Passion, Is It Worth It?

Just the other day I was considering how much I hate talking about where I want to go and what I want to do with my life. But really I have no reason to be as I should be proud that I know exactly what I want to do with my life at such a young age. But as I browsed my cousins blog and found a very emotional post I was reminded of why I'm ashamed to have a little guidance here is her post. Her post just makes me consider sometimes whever it is worth it just typing on my laptop daily and putting shed loads of passion into my blog and occasionally getting the odd reply?

P.s. Incase you didn't already know I aspire to be a police officer when I'm older as I love the idea of having a fast and active lifestyle and more importantly working within the law.

Ted Baker Prints

Today I received an e-mail from Ted Baker and it was all about there new range of exotic prints. Here are a few of the designs:

Oil Painting

Tangled Floral

Electric Daydream

I really like all of these prints, so much that I can't actually choose my favourite! I love all the variety of colours in each design and think that they would look nice on both Ted Baker's bag and clothes.

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Dior Airflash Foundation | Review

So today i went into manchester and i was approached by a lovely lady who woke at the dior counter; and she asked if i wanted to try there new like spray? foundation. Now i have abit of a history of not being able to say no sometimes for the better but more often for the worse, however it was my lucky day! so we went over to the counter, where she tested my skin to find out my correct colour; she then showed me my foundation match but I really can't remember what it was. You can spray this foundation straight onto your face but I already had my daily makeup on so she sprayed it onto a brush and buffed it into my face as you would a normal foundation. Then she went onto do my bronzer and blusher to finish off my look. I really liked the foundation it made my skin ver flawless and left it looking blemish free, and genuinely it looked matte and gave my skin a real natural finish

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Good Vibes

So it's nearly exam season so all the pressure is being put on about revising and exam technique and I've had loads of homework recently and I have just been struggling to get on with mainly my textiles work because i find it hard to concentrate if I'm not fully calm and if I'm not calm I physically can't draw. I may be a little OCD with drawing because I'm not happy until it is completely perfect so concentrating has become really importantly recently and I've found certain song have helped me concentrate so I've put them into a playlist on spotify because i thought it would be helpful for others as it leads up to exam season.

http://open.spotify.com/user/1153442502/playlist/5S9OoqgPuXgTZD6F6byPuG
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Justin Bieber | Out of Control? Or Just Expressing Himself?

Recently Justin Bieber has been one of the main attractions in the news all sorts from the questionable egging of the neighbours house to receiving a DUI in a yellow Lamborghini. But the most recent scandal is Bieber being charged with assaulting a limo driver in Toronto, now should we think the worst of him? Or consider that really it was a drunken mistake, which happens to many of his age around the world but it isn't published, which he has handed himself in without any witness' and even the victim from having to stand in court and causing a lot of distress and upset.

But should we be seeing his sudden impulses for drastic measures to cry for help from his family, friends and fans?

Left: Justin's mugshot      Right:Justin in his Lambourghini

Justin after his dad (Jeremy Bieber) picked him up on bail

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What's In My Makeup Bag | Updated

About a year ago I did this post telling all you guys whats in my make up bag, (here is a link to that incredibly bad post, be warned it's shocking http://abeautifulllmess.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/whats-in-my-make-up-bag.html) and giving each product a brief review. I thought I'd update it as it has been a while I've been testing new products, repurchasing products and loving things. So here is a list of all the products in my makeup bag,

Makeup;

Revlon Colour Stay Foundation Combination/Oily in Ivory (I would normally wear Buff because the undertones are more yellowy but I bought the wrong colour.)

Revlon Colour Stay Pressed Powder in Light/Medium

Jelly Pong Pong Bronzer Duo in Caribbean Sun

So Susan Lip and Cheek Sublime

Revlon Lash Potion by Grow Luscious

Collection Lasting Perfection Ultimate Wear Concealer

Lola Lipstick in 100 Vamp (Marks and Spencer's)

Jelly Pong Pong in Carribean Sun

Revlon Colourstay pressed powder in shade Light/Medium

So Susan Lip and Cheak Stain

Revlon Grow Luscious

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

Revlon Colourstay in Ivory

Lola Lipstick in 100 Vamp

Brushes;

Bare Minerals (Limited Edition)

Real Techniques Duo Fibre Powder, Contour and eyes Brush Set

Real Techniques Expert Face Brush

Topshop Eyes Brush

Bare Mineral Limited Edition Full Face Brush

Real Techniques Limited Edition Duo Fibre Set

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DIY Vintage Styled Candles

After Christmas we had lots of glass jars from either mince meat, jam or different spreads so I used some of these to store my makeup brushes in. But I wanted another way to up-cycle these jars and I was doing the usual browse on tumblr when I saw someone using jars to make pretty, shabby chic candle holders. 

Here's what you will need:

1 Tealight 

1 Glass jar

1 strip of either ribbon, netting or fabric to decorate

PVA glue

Here is how to make them:

1. Clean your jar remove all stickers just warm water will do this job well.

2. Get your piece of ribbon, netting/ decorative item and wrap it around your jar. If tied tight enought it should stay in place fine but if not put a little blob of ova glue on the jar then stick your item on top. 

3. Now you may need a responsible adult to help you with this bit, light your tea light and then carefully place on top of the jar and drop it in place. 

And there we have our pretty candle holder and you can just replace the tea light when it runs out. 

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