The 'I Have Over Slept' Make-up

Although I am a granny at heart and love my cup of tea at seven accompanied with a rich tea biscuit or two or twelve rapidly followed by my head hitting the pillow, meaning I am generally asleep by nine-thirty, I still suffer those days where my lecture begins at ten and I'm still unconscious till nine fifteen. These all too often late, gorggy and rude awakenings leave me with only thirty minutes to leave the house, this is time for some seriously rapid face application. 

1. Base - Concealer, tap a pea size amount of Make Up Forever Full Cover on my blemishes and under my eyes where I get the tell tale darkness. My saviour 
2. Set - Estee Lauder Loose Powder, all over very quickly. It is translucent so not too much can go wrong here. 
3. Colour - I need this, when tired I go pale and look sickly pale like a ghost who has never seen the sun. Current fave is the bare minerals original foundation in medium tan. Being a foundation is gives a nice skin finish thats not so matt that I look like an over baked cake and but the tiny bits of glitter don't make me look like a disco ball that rolled to the beach. 
4. Eyes - byTerry ombre black star in misty rock, this was a recommendation from a lovely lady at Space NK and after reading so much about on the blogs I couldn't resist. The purple/pink undertone really compliments my brown eyes, the metallic finish gives people the impression that I spent time on my make up, the only other thing I need is a bit of black pencil on my outer corner and ALOT of mascara. 
5. Brows - my brows are one of those things that could either take one minute or twenty depending on the day and how long it has been since my last threading appointment. On the days when I'm in a rush I prefer to not go into it so is a quick swipe of the Maybelline brow drama in dark brown. 
6. Lip - on these days lip liner and lipstick is not my friend, on days when I get up late there is no hope that I would be able to apply a lip without getting it over the entire surface of my face, teeth included. So I go kind of retro and wear just lipgloss. Current favourite is Lancome Juicy Tube in Fraise, yes it is sticky but the shimmer, I think, wakes me up a bit. 

Spring Selection : An update for the 'warmth' thats coming.

Living in England the coming of warmth makes me more excited than the prospect of chocolate fondant puddings. These are my spring updates to prepare me for the April showers and transition my black and grey jumpers to spring.. 

As aforementioned spring is dicey in England, one moment LOVELY blue skies a blink later and its all gone down hill the sun has disappeared, its bitterly cold and raining so this would be perfect protection. Pastel is not usually my thing but this blue with some boyfriend fit cropped white jeans, vans and a grey tee.. I feel it. Available here for £65. 

This I am in love with. I love the casual fit, the slouch, the simplicity of stripes, the keyhole at the back, the mid length sleeve perfect for excluding the spring chill. Its just perfect, right now I wear it with tights and a camel coat and in the spring I can see it with white vans or gladiator sandals with a red lip and some huge sunglasses. Available here for £20 which is an excellent price. 

This are £205 which is a lot but I am in love with these. I have tried them on 4/5 times in store and as soon as I can save up enough I will be skipping, running snapping them up and then never taking them off my face every again. Available here. 

I feel like these are going to be perfect for late spring when it has properly warmed up and I am at less of a risk of frost bite. I love the tan and the neutral tone means they can be worn with anything all summer long. Available here for £38. 

Lastly for now because my overdraft can only handle so much stress is the smash box photo finish more than primer blemish control, I vaguely remember having a sample of this last summer and thinking it was amazing for when my skin goes a bit crazy greasy when it first gets warmer so I will be purchasing to see if it works or if I have my wires crossed. Get it here.

Oh Dear

Oh dear, despite all of my aims for the new year I have failed. So I thought I would do a post about how awfully I am doing at sticking to my new years resolutions after a full two months. 

1. My highly aspirational first resolution was to blog twice a week. FAIL, unbelievable fail. I got caught up in moving back to university and then I was sucked up by lectures, dissertations and a lot of netflix, more specifically gossip girl. 
2. Secondly was to drink more water. I am a tea girl, I love tea. (strong with half a sugar) But tea isn't so great for the colour of my teeth or hydration due to the diuretic which makes me need to pee about 20 minutes after finishing my mug. Although I have bought a lovely water bottle to cary round with me, making my water more accessible, I find myself emptying a full bottle and replenishing it and ignoring it. 
3. Clearing out. Again another astronomical fail, over the last two months I have accumulated more things that I neither need or sometimes even want. At present there is a H&M bag hanging on the back of my door, in it are two dressed I bought didn't like and meant to take back, the receipt says Jan 5th, this happens to me so much because I hate taking things back nd I forget to everytime. I desperately need to get all of my clothes out and look at them and throw 80% of them away or give them to charity. My hoarding tendencies have been exacerbated by moving to university. I have clothes here, at my parents, at my boyfriends all places that I am at so frequently that I like to keep things there so I buy doubles of things I like and leave them in these 'key' locations in my mind. The buying of doubles is also extended to candles which is often more painful on my student bank balance. 
4. Wearing less make up, this has been the most difficult, I sit down at my dressing table thinking I'm only going to tesco so jus tinted moisturiser and mascara then I get a little bit excited and before you know it I have a full face of make up on like I'm going on a crazy night out clubbing. Glitter, contour, the full lot. So a fail on this front too. 

After listing all of these failures I feel a renewed burst of commitment to at least conquer one of these in the remaining 10 months of the year. I'll post an update in another few months to solidify the fact that I am still failing. 

A Begining

I have been a huge supporter of blogs and the blogging community for a long time now, almost 7 years which is  unbelievable and makes me feel so so old. I have wanted to start blogging for a long time just as a way to record things which are interesting to me even if they are silly things like what lipstick I have been loving or what I have enjoyed eating or seeing.  I want to record parts of my life on the eternal internet for review in later weeks or years and thats what I am hoping to begin now.

I always think the most difficult thing about anything is the starting, take for instance getting of the sofa to make a cup of tea; always a nightmare for me. So to be off at a flying start in the new year I thought I should just write down anything now so that I have at least started.

Its currently 20 days till christmas the biggest and best thing about the cold and rain of winter. I'm crazy excited but completely under prepared, I've most certainly covered my darling boyfriend and my beloved cousin. Unfortunately I am woefully unprepared for the rest of the people in my little world. My wishlist is as always as long as my arm, only encouraged by the reading of gift guides and general pintrest stalking. Top of the list this year is the Phillip Lim 3.1 Pashli, which is hella expensive but after reading a very favourable review on Laura's Blog I just think it is the perfect bag for me. One can only hope that I have been nice enough this year to warrant such an extravagant gift!

The Bag That Dreams Are Made Of

Getting in the Christmas spirit was most certainly helped along by visiting the Coca-Cola truck when it was parked nearby last week. There was fake snow and songs at lots of people soaking up the atmosphere, drinking free coke and taking selfies.

Looking past Christmas I am throughly looking forward to new years eve this year, its not something I am usually too bothered about I tend to just pop myself off to bed at my usual granny time of 10pm and wake up to a new day much like every other. This year, however, all the people I love are coming together to celebrate in a charming little cottage in the welsh village of Port Meirion.  I can not wait and as my cousins and I grow older and move out and away I know these will be the memories we cherish, much like we fondly recall the indoor picnics of our childhood when it was too cold outside and paddling in the lake naked when we went for summer BBQ's. 

Thats all for now, hopefully I will be able to et into a little routine writing at least two posts a week about whatever is tickling my pickle at the time. 

Welcome to my little head space.. 

Sophie xo