Winter Walks

Hello Everyone,

Today's blog post is going to be quite different to my beauty/hair posts. One of my 2015 goals is to post a variety of blog posts on my blog. I recently have started going on weekly walks with my friends and so far they have been alot of fun :)

I think going on walks is a good way to stay active and it can be alot of fun too. I'm lucky that I live in an area where there are places I can walk to during winter and summer. I know winter isn't the best time fo the year for going outside because it can get very cold but if your walking you don't really feel that cold. I think being more active and fit is alot of peoples main new years resolution. I go with my friends once a week and its always alot of fun but at the same time its exercise (who knew exercising could be fun?) Whether you go walk for 30 minutes or 5 hours its still really good for you. I actually really can't wait for summer now because I just want it to start getting warmer so I

can start going outside more because after Christmas I get bored of winter. 

Thank you for reading this blog post. I would like to also thank everyone for all the views on my last blog post which was a collab. I know this isn't one of my usual blog posts but I enjoyed writing it and I hope you enjoyed reading it :) 

Comment down below what your favourite winter activity is.

xxTAWxx

What's In My Bag?| Ft HeyItsKira

Hello Everyone,

Today I'm going to be showing you what's in my bag. My bag isn't that big therefore I don't fill it with alot of stuff. This is also a collab with Kira from the youtube channel HeyItsKira. We have both done a what's in my bag so go over to her channel and watch her version of this, she has really good quality videos and I like her videos alot :)

My bag is just a primark brown shoulder bag. I like this bag alot because it fits everything I want to fit in it. 

I'm a bit of a lip product addict so I always have more than one in my bag, normally I have about 4-5 in my bag (I know that's alot)! I have my passion fruit eos lip balm, my extracts cranberry & pomegranate lip balm, my natural collection lipstick in the shade 'pink mallow' and my Tanya Burr lipgloss in the shade 'first date' which is only a recent purchase but I already love it alot. I also carry a hand cream around with me especially in winter and I like using the 'hands that do wishes' Shea butter hand cream from the Along Came Betty range. I always have a few hairbands in my bag in case I want to put my hair up if its in my way. I also have my pink heart wallet which is also from primark. I have my Sephora perfume in the scent Lagoon which smells really nice. I normally carry mints or chewing gum with me too. I do also carry my phone and keys in my bag too I just didn't include them in the picture.

Thank you for reading this blog post, I hope you've enjoyed it. Don't forget to go onto Kira's youtube channel to watch her what's in my bag video. Leave any blog post suggestions in the comments below.

xxTAWxx

New Year, New Start

Hello everyone,

Today I'm just going to write a quick blog post but its not like all my other ones (beauty/fashion related). During December I had alot of blog posts planned which also included doing blogmas however I did take a break from blogging because I felt like I needed to put up a post two times a week and I wasn't really enjoying it anymore. I started my blog because I love beauty and fashion as much as I love writing about them so my blog was the perfect opportunity. I have thought about restarting my blog but I'm not going to because I have put in alot of work into my posts and pictures and I'm proud of most of them. I did have alot of blog post ideas for December and I will carry some of them into 2015. I do also have some pictures that I took for blogmas from when I went to France so if you want just comment below and I can write a blog post about that :)

Thank you to everyone that has let me have this break but I promise I will get back to blogging very soon and there will be alot of blog posts coming your way :) for now I'm not going to have a schedule to when I will blog but I will try to blog at least once a week. 

If you have any suggestions please feel free to leave them below. Thank you for taking your time to read this and I promise I will get back to doing my usual blog posts very soon.

xxTAWxx

Winter Makeup Look

Hello everyone,

Today I'm going to be showing you my makeup look for winter. I'm not really sure if its officially winter but I'm still going to do this blog post because I love this look and I think its perfect for autumn or winter.

Face:

I start off my using the Nivea tinted moisturiser in the colour natural. This tinted moisturiser also has light reflecting pigments which make your skin look healthier.I then use the Collection illuminating touch concealer in the colour natural. I put this concealer under my eyes because it highlights the area. I then set it all with my beauty cycle pressed powder in the colour translucent. This just sets your makeup for the whole day and doesn't make your face go shiny. I then use the bronzing duo from miss sporty. I have it in the shade 001. I use the darker colour to contour my face then I use the highlighter on my cheeks to add a glow. I finished up with a silky powder blush from Estee Lauder in the colour Rose Nuuance. This a long lasting blush and the colour is a pretty pink colour. 

Eyes:

I used my eyeshadow palette from Avon in the colour neautral tones. I started off with a shimmery cream eyeshadow all over my eyelid. I then took the darkest colour which is a shimmery dark brown through my crease. I then use the purple eyeshadow from a eyeshadow duo from natural collection which is called Vanilla Plum. I only use the purple colour from this duo and I really like it because its really pigmented. I use it in the outer corners of my eyelid and blend it into the crease, I also run it a bit under my eye and blend it out. After that I use the Collection Extreme felt tip liner to line my eye and I do a little flick. I then finish off my eyes with the doll'd up mascara from Seventeen. This mascara just adds alot of volume to your lashes without leaving them clumpy.

Lips:

I finish off my winter makeup look by using the Barry M tinted lipbalm in the colour Jam Jar. This lip product adds a red colour to your lips and prevents your lips from being chapped.

I hope you enjoyed my first ever makeup look blog post. I might do one for each season. I hope you try out this makeup look at home or use bits of it as an inspration.

xxTAWxx

My Top 8: Winter 2014 Nail Polish Picks

Hello everyone,

Today I'm going to be sharing my favourite nail polishes that I like to wear during the winter months. I personally love wearing neon nail colours but during winter I wear colours that are alot less bright. I have picked some high end nail polishes and some drugstore ones. 

