In-Flight Rescue Kit

Our holiday is creeping up on us quicker than I can fathom, in 2 weeks (tomorrow) we shall be flying high on a long haul flight to Miami, after a short lay-over we then carry on to San José, Costa Rica. 

Mistakes

 

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I know I said I was going to be a shining beacon of positivity, but today - oh, today, was just one of those days. It was one thing after another today and a mountain of things that needed to get sorted.

Manic Monday #27

Wow, I have really written 27 of these already?! That seems a bit mental to me.

It's Monday, it is bank holiday, which means only one thing in the UK - constant rain, huzzah!

I was in Boots the other day, no...really, I was perusing the make-up counters as payday was upon us, I stopped at the Bourjois counter as I needed a new foundation, my Healthy Mix Serum is running dangerously low. After some deliberation I decided I'd try a different base, as Bourjois are really doing something just right with bases at the moment. 

I ended up picking up the 10 Hour Sleep Effect as I thought the lightest shade of the Happy Light was a bit too yellowy for my skin-tone. Then I spotted there was an offer on 3 for 2 and a free pair of sunglasses...what can I say, I'm a sucka for all things offer-esque. 

I ended up picking up a mascara - the Volume Glamour Ultra Black - more on that at a later, more tested date.

And you know what I don't need more of, concealer...so I just thought I'll just pick up this Healthy Mix concealer...to add to my already ridiculous collection. I went for shade 51 as it was the lightest.

The consistency looks quite thick when first squeezed out, but honestly it blends in like a dream, I have used it for the past couple of days, blending it in with a Beauty Blender. 

And I absolutely frickin' love this concealer, it's a great match for my skin, it perfectly counteracts the dark circles under my eyes and as it isn't a light reflective concealer it also works incredibly well around the nose and hiding any pesky spots, that I seem to have an abundance of recently.

I know this term gets thrown around a lot - but a little really does go a long way, I massively over compensated the first time I tried it and ended up wasting a good blob of it. It lasts really well and this happens to me a lot with concealer, but this one really does not just gather and sit in any fine lines.

For one small tube, it really does a lot. I'm going to predict that this will last me quite a long time. 

I'm hooked!

How was your Monday? I hope you all had a lovely day :)

Toodles!

x

Best Friend

I completely failed at blogging this week, so I'll just carry on like nothing happened...

I have wanted to broach this subject for a while because of the way that this 'term' makes me feel.

I always feel like I don't have a 'best friend', the way that culture dictates, more often than not, the best friend will be the same sex. I know, I know, it's ludicrous in this day and age, but that is unfortunately how it is percieved.

Manic Monday #26

Monday. Hi.

 I don't know how to start this, but I know what I want to say. So...here goes.

Indecisive

I am being my own worst enemy today. 

I can't decide what I want to do and I'm feeling antsy. 

I want to go out, but I don't want to go any where. I want to chill

Opinions

I have always been bought up with the ideal that everyone is going to have an opinion and I should respect that. Which for the most part, I do. However, can I stress that there is a very fine line (sometimes) between opinions being misconstrued with facts.

So I shall begin today's post, that does actually have some planning - I know, I was shocked too!

With the growth of social media, over the past few years I have noticed a particular surge in opinionated comments, tweets, statuses so on and so forth. Which I love, because it is our opinions which also add to everyone's individuality. 

I am pretty certain that I can say this as a fact, gah - that there are no two people on the lovely earth, who share the exact same views on everything. No matter if you are very similar to your best friend in your opinions, I am sure that you will have a different outlook on something.

(Please do correct me if I am wrong.)

Anyway, I wanted to touch upon the subject of 'haters'. I dislike internet trolls as much as the next person, but when someone has an opinion which doesn't go in favour of, lets say, popular consensus that the person in question will then automatically be labelled as a 'hater'. This is something that I do not like.

It is not hateful to have a less-than-popular opinion of something. It does not make you a horrible person to have that opinion, it makes you who you are. Having your own opinion makes you unique. Can I please add that I am not saying having an opposing opinion is the only opinion to have, I am referring to any kind of opinion. 

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. 

No matter what is it, positive, negative or ambivalent. 

(Or anything else in between.)

I know there are a handful, probably leaning more to a big handful, of people who just go out of their ways to put an outrageously negative opinion out there to get a rise out of people and there are those who love to play the devils advocate. I am in no way trying to condone these people who have a lot of time on their hands - yet again, an opinion of mine.

I think my point is that it would be quite refreshing to see more people embracing an opinion as exactly that - an opinion. And not fighting about it like that person has just stated a fact or that their opinion is somehow going to effect the whole outcome of whatever their opinion is about.

I think I am quite opinionated, but not in an obnoxious-in-yer-face way. I like having an opinion and my own outlook on things. I do always try to consider points and views from different perspectives and sometimes I do find it hard. But it is good practice, in my opinion, of becoming a better person. 

I hope this has made sense and I haven't made myself seem like a self-important numpty.

Toodles!

P.S - Who wants to count how many times I said 'opinion'?

x

Manic Monday #25

 

I had a hideous day.

I bet you're glad you clicked on this!

Well, you should be, because who doesn't love a bit of self-indulgent moaning? (Yes, I realise that does sort of sound like an innuendo.)

But, alas, it isn't.

Bargain Brow Gel

Brow gels seem to have become the new craze of late, the high street and high end seem to have been having release after release.

I have relented buying any as I was always worried that they would leave my brows look crispy or just a very strange colour

Random Acts of Kindness

I have a story, you might want a tea...

I had to go to the Post Office today when I was at work, I'll set the scene for you -

It was hot, sweaty, stuffy and the line was long. I eventually got one person away from the front, after half an hour of waiting...

Then it was like everything just went wrong

Disorganised or Materialistic?!

I had a fancy post all planned for this evening, but the lighting (and the lateness of me getting around to photography) have failed me. That will have to wait for Friday!

See, organisation is the key, people.

Now comes the scrambled thoughts coming in to my mind, spilling t

Manic Monday #24

I have only this second sat down to write this, so have absolutely no idea what I'm writing.

Que another lets-write-what-comes-in-to-my-head-post! Hooray!

Usually, this wouldn't phase me, but as I've had a whirlwind weekend and a crazy, busy day today I haven't really had much time to reflect or think about a subject that may be interesting to write about.

...thinks for about 15

Birthday

It was mine and Ben's birthday yesterday, we share a birthday, which I love. And I also love telling people, the reactions make me feel all squishy inside! 

We had a lovely day, we always try and visit somewhere in the