Garnier Summer Body Gradual Tan

Hii duckies!
On to my second review of a few to come, a product I've been using for about.... hmm.. roughly a few months? I do like my gradual tan - not the sort of person who would put this on for daily use however! I'm fairly tanned myself, it hasn't been extended to its full natural advantage though, due to crap UK weather!

I use gradual tan for nights out instead of instant fake tan, simply because I hate the mess of instant fake tan and the fact that it can run off in the rain etc. Before this, I used to get the L'Oreal gradual tan, or use my mum's Dove one, but bought this in Boots one day whilst on the phone to my sister who recommended it, plus it was pretty cheap compared to the others, (£3-£5 as opposed to £7-£10).
It's really really great - I love it!
The smell takes a bit to get used to, just fruity apricot/peach... I'm not a great fan of orangey/apricotty/peachy smells if you know what I mean, so this isn't the greatest scent if you're like me! But hey, it beats the usual characteristic 'tan' smell, right?
It goes on really smooth and something I noticed in comparison to the L'Oreal one, was that it dries soooo fast! Brilliant if your slapping it on late before bed for the next day/night out, (something I'm usually doing!)
It goes on very even and smooth, a thin layer goes a long way! (on me anyway, being someone who is pretty warm toned in skin anyway).
Problem - the colour itself. I've got used to it, actually I quite like it. But in comparison to your friends' tans on a night out... hmm you may notice it's a little orange? Personally, I feel that makes it sun kissed and more natural. There's something I detest about the instant tan "brown" sort of colour, orange is more... skin coloured? None of us are chocolate brown unless you are that race.. if you get what I mean? So to me the colour epitomises "sun kissed" - really its very nice, do give it a go and don't be put off by my "orange" statement! :)

Overall, I love it, and will defo repurchase! :)

Ciao for nowwwwwww

xxx

Smashbox Photo Finish Primer

A review? Double take here - I am doing a....REVIEW?!At long last I have become inspired, and utterly utterly bored due to crazy ass rain outside. So yes lovelies, back on to my reviews, and I am excited!

Here we go, products that have been tried and tested by yours truly :)

Smashbox Photo Finish Primer

This stuff is a daily use for me; primer's are bases for foundation (simpleton!). Before this.. I think I may have mentioned or reviewed my previous primer? It's been that long since I've used it I can't even remember it's specific name! It was from the L'Oreal range though, and was clear and mattifying :) Weeellllll pretty ladies it is long gone. This smashbox one is incredible. I started using it after my mummy bought me it (thanks lovely!) to give it a go, she was all.. the usual.. "the girl at the counter recommended it for young skin!! she said it's brilliant!!" and I was all "Mum, you say that for everything you buy me......" ugh. I thought, this stuff is expensive so I doubt I'll buy it again. It took a while to get used to because the texture is so different from my L'Oreal one which actually feels greasier despite it's "Mattifying" claims. It was only after a month or so using smashbox, when I returned to my L'Oreal on a spur of the moment day, that I reeeeeallly noticed the difference and it was huge! L'Oreal just felt so odd and greasy and strange compared to this. This dries faster, smooths amazingly and really keeps my makeup smooth and matte for much longer than L'oreal or without any primer (having said that, ofcourse I still go shiny because I have the oiliest face EVER).
Overall a brilliant product and sadly I feel I will be forced to repurchase this because it's so awesome. A little goes a long way though, so I feel it's worth its price :)
(price is around £20-£24 I believe, dear for makeup in my opinion, coming from a drugstore cosmetic buyer! ;) )


and VOILA! There it is. :)
If you've tried this or are interested in trying, please let me know I'd love to hear what you think of it :)

MORE REVIEWS TO COME!! (promise)

Ciao for Now little beauties.......xxx

Sweetening my mood a little :)

Hi everyone!
I'll start by... hmm apologising? For my last post! Well not really apologizing, because I needed to process what I was feeling somewhere! But just posting now to say that my mood has sweetened :) I am most definitely not in that bad mindset anymore!
How are you all? Hope you've been enjoying the lovely heat wave we had recently! It's sort of over now isn't it? Sadddd times!

