7 Deadly Sins Of Beauty Tag

Hello Readers,

 As you can probably tell from the title of this post, today I shall be doing a tag! I don't tend to do many on my blog for some reason but I quite enjoy doing them. So with that being said I had a look online and decided to do the 7 Deadly Sins of Beauty tag as it looked quite interesting. I believe it's quite an old one now so I'm sure many of you will have seen this go round before but as I hadn't done it yet I thought I might as well give it a go! 

Greed
What is your most inexpensive beauty item? What is your most expensive one?

My most inexpensive beauty item is a pretty dull one but it is this MUA intense colour eyeliner in the shade Jet Black. It's honestly such a good eyeliner, it goes on so creamy and is really pigmented. Also, the lid doubles as a sharpener which is so incredibly handy! This was only £1 so it's such a bargain.

My most expensive beauty item to date is my Urban Decay Naked 1 palette. I bought this quite a while ago now whilst on the plane back from Alcudia. I believe the palette is £37 however as I was using my leftover Euros I roughly paid about 45 euros for it. (I think) So despite it being quite a splurge it was definitely worth it - since picking this up I've used it countless times and find it to be a really diverse palette. You can create so many looks out of the shades provided and they're really good quality shadows - super pigmented and really easy to blend! 

Wrath

What beauty products do you have a love/hate relationship with? What product has been the hardest to get?

The beauty product I have a love / hate relationship with, has to be the Max Factor Lipfinity Lasting Lip Tint. I've got shade 04 and I absolutely love the colour of it - it's such a beautiful red wine shade. However, the lasting power of this is really pathetic which is why I dislike it. After a little while it goes quite patchy and sort of flakes a little bit and then before you know it, it's completely worn off. I love the colour but this is a high maintenance lip product with constant touch ups necessary! 

The product I found hardest to get was actually the Sleek Blush By 3 palette in Lace. Everytime I went into Superdrug to pick it up, they never had it in stock. They don't stock Sleek in the Superdrug in my town so I had to keep looking for it whenever I was in Nottingham or if I was in Leicester and it was always sold out! Luckily enough for me my boyfriend's sister, was able to grab this for me and gave it to me as a Christmas present. I was very happy to finally get this trio as it was on my beauty wishlist for so long. The colours are so beautiful and are crazily pigmented - such good value for money!

Gluttony

What are your most delicious beauty products?

One of my most delicious beauty products is this Rimmel London Sweet Jelly Sheer Lipgloss in the shade 060 Delicious (ironic I know) As far as lipgloss goes, it's alright - they all seem the same to me so I wouldn't really know the difference from a good one and a bad one. However this smells and tastes SO nice - every time I wear it I pretty much just eat it off straight away. 

I couldn't choose just one product for this so I also wanted to include this Flava Craze Chapstick in Watermelon Splash. Again as far as chapsticks go this is an alright product, nothing amazing but there's really nothing I could complain about either. It leaves a slight red / pink tint to the lips so it's perfect if you're just wanting to add a nice subtle hue and moisturise your lips at the same time. Plus, it smells absolutely incredible! Perfect summer lip balm. 

Sloth

What beauty product do you neglect due to laziness? 

I will admit hand on heart that I neglect all of my cream / liquid blushers due to sheer laziness. They're just so much effort to put on! I always feel like I put too much on and therefore spend even longer trying to blend it in. I'd much rather just stick with powder blushes, easy to blend and less scary looking! 

Pride

What beauty product gives you the most self confidence?

I know most girls will say foundation or concealer but for me I think it honestly has to me mascara. My eyes are quite small and I really need mascara to help open them up more and make them look that little bit bigger. I really don't know what it is but mascara just ties a look together and without it I think I look rather strange!

 Lust

What attributes do you find the most attractive in the opposite sex?

Hair, smile and dress sense are probably the things I'd say in terms of physical attributes. Overall though they need to be caring, supportive, honest and they must be able to hold a conversation with me. There's nothing more off putting than a guy who just doesn't seem to be able to make conversation with me.

Envy

What items would you most like to receive as a gift?

Oh this is a really tricky one as there's always something on my wishlist! I think I have to say pretty much any make up product from theBalm as they have the most incredible packaging and such quirky little product names. 


That's all for this post. I know it's quite an old tag now so I imagine quite a few of my followers will have done it but if you haven't and decide to do it then I'd love to see some of your responses! So I tag anyone who fancies giving it a go! 

I hope you're all well.

Tropical Vibes

Hello Readers,

Today I have a little fashion mood board to share with you all. As we're getting closer to Summer (apparently) the highstreet stores are flourishing with bright vibrant colours and in your face tropical prints. I'm not the biggest fan of colour, in fact if you've been reading this blog for a while, you'll know that I'm pretty much a full on monochrome lover. It's a rare occasion if I'm ever wearing colour, however this year bright colours have been really catching my eye and I've found myself lusting after neon pieces and quirky patterned clothes. Here I've put together an outfit consisting of some of the Tropical inspired pieces that River Island are currently stocking. I 100% need to go and get that skirt at some point as this is one I feel like I can't go without.. 

