Hey Guys!
You may or may not know, but, in Australia we are about to begin school again, so I decided that I would let you all know 10 helpful high school tips. I have been in high school for a few years now and a majority of these tips I have found helpful for me, so I hope they are helpful for you. If you have any high school tips, let me and everyone else know in the comments.
1. Be Brave! Now when you first start high school, join a club or get assigned a new class, it can always be difficult to make friends if you don't know anyone. When I started high school, I used these 4 conversation starters to get to know people, these were, what's your name? my name is ___, what did you get up to on the holidays, what primary school did you go to and what are you most looking forward to this year. Of course there are many other ways to talk to someone and get to know them, but its always best to just be brave and get yourself out there!
2. Now something that may seem weird but I definitely recommend you do for many reasons is to pack your own lunch. At my school, we have lunches there, but the line is incredibly long and takes you half the lunch to get your food, plus your spending all your money which you could be spending or saving or something else.
3. Staying organized is my top tip. Get a planner or a diary to plan out homework and assignments because it can really help you focus on getting good grades.
4. Something that I didn't really do, but would suggest you all do is to join clubs and school activities. You can broaden your friend groups and talents but I was just nervous and was not really keen.
5. Now this one is for all you girls, if you are on your period and having to change your pad, you will know that when you rip it open it can be very loud, so I suggest you tear them open before you pack them in your bad to school, as it is quicker and quieter.
6. Tip number six is to try and build a good relationship with teachers. This is because when you want to apply for jobs they can write nice letters about you, they can also help you with homework for other subjects and they will just always be there for you for advice.
7. The seventh tip I have is if you just want to not go to school one day for no reason at all, go. You WILL miss out on something, for school or socially, only miss a day if you really are sick or family problems.
8. Now, there will come a time in school when you will fail a test, but don't stress, worry or be caught up about it, in most cases, it wont affect you at all.
9. Try not to slack off on Homework, I know you may not want to do it, but as soon as you get it, do it then you wont have it worry about it latter on.
10. Now my last tip would have to be the one to take away from this ifit could only be one, and that is to be yourself. If someone does not like you for who you are then there is no point in being there friend.
So that's it for my 10 high school tips. Let me know in the comments your tips and the best one. Don't forget to follow this blog on the left and I will see you next Sunday,
Bye x
Saturday, 23 January 2016
Saturday, 16 January 2016
Real Techniques Brush Review
Hello Guys!!
Welcome back to my blog, I hope you are having a wonderful day and had a great week, and I hope you are looking forward to reading my blog post this afternoon. I have been wanting to talk about my Real Technique brushes for a very long time but have finally decided to sit down and talk about them with you guys. I am only going to talk about five of them, but have plenty more to discuss about. I am going to be talking about the good and bad of the brushes, as well as the price and what they are used for. Some quick background info about the brushes is the different handle colour. The silver and white handled brushes are limited edition, but the silver handle ones I have are still available, the orange coloured handle is for face, purple for eyes and pink for all over. Some of the brushes I own I got in sets and you can not get individually but these are brilliant brushes and great for beginners in makeup and every cent is worth it, but I would recommend getting them off a website called iHerb because they are so much cheaper compared to Priceline and Terry White Chemist. I will talk about iHerb more in tis post like the price comparison and shipping as they are an incredible website for us makeup brush loving ladies. With all that background information being said, lets get started with the review.
The first brush is the Buffing Brush. This is perfect to blend in your foundation or concealer to begin with, but you should definitely use a makeup sponge to give the face product a flawless finish, because it can leave some streaks. This is also great for blending out powder but it is a little denser if you prefer that. This could also be great to blend out cream contour as it is dense and perfect shape. This brush is apart of a set with three other brushes, two of which I am mentioning in this blog. At Priceline, this set is called Your Base/Flawless Core Collection, and it is $47.50, and on the iHerb website, the set is $24.92, so it is much more affordable. Shipping is also at a great price, and you get 10% of your first order.
A Duo-Fibre face brush is something everyone needs and this one is by far my fav! I use this brush everyday to blend in my powder and it works excellently. It is so stunning with the silver handle because it is limited edition, but I have seen that it is still available so you can still pick this up. This set is called Nic's Picks, and I noticed that is unavailable on the Priceline website, but I do know that there are plenty of other places they sell them at, and it is worth checking it out at Priceline just in case, but I do know that it cost $69 for the five brushes. You can get this on iHerb and it cost $41.54 so it is so much more affordable.
Available in the Core Collection I mentioned earlier, is the Pointed Foundation brush. This isn't my favourite brush, but it an okay brush. It leaves streaks and is not suitable to do a full face of foundation as it is so small but I do suggest using this for concealer or primer as it would take so long to do your full face of foundation with this. I mentioned earlier the prices, even though this isn't my favourite brush this collection is still worth it.
