Charles Worthington Volume & Bounce Spray

 

Hi guys!

 

 The Charles Worthington Volume & Bounce Spray has been claimed to be an Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray, but personally, I disagree. I have brown hair that is quite fine and almost has no texture or volume to it at all. I myself, do not own the Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray, mainly because of the price tag that comes along with it. But, I have seen many videos where it is shown being applied and it looks amazing on pretty much everyone's hair.   

So, when I heard about this Charles Worthington dupe, I was very excited because it was a fraction of the price and I generally love Charles Worthington products. But this, I wasn't impressed with. It is meant to have that 'hairspray' hold and that I do agree with and it is fine to spray on hair that has been freshly curled or straightened. It does leave your hair very stiff and sticky feeling though, as well as leaving chalky white marks.

This might just be my hair, I don't know. If I was you I would try it out as it is a great price and see if it works for you because there are lots of mixed opinions on this spray.

 

Thankyou for reading, I'm sorry this post was delayed!

 

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Evening Spring Skincare

 

Hi guys!

I am also going to be writing a post on my morning skincare, just to let you know. This may seem like an interesting thing to read about, but honestly mine is very short and most of the products I cannot recommend to you as they are doctor prescribed for the serious dermatitis (type of eczema) all over my face. There are a few beauties that have really helped my skin though!

 

Firstly, I use the prescribed emollient that I have to break down my makeup. After this, I kind of look like a panda haha and to remove that makeup still on my face, I use a warm, damp flannel. This emollient is antibacterial and does really remove my makeup well, leaving my face squeaky clean.

 

Then, I use either a toner or micellar water to help hydrate my face and make sure that every last bit of makeup and dirt has been removed. I really like the L'Oreal Skin Perfection Micellar Water or the Garnier Soft Essentials Toner for the evening. I apply this with a simple cotton pad all over my face.

 

 

Next, I know this doesn't count as skincare, but I moisturise my body using a body butter. I really like The Body Shop body butters but I have finished mine and at the moment I am using the Soap & Glory Righteous Body Butter. It is very nice but does take a while to sink into the skin.

 

Finally, I use my prescribed Doublebase Gel all over my face, and as told to by the doctors, I use ALOT. It is basically like a really thick moisturiser and in the bottle looks like white jelly. It is to bring the oils to the top of my skin as a barrier, as whilst having dermatitis my skin struggles to naturally do that. It helps prevent the dryness too but does make your skin very greasy/oily, as you would expect so I usually tie my hair up or but a headband on when applying this.

 

Thank you so much for reading, if you suffer from dermatitis too, I hope it helped you to know what I use.

 

Be yourself, everyone else is taken.

 

A Touch Of Spring

 

Hi guys!

I thought I would show you some of my new favourite spring releases from some of my favourites clothing stores! (Topshop, Monki, H&M, ASOS etc)

 

 

Thank you so much for reading! I hope this gave you an insight into this years spring fashion!

 

 

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Zesty Iced Lemon Cupcakes

 

 

Hi guys!

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get the photography to go with this post, but I still have the recipe for you!

 

Ingredients

For cupcakes:

125g soft butter

125g self-raising flour

125g caster sugar

2 tbsp of milk

2 large eggs

Zest of 1 small lemon

 

For icing;

125g soft unsalted butter

250g sifted icing sugar

Juice of 1 small lemon

Decorations (Edible silver balls, sprinkles, glitter etc)

12 hole muffin tin

12 paper cases

 

 

Step 1) Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas mark 4.

 

Step 2) Put all the cake ingredients into a bowl and mix with an electric whisk until evenly combined and smooth.

 

Step 3)Line the muffin tin with paper cases and spread the mixture evenly amongst them.

 

Step 4) Bake in the oven for 20-15 minutes then leave to cool.

 

Step 5)To make the icing, put the butter and half of the icing sugar into a bowl and mix this with an electric whisk until evenly combined and smooth.

 

Step 6) Add the lemon juice and the remaining icing sugar, and mix again.

 

Step 7) Spread the icing over the cupcakes, and decorate.

 

These are super easy and are delicious, I would really recommend trying them out, they are perfect for spring too!

 

The minute you think of giving up, think of the reason why you held on so long.

  

My Spring Wishlist

 

 

Hi guys!

As promised, here is the first of my daily Easter posts! I have lots of exciting posts to come that I hope you will enjoy.

 

As I do not own much makeup and skincare from high end brands, most of this is high end and I hope 2014 is the year my high end collection starts to blossom!

 

1)Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush

 

Hourglass products are beyond gorgeous, and these blushes have been raved about quite a lot. You don't even have to think twice about why, just look at them! They come in very bright, fresh colours in a marbleised pattern and have a slight shimmer.

As you can see they come in a gorgeous sleek, gold packaging and in a variety of colours. I particularly have my eye on 'Dim Infusion' and 'Luminous Flush' ;).

 

2)Zoeva Rose Golden Luxury Set

 

I love Zoeva, mainly because the brushes and products are so high quality, at so little price. They are very similar to Mac brushes, but I think look much nicer. In particular, this Rose Golden set is absolutely stunning and as I love love love rose gold it is a perfect match. It is ONLY £58.00 for 8 brushes, both for eyes and face.