MY SUMMER HAS JUST BEGUN!!! :):):)
So feeling very pleased and free, despite the decline in weather... bad times!

Hopefully will be going out lots and lots to celebrate :) Had a brilliant night with the girls earlier in the week and it was such an excellent way to start summer! So good :D

Enjoy your weekend lovelies! Keep me updated on Summer event ideas :)

Ciao for now lovelies!!

x x x

when you really don't know what to do.

Hi everyone :)
   Hope you're all doing lovely. Just sitting up in bed with my fairy lights and candles burning ... was trying to learn some info for my exam next week as today I utterly utterly failed! (once again, I'm finding it awfully hard to get motivated).
Thing is, these exams really matter, and I think it's the stress and worry that's actually preventing me from being able to revise. I seem to have got it into my head that there is no time - like really, in facts, it is impossible for me to sufficiently learn the information enough in the time I have. Impossible. You can't do it, so why even bother? Why stress yourself out and work your ass off when in the end you will fail and somehow that will be worse. I always feel as though if I do a slightly crap exam, but I can say to myself, 'well you didn't work for it did you?' - it makes me feel better. There is something so frustrating and horribly sad when you have genuinely been so motivated and put your ass into work only to come out with failure. That's how I'm feeling right now. These are so important but I feel it is physically impossible at this stage in time to do well. It's too late. So now I just feel helpless.

I'm not saying I didn't work, because I have. All year round I really have. Making  notes, keeping up to date - I am most definitely not a crammer. It's just the work itself seems so much harder than I've ever challenged before and I am overwhelmed to be honest.. yes I have loads of lovely done out notes but the information itself is impossible to me.

I've done 2 exams already (YAY slowly getting there) and well to be honest they were supposed to be my easiest - my passion, what I'm good at, what I did so much work for. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, they went awful. In the moment I just managed to mess up both papers so badly. Was it nerves or stupidity I don't know. I think that's what's really thrown me. I just want to rewind time and start over because I really think if I had got off to a better start, I would be in a much better position right now....

I don't know. I don't feel like myself and I hate myself these days. Hate my life these days hate my mindset, everything is just really, really getting me down. I can assure you guys I am clean minded and healthy!!!! Don't go panicking that I'm going to do anything manic or tragic because I won't - honest :)

Just bla. I don't know who to talk to or how to register or articulate what I'm feeling. Never have I ever got so messed up in the mind about exams .. it's scaring me! Throwing me off course big time!

Hope any of you guys aren't feeling the same... it's horrible. Please comment if you are!! :)

GOOD LUCK for you exams, and hopefully my next post will be a jovial one celebrating the beginning of my Summer :) I cannot wait

Ciao for now :)

(no copyright intended :))


xxx

Wow, new look?

Hiiiiii guys!
How are you all? So I've just signed into blogspot and holy moly, it's all changed?! This reminds me of the twitter/facebook changes except they were much easier to grasp - I am oh so very confused so give me some time to get settled!
Hope you are all doing well, once again I am typing a blabbery post (no WAY?!). Exam stress has hit, it's that time of year sadly. Everyone's out partying tonight but really I'm a little bit too worried seeing as my first exam is in 9 days...... if I party now, I won't be able to stop ! So best if I just keep my head down, yes? I hope it's all worth it :)
So looking forward to summer. How strange as I remember writing on this last Summer being excited, but how things were so different!! Brilliant as I can drive this summer and have an extra month off (yesss!) ahhhh just gushing over it, I really cannot wait! Holiday with all my friends as well to send us off from school :) Getting older guys it's so weird! University excitement and everything ahh!

Keep well & Keep reading & Thanks for visiting as always, means oh so very much :) 

"CIAO FOR NOW!!!"

x x x

Frustration is an understatement.

