Harry's lipstick

                    

 

Some of you may have realised that I am a massive One Direction fan and I love my lipsticks so it seemed natural of me, when I found out that the two had merged, to pick up one of these exciting new things from MUA.

 

Obviously as Harry is my favourite, but also because since I've been wearing my glasses more I've wanted to wear more red lipsticks to look classy I chose Be Mine from the Kiss You collection and I don't think the packaging looks too shabby! I love the fact that it is signed underneath the bullet cap but the actual lipstick itself is embossed in 'x's and 'o's which I thought was such an unexpected detail for a £3 lipstick.

 

That's another thing, I don't think I've ever paid less than a fiver for a lipstick so the fact that this is less than that and a complete novelty thing is amazing!

 

 It's quite sheer at first but can be quickly built up to fuller coverage and I actually really like it!

 

Have you tried any of the One Direction range at MUA? What did you think of it?

 

Em x

 

 

October Favourites!

I missed September favourites with the move to uni so despite being busy (or lazy) this month, I'm determined to get my October favourites done!!

 

Firstly, is my frequently raved about Bioderma which you can now get from Amazon (although it seems a bit of a rip off). This seems to feature in most of my favourites but I have completely relied on this since being at uni, especially after nights out when you really can't be bothered to take your make up off but don't want to feel guilty and horrible in the morning. Can't praise this enough and I literally would go specifically to France to get more of it if I had to.

 

Next is a foundation that I found a sample of in the magazine that they give out at uni and loved so much I went and took all the samples out of the magazine pile the next day. I still have a lot of these samples left but I thought I ought to buy the real thing. Rimmel's Stay Matte Liquid Mousse Foundation is what I imagine Revlon Colorstay to be like although I haven't tried it and it's half the price. It's a very thick, creamy formula that works really well with oily skin because it completely mattifies it and lasts all day/night. I would say it's probably a high-medium coverage which is good for me as I have awful skin but you really don't need too much.

 

I have also been trying Schwarzkopf's Gliss Liquid Silk Leave-in Conditioner which I use every time I was my hair now, after getting out of the shower and before I use heat protectant to blow dry. I'm not quite sure what it actually does but my hair feels particularly nice after using it so I don't dare stop just yet!

 

Lastly is Benefit's Sugarbomb Blush. This is just the nicest colour ever for my complexion and I really like how you can swirl the four colours around to create slightly different shades. This is my first ever Benefit product and I really want to try more of them. It's perfect for both night and day and isn't too chirpy for the winter months.

 

What are your favourites this month? I'm very much looking forward to it getting colder although the walk to uni will not be nice!

 

Em x

Halloween!!!

 

I've never really made much of a big deal of Halloween back home, but here everyone goes mental for it, particularly for nights out! We celebrated Halloween on Tuesday and Thursday this week going all out, so I thought I'd show you what I went as.

 

The first night out was not really planned so a quick trip to town was required to pick up some face paints and make up and I wore all black.

 

 

We all went for a similar theme! And just as a side note, Lola Lo's is my favourite place to go, so if you're ever in Reading for a night out definitely check it out!

 

Make up wise, I used white face paint all over (although you can't really tell because I'm that pale anyway!), then black face paint to contour and on my eyes to make my skin look sunken and zombie-like and then used red eyeshadow underneath my eyes. I did my eyebrows as normal using MAC's omega- this is so exciting by the way, I now have a MAC palette and am in the process of filling it up!! and then I did standard red lips using Rimmel's Kate Moss 107.

 

 

I was also a cat/leopard on one of the nights. I don't have an ootd shot

unfortunately but I wore a leopard print skirt from Primark and a plain black vest top tucked in. I also wore grey knee high socks pulled down and my grey heeled chelsea boots which are soooo comfy!! And obviously my £1 cat ears!

 

Make up this time was pretty standard, I think I used Rimmel's Stay Matte Liquid Mousse Foundation, Benefit's Sugarbomb Blush, MAC's woodwinked on my eyes along with lots of NYC's High Definition Felt Tip Eyeliner which I also used for my nose and whiskers, Maybelline The Falsies mascara and I think it was the Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Truffle.

 

What did you go as for Halloween and did you have a good night? Must start planning for next year so I want to know what you went as this year!!

 

Em x

life as a fresher

So I've been at uni for 5 weeks today, hence the lack of blogposts.

I'm at the University of Reading studying English Lit for anyone that doesn't know (hehe reading at Reading) and I'm loving it so so so much I can't even put into words how happy I am here.

 

We had freshers fortnight when I first arrived so I got to meet everyone really quickly and experience some of the best nights out, it was honestly my favourite two weeks ever! It's amazing how well I've settled in and how many people I've met who I instantly get on with. I've not been homesick at all which has completely surprised me, and I just want to stay at this point in my life forever at the minute.

 

Obviously work wise I have a lot to do, multiple essays every week and background reading and catching up even though I haven't missed anything but I feel like I have the balance between work and socialising.

 

I'm staying in halls and it's set out like a long corridor rather than flats so there are always people around and you're never really on your own and everyone is just so nice.

 

Here are some pictures from freshers and to anyone who is in the process of applying to uni or thinking about, definitely do it! My experience with applying to uni was the most stressful thing, I almost wasn't go to go this year and give myself a gap year to get my thoughts together but I could not be more happy with my decision to come here!

 

And to anyone who is already at uni, I hope you're having the best time too!

 

 

If you have any questions or you'd like me to do more posts on my uni experience let me know.

Hope you're all fabulous

 

Em x