20 Questions About Me

Hello my lovelies! So, the few readers I have may have noticed the lack of blog posts... or not hahah. You see, I have so many things to blog about right now from Benefit reviews to DIY hair cuts, but alas, my camera has run out of batteries, and at this very moment in time I do not have the correct batteries to replace the old ones with. So for now I'll just still to a very textual blog post with maybe the odd picture from the past... or however many I may be able to dig up!


1. Do you have a middle name?
Yes, my middle name is Louise. Which is an extreeeemely common middle name for girls born in 1996-1998, but quite a rare first name.


2. What is your favourite subject?
I really don't enjoy school much and my overall enjoyment of a lesson will depend on who I'm sat with... so my favourite subject is either Music or Chemistry because I'm sat by some hilarious people and the teacher is ace.


3. What is your favourite drink?
Every time I am at a restaurant I will usually just have a lemonade, but whenever I went to the Toby & Carvery (haven't been for almost 2 years since the one near me caught fire) I would order either 'Pomegranate & Spice' or 'Lemon & Ginger' drink. They were lush!


4. What is your favourite song at the moment?
My all time favourite song is 'Should've Said No' by Taylor Swift, but my other favourite of the week is probably 'Both Of Us' by Taylor Swift and B.o.B because it's something completely different to Taylor's usual style and the music video was released on Friday so FANGURRRRL!


5. What would you name your kids?
I lovelovelove the name 'Shelby' for a girl. I think it's awesome and I love it love it love it.  So yeah my daughter will most likely be called Shelby. I also think 'Maximillion' for a boy is an awesome name.


6. Do you participate in any sports?
I don't openly participate in any sports, but I love volleyball and play it whenever I can, and at the moment I play curricular short tennis.


7. Favourite book?
The Calypso Chronicles by Tyne O'Connell - practically a chick flick in a book!


8. Favourite colour?
My favourite colour is purple but I am also fond or coral and turquoise :)


9. Favourite animal?
Definitely a dog. Here's my dog, Sky

10. Favourite perfume?
At the moment it's Midnight Fantasy by Britney Spears but I'm looking forward to Wonderstruck by Taylor Swift.


11. Favourite holiday?
Italy May-June 2011 with my school.

12. Have you graduated high school?
I have 175 days left of high school, so no :(


13. Have you ever been out of the country?
Many a time :)


14. Do you speak another language?
A wee bit of Spanish and smidgen of French.


15. How many siblings do you have?
I have an 11 year old brother called Matt who will be joining my high school in September. God help me.


16. What is your favourite store?
Ones that have good sales.


17. Favourite food?
Pancakes.


18. Favourite movie?
Titanic, but I also love everything with Leo Di'Caprio in.


19. Favourite TV show?
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation


20. What kind of phone do you have?
Alcatel... urrrr forgot the numbers hehe

Sleek Eyeshadow Pallets

As a proud owner of two Sleek pallets I feel it is my duty to spread the word of how utterly fabulous these pallets are! Not only do you get 12 shadows for the gorgeous price of £6.50, but they are the most beautifully pigmented colours imaginable! Sounds too good to be true, right? 


My first Sleek eyeshadow pallet was the 'Storm' pallet and I was inspired to buy it from CosmeticsCharlotte72 off YouTube. It comes with 3 matte shades and 9 shimmer ones. It's quite a natural pallet (not nude) but has some brighter colours to add depth. I personally love to blend all the colours on the top row - they look gorgeous and compliment each other so well!

Sleek Eyeshadow Pallet - Storm

My second Sleek eyeshadow pallet was an inspired buy because of Georgiagoesglam also off YouTube, after she won my Sleek eyeshadow pallet giveaway and asked for the 'Oh So Special' pallet. I thought it looked gorgeous and I had to buy it for myself also!

This pallet is about 50/50 matte to shimmer, and it mainly in muted, pastel colours. I especially love the first colour (top row) which is a very pale pink-cream and the last colour (top row) which is a sparkling deep purple. As I have hazel eyes it looks great in the crease and adds tonnes of depth to my eyes!

Sleek Eyeshadow Pallet - Oh So Special

So really for £6.50 you can't go wrong. Check out the Sleek website at  http://www.sleekmakeup.com/ for more of there products. I'd love to know in the comments if you have tried any others as I have only tried their eyeshadows. 

Here are a few photos I took of their packaging. It's sturdy, compact, and doesn't break open :)

Thanks for taking your time to read this!

Rach

A week in the life of me... kinda!

Hello everybody! (Yes by everybody I mean the 2 people that follow my blog that I only just realised about and I am psyched!!!)


As I don't have anything of real importance prepared that I can blog about, this is really just an update blog and how my week has been.


Monday: First day back at school after half term, and heck, did it kill getting up that early?! Yes! Got a few comments on my new Ombre which was ace! Doesn't it just brighten up your day immensely when people say nice things about you? Especially your hair! I take great pride in my hair and I thought it was really nice of them to say it.


