Saturday, 4 January 2014

Post Christmas Purchasing

Post-Christmas sales + Christmas money = more makeup for Emily.

The first two items aren’t actually purchases, they are actually presents, but I wanted to include them because I love them both — I was going to write a separate post with makeup Christmas presents however I only ended up getting these two after all, but anyway, enough rambling…

Debenhams | £20
I’ve been wanting the Naked Basics for so long now, but it’s just been one of those items that I’ve always had my eye on but I’ve just never ended up getting round to buying.

Topshop | £12
This was gift (that I chose myself, mind you) off my bestest chummy Kirsten. I'm a big fan of Topshop makeup, though I only own two lipsticks and now this, so I was super excited to use this. The eyeshadows are gorgeous. The maroony shade on the far left is a very deceiving colour, because when swatched it looks exactly the same as in the pan, but when blended onto the eye on top of the middle shade, it looks a brownish shade. 


Then for some (but not all of) my personal purchases...

Narscosmetics.co.uk | £25

This is the second NARS eyeshadow duo to my collection (mentioned my other one here). The colour to the left is a light champagne colour, and the shade on the right is a pale gold colour. I've only worn this once so far, and I applied the shade on the left all over my lid, and then the shade on the right in the outer third of my eye; I also used the shade "Faint" from the Naked Basics (a medium brown shade) through the crease to deepen it ever so slightly.

Narscosmetics.co.uk | £25

I originally intended to buy "Orgasm" as it's less sparkly than Super Orgasm which i ended up buying, but it's still really lovely. I thought it would be more pigmented than it is, as it's quite sheer. It is still really nice though.

YVES SAINT LAURENT ROUGE VOLUPTÉ LIPSTICK IN 34
Boots.com | £24.50

I finally bought a YSL lipstick!! I've been wanting one for so long, 1. because i've heard that they're really good, and 2. mainly because the packaging looks AMAZING. I'm super excited to try this!!

MAC LIPSTICK IN CREME CUP
Maccosmetics.co.uk | £15

A little treat off my mum, bless her. I looked online the night before for this lipstick and it wasn't there so I gathered they'd discontinued it, but then I saw it in store the day I bought this and I was ever so please. This is a gorgeous light pink nude shade which is a perfect everyday shade, or the perfect shade to go with a smokey eye.

COLLECTION GLAM CRYSTALS GLITTER LINER IN ROCK CHICK
Superdrug.com | £2.99

This is my third of these now. This is a black liner with silver glitter speckles in it. I love these because they're so multipurpose, plus how cheap they are!

L'OREAL CARESSE LIPSTICK IN 203 ROCK 'N' MAUVE
Boots.com | £7.99

I wanted to branch out, in terms of lipstick colours, a little bit by going for a purplish lipstick. The colour reminds me of Mac Up The Amp actually, but i'd rather see if I like that kind of colour on me by spending a little less than Mac lipstick price.


Friday, 3 January 2014

Aspirations (as so to speak) for 2014

I feel like things are going to change a lot this year, so I thought I’d document and share them here with you all!

1. Change my diet!!
For those of you that don’t know, I’m actually a dance student, and as a dancer I should be a healthy eater, however I’m in fact not at all. I had a chat with one of my teachers a couple of weeks ago about why I keep feeling sick during morning warm-ups, and she said it’s all down to my diet, breakfast especially! I also am in desperate need of cutting down on fizzy drinks (let us just say that the addiction is worse than my makeup addiction, oops).

2. Go to Clothes Show Live
Yes, I know, it’s 11 months away, but December 2013’s Clothes Show and blogger’s coverage on it made me realise that this year I actually need to go!

3. Go to London for mine and Kirsten’s 18th
This is definitely a long shot, but we’re definitely going to try. My blogger/youtuber chummy Kirsten and I want to celebrate our 18th birthdays later this year by going to London in October half term. It will be such a great couple of days, however not so good for our bank balances (the original Selfridges, Topshop, Oxford Street, Westfield… you can see where I’m going with this)

4. Decide what I actually want to do with my life
I have so many ideas of what I want to do in the future, and with my love for blogging appearing in the past few months, plus social media in general from my current job, as well as my original love of dancing, all those have just baffled my mind in the past few months of what I really want to do in the future after college.

