My Mac Palette

After watching countless beauty videos on You Tube, I discovered Mac. I don't own many Mac things yet, but I am a huge fan of their eyeshadows. The colours are highly pigmented, and easy to blend (especially for newbies like me). Mac have an extensive range of colours. They have probably every colour imaginable. 
For my birthday, my mother got me a 4 pan palette and two eyeshadows. It was a hard task to choose, and I stood in the store for ages dithering, unsure which shades to get.
In the end I decided to go for Woodwinked and Cranberry. Two colours that many You Tubers rave about. I am very happy with my choices.
More recently I added two more colours to my palette, and now it's full. I purchased Phloof! and Club. I also have Omega, which I use for my brows (recommended by Tanya Burr in her videos)

Woodwinked - it's the perfect all over the lid shade. It also looks nice in the crease and goes with most colours.

Cranberry - I have used Cranberry in so many ways, and I have to say it is my favourite colour. This looks great all over the lid, in the crease, it adds a hint of colour to a brown smokey eye, and it looks amazing paired with a purple smokey eye. If you don't already own this shade, I highly recommend it.

Phloof! - This is my second favourite. It looks great in the inner half of the eye. This colour brightens the eye immediately.

Club - I haven't quite worked out the best way to use this eyeshadow, but it looks so pretty in the pan.. I had to have it! I will be having more of a play with this colour and try some different looks.

Omega - As Tanya Burr said Omega is a great colour for blonde or light eyebrows. The colour is buildable, I can build it up to have a Cara Delveigne brow if I wanted to. This colour is also a great crease colour for a simple no-fuss eye.





























I can't wait to continue building my mac collection.

lots of love

Lynsey xxx

How to Make a Scrapbook

I was feeling super inspired this winter and couldn't help but squeal at the cuteness of people's scrapbook photos on instagram. So whilst browsing through the sale, I purchased two scrapbooks from Paperchase. I wanted to have something that included all my memories, and things I like, out on display, to share with friends and families.

I purchased a one simple brown papered book, and a more fun one, which was covered in fast foods. This one had bright coloured pages (it was on sale and it was too cute to leave behind).

In my scrapbooks I'm going to be putting my photos, and decorating the pages with ribbons and stickers.
Because I don't have enough room to store all magazines that I read, every once in a while I go through old magazines cutting out articles, make up looks and items of clothing I like. I'm currently keeping all clippings in a little file but I think I'm going to stick them into my scrapbook and make a collage. It's nice to be able to view all things that inspire me in one place.

I've bought stickers, ribbons, patterned paper and coloured pens (mostly from T K Maxx) all to decorate the pages. I've stuck everything down with glue, but recently I purchased double sided tape to see if that's better.
I also developed photos from my disposable camera.

 I even enlisted the help of my boyfriend and his creative side!!

As a background for my Christmas photos, I cut up wrapping paper. And coloured in the pages in red and green.
 

I hope you enjoyed this post.

lots of love

Lynsey xxx

 

Marc Jacobs Dot - Perfume Review

This christmas I was grateful to have recieved  the Marc Jacobs 'Dot' gift set off my parents.
Firstly, the packaging is absolutely gorgeous. I love the bottle. It's so pretty.
Saying that the first thing I did when I pulled it out the box was break it (oops... my bad).

The set contained 50ml of perfume, a body lotion and shower gel. I cannot rave enough about the body lotion. It has a strong scent and it doesn't leave you feeling sticky. It sinks into the skin almost instantly.

The scent is perfect for spring. It's light and smells really fresh. I usually go for much stronger and more over powering scents, so this one makes a nice change. I've had so many compliments on my perfume since I've been wearing this.

 

 

This is a great gift for women of all ages. It's a scent that's timeless.

 

lots of love

Lynsey xxx

Exciting things in 2014

On the whole, 2014 looks to be a promising but scary year.
I have a lot of exciting things planned for the next 12 months. All of which I will share on my blog.
Here's what you should except:


Finishing my A Levels.
After working so hard for two years I will be very glad to see the back of, what feels like, endless coursework and exams. Thinking about finishing my time at school makes me rather emotional. I have thouroughly enjoyed my school experience and I'll be sad to leave.

