Bucket List

Yes, we all have bucket lists so I might as well write one. Let's see after a couple of years, this should be fun and I might get a little carried away.

1. Go travelling:

There's so many places I want to visit. Majority of them include hot countries, the ultimate places I want to go visit are Bora Bora, Fiji and any other hot Island. Imagine being able to see crystal clear water everyday, and knowing sunshine is guaranteed and not like the sun we get here in the UK, where its like one minute the sun is out next its dripping with rain. Also being able to eat all those fresh seafood *mouthwatering*, as I've only had salmon it'd be interesting to taste different meals. Being someone who's kinda of scared of drowning this would be amazing since I'll get used to it especially since I'll be testing my limits. 

2. Face my ultimate fear: Heights

Being able to face my fear of heights would be amazing because I would be able to go theme parks without the need to cry. And Yes I nearly cried when I went Thorpe Park with my friends got dragged on Rush and was on the verge of tears!. I think I need to do something extreme to shock my system, like hmmm sky diving. I'm getting anxiety just thinking about it, imagine knowing your head first plunging to the earth. My heart beat just increased thinking about it, imagine my parachute doesn't work? Like  "Eggsy" from Kingsman. Yep I would start freaking out like him, even if I knew my parachute was working. 

3. Meet the teen wolf cast: 

Omg, I'm obessed with Teen Wolf even though the Dread Doctors scare the living lights out of me. Yes I'm easily scared, especially their voices. Ahh imagine getting to meet Tyler Hoechlin, and being able to say "I'm the Alpha now" love ittttt! I would love to get to see how they are able to make it so realistic, ohh yeaaah and Stiles! how hilarious is Stiles (Dylan). If you guys don't know about Teen Wolf you're missing out big time. I'm I the only one excited about it starting in a month? Lets all take this moment to pray in silence that Derek comes back * please listen to us Jeff Davis* 

4. Learn a new language:

I want to learn something like French or Spanish even though I sucked at them so badly when I was at school. I can't even string one sentence together. Embarrassing right? especially since I learnt French for 3 years before totally giving up on it. A couple weeks back I downloaded an app and failed miserably in every task because I'm so forgetful, why oh why can't I remember the masculine and feminine ways of saying words. The funny part is I suck so badly that when I try pronounce the words back to the app that it is like " I didn't quite get that" and yes it crashes like fuck really? 

Worth the hype?- Carli Palette

As you can all imagine I was super excited when I first received an email from Bhcomestics that it was my turn to get my Carli palette, which at that point I had given up on since I was waiting for it for so long. Being a big fan of Carli I wanted an inexpensive palette and when she came out with her own I was ecstatic.

So after ordering my palette, the shipping was such a long wait and also it costed £9 to get it shipped to the UK I know expensive right? since the palette was roughly £7. But this didn't stop me, I woke up everyday frantically tracking my palette and everyday it would be in LA to the point that it became very frustrating. After waiting about 10 days or so my palette had arrived, I was so excited that the moment I came home I dropped everything and literally ran to it.

My first impressions of the packaging was 'woah' looked amazing since I hadn't seen anything like it, it was white and looked so sophisticated. I didn't use the palette till about Saturday when I was attending a wedding and was excited to try it out since it was spoken about so much. When Saturday rolled around I got my palette out and started using the Plum colour on my crease the first thing I had noticed was none of the colours had names on them but I wasn't too bothered to be honest. After using this I went for the gold/brown shimmery colour okay it pains me to say this but I honestly regretted using that colour, the fall out was so bad that it went everywhere, on the palette and my face. As I went along I noticed this happened with a lot of the shimmery colours, anyways I was able to deal with this after I put a little Fixplus on my brush as the colours actually stayed. Guys the first row of colours as so pigmented, however the shimmery colours are not so pigmented and you notice this throughout but if you use a little Fixplus you're good to go.

After the shadows I moved on to the highlighters and they were amazing guys I can't even describe it. When I say a little goes a long way, my highlight was literally on 'fleek' the whole night, I was admiring it throughout the night. Especially the gold one guys its to die for, I've never owned highlighters except the Sleek ones and what a difference these highlighters made. Also the thing I love about these highlighters are that they are versatile, you can use it on every skin shade, being someone who struggles to find some for my shade and when I do they look ashy but this was perfect. And for the price of the palette the 4 highlighters were just perfect I would even go to say I would of paid the same price for just the highlighters or even more because they're that good.
                     

Even though I had a little problem with the pigmentation of the shadows I didn't expect high end to be honest since the price was so low. But the colours are so beautiful just a little dry but you can work around that. Plus the packaging doesn't look tacky and it's super easy to clean. I think Carli has done so well on this palette even though there are some improvements to be made, it's so awesome that her first palette turned out so good. So the big question is; Is it worth the hype?! Absolutely I would recommend this to anyone looking for decent shadows and amazing highlighters at a reasonable price. Just a little side note, the shadows seem like a dupe of the Naked 3 palette so if that isn't in your price range I'll definitely say stick to Carli's palette. 

3 Hacks to Clear Skin.

Want 3 extremely easy beauty tips that will cost you nothing?


