Bonjour you fabulous bunch!
I've been so unbelievably busy with work and home stuff and exercising (I've taken up yoga and I'm stepping it up big time with my running and resistance/strength training) that my schedule is just rammed! This is the first time I've switched my laptop on all week! It would appear that dedicating my life to fitness and not worrying about the number on the scales is rather time consuming...
Anyway lets get down to it! I'm going to announce the winners of my 17 giveaway :)
So, the winner of the Adapt-itude foundation is...
...Terri!!
The winner of the Photo Flawless foundation in 'Soft Ivory' is...
...Rachel!!
And the winner of the Photo Flawless foundation in 'Natural' is...
...Blue October!!
Congratulations ladies! If you could all email me your postal addresses, I'll get the goodies sent out to you!
xo
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
GIVEAWAY! Free Spa Treatment (or two!) ♥
Hi everyone!
As I'm nearing 1,000 followers now (holy macaroni!) I thought it would be nice to host a giveaway for you all!
Absolutely everyone deserves a little treat every now and then, and how better to treat yourself than to some seeeerious TLC at a Spa :)
So....
I am giving away a £50 Spa Voucher (Courtesy of Wahanda) for one winner to use on any spa treatment available on Wahanda Spa Days!!!
All you have to do to win is go to the Wahanda Spa Days page... have a browse, and tell me which treatment you would book with your voucher and why! It really is that easy :)
I will then choose a winner at random (with random.org) and email them with the details of their £50 spa treatment voucher! Amazing right?
Don't forget to leave your email address so I can contact you!
The giveaway will end next Wednesday the 1st February at Midnight UK time so you have a week to enter!
Happy entering and good luck!
xo
As I'm nearing 1,000 followers now (holy macaroni!) I thought it would be nice to host a giveaway for you all!
Absolutely everyone deserves a little treat every now and then, and how better to treat yourself than to some seeeerious TLC at a Spa :)
So....
I am giving away a £50 Spa Voucher (Courtesy of Wahanda) for one winner to use on any spa treatment available on Wahanda Spa Days!!!
All you have to do to win is go to the Wahanda Spa Days page... have a browse, and tell me which treatment you would book with your voucher and why! It really is that easy :)
I will then choose a winner at random (with random.org) and email them with the details of their £50 spa treatment voucher! Amazing right?
Don't forget to leave your email address so I can contact you!
The giveaway will end next Wednesday the 1st February at Midnight UK time so you have a week to enter!
Happy entering and good luck!
xo
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Battle of the eyelash curlers! ♥
Bonjour Bloggettes!
Today I've decided to write about something I think is a bit overlooked by the beauty community - eyelash curlers. Sure, we all use them every day and we'd probably feel a bit lost without them but when was the last time you really looked at yours or considered which were best for you?
I got two of the 'best' pairs on the market and thought I'd compare them for you :)
First up, the classic, world famous, even-mentioned-on-the-devil-wears-prada Shu Uemura eyelash curlers.
These retail at £20 and there's a reason they're so famous... they're amazing! They give my eyes a fabulous full flutter and spread my eyelashes out beautifully meaning minimal mascara-wand-wiggling-and-smooshing is required to get a feline flutter!
The actual curler is quite curved so you have to be careful about how you place it on your eye to ensure all of your inner and outer corner lashes are gripped... this has some pro's though because it means the curlers will fit all eye types and shapes :)
Next, the Shiseido eyelash curlers...
These retail at £17.50 and I actually prefer them to the Shu curlers because they're slightly less curved, meaning you have to concentrate less on the placement of the curler over the eye, and can use them a lot quicker! It also means the lashes on the outer corners of my eyes don't get left out (meaning I have to go back and curl again)!
These spread my lashes out really well and curl them just enough for them to be gorgeous and feminine (I can't stand the over curled poking-straight-up look some girls seem to enjoy so much!).
Next time you use your eyelash curlers take a proper look at the shape and curve of them... if you have flatter eyes then you may need to invest in a shiseido pair, and if your eyes are quite round then Shu are the ones for you!
xo
Today I've decided to write about something I think is a bit overlooked by the beauty community - eyelash curlers. Sure, we all use them every day and we'd probably feel a bit lost without them but when was the last time you really looked at yours or considered which were best for you?
I got two of the 'best' pairs on the market and thought I'd compare them for you :)
First up, the classic, world famous, even-mentioned-on-the-devil-wears-prada Shu Uemura eyelash curlers.
These retail at £20 and there's a reason they're so famous... they're amazing! They give my eyes a fabulous full flutter and spread my eyelashes out beautifully meaning minimal mascara-wand-wiggling-and-smooshing is required to get a feline flutter!
The actual curler is quite curved so you have to be careful about how you place it on your eye to ensure all of your inner and outer corner lashes are gripped... this has some pro's though because it means the curlers will fit all eye types and shapes :)
Next, the Shiseido eyelash curlers...
