Winged Eyeliner

If you've ever attempted winged eyeliner for the first time, you'll know.

This is me, every time I'm in a rush to get ready. 

*This is not my picture and I've seen it all over the internet so I don't know where it originally came from.

Blogstagrams

That's a word, right? It has to be a word. And if it wasn't, it is now. 

Today I thought I would share some of my recent instagram posts with you, just for something a little different. 

My new textbooks which arrived today! I'm not a law student anymore! 

Fairly old actually, this picture of my cousins is from April, but says so much more about them than I ever could. I love it. 

Rhino poaching is such a big problem in Africa.

If you haven't already tried cherry flavoured Jelly Bellies dipped in chocolate, you should go out and get some now. RIGHT NOW. GO.

Our old house. It's already been a month since we moved, time flies when you're having fun.

Let's blog some shit.

Because who doesn't love photos of Labradors?

And beaches? Labradors and beaches. 

The two birds that were born just after we moved in and flew away last Monday! 

Leave your Instagram name in the comments below and I'll have a sneaky follow-spree!

xxx

New Goodies

Hello everyone!


The title of today's post may be slightly misleading as not everything that I'm about to show you is 100% brand new. *gasp* I have had some of these products for a while now but still wanted to share them with you. Having said that, let's not waste any more time...

The first thing I want to share with you is this AMAZING body butter from The Body Shop. This one has a passion fruit scent and I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful it smells! My mom and sister have got blueberry and raspberry respectively and they all have such a strong fruity scent. I just love it. And my skin just loves it too, it's super moisturising and absorbs pretty quickly so there's no need to sit around waiting for it to dry. PERFECT. 

Next up are these two face products: the Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation, which I have already spoken about HERE, and the Avon Ideal Flawless BB Cream. This cream does such a good job of hiding my pores, I've taken to using it on problem areas with a little powder to set and nothing else. This is in the shade ivory which is a tad too light for me if I wear it on its own, but nothing that a little powder and bronzer can't fix! Order it HERE.

Third is this little gem. I cannot tell you what this brand is - yes, it says Amuse USA on the packaging but I googled it and found NOTHING similar - I simply stumbled upon this in one of those "bargain bin" type things in Dischem. Don't know where it comes from, don't know how it got here, don't know where you can find it, but it cost me R30 and is the perfect highlighter for someone who doesn't wear it all that often, like me.

These two items are really just because they were on sale and I needed another one at the time. Both items are from Avon, and I really do like them both. The eyeliner is super pigmented and soft so it's a total breeze to apply; and the eyelid primer is a wonderful creamy texture and prolonged my eyeshadow wear by a good 6 hours. Two great investments!

This may seem boring to some people but I have an absolute ADDICTION to makeup brushes. I don't own all that many high-end makeup brushes, but if we go into a cosmetics store I inevitably end up buying a brush. Whether I need it or not. So, a blending brush from a random cosmetics store and a kabuki brush from Avon.

An eyelash curler. Because every girl in the whole world should own one. I bought a new one because the old one was starting to pull my eyelashes out - OUCH. This one came from Clicks.

What good would curled eyelashes be without some intense mascara, and so I also stocked up on these! The Avon mascara is amazing and gives my lashes some wonderful length, while also separating my lashes so that they're not too clumpy. The Falsies... Well, by now it really does not need an introduction. UHHMAYYZIIING.

Oh, you think I have too many lipsticks? WRONG. A girl can never ever have enough lipsticks. I'm really loving the reds at the moment and embracing the dark, mysterious edge they add to my look considering my dark hair, dark eyes, and fairly light complexion. The colour on the right, 11 by Kate (Rimmel), could possibly be my all-time favourite lipstick colour. The other two are number 10 by Rimmel and Rich Ruby by Avon.

Sneakily, I have left my favourite purchase until last. My sister and I were in 3D Cosmetics and saw that they stock the sleek palettes! We both immediately reached for this one, and although I haven't used it yet, I just know that I'm going to love it! This is the Au Naturel palette and if you want to know more about it, LOOK HERE! i just know that I'll be treating myself to more of these palettes soon!

Emma Pickles on YouTube did a GORGEOUS smokey eye look using this palette, so if you do have this in your collection and need a little inspiration, LOOK AT THIS! This girl is so so talented and I just love everything about her and her channel!

That's everything that I've picked up recently, I hope this has inspired you or wasted just enough time for you that you can now go home/stop working/write your own blog post or whatever else it is that you may be doing now...

If you like this kind of post please let me know in the comments section and I'll be sure to do more of these!
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Happy Middle Of The Week!
xxx

I Owe You An Explanation

Hey Everyone!


As you guys have probably noticed, it's been about two months since my previous post. Which SUCKS, I know. Thus, here I am to apologise and explain why it's been such a long time since I spoke to you.


Firstly, we have just moved house. We've moved about 8kms closer to the school that my sister is at and where my mom works. It may seem like not much, but it makes such a difference to traffic that I can now fetch my sister after school instead of her having to wait for my mom to lock up at 16h30.
Most normal families hire a truck and move house on a single day and then it's over and done; not my family. For the last 6 weeks we have been loading the car FULL of furniture and boxes, and trekking it to the new house. (Look it up). It's taken ages and we are all so exhausted, physically and emotionally, that I just have not been able to sit down for long enough to write this post.
At the moment, the whole house looks like a disaster area with boxes EVERYWHERE and random furniture standing around all over the place. As soon as it looks somewhat tidier I will post a picture of my room and the house itself. For now you can have a picture of my gorgeous puppy:

No, she's not really a puppy any more, she is nearly 6 but she's still MY puppy. 

Secondly, studying via correspondence is not at all easy while you're moving house; so in the evenings I've been working on assignments and doing my reading instead of keeping you guys updated. 

We handed over the keys to the new owners yesterday so hopefully some sanity and routine will return to our lives. As for me and this blog, I will DEFINITELY be posting more frequently from now on again and I do hope you understand why I haven't spoken to you in such a long time.

Happy Friday! Have a wonderful weekend, and I will chat to you soon!

xxx

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