In The Ears

Alexis Jordan - Good Girl

Emily Osment - LoveSick

E.T - Katy Perry & Kanye West

So this week it's all about the girly pop!

I'm kind of fooling myself into thinking it's already Summer, we had about 3 days of sunshine here in Norfolk, and I was wearing the most summery clothes you can imagine, you would've thought you'd slipped and fallen into Southern France in the midst of July!

These songs are so bouncy, cheesy and easy to sing-a-long to, just my cup of tea! :)

So I've decided on a holiday! (I'm so impulsive). As both mine and my boyfriends birthdays have been this month we thought instead of getting each other extravagant gifts we would just use the money for a holiday in a couple of months. Were thinking Turkey, it's dirt cheap and boiling hot - can't ask for more!

Have any of you lovely ladies been to Turkey? I'm basically asking is it safe? ha.

Enjoy the songs, and enjoy your day.

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x

Desk VS. Vanity

One desk.

Two Ideas.

What Story Does Your Bedroom Tell?

I love my desk, it’s a gorgeous glass-topped pine wood table. But what should be on display here?

Should it be my laptop, diaries, books, and stationary? Or should it be my best friend – make up.

I’m a working woman, so I need my inner nerd to be only a reach away – but a working woman still needs to look her best right!?

After switching and changing for many weeks now, I have decided.

Make up can no longer be my soul mate.

[Cue violins]

Your bedroom can say so much about you, mine is filled with clothes, jewellery, scatter cushions, candles and as of late, make up. But I don’t want my first impression on someone to be ‘insecure teenage girl’ (we all know it’s not really what us make-up fanatics are… but that is the way of the world) so I have opted for the smart sophisticated WOMAN. The scatter cushions and candles can stay, but everything else needs to be out of the way of those judging eyes.

So hello bookworm, goodbye MAC.

What story does your boudoir tell?,

X

NB. This may sound like lots of people come into my bedroom, they DON’T. I just want a cleansed room for a fresh outlook on life, I can’t wear my make-up goggles anymore.

These Boots Are Made For Walking... All Over My Superstitions

Who defines superstition?

Apparently 3 drains are unlucky if you walk across them, but in order to avoid them you have to face other obstacles.

For example; today I’m walking to the nail bar – naive little me – I come across 3 drains and I’ve always been told it’s unlucky to walk over these, so I avoided them by walking in the road. And I nearly got hit by a car. Not just any car. But the car containing an ex-boyfriend and his friends. And yes they beeped their bloody horn. I could still hear them laughing as I realised I had nearly been run down.

"Cringe" just doesn't cut it.

So boots, next time we’re walking all over those 3 drains.

On the other hand… Don’t my nails look nice?

I guess not walking over those drains meant I came home super cautious looking super chic.

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x

Bouncing Back

We have had an unexcuseable long break from blogging,

but we're back with a bang.

Thank you so much to all of you lovely ladies who have hung on in there!

SO much has happened, but that is all to follow (very!) soon.

Keep smiling & enjoy the sunshine,

Ciao,

x

What We're Loviiiin'

Now we're in the swing of getting more blogs out to you all, we felt as though we should share a few things with you, just a random selection of what is keeping us smiling at the moment <3

Memories

MAC Wonder woman collection (didn't want to do a whole post as everyone is!)

Give it to us nowwww!! Along with the Lady Gaga range, that would be peachy.

Our pets <3

Feeling lonely?

Grab your pets and cuddle up in bed with them.

Big fat gypsy weddings

(source: google images)

This programme has been on TV before, but there's a brand new series now. It's fascinating watching someone elses way of life. But although travellers have this image about themselves, watching this programme just changed it all 100% for me. There are so many strict rules within their community (no sex or alcohol before marriage, young girls can't leave the house unaccompanied, not allowed a job) but they obey them all, and when asked they said they wouldn't change a thing about their lives - it left me thinking, they're so happy with their restricted lives but then a typical young english girl is as free as a bird but is always trying to rebel. This is what I hate about England - there's always something people can find to complain about "it's too sunny, it's too cold, it's too dry, it's too wet" I'm just sick of it - take me away, LA/Australia wherever you fancy! OR JUST LET ME BE A TRAVELLER SO I CAN HAVE AN AMAZING DRESS!

