My Life in Profile Pictures

Hello my sweetums;

Boy, have I got a treat for you today. I was reading Miss Budget Beauty about an hour ago and saw her 'My Life in Profile Pictures' post. Now I rarely, if ever, post pictures of myself as I don't think you need to see my fugly mug. ALAS. Now you have 60 shots of me! I do use FB - Not as much as I used to and so I've just gone through and here are almost all of them, I couldn't fit every single one on. You have a mixture of selfies, drunk nights out, me and the bear and me and some friends. The fit blonde girl that pops up in a few is no other than Sian-Marie as we've been friends forever. 

Anyway - I hope you enjoy this little beast! I thought it would be a nice change to the usual blah :) 

I tag; Sian, Bicky & Claire

If you decide to take part, let me know in the comments! I'd love to see your faces!

- Charli, xo

The Week #3

Special K | MAC Lip Palette | Heinz | Muddy | Joules | K | Sanctuary

This week has been pretty rubbish. I was seriously ill over the weekend, I didn't move out of my bed for over 48 hours. When I say I was in bed, I mean; no TV, no speaking, just literally lying in silence because I could move. So I don't have anything exciting to tell you! Except that I got very muddy on a 3 mile dog walk at Brack (Uni) on Tuesday!

- Charli, xo

A Lush Review - Pheonix Rising

Ello poppets;

For Christmas every year, the bear gets me a hoooooge Lush box and I'm always the most excited about it. This year was no different, please don't ask me which particular box I got because I cannot for the life of me remember what it's called; soz. Anyway, the first bomb I used was Pheonix Rising.

(I didn't take this picture!)

So I've never tried this bomb before and I'm quite impressed. Firstly, I love the look of this. It looks so pretty and I can't even think of any good adjectives cause, well I'm pantz. Anyway, as you can probably guess, it turns your bath a beautiful purple with a few mint coloured swirls towards the end which was a nice surprise :) 

It does smell pretty wonderful also, it smells very strongly of cinnamon which I usually don't like, but with a mix of fresh apple, I did actually enjoy the scent. I didn't feel like it moisturized my skin, but that's okay because those kinds of bath bombs make me feel all slimey and MERRR in the bath. This is definitely a bath bomb for those winter nights, in a steaming hot bath, just closing your eyes and thinking about One Direction, I mean.. Thinking about nothing.

I'm not sure if I'll re-purchase this again, but it's not a bad price at £3.25!

Have you tried Pheonix Rising? What did you think?

- Charli, xo

Seventeen Nail Stash

Hello poppets;

 

Seventeen is a make-up brand that is quickly making a name for itself. It's sold in most drug-stores now and I have to say, I'm slowly falling in love with it. It's cheap and it's good quality stuff. So, you can imagine how chuffed I was when I opened up this little beauty on Christmas Day! Clearly people have noticed my nail varnish addiction as this wasn't my only polish set. You are not helping people! Keep 'em coming ;)

 

So the set contains 9 mini nail polishes in a variety of colours (there seems to be no particular theme). Included is 1 Lasting Fix polish, 5 Quicker Slicker polishes and 3 Supreme Shine polishes. Two coats of each colour have been used in the pictures and I'll apologise now for the rubbish quality, for some reason the lens just wouldn't focus on the left side.

 

Here we have Pretty in Pink (DEFINITELY NOT PINK)- this is the only Lasting Fix Polish in the set and is the first one I tried on my own nails. It dries too patchy for my liking. The other two seen here are 'Love' and 'Wickid' and are Supreme Shine polishes. The pigmentation of 'Wickid' is lovely and definitely one of my favourites.

 



 'Risky Red' also a Supreme Shine polish, I haven't used this one and I doubt I will. It's a bit TOO red for me but the quality of the colour is one of the best of the bunch. 'Navy Glint' and 'Peacock' are both Quicker Slicker polishes and I'm currently wearing both of these on my toenails. Navy Glint is a bit patchy and needs more coats but 'Peacock' is my favourite of the whole set. It's bright, it only needs two coats and it stands out above the rest.

 

'Fury', 'Moonstruck' and 'Ruby Gem' are all Quicker Slicker polishes and I quite like all three of these. The metallics are well pigmented and have a nice finish and 'Ruby Gem' is a strong fuchsia that would look lovely for a special occasion.

 

My only problem with this set is that as they are minis, it seems really hard to actually get any polish onto the brush without screwing the lid back on and then off again, which is not what a girl needs when she's making herself look sassy, is it? On the whole, this is a cute little set and I'll definitely get use out of almost all of the colours.

 

Seventeen Stash Set - Currently on sale for £6 HERE

Now if that ain't a bargain, I don't know what is.

 

Did any of you ladies receive this in your stockings?

What did you think?

 

- Charli, xo





Yves Rocher Hand Cream

Hello my little sugar-nuggets;

 

I got this little pretty in my November Glossybox (probably the only good thing) and I may have slightly fallen in love with it. Mate, it smells amazing. I want to bathe in it, it smells that good. BFF got the chocolate orange one and I was well chuffed that I got this one instead, (I hate Terry's bastard oranges) and this now has a firm place in my handbag. This is the first product I've tried from Yves Rocher and I look forward to trying others!