These are very popular, and have been in a lot of blog posts. The 227 would be ideal to use in the crease of the eye, just the thought excites me!

 

 

3)Kiehls Midnight Recovery

 

My first skincare item, this serum/concentrate is meant to be a miracle worker. You apply this before bed and your skin is meant to be rejuvenated and freshened overnight. I have had my eye on this for a while, but it is just so expensive!

 

 

The navy packaging is gorgeous too! It's basically a dream product to have in your skincare routine and I don't know anyone who wouldn't even want to try this beauty!

 

 

4) Nars Laguna Bronzer

 

This product was launched a few years ago now and has been purchased by pretty much everyone, except me. It is a beautiful light bronze colour, to give your face a bit of colour and define those cheekbones (as all bronzers do, aha).

 

I love the Nars packaging, even though it is very simple, it is unique all the same. This bronzer adds a lot of definition to your face and I want it!!

 

 

5) Daniel Sandler Watercolour Blush

 

I know this is the second blush on my list, but it's spring, blushes are an essential, right? I was introduced to this product by Essiebutton (Estee) and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. It is basically a gel like consistency that is applied to your cheekbones like any other blush, to add a splash of colour.

 

 

The packaging is so cute and pretty, and it is made to be squeezed out of the bottle I believe. It claims to be 'water-resistant' and from what I've heard it is very long wearing, so it could be true!

 

Thank you so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed my first post of the fortnight.

 

Be who you are, not who someone wants you to be.

  

 

 

March Favourites & Catchup

 

Hey guys,

 

I have been really bad with this blog lately and have not been posting hardly at all. I am going to make a big commitment to this blog and from Monday 7th April until Monday 21st April, I am going to try my best to post everyday. This is my Easter school holiday and I thought it would be a good opportunity to freshen up my blog and make the posts a lot more interesting, being a newbie to blogging. These will be decent sized posts and I may even try and include some of my own photography.

 

This March, I haven't really brought many beauty products or tried many new things, so out of my five favourites, only two are beauty based.

 

1. Soap & Glory Original Pink Eau De Parfum. I was given this at Christmas by my parents and I hadn't really used it much until a few weeks ago. I absolutely love the scent of this. It is the original Soap & Glory scent, which is very light, fresh and perfect for spring. I get compliments when wearing it as it's the kind of scent that almost everyone loves. Not to strong, yet the scent lingers around throughout the day.

It is around £16.50 and you can pick it up from any boots store.

 

2. My second and final beauty favourite is Rimmel Scandaleyes Eye Paint. These have been round for a while and have been raved about quite a lot. I picked one up at the beginning of the month in the shade Rich Russet. This is a very pretty shimmery bronze. What I love about these eye paints is that you can apply it quite heavily and smoke it out at the corners, or apply it lightly as a base or by itself. It is very quick to apply, does not crease and is very long lasting. I use my Real Techniques Detailer Brush to transfer it onto my lid as I find it more effective that way. It is perfect for school and is only £4.99.

 

3) My third favourite is actually an item of clothing. Around 2 weeks ago I purchased the Maisie Red Tartan Leggings from Boohoo.com. I had wanted some tartan leggings for a while and was very excited about these as I really liked them. I was worried because they were only available in a 10 and although I have very long legs, they are also very slim and there was the chance of the leggings being baggy or too large at the waist. The waste band was in fact elasticated as well as the fabric containing elastane to help them fit around the shape of your legs. I love the way that they look on and can be worn with all sorts of tops and they contain quite a few different colours.

 

I love the style of them, I had never seen any like them and they were at an amazing price of £8.00.

 

4) I have been absolutely loving Green Tea this month. I have liked Green Tea for quite a while now but lately even more so. I feel like it is a spring drink as it's hot but also very fresh tasting and I find it gives you a boost in the morning. I am not going to insert a picture of Green Tea, haha but I love Tetley's.

 

5) I love Lindsey Kelk's books. The I Heart series is amazing and I cannot stop reading it. I had read the I Heart Christmas book this month, which is the last in the series. It is an easy read and takes you into the world of Angela Clark. I now feel like I want to move to New York and live her life that's how drawn in I am. I know this is a Christmas based book but I just wanted to complete the series and this was a Christmas present, I could not wait until next year to read it. The books give be a boost and are so bright and cheerful. I would really recommend the books and Lindsey Kelk does have a blog so I would recommend checking out lindseykelk.com.

 

Thankyou so much for reading! I don't know about you guys but I am so happy that spring is here and so glad the horrible weather is just about over! I will see you on Monday for the first post of the 14 day series.

 

When life gives you a million reasons to cry, show life you have a million reasons to smile.

  

 

Barry M Gelly Hi Shine Nail Paint

 

Hi guys!

I know a lot of people have done blog posts on this nail polish, but I only picked it up at the beginning of this year and I knew I had to review it myself.

I got in in the colour 'Papaya' which is a gorgeous vibrant coral. It looks really nice on the nails and is perfect for spring, it really brightens up an outfit.

It lasts really long on the nails and does not chip easily, it's quite a thick, jelly like nail polish, hence the name.

 

 

 

Thank you so much for reading, and if you do decide to buy this nail polish, it is really good and I know that you will love it as much as I do.

 

Stop worrying about what you have to loose and start focusing on what you have to gain.