This or That - Beauty Edition

Here's a quick and easy tag, the this or that of beauty, feel free to leave your answers in the comments. Enjoy!

Makeup:

Blush or Bronzer: Blush
Lip Gloss or Lipstick: Lipstick
Eye liner or Mascara: Mascara
Foundation or Concealer: Foundation
Neutral or Colour eye shadow: Neutral
Pressed or Loose eye shadows: Pressed
Brushes or Sponges: Brushes

Nails:

OPI or China Glaze: OPI
Long or Short: Short
Acrylic or Natural: Natural
Brights or Darks: Darks
Flower or No Flower: No Flower

Body:

Perfume or Body Splash: Perfume
Lotion or Body Butter: Body Butter
Body Wash or Soap: Body Wash
Lush or Other Bath company: Lush

Fashion:

Jeans or Sweat pants: Jeans
Long sleeve or short: Long
Dresses or Skirts: Dresses
Stripes or Plaid: Plaid
Flip flops or Sandals: Flip Flops
Scarves or Hats: Scarves
Studs or Dangly earrings: Studs
Necklaces or Bracelets: Bracelets
Heels or Flats: Flats
Cowboy boots or Riding boots: Riding Boots
Jacket or Hoodie: Jacket
Forever 21 or Charlotte Russe: Forever 21
Abercombie or Hollister: Hollister (don't like either but their stuff seems nicer...)
Saks 5th or Nordstrom: We don't have either in  the UK...

Hair:

Curly or Straight: Straight (just easier!)
Bun or Ponytail: Bun (Scruffy topknot)
Bobby pins or Butterfly clips: Bobby Pins
Hairspray or Gel: Hairspray
Long or Short: Long
Light or Dark: Dark
Side sweep bangs or Full bangs: Full Bangs
Up or Down: Up

Random:

Rain or Shine: Shine
Summer or Winter: Summer
Fall or Spring: Fall
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Eastcoast or Westcoast: As I've only ever been to the Eastcoast, I'd have to say East!

25 Random Questions Tag

25 Random Questions Tag

1. Where were you 3 hours ago?  Downstairs eating dinner with the family!

2. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you? A Tube of 'Soap & Glory' Hand Food

3. What are you wearing right now? My PJ's

4. What are the colours of your bedroom walls?  Cream

5. Who is the last person you sent a message or comment /BBM?  My sister

6. What does your last text message say?  "Got your stuff..."

7. Can You Taste The Difference Between Pepsi And Coke?  It's been so long since I had a Pepsi...I'd say yes!

8. Is your hair curly or straight?  Straight.

9. Which is the hardest thing you ever had to do? Probably starting at a new school in a whole new country... I did it twice, and it was terrifying!

10. Favourite 2 colour combination? Black and Purple

11. What is your favourite accessory? My handbag, I love it, or my scarves, can't leave the house without one!

12.Which current celebrity's style do you admire most? Khloe Kardashian

13. What is your favourite fashion store/shop?  New Look, Dorothy Perkins and H&M

14. When was the last time you drove out of town?  About 2 weeks ago!

15. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?  Green Day!

16. What was the last thing you bought?  Petrol (I think!) or maybe makeup...

17. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? Check my phone

18. Favourite Food? 'Lucky Charm' cereal... this is now available in Tescos... I'm rekindling my love for them!

19. Biggest turn off? Noisy eaters/Rude people

20. What do you always have on you/wear? Always my liquid eyeliner!

21. What does your screen name mean/ how did you come up with it? It's my name... so ask my parents!

22. Favourite style of top/blouse? I don't have an outright favourite, I'm very much a person who dresses to be comfortable!

23. Favourite TV show? Anything in the Kardashian genre, I'm currently re watching seasons 1 thru 10 of Friends, forgotten how much I loved it!

24. What is a favourite TV show from your childhood? Playdays, Tots TV, Wizzadora

25. What does your dream bedroom look like? Big bed, lots of Black, Purple and Silver throughout, lots of cushions and throws, and the one thing missing from my current bedroom, a dressing table/somewhere to store all my makeup!

Time of my life

As I haven't blogged since the end of July, I thought it only fitting that I write an update about all the changes that have happened in my life since then!

