Barry M gel eyeliner

Well hey there internet,

I thought I'd do a little review today on this little beauty I bought the other day which I'm very impressed by.

This is the Barry M Waterproof Gel Eyeliner and is also my first ever gel eyeliner purchase.

Now, I have never actually worn gel eyeliner before, or any eyeliner that you wear on top of your lids, but I thought I'd try it out and see what it looks like and I quite liked it!

It made my eyes look bigger which was a good thing because mine are quite slanted so they tend to look very small, but using this just ...made me look better. Again... not great at explaining things.

It did take a while to get the grasp of  applying it as I am still a newbie. However I did realise that I started to geta lot of compliments by people, now it don't know whether it was because of this or not but either way, I felt pretty good.

The actual product is pretty cool, it glides on smoothly, does not smudge and lasts pretty much the whole day.

And if you want to get your hands on one then click the picture below to get your hands on one!

I'm sorry if my arm hair bothers you but it doesn't bother me so I don't know why it should bother you... wow I just got a little bit sassy there... apologies...

Question of the day:

Do you use gel eyeliner or liquid?

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CYA :D

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Rasberry lips for fall

Now that autumn is here it's time for everyone and their mother to dish out the bold dark colours. It's kinda the only time of the year up until spring where you can get away with wearing bright bold colours during the day.

However this year a certain colour has caught my eye.  And it's this raspberry colour,  that dark pink that's almost starting to turn red.

After clearing out my makeup products recently I realised that pretty much 90% of my lipstick collection (which mind you isn't really that much) are all this pinkish red berry colour.

So I've clearly been using this all summer as well, and what a coincidence that it makes such a great Autumn lip colour as well as a summer lip colour.

I find it hard to a shade of lipstick that suits me because I'm not fair skinned nor am I dark skinned.  I'm that weird inbetween shade which is a nightmare for when you're buying foundation.

Anywho the point is that a lot of the time I try other lipsticks they tend to be a bit too light which washes me out or too warm of a shade that it blends in with my skin because my skin is very warm toned.

Not cute

So basically I try to find shades that are cool toned and on the darker side.

Which sucks because I still haven't found a nice nude shade.

Here's a good old list of why I love the colour:

• It's a great colour to transition into from the summer if you don't want to jump straight into deep end with the bold lip colours/
• It can be used for both day and night depending on how heavy or light you apply it. I like to lightly dab the colour on my lips and blend out for the day and then reapply a heavier coat of it if I end up going out in the evening that same day.
• Because it's such a cool toned colour, it makes your lips look whiter! which is always a plus right? I'm quite obsessed with making my teeth look white.
• If you're not into the dark red, almost brown lipstick because let's face it,i's not for everyone, then I would suggest you opt for this colour if it's your thing.

Now it would be a bit silly if I didn't recommend a couple of products to try out.

so here are 4 that are similar, yet different to each other, that may float your boat.

Yes, I know you see 5 but the last two on the right are actually the same product however the pink one is the new version and as you can see has different packaging.

From left to right: 

1. The Revlon colourstay moisture stain is a lip gloss type thing that is great if you're not one who is into lipstick. 
2. Rimmel London's apocalips lip lacquer is a highly pigmented little thing, it is a bit on the red side if that's the sort of colour you're looking for.
3. Maybelline's colour sensational vivids lipstick is unfortunately not available in  the UK i  this particular shade which is quite sad.
4. And last but not least it's the Barry M lip paint in genie, now this one is definitely an interesting one. It's a pH lipstick that changes colour depending on the pH of your lips. HOW COOL IS THAT!?  and it just so happens to be a nice raspberry colour.

And you know what the best thing is, you can actually buy the moisture stain, the lip lacquer and the magic lip paint right from this page!

All you gotta do is click on button that comes up in the corner of the images and you can buy straight from there! it's pretty simple.

Question of the day: what autumn trends are you into this year? is it beauty based or fashion based?

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Up in the Mountains

Well hey there internet,

Now on my many adventures in America, one of the places I stayed in was Virginia. Now I'll be honest, I wasn't sure what to expect going there because its not exactly a state that you hear about a lot. However, I quite liked it and it was a lot more enjoyable than I thought it would be,

The suburbanness (That's apparently a word in my vocabulary) was so refreshing and just completely different from New York and Florida. It was like stepping onto the set of desperate housewives and for a few days I felt like I was living what I thought in my opinion was a typical american suburban life and doing american things like going to the mall and chilling out in the front yard.

Anywho, on one of the days my family and I went out for the day and we decided to take a drive up a mountain (better than hiking up there in my opinion) and the view on the way up was indescribably beautiful, just when I thought it couldn't get better we would drive up a little more and it would look better than the last one!

You'll see what I mean...

And then I thought to myself, 'how great would it be to have a place like this to just relax and reflect on things, it's definitely one of those "puts your life in perspective" kind of things.

Question of the day:

Do you have a place where you can relax and reflect?

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CYA :D

It's getting cold!

Well hey there internet,

If you live in the UK you're probably realising it's getting a lot more chilly.

Maybe you shiver a little when you first step outside. Maybe your body is a little tense when you're walking outside or maybe your house feels cold and you're starting to turn the heating on. 

Either way it all means one thing, it's time for autumn and winter and I am actually quite excited about because being in the states all summer where it was really hot (well at least hotter than average British weather) I did sort of miss the cold miserable weather of England.

So I thought it would be cute to share what to love about cold weather if you're someone who's dreading it this year so hopefully we can spread a little positivity around.

1) Hot baths and showers. Do you notice how the heat turns up inside just a little bit in the household, and the water is just hot enough to not burn you yet it feels amazing? Yep that's bliss right there.

2) FOOD! even if you're not one who's into bathing or showering (filthy thing :P) you can at least be excited by food.... Because who doesn't like food?! I look forward to drinking delicious hot chocolates and eating hot food on a cold night..... Dammit I'm hungry now...

3) no insects!! This is a personal one but I HATE insects and spiders with a passion! And I don't know why or where they go but I can honestly say good riddance to them. 
Crap ...just thinking about them is making me itch.

4) The movies!  Don't you just love the films that come on during the winter? No matter how many times you've watched them it's awesome just to sit with family and friends all snuggled up watching home alone and other festive films that make you wonder why aren't there as many good TV shows on in the summer as there are in the winter? 

5) festivities!! It's basically the time of year where everyone gets festive for everything like Halloween and Christmas and New Years etc.  Which means there's loads of sales!  Who could say no to a good shopping spree (actually I can think of a few) or those little stalls that sell food and give you free samples of stuff.
And nothing beats watching the world around you get into a festive mood and just...... Eeeep!  It makes me want to leap for joy!

But mainly what I love about this time of year is that people seem just that little bit happier.

So if you are having a tough time at the moment I hope you can get cheered up by everything happening in the next few months.

Question of the day: what do you like about the cold weather?

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CYA :D
(Photo credit to whoever's picture this is that I found on tumblr )