Another brush available in the Core Collection is the Contour Brush. I love this for contouring or lightly bronzing. It is also the perfect shape to set under eye concealer as all the Real Technique brushes are incredibly soft! It blends out bronzer incredibly well and packs it on well too! Like I said earlier, the price comparison of iHerb and Priceline is listed above.
My last brush I am mentioning in this blog is the Shading Brush. This is the perfect blending brush and basic lid brush as well. It packs on lots of product and blends it out effortless and soft. This I my favourite eye shadow brush and I definitely recommend it. On the Priceline website, this brush is $15! Where as you can get it on iHerb for $8.30, so this is so much more affordable.
So, that was my review of my five Real Technique brushes. If you want to see me reviewing five more of my brushes I would love to know! If you recommend any other brushes I would love to know in the comments as well. I hope you guys have been enjoying my blog, I have loved posting lately and have so many fun post planned for the up coming months.
See you next Sunday!
Welcome back to my blog, I hope you are having a wonderful day and had a great week, and I hope you are looking forward to reading my blog post this afternoon. I have been wanting to talk about my Real Technique brushes for a very long time but have finally decided to sit down and talk about them with you guys. I am only going to talk about five of them, but have plenty more to discuss about. I am going to be talking about the good and bad of the brushes, as well as the price and what they are used for. Some quick background info about the brushes is the different handle colour. The silver and white handled brushes are limited edition, but the silver handle ones I have are still available, the orange coloured handle is for face, purple for eyes and pink for all over. Some of the brushes I own I got in sets and you can not get individually but these are brilliant brushes and great for beginners in makeup and every cent is worth it, but I would recommend getting them off a website called iHerb because they are so much cheaper compared to Priceline and Terry White Chemist. I will talk about iHerb more in tis post like the price comparison and shipping as they are an incredible website for us makeup brush loving ladies. With all that background information being said, lets get started with the review.
The first brush is the Buffing Brush. This is perfect to blend in your foundation or concealer to begin with, but you should definitely use a makeup sponge to give the face product a flawless finish, because it can leave some streaks. This is also great for blending out powder but it is a little denser if you prefer that. This could also be great to blend out cream contour as it is dense and perfect shape. This brush is apart of a set with three other brushes, two of which I am mentioning in this blog. At Priceline, this set is called Your Base/Flawless Core Collection, and it is $47.50, and on the iHerb website, the set is $24.92, so it is much more affordable. Shipping is also at a great price, and you get 10% of your first order.
A Duo-Fibre face brush is something everyone needs and this one is by far my fav! I use this brush everyday to blend in my powder and it works excellently. It is so stunning with the silver handle because it is limited edition, but I have seen that it is still available so you can still pick this up. This set is called Nic's Picks, and I noticed that is unavailable on the Priceline website, but I do know that there are plenty of other places they sell them at, and it is worth checking it out at Priceline just in case, but I do know that it cost $69 for the five brushes. You can get this on iHerb and it cost $41.54 so it is so much more affordable.
Available in the Core Collection I mentioned earlier, is the Pointed Foundation brush. This isn't my favourite brush, but it an okay brush. It leaves streaks and is not suitable to do a full face of foundation as it is so small but I do suggest using this for concealer or primer as it would take so long to do your full face of foundation with this. I mentioned earlier the prices, even though this isn't my favourite brush this collection is still worth it.
Another brush available in the Core Collection is the Contour Brush. I love this for contouring or lightly bronzing. It is also the perfect shape to set under eye concealer as all the Real Technique brushes are incredibly soft! It blends out bronzer incredibly well and packs it on well too! Like I said earlier, the price comparison of iHerb and Priceline is listed above.
My last brush I am mentioning in this blog is the Shading Brush. This is the perfect blending brush and basic lid brush as well. It packs on lots of product and blends it out effortless and soft. This I my favourite eye shadow brush and I definitely recommend it. On the Priceline website, this brush is $15! Where as you can get it on iHerb for $8.30, so this is so much more affordable.
So, that was my review of my five Real Technique brushes. If you want to see me reviewing five more of my brushes I would love to know! If you recommend any other brushes I would love to know in the comments as well. I hope you guys have been enjoying my blog, I have loved posting lately and have so many fun post planned for the up coming months.
See you next Sunday!