5. Buy a fancy designer handbag
This year, I’m going to take the plunge. No matter how much it sets me back.

6. Buy a fancy designer pair of shoes
Same as above. I’m 18 in September, by then I’ll be mature enough to look after designerness. Yup.

7. Actually make an effort with my fashion blog
I made it for a reason, let's actually make use of it.

8. Pass my driving test within the first half of this year
I’ve been taking lessons since the beginning of November, and I want to pass my test by June at the latest!

9. Become more responsible and independent
Since starting college, I definitely have become more independent, but I feel I need to more so. I feel like I’m always relying on others.



What do you want to achieve this year?


P.S. Don't worry, I will be back with beauty related posts very soon (i.e. tomorrow, woo)!! I just wanted to do some more personal/lifestyle kind of posts for the new year, I hope you don't mind!

Thursday, 2 January 2014

2013 in Instagram

Seen as it is now 2014, I thought I'd reflect on 2013 in photos from my Instagram. If you don't follow me already, you can do by clicking HERE.

WARNING: VERY PICTURE HEAVY!

Summery nail varnishes | Nails | Viva Glam Nicki Lipstick from Mac 
New blog banners | Lady Gaga Fame perfume - love it so much | My naked palette taken from my then new camera

Mac Russian Red lipstick | FOTD | OOTD | The ever growing mac lipstick collection | GCSE Art Exhibition | Writing in Katy's leavers book

Pretty rings | Prom nails | Prom (with my maths teacher)
Prom - me and Francesca | Prom - me and Heidi | Prom - me and Holly 

Prom, Prom, Prom, Prom, Prom, Prom

Prom, Prom, Prom, Prom, Prom, Prom

Prom, Prom, Prom
Diet Coke in a glass bottle is so much better | Byron in Liverpool One | Nandos (I spent way too much time in there this summer, oooopssss) 

NOTD, Barry M Gelly Hi Shine Nail Paint in Watermelon | Summer with my beautiful cousin  | Diet Coke with my name on it wooooo
The birth of the royal baby! Could not control my excitement | And again | Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana with baby Prince William

Selfie | Selfie... again | The tattoo that I want
NOTD, Sinful Colours (not sure on the colour) | "Diana" - hyped so much for that film, didn't live up to what I'd hoped | Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub... lovely

Selfridges Gift Card for my birthday - their packaging is gorg! | Selfie yayyy | Me and my beautiful Amy 
New pointe shoes woooo | The start of my mac eyeshadow palette | Another selfie... apologies

First pointe shoes and first ballet shoes | A gorgeous diamond ring that was sold at my work (you can read about it here) | #TBT Prom with my girlie, miss her loads
Lilac Jade ring | OOTD ("For the love of pink") | New heels

Ben & Jerrys Chocolate Fudge Brownie - my favourite! | My pointe shoes after one use on a very dirty stage! | Nike Blazers (aka the most painful shoes ever)
Christmas Markets with friends | Ballet Exam at college | NOTD - Bourjois So Laque Ultra Shine Nail Polish in Bleu Modele

More new heels | Alice, Georgi & Kirsten being "tourists" in the train station. Don't even ask | How cute is my chummy, leaving me a little message on my fridge
Manchester Art Gallery - such a gorgeous building | Pretty lights in the train station | Georgi and the shrubbery (again, don't ask)

Christmassy marshmallow treats in Starbucks | Christmas Tree in Selfridges | Attempting to make a cake for Alice's birthday...
... and the finished product | Christmassy window display | Cosy stripy jumper - love itttttt

College pant - tap dance outfit | College Panto - Me and Georgi | And again
College Panto - half of 1A in our All That Jazz costumes | Our Christmas Tree | Christmas decorations

All dress up for my work's Christmas meal | Watching the second years' Christmas show at college | Mine and Em's drinks in Cafe Nero 
Rihanna on the MAC counter in Selfridges | One of my christmas presents, Canon 600d camera wooooo | Cute Thorntons Chocolate box off my Aunty 

Media City UK in Salford (we ended up getting lost, oops)

My new bag I bought in the Christmas sales

Shopping selfie... awkward that it's the same outfit as in my last ootd 



That is alllllllll.
Now obviously this isn't all of the year as I only got Instagram in April, but yeahhhh, it's most of the year.



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