The Beauty Scenario Tag

Hello Readers!

Last night whilst tucked up in bed I was watching Gabriella's latest video in which she does the "Beauty Scenario Tag" and I decided that today I'd give it a go myself. I quite liked the look of the questions and as I don't tend to do many tags on my blog I thought why not? 

1 : You have to get rid of all of your foundations and you can only keep one high end and one drugstore, which would you keep?

I don't own any high end foundations actually, I've managed to find drugstore ones that I like so why would I bother paying more to experiment with a product I might not like? As for which drugstore one I'd keep, I'd have to say it would be the Gosh CC Cream in the shade Porcelain as it's the perfect match for my skin tone and it feels lovely and light on my face. 

2 : You go for an interview and the lady interviewing you has lipstick on her teeth, do you approach the subject or ignore it completely?

Honestly I'm not sure what I'd do until I was put in that situation but knowing how shy I can be I have a feeling I'd probably ignore it. (Sorry interview lady!) 

3 : You're not feeling yourself and need a pick me up, which lipstick do you put on to make yourself feel beautiful?

Probably MAC's Coral Bliss as it's so pretty, summery and it has a really lovely glossy finish to it. A little bit of peach colouring to your face really brightens up your appearance so it's definitely one I reach for when I want to feel beautiful. 


4 : You go back in time for a day to your teenage years; how would you do your hair and make-up differently?

Ah this is a tough one as I have had a fair few make-up and hair disasters during my teenage years. I'd probably tell myself not to cut my hair so short and not to dye it so many weird colours as looking back It really didn't look good. I'd also tell myself that wearing eyeliner on just one eye because the other one was hidden under my massive fringe was weird and not to do it regardless of how smart I thought I was being. I'd also stop myself from wearing a few foundations which really were not my colour at all. 


5 : You ask your hairdresser for a shoulder length Pixie Lott hair cut but they hear you wrong and give you a pixie cut, do you -
A) Smile, say thank you, leave and call your mum hysterical
B) Cry in the chair and things get awkward
C) Complain to the manager and demand a refund?

A! I am the worst for saying I love my hair in the hairdressers, even going to the extent of tipping them and then coming out into the street and crying about it. I have done this on many occasions so I feel like that's probably what I'd do in this scenario. 

6 : Your friend surprises you with a 4 day city break and you have one hour to pack, which do-it-all palette would you pack in your makeup bag?

Urban Decays Naked Basics as this little palette contains 6 eyeshadow shades, all of which can easily be used to create a day or night look. Plus it's tiny and compact - perfect for shoving in to your make-up bag! 

7 : Your house has been robbed, don't worry everyone is safe but your beauty stash has been raided.. What's the product you really hope is safe?

Probably my Urban Decay Naked Palette as it's the most expensive item I own and I'd be devastated if anything happened to it. I have very few high end products so I really do value the ones that I do own.

8 : Your friend borrows your makeup and returns it in awful condition, do you -
A) Pretend you haven't noticed
B) Ask them to repurchase it
C) Secretly do the same to something of theirs?

I've already had this happen to me before and I did A, I simply pretended I hadn't noticed. I do like to treat my make-up with care and I am gutted if it comes back looking a little worse for wear after I've lent it to someone but I don't think it's something worth kicking up a fuss over. Lesson learnt, next time just don't lend any make-up out! I'd probably care more over clothes if I'm honest. 



That's all for this tag, I hope you've enjoyed.
I tag anyone who's interested in giving it a go and for anyone who does, leave a comment linking me to your post. I'd love to read it!

I hope you're all well. 

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.

50 Facts About Me

Hello Readers,

Today I will be doing the 50 Facts About Me Tag as it's one that I haven't done before and I noticed that the lovely Rheya from PixiRella had done it today and tagged everyone! So that was more than enough encouragement for me to give it a go. It was quite hard trying to think of 50 facts about yourself however I'm glad I did it as it's quite nice to look at and think oh, I'm not as boring as I thought I was!

1. My full name is Paige Myra Young

 

2. I was named after a bitchy character in a show that my mum watched whilst she was pregnant.

 

3. I'm originally from Corby, aka "Little Scotland"

4. I run my own photography business and have done since I was 16 years old

 

5. I recently got a Christmas temp job at Topshop which I am over the moon about!
6. I currently live in Nottingham with my boyfriend Chris.

7. I met my boyfriend on Myspace when I was 14, we were friends for a while before finally becoming a couple when I was 16. (Although saying that, I fancied him the whole time we were friends haha)

 

8. We've been together for almost 3 years now.

9. I have a cat called Bubbles, he has half a nose.

 

10. I also had a dog called Buster, however we sadly had him put down this year due to poor health.

11. I failed my driving test twice and thankfully passed 3rd time round!
12. I don't do very well in test conditions.

13. I'm absolutely RUBBISH at maths. I'm more of a creative person so me and numbers just don't get on.

14. My first ever concert was Daniel Bedingfield,  I was about 8 years old.

15. My ultimate dream is to become a successful fashion photographer.

 

16. I absolutely love buying new clothes.

 

17. I only just got into the Hunger Games last week and now I'm addicted to it!

 

18. I had quite long hair and then when I got into secondary school, I began to have it cut

shorter and shorter until finally in year 9 I decided to get Rihanna's old short hair cut.