'Ello 'ello 'ello!
What even was that? I have no idea. How are all you lovely readers? I realise I am being a complete and utter bore-more again as I am aware I have previously promised some beauty posts, with the smashbox photo finish primer being tops on that list, but once again I am lacking in motivation and inspiration in that department. Sooo.. thought I'd just come on and vent my feelings to you all once again. I will give you some time now to exit this blog...... bahaha :)

I am frustrated. (NOT IN THAT WAY..LOL). Ugh I just don't even know. You will be aware that I passed my driving test (yay) but, well, just nothing. I am insured on my brother's car and am free to drive it as he is highly generous and giving me a lend of it when ever I please. I have drove probably like.. 7 miles total in the past 2 weeks, with a sibling or parent accompanying me and I can assure you each trip was far from smooth!! I don't know what's wrong with me. I am genuinely afraid to drive alone. Genuinely. It's not even fear or anything, I'm not afraid of crashing or doing things wrong because let's face it, I passed - I did something right obviously! And it wasn't even a flooky pass - I know people who got like 14 minors and passed. I GOT 5. So I did okay, If I do say so myself...

However, I can't seem to place my finger on the problem. My brother is away now all week, his car is literally sitting outside vacant. He chose to get a train up to the city this week for work etc. so he's staying there. He asked me to take him to the train station and I wanted to........but I said no. Why? Because dropping him to the station meant that I would have to endure the journey back to my house - alone. AND THAT THOUGHT JUST SENT MY HEART RACING.

It just serious lack of confidence or something. I thought, hey, once I pass I'll have a few driving trips with my dad just to adjust, then I'll be a free little flower and get used to it alone. But.. it's like I can't even drive with family. I can. I just don't want to. I'll be honest, I sort of hate it? I don't feel like they're judging me or anything because they're quite the opposite - awfully supportive and saying I'm doing "brilliant, for not being in a car since 2 months of passing! WELL DONE" etcetcetc. I just can't relax. I'm not even concentrating on the road, I'm concentrating on making their journey a pleasure. To try and chat and look like I'm in control when the whole time I am literally shitting my pants. (bahahaha sorry. You understand though...). They're my family for heavens sake, why am I such a nervous state???

I feel like I need to just do one trip by myself and just be myself in the car and learn how to work it and get used to it. (my brother's car is pretty old and difficult compared to the brand new smooth running diesel number I did my lessons in!) It's been an absolutely beautiful day and is now a beautiful evening and I'd absolutely love to take a trip into town and practice the journey alone so maybe, just maybe, I could take myself into school tomorrow and that would just enlighten my confidence to a whole new level. Just can't picture me doing it though. Half imagining driving into town and then getting stuck or enduring some sort of problem and having to do the call of shame to my family.. like, yeah er... come and get me, sorry I rushed off so fast like "look at me I'm so confident" when really, I STILL NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE!!

I really don't know. I've passed. I did good. Why can't I keep up that confidence or believe in myself? This is something I've wanted for so long and it's finally here and I finally have a vehicle I can take for spins but I just can't bring myself to do it... I don't want to be one of those people who just doesn't drive... I feel as though I shouldn't have passed or something because I'm genuinely not that good.....

Anyone on the same boat? Some loving advice would be welcomed this way :)

Hope you are all doing well and I promise promise promise I will start beauty blogging and what not in the very near future! Also lots of exam things going on at the mo but I promise I will find the time :)

Thanks for reading as usual you wonderful little lambs!

Ciao for now :)

xxx

Promises & Reminiscing lalala

Hi everyone Hello Hello Hello! How long has it been now? Probably a very long time - deepest apologies once again! Although you don't understand how pleased I am when I come on to this and see that my views are still rising, thank you all ever so much for stopping by, means a lot :)

Annoying as I keep posting these "Where have I been? What have I been doing?" posts.. when really I should just get into the darn thing and post something more...exciting?
So I will make a promise, that i have a review coming up for Smashbox Photo Finish Primer as I got it for Christmas (yes Christmas.. yes I am doing a review in March time for something I got at Christmas.... what have I become???!!!) I really love it, I'd love to hear from anyone whos tried it :) I will get on that ASAP! Need to charge up my camera and get the old blog dusted from its dusty idleness!!!
What else? Oh yeah I sort of passed my driving test....
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..... Hahahahaha YES I did indeeed!!!!!! So very very pleased and chuffed and absolutely shocked to the brim - thought I had failed it when we got back to the centre but oh no! I did it!! Next on the agenda - a job. If I can tick off driving on the to do list, then I can get a job :) New found confidence and independence guys, it is rather brilliant :):):)

Emmmmmm.... yeah exams and all of that boring malarky. It's that time again. I promise I will get some bloggy posts posted but then I am afraid I have to retire back to my desk once again and become a recluse, eating and revising like the good old days.. This is my last shot to turn this in my favour, university - here I come!

