Beauty Products I'm loving in 2016

Hey my lovelies! As of lately I have been experimenting with various new beauty products, as well as those I have loved for awhile. In this post I'm looking forward to sharing these products with you! I have an incredibly wide variety of different products that I'm just ecstatic to share with you, and I look forward to hearing your opinions and about the products that you've been loving so  far in 2016!

Beauty Products I'm Loving in 2016

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water

I had thought about trying cleansing water for awhile, mainly to just clear my face of make up. Since trying the product I would honestly never use anything else for this, it's perfect for cleansing your face and just making your skin look and feel perfect.

Rogue Love by Rihanna 

This is my absolute favourite perfume., the scent is the most divine scent that my nostrils have ever encountered, it's the perfect combination of everything that you could ever want in a perfume. The scent is so perfect, it smells floral, it reminds me of falling in love, it's just the most girly and loveliest smell ever. I highly recommend this perfume and I fully believe that I'm going to be in love with this scent for the longest time. 

Soap and Glory Mist you madly body spray 

This beautiful scent is just a lovely little mist spray that is absolutely perfect for everyday use. To be honest, you don't need to use a lot of this because the moment you spray that divine mist you're going to smell incredible, the best part is it lasts for AGES.

Maybelline New York's Baby skin lightweight primer

I never, ever wear make up without primer, and for a good few years now I've been switching up my primer every time I run out, mainly because I've been finding it difficult to find the best one for myself, for my skin, and I am so happy to finally say that I have found the one! The baby skin primer is just absolutely perfect, I cannot fault it one little bit, it erases my pores and makes the application of my make up absolutely glorious.

Max Factor Face Infinity 3 in 1 Foundation in Natural

I'm liking Max Factor foundations a lot lately, but this is the first time I've ever tried this specific one. The colour natural in this foundation is absolutely perfect for my skin tone. I always find it quite difficult to find a foundation that works for me, that does everything that I need it to. Covers my bags. Covers my overwhelming rosy cheeks. Evens my skin tone. Makes me feel confident. I have to be honest with you right now and say that Max Factor is doing an absolutely fantastic job with providing make up that does what I need it to do. Bravo!

Rimmel London lasting finish concealer in Ivory

This is a lovely little tube concealer that is incredibly perfect for getting rid of little blemishes and dark circles, whilst still looking natural. I've used various different concealers with various different applicators and I have to admit that just applying this concealer using my finger tip has given me a better result than any other concealer, ever!

Maybelline New York's Brow drama pomade crayon in Dark Blond

My hair has gotten darker over the years, whereas my eyebrows have just kind of stayed incredibly light, and I say, NO MORE! This crayon is perfect for doing what I want a brow crayon to do, and that is just to fill in my brows a touch and add a bit of a darker tone to them.

Rimmel London extra super lash mascara in Black

I've found this to be the best mascara for me, it actually makes my lashes look thicker and longer, which is definitely what I need. 

Maybelline New York's lasting drama eye pencil in black 

Everyone needs a good eyeliner, it's not usually too hard to find a good one to be honest. I just love how this one makes my eyes look, it's the perfect little eye pencil. 

Maybelline New York's master ink liquid eyeliner in Matte Black

I've just began doing my own liquid eyeliner, yes I'm still the the stage of repeatedly poking myself in the eye, but I never claimed to be an expert! This is the first liquid eye liners that I have used properly, and by properly I mean that I haven't gave up in the first 5 minutes. haha! I love how this looks when applied, I've found is so easy to apply, which is perfect for someone who's useless at applying it. 

Rimell London's Kate lipstick in Nude 48

This is my favourite lipstick! It's just a lovely, natural colour that reminds me of autumn and I have nothing else to say about it, it's just beautiful.