I love alot of colours during winter because I love painting my nails during Christmas time so this was very hard to pick. I personally love wearing glitter nail polishes so my nail polish picks would not be complete without a bit a sparkle and glitter. I own alot of glitter nail polishes but Barry M nail polish is 'ROOTS' (349) is my favourite one out of them all. I prefer it because it has all the different colours of glitter. However this is a limited edition nail polish that I bought last year so it might not be available anymore. Another one of my favourites is the red nail lacquer by Lollipops which I got in my October Birchbox. This is a classic red colour and red is a winter staple colour. I also really like the nail polish from Estee Lauder which is in the colour Fushsia Flame (17). It looks quite bright in the bottle but on the nails it comes out as a pink plum colour. I also love it because it is long lasting and I would highly recommend it.

My favourite nude colour is a light brown colour from miss sporty. This colour is perfect for everyday and the nail polishes are super cheap. The purple colour (235) from Candy is also one of my favourites because the colour is a all year round colour. It also has a long applicator which makes it really easy to apply. I recently purchased the MUA nail polish in Orchid. This colour is a dull purple and I think it will look nice with any monochrome outfit because it will just add a bit of colour.

Another purple nail polish is the colour Blackcurrant from no7. This colour is quite similar to the Candy one but it is a bit darker and its a bit more expensive. My last nail polish pick is a Channel nail colour in Paradoxal (509). This is a dark grey colour with purple shimmer running through it. I personally don't think this colour is to everyone's preference but I like it alot.

These are all of my Winter 2014 nail polish picks. I hope you enjoyed this blog post. Tomorrow is the first day of December which means I can finally open my advent calender and the official countdown to Christmas begins! I'm also starting blogmas tomorrow.

xxTAWxx

November Primark Haul

Hello Everyone

Today I'm going to be showing you what I have recently bought in primark. I only bought these things a couple of days ago so everything should still be in store. I'm not sure if is just me but I feel like Primark aren't as good as they used to be. A year ago there was alot of stuff that I liked in primark but now every time I go there I like less of the stuff there. I was planning on buying more stuff for winter but there really wasn't much that I liked. I might go back to primark before Christmas and hopefully they will have more stuff then. However the stuff that I did buy I really love. I am going to be doing a winter look book in December which will feature most of the clothes in this haul because you cant see how the clothes look clearly on the picture. 

The things that I bought are:

-A black tee dress

-Navy frilly socks

-Over the knee cotton socks

-A grey jumper with a white collar

-A hanging heart shaped frame

-Blue skinny jeans

-A pack of fairy lights

-A black satchel bag

Blogmas

I have a very exciting announcement - I AM DOING BLOGMAS THIS YEAR!

I was thinking about whether I'm going to be doing blogmas this year or not but I have decided I am. I personally love watching vlogmas vlogs on YouTube so I thought I would do blogmas a bit differently. I am going to be writing a blog post once a week on what I did for that one whole week. This weekly blog post will contain pictures of what I did for the past week. This means that I will be putting up blog posts 3 times a week. 

I hope you have enjoyed my primark haul. If you have any Christamssy blog post suggestions than leave them below. I also hope that you are excited about blogmas as much as I am.

xxTAWxx

Favourite Autumn/Winter Lip Products

Hello everyone,

Today I'm going to be sharing my favourite lip products for winter. In summer I blogged about my top 5 nail colours for summer and it was very popular so I thought I would do the same for lip products. I was going to do my top 5 lip products but I couldn't choose my top 5 because I love all of these. All of these are affordable and my must haves for winter. In autumn/winter I  tend to go towards the darker and red lips.

My first must have is my Leigh Anne little mix collection lipgloss. I fell in love with this lipgloss when it first came out, I got it nearly a year ago but I only really re discovered it a couple of months ago and I have been loving it. I think the reason why I fell in love with it was because its really sparkly. I also love the baby lips in berry bomb. This tinted lipbalm is just a perfect winter purple colour. I have reviewed it on my blog not too long ago so if you want a full review on it just click here. The mint eos lipbalm is another one of my favourites. Its just a normal lip balm that smells really minty and when you apply it, it gives a cooling feel to the lips which also makes it really moisturising. I have 5 eos lip balms but the mint one is always my favourite one.

One of my must have lip products every winter is the baby lips in cherry me. This is a tinted moisturiser in a red plumb colour. I love this because it is a really autumnal colour and its really easy to wear. This lip balm goes with any makeup look, its really easy to wear and it always look nice. It smells like cherries and it has a shiny finish. It has been a favourite for a couple of years now. My next favourite is a red lipgloss from the Kelly Brook new look collection. This lipgloss isn't very bright red and it dries to a matte finish. I have also reviewed this lipgloss and the kelly Brook collection here. My favourite lipstick is a dark pink colour from MUA in shade 12. This lipstick is long lasting and it has glitter in it which make your lips look really pretty. If you want a more in depth review on it click here.

My favourite lip scrub is the Santa lip scrub from Lush. It exfoliates your lips leaving them smooth & soft. Its also winter appropriate because it is called 'Santa', Its red and it leaves a slight red tint on your lips. The lip product that I have been wearing ALOT recently is the Barry M cor balmy in the colour jam jar. This is a red tinted moisturiser. I love the cor balmy's because they have a lip balm in the middle which really moisturises your lips. Its really pigmented and its one of my favourite tinted lip balms out of all of the ones that I own.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post. I'm going to be doing alot of winter and Christmasy blogs so make sure you read those. comment your favourite lip products.

xxTAWxx