Tuesday: Oh goodness... writing this is proving how bad my memory is! I can barely remember Tuesday! I think I had Spanish... which is basically a lesson mimicking my Spanish teacher's Scottish accent. Something funny was my friend (who always has her phone out in Spanish) pretended to have her phone out and stacked up a Mira textbook to make it ultra obvious, and when Logan (our teacher) came over and goes "Jess, put yer phoon awey!" she suddenly throws the book in the air and yells "It's a calculator mate!". Come on, it was tres tres hilarious. Even Logez was laughing. She even said "Haaaa Haaa Jess, very funny, you should be on staaaayge you make me laugh." In other words, she just got owned. 
Also, singing class (or choir if you're going to be really cynical) was sick. We're doing an Abba medley for the Fusion concert on 19th July. It will be ace.


Wednesday: Wednesday I started to get really ill with a cold :( but everyone wanted me to be doing the acoustics for their part at the Fusion concert. At the moment I don't have any sets of my own, but I'm supplying the music for two and vocals for one, possibly two. I'll hopefully get some recordings of them or something. I'm playing Jessie J - Price Tag and Wetsuit - The Kooks. 


Thursday: Had a food fight at lunch and hit someone because they insulted Leo Di'Caprio. That is the way I rollllllll.


Friday: Stayed in bed for the morning because I hadn't done any of my Geography coursework and I hate IGCSE so I decided to skip that and roll in at lunch. It was funny, telling everyone I'd been stuck on the Ukranian border hahah. Chemistry last and kicked the switch on some kid's computer when he kept spitting over me as he talked. Like come on dude, I want to know what you're saying not the flipping weather.


And I think that brings us to here :) that's nice. 


Weekly favourites... yes?
Album: A Ticket For Everyone [Live] - Busted
I know, I know, I know. Busted? They split up years ago, right? Yep. But I have always been a hardcore Busted fan even though they were well before my time and have most of their albums on my iTunes. I realised I hadn't listened to one of their live albums that much and decided to give it a whiz - I LOVELOVELOVE IT. There's something about live albums, don't you think? 


Song: She Wants To Be Me - Busted (A Ticket For Everyone [Live])
As said before, I love Busted. My favourite line is probably the entire chorus... lets see if this'll sway you:
"She looks like/Does like/Sounds like me
She's stealing/My identity/And I'm begging you!


Somebody notice me/Somebody notice
We need a way out/What have I gotta do 
To make you see/My girlfriend is
A wannabe/And she wants to be me"




Beauty product: Blue Rose - NYC (Lipstick)
It's been the lipstick I've worn everyday this week to school, just toned down a tad. It makes a nice change to my usual red-orange which looks tres tres smart. Hahah I'm not smart at all (in appearance)!!


Book: Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
I'm reading this book again after many many years. It's such a sick book! (My new favourite word is 'sick' hahah). I recommend it if you haven't read it in years or not at all! Seriously, the last time I read it I was 11 or 12! 


So right now I'm flicking through a cooking book about cookies and considering making the churros. Opinions? (Lol jkz no one will comment but oh well!).
Also marvelling at my iPod case which is available from taylorswift.com/store 


Thank-you for watching, hope you had a brilliant week!

Rach 

NYC Ultra Last Lipstick

Alohaaa (feeling like Louise after reading her blog all day haha!)! First and foremost I'd like to apologize for being absent for the past week :( Technical difficulties and lack of things to post combined m'fraid. But now I'm back so yayyyy

On Saturday I decided to go into Superdrug, because as opposed to Boots where the staff is always staring at you as if you're about to steal all the products and smash all the testers... I can shop in a relaxed and peaceful way. Also, the aisles are much wider in Superdrug and people aren't tripping over each other. 


That was when I found these little gems. 

NYC Ultra Last Lipsticks in Air Kiss (left) and Blue Rose (right). I initially went looking at the NYC rail (I think that's what it's called?) because Annaskiwibeauty off of YouTube wore Blue Rose in one of her videos and I loved it so much I had to ask her what it was. Anna is positively lovely. When I used to do YouTube we would inbox several times a week and give each other shout outs in our videos. She is so kind and sweet. Thanks Anna!

Firstly I'm going to talk about the consistency of these lippies: They are sooooo unbelievably creamy and moisturising! (Although I would recommend a lip balm before to prep the lips anyway haha)
The colours are incredibly pigmented. 'Air Kiss' (right) is a muted red with pinkish undertones and 'Blue Rose' (right) is a bright/deep pink with blue undertones. Both look gorgeous and can be worn thinly across the lips for a school look, layered up for going out or as you like. They are so versatile.

This little photograph is just to focus on the simplicity yet sophisticated packaging. In my opinion anyway. Matte black with silver NYC written on one side and a clear cover. This makes it easier to grab the colour you want rather than sorting through your whole lipstick section.

Air Kiss

Blue Rose

Swatches

I really recommend you going down to an NYC stall (I believe they only stock in Superdrug) and purchasing a couple of these lipsticks. They retail for £1.49 and currently there is a 3 for 2 sale on all NYC products! The nail polish you can see on my swatch is NYC Eastern Village.


Thank-you for reading and please leave a comment on any NYC products that you have tried!

Rach x