Music Fridays.

This is a new thing I'm going to start posting regularly on my blog!

I've such a love for music and I thought it would be cool to share my favourite songs from the month in a monthly playlist posted the last Friday of every month!

I always love checking out other peoples playlists and what they're listening to. Music is such an easy way to get to know someone and I thought it'd be fun for some of you to find some new music and possibly recommend me some cool tunes to check out also!


Without further ado, here is my March 2016 playlist:


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Good Girl Vibes - Ariana Grande x Mac Viva Glam Inspired Look 2

I posted my Bad Girl Vibes post inspired by the other half of this Ariana Grande x Mac Viva Glam collection yesterday. I really love that look and I want to rock it again soon!

Today, I decided to let my good girl out and do a Good Girl Vibes inspired look using the Lipglass from the collection. It's a gorgeous pinky/clear lipgloss with glitter through it. It photographs well and leaves me lips looking plump and so luscious, which is a great change in this colder weather!

To inspire this look I looked at Ariana's usual every day make up and it consists mostly of flawless skin, a nude coloured lid, a great cat eye, big lashes and a beautiful lip! So I used my usual base with a subtle metallic pink eye, a cat eye and the lipgloss!

To recreate this look if you are interested just follow these steps:

Step 1: Moisturise and prime your face. For a flawless finish and longevity this step is so important!

Step 2: For my base I applied a generous amount of Kryolan TV Paint stick and blended this in using a damp beauty blender (I have real techniques version). I then contoured my face using my Anastasia Beverly Hills Cream Contour Kit. Using the two lightest contour shades mixed under my cheekbones, around my forehead, under my chin and at the end of the bridge of my nose. I blended this using my Real Techniques Face Expert brush.
I then added concealer under my eyes and where I want to highlight. (forehead, cheekbones, bridge of my nose, cupids bow and just a small amount on my chin.)

Step 3: To set this I used loose powder under my eye and left it on to 'bake'. (Check youtube tutorials if unsure) I then powered my face where I get oily during the day and used Mac Blush in Harmony to contour.

Step 4: For my eyes I applied a transition colour in my crease. I used Stark from the Gwen Stefani x Urban Decay Eyeshadow Palette. On my lid and slightly above I used Maybelline Colour Tattoo 24hr Eyeshadow in Pink Gold and set it with Harajuku from the Gwen x UD Palette. I then went over the lid with Pop from the same palette to add a slight bit of glitter.

Step 5: I used a fluffy brush to wipe away the excess powder and fallout under my eye. 

Step 6: I went in with Anaheim from the Gwen x UD Palette at my waterline and Blonde from that Palette on the inside of my eye with a small amount of Pop on top.

Step 4: I added a large winged liner (Wet n' Wild Liquid Liner) like Ariana usually has and a coat of mascara (Maybelline Lash Sensational) and false lashes. I used Primark lashes in Sultry.

Step 5: I added to my cheek contour with Lo-Fi From the Gwen Stefani x Urban Decay Blush palette that I bought today (Post on that coming soon!), added a pop of colour to my cheeks by using the easy shade for blush and angel for highlight where I had placed my concealer! This palette has everything you could need - so gorgeous!

Step 6: To finish the look I applied a small amount of Mac Soar Lip Pencil to my lips and coated them with the Ariana Grande x Mac Viva Glam Lipglass!

This look is super easy to wear and the eyes could be toned down to a nice cool brown tone to wear something similar to what Ariana probably would!

If you wanna treat yo' self to this lipstick the link is here. ALL proceeds go to the Mac Aids Fund which is amazing and makes spending that money a little easier and makes me a little less guilty lol!

I love to do these make up posts so if you'd want to see more let me know and what looks!

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Bad Girl Vibes - Ariana Grande x Mac Viva Glam Inspired Look 1

As I got my Ariana Grande x Mac Viva Glam collection in the post a few days ago I was dying to try them out with my full 'face' on. As I couldn't wait I did a Bad Girl inspired look with Ariana's lipstick!

My post can be found HERE including swatches, what the product looks like and my first impressions!

I adore this colour and when I put it on I was a bit hesitant if I could pull it off but I just love it. It's definitely a colour I may have shied away from as it does look quite dark but once I had it on I absolutely loved it!!

The look I created included a dark eye to compliment the dark and vampy lip colour with a little bit of shimmer to brighten it up and keep it girly! This look is definitely one I want to rock in the future and I'll probably do it with a pop of glitter on my lid!

I'm going to try my best to explain how I created this look for you!

Step 1: Moisturise and prime your face. For a flawless finish and longevity this step is so important!