Saturday, 9 January 2016
Maybelline 'The Nudes' Palette Review and Swatch
Hi everyone,
Today I decided that I would review and swatch the new(ish) Maybelline 'The Nudes' palette. This palette is quite new to us over in Australia, but I have seen people reviewing this product from America over a year ago, but I though I would review this anyway as it is very new to me and my collection.This palette contains 12 natural shadows, 7 are shimmers and 5 are mattes. 'The Nudes' palette is the perfect size for on the go and travel, and has a very convenient packaging as you can see all 12 shades with the clear plastic on the front. It has all the colours you need in one, for a day to night look, as the colours vary from light champagne and as black and all the colours in between! Something else I also love about this palette, is that on the back, it has a handy quad, trio and duo shadow looks, and the steps for each colour and where to apply. That is 13, go to looks at the back for your convenience, but of course you can mix it up if you want. Now, for handy application on the go, it contains the standard sponge applicator on one end, but also a flat, square brush at the other end to mix it up. This does seem all well and good for $25 and for 12 shadows, both shimmery and matte, which would make it around $2 for each eye shadow, but we have to talk about the pigmentation. The colour payoff on some of these shadows is not the greatest. The lighter colours are barely seen on the swatches on my arm as they barely build up, and still, the darker colours don't show up the best as well. Luckily, you can build them up quite a bit and they blend out magnificently with a high quality brush, but I feel as though Maybelline could have done better in the colour pay off department. Another bonus is that there is no fall out, so you don't have to worry about doing your eye shadow first, then your foundation as it does not matter.
Apart from some of these colours coming across a bit on the dull side, this is still a fantastic palette for makeup newbies. I love the four shades in the middle, a champagne matte, shimmery chocolate shade, shimmery gold (my fav!) and a shimmery plain brown, to create a great eye look. I am really looking forward to the release of the new, 12 eye shadow palette by Maybelline called 'The Rock Nudes' which is made up of darker, smoker colours, coming this month, but one thing I didn't realise was that they had 3 more 12 eye shadow palettes all ready that I have never seen in Australia. These three are 'The Blushed Nudes', 'The Bright's' and 'The Smokes' all palettes that I would love to get my hands on, but don't know where. I am definitely going to try and get my hands on them, so I will keep you updated when I do.
Well, that's if for my review and swatches of the Maybelline 'The Nudes' palette. I would really love it if you followed my blog to be notified when I post a new one each Sunday. I hope you have been enjoying the new year, I know I am and I am also looking forward to the release of all the new makeup products to review for you guys,
See ya next Sunday! xx
Today I decided that I would review and swatch the new(ish) Maybelline 'The Nudes' palette. This palette is quite new to us over in Australia, but I have seen people reviewing this product from America over a year ago, but I though I would review this anyway as it is very new to me and my collection.This palette contains 12 natural shadows, 7 are shimmers and 5 are mattes. 'The Nudes' palette is the perfect size for on the go and travel, and has a very convenient packaging as you can see all 12 shades with the clear plastic on the front. It has all the colours you need in one, for a day to night look, as the colours vary from light champagne and as black and all the colours in between! Something else I also love about this palette, is that on the back, it has a handy quad, trio and duo shadow looks, and the steps for each colour and where to apply. That is 13, go to looks at the back for your convenience, but of course you can mix it up if you want. Now, for handy application on the go, it contains the standard sponge applicator on one end, but also a flat, square brush at the other end to mix it up. This does seem all well and good for $25 and for 12 shadows, both shimmery and matte, which would make it around $2 for each eye shadow, but we have to talk about the pigmentation. The colour payoff on some of these shadows is not the greatest. The lighter colours are barely seen on the swatches on my arm as they barely build up, and still, the darker colours don't show up the best as well. Luckily, you can build them up quite a bit and they blend out magnificently with a high quality brush, but I feel as though Maybelline could have done better in the colour pay off department. Another bonus is that there is no fall out, so you don't have to worry about doing your eye shadow first, then your foundation as it does not matter.
Well, that's if for my review and swatches of the Maybelline 'The Nudes' palette. I would really love it if you followed my blog to be notified when I post a new one each Sunday. I hope you have been enjoying the new year, I know I am and I am also looking forward to the release of all the new makeup products to review for you guys,
See ya next Sunday! xx
Saturday, 2 January 2016
2015 Favourites
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Welcome to my blog and the first post of 2016. I wanted to start off by letting you know my New Years resolution, and that is to blog more consistently, because in the past I have been very inconsistent so I want to make a change! I would also like to know in the comments what your New Years resolution is because I would love to know as well as your 2015 favourites. To start of the New Year, I wanted to go over 2015 and talk about all my favourite beauty and fashion items. I have 10 really awesome things to show and I think that they will stay very popular in the new year.