These retail at £17.50 and I actually prefer them to the Shu curlers because they're slightly less curved, meaning you have to concentrate less on the placement of the curler over the eye, and can use them a lot quicker! It also means the lashes on the outer corners of my eyes don't get left out (meaning I have to go back and curl again)!
These spread my lashes out really well and curl them just enough for them to be gorgeous and feminine (I can't stand the over curled poking-straight-up look some girls seem to enjoy so much!).
Next time you use your eyelash curlers take a proper look at the shape and curve of them... if you have flatter eyes then you may need to invest in a shiseido pair, and if your eyes are quite round then Shu are the ones for you!
xo
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Saturday, 14 January 2012
17 Cosmetics Giveaway! ♥
Hello m'lovelies!
It's a quick and easy one today, I'm giving away 3 brand new 17 foundations because they aren't the right colour for me! I won them in a 17 twitter competition so obviously can't sell them on (I know some bloggers think it's ok to sell freebies/PR samples but I'm not down with that!)
so here goes!
Adapt-itude Skin Match Foundation in 'Fair'
Photo Flawless Foundation in 'Soft Ivory'
Photo Flawless Foundation in 'Natural'
Now, the rules are simple...
1. Follow my blog!
2. Leave a comment stating which foundation you would like to win, your name and your email address. there will be 3 winners!
As is standard practice these days I'll pick the winners on random.org!
If you're feeling nice you can Tweet about this giveaway but I can't stand it when I see giveaways that expect you to do about a thousand things to enter. I just appreciate the fact you follow and read my blog, I don't want anything else from you! ♥
Happy entering and Good Luck everyone!
xo
ooh so you read all the way to the bottom before you commented and you read the post properly? Well done! for an extra entry, tell me what your favourite foundation is in the comment ;) this is more to see who takes the time to actually read the stuff I write instead of just "ooh a freebie! enter me please!" cheeky eh?
It's a quick and easy one today, I'm giving away 3 brand new 17 foundations because they aren't the right colour for me! I won them in a 17 twitter competition so obviously can't sell them on (I know some bloggers think it's ok to sell freebies/PR samples but I'm not down with that!)
so here goes!
Adapt-itude Skin Match Foundation in 'Fair'
Photo Flawless Foundation in 'Soft Ivory'
Photo Flawless Foundation in 'Natural'
Now, the rules are simple...
1. Follow my blog!
2. Leave a comment stating which foundation you would like to win, your name and your email address. there will be 3 winners!
As is standard practice these days I'll pick the winners on random.org!
If you're feeling nice you can Tweet about this giveaway but I can't stand it when I see giveaways that expect you to do about a thousand things to enter. I just appreciate the fact you follow and read my blog, I don't want anything else from you! ♥
Happy entering and Good Luck everyone!
xo
ooh so you read all the way to the bottom before you commented and you read the post properly? Well done! for an extra entry, tell me what your favourite foundation is in the comment ;) this is more to see who takes the time to actually read the stuff I write instead of just "ooh a freebie! enter me please!" cheeky eh?
Friday, 13 January 2012
Aussie more - wash 9!
trying out a sort-of-centre-parting for the first time!
i ended up quite liking it, what do you think?
xo
Monday, 9 January 2012
Learn to snowboard in a day? Ok then! ♥
Hey everyone!
So, for Christmas Stew bought me snowboarding lessons! (amongst a bunch of other amazing things)
On Saturday morning we got up bright and early, packed our kit and drove to the Tamworth SnowDome.
The long and short of it is that I fell over, a lot, I hurt myself, a lot, and I made a fool of myself, a lot. But we both loved every second of it, naturally Stew picked it up straight away (what a git!) but I found it a lot more difficult to make my body do what my brain knew it had to do...
By the end of the day I could pretty much get down the slope on my own though, and could sort of turn my board around and stop when I needed to so I was happy with my progress :)
I've stuck a couple of snaps into this post but obviously we didn't take our phones or anything onto the slopes so sorry they're a bit rubbish!
Can you snowboard? I honestly think it's going to be my new hobby so expect to see a few posts about it here and there from now on! I'm already looking for a cute board and my own boots and bindings because in all honesty the hire equipment isn't particularly comfortable...
so there we go! there's another skill to add to my list :)
I ache so much though!
xo
So, for Christmas Stew bought me snowboarding lessons! (amongst a bunch of other amazing things)
On Saturday morning we got up bright and early, packed our kit and drove to the Tamworth SnowDome.
The long and short of it is that I fell over, a lot, I hurt myself, a lot, and I made a fool of myself, a lot. But we both loved every second of it, naturally Stew picked it up straight away (what a git!) but I found it a lot more difficult to make my body do what my brain knew it had to do...
