My Everyday Makeup Routine!

Hey guys, so sorry I haven't posted in a while but I'm been very busying ( believe me, it's been playing on my mind that I haven't posted for a while!) But now I have the blogger app so hopefully it will be at least every week! So, onto the post.

Firstly I put the Collection Lasting perfection concealer in shade 1 under my eyes, around my nose, on any spots and just any areas with general redness. I blend that in with either my middle finger or an eyeshadow brush from Superdrug.

I then take my Rimmel Match Perfectoon concealer in shade 030 Classic Beige under where I've put my Collection concealer under my eyes and blend. I do this as I feel the 1st concealer is hard to blend and doesn't really match my skin colour.

Next, I curl my eyelashes and apply the Maybelling The Falsies flared on my lashes. The trick with this mascara is less is more, too much and it goes clumpy but if you know when to stop I really do love it.

Just to finish off I set it with the Rimmel Stay Matte powder in shade 005 however, I think this shade is to dark for me so I would recommend just going for transparent.

So as you can see - well read - it's a very simple makeup that takes about 20 minutes tops. Oh, and watch this space for more in depth reviews of these individual products.

Hope your having a great start to the weekend,

Love Vic x 

Burts Bees 'Nourishing Lip Balm with Mango Butter' Review'!

I love lip balms. I mean I LOVE lip balms. So much in fact, that when I came home a couple of weekends ago my sister even complained about the collection we seem to be building! However, I quickly reassured her that this one would be completely worth the £4 I spent, and oh how right I was.

I had seen the Burts Bees brand floating around on the internet for a bit so was delighted when I found them in Jarrolds. I’m pretty sure the staff there thought I was slightly mental for standing at the tiny shelf for15 minutes to decide from about 6 options. On the Jarrolds website it says they have Lip Shimmers (£6), Tinted Lip Balms (£6), Replenishing Pomegranate Lip Balm,  Beeswax Lip Balm Tube, Ultra Conditioning Lip Balm, Honey Lip Balm Tube and the one I chose, the Honey Lip Balm tube - although I don't think they had all of the out when I was there. The last 5 all cost £4.

The balm smells delicious, a lovely mango smell but not that to sickly sweet or overpowering if you see what I mean! It’s slightly oily, but just the right formula so it still feels smooth.  I don’t have particularly chapped lips but they do get quite dry during Winter. After regularly putting this on throughout the day I could already notice the difference!

I was disappointed when I found at that they actually retailed for £3.69 on the Burts Bees website so I’m confident that you could find it at I cheaper price somewhere else if £4 is a little steep for a small lip balm. Especially as the packaging was anything particularly gorgeous, a simple yellow tube with ALOT of writing on and BURTS BEES clearly on it in red.

Image from Google

Overall I love love love this lip balm and have been wearing it every day since I bought it! If you can find it, I would definitely grab it while you can!

Vic x 

2014 New Years Resolution!

I hope you had a fabulous Christmas and celebrated New Year with a bang as I did! And by that, I mean going over my parents friends for a roast dinner, watching Mamma Mia, and then coming back home for Gary Barlow's Big Ben Bash (crazy, I know!)

Although I find them difficult to keep, I love making New Years resolutions and 2014 is no different, so I though perhaps by putting them out to the world on here I might keep them better! Finger crossed anyway.

1. Learn Italian

The past year or so I have read so many books and seen so many films set in Italy that I have quite fell in love with the country - so much that I have decided to live there when I'm older! And with my DuoLingo app I figured, why not give it a shot! 

2. Diet

Although I do think I'm to young to diet. I don't think there's anything wrong with tweaking what you eat (as long as it's healthy) a bit!  I am going to try and get at least one portion of:

Oats

Green Tea

Sugar free Cranberry Juice

Brown Rice

Quinoa

Whole-meal Couscous

Lentils and 

Beans a week.

I'm hoping this will make up for my over eating of chocolate throughout the Christmas season. Well, and a fair way into January as well if I'm being honest!

Good luck to everyone's New Years resolutions if you have made one and I hope every single person reading this has a great 2014!

Vic x