What is in my make up bag...

First of all SORRY i haven't blogged that much lately. I've been so very busy with work! I've been working everyday for the past week and a bit and it's really taken it's toll on me! Today was the first day i've had off since last Monday and i even worked Sunday which shouldn't actually be aloud! It should be a lazy day for everyone! Anyway i'm sorry once again for my lack of posts.

I just thought i'd do a little post on what is in my everyday make up bag. This bag just has all my daily essentials, all my essentials stay the same all year round with staple make up favourites that can't be replaced but on the odd occasion i do a little swap around and reignite my love for previous products that have now been forgotten. I don't want to make this a long post and go into product reviews about everything i have in my daily make up bag or this would be one LONG post! Just to let you know that i DON'T carry this make up bag around with me in my bag all day as it is SO heavy! If i'm going on a long day out or somewhere special i just carry a few items in a little make up bag in my bag if i think i will need to touch up during the day.

So i hope you all enjoy having a little look through my make up bag! If you have any questions or would like me to review any specific products i have in my make up bag then please let me know in the comments and i'd be happy to give you my opinion!

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Get to know me better....

I was on Twitter last night and saw this hash tag trending in the u.k #30thingsaboutme. It got me thinking about it and i thought i'd do a little post on 30 things about me. I'm a VERY nosey person so i thought i'd turn the tables and let you be nosey!

1. I have a pet tortoise and he lives in my bedroom - his name is Arnie & he's five

2.I have two younger sisters. There's Steph who's 18 and Lucy who is 9.

3.I still live with my parents.

4. I've been in a long term relationship with my best friend (Iain) for three years.

5. I don't have many friends

6. I've dropped out of University ... twice!

7.  I went to college and came out with 3 A-Levels in Photography, (Grade B) Health & Social Care ( Grade B) and Psychology ( Grade D :S)

8. I feel like i'm the " stupid" one out of me and my younger sister, Steph. She's studying Law at University.

9. I'm still in the same job i've had since i was 17!

10. I have an addiction to nail polish! I'd say i have well over 80 bottles of different colour nail polish! 

11. I suffer / use to suffer from panic attacks.

12.  I take antidepressant tablets every morning to calm down my nerves ready for the day ahead!

13.  I never leave the house without Rescue Remedy Spray!

14. I also never leave the house without a bottle of water.

15.  I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis when i was 13.

16.  I take tablets and use medicated facial wash to help with the spots on my face.

17.  I have a small issue with my weight.

18. I don't eat vegetables.

19.  I don't eat fruit.

20.  I don't drink alcohol, i hate not feeling in control of a situation.

21.  I'm not a massive lover of going out to the cinema. 

22.  I could eat fast food for every meal, everyday!

23.  I'm addicted to McDonalds breakfast! Double Sausage McMuffin! ( YUM) 

24.  I dread washing my hair, i just hate having wet hair!

25.   I took two attempts to pass my driving test!

26.   I hate doing any exercise!

27. If i could live in Dublin if i could!

28. I'm a bit of a playstation gamer!

29. I'd love to work in the beauty industry!

30. I'm a social network lover!

So there's it is 30 facts about me. I have to admit it was hard to think of 30 things that were kinda interesting about me! I don't think of myself as interesting at all! I'd love to hear  from you, let me know some interesting facts so i can be nosey!

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Boots 75% sale.

I'm sure most of you are aware of my LOVE towards Boots stores! After christmas they always discount all the christmas gift sets to 50% i always pick up a few after christmas but then a few weeks into January they then discount what they have left down to 75% off. I was there yesterday morning at my local boots store at 9am ready for all the bargains! I feel like i was very reserved compared to some people who had trolleys and massive blue boots bags full of stuff! I've never quiet seen anything like it! People weren't rude but they knew what they wanted and they wanted a bargain! People were pilling things into trolleys and baskets like there was not tomorrow! My best purchase was the St. Tropez sets, i picked up 4 to get me through the summer! They were reduced to £5 each for a full bottle of body tan and a bottle of face tan        (that i'm yet to gut up and try out! I've never tanned my face!) I was so pleased with my little bargains!