 

What do Yves Rocher say?

 

A moment of pure pleasure in the heart of winter, this hand cream quickly penetrates and moisturises your skin. Deliciously scented with accords of cocoa and raspberry, your skin feels supremely soft.

 

Well I totally agree with that, it does actually remind me of winter, I think it's the cocoa. Everyone loves a bit of cocoa, right? Anyhoo, it doesn't take forever to soak in which I HAAAAATE in moisturisers and this leaves my hands smelling like awesome. How is it this cheap?! Bargain, I'm telling you, go and get it! They also do this in the yukky cocoa orange flavour and cocoa and pistachio. I'll definitely be re-purchasing this when it runs out. A winter must have!

Yves Rocher - £1.95

 

Have you tried any products from Yves Rocher?

 

- Charli, xo



Benefit - Do The Bright Thing

I just want to say; OH MY GOD. OH. OH. OH. LOOK AT IT. IT'S SO SHINY. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. LOOK. JUST LOOK AT IT. IT HAS A MIRROR.
This was my reaction when I opened this a few days before Christmas. Every year a few friends and I get to together, cook a big Christmas dinner (my job is to eat as they cook, which I get shouted at for every single year) and give out presents. Now I was expecting the usual; books, Lush boxes and other smellies, chocolate and winewinewine - oh, oh how delighted was I when I opened this bad boy? I literally did a wee in my pants. Literally. Clearly shows that my friends know me preeeeetty well. Anyway;

Benefit - Do the Bright Thing - £26.50 HERE

So this is a total face kit really, which is awesome. And not bad for the price me thinks. Here's what it includes;

"That Gal" Brightening Face Primer - 7.5ml

I didn't even realise Benefit had more than one primer, I've only ever seen the Porefessional (not even sure if that's spelt right) one so this was a nice little surprise. Uhm, it's pink? I used this on Christmas Day, I don't usually use primers but thought I'd have a bash and I wasn't too keen on it. My skin was awful that day so I will give this another go the next time I have a night out!

Dandelion Brightening Blusher - 3g

Ooo I really like this! I currently use Rockateur which I lovelovelove, but when I saw this little cutie I thought, ooerrr! It reminds me of ballerinas. I like light blushers as I'm quite fair skinned (WAAAAA) so darker ones look a bit shitty. Looking forward to using this! And it comes with a brush which is always a plus.

High Beam Luminescent Complexion Enhancer - 4g

I have never, ever used a highlighter, I don't even know what it's supposed to do. From what I can gather, a few dabs under your eye/along your cheekbones is supposed to make you look mint? I dunno. I might have dabble with this before my next night out. It looks like it might last a while seeing as you only need a few spots!

BADgal Liner Waterproof Extra Black - 0.5g

Ooft I'm always up for a bit of eyeliner. This looks, SUPER BLACK on the pencil, I haven't tried it yet because it just looks so pretty and I hate starting new eyeliners and ruining them :( Again, I think I'll save using this for a nice occasion seeing as it's rare that I actually get to use Benefit!

'They're real!' Beyond Mascara - 3g

Oh boy, was I happy to see this in the set. I've been hankering over this for months now and me and my BFF Sian are having a Benefit make-over in January in our local Debenhams and I was planning on purchasing this, but I've never actually tried it so I'm super super happy that I've got a little sample! I have used this and I have to say, I was impressed. I love the brush and I love that my eyelashes don't clump either! Thumbs up!

Okay so, there's a little blab about each, I'm really looking forward to giving these a proper try when I have the opportunity. I think one of my resolutions should be to experiment with make-up a bit more, cause I'm pretty damn boring. I wanna be a sexy lady, yano?

Have you tried any of these products? Or have this kit?

Let me know below!

 

- Charli, xo

New Beginnings

'It's a new year, it's time to start again. Stop thinking about what you're going to do and start doing it. It's time to live your life and be who you are. Forget about whatever happened in 2013 and just move on. Take risks and be yourself, you only have one life and it's time to make the most of it. Make a new year's resolution and this time achieve it, no matter what the cost is.'

Yes, this is one of those cliche 'fresh start' posts - but it's January 1st, what else did you expect guys?! I found this little quote on Tumblr and I thought it pretty much summed everything up. 2013 was a pretty rubbish year for me, due to many different reasons but I've spent too much of my life worrying about things that have happened, things I can't change and things that, in all fairness, do not matter in the slightest. I'm marking 2013 as a year full of lessons and using it as my reason to buck my ideas up and get on with living my life. The more I think about it, the more determined I am to turn things around. I have so many amazing plans for 2014 already and we're only on January 1st, I get excited just thinking about them. I feel like I've just been exisiting, I want to live, I want to get to 80 and think, woah, what a life I've had. I want to go places I've never been, I want to see things I've never seen, I want to meet new people, I'm so ready to start my life.

Today is the first blank page of a 365 page book, as they say, every end marks a new beginning and 2014 is where I begin again.

Resolutions

- Pass my driving test

- Get a car

- Start my dream career

- Keep a diary

- Eat more

- Blog more

- Learn to take risks

- Love myself

- Live

Watch this space guys; do you have any New Year Resolutions?

- Charli, xo