Maybelline New York's colour drama lip pencil in 520 Light it up 

I have ALWAYS used a red lipstick, it makes me feel like a million dollars,  but every time I try a new one I find that it's just too wet, they just never stay on my lips for more than a few hours, and I was completely fed up with redoing my lipstick ALL OF THE TIME!  This lip pencil or crayon, whichever you'd like to call it, is the best red lipstick that I have ever used. It's not wet, it doesn't stick to your partners face when you kiss them, and it actually stays on for the entire day!

What are your favourite beauty products at the moment? Share in the comments, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

xx

Chapter Two: February

Chapter Two: February

Hello there beautiful February, it's nice to see you. Can you believe that we're in February already? January has completely flew by!

I have to admit that after a very stressful beginning to January, but lovely end, I am quite happy to see February, I'm looking forward to seeing what delightfulness it brings my way. 

January Goals

1. Prepare for the big move. I'm all moved in! Preparation for this took FOREVER, but I got it done, I got everything moved, and i got the house sorted. I'm so relieved.  

2. Enjoy working. Nope, nope, and nope.

3. Celebrate my Birthday in style. I've had the most perfect Birthday ever this year, I have been completely spoilt. 

4. Read 2 books. Check, and check! The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, and Girl online. 

5. Watch at least 25 films. We have watched way too many TV shows to even nearly complete this challenge. This month we managed to watch The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Revenant, Acacia, From The Shadows, The 5th Wave, and Poltergeist. We're now going to have to try harder to watch more in February, but we did watch The Walking Dead season 5, Supernatural seasons 9, and 10, OZ season 6, American Horror Story season 4, Pretty Little Liars, season 6.

February Goals

1. Clear my overdraft. I've been stuck in a student overdraft for the past 4 years, and it's just to painful to think about. I'm nearly halfway to clearing it now though, and I'm hoping to get that done this month.

2. Shopping freeze. I need to begin to save, save, and save! There are so many things that I want to do, so many beautiful places I want to visit, and I really need to start saving so that we can live a wonderful life.

3. Read 2 books. I'm hoping to read at least 24 books this year, that's two a month, although I would love to surprise myself by completely annihilating that goal. 

4. Watch 25 films. I love movies, but I want to make sure I watch as many as humanly possible, so this year I'm aiming to watch AT LEAST 300 films, hopefully a lot more. 

5.  Enjoy working. Find a job that I truly enjoy. I know now more than most that I'm really not going to be able to work to my truest potential in a career that I just don't enjoy, I need to find a reason to look forward to getting up for work in the morning.

6. Be happy.

What have you got planned for February? 

I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22!

I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22

Hey friends! How are you all doing? How has January been treating you? We haven't spoken since the first half of January. I've not officially moved in with my gorgeous partner, celebrated my 22nd Birthday, and life is just amazing at the moment, I am so blessed.

The greatest thing to happen this month, probably this year, is moving in with my handsome man, mainly because I've never been so in love, I've never felt to happy around someone, never been myself so much around someone, and it's perfect. I'm getting a little soppy over here, but it's allowed, I'm completely happy with my life...and not stressed! WOOHOO!

I have literally had the most perfect Birthday ever! I've always loved Birthdays, whether it's mine or yours, that's irrelevant, I just think that they can become something so incredibly magical. 

This year I felt completely loved, I was surrounded by so many people whom I love and admire.

I don't often get to see my Mother and Sister all too much, what with them living in a different county and them and I working ALL the time, but they took the time to visit me for my Birthday in my new home. We were lavished with the most divine foods, courtesy of my wonderful man.

As for the gifts I received? I have never felt so spoilt. I am literally one of the biggest camera geeks that you will ever come across, and guess what? I GOT A NEW CAMERA! Not just any camera, a beautifully pink polaroid camera, and it's absolutely perfect.

Today to complete the Birthday celebrations, we visited a local restaurant called Larkins, another lovely gift, this time from Mike's mother, Carol. We had a wonderful time, it was a new experience, I tried new foods and we just had a lovely time.

Naturally I took plenty of pictures to share with you all, so here you go!

