On the 8th Day Of Christmas...

On the 7th day of Christmas...

Today, my post is going to be my favourite winter lipstick/gloss/balm. Since in winter I get a lot of colds and dry lips, I tend to not wear much lipstick or even dark colours. Therefore the ones that I mostly wear and carry around with me are ones that are either easy to put on under any situation  including when you don't have a spare handy mirror, or that sooth your lips.

 I have chosen Vaseline in the coco butter flavour, which everyone needs to have a little pot of this somewhere, it's really amazing for the lips on its own, or even using it as a base for your lipstick, it's very moisturising! Then we also have Nivea Pearly Shine, this just gives the lips exactly what it says a pearly shine, its also moisturising and great to put on when you want a little bit of colour on your lips. The two lipglosses that I have are one from Barry M in the colour 'Coral', which I wore in the make up post the other day, and also a Buxom lipgloss in the colour 'Leslie' which is very minty when applied to the lips, I find this to be such a nice tooth to any makeup, this one was wore in my going out makeup post. Last but not least we have Clarins Instant light Natural Lip Perfector in '01 Rose Shimmer' which smells like vanilla, it's cross between a gel and a gloss and looks great on the lips, the colour I have is pink however they do a Apricot and Nude colour.

(Nivea Pearly Shine, Buxom Lip Gloss, Clarins Instant Light, Barry M Coral)

Plus here are some little swatch of them for you, I hope you enjoyed that post, I am hoping to get up another make up look and outfit for when I go to a party, which I think I have mentioned before, they should be coming soon. Hope you are enjoying the 12 days of Christmas, not long to go now, I still have my last bits of shopping to do, make sure you get your presents and wrap them soon! See you tomorrow! Sarah x

On the 6th Day Of Christmas...

So on Friday the 14th of December I had my interview at Huddersfield University for a course on Fashion and Textile Buying Management, whilst we were there I decided to take some picture of my outfit as well as when we were in the little town area which was so sweet. Huddersfield is very small and only has a cute little town, it was very festive with Christmas decorations up as well as people rushing round doing their Christmas shopping. Overall the day was a great success. I got my conditional offer to go their on Monday, therefore if I get the grades that are required (BBB) I will be able to go to that university, my second choice is Nottingham Trent but I am yet to hear from them.

On the 5th Day of Christmas...

As I said yesterday I am going to be showing you a make-up look to go with the curly hair. I am in no way a make-up artist, I just like to use it, therefore I am just showing you the make-up that I wore when I went out on this day. So I hope you enjoy it.

First you want to start off with your foundation, the one that I used on this day is Rimmel Wake me up in 100 Ivory, this colour is a little bit dark for me, it is the lightest shade they do in this foundation, however once it is blended in, I am glad for a little more coverage. I am blending this in with a real techniques buffing brush.

For Eyes I am using a Mac Paint Pot in Bare Study which is just a simple pearl colour. Then I am using the colour 'Sin' from the Urban Decay Naked Palette over the top of the covering the whole lid. Then through the crease I am using 'Toasted' from the Urban Decay Naked Palette again, then for the highlight on the brow bone and the tear duct I am using the colour from my Almay colour, which is shown in the post about this palette.

I am concealing under my eyes with my Garnier Roll On in the lightest shade, I also apply this around my nose and any other places that need a little more coverage.

Then I am going to bronze my cheeks, with the Natural Collection Bronzer in 'Sun Shine' this is applied through the cheek bones, under the chin, a little through the temple and down the nose. I also but on Blush which was No7 in '22 Candy Pink', then I used Maybelline The Falsies Flared Mascara on my lashes. Then Barry M Lipgloss in '11 Coral'

Highlighter by Jemma Kidd In '01 Iced Glow'

Here is the final look, if you want to see how to do this hair, it is the previous blog post.

Ans that is is, nothing that special just something you can wear on a daily basis, thank you for reading, it really is getting close to christmas now, tomorrow I will be showing you the outfit that I paired with this look, as I was going for an Interview at a University. See you tomorrow then! Merry Christmas Soon!!

On the 4th Day Of Christmas...

I am going to be showing you how I curl my hair, I use a BaByliss Porcelain Conical Wand 32-19mm Black.  I find that this is very easy to use to curl you hair, I have tried many ways of curling my hair and in the end give up because of how much time it takes up and in the morning you really don't want to be spending over a hour just on your hair, especially if you are in a rush. This takes me 20-40mins depending on how curled I want my hair. 

So first you just want to brush through your natural hair and make sure it is completely dry if you have washed it and that it will be easy to separate.

Then you want to clip the top layer of your hair up, if you are not wanting a lot of curls I would suggest to skip this set, I find however it gives the curls a more completed look when you curl the bottom layer and then the top, this also can save time and the bottom layer don't have to be that perfect.

Spray your hair with heat defence, I find the best one isTRESemme Heat Defence, then brush through the hair again to make sure the product covers the whole of the hair.

The take a small or large section of your hair and wrap it around the wand, I like the have the curls facing away from my face, make sure that you do not touch the wand as it will really hurt, trust me it is really easy to end up touching it, I have had a lot of burnt fingers. Either that or use the protective glove that comes with the product.

Then you want to take down the top layer of your hair, and spray again with heat defence and brush through, you are now going to curl this section.

I tend to try and curl more of my hair that is on this top layer as it's easier as well as the fact there is not as much hair to work with, therefore I use smaller amounts of hair to get a fuller look.

There we go all done. Spray your hair with some hair spray now, I use TRESemme Salon Finish Firm Hold.

If you are not wanting to have tight curls, then I suggest you brush through the curls as much as you want to get more of a natural look to them. And there we have it. I think it's such a nice thing to curl your hair once in a while, even if it does take longer than say straightening it. So that is it for this post, tomorrow I will be showing a make-up look to go with this hair style and the day after an outfit. Hope you are enjoying the countdown and have a nice day!