(That sounded so weird..)

Anyway, I love y'all and appreciate your visitation :) Keep on reading and comment and do what ever you fancy really! Enjoy the rest of your Febbers and bring on Spring time March!

Ciao for now lovely lambs

:)

xxx

Put your hands in the air! For Freedom!

Bonjour lovey doveys how are you all?
Maaaaaajor quick post here (nothing new there?) just to say Hiiiiii and how are you and an update - officially examination free (until May) AHHHYESSSS! Freedom feels amazing! Had a lovely lie in this morning and sat about just enjoying relaxation time! No stress, no sitting at a desk all day eating crappy food and getting a sore head, just chilling - it was wonderfully simple :)

Hope your exams went/or are going well! Keep up the hard work, it's a great relief when it's all done :)

Good luck for your results and have a wonderful mini break in February - happy valentines and what not! :)

AU REVOIR!!!!

(for now!) :)

x x x

Aloha Homies!

Quick Howdy do da from me this fine evening!
Had a big old exam today (yucky yuck) although I may be feeling a tad confident about it...I'm really unsure! Only time will tell! Hope I've got the grade deserved.. not going to lie.. I put a good lot of work into that! I'm just very happy it's over and done with for now :) Just one more to go!
How are you all? Hope your exams or assignments or whatever you guys are doing are going all swell and well! Keep going and there will be a light at the end of the tunnel - atleast if you work as hard as you can and cover as much work as possible, you can give yourself a pat on the back in the end, even if the result isn't so great, you did your best :)

Good luck in this stressful exam season!!
and have a wonderful January! (ewwww haha I hate January!!)

AU REVOIR!
ADIOS!
CIAO FOR NOW :)

x x x

Barble Barble, DEEP DEEP DEEP!!

Hello lovely lovely readers :)
I'll get straight to the point, it's 12.05am and I'm just about to hit the sack, although for some strange reason I felt like blogging. Hmf, who knows what you'll get in this post then?! How exciting/worrying all the same!!
I hope you are all doing fabbylossa! I am quite cheery myself which is strange as I'm going through a rather stressful month - exams my dears, EXAMS!! the dreaded word. It's pretty bad, I have a hell-of-a-lot to be doing, all in the same subject, so many topics. Curse you A-levels for destroying my 2012 already! But on the plus side, I don't much mind 2012 so far, it's been rather jolly...!

Happy New Year guys, how's your 2012 going? For me, it's like it could be anything better than what has past. Gosh how I hated 2011. It was just a pretty awful year for me. There was school stress, major friendship break ups at the beginning, family death, an almost death with a friend who luckily escaped, and an ongoing illness which we heard had become worse. So much negativity I do apologise! Although summer 2011 was absolutely fantastic, one of my most favourite summers. No holiday or anything, just an absolutely amazing time with close friends and going out and having just.. laughs! Freedom! Another crappy thing about 2011 - the stresses of driving too began! It was just a very stressful and emotional year for me, one I did not enjoy and was quite happy to see the back of :)

2012 started a bit dull, New years eve on the razzle started a little crappy, just in general a night out not going so great but my goodness how we turned it around! Shows all you need is some drinks, a dance floor and amazing friends who can brighten up any situation and it was incredible!! Lovely way to begin my year :)