Did any of you get any bargains from the sale?

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Make Up Storage.

After watching a few make up storage video's i was inspired to sort out my own make up storage or my not so make up storage! I've always had my make stored well chucked in a big vanity bag from Primark that's tucked away on my book shelf. I have a everyday make up with everyday essentials that i reach for and every now and again have a little change around but i have to admit it's not that often and i was noticing that every time i looked in my Primark bag full of different eye shadows and blushes i always say to my sister "oh i forgot about that" and "oh i should use this!" so after searching for some make up storage idea's to get inspired or copy i was ready to find my perfect make up storage!

I happened to be at Sainsbury's over the weekend and there it was right in front of me! A set of 4 white wicker draws stood in front of me! They were also in the sale which definitely made them more appealable! They were £25 down to £12.50. BARGAIN! so i picked them up and couldn't wait to get home and sort out all my make up into different draws! I have to admit i LOVE organising! I was going to get another set of 4 draws for all my nail polishes but my room is SO small especially with a double bed and Arnie (my tortoise) living in my room it can sometimes be a tight squeeze!

I got home and immediately starting organising all my make up! I had recently gone through a i've never use that stage and either giving it to my younger sister or just throwing it so i was happy with all the stuff i had so i knew i didn't have to go through another throw out ( though i think my younger sister would have liked me too!)

I decided to group my make up together, the first draw is going to be lip products which include lipstick, lip gloss and any lip healing products such as Carmex. The second draw is dedicated to eye products this was mascara, eye liner or eye shadows. Draw number three was given to my face! It contains, foundations, powders, blushers and concealer. Finally my last draw i gave it the "fake" factor. It includes a few packs of fake lashes and many bottles of fake tan and also fake tan mits and gloves.  I also have stuck a Glossybox on top of the storage which holds a few moisturisers and my mac fix+ spray.

I'm so pleased with my new make up storage and it goes really well with my white Ikea bet and vintage bedside. I'm hoping that my make up it kind of going to be out on display that it will make me think i'll just try a different blusher today!

Have you got any good storage ideas?! I'd love to hear all about them!

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Updated Charity Shop Find!

Well as i'm a little bit of a BARGAIN hunter i regularly go to the charity shops in my local town. There is a fair few in the town centre but i always end up hunting out the one that's about 5 minutes drive from my house! It's such a treasure cove and you never quiet know what you will find!

I picked up this Topshop dress for £2.50 with tags on and all! I obviously got home and took the tags off and put it through the wash as you never quiet know who had it before you but for £2.50 i couldn't resist! I think it's going to be perfect for the summer on holiday, hopefully i'll be going on one this year or the weather in the UK may actually be nice! (I'm not going to hold my breath though!)

Have you got any good bargains from charity shops?

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Naked Palette 2

WELL where do i start?! I jumped onto the Naked Palette band wagon and treated myself to the new Naked Palette 2.
I had heard about it a few months ago after reading about it on a few blog reviews and had my heart set on purchasing it as soon as Debenhams website had released it. I then heard on Twitter on Friday night that if you liked the Debenhams Beauty Club Facebook Page you were given an exclusive link to purchase the palette midnight on Friday! I didn't stay up to midnight to purchase mine as i was going up to London early Saturday morning but when i got home from London i followed the link from their Facebook page and hoped they would still have some in stock! I was in LUCK they did and i put one straight in my shopping basket! I was automatically given free postage which was estimated with a 4-5 day delivery time! For the last few days i was anxiously waiting by the door for the postman to deliver my package! He did today and i was SO excited! I can't actually wait to try it tomorrow!