I was living in London, but since September 2010 I have been living back at home, which although is great, at the age of 21 I'm hoping is only a temporary measure!!! So between my last blog and me moving back I spent time exploring parts of London I still wanted to see, moving, and spending time with my housemates! Our last few nights in our little "palace" were very emotional, our last trip to our favourite pub/club/park it all seemed so final! When I left the house for the last time, I was fighting back tears and as I sat on the bus on the way to the tube station, my road was in its normal state of chaos, and I thought "this is what I will miss".

The 2 years I spent in London were not only some the best times of my life, but also some of the worst, but I feel living there made me grow up so much, and totally made up for a really RUBBISH 9 months I spent in Dublin!!

Since moving home, I've started working at our local country house hotel, as a breakfast waitress, its definitely not something I want to be doing for the rest of my life, but its a job, and gets me out of the house and some cash!! Although the 5am starts are something I could live without!!

I've also finished my driving lessons, passed my test and done my pass plus! As much as I loved learning to drive, I'm glad I'm done with it all now! I don't have a car yet, but for the past week I have been insured to drive my sisters car, and I'm loving having some independence back, and being able to not rely on other people to take me places!!

Now that I'm living back in the town I grew up in, I'm realising how much I loved living in the city. As much as i love the country life, I enjoy helping out moving/feeding/treating the cattle on our friends farm, I miss all the shops, our town is absolutely terrible for shopping, with most of our shops consisting of, phone shops/charity shops or coffee shops! I tend to have to wait ages between shopping trips, or order online and pay the extra for delivery! Roll on when I get a car!!!!

My housemates and I have arranged our next night out in London, we book into a travelodge, and then go clubbing in the evening and shopping the next day, its so much fun, we did our first 'reunion' in December, and its currently 18 days until our next, one of my ex housemates has moved to New Zealand, so although she was there for the december one, she wont be for this one! *sad face* Here is a picture of the four of us from Decembers night out!

GOTTA LOVE MY GIRLS!!!

Nothin' like a bit of Soap & Glory!

Since I moved to London I have become slightly obsessed with the Soap & Glory scent! My housemate had the shower gel in the first year we lived together and the smells was very suitble and fresh. In the new house, we are all a little bit in love with it, in the sense that 3 out of the 4 of us have/had the shower gel at one time. Here is a dodgey picture I took on my iphone >>

I recently ran out of my Boots Cranberry body butter, which I received in a gift set for Christmas, so on one of my trips into central London, I popped into Boots and picked up a large tub of The Righteous Body Butter, which would normally cost £9.79 for 250ml, but I used my advantage card points to pay for it! This body butter is awesome! It's thick, as you would expect from a body butter, but its not sticky, which I have found with some can be a problem. A little goes a long way with this as well! With all the heat and sun we have been having, I have been out in the sun tanning, and this has helped me maintain my tan and keep the colour glowing.

Speaking of tans, when tanning its best to have exfoliated before hand, as this helps the tan be more eve, particularly when fake tanning. Having used a sunbed for the first time the other week (tut tut I know, was only for 3 mins!) I decided it was time I got serious about exfoliation, I'm not going to pretend I have done it religiously in the past, but since buying Soap & Glory's Flake Away, I have been exfoliating every other day! This is a wonderful exfoliant that I find quite gentle, I concentrate on using it on the backs of my arms and on my legs, and when I'm shaving my legs, it gives a wonderful smooth finish! Before I forget to mention, a 300ml tub is £6.50, if you don't fancy buying a big one, try the smaller 50ml tub for £2.25 this is perfect if your going away, as again a little goes a long way!

So onto the product that got me into Soap & Glory, the Clean On Me Creamy Clarifying Shower Gel, as mentioned before my housemate had this for a long while, and it was only when I asked my sister for a bottle for Christmas I got my first "fix", using one pump and lathering it up in my loofah is enough to cover you nicely from head to toe in bubbles, with plenty left over, so needless to say I still have over half a bottle left after 6 months! This retails in Boots for £5.00 for 500 ml

You can buy Soap & Glory in most Boots stores in the UK, as well as Harvey Nichols, ASOS.com also stock it, and with international shipping, you can get your hands on it wherever in the world you are!

http://www.soapandglory.com/
http://twitter.com/SoapandGlory
http://www.asos.com/Beauty/A-To-Z-Of-Brands/Soap-Glory/Cat/pgecategory.aspx?cid=10593

Hope everyone had a great weekend! xxx