1.water:

Okay so you might have heard this one repeated over and over again but trust me I felt the same. I started drinking 2 litres of water without even realising but after a week or so I started to notice my skin had developed this natural, healthy glow. Also for those of you who tend to break out a lot this will do wonders for your skin. I'm not saying after drinking water your skin will start to clear up in no time but your skin will certainly feel and look healthier, so replace those fizzy drinks with water and you'll be a step closer. 

2.Facials/scrubs:

Listen up, this one is for those of you who wash your face with just water or for those or you who find it difficult to find organic scrubs that work. I've struggled with finding scrubs that don't make me break out for so long, but recently I have been experimenting with creating scrubs and facial washes by using ingredients that are probably sitting in your cupboards right now. Do your research, search your main troubling areas! For example I struggle with occasional breakouts and have found that using my Lemon Honey scrub that I have already blogged about works for my skin. Experiment find what works best for you don't get me wrong there are a lot of amazing scrubs out there that I have yet to discover so till I do I'll be trying everything.

3.Eat Healthy:


So I'm not saying go to your fridge and bin your favourite ice-cream before you guys come at me with pitchforks. But seriously for those of you that might have 1 piece of veggie which is probably in your burger you'll need to start altering your diet. I've noticed me personally since I've stopped chucking down 3 bars of chocolate a day and changing it to 3 pieces of fruit a day. I can truly say I am not breaking out as much and my skin looks so much healthier, don't take my word for it? Try this for a week and you'll notice the difference,but this doesn't mean you can have 3 burgers and 3 pieces of fruits nooo you need to cut the junk out. I know it's hard but ladies clear skin or burger? the decisions tough I know. 

Total coverage

When it comes to concealers and correctors I often look for ones that work well with mild dry skin since I suffer from this. But lately its become difficult to find concealers that provide full coverage without fading away after a couple of hours. However since I was looking for an affordable brand that could cover those highly dreaded black circles, this is when the difficult task began.

I casually watched some tutorials to see the most used affordable concealers/correctors and there was one that was recurring and majority of users used it for contouring. L.A. Girl. Pro.conceal, I did some research and I realised that they had 18 shades including two correctors an orange one and a green one. However not knowing my shade I didn't want to order online. So when I came across it at my favourite store (Beauty Base), I was so happy that I literally got it straight away without hesitation.

I got both the orange corrector and concealer, it took a while to try find my shade but when I did I was satisfied. When I tried on the corrector at first I was unsure but I realised I needed to blend it properly so I grabbed my Real Techniques Beauty Blender, and as I continued to blend all the areas that had troubled me especially with my dark circles began to disappear. After this I started applying my concealer and I got a shade exactly the same as my skin shade as I was not planning to use the concealer as a highlighter. When I applied the concealer onto my eyes as an eyeshadow primer, my eyelids became crease free and the concealer helped my eyeshadow stay on for a long time. The concealer covered up my 'problem areas' and it made my skin glow making it look as though I had applied foundation.

Also the concealers are available in stick form which is a little drier than the liquid form, therefore the stick form is excellent for those with oily skin. But I have not tried it personally therefore cannot comment in its effectiveness. I recommend anyone who has struggle to find an affordable concealer/corrector to try this product as I was truly amazed and it is a multi-purpose product as you can also use it for contouring, What I love about these products are that they are very affordable as they are only £4.99.

Hit or Miss

A couple of weeks ago I got my first contour powder set since I use the liquid technique majority of the times. But I thought it would be a little lighter and look more polished if I put a little powder on top. I was just roaming around Superdrug when I saw a Maybelline Master Sculpt Contour kit. This kit looked very simple as there were only two steps, the Contour section and the Highlighter and the price was quite generous as it was only £6.99.

There were two shades available, the Light/medium or the Medium/dark, they looked very similar to me but I got the darker shade. I was very optimistic about my choice and thought it would be a good alternative since it was lighter. I tried the contour on, and keep in mind that this set is not for deep contouring but can be used lightly for a simple look. I knew this from the get go so there were no surprises there.

At first I was a bit sceptical about getting it because the highlighter looked a little on the ivory side and I wanted it a little lighter. But I didn't really hesitate and thought I would just give it a go. When I tried on the palette I was shocked and speechless, and not in a very good way. When I applied the Contour it wasn't brown and looked almost grey, at first I thought it was my technique and grabbed a different brush since I was using the brush that was in the set.

I started to notice that the more I applied the more visible the grey became, I was a little confused because the colour looked brown in the palette but as soon as it hit my skin it became grey. After a few more tries I got frustrated as it became even more grey, however I still wanted to try on the highlighter as it looked nice and shimmery. I applied the highlighter onto the areas that I would usually highlight and it shimmered like I expected it to, but the product wasted so much in the palette as soon as I would try get some on my brush there was powder everywhere.

Being someone who usually loves easy to use products that do not require a lot of different products I was very disappointed and have not used the product every since and it has just been sitting at the bottom of my makeup bag . This product is defiantly a Miss as it does not live up to its expectations and for me personally the product wastes so much when applying to the brush.  For now I will stick to using my concealers and foundations till I find a better set.