Until next time my lovelies, enjoy the rest of January!

Currently in January 2016...

…reading  The newest book by Stephen King called 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, which I'm thoroughly enjoying. It's a series of short stories, naturally some of the stories are better than others but the book is absolutely fantastic, Bravo. I love short stories, I think it's wonderful to see how a writer can make even the shortest story seem like the longest, seem like you've been reading it for a lifetime, and how they can ensure that so much happens in that story. Following the end of this book I'll be starting on Time Lord Fairytales, a book published by Penguin and I'm just ecstatic to read this book, seriously.

…watching  So my partner and I have been watching Babylon 5 for awhile now, we're on the 5th season though. I'm really enjoying it as a series, it's everything that I've always been interested in, I think it's just taking us awhile because I feel like I have to be in the mood to watch it. We've just finished watching the 4th season of American Horror Story, Freak Show, which was a slight disappointment. Don't get me wrong when I say that, I mean it was still okay, it's just probably one of the more weaker seasons unfortunately, Asylum is my favourite. We've also just started the 5th Season of The Walking Dead, which has started off pretty good, we're not too far into it though so I can't really comment on it yet haha! I've ALSO just started rewatching One Tree Hill, mainly because I received the whole collection as a Christmas gift from my mother, and after all, it is one of my FAVOURITE TV shows. 

…trying To move home, which it proving to be an incredibly time consuming task, but it doesn't take away from my excitement. I honestly cannot wait to be completely settled in my new home with my gorgeous partner, at the moment it's just a lot of work, but it will all be worth it when it's done. I'm also trying to find a new job because my contract ends soon, I'm hoping to find a job that has nothing to do with what I'm doing now because to be honest I despise it with my every being. I want to find a reason to enjoy getting up in the morning, I will get there, it might take awhile, but I'll get there. 

…eating Much healthier than Christmas time haha! I say that but we've been trying to rid ourselves of the masses amount of chocolate that we've received over the Christmas period. I mean, we could have threw it all out or donated it or something, but no, we've chosen to mass eat all of the chocolate in the house. Aside from this though, healthier eating is what we are doing. 

…pinning  Nothing actually, I've only just found the time to start up blogging again, I haven't quite got around to finding the time to pin yet, but I will.

…tweeting Mainly about my blog. I've been trying to connect with more bloggers this year, I think it would be great. I'm also tweeting just general life tweets, hating my job, being tired, the usual haha.

…going To be productive today by sorting out my old house a little more, and sorting things out in my new house, there's absolutely so much to do, I don't get how people can enjoy moving home. 

…loving My partner. He's just wonderful, everything about him. It's sometimes hard to show people how much you love them, but I think he knows, I think it would be hard for him to miss. 

…discovering That I don't have to stress about everything. That life will be funner if I just take it as it comes rather than planning every single aspect of it, rather than worrying about EVERYTHING. 

…enjoying  Trying new things and becoming a better person. I've been a fussy eater for my ENTIRE life, but I'm trying to change that, I'm trying a lot of new things at the moment, hoping to break away from the fussiness. 

...thinking About what my life will be like a month from now. In a months time I may not have a job, or I may have a new job, it could be one I love, and it could be one i hate. I'll be living with my partner completely, and I'm excited to see what that's like. 

…feeling  Loved. This last year I have honestly felt so lucky to have the people in my life that I do. 

…hoping That the whole 'moving house' thing goes smoothly. I don't want to hit any obstacles on the way and if I do I hope they are easy to overcome. 

...listening To Rihanna. I haven't listened to her in a long time, which is a surprise because she's most certainly one of my favourite artists. 

…thanking  My Partner. It could honestly take me forever to sit here and thank him for everything about him that I'm grateful for, but he knows, or I hope he knows, how much i appreciate everything he does for me. 

…starting To be happy with my life. Everything it beginning to fall into place and I love it, I've been so happy lately. 

What are you currently doing?

