10 things to do on a rainy day!

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A while back I did a post about 10 things to do on a sunny day so now I am back with a follow up post about 10 things to do on a rainy and boring day! Since it’s almost winter, the weather in Britain will constantly be cold, rainy or worse! But do not fear because I’ve got some ideas for things you can do that probably won’t require leaving you house!

If you know you’ve got hours free, with nothing planned then why not get out the box sets and watch your favourite film series from the beginning to the end! My fave is to have a look on Netflix what tv programs they have and binge watch entire seasons! It’s weird how proud I feel when I finish a new season and I then can’t hold back the temptation to watch another episode! 

One of my favourite things to do in the world is bake! It’s so much fun to do but its even more rewarding once you’ve finished and you get to eat all your lovely food, makes you put more effort in. I’ve done a few posts on my blog about some of my favourite recipes so you can give them a look for inspiration. Imagine how happy your friends will be when you treat them to a slice of cake, but remember that no one is making you share!

On a day where you’ve got nothing else to do, you can take a nice, long bath. And I mean longer than usual since you’ve got so much time to spare. Make sure you use all your favourite products and of course it has to have bubbles!

Also, along side your bath, you could have a pamper evening or even an entire day dedicated to you! You’ve got to make sure you’re looking after yourself and just take some time out for a good pampering sesh! Whip out the oils and creams and relax! No pamper evening is complete without a scary face mask and some hot chocolate!

I’ll just get this one out of the way, but on a miserable day you might want to do a bit of exercise! You may just feel like doing nothing but take this lazy day opportunity and make something from it. Think of how proud you’ll feel afterwards. It’s a good idea to balance it out if you’re planning on making yourself a hot chocolate and eating all your baked goods. 

Something I love to do when it’s raining is just sit in the car with the radio on and watch the world go by. I just love hearing the rain hit the roof and I feel safe inside my nice, warm car ( don’t forget the blankets ). Also, if you’re going out in the rain, I’d really recommend buying a clear umbrella and watch the rain fall above you, it’s very therapeutic.

One of my best friends is Youtube! It’s always there when I need something to watch or something to do. Full of tutorials, hilarious cat videos and then there’s the creepy conspiracy theories that I can’t get enough of. You can never get bored with Youtube, it’s just magical. Sometimes I’ll even start from the very beginning of my favourite youtuber’s channel and rewatch all of their videos!

Why not have a look on your bookshelf and find a book you haven’t read in a while or one you know you love the most. Sometimes it is good to have a little technology break and put your phone and laptop down. Just do something as basic and simple as reading and get lost in a book, forget about the horrible weather and in your head, imagine yourself at a different, beautiful place.

Before you do this next one, make sure you definitely know you’re not going anywhere and no one’s coming to visit. But something I love to do is experiment with makeup. Try a different eye shadow colour or maybe a bold lip that you would never ever be caught wearing in public and just rock it!

If it’s the weekend and you’re stopping in then whats the point wasting energy picking an outfit. Just stay in your pyjamas! Nobody’s watching so have a dance party in your onesie! Wearing your PJ’s just makes everything better and try out all the things on this list in your pyjamas and just see how great it is!

So thats my list of things to do on a rainy day at home. There won’t be no more boring days in anymore!

see you later byeeee x

September Favourites!

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Today I’m gonna try something a lil’ bit different. This month I’ve been lovin a lotta lotta stuff so I’m gonna give a favourites post a try! Some of these things I’ve been lovin for longer than just the month of September but that’s okay because many of these are my all time faves so I’ll just show you!

Telly&Netflix

I can’t think of anything stranger than Stranger Things. Now, I already watched this in July but I recently rewatched this the other week because it is literally A.MAZ.ING! I can’t even express how great this show is! You just need to go watch it on Netflix. You’ll fall in love with the characters, get lost in the plot and you will not have a clue what’s going on till the very last episode! I can’t wait for the next season because surely they can’t leave it where they have! I watched it in a day and I will warn you, it’ll mess with your head!