Step 2: This look includes a smoky eye so I applies my eyeshadow next to keep fall out to a minimum and I can clean everything up before applying my base. I started with a wash of colour all over my lid. I used Righteous from my Urban Decay Pulp Fiction Palette. It's a pale nude and helps blending the next colours on top.
I then went into my crease with Anaheim from the Gwen Stefani x Urban Decay Palette (I'll link my post on this HERE so you can check it out & see the colours mentioned!) With a smaller brush and right in my crease to darken it I applied Punk from the Gwen x UD Palette - an amazing colour! On the lip I placed Maybelline Colour Tattoo 24hr Eyeshadow in Pink Gold on my Lid. I set this with a similar shade from a UD palette and placed an extremely light layer of Bobbi Brown Blush in Berry.
I tidied up around this area with a cotton pad and then moved onto my face.

Step 3: My Base. I started with a trusty Kryolan Tv Paint Stick. This gives me my FULL coverage base and if you're looking for a similar product I reccomend the Make Up Forever Ultra HD Stick Foundation. I then added some concealer under my eyes, Maybelline Eraser Eye Concealer in Light. 
I then contoured with Anastasia Beverly Hills Cream Contour Kit in Medium. I used the two shades on the bottom row to the left mixed. I then highlighted my face with the lightest shade and concealer where I needed it around my face.
To set this I baked under my eyes as they have a tendency to crease and used Maybelline Loose Powder to do this. To set my contour I used Mac Blush in Harmony as it gives the best shadow colour for my skin tone.

Step 4: Once my face was nearly finished I went back to my eyes and applied a pop of colour under my eye using the Bobbi Brown blush and a shimmer shade from the Gwen Palette called Pop on my lid and on the inside of my eye. I then went in with my black eyeliner and created a long wing. I used Wet 'n' Wild Mega Liner Liquid Liner and I applied a pair of Primark lashes in Sultry. 

Step 5: I then did my eyebrows using my Illamasqua Brow Gel in Stare and an angled brush.

Step 5: I decided to add some powder highlight to brighten up this look and add a little more shimmer. I used my Mac Mineralise Skin Finish in Soft and Gentle with a fan brush. I placed this on the very tops of my cheek bone, tip of my nose and then my cupids bow. To complete my look I added a small amount of pink blush to my cheek to blend everything together nicely!

Step 5: I applied my Ariana Grande x Mac Viva Glam Lipstick and my look was complete!!

This was a fun post and I hope you liked it! If you would like to see more feel free to leave me a comment and if you use any of these products or think of some I'd like please recommend them! I love trying new things!

If you wanna treat yo' self to this lipstick the link is here. ALL proceeds go to the Mac Aids Fund which is amazing and makes spending that money a little easier and makes me a little less guilty lol!

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Ariana Grande x Mac Viva Glam Collection

I assume anyone who's read any of my previous posts knows I LOVE Ariana. So, naturally, whenever I heard about her collab with Mac Viva Glam I was super excited, two of my favourites! I even mentioned it in my wish list for 2016 which you can find HERE. I also seen online it was due to launch January 13th so I patiently waited and it only became available on the North American website - Boo. Being me I obviously tweeted Mac in a frenzy and they replied to say it would be available in the UK on the 21st January (yay!) so I bought it as soon as I could that day! I believe it won't be in stores until this weekend (approx.) so hopefully this gives you some insight into the product first!

Ariana's style is one of my favourites ever and I couldn't wait to see what she would come up with. She brought out a Matte Lipstick and a Lipglass. The theme she went for is kind of a bad girl/good girl vibe as most people have a bit of both!

The packing is Mac's standard packaging with a metallic red on the lipstick and Ariana's signature in red on both products!

The lipstick is a dark vampy red with purple tones through it. Such a gorgeous colour which can be worn lightly as a dark red or as shown in the swatches. It's an amazing Mac quality matte lipstick which doesn't look to be too drying and has amazing staying power. Perfect for a dark shade!

The lipglass is a pale pinky/nude with glitter throughout. It's an amazing gloss and I'm so excited to try it out as it's so far from what I'd usually wear. When swatched on my had the gloss looked pretty sheer so I'm also sure it would be great on top of so many shades and not just the lipstick in this collection!

I swatched both the colours side by side here:

These two are under a white light.

The following two are taken with a flash.

I'm totally and utterly obsessed with both of these and thinking of doing 2 make up looks inspired by these - a bad girl and good girl look! Let me know if that interests you!