I am first going to begin by talking about my fashion favourites and I will definitely continue to wear all this things this year because I love the way they fit and look. The first item I have been loving is kimonos. I feel like they are really awesome pieces that help jazz up a plain old boring outfit if you bring in a really fun print. They are really good swimming suit cover ups as well and look really good when you wear them to the beach or pool. The one that I decided to show you is from Ice Fashion and its this beautiful black with coloured flower print on it. I am always wearing black clothes so this really works but helps to add colour to what was once a boring outfit. Another item that I have just been loving is high neck tops. I think these look great with any out fit and can be layered really effectively. The two that I decided to share are both my favourites, the navy blue and white striped one is by Temp and this is more of a turtle neck, and the black and white striped one is from Ally and it has a high, square neck that fits quite tight fittingly. These are both staples in my wardrobe! The last fashion favourite of mine is a pair of shoes by converse. They are the low cut white one and I absolutely adore these. I am pretty sure these will never go out of fashion because they are so versatile and go with so many outfits. I am so glad I own a pair of these because they help me to transform any of my outfits.
Beauty favourites was definitely the hardest part to write up about, because I tried so many amazing products this year. Most of these things you have heard about, but I just quickly want to go through them again and tell you why me, and many other people love them. My first beauty fav of the year is the Rimmel London Stay Matte Powder. I can not explain how much I love this, it just works so well on my skin and makes it look so even and flawless. Next is the Babylips candy wow in raspberry. This is such a beautifully formulated lip crayon that has the perfect amount of colour, and moisturises your lips at the same time! Not many companies can do that. The Benefit Instant brow pencil was my go to brow product. I discovered this by going to Benefit and asking one of the lady's to try some brow products on me. This was the only one that didn't make my eyebrows look like caterpillars, and I have been using it ever since. My go to eye shadow for 2015 would have to be Essence 'Cappuccino, Please!' Itsnot only has the sassiest name, but it is such a gorgeous shade to wear all over your lid. As for mascara, my favourite would have to be the Rimmel London Wake me up Wonderful mascara. Not only does it has a amazing fresh smell, but it makes my lashes look so long and full without being chunky and thick, definitely going to be re purchasing in the new year. As for lipsticks, my favourite would have to be by Revlon, and it is the colour burst lip butter in 050, Berry Smoothie. This has the perfect amount of shine and colour pigmentation, but doesn't leave my lips feeling dry and cracked. My last 2015 favourite is a scent and it is Taylor Swifts Incredible Things perfume. If you have not smelt this perfume, you have been living under a rock because it is so wonderful and fresh.
2015 was such a amazing year for beauty and fashion and I am so thankful to have been blogging for almost one year. I may have not been the most consistent blogger, but when I did I put in all my efforts to make it perfect. I can not wait to spend another year, hear apart of Blogger and I am so excited to explore what 2016 has install for beauty and fashion, and bring you guys along. I would really love to hear from you guys in the comments, letting me know your 2015 favourites and I would also love to know if you have a blog because I would definitely check it out and reply. Just by simply leaving a link toThankyou for a wonderful 2015.
XX
Welcome to my blog and the first post of 2016. I wanted to start off by letting you know my New Years resolution, and that is to blog more consistently, because in the past I have been very inconsistent so I want to make a change! I would also like to know in the comments what your New Years resolution is because I would love to know as well as your 2015 favourites. To start of the New Year, I wanted to go over 2015 and talk about all my favourite beauty and fashion items. I have 10 really awesome things to show and I think that they will stay very popular in the new year.
I am first going to begin by talking about my fashion favourites and I will definitely continue to wear all this things this year because I love the way they fit and look. The first item I have been loving is kimonos. I feel like they are really awesome pieces that help jazz up a plain old boring outfit if you bring in a really fun print. They are really good swimming suit cover ups as well and look really good when you wear them to the beach or pool. The one that I decided to show you is from Ice Fashion and its this beautiful black with coloured flower print on it. I am always wearing black clothes so this really works but helps to add colour to what was once a boring outfit. Another item that I have just been loving is high neck tops. I think these look great with any out fit and can be layered really effectively. The two that I decided to share are both my favourites, the navy blue and white striped one is by Temp and this is more of a turtle neck, and the black and white striped one is from Ally and it has a high, square neck that fits quite tight fittingly. These are both staples in my wardrobe! The last fashion favourite of mine is a pair of shoes by converse. They are the low cut white one and I absolutely adore these. I am pretty sure these will never go out of fashion because they are so versatile and go with so many outfits. I am so glad I own a pair of these because they help me to transform any of my outfits.
2015 was such a amazing year for beauty and fashion and I am so thankful to have been blogging for almost one year. I may have not been the most consistent blogger, but when I did I put in all my efforts to make it perfect. I can not wait to spend another year, hear apart of Blogger and I am so excited to explore what 2016 has install for beauty and fashion, and bring you guys along. I would really love to hear from you guys in the comments, letting me know your 2015 favourites and I would also love to know if you have a blog because I would definitely check it out and reply. Just by simply leaving a link toThankyou for a wonderful 2015.
XX
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