Something else I have binge watched for the past few days is American Horror Story. Possibly my new favourite show. It’s kinda freaky but I like that. I think there’s a bit of a theme that I’m into weird programmes. I wouldn’t recommend it if you don’t like horrors as it is quite gruesome but now I’m hooked I can’t stop myself from watching episode after episode. It’s addictive! I’m onto season 4 now but don’t worry I’ll have finished all the seasons in the next few days. I also love how every season has an entirely different, spooky story. Also, I take my hat off for the actors, they have to do some creepy stuff and probably have nightmares. It’s just great.

Food&Drink

So obviously while watching all these creepy shows I need something to keep me sane so my best friend this month has been a good old fashioned Hot Chocolate. Though delicious, hot chocolate can be vicious ( didn’t mean for it to rhyme soz ). I can’t even count how many burnt tongues I’ve had this month. So in just plain fear, I can’t help but to leave my hot chocolate till its pretty much cold! So actually it’s more of a chocolate milkshake! I vary a lot with hot coco and I like to mix it up a little. Sometimes I’ll go for magic stars and warm milk or maybe a galaxy mixture with hot water. Usually, if I’m feeling lazy, I’ll just use the coffee machine that also makes hot chocolate. Topped with whipped cream and marshmallows…mhhmmm! It’s just lush!

Beauty&Skincare

One thing I’ve used everyday this month since I got it was my Simple face wash & moisturiser. Now, I won’t go on too much about this because I’ve already done a whole post about these two bad boyz ( which you can find here ). They’ve worked really hard taking my make up off and keeping my skin feeling super soft so they just needed a bit more appreciation.

Makeup-wise, I’ve been reaching for my Tanya Burr Hollywood eyes palette. The colours are the perfect golds and browns and they work really well together. I think this quad can create a day look or a night look which is perfect. The actual quality is fabulous for just a drugstore palette and the packaging is just adorable! And for just 6 quid, I can’t complain!

Music

Now, don’t tell me it’s too early because it most certainly is not. My music favourite this month and for the next coming months ( and probably the rest of my life ) is…christmas songs! More specifically, Now That’s What I Call Christmas. On really early school mornings, when it’s cold outside and I can’t be bothered to get out of my bed, when chestnuts are roasting on an open fire……just kidding, but seriously, Christmas music must be some of the happiest songs in the world and they really motivate me for the day ahead. Christmas is my favourite time of year and I love it more than my Birthday. I can’t wait till it’s socially acceptable to start watching Christmas films and sing carols in public! It gets me excited just thinking about it!

So that’s all I’ve been loving this month ( of what I can remember ) and writing about all these things just makes me soso happy!

see you later, byeeee x

The Perfect Pair!

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So just the other week I purchased some new skincare products. I’ve been meaning to pick these up for a long time which is why I’m here making a review today but mainly I bought them because they were on special offer! Simple skincare is so popular because of its high standard yet affordable price. I don’t think it’s worth spending sixty quid on a moisturiser when something a fraction of the price can work just as good!

So I bought 2 products, one I already own and the other, something I’ve been super excited to try! Something else that drew me in to these products, is the ‘kind to skin’ phrase. I have horribly sensitive skin, so any product that claims to be good for my skin and not give me a nasty horrible rash, I'm all for it! Not to mention that Simple are ‘Sensitive Skin Experts’…I love them so much for making my life so much easier! Okay, maybe I sound a bit overdramatic but these things are worth the hype!

Simple Kind To Skin Moisturising Facial Wash

So I have already spoken about this product in my skincare routine post because I have already previously owned the travel size of this product. And when that ran out, I was devastated! The few days without this product were really tough. Until the weekend when I could buy the full size product. Without this, my skin is dry and horrible! I use this every morning and night. Its great for taking off minimal makeup (eyeshadow, mascara, concealer etc) And afterwards it makes my skin super smooth! And you’ll be happy to know that this 150ml bottle is only £1.95 ! amaaazingggggg!

