Decor Wishlist!

Due to me moving into my own house with my fiancé (who is allocated the spare bedroom as a man cave so the rest of the house is mine to decorate how I wish) I have spent hours upon hours trying to piece together what I want every room to look like.
I've also now got a Pinterest account which has helped tonnes.

What I'm aiming for is a house that isn't really full of clutter, that's a light, bright space with a touch of homely-ness. I'm loving the white crisp walls and plenty of storage, but with lots of cushions and throws.

Are you a décor obsessive like me?

Unpopular Opinions #1

1. I dislike the new 90's trend; the beanies, the light blue jeans, SCRUNCHIES?! what is the fashion world doing?
2. 'Comme des fuckdown' merchandise or 'ragged priest' beanies, I think if I see another one I will go crazy!
3. Bills; but to be honest I don't think anyone likes paying bills.
4. Cammo jackets, depending who wheres them they can look awesome, or ridiculous, on me, the latter.
5. Cowboy boots, although Topshop's mighty boots are quite pretty.

This post isn't aimed at anyone, I'm just becoming the Victor Meldrew of fashion, woops.

I'm a terrible blogger, but I may as well try and inform you of my whereabouts.

My hiatus has been for around 3 months, and that deserves a massive slap on the wrist and being sent to the blogging naughty corner, however I've been quite the busy bee and I've also had a bit of a life turn around.

I've also decided that the reviews are going to take a bit of a backseat on this blog, I've know moved into a perfect 2 bedroom house with my fiancé, it has a with a huge back garden, front garden and all the trimmings for a perfect new start and that means my wishlist and make up collection isn't going to get updated as often as before.

however to make up for the lack of beauty posts, I will be posting more home décor posts, and inspiration posts. I've also now have 2 extra mouths to feed, in the shape for 2 little kittens Kairi and Belle, so expect them to be in the background of quite a few of my pictures.

Due to the new house, 2 bundles of mischief to run around after I have decided to become fit and healthy, so this means there will be more posts on what I'm eating and also my progress.

Hope all of this is alright with my readers, if anyone has any requests for any posts I will happily oblige :)
I've missed you!

What I've been up to...

Lately I've been so busy, its ridiculous for someone that isn't currently working to have barely anytime to sleep or do anything at all.
Today we got the keys to the new house, which means we can finally start sorting it out in time for us to move in (which should hopefully be in 1-2 weeks). Sadly that means I'm rushed off my feet trying to buy all the stupid little things that we forgot, such as bottle openers and light bulbs which means I won't be blogging as much, but I will attempt to write a post a night. Although if I fail please be patient, I will be back!

Benji getting cuddles from Johno, think she may know we're leaving soon and getting all mushy. Yummy food at Frankie and Bennys, struggled so much. TGI Fridays don't mess around when they mean Ultimate sizing for their drinks, my strawberry daiquiri was yummy. Marvel's version of a kinder egg, the toy was very disappointing however. Latest favourite movie, however it was way better in 3D at the cinema.

See you soon!

Naughty Naughty Naughty!

I'm far too easily swayed to buy things, more so make up. So when I saw Essie Button mentioning the Naked Basics palette and singing its praises, it pushed me over the edge and pushed it into my online basket.

But I could leave the UB basics palette all alone in my basket, so I popped in Benefit's Brow zing, as I've been using MUA's brow palette, which is alright, but I've heard so much better and wanting something nicer. I chose the colour Medium, as Dark would be almost black and Light would be, well, far too light.

Thanks to Johno telling me that I had a horrendous 'tide line' across my chin today whilst we were in Asda, it made me think that the only foundation that's ever been pale enough for my skin was Estee Lauder's double wear light, in their palest shade 1.0. If anyone has any suggestions for other companies that do paler then pale foundation shades let me know, even MAC's NW15 is slightly too dark, hmph!

Hopefully my haul will give me the beauty yearning I have, although it'll be only a matter of time before I'm tempted by more products!

Mac's Archie's Girls collection!

Most Mac collections don't faze me, it might be because there's so many at one time I lose interest due to the volume or something. But Archie's Girls collection caught my eye, I spied the vintage 50-esque rockabilly-ness about the collection and it ticked all of my boxes.

Ronnie Red

I myself are partial to a nice red, so I instantly snapped up the shade 'Ronnie Red', the packaging also tickled my fancy, as Ronnie makes me think she should be a character in Grease or Cry Baby.
Ronnie Red is a general beautiful red, something that is a staple in all make up collections. The forumula is a Matte, which I have came across only with Mac's Ruby Woo, which is another perfect orange toned red, but one that doesn't turn your teeth yellow thankfully. Comparing Ronnie Red and Ruby Woo, the shades are identical when in the bullet. However once swatched, Ronnie Red seems more pink in comparison to Ruby Woo's post box red. The formula's are also different, Ruby Woo is a true Matte, while Ronnie is creamier and easier to swatch/apply.
The wear time of Ronnie is around 4 hours, then begins to fade into a lighter pink, this is similar to Ruby woo, which turned into a fluorescent red/dark pink. (Please excuse the hideous application, I feel like a zombie bleurgh)

Top to bottom; Ruby Woo, Ronnie Red, Betty Bright

Betty Bright

I also picked up the shade Betty Bright. This choice now seems like a mistake, as this shade does not suit me in any way, first time I wore Betty, I quickly applied to feel the formula and the wear, whilst I was playing Call Of Duty (I'm such a boy I know), my Mum passed me 10 minutes later and told me the colour did no favours for me, and made me look ill supposedly. I'm not too sure whether its because I'm either a nude or vamp coloured lipstick and nothing between