19. It's taken a while to grow back but I think it's finally at a decent length!

20. I have a younger brother called Jack, he's 15.

 

21. Much to the horror and disbelief of every person I've ever come across, I dislike the Harry Potter series. I've tried to get into it, books and movies but I just can't do it. I don't like it!

22. I used to be a massive greb / scene kid wannabe when I was 14. Multi coloured hair, black panda eyes, yeah you get the picture.

23. I want to go to London to study fashion photography. I'm hoping to do it next year with any luck!

24. I love going on nights out because I love dancing! I do the most crazy, ridiculous dance moves ever and feel no shame about it!

25. I love Adventure time.

26. I have the frizziest hair in the world, it sucks.

27. I'm a really fussy eater.

28. If I'm eating anything bread based and there is only bread in my mouth, no chicken or sauce etc, I will gag and throw up. Apparently my mouth doesn't like the taste of plain bread? Is this normal?!

29. I don't really like chips.

30. I don't like any form of hot drinks and that includes hot chocolate as well as tea, coffee etc.

31. I really want to see the Northern Lights.

32. I pretty much only wear black clothes.

33. I don't like wearing a coat.

 

34. When I was younger I used to love reading so much that I would to go to the library, take out the maximum of 10 books and return them a day or 2 later, having read them all!

35. Up until the age of 16 I wanted to be an author.

36. Despite passing my driving test in the summer, I have never drove a car. (Hooray for not being able to afford insurance)

37. I hate potatoes. They are vile.

38. Up until the age of 10 I used to regularly pretend to be a cat. My mum genuinely thought I needed to see someone because she was the concerned.

39. I used to be obsessed with the band Tokio Hotel.

40. I bite my nails and I literally can't stop it.

41. I'm extremely squeamish.

42. I used to be addicted to the Sims 2 when I was younger. If someone came to the door to ask if I was coming out, I would say no so I could stay in and play sims.

43. I like playing games, I play Minecraft, Gears of War 3, Skyrim, Pokémon etc.
44. As a photographer I've covered 3 weddings, 3 proms, events etc.

45. When I was about 15 I used to be able to eat 3 takeaways a day however now I can barely finish a normal sized bowl of pasta.

46. Sammi from BeautyCrush and Jenn Im from Clothes Encounters are my style icons.

47. I'm a Scorpio.

48. Everybody compares me to a Shrew.

49. I don't like getting water in my face.

 

50. These facts are quite dull!

That's all for this post, well done to those of you who read through it all. You've done well!
I tag all of you who read this and fancy giving it a go.

 

 

 



The Lipstick Tag

Hello Readers,

I was recently tagged by the lovely Rheya from Pixirella.blogspot.com to discuss my collection of lip products. I'd never heard of this tag before, however after reading through it I think it's a really great tag, if you're a lip product lover then it's highly worth reading or even doing yourself!

So enough chatting and on with the tag..

How many lipsticks do you own?

I own 23 lipsticks in total, 2 lipcreams, 1 lipstain, 1 matt lip colour pen, 1 chubby stick, 5 lipglosses and 2 lip balms. I honestly don't know how I've acquired that many but oh well!

What was your first lipstick?
I honestly couldn't tell you what my first lipstick was. When I was a little girl my nan gave me a bag of her makeup to keep. I was only a small child at the time so I just played around with it giving me and my little brother makeovers *sorry jack* and putting lipstick on dolls etc. I do remember my favourite lipstick from the lot being a beautiful plummy red colour. I think some of the first lipsticks I played around with were from Avon, however I'm not entirely sure.

What is your most worn lipstick?

I'd say my most worn lipstick without a doubt is MAC's Myth. Myth is a satin finish lipstick and is my only one at that. I picked myth up in the Summer of last year and have used it so many times now that it's almost all gone. It's my favourite nude and it looks incredible on a night out with a little bit of pink gloss on top.

What is your favourite brand of lipstick?

Oh goodness this is a hard one. Overall I guess I'd have to say Rimmel, as they have a huge range of colours, majority of the lipsticks are really good quality and have great colour payoff and last for quite long! They're also extremely affordable.

What is your favourite finish?

My favourite finish would have to be matte. I personally prefer the way that matte lipsticks look on me and I'm not really sure why.

What is the last lip product you brought?
It's actually been a long time since I last purchased a lip product. I do believe it was a MUA Power Pout Colour Intense Tint and Balm in the shade Justify. They are basically MUA's answer to the chubby stick craze and the colour I picked up is a beautiful orange shade. The colour is beautiful and it was only £3 so it was a good deal!

How many lip products do you have in your bag?