Simple Kind To Skin Hydrating Light Moisturiser

These two products go so well together and this moisturiser is great! I wouldn’t say it makes my skin super duper soft or anything crazy like that but it makes a great base for make up. I only use this once a day in the morning, but it sinks in really quickly and does the job! No more dry skin! This too is £1.95 which is less than half price on a product which was already soooo cheap! This’ll take me a while to get through but I’m pretty sure I’ll be repurchasing!

So I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this post and I would defo recommend giving these products a go and see if they work for you!

see you later, byeeee x

Simple makeup for school or work!

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Obviously, for school, I can’t wear too much make-up. But I think it would be more of a crime for me to reveal my dark circles under my eyes or the blotchy redness across my face. So I, being the kind-hearted person I am, still wears just a tad of make-up for everyone else’s benefit of course!

So I’ll just show you my school/basic makeup routine! I go for just a smoothing primer base and a cover/concealer stick rather than a heavy full coverage concealer for my base. Then I use a lengthening mascara just to open up my eyes. Then my last step is my brows which I just lightly go over with a brow gel. Nothing too fancy and great for a rush! I can do this in under 3 minutes! 

Maybelline Baby Skin Primer

Maybelline Cover Stick

Topshop Party Proof Mascara

Benefit Gimme Brow

So there you go! When I said basic I meant basic! I’ve seen a few other people’s school make-up routine and it’s more than I’d where for a night out! I would definitely not get away with that. This routine is something I go for quite often if I’m in a rush or keeping it simple!

Hope you’ve enjoyed this post!

see you later, byeeee x

How to draw a Mandala!

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So I was searching the web for therapeutic things to do ( because watching Netflix and Youtube all day is oh so stressful ) and then Google recommended art. So then I searched different ways of drawing ( because I’m a bit basic and don’t have time to juggle both Netflix and whipping out the paints ). So the other day I discovered Mandala drawings and I’ve fallen in love! They are super easy to do and look like they took ages to make and require a lot of talent. When in actual fact they don’t just a lil’ bit of patience and maybe a lil’ bit of math! One quick tip is if you’re on the same level as me ( meaning beginner and not very good ) then get everyone to look at it from about a metre away because up close they look quite messy. These look really effective from far away :)

By no means am I an expert or someone to tell you how to do things but I’ll give you the simple guidelines and your imagination can take your artwork in whichever direction you choose! Just enjoy it, it’s meant to be fun and it’s not meant to be perfect. Just put your own spin on it! It’s a nice way to be creative! And let’s not forget if you’re really wanting to push the boat out, then why not colour it in as well, nothing better than a trip down memory lane!

So anyway, let me show you a few ways of doing things…

You will need:

• compass
• protractor
• pencil
• pen ( or a few different colours )
• ruler 
• paper

Take your compass and put it at 8cm ( that’s what I did anyway ) and draw your circle on the page. You could also just use something to trace a circle around.

With your ruler, draw a straight line down the middle of your circle ( please don’t judge my High School Musical ruler ). Then mark every centimetre. You could do every 2cm or every 5mm, whatever effect you’re going for.

This is the tricky part so just be patient. Using your compass, draw circles inside each other at each cm mark. ( this is kinda hard to explain so just look at the pictures.

Take your protractor and line up the bottom with your straight line then mark out every 10 degrees.

Then draw straight lines, starting from your marked out degrees from the edges and making sure the line goes through the middle dot.

Now you are left with a weird spider web looking thing, that’s it isn’t it gorgeous…just kidding! Now you can draw triangles on it, straight lines or whatever you like. I think it likes good if you go for the flower effect. I’d also suggest making it symmetrical as that always looks nice!

I’ll just show you the process of how I mad my design so you get a little bit of an idea of how it could look!

These are a few others I've done...