1. Yellow High Neck Crop Top  - £10
2. Blue Floral Print Skirt - £25
3. Gold Tone Mixed Rings - £8 
4. Yellow Peep Toe Platforms - £55
5. Gold Tone Slinky Bar Necklace - £12
6. Purple perspex embellished box clutch bag - £35


That's all for this post! I hope you're all well.

The Liebster Award.

Hello Readers!

Today I will be doing a different sort of post so I hope you don't mind too much. Whilst waiting for my extremely lazy boyfriend to get out of bed this morning, I decided to kill some time by checking my blog and seeing if I had any new activity on there. I noticed a new comment on my New Look Autumn Preview post which caught my attention. The comment was from the lovely Keziah, saying that she had nominated me for a Liebster Award - which was extremely kind of her and I am so grateful!

 

Now for those of you who have not heard of the "Liebster Award" before, it's basically a tag which helps to get bloggers who have under 200 followers, noticed. I think this is an amazing idea as there are so many bloggers out there that it can be quite hard to get yourself established and to really put your name out there. This tag just gives you the chance to have your blog seen by more people and maybe even gain you some new followers. 

 

This of course is an amazing idea because at the end of the day, you're putting content out there which you want to share with people!

Now as all tags do, there are some rules. I've seen a few different rules floating around for this tag however these were the ones that were on the blog which I was originally tagged on. They are as follows;

1. Link back and recognize the blogger who nominated me.
2. Answer the 11 questions that have been given to me by the nominator.
3. Nominate 11 other bloggers for this award – they must have less than 200 followers!
4. Create 11 questions for my nominees to answer
5. Let my nominees know they have been nominated by going to their blog and notifying them.

 

So the questions that Keziah created for her nominations to answer, are;

1. If you could swap wardrobes with any celebrity who would it be?
   I think I'd have to say Suki Waterhouse. I think she's got great style and I absolutely love the two piece suits that she's been photographed in. I'd love to have something like that in my wardrobe!
2. What is your favourite time that you have seen a band live?I'm not really sure, I've seen quite a few bands live due to the fact that I've been to about 4 festivals within the last few years. I really don't think I could pick a favourite time!
3. If you had £1000 would you rather spend it on clothes or beauty?
   Clothes, easily!
4. What's your ideal holiday?
   My ideal holiday would be just somewhere where it's hot, there's a pool, a good poolside bar and some good restaurants! I'm really not fussy when it comes to my holidays.  
5. If you could have one handbag, what would it be?
   I'd quite like a Cambridge Satchel actually! Although they are extremely expensive.
6. What are your 3 favourite shops?
   Topshop, River Island and Primark!
7. If you could live in any other time period what would you choose and why?
   I honestly don't know, I think I'm quite happy with the time period I'm in now!
8. What was the first record you bought?
   Record as in CD? I think it was probably Pink - Missundaztood. How embarrassing!
9. If you could only buy one makeup brand for the rest of your life what would it be?
   I'd have to say Rimmel because on the whole, most of their products are quite good. They have a good range of stuff so I could probably make do with just that brand alone.
10. If you could change anything about yourself what would it be?
    Ooh tough one. I would probably say my hair as it's often the thing that I'm most unhappy with. It's thick, wavy and frizzy and just so hard to work with! I can never do anything with it and it just frustrates me to no end.
11. What beauty product have you been most disappointed with?
    Nars blush in the shade Deepthroat. It looked so beautiful and there was so much hype about it however the pigmentation is so bad. On top of all that it was expensive too so I was super disappointed with that.
    
    
    Now as part of the rules I have to create my own questions for my Nominations to answer so my questions are ;
    
    1. What inspired you to start blogging?
    2. How did you come up with your blog name?
    3. Are you more of a fashion person or a beauty person?
    4. Foundation or BB Cream? Which do you prefer?
    5. If you could hang out with one youtuber / blogger who would it be?
    6. Who is your fashion icon?
    7. What is your favourite food?
    8. Nights out or nights in? Which do you prefer?
    9. What's you favourite clothing brand?
    10. What was the last film you saw in cinema?
    11. What is your favourite make-up brand?
    
    The people I nominate are;
    
    1. Kayla - Kaylaloveskosmetics
    2. Niamh - NiamhEtc
    3. Katie - Whatkatieedidnext
    4. Sharon - IEatFashion
    5. Amber - LovelyNotions
    6. Amy - AMelissaB
    7. Ella - EllaTebbutt
    8. Georgia - GeorgiaRosex
    9. Evangeline - EvangelineYoung
    10. Millie - Fl0ralKittens 
    11. Fiona - Lilyavenuee
    
    
    
    
    Sorry if I've tagged anyone who's already been tagged previously!
    
    I look forward to seeing any responses.
    
    Hope you're all well.
    
    Paige.