I currently only have one lip product in my bag and that is a lipstick. It's Rimmel's Lasting Perfection Lipstick in the shade Starry - Eyed as I was wearing it yesterday. I only ever have the lip product I'm wearing on that day in my bag.

What product do you use to rock a red lip?

I'm probably about to offend the entire beauty blogging world here by saying that I do not use any lip liners or lip scrubs etc before putting on a red lip. I literally just use whatever red lipstick I feel like and put it on without much thought about it. I normally go for either MAC's Russian Red, Rimmel's Tantrum or Rimmel's Apocalips in Big Bang as they are my favourite red shades.

How do you store your lipsticks?
I actually did a post about this a little while ago which you can see if you click here. You can also see how I store my lipsticks from the image above. I keep all my lipsticks in a acrylic make-up organizer which I got from Amazon for £7.33. It's really good quality and quite a good alternative to expensive Muji storage.


What lip products are you currently lusting over?

I really want to try some of the new lasting finish lipsticks that Rimmel have just come out with. I also want to get my hands on MAC's Lady Danger as I think it looks like a beautiful colour.


That's all for this tag post! I hope you've enjoyed and found it interesting. I found it really enjoyable to do so thanks once again to Rheya for tagging me to do it!

I tag any of you reading this to do this tag if you haven't already!

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.
    
    
    
    
    
    
     

 

 

 



Beauty Things I Suck At.

 

Hello My Lovelies!

Today I'll be doing something a bit different, I've seen this tag floating around on Youtube and a lot of beauty gurus have been doing it. I personally love watching this people do this tag, probably because I find it quite reassuring to know that I'm not the only one who struggles with certain beauty related tasks. Anyway, I'm not brave enough to sit infront of a camera and record myself talking but I wanted to do this tag really badly so I thought why not just do it on my blog. I don't know if anyone else has done a blog post version of this tag yet but I'd be interested to see anyone who has. So here goes, here is a list of beauty things that I suck at!

 

1. Applying False Eyelashes

I have tried on so many occasions to put false eyelashes on and I think I've only ever had 3 positive experiences with them. I just can't seem to put them on properly despite the fact I follow all the instructions and tips which are meant to help you. I put a thin and even strip of glue along the lash line, wait till it goes tacky and then apply them as close to my lash line as possible. I'll hold them down for a few seconds and then when I take my hands off, I see that the inner corner of the lashes has flapped up yet the rest of the eyelash has gone on perfectly. Then I always end up battling with the inner corner, trying to put more glue on to that part, which then results in there being too much glue, the glue goes into my eyes, my eyes start running and the false eyelash just becomes too wet to work with so I give up and rip them off in frustration. I honestly couldn't tell you how many times I've had that exact problem. Clearly, I'm just not meant to wear false lashes!

 

2.Eyeliner

I'm talking about lid liner that is by the way, in particular the cat eye. I wear eyeliner almost everyday yet I still struggle with it on a regular basis. I'm getting better at doing a thin line across my lid but I'm still absolutely rubbish when it comes to doing the little flick. It just never looks even, one looks more curved whereas the other flick just looks straight, so i'll keep adding to the flicks until I'll have either 2 ridiculously long straight lines coming from off my eyes, are 2 ridiculously long curved lines coming off my eyes. Neither of which is a good look! It normally takes me a few attempts when I'm doing my eyeliner flicks until I'm happy with it or I just can't be bothered anymore.

 

3.Curling My Lashes

Let it be known now that I cannot for the life of me, curl my eyelashes. I don't even have an eyelash curler anymore as I was so frustrated with it that I threw it out. I have very short, stubby lashes so mascara on it's own never really works wonders for me so I thought curling my lashes would be a brilliant idea as then I'd be able to have lovely big, curled lashes. Wrong! I could never curl my lashes without pulling a bunch of them out or catching my eyelid which is extremely painful and uncomfortable. After catching my eyelid with my eyelash curlers on multiple occasions I developed a fear of using them so I couldn't even bring myself to lift them anywhere near my eyes anymore.

 

 

4. Blending Eyeshadow

So I wouldn't say I'm absolutely awful at this, most of the time I'm quite happy with my ability to use and blend eyeshadow, however sometimes when I'm using a darker colour I always worry that it doesn't look blended enough, and so I'll keep blending it but then I worry that it's too blended and the colour isn't even noticeable anymore. So basically, I struggle to meet in the middle of too much blending and not enough blending. If that makes any sense?

5.Hair

Does this even fit into this tag? I hope so! Basically, if you haven't been able to tell from my pictures already, I am rubbish at doing hair! I can't curl it very well, I certainly can't straighten it very well either. I'm just rubbish at doing my hair! My hair is very thick, wavy and frizzy so I can be very lazy when it comes to doing it.

So that's it for beauty things I suck at. I hope you enjoyed this post. If you or anyone else has done a blog post of this tag let me know and link it below! I'd love to have a look.

Take Care!

Paige.