The stressful driving continues sadly, but I would like to gladly announce I AM ALMOST THERE!!! Seems so strange, I remember the exact day when I was in my living room on my laptop and was in the mood for a random blog. I remember typing about driving (then I hadn't started) ... I could go and find the post now and read it and juggle my memory! I can't remember what I titled it exactly... anyways, I was talking about how I hoped to start driving, how I was determined to do it, how in the back of my head it was something so many people around me, my age especially, were doing and I'd be so annoyed if I didn't give it a go! I had to do it now or it would never happen. Although, writing that post, I had it in the back of my head that I wouldn't do it. Ofcourse I wouldn't. I wouldn't ring the instructor - I don't do things like that. I don't have a job, I'm pretty awkward socially, (not in a totally rare bear way haha, just I don't... do things?). Well it's just strange that's all, that I've done it I mean. Might seem so ridiculous to many of you but that's a pretty big deal for me and I am awfully proud of myself for... conquering it we can say! (sounds fancy and cool! haha)

Ofcourse, I haven't yet passed, that will be the ultimate cherry on the cake of amazingness! It has been booked though, I'll keep my mouth zipped on the date information! GOOD LUCK TO MEEEE!

I'm very lucky you know, it's pretty incredible when you sort of just realise. How lucky you are I mean. When it sort of just settles on you or something. It happened to me on christmas day (it was the night time, probs like 9-10pm?) and we were all on the sofa, well they all were, my siblings that is, and their partners! and I was across the room in an arm chair. We were all watching a film and it was dark and the fire was burning and there were wine glasses resting on the table, crumbs scattered on the rug and blankets strewn around their legs and my legs too on the separate arm chair. It was just cosy. And I'd be watching the movie but then I just looked over at them, I don't know why or what particular moment but I just looked at them. It was the strangest moment guys.. I can't even describe it. I sort of wanted to cry or something. I just watched them and their faces changing and mouths twitching and eyes blinking and legs fidgeting, just watching the film. But strange thoughts went through my mind, something along the lines of... what will I be doing on this exact time, christmas day, next year? And the year after? and 10 years after that? and if I'm with my new very own family will I tell them about my past Christmases? And will I remember this moment? Or won't I? And I sort of forced myself to remember it. It was so strange, I felt so sad at the possibility that I could forget it... So I just stared at them and sort of took a mental picture in my mind, just of how lovely and comfortable and safe and loving the moment was. I hope I remember that and do tell people of it.. ahh it was surreal I can't explain.

Christmas was incredible too. Wasn't one of those exciting gift sort of Christmases - I didn't get the classic "gadget" gift of a new phone, or a Wii, or a kindle or a camera. I just got so many lovely things in a bag that just epitomised me :) I love when you get lots of gifts that are made for you, like as though when the person was looking for your present and spotted the gift they said "yes, that has to be it! It's just so...her!" - it is lovely.

And Christmas flew in, there wasn't the big run up to it, I wasn't excited or didn't even feel as though I was in the season. Next thing KABAAAAMMMMER it was on us so fast! Somehow that made it more enjoyable :) No disappointment because there was no expectation.
I can honestly say I'm pretty happy at the moment. Right now and just around this time. I stressed to crap you guys you have no idea!! haha, but yeah, hm, I'm content too :) I am surrounded by lovely people and am blessed with so many opportunities and options. There's so many things I still want and feel I need when obviously I don't but it kind of makes me feel humble to put them at the back of my mind and be working on revision and voluntarily putting myself in the environment of study and what not. I thoroughly hope I can do myself proud - no kidding!! I can only imagine the feeling at summer when I get my results and can take a sigh of relief like "yes, you are officially going to the university you have pictured yourself at for as long as you can remember!" it will be.... incredible really...!

But how scary it is too to leave my routine that I've been cosied in for 7 years, 7 years at
grammar school in the same uniform everyday the same thing the same people the same rooms the same path. It will be so odd. So scary the idea of meeting new people and starting afresh - I plan to be absolutely 100% myself but it's not that I never was, I just kind of....fail to let my 100% come out until about a good month of meeting someone. I just want to throw it out there and be noticed and remembered and recognised :) instead of sort of fading in the background for a good few months due to shyness, and then going out there, and it sort of being too late, if you know what I mean..


What.. what even was that!! Ha ha, ahh anyways, it's late and I've gone all deep and I hope this doesn't affect my sleep.. I AM A VERY TIRED LADY!!

Throw me a comment if you are reading :) I would love to thank you and meet you!

Thanks again lovely people for sticking with me,
Ciao for now ;)

x x x