A haul nearly not worth doing..

i went into town yesterday with my dad, at around 5:15, and the shops shut at 5:30, hence the lack of items ;). We needed to get something quickly, but i obviously had to have a tiny look round a shop or two, and got a couple of things which i really didn't need to do a blog post on, but i'm going to anyway. <3

♥ i found this gorgeous bracelet, which i've actually had my eye on for quite some time, and it was reduced to half price. It was originally £7.50, which to me is a tiiiny bit pricey just for a bracelet, but was reduced down to £3.75 - Baaargain. It's from Topshop, and has delicate, baby pink beads and a rose, with a gold petal. 

 ♥ i next got the lovely Natural collection 'Apple Blossom'. Which i have also wanted for a very long time. I'm not going to insert a picture, as i'm sure you've seen it before. It's basically, a pretty light nude lipstick. This was £1.99, which i must say is ah-maazing, considering it's gorgeous and good quality.

 

So yes, that's it i'm afraid. Really wasn't very exciting but nevermiind, hehe. The total price came to £5.74 - woaahh, splash out! Well I'm happy with what i got on my little 15 minute shopping trip ;). 

Abbie♥

Blossom on the trees& not having a cold.

Recently i've been loving a lot of (the small) things in life, and thought i'd share...

-Quality time with friends& eating my heart out.. ♥

-Not having a cold. I always have a cold.  

-The sunshine finally coming out, and the blossom on the trees.

-Designing my bedroooom.

-Making cakes& biscuits...

 

-Waterloo road& Come dine with me- sad, i know.

-J-J-J-J-Jessie J. 

- I love this -->

 Hmm.. so, i've had a pretty boring week tbh, and probably a boring weekend too but i dont caaare at least i get a lie-in. ;)  It's now saturday morning at 12 o'clock, and i should get dressed in a minute.. But i'm writing this, so naa not atm ;)  It's really sad news about Japan, and now Thailand aswell, so if you can it would be amazing to donate some money, and at least think about them :'(. I did my german writing gcse the other day and got a B so i'm ok with that, i got an A in my last writing so i'm not too bothered. Now we've started the coursework for speaking- i hate speaking tests, so much work! I am reeally looking forward to the May holidays, as me and my best friend everrrrr Shannon are having a massive shopping spree in Birmingham, we need to save, we're aiming for over £100, at the moment i have around £10. hehe. Anyway i better get washed and dressed, i may be going to town or cinema with a friend later but we'll have to wait and seeee.

Abbie♥

13 Personal questions tag :)

Hello! I'm going to be answering the 13 personal questions, which is a tag that's been going around youtube recently. So here are the questions.. :)

1. What do you order at Starbucks?

I order the Coffee Frappacino mostly all year round but if it's really cold then a Caramel Mocha Latte, yum;)

2. What's one thing in your closet that you cannot live without?

Cardigans! I wear cardigans with eveeerything! 

3. What's one thing that most people probably wouldn't know about you?

Umm, hard one.. I don't really know! Either that I have something called HyperMobility (because it doesnt make me look any different! haha) and it's a condition where you are basically reeally bendy and your joins (say your elbows) can bend quite a bit further than they should, and because of that my knee has dislocated a few times and i have to go to hospital and it's the most painful thing:( Or... that i have a Great-Grandad who is about 104/105 now and lives in Australia LOL ;)

4. Name one thing that you want to do before you die

Umm.. i reaally dont know! I don't like plan masssively ahead (even though i've kinda planned out my future LOL) but never really thought about it.. Probably have a baby :):):) haha becausee i obviously want a baby when i'm older anyway, but if you think about it, it's quite a big achievement!- like carrying and raising a human being, and it's a life commitment so yaa :))

5. What's one food that you cannot live without?

Hmm.. I love food. Like I can eat anything, i'm the most un-fussy person ever haha! But probaaaably pasta because there's so many different types and you can have anything with it really, e.g. Spagghetti, chicken pasta, spicy pasta, creamy pastaaa etc;)

6. What quote/phrase do you live your life by?

Well i dont really have a specific 'quote' I just live by thinking just do what you want to do in life and don't let anyone stop you. Like, if you want to do something then go for it! It doesn't matter what other people say, because you're doing it for you and not them and you don't live to impress others.

7. What do you like and dislike about the YT community?

I like that i think it's amazing how anyone in the world can do it, and it doesnt matter who you are! The beauty YT community is like a little (well biggg) family, and anyone can join. I don't like the whole fakeness that some gurus develop, as in saying how good a product is when theyre being sponsored to say it, and you kind of lose trust in that person. But a lot of people dont do that, there's just a few! haha.

8. What's your number one most listened to song on iTunes?

Urm let me check :) 'Blah blah blah' by Kesha hahaa, i havnt gone on iTunes for so long now Limewires gone, so that was ageess ago!

9. What kind of style would you define yourself as having?

I dont really know, like most people out there haha. I'd say just whatever I feel like that day! Kind of a mix of casual, simple and girly, but I do love to dress up on nights out of course! haha.

10. Favorite number

Three! Always has been and probably always will be. :)

11. Two hobbies

Urmm, dancing and .. i dont know another one really, makeup i suppose! I love playing around with it and making up different looks etc.

12. Two pet peeves

Hmmmmm.. i have a lot of pet peeves! And i mean A lotttt! I think i might do a whole blog on them at some point ;) But probably when you're sitting next to/near someone and they keep making continuous irritating noises! Like sniffing, or chewing really loudly, or hitting their foot against a table LOL. That just annoys me, and also when you're talking to someone and you know they're not listening! Then they ask you a question about it later in the day or something and you're like 'I told you earlier!' Lolll;)

13. Guilty Pleasure

Umm, watching youtube videos i think! I'm always just sitting there at night watching YT vids and I look at the time and it's like 1 in the morning!-_- So addictive! Haha!