From just having a little look at it this afternoon i'm very impressed with ALL 12 shades! They all look very wearable for a daytime look and an evening look. The only shade i'm slightly put off by it blackout. I've never used a black eye shadow and i've never had the real urge to use one either but i'm sure i'll try it out one time! I never know i might like it for a change! I just need find a look that i can use black eye shadow with! 


I've listed all the shades below and there's also a few pictures for you to lust over! If you fancy one of these palettes follow this link  to purchase yourself one of these beauties! If not your have to wait till they hit Urban Decay counters near you next month! 


Foxy
Half Baked
Bootycall
Chopper
Tease 
Snakebite 
Suspect
Pistol 
Verve
YDK
Busted
Blackout


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Friends? I don't have any...

I was reading this weeks edition of Grazia on the train this weekend on my way up to London and I came across this article " Friends? I don't have any..." it was like reading all about myself! I decided to do a little post about it as I'm clearly not the only one like it. It said in the article that there is a growing number of women who say they don't have any close female friends even Angelina Jolie admitted it recently!

So where do I start?! Well everyone needs friends right? Well if I would have read this statement about half a year ago I would have strongly disagreed as i was doing just fine without any girly friends but over the past few months i'm agreeing with it more.

So let me fill you in on my girly friend situation... Or should I say my girly friendless situation. It all started when I hit secondary school, i enjoyed my junior school SO much I was friends with everyone and had a best friend called Kerry. We were inseparable in class and on the playground but it all changed when junior school was over there was a secondary school that most of my friends went to but it wasn't a good school and my loving parents wanted the best for me and sent me to secondary school on my own. How nice of them?! Well nearly all on my own the only person I knew was one boy called Owen and I didn't know him all that well. That's where it all changed.

I can remember my first day so clearly everyone was in the hall and everyone knew everyone from their junior school. I hated it! If anyone asked me to describe my first day at my new catholic secondary school i'd say it was well difficult. I made friends with a girl in my tutor called Emily and was soon part of a small girl group of friends which was lovely but soon the girl group got bigger which meant it got bitcher and the more I didn't want to be apart of it. So i decided to separate myself from it and hang out with the guys. I always got on better with guys, more easier to chat to, you can have a laugh and there is nothing bitchy going on! I got through secondary school ok after becoming best friends with my now boyfriend Iain. We were inseparable we hung out at school and when we weren't at school he was around my house, he even use to come and visit my mum in hospital when she was really ill. Until it changed one day. I was starting to fall in love with him, he was all I would think about, talk about and dream at night about. Until one day it changed we had a massive argument and well id rather forget the rest. I got through the end of the school best friendless, i had friends but no one close to me and hardly any girly friends.

I then went to college, all the girls in the girl group all went to separate colleges and done their own thing. I attended the local college in town along with a few people from school including Iain but I still wasn't talking to him. College was lonely. I had made one really good friend in the first year, Kerry- Ann but when the year was over she decided to move to a college closer to her as she was from a different town and there i was with no friends at all. My second year at college was one I'd rather forget. All my spare free lessons, 20 minute morning breaks and lunches were spend on my own in the library doing work or just on the computers pretending to look "cool" I'd sit checking my phone every few minutes or just text my mum to keep myself company. If the library was partially busy I'd go to the toilets in the art block they were single toilets there and sit there for 15 minutes or so and do my make up. Anything not to walk around the college friendless. I was really unhappy. I'd have to walk to town and get the bus home on my own everyday when there were so many people walking to town laughing and having a good time with their  friends. I hated it. I started talking to my old best friend, Iain. We started texting more and spending more time together which was lovely though there were many times I had to lie when he'd see me on own during lunch or ask where I would hang out, I couldn't say the toilet or the library!

Anyway we finally got together and became boyfriend and girlfriend and i told him about my friend situation and he took me in and I made friends with his friends but I always felt like a bit of a tag along. Thankfully that year ended and I decided to take a gap year which turned out to be another year of me not knowing what I want to study which then turned in to panic attacks and a fear of leaving the house. I'm now over that and have a job and am hoping to start beauty school in September.

