Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Elf

I heard about Elf along time ago but this is the first time I have ever ordered anything, and I have to say that the service, quality, and press were all excellent. The items that I ordered were all quite similar but I wanted to try out a different range of concealers, foundations and spot treatments.

The first item I ordered was Eyebrow Stencils as I thought they would help with giving my eyebrows a bit of shape  when I actually looked at them they were a lot thinner than I imagined so as of yet I have not used them simply for the fact I feel the stencils are too thin.



The next item was the Tone Correcting Concealer (in Ivory), I decided to order this as in the description it said that is masks skin tone imperfections and redness, and I find that my skin tone can sometimes be mismatched.



I also ordered the Zit Zapping Concealer (in fair), this concealer fights and prevents acne using a blend of Salicylic Acid, Tea Tree Oil and Camphor. The concealer hides and conceals blemishes. It isn't often that I get bad spots but I thought that this concealer would be perfect for when I did.



I saw the all over Cover Stick (Apricot Beige) and thought that it would be a handy size to throw into my bag and use if need be, while I am out.



I hate wearing Lipstick but since discovering Lipscote I love wearing it as you can hardly tell that you are wearing any, because of this I actually own only one lipstick so when I saw the lipstick in the shade of Fearless, I just couldn't resist it.


I love gel liner but i always find that the brushes never last very long so I thought that it was time to invest in a new one however silly me didn't think about geting a slanted one however this brush is really good.



The next thing is another concealer called Under Eye Concealer & Highlighter (in glow/fair) this is my favourite thing that I ordered and the highlighter, as I feel that it made my eyes look brighter and more awake.



The second to last thing that I received was a product called Zit Zapper. It helps to fight blemishes, reduce redness and swelling, I have used this product several times and found it really effective!



Finally the last time that I brought was a Mineral Foundation (in Porcelain , I have heard a lot of good things about mineral foundations so I thought I would jump on the band wagon. However since using the foundation I feel that it has made my face feel a little greasy so I am unsure if I will carry on using it or not.


Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Pre-birthday celebrations/ Shani's birthday

A couple of weeks ago saw Shani turn 19, pre-birthday celebrations and a night out with the girls!
Monday started off with handing in all of my university work for the first year. It was then followed by a relaxing day with the girls, just kicking back and relaxing. We then headed out to Chiquitos, this was the first time that I had ever been and to be honest I was disappointed, I found that there was a sufficient lack of vegetarian food. I would have thought as a chain of restaurants there would have been a lot more selection that there actually was - after a lot of umming and ahhing I decided on Fajita Roasted Veg. When it arrived I was once again very disappointed, I was given a massive plate of roasted vegetables but only four wraps, I thought that the ratios were not great. However saying that it did taste a lot better than it looked, but I personally would not ever go back to Chiquitos purely for the fact that it was very expensive and there was a lack of vegetarian food.

Tuesday was a day for relaxing and just spending quality time with the cambridge girls! We started off the day with making loads of party food and snacks, then Anna and I were given our early birthday presents (love them!). The rest of the day was spent curled up watching films and chatting, it was honestly such a lovely day.


Wednesday started off with a lovely lie in, then a relaxing day just catching up on tv programs. The evening started off with a couple of drinks, in preparation for our night out. We had decided to go to Vodka Revolutions, when we got there we got in for free and Elisha had arranged for us to have table, in which we got a massive bottle of Champagne for free. The rest of the night was spent dancing the night away and just having a great time!




Honestly could not wish for better friends!

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

goffbot.com

Last year I started making jewellery in preparation for creating an online business that sells unique Handmade Jewellery. In January I started up an Etsy page and have been slowly adding and creating more and more things. Starting up your own business is always a risk but I am glad that I took it, I love creating and making new pieces of jewellery, but I do sometimes find it hard to spread the word about my new pieces. However as time goes on you learn new things that you did not know before, but also how to handle the work load of university and making new items for the shop. I love my jewellery store and I honestly would not change a bit about it.

Monday, 13 May 2013

Legoland & Iron Man 3


A couple of weeks ago it was mine and Sams 2year Anniversary, and as I was back at university we decided to celebrate it the weekend before as we did not know if we were going to see each other. So this is what we did! I went to Legoland as a kid and absolutely loved it, and as Sam had never been as a child I thought that this would be the perfect place to go (added bonus that Kellogs were doing a 2-4-1 offer on the side of cereal boxes - score!).

The car journey was about 200miles there and back - but it was completely worth it! As soon as you get to Legoland you are greeted with Lego people and Letters all the way up the road until the car park.

When we got there we discovered that there was a Star Wars mini world and a shop dedicated to it! As massive fans of Star Wars we devoted so much of our time looking around and taking hundreds of photographs. We spent most of the day wondering round the park looking at all the Lego models and looking in all the shops, taking hundreds of photographs of every single thing!

 On the way home we decided to go and see Iron Man 3 as both of us really wanted to see it - it is safe to say that we were not disappointed! It was such a brilliant film, definitely one to go and see.