How are you guys?

We're house hunting, job hunting, life hunting as always!

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altbeauty92

xx

Youtube - Tag: This or that?

Hey guys!

We've finally recorded our first video for Youtube, it' a 'This or That' tag

It's up on youtube right now so don't forget to subscribe and

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Click below to watch the video (:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqJo0tBgW7M

 

 

 

We had a good time recording it so if all goes well we'll be recording another within the next few days, so go easy on us! Let us know if you have any constructive criticism for us, any videos you would like to see, or your own channels for us to have a nose around!

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xx

E.L.F Haul & Some New Products

  Before you start reading this, the pictures are poor quality as I was in a mad rush to take them before I went to work. I don't even know why I decided to chose that time in which to do it. Duuur!

So please accept our apology :)

So after watching countless Youtube videos of AMAZING make up collections mine looked slightly pathetic, to say the least. This spurred me on to finally do my first E.L.F purchase.

It arrived quickly, they even text me when it was dispatched which I found great. I've always thought E.L.F has come across as a real hit or miss, so this is to let you lovely ladies know how I'm getting on!

My order:

Blush (Innocence, Shy, Coy)

Hypershine Lip Gloss (Vixen, Flirt, Honey)

Lipstick (Classy, Posh)

Concealer (Light Beige)

Nail Polish (Mint Green)

32 Piece Eye Palette

Everything was neatly packaged and in great condition, except this:

(Classy)

It literally made me gag - the lipstick had quite obviously been used, then snapped & came complete with a nice long thick hair! I know it was cheap, but COME ON. It was sealed within all of the plastic, the same as the other products so god knows when it could've happened!

Is it even worth me getting my £3 back?!

Apart from this - the other products are good.

Blush

(Innocence, Shy, Coy)

The blushers are in awkward packaging, a slide mechanism that had me scratching my head for a moment. They're fairly powdery & loose when applied, but as I've said before, they weren't expensive so I can't be too unhappy about it! Despite this, they do look nice when applied.

32 Piece Eye Palette

I was very impressed with the 32 piece palette, some colours really jumped out at me, there's a gorgeous gold shade which I can't wait to team up with MAC Gold Reflects!

Lip gloss

(L'Oreal Glam Shine Sheer Cassis, L'Oreal Glam Shine Oriental Fuchsia, Vixen, Flirt, Honey, MAC Dazzleglass Bare Necessity, MAC Dazzleglass Sugarrimmed)

The E.L.F lip glosses are okay, they're very simple so the colours don't seem to stay around for long once applied, also, I find them quite sticky which is never a nice feeling.

The L'Oreal Glam Shine lip glosses are great, the colour just pops! I would recommend buying yourself one of these because they have such a nice feel to them when applied & the heart shaped wand gives great coverage and makes it easier to avoid any mess.

MAC Dazzleglass, well I think you can all predict that I'll rate them highest - it just proves, you get what you pay for!

Lipstick

(Posh, MAC Pink Friday LE, Rimmel Lasting Finish Nude Pink)

The other lipstick purchased from E.L.F is really nice! The only thing I don't like is the packaging. You know when you're young and you get given those £2 lipsticks for Halloween or whatever and they smell and feel like a toy - well that's how I felt about this lipstick, until I applied it and it looked really nice. The colour seems to stay put for a while!

I'm loving lipstick these days, I can't get enough! Which is why I just HAD to have the MAC LE Pink Friday lipstick, you can see where I've swatched how bold it is, it's a really opaque pink & it's by Nicki Minaj so I can't complain!

The Rimmel lipstick isn't really a new purchase, I just forgot how complimenting it is on your lips.

Nail Polish

(Mint Green)

This product didn't impress me at all. This picture was taken after a base coat and 3 actual coats. However the colour is nice once it's been caked on, so I will be wearing it again - just when I have a lot of spare time!

So to conclude, E.L.F was a disappointment - give me MAC any day.

Have any of you had similar experiences with E.L.F? Or am I being stuck up and sensitive to the fact it was so cheap?

altbeauty92

xx