Girls holiday
What better way to kick off the Summer than with a holiday to Zante with 18 friends (a few too many? Maybe...) It's certinely going to be an intresting trip. It will be my first holiday by myself, without family or school.

My birthday
This year I turn 18. Which is a major milestone! ... you are legal to drink in the UK. Lots of celebrating will be done (responsibly of course) because I am lucky enough to share my birthday with 3 friends AND it's on the same day as my A Level results. I'm so excited. I'm the last out of my friends to turn 18 and it's really infuriating.

The start of my Gap Year
As I have mentioned in a previous post, unlike most of my friends, I will not be going away to university this year. I am taking a year out to do some awesome things like travel and gain work experience and I cannot wait! I'm starting to plan it now, and my excitment is starting to build.

My Skincare Routine

When it comes to skincare I am CLUELESS. One thing I do know is that my skin is quite sensitive so I have to be careful what I put on it.
After many disaturous attempts to do something with my skin (resulting in dry patches or allergic reactions) I hopped on over to Clinique, famous for dealing with all skin types, to see what they had to offer.



This is how everything is stored in my bathroom. Everything is very accessible.

This is the routine I use morning and night. The only differance is that in the morning I miss out step 1.

STEP 1

So firstly I have to remove my makeup.
I use The Body Shop Camomile Waterproof Eye & Lip Make Up Remover to take off my eye make up. This removes make up easily without having to tug (remember to shake it before you pour onto a cotton wool pad).
Then I use the Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Milk to remove the rest of my makeup. I massage this into my skin and wash it off with a wet flannel or muslin cloth. I'm not sure how I feel about this product, it works fine to remove my face make up, but it burns if you get it anywhere near my eyes! Awch.

STEP 2

These are the Clinique 3 Step products that were suggested for me.
Firstly I cleanse my skin using the Liquid Facial Soap.

Secondly I exfoliate, using the Clarifying Lotion 1.

Lastly, I moisturise using the dramatically different moistiurizing lotion +

I am currently roadtesting the La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo. An anti-blemish Cream that everybody raves about. So far I'm quite happy with this product, I use this along with my other moisturiser. Focusing on the pores on my nose and cheeks.

I think the Clinique products work great with my skin, and I will continue to use them. My skin feels great at the moment, I am loving the results.

Confession time: I am extremely lazy when it comes to skincare so when I'm lying in bed and can't be bothered to make my way into the bathroom... face wipes come to the rescue. I use the Simple Kind to Skin Facial Wipes.

lots of love

Lynsey xxx

 

Outfit of the Day

Hello friendlings, just a little post to show you what I'm wearing this fine winter's day. 

Clothes

I had this gorgeous Topshop dress for Christmas. It's black and white polka dots with little daisy flowers. It's so comfortable to wear. I'm not usually someone who would wear a dress for a casual look, but I'm pushing the boat out and trying something new.

I pared the dress with thick black tights and these gorgeous burgundy Dorothy Perkins boots which I got on sale (£30 down from £45). I instantly fell in love with these boots. I've been looking for my perfect pair of heeled boots, and I've struggled to find ones that looked nice and were affordable.

 

Make up

 

For foundation I used Clinique Superbalanced in 27 Alabaster. To contour and bronze my cheeks I used Avon's Glow Multi Stylo in deep bronze blended out with a small fluffy brush. To give myself a natural flush on my cheeks I very lightly dusted Nars Exibit A (You have to be very light handed when applying this because it's so pigmented - I used a Real Techniques Stippling Brush). To highlight I used The Balm's Mary Lou Manizer.

The eyes were my favourite part of this look. I used Mac's Phloof! on the inner half of my eye, and on the outer half I used Max Factor wild shadow pot in 55 Feral Brown. Feral Brown is a red toned brown, I have been loving that colour this Autumn/Winter. I ran Cranberry by Mac through the crease. To finish I added a few coats of Maybelline The Falsies Mascara and then a light coating of Bourjois's Color Boost Glossy Finish Lipstick in 06 Plum Russian patted onto my lips.

I hope you like the look.

Sorry I don't have a picture of the completed look.

 

lots of love

Lynsey xxx