Night Out Look #3 - Daisy Sailor - 17/09/13

Hello everyone! I'm back with another Night Out look, I swear I'm not an alcoholic, I was just squeezing some nights out in while I could as I'm now back at Uni!

Anyway for once I thought I'd actually take pictures of the make-up products I used to create, well, my face.. However on the night I actually didn't wear face primer, foundation, or the Revlon lipstick so just ignore those. I was planning on wearing some but I asked my boyfriend what he thought and showed him and he said he preferred without foundation, so I went without! Also I haven't worn any properly in like.. over 6 months? So who knows if it even matches my skin tone now!

Apologises about the messy brushes, I'm not very neat.. They are well loved though!

List of make-up:

Benefit The POREfessional 

Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow Foundation in Believe in Me Ivory

Mac Powder Blush in Buff

Benefit Erase Paste in Light

Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder in 001 Transparent

Soap and Glory Lid Stuff Eyeshadow in Whats Nude

MUA Eyeshadow Palette in Undressed

Mac Paint Pot in Painterly

Maybelline Color Tattoo 24 Hr in 35 On and On Bronze

L'Oreal Paris Super Liner Black Lacquer

Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal in 012 Bronze

No7 Exquisite Curl Mascara in Black

Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butter in Candy Apple

Avon Lipstick in Smitten Red

Vaseline (how extravagant)

Brushes I used:

Real Techniques Starter Set 1406

Real Techniques Limited Edition Duo Libre Set

I knew I was going to wear the playsuit with a red belt (as seen below) so I was like "well I have to wear a red lip now to match it up now don't I?!" I used to think that my Revlon Lip Butter was my favourite red lip but mine has went really dodgy and I might do a review as some other shades of mine have done the same and it's so annoying.. Anyway! Now that I got my Avon lipstick free in a magazine I've never looked back, it's just gorgeous and I'm so pleased I got it for £4 (magazine was £4, lipstick was free. BARGAIN ALERT.)

 I went for my staple brown matte smokey eye (Soap and Glory palette for the matte part) with dark brown/gold shimmer in the outer corners (MUA palette for the shimmer part) and black winged eyeliner as I just think it looks gorgeous no matter what you are wearing.

I also got my hair cut the day I took these photos so that's why it looks so shiny and healthy and lovely - why can't it always look like this?!

Taken on my iPhone 5, not my camera like the first 3 photos.

As for my outfit, I wore this playsuit that I got from River Island years ago, along with my staple black leather jacket from Topshop, black high top Converse and a little black shoulder bag. I just really love the print of this playsuit and I love anything with daises on it so obviously when I saw this I was like "yep okay buying this now thank you very much!" It's also just a great piece to dress up or down and I've wore this to Uni as well with an over-sized cardigan, thick tights, a scarf and the same jacket and shoes and it was great!

So that's about it for this post, I love doing these kinda FOTE/OOTE posts, they are just so fun to read and equally so fun to create! What's your staple eye look for a night out?

Have a lovely and and don't stop smiling. :)

Hannah, xx

OPI Chic From Ears to Tail & Minnie Style - NOTD #7

Hello everyone! Back with my weekly nail post, no idea why I call it NOTD (Nail of the Day) as it is a weekly thing.. But lets just roll with it! Now I know what you are thinking.. It's September and you have bubblegum pink nail polish on, what?! I know.. But I wanted to bring it out one last time before Autumn truly sets in.. Anyway today we are here to look at OPI's Chic From Ears to Tail & Minnie Style.

Both of these are from the Couture de Minnie collection (surprise surprise) that was released this Summer. I actually got 3 out of the 4 limited edition shades and the new Liquid Sand shade, as it was part of a set my Dad got me at the airport as a present (he knows me well!) Last year OPI created a Vintage Minnie Mouse line, so this year OPI wanted to go for the more "fashion-forward" side of Minnie and go for brighter, more intense girly colours - so this collection was born.

“This year, OPI is exploring a different side of Minnie Mouse. The Couture de Minnie collection draws inspiration from Minnie’s iconic style and incorporates trends most recently seen on the runways, from standout shades to fun textural elements.”

Chic From Ears to Tail is the bubblegum pink shade which is a crème lacquer, meaning the formulation is to give opaque, solid colour easily. Minnie Style is the red and white podka dot glitter shade, which I personally loved the minute I saw it in the set!

As per usual I absolutely love both polishes and even though they are not season appropriate, I still love them both so much! They both applied easily, each coat dried within minutes and with 2 coats I had full opacity! Also, with Minnie Style, it acts as a really good top coat as well as it is a thick clear nail polish with glitter particles throughout it.