2016...the year that i become fearless

Fearless

How often is it that you find yourself frozen by fear? You're unable to move, your heart racing, and your palms sweating, you know the feeling, because you've been afraid.   

"And I don't know how it gets better than this, you take my hand and drag me headfirst fearless. And I don't know why but with you I'd dance in a storm in my best dress fearless."

What does it truly mean to be fearless?

I find it prodigious how many different meanings one single word can have, how you define one word may not be the way that I define is.

Here's how google defines the word fearless.

fearless

ˈfɪəlɪs/

adjective

1. showing a lack of fear.

   "a fearless crusader for animal rights"

   synonyms:

   bold, brave, courageous, intrepid, valiant, valorous, gallant, plucky,lionhearted, stout-hearted, heroic, daring, dynamic, spirited, mettlesome,confident, audacious, indomitable, doughty;  unafraid, undaunted,unflinching, unshrinking, unblenching, unabashed;  informalgame, gutsy,spunky, ballsy, go-ahead, have-a-go, feisty;  rareventurous "the most fearless man I've ever seen in battle"

Everyone experiences fear in their life and it's not something you can escape, it's part of what makes you human. 

I want to become fearless, I want to allow myself to not run away the second I'm afraid, I want to be brave enough to try new things, meet new people, visit new places, and just be happy in myself. 

I believe that being fearless doesn't mean that you're not afraid anymore, it's more that you're taking those steps to try and overcome it, you're pushing yourself through the fear.

For as long as I can remember I have been afraid of life, afraid of the consequences of every single one of my actions, afraid of saying the wrong thing and hurting peoples feelings. It's hard to enjoy life when you're over analysing every single aspect of your life to the point that you can't really enjoy things because you're too afraid of something going wrong, too afraid of messing something up. 

"It takes courage to overcome fear and bravery to banish it."

I want to be able to stop running away from the things that I fear the most, I wan't to be able to live a truly fearless lifestyle. 

What are you afraid of? Are you trying to overcome these fears? 

Making January happen

January Goals

Hey again, it's me! Yes, I'm back again, how amazing is that? I hope you've all had a fantastic start to January so far. I've spent the last couple of days hanging with dear friends and preparing to move home, it's been quite marvellous, until I fell ill last night anyway, but I'm sure I can power through that as always.

I've already shared a good few posts with you this year and we're only on day 4, and I know I shared my overall goals for this year with you, but continuing with last years tradition, sharing monthly goals.

Monthly Goals: 

1. Prepare for the big move. At the end of this month I'm actually moving in with my partner ( I'm saying that as if I haven't mentioned it before haha!) and I have ALOT to do, including packing, tidying and just a lot of stuff. I'm going to write a check list of things that I need to do for this, I imagine the list will me longer that I am tall. 

2. Enjoy working. Find a job that I truly enjoy. I know now more than most that I'm really not going to be able to work to my truest potential in a career that I just don't enjoy, I need to find a reason to look forward to getting up for work in the morning.

3. Celebrate my Birthday in style. I'm incredibly excited for my Birthday this year, I have so many great friends that I'll hopefully spend a little bit of time with over this period. I'm especially looking forward to spending the actual day of my birth with my love. 

4. Attend Thomas' 2nd Birthday Party. My partners nephew turns 2 towards the beginning of next month and will be having a party towards the end of this month, children's parties are the best kinds of parties...cake. Yay! 

5. Read 2 books. I'm hoping to read at least 24 books this year, that's two a month, although I would love to surprise myself by completely annihilating that goal. 

6. Watch at least 25 films. I love movies, but I want to make sure I watch as many as humanly possible, so this year I'm aiming to watch AT LEAST 300 films, hopefully a lot more. 

I'm starting off a little lighter with my goals this month, especially considering how many goals I've already set myself this year. Following the end of this month I will post a recap of January, which will include my progression with the above goals and my goal setting for the month of February. 

I now need to go and sit in a dark room for awhile in the hope that this migraine disappears.