach you need some money for ice creams! 

4. water bottle. This is an essential!! You need to keep hydrated in the sun. Don't forget it!!

5. Reading material. My list ... Glamour, Cosmo, Twilight 

6. Bathing suit. I was take a bikini with me, this season I'm loving high waisted bikini bottoms, so flattering and feminine.

7. Wet face wipes. Clean off your face, after getting out of the sea- No one wants to be salty. 

8. Hair accessories. Stretchy headbands keep fly-aways at bay and a claw clip is gentler on your locks than a hair tie.Toss in a small comb for after your swim.

11. Electronics. iPod and Mobile phone are an essential I tell thee. 

12. Moisturiser. My go-to is cocoa butter. Great for healing burns and making you smell yummy.

13. Sunscreen. Nivea Sun Factor 20 usually, I'm a typical English rose, but my skin does tan with a little protection.  

14. Hand sanitizer. I always carry this no matter where I'm going. 

15. Makeup. SPF 15 lip balm and that's it for me 

16. Sunnies. My Ray Bans again are a must on the beach. 

17.. Beach towel. I like over-sized ones and they have to be bright too!!

What do you guys take your beach bag? 

Katie

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MakeUp Academy (MUA) Undress Your Skin Highlighter Review!

What does a girl do when they run out of highlighter? Try a new one out!! 

I've heard some good things about the MUA Undress Your Skin Highlighter and for £3 its an absolute steal! MUA is typically found in Superdrug, if your unfortunate enough not to have Superdrug you can order online from MUA here!!

For those who are unaware of the brand MUA, it's a very inexpensive drugstore product and is only sold at Superdrug. Most of their products range for £1-£6- nice and cheap! But the quality of these products are extremely high. MUA has always been my go to brand for inexpensive eye-shadow palettes which you can read about here! So it wasn't a surprise when I started seeing bloggers rave about their Undress Your Skin Highlighter.

This highlighter is a beautiful shimmery champagne colour. For £3 you get a hell of a lot of product, compared to others make-up brands! This highlighter I would only recommend using on the top of your cheekbone, it has a pink shimmer to it which would look rather odd if placed on the bridge of your nose, above your lip bow or inner forehead. Just stick to the cheeks! 

It was so difficult to get a good picture of the highlighter.

Overall I really cannot complain about this product, for £3 its so good, although the packaging is a little cheap looking, the product certainly makes up for it!

Have any of you used this highlighter? If so what are your thoughts?

Katie

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Throwing it back to the old school // Converse and Juju shoes!

This week I have decided to invest in some new footwear and by accident kinda threw myself back to the 90s and early 00s.

Converse, everyone loves them, comfy, cool and reasonably priced, so I decided to purchase like my 100th pair, this time I took it back to when I was about 13 and bought my first pair which were a pink pair of high top converse- Not cool then, you usually got called a jitter when I was teen for wearing them, Strange I know! So I bought a low pair of pink ones, inspired by Tanya Burr's photo on Instagram, I couldn't resist them, cute summer trainer. Like the rest of my Converse I love them and they will be worn down to the ground. FAVE!!!!!!

Juju shoes you either love um or hate um. But me I was impartial- Shock! But until I slipped some onto my now adult feet I realised why I loved them as a child. As a child they were my go to summer shoe- you know, at the age of 6 I clearly knew about fashion, Uhhh Nah!! If you never owned a pair as a child where were you??? I always had a clear glittery pair with a little heel. But I've decided to follow the trend like a sheep and I purchased a black flat pair, less obvious that they're really meant to be for children not 23 year old women!! I'm so in love with them, the smell of plastic is a bit overwhelming but hey ho, only one negative!!

Do you guys love or hate the Juju shoes (I won't get offended) and do you remember wearing them as a child??

Katie

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European Highlights 2014 #Noregrets

I don't usually write these type of blogs, but I thought I would share my adventures with you my lovely readers. 

Back in June- seems like ages ago!!! Me and my gal pal Lisa decided to take a little trip around Europe and didn't we have a barrel of laughs. 
We headed up to the big smoke (London) to start our European adventure, after staying in a not so luxurious hostel we were rather thankful to be travelling on a comfy plush coach for the next 14 days. We meet up with our other 50 Contiki travelers who were from all walks of life and came from various countries across the world- which was pretty sweet. 

Me and Lisa- Rhine Valley

We managed to conquer 8 countries in 14 days- I know how is that possible? We embarked on France, Monaco, Italy, Vatican City, Austria, Germany, Holland and Belgium. Within that little lot we visited two of the smallest countries in the world- The Vatican and Monaco. 
I was blown away by Paris, being a designer junkie this chic city had everything I wanted- sass, Paris Fashion Week, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany you name it they had it and of course the History- I mean I got excited seeing the Notre Dame Cathedral, Why? I hear you cry, because The Hunchback of Notre Dame was and is my most Favourite Disney film- I know lame reason!!! Second to Paris, was the big boy Amsterdam or the 'Dam' the city of no judgments and what a wonderful and intriguing place it was, defiently recommend it to anyone, incredible city. 

Chilling in Florence

Florence

Eiffel Tower

Selfie!!

Venice

Partying was a strong theme throughout the trip, whiteboard party in Rome, P party in the chatuex in the wine region in France, drinking some tiny little bar dry in the Rhine Valley and of course Shots shot shots shots shots in Amsterdam as well as a live sex show- cray huh? But amongst all of that we got to see the highlights of each city we went to whether it was embracing the Red Light District in Amsterdam, Climbing the Arc De Truimph in Paris, Riding the gondolas in Venice , visiting the Colosseum in Rome, amongst others things I have missed. Incredible memories where made at each and every stop of this trip and it was truly the best experience ever. 

Me and Brian!!!

My Cali Kids

Me and Lisa

This trip was made even more amazing by the great group of people we had surrounding us, we made a little group on this tour, which included some of the most amazing people, who unfortunatly happen to live on the other side of the world!!! Damn you, but even more reason to go out to Oz and the States hey! We experienced some of the most craziest things with these people and its mad to think how tight you become with people after 2 weeks!! Getting drunk with one another, sharing rooms- literally felt as if we had known them a lifetime!

Love these ladies! 

One thing I'll miss is no one will every make a pasta dish like the Italians, I never want to eat pasta again until I'm back in Italy. On a serious note, I've been really down since I've come back, it's made me realise how much of the world there is to see and being stuck inside a office is NOT what I want to be doing. Writing on a beach with a nice cocktail in hand sounds like my kinda job, but that's never going to happen, so back to the office I go *cries*. 

Trying to decide my next trip is difficult, any suggestions?

Katie

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*These are not all the photos I've taken, as I wanted to keep some to myself :) 

Bioderma

I've never been one to join the Hype, whenever I hear amazing things about a certain products I try to wait until the hype has died down a little, and I really don't know why I waited sooooooo long for this.

BIODERMA!!!

Yes I know it's Cray that I've only just got my hands onto this product, but I'm kinda glad I waited. I purchased this sweet little bottle in Nice the South of France, and have been using it ever since!! It literally takes my makeup off in one big ole swipe. I believe this is probably going to be a firm product within my skin care routine, I'm a bit of a skin care product hoe and change products all the time. But I think I've finally found my forever product!!!!

Katie

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