Hope you enjoyed this post and give it a go yourself! I’m sure yours will look alot better than mine!

see you later, byeeee x

My weekend away make up bag!

hiyaa,

So recently I have been on a little one-night-trip to London ( it was really nice, thanks for asking ). So of course I took with me a reasonably small amount of make up to put in a cute little bag to fit in my jam-packed hold all! So I took a fair few minis that I love and mixed up my everyday makeup to accommodate. It was only one day, what’s the worst that could happen!

So I’ll just give you a little look in my little make up bag. I wasn’t sure if to write a little something about each thing. But I think what they do is self explanatory and the fact I’m taking these products with me kinda shows they're some of my faaaaaves!

Let’s take a look…

List of items and links to where you can find them:

Mini Benefit That Gal Primer

Collection lasting Perfection Concealer

( my post about this )

Mini Benefit Gimme Brow Volumising Brow Gel

Maybelline Colour Tattoo - On and On Bronze

Mac Eye Kohl - Powersurge

Topshop Party Proof Mascara

Primark Blender Sponge ( similar )

Mini Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish

Zoella Lace Collar Purse

So that’s the face I decided to take with me! It’s quite simple and naturaaaalllll…but I love it! Perfect size bag and I think I did a pretty good job whittling it down to those few items! Well done meeee!!

See you later byeeee x

Minis and Samples that I love!

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So I wanted to write this post because I have now got a fair few minis/testers of products that I’m obsessed with but just can’t bring myself to paying the full price for. I love freebies and testers, when some products are just too pricey for me to risk it. Also, who else loves miniatures of things? They are soso cute! Anywayyy, let’s take a look!

Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser

Now, obviously this is very popular amongst bloggers and beauty folk. So I couldn’t resist giving this a go. Lucky for me, I got this as a freebie with an order I placed. Errrrm…what can I say…it cleanses my skin, takes off my makeup smoothly ( including waterproof mascara ) and it lives my skin feeling nourished! I spoke more in detail about this product and how I use it in My Skincare Routine. The only reason I haven’t bought the full size product yet is because I can’t justify spending £15.50 on a cleanser! Although I’ll probably HAVE to buy it once my mini runs out!

Urban Decay Eyeshadows

I got these samples when I ordered online too! It’s 7 days of shadow ( although I already used one a while back ). You can probably use each colour up to five times depending on how much you use ( and maybe how big your eyelid is ). It also comes with a tester of the ‘anti-aging primer potion’ that I am treasuring for a special occasion. These colours are probably some of the least popular shades out of all their eyeshadows but it does let you experiment with more abstract colours as well as giving you an insight into Urban Decay’s quality. And let me tell you I’m in love! But when there are so many more much much cheaper dupes for, let’s say, the Naked 1 palette, Is the additional £50 bill really worth it...yes, yes it is. Don’t worry, these bad boys will be going on my christmas list! 

Benefit Gimme Brow

I got this along with last months issue of Glamour magazine. Boy, was I happy when I saw this as an added freebie ( I’d normally get that magazine anyway ). It’s always a bit risky when your freebie is something like brow colour or maybe to see if a foundation matches your skin tone. This only came in 2 colours so from the start I wasn’t quite convinced. But for someone who wouldn’t normally do their brows, this is perfect! It’s basically a tinted brow gel and it just tames and neatens up my pathetic excuse for eyebrows and just lightly fills in any gaps. The reason I haven’t bought this is that Benefit have always been a pricier drugstore brand and £18.50 is just not the money I’m willing to spend on a birthday present for my brow buddies ( even though they do look fabulous ).

So there it is! Products that are on the waiting list to be bought ( might be a bit of bad customer service because these guys might be waiting a while )! I’m sure some of you have samples that you are treasuring til' the last drop or swipe, dreading the day you actually have to buy the full size! And I can’t be the only one that loves minis!

Hope you’ve enjoyed the post!

see you later, byeeee x