I would now consider myself to have 3 best friends. My sister Steph (18 years old) my younger sister Lucy ( 9 years old) and my boyfriend Iain he's (20 years old). I know it's pretty sad I don't have any proper girly friends like people my age. It never use to bother me but it's starting to more and more everyday. I obviously dont have a girly best friend that isn't a family member or my boyfriend. I know it's not a massive problem but I should have one best friend who I can share all with. Surely?! I spend all my spare time with my sister when she's not out with her friends or her boyfriend but now she's at university it's really hit me hard. She lives about 60 miles away during the week but thankfully she comes home during the weekend and that's when I do all my girly shopping!! My boyfriend, Iain also goes to university and he says there most of the week so I dont get to see him much during the week either and as for my little sister as much as I love her there is a bit age gap between us so i can't really talk to her about girly things and she's at school during the day.

I have a job where I work in a all girl environment apart from one boy which is nice. I'd consider my colleagues to be my friends but not my best friends as theres things you can't share with the people you work with! I've decided this year to make some more girly friends, it's going to be hard because i don't really know how to make friends as silly as that sounds and i'm a constant worrier! I'll be talking to someone but my mind is drifting onto other things like what do they think of me! I wouldn't consider myself as lonely now as i have my family around me but a few years down the line when i move out and don't have my sisters around me i could potentially be lonely and i don't want that at all so i need to make girly friends soon!

I don't want people to feel sorry for me because they are choices i have made not to hang out with the bitchy girly group at school and not to put myself out there in college. All these choices could have left me with a circle of friends to go out with and just to do in the evening instead of coming home from work and getting straight into my pi's and curling up in bed by 9 watching youtube video but their the choices i have made and at the time they seemed the right choice. You shouldn't regret anything that seemed right at the time!

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New Year's Resolutions 2012.

So i'm not the best at keeping New Year's Resolutions but this year might be different! So here's to trying! My main aim this year is to become more healthier. I'm not the healthiest person, i don't exercise, i don't drink a lot of water, i don't eat vegetables and i don't eat fruit! So my new year's resolutions are mainly health based with a few extras thrown in!

1. Drink more water

2. Exercise every day or every second day for 20 minutes

3. I know i'm never going to like vegetables or fruit but to try and bit more of a balanced diet.

4. Drink a glass of smoothie EVERY day

5. To stop buying clothes as much only when i REALLY need them! I need to try and wear everything i have already more often!

6. To try and give my nails a break from nail polish- i have to have polish on my nails EVERY day and it's just so drying!

7.  To try and have at least one day a week make up free to give my skin a break!

8. To go on holiday this year! I never got to go away last year as my mum was poorly so this year i need to get some summer sun!

So here's what i'm going to try and stick to this year! If i manage to do it for more than a few weeks i'm going to be over the moon! I'm useless at sticking to all that healthy stuff!  If i think of some more i'll add them onto my list! I know it's the 8th of January today but so far i've managed to stick to them all....JUST!

Please leave a comment below with some of you new resolutions for 2012. I'd LOVE to hear all about 

them!

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New Year.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

I hope all had a lovely time last night and brought the new year in well! I just went to my boyfriend's house for the night and we had a lovely evening with his family and friends. We had lots of party food, lots of drink and a good old sing on Singstar! Obviously team girls won!

I'm still thinking of a proper New Year's resolution the only one i can think of is just to get fit. I'm not the healthiest of eaters and my diet DOESN'T include fruit or vegs, it never has and it never will! I'm happy with my body and how i look but i just worry about how unhealthy my insides must be! I don't participate in any exercise and drive EVERYWHRE! So i brought a new fitness DVD to bring in the new year. I saw it advertised in a magazine a few weeks ago it's by Tracy Anderson who is Gwyneth Paltrow's personal trainer. I'm yet to try out the DVD i'm going to start it tomorrow morning so i'll let you know how it goes but i'm pretty excited about it! 

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL new year and a great 2012!

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