If you wanna treat yo' self to these the link is here. ALL proceeds go to the Mac Aids Fund which is amazing and makes spending that money a little easier and makes me a little less guilty lol!

Also if you have these products what do you think? If you don't, do you want to try and purchase them? Let me know!

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Make Up Wish List for 2016

This year I expanded my make up collection a LOT. Make up is one of my favourite things to do and I genuinely get excited whenever I've plans etc so I can get fully ready and put on a full face!

Even though I managed to purchase so much throughout 2015 there is still a lot of products on my radar to pick up this year and I thought I'd let you in on my make up wish list for 2016!

Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Patina.
Jeffree Star Velour Liquid Lipstick in Androgyny (Come on February!) 
Mac Lip Liner in Stripdown
Morphe 35O Palette - super affordable for 35 shadows!
Mac Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly
Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Bow and Arrow.
Two Faced Born This Way Foundation
Makeup Forever Ultra HD Invisible Cover Stick
Bobbi Brown Longwear Gel Eyeliner
Makeup Forever Full Cover Concealer
Ariana Grande Viva Glam Collection!! Come on Jan 13th! I'm super excited! (We all know my love for Ariana!)

so far thats the products I want to get my hands on this year and I'm sure as I go on and get as many as possible the list will continue to expand!

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Christmas Playlist.. Blogmas day sixteen!

HI!

Here's my 2015 Christmas Playlist! This is perfect if you're not feelin' festive enough or if you're doing fun Christmas activities! I've been playing this when I need a little more Christmas in my life, doing fun things like putting up decorations or even wrapping presents (so fun!!) .

This playlist is also fun to pop on when you've friends around or need a dance around the house to some Christmas classics and some new faves!

Here's the link to the spotify playlist and down below is the link to every youtube video!

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1. Last Christmas - Wham!
2. Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
3. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
4. Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande
5. White Christmas - Elvis Presley
6. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
7. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas- Perry Como & Fontaine Sisters
8. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Bing Crosby
9. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Michael Bublé 
10. Last Christmas - Ariana Grande
11. Christmas Lights - Coldplay
12. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard
13. Lonely This Christmas - Mud
14. White Christmas - The Drifters
15. Walking In The Air - Aled Jones
16. Stay Another Day - East 17
17. Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid 20
18. Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade
19. Baby It's Cold Outside - Idina Menzel & Michael Bublé
20. Love Is Everything - Ariana Grande
21. Santa Baby - Ariana Grande
22. Snow In California - Ariana Grande
23. Carol of the Bells - Peter J. Willhousky, John Williams
24. White Christmas - Irving Berlin, The Drifters

This is my go-to playlist! I hope you like it!

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M

EDIT: Ariana Grande's new Christmas EP came out.. Christmas & Chill therefore I have a new favourite Christmas song! Check it out on Spotify HERE.. December might just be my fav right now <3 .

Beauty/Make Up Needs.

Hi guys!

Here's my beauty and make up needs that I use ALL year round. They're basically the products I can't do without!

1. Nivea Men Sensitive After Shave Balm. My holy grail for a primer. So good!!

2. Ari By Ariana Grande. (I can't talk about this enough <3 it's just my favourite scent ever!!)

3. Batiste Dry Shampoo (Dark). Really good for those in between days and great as I've been using a lot of hair masks on my hair lately!

4. Garnier Skin Naturals Miceller Water This does help to clear up my skin, obviously, when I use it in my skin care routine!

5. Mac Cosmetics Mineralize Skinfinish in Lightscapade The most perfect highlight shade and for my paler girls out there this would be amazing on you also!!

6. Soap and Glory Supercat Eyeliner One of my favourite eyeliners ever and I'e tried a LOT.

7. Soap and Glory The Righteous Butter. So moisturing and the smell is so good. Mmm.

8. Anastasia Beverly Hills Cream Contour Kit. Bae. I have mine in Medium.

These are a few items which I use constantly all year around! I'm sure there's more I can't think of but tell me some of your all time favourites.. I need to try some new beauty/make up items!!

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Wish List.. Blogmas day twelve!

Hi! 

Here's a few things from my wish list for Christmas 2015!

1.Chocolate Bon Bons Eye Shadow Collection from Too Faced. 

2. Adidas Tubular in Grey from Asos.

3. Mac Lipstick in Amorous from Debenhams.

4. Wii U, Mario Kart & Splatoon from Amazon!

5. Ari by Ariana Grande hair mist from Superdrug.

6. Over the knee lace up boots from Missguided.

7. Pink mini handbag from Skinnydip - so beautiful!!

8. Porter Robinson Worlds Limited Edition Box Set.

This is all the stuff on my wish list at the min.. Let's see what Christmas brings!!