By the end of the day I could pretty much get down the slope on my own though, and could sort of turn my board around and stop when I needed to so I was happy with my progress :)
I've stuck a couple of snaps into this post but obviously we didn't take our phones or anything onto the slopes so sorry they're a bit rubbish!
Can you snowboard? I honestly think it's going to be my new hobby so expect to see a few posts about it here and there from now on! I'm already looking for a cute board and my own boots and bindings because in all honesty the hire equipment isn't particularly comfortable...
so there we go! there's another skill to add to my list :)
I ache so much though!
xo
Sunday, 8 January 2012
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Aussie more - wash7!
Beachy waves :)
I'm learning to snowboard tomorrow! More on that later :)
xo
Thanks for reading! xo
I'm learning to snowboard tomorrow! More on that later :)
xo
Thanks for reading! xoThursday, 5 January 2012
Aussie more - Wash 6 and an amazing surprise!
Hiya! Wash 6!
A very, very scruffy top knot for a lazy day at my mums house!
I was also named as one of "Most Wanted's Top 22 Beauty Experts Under 22" (!!!!)
Words cannot describe how proud I am to be named alongside the likes of Zoe aka Zoella and Jen aka Jennifer-Rosellen. Thank you so much for all of your comments, emails, and support... it really does mean the world to me that people enjoy this teeny weeny chunk of the internet that I 'own' as much as I enjoy it!
Have a lovely evening and thank you again!
Cat xo
A very, very scruffy top knot for a lazy day at my mums house!
I was also named as one of "Most Wanted's Top 22 Beauty Experts Under 22" (!!!!)
Words cannot describe how proud I am to be named alongside the likes of Zoe aka Zoella and Jen aka Jennifer-Rosellen. Thank you so much for all of your comments, emails, and support... it really does mean the world to me that people enjoy this teeny weeny chunk of the internet that I 'own' as much as I enjoy it!
Have a lovely evening and thank you again!
Cat xo
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Aussie More - Wash number 5!!
COLOUR CHANGE!!!!
I'll be posting more about the stages of my colour change soon :)
xo
I'll be posting more about the stages of my colour change soon :)
xo
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
My make-up favourites for a 5-minute flawless face ♥
Bonjour bloggettes! I hope you're all Ok, today I'm going to tell you all about my favourite products to use when I want to look flawless but only have 5 minutes to do my make-up (well, beds are warm and comfy aren't they!)
First I use my Jemma Kidd Light As Air Liquid foundation
Much raved about within the beauty community, I'm sure you've all read about this tube of amazingness before, incredible lightweight formula combined with some serious coverage and I am in love. It's perfect! I can't feel it on my skin at all, and it eliminated every blemish, every pore, and every tiny speck of redness/discolouration. If you don't already have it then I would urge, urge, URGE you to pick some up. It's the best foundation I've ever used! You can get it here for £20 on sale from £25!! Bargain!
I then use my Clarins Instant Light Brush-on Perfector
10x better than its YSL counterpart and a bit cheaper, this disguises all of my sins and makes sure I look wide awake, bright eyed, bushy tailed and absolutely flawless... even at 6am when I'm getting ready for work! You can get it here on sale for £19.35.
Next I apply some Corn Silk Pressed Powder
This is currently my favourite powder and has absolutely knocked my £20+ MAC mineralize skinfinish natural out of the water!! Sarah Walker recently reviewed this here and really I don't think I can say it much better than she has (she's also got much better photos! I just cannot work out how to use Stews new camera!). It leaves my skin matte, flawless, and shine free for absolutely hours but does smell like my Grandma! This is available at Boots and lots of other pharmacies and prices start at £7.40. You can also get a loose version and I'm going to be picking that up asap! :)
The next step is bronzer and blusher! At the moment my favourites are the Colour Couture Bronzer Block and the Stila Convertible Colour in 'Petunia'
The Stila convertible colour is the most perfect pink ever and the cream formula is so pigmented you only need the tiniest dab on your fingers or brush to get a beautiful flush on your cheeks. I absolutely love this and want to buy 'gladiola' next for a gorgeous pop of peach on my cheeks/lips :) you can get it here for £16.
The beautifully packaged Colour Couture bronzing block (that costs just £6!) has all of the colours you need for bronzing and highlighting, I sweep my brush over the bottom 4 colours to bronze my cheekbones and temples, then use an angled face brush to apply the top colour as a highlight to my cheeks. I prefer it to my Bobbi Brown shimmer bricks and it's only £6! amazing :) you can get it in 'pink' or 'bronze' here.
We're almost done! Next I apply mascara and lipgloss...
at the moment my favourites are the 17 Falsifeye mascara (£6.49) layered under MAC studio fix lash (forever my holy grail mascara! £13.50) and the VIVO cosmetics shimmer and shine lipgloss in 'just peachy'.