The only things I have to comment is with Chic From Ears to Tail, the colour looks a lot brighter on the nails than in the bottle, in the bottle it looks like a muted, dull pink but on the nails it is a bright bubblegum colour - not a bad thing, I was just surprised! Also, I had to apply 2 coats of Minnie Style which I did not expect as even though there are about 2 billion glitter particles in the bottle, about 5 are on the brush so you really need to scoop them up to get some on the brush, which isn't a bad thing really - means a better top coat!

I as per usual, love these polishes. OPI has not failed me yet with their formulation, their lasting power, their colour range.. Overall yet again, I am seriously impressed and will slowly keep expanding my collection, even though it breaks the bank. UK peeps, you can buy these here and as for anyone outside the UK, google is your friend, use it wisely!

That's about it for this post, thank you for reading. Have you tried any OPI nail polishes? Please let me know what your favourite shade is!

Have a lovely day and don't stop smiling. :)

Hannah, xx

Liebster Award - Take Two!

Hello everyone, happy October! Starting this month's blog post off with a double whammy of the Liebster award, I was nominated three times last week or the week before so I thought I would do them both in the one post for you all. Hope you enjoy!

If you've never heard of this award before it's basically a tag that people do to get new bloggers or bloggers that don't have many followers a chance to shine. The rules are you get nominated, you answer the 10 questions then you nominate people with less than 200 followers and then let them know you nominated them so they can answer the 10 questions you have set for them, and it goes on and on.

Anyway, first of all, 10 questions from the lovely Jesse!

1. What's the best movie you've watched in 2013?

Oh god I am the worst at remembering films! I recently saw White House Down and it was pretty good, also Grown Ups 2 and Despicable Me 2 were great!

2. Who's your favorite Youtuber/Blogger?


Oh lord, this is difficult, I have so many favourites! Probably one that is under both categories is Zoella.

3. If you could go on a date with any book or movie character, who would it be?


Either Edward Cullen cause I used to be a Twilight mega fan, Mr Darcy cause he is just bloody amazing or that 50 Shades of Grey guy (never read the book) just cause he seems like.. An interesting fellow shall we say? They were the first three characters I thought of, maybe if I was more patient and actually thought about my answer for a while I'd pick different characters but these will do fine!

4. What/Who is your guilty pleasure?


Anything cringey. One Direction, Backstreet Boys, High School Musical 1-3.. Anything that is a guilty pleasure, is my guilty pleasure.

5. If you could have a superpower, what would it be?


Probably to heal people or create a shield to protect people. Or have awesome angels wings and fly about. All three would be nice really!

6. Name one song that you always skip but never delete? (we all know we have that)


I actually have like 500 songs that are in this category, from Snow Patrol to Calvin Harris.

7. If you had one chance to ask your future self a question, what would it be?


I would probably ask myself if I'm happy with my life and if I've done everything I want to accomplish the now. Oaft. How deep.

8. If you could eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?


Definitely restuarant chicken liver pate. So weird, but I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT! It seriously drives everyone insane because if a restuarant does chicken liver pate for starters I will order it and eat it in about 2.5 seconds. It just tastes so much different to supermarket pate!

9. If you could trade lives with any person for one day, who would it be?

Definitely either Barack Obama or one of my parents. I want to see what it's like to be the President for a day, or what it's like to be one of the two people that created me.. How odd.

10. What did you have for breakfast today?

I had an Innocent smoothie carton (think it has mango, pineapple and banana in it) and two strawberry nutri-grain bars. Staple breakfast!

Now, onto the questions from the lovely Hannah! (Nice name by the way ;D)

1. What is your favourite highstreet shop?

Probably Topshop or Urban Outfitters, even if they are ridiculously overpriced!

2. What makeup item couldn't you live without?

I don't think I have a staple product that I couldn't live without but I know I would not be able to live without powder or mascara!

3. What is your favourite item of clothing you own?

Probably my "Keep Calm and Kill Zombies" t-shirt, it's super comfy and huge on me and I just love it.

4. Silver, gold or rose gold jewellry?

Probably a mix of all three but I tend to go for gold, if I wear any at all.. I'm the worst at remembering to put some on.

5. What have you studied and what are you studying now? (If you are currently 

in education)

I did loads of Highers (Maths, English, Psychology History, Geography, Modern Studies, Administration) and Int 2s which are basically lower than a Higher but higher than a Standard Grade (Maths & Cooking) and came out with 5 A's and 4 B's and I'm now in second year at Uni studying Psychology and History!