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M

November Favourites.. Blogmas day five!

Hi guys, 

today I thought I'd let you in on all my favourites from November as it's creeping further and further into December!

I'll group these into 3 categories;

1. Make up/beauty
2. Clothes & accessories
3. Misc favourites!

Onto category one..

My first and biggest favourite throughout November has been Ari by Ariana Grande. I just love Ariana. Her style, her music and just her. (We definitely needed more Ariana in Scream Queens, just saying.)
When I heard she was releasing a scent I knew I had to smell it and omg it didn't disappoint! It's a very sweet smelling perfume with, I think, marshmallow being a very prominent scent. If you think maybe that's not for me definitely just give this scent a smell. If I had to bottle myself into a scent I would say it was this and I don't see myself wearing any other perfume for a long time. I also need to mention the packaging. It came is a beautiful pastel coloured box with photos of Ariana on the sides in black and white. I still have the box displayed in my room because it's so gorgeous! The bottle itself is the most beautiful shape but the best part for me is the faux fur ball keyring on the neck of the bottle to replicate spray atomisers! It really looks amazing and when I wear the scent I get lots of compliments and when people see the bottle they are always asking what I use!

I'm also pretty obsessed with two winter lipsticks! Twig from Mac was always my go to daily lipstick (and still kinda is). But, I've been trying to mix it up slightly for winter and now my hair is dark I've been rocking Beguiled from Topshop and Stone from Mac. Beguiled is a colour I've been wearing for over a year but it's a nice rich darker red lipstick. Stone is a brown coloured lipstick which on my skin tone has a very slight grey tone to it and I love it for this time of year but sometimes I do find it hard to wear!

On to my nails! A nail favourite is definitely Ethereal nail polish from Accessorise. It's the most beautiful sheer iridescent shade and is amazing over a pale pastel shade for winter. I had been wearing it as a top coat over a pale pink and it was gorgeous and left my nails an amazing frosty pink shade.
As usual, Primark nails have become a staple in my winter wardrobe (and every other season). The newer designs are so cool with different glitter shades, pastels and longer 'claw' nails being released! I'm in love and stock up on multiple pairs everytime I am in a Primark!
I recently got a set of nails which were cloud print and they may be some of my favourites ever. The colours are lovely and they make a great change to the usual one colour nails!

In clothing/accessories..

My next favourite is knee high/thigh high boots. I have recently purchased over the knee black flat boots but I also have high heeled versions which I got on Public Desire last year. They're basically everywhere now but I can't talk highly enough of them as they are super cosy and comfortable and now I can wear my flats most of the time and switch to a heeled pair for a night out - perfect!! I rock mine during the day with a nice jumper dress, scarf & coat and they look super cosy and make it look like I definitely made an effort! For a night time look I pair my heeled version with a mini-dress or skirt and top. They're perfect for covering up a little more without wearing tights!

Onto my misc favourites..

My November favourite for candles is Candy Cane Lane. I think it's a perfect November scent as it's got that distinct Christmas mint smell but isn't too over bearing for anyone who isn't in the Christmas spirit before December.. Time to get Home Sweet Home burning soon I think!



A purchase I made in November which has taken up quite a lot of my time is an adult colouring book! This is great for clearing your head or just something to mindlessly do to pass time. I highly recommend!

My last favourites are entertainment based. They are one tv show, 2 anime's and 2 artists to check out!

Tv Show: Scream Queens. This show. I watched it firstly and wasn't fussed and now I'm hooked. It's so bad it's great! Ariana being in it doesn't hurt either but the cast is great and it's just an easy watch if you've a spare 40 mins!

Anime: I recently got the premium Crunchy Roll. (Where was this all my life?) It's so much better and I can read manga from my Phone etc so easily now! I'm currently finishing Watamote. This is the perfect show for an outsider because I think you'll relate too. It's a good show but not one of my favourites. 
My second fav was a show I always meant to watch and never did until last month. It's Anohana. I've seen so many people talk about this so I finally watched it. It's so emotional and all I'll say is that I cried like a baby at the end. It's definitely worth a watch!

Music: My favourite kinda music is singer/songwriter with an electronic heart. Therefore it's no surprise LIGHTS & Porter Robinson are among my fav artists ever. But recently I haven't stopped listening to Purity Ring's most recent stuff which is amazing and Grimes new album which is insanely good!

So there it is. My Nov favs..
What is your favourites last month or just ever? Let me know so I can check some of it out or if you've any recommendations for me please post them!

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M.