What are your favourite 5 minute face products?
xo
First I use my Jemma Kidd Light As Air Liquid foundation
Much raved about within the beauty community, I'm sure you've all read about this tube of amazingness before, incredible lightweight formula combined with some serious coverage and I am in love. It's perfect! I can't feel it on my skin at all, and it eliminated every blemish, every pore, and every tiny speck of redness/discolouration. If you don't already have it then I would urge, urge, URGE you to pick some up. It's the best foundation I've ever used! You can get it here for £20 on sale from £25!! Bargain!
I then use my Clarins Instant Light Brush-on Perfector
10x better than its YSL counterpart and a bit cheaper, this disguises all of my sins and makes sure I look wide awake, bright eyed, bushy tailed and absolutely flawless... even at 6am when I'm getting ready for work! You can get it here on sale for £19.35.
Next I apply some Corn Silk Pressed Powder
This is currently my favourite powder and has absolutely knocked my £20+ MAC mineralize skinfinish natural out of the water!! Sarah Walker recently reviewed this here and really I don't think I can say it much better than she has (she's also got much better photos! I just cannot work out how to use Stews new camera!). It leaves my skin matte, flawless, and shine free for absolutely hours but does smell like my Grandma! This is available at Boots and lots of other pharmacies and prices start at £7.40. You can also get a loose version and I'm going to be picking that up asap! :)
The next step is bronzer and blusher! At the moment my favourites are the Colour Couture Bronzer Block and the Stila Convertible Colour in 'Petunia'
The Stila convertible colour is the most perfect pink ever and the cream formula is so pigmented you only need the tiniest dab on your fingers or brush to get a beautiful flush on your cheeks. I absolutely love this and want to buy 'gladiola' next for a gorgeous pop of peach on my cheeks/lips :) you can get it here for £16.
The beautifully packaged Colour Couture bronzing block (that costs just £6!) has all of the colours you need for bronzing and highlighting, I sweep my brush over the bottom 4 colours to bronze my cheekbones and temples, then use an angled face brush to apply the top colour as a highlight to my cheeks. I prefer it to my Bobbi Brown shimmer bricks and it's only £6! amazing :) you can get it in 'pink' or 'bronze' here.
We're almost done! Next I apply mascara and lipgloss...
at the moment my favourites are the 17 Falsifeye mascara (£6.49) layered under MAC studio fix lash (forever my holy grail mascara! £13.50) and the VIVO cosmetics shimmer and shine lipgloss in 'just peachy'.
What are your favourite 5 minute face products?
xo
Monday, 2 January 2012
Aussie More - Wash Number 4!!
Huge, messy and wavy! This is so quick and simple but looks really lovely :)
xo
Sunday, 1 January 2012
NOTD: Tiffany Inspired
Iyaaaaaa! First up I want to say sorry for how grown out my acrylics are! I really need to go and get infills asap!
Topshop nail polish in 'green room' (THE perfect Tiffany blue) with Colour Couture silver polish on my ring fingers.
I know the last photo is completely out of focus but it showed the colour really well so I decided to stick it in the post anyway :)
Stew bought me the Topshop polish as a stocking filler for Christmas after searching for the perfect turquoise/green/blue/teal/Tiffany colour for me for months on end. I'd even attempted a couple of frankanpolishes to mix the perfect colour to no avail! This one is pretty much spot on and looks this beautiful in just two coats which is basically unheard of with a minty/turquoise polishes as they normally require at least 3 coats!!
The silver polish from colour couture is genuinely the most opaque and sparkly silver polish I've ever used. It's so beautiful and eye catching I'm going to do a full manicure with it next time I paint my nails, I love it so much and the photos above have just one coat!!
You can get the polishes here and here! The Topshop one is £5 and the Colour Couture one is only £3! AMAZING!
xo
Topshop nail polish in 'green room' (THE perfect Tiffany blue) with Colour Couture silver polish on my ring fingers.
I know the last photo is completely out of focus but it showed the colour really well so I decided to stick it in the post anyway :)
Stew bought me the Topshop polish as a stocking filler for Christmas after searching for the perfect turquoise/green/blue/teal/Tiffany colour for me for months on end. I'd even attempted a couple of frankanpolishes to mix the perfect colour to no avail! This one is pretty much spot on and looks this beautiful in just two coats which is basically unheard of with a minty/turquoise polishes as they normally require at least 3 coats!!
The silver polish from colour couture is genuinely the most opaque and sparkly silver polish I've ever used. It's so beautiful and eye catching I'm going to do a full manicure with it next time I paint my nails, I love it so much and the photos above have just one coat!!
You can get the polishes here and here! The Topshop one is £5 and the Colour Couture one is only £3! AMAZING!
xo
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