6. What made you want to start blogging?

I just remember reading Zoella's blog and from there reading other people's blogs, and from there I was just fascinated by beauty and fashion and was then inspired to create my own blog to share my thoughts. It's basically my little creative beauty corner of the internet, my internet home.

7. What is your dream job?

Probably either a Psychologist or a detective in the police (forever wishing my life was like Beckett in Castle or Bones in.. Bones!)

8. What is your perfect first date?

Suit and tie, dress, food, flowers, starry night, connections, romance.. What can I say, I'm a hopeless romantic.

9. How do you stop procrastination?

Uhm, I don't.. Nah, I just think to myself that I need to do this work or else I'll fail and it'll effect my grades and that usually gets me going. I basically think of my life being totally screwed up if I don't finish writing an essay and it usually does the trick!

10. Do you think you'll still be blogging in 5 years time?

Who knows, I'll tell you in 5 years I suppose!

And finally, the last questions from the yet again, lovely Lexie!

1) Why did you start your blog?

See above in the last 10 questions!

2) If you could only have one beauty item for the rest of your life, what would it be?

I'm really not sure.. Like genuinely. Probably a base, like a concealer, but then I think oh god I need powder, and mascara.. One of those three!

3) If you had £1000, what would you spend it on, make-up or clothes?

Definitely clothes, I think I would end up not using a lot of the make-up as £1000 is a lot of money! So I would probably end up wasting make-up whereas with clothes, it's more expensive so you wouldn't get as much and I would therefore wear the clothes I got more? If that even makes sense.

4) What are your favourite blogs to follow?

Basically all the blogs I follow are amazing and I love them all but the ones I thought of first were Caroline from burkatron, Gemma from missmakeupmagpie, Fee from makeupsavvy, Amy from alittleboatsailing, TheSundayGirl and Fredie from ferdies-place!

5) What is your favourite make-up brand?

Automatically I would have said Revlon but thinking about it, I have way more Rimmel products than Revlon.. It's a close tie between the two!

6) What is your all-time favourite lipstick? Brand and colour?

I don't have an all-time favourite, however I tend to gravitate towards Revlon, then Rimmel, then Mac and Soap & Glory.

7) If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?

I love South Africa so there, or New Zealand/Australia/Thailand as I've not been there before and those were the first three that popped into my head, so I must want to go!

8) What is your number one beauty secret/tip?

Let. Your. Skin. Breathe. I just don't understand how people could constantly wear a full face of make-up everyday and then SLEEP with it on?! Gurl, if you do this, just stop it. STOP IT NOW. Your skin needs to breathe, so yes, have a no make-up day once in a while! Your skin will thank you for it.

9) What is your favourite clothes shop?

Again, see above. :)

10) Who is your celebrity idol?

To be honest I don't think so, I mean I have idols but they are not celebrities.. One being Nelson Mandela for example.

11) Any advice for a new blogger?

Blog what you want to blog, blog what you like and most importantly have fun! You are not going to be a professional blogger straight away, heck, I'm still new really and I am not professional at all! Don't feel influenced to blog about certain things or change how you write posts or whatever. Just do what you want to do and blog what you want, and enjoy yourself - don't get all stressed out, have fun! :)

I TAG:

http://theressomethingaboutalice.blogspot.co.uk

http://www.pippjones281190.blogspot.co.uk

http://www.makeupbycandlelight.blogspot.co.uk

http://www.littledreamersavenue.blogspot.co.uk

http://www.hannahheartss.blogspot.co.uk

http://www.duggydimples.blogspot.co.uk

http://anuniventivename.blogspot.co.uk

http://thatgirlcalledlauren.blogspot.co.uk

http://allthingsglitterandbeauty.blogspot.co.uk

http://missmacbeauty.blogspot.co.uk

Your questions from me are:

1) Have you got a hidden talent?

2) What are your thoughts on Apple products?

3) Have you got a dupe for a high-end beauty product?

4) What was your first make-up item?

5) What's one embarrassing beauty fail/disaster you have had?

6) Favourite TV show?

7) What is one thing you are proud of that you have done/achieved?

8) What do you do apart from blogging? (school, uni, work etc)

9) Healthy food or junk food?

10) Why did you start buying make-up in the first place?

So that's about it for this hefty long post, hope you enjoyed getting to know a bit more about me through these questions. Do you have any suggestions on what you want to see on my blog? Please let me know.

Have a lovely day and don't stop smiling. :)

Hannah, xx