When in Rome

Travelling is something that I, like many other people, see as a goal in life. I believe the purpose of life is to explore the world you've been birthed into (as cheesy as it sounds) and to also give back to the world and just contribute something whether it's small or big but I don't want to get all philosophical in this particular post.  

I could go on and on about the fact that I have so many interests that I want to explore and I probably will go on and on about it another time. 

But travelling is pretty much at the top of that list and anyone who follows me on Instagram (link is below and up there on the tab thingys) will know that I post a lot of pictures of Rome because it's the most recent place I've been to.

So I decided to write about it! 

I highly recommend anyone who loves history to go to Rome, because I think it's safe to say that there are plenty of historical sights to see and old buildings are a given. 

I mean, I saw the bloody Colosseum!

Historical artefacts aside, if you're a lover of Italian food (which I know I am) then there's no place like Rome because where else would you try Italian food other than the capital of Italy! (I quickly had to Google that one just to make sure I didn't sound like an idiot even though I was pretty sure)

I personally recommend you try out any of the many many gelato places where you can go wild with ice cream to your hearts content.

And while you're there, why not check out the world's smallest country which is literally takes minutes to get to on the metro.

 Vatican City is a beautiful place with even more breathtaking buildings And you never know, you may run into the Pope. Which I almost did.

If you're lazy like me then you can hop on a tour bus to see all the main landmarks and attractions. It was so easy and simple to just buy a day ticket, Hop on the bus and hop off whenever there was a site that interested you.

But what striked me the most was how beautiful and picture perfect the city looked, it's every amateur photographer's dream, whether it's the view from the park or at the highest point in Rome where you can see the entire city,  words can't describe how exquisite the views were.

The atmosphere in the streets and the squares was so vibrant during the day yet so chilled out in the evening and it felt so relaxing to be in both.

I'd love to go back one day,  but let's just carry on ticking off everywhere else first  ;)

CYA :D

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Everyday makeup

I am no makeup artist, but I thought I'd film a video on how I do my makeup everyday.

I really think I'm getting the hang of this. I mean look? I even made a decent thumbnail!

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CYA :D

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Provocalips

Well hey there internet!

Now I don't know about you, but for me the time for wearing dark lipsticks and deep colours are coming to an end so here's one of the few deep lip colours I quite liked this winter.

So let’s just take a break from the world of whether or not the dress is black and blue or gold and white, instead I’m going to talk about the colour red!

Ok that was a poor transition but I really just wanted to include the whole dress phenomenon.

ANYWHO, I decided this winter was going to be a time for me to come out of my comfort zone a little bit as I had been doing that a lot at that time.

So I bought the Rimmel London Provocalips Lip Colour in the shade 550 called ‘play with fire’

I was quite apprehensive about the colour because I had never gone so dark or bold. It was one of those colours I would see in store and think ‘Oooh pretty! But it wouldn’t suit me’

But I was pleasantly surprised with the way I looked with it on.

 The product itself was a good quality product for a drugstore item, CRAZY PIGMENTATION! But that; seems to be common in a lot of the new lip products coming out.

And although I don’t wear it for long enough to see if it would last all day, I would say that the staying power is pretty good!

However, the problem with these long lasting lip stuff is that it dries out your lips, it may not smear, but it does dry out your lips. 

So you’d think that outing a little balm on them would help, but then once you put any moisturising product on your lips it will start to rub off on places and smear.

So it’s a choice between dry lips that don’t smear or moisturised lips that do.

Now, this product is double ended with a balm on the other side. But I don’t use that much because I’m not huge on glossy lips and it does get awfully messy.

I think what I'm trying to say that in conclusion, this is an overall great product and even though it’s only been worn a couple of times (usually in the evening) it’s gotten me quite a few compliments and I enjoyed experimenting with it but  the whole concept of these highly pigmented formulas needs to be improved.

Which I would gladly do as a dream job in the future. (It legit is my dream job to make new makeup formulas)

Question of the day:

What is your opinion on these sorts of products? Love them or hate them?

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CYA :D