Ok that was all the questions, I tag you if you want to do it! 

Abbie x

My daily makeup routine..

Hello! So this is going to be a loong blog post ;) This is my makeup routine which i've been wearing everyday recently, it's pretty much what i wear to school but without the eyeshadows, eyeliner and overall less face makeup.

1. I put a light amount of the Maybelline Pure Mineral foundation all over my face with a stippling brush.

 

2. Then I dotted a very small amount of the mac moisturecover concealer

in nc20 under my eyes and around my nose, and gently patted it with my ring finger. (Sorry I accidently deleted the picture of where i put it!)

3. Then apply the Maybelline Dream Matte powder mostly on my t-zone and jaw area, with a (huge) Barbara Daley blush brush, which is actually better for powder.

4. Then use the Barbara Daley eye primer all over the lid and brow-bone. Then the natural collection eyeshadow in Willow all over the lid, browbone, and inner-corner as a highlight. Then blended mac Sable eyeshadow in the crease. I used the Gosh flat shader brush, and e.l.f blending brush. I then applied a thin line of the Rimmel felt-tip liner on the upper lash-line.

5. I curled my eyelashes, and applied One light coat of Natural Collection's LashCurl mascara in black.

(In the second picture, the white mark on my face was reflecting off the eyelash curlers by the way, haha!)

6. Lastly, I sheerly applied Mac blush in Springsheen on the apples of my cheeks, with the e.l.f blusher brush.

The end result! Haha ;) I hope you liked it!

Abbie x

Makeup brushes!

Ok so I was just thinking about how amazing some makeup brushes are for such little price! You really don't need to spend loads of money on mac brushes when there are really good and affordable ones out there! A few of my favourite brands are..

e.l.f- these are so amazingly soft and barely ever shed, especially the studio line ones! I have the eye shading brush, the eye blending brush, the concealer brush and the blush brush and would recommend all of them. :)

This is the blush brush, my favourite and was only £3.50 on the eyeslipsface wesbite. :)

Another brand is eco-tools, these brushes are slightly more expencive, but still really affordable. I have a pack, which included an angled eyeliner brush, concealer, eyeshadow, blush and a brow/lash comb. The blush brush is incredibly soft!

Again the blush brush, it is such good quality! This retails at £8.16 at Boots.

And my last (but not least;) favourite brush brand is Gosh, these are again a bit more expencive but still cheap enough for someone like me to afford. I only have 1 brush which is the flat eye shader, but it is amazing and incredibly soft and doesn't shed much either. I am definately planning on getting more of these - i want the kabuki brush next :) it's £9.

This is the flat eye shader, it's amazing! And i love the look of these brushes, they are just black and very sleek, they have 'GOSH PROFESSIONAL ART' written down the side of the handles. This was £6.99 from Superdrug.

Thankyou for reading, just a little review on my favourite makeup brushes and brands. 

Abbie x

Small Mac haul- from Harrods :))

Hello! So today I went to Harrods and was planning on not buying any makeup, but in the end managed to get 2 mac things.. oh well! I love them haha.. 

The first thing is the Sheertone shimmer blush in Springsheen, this is so gorgeous! And once again suits my skin tone reaally nicely- so should suit other people with quite fair skin. The description on the wesbite says it's a light Peach with Gold shimmer. It is very pretty :) The shimmer runnning through it is gold so it's nice and flattering and suits warm skin tones, but it's no way glittery or full-on shimmery, just a slight shimmer!- I've been kind of put of by shimmery blushes but it's lovely! And also gives a nice highlight as well as blush :) -£17.00- a liiittle bit pricey, but gorgous!

The second (and last!) thing is the Mac Select Moisturecover concealer,

in Nc20- i've never had a concealer/foundation colour suit me so well! :))

I couldn't take a picture with my camera which wasn't much different to the one on the website to be honest haha! This is the best concealer (for under-eyes, which is all i use concealer for) that i've ever tried, it's really creamy and moisturising and you need the smallest amount to cover dark under-eye bags. -£13.50

That was it! I'm so happy with everything, not dissapointed in any of it- which is nice to know that it wasn't a waste of money!;) haha. The total amount came to £30.50. 

I hope you enjoyed this little haul :))

Abbie x

What i bought today..

Hello! I know i havn't done a blog in ages but I've given it a bit of a makeover and i will blog more often! hehe :) Anyways, so today I went shopping, i bought barely anything but I'm saving so I couldn't exactly spend a lot haha :P

 

So mostly everything is from h&m, 

the first thing i got was this skirt from h&m,

and it was £9.99.

(Sorry about the fluff on it, i put it on my rug! and about the black top with a black skirt! i was already wearing that top haha)

 

The next things are these random grips/clips also from h&m, just because i need some and they alwaays go missing! They were also from h&m and were about £1.50.

The next thing is this Spring Blossom body splash, £1.50- smells amazing!

And the last thing is from Lush, and it's the 'It's raining men' shower gel, this smells absolutely amazing and exactly like the 'Honey I washed the kids soap'- my favourite:) Thats why i got it, haha. There is a choice of 100ml, 250ml, and 500ml(i think!). This is the 250ml and is really big! It will last me ages haha :) It was £7.85. I put it next to a 100ml 'yummy yummy yummy' just to show you the size comparison. :)

Ok that was it, i know it was small! The total of that came to £20.84 to be precise! lmao;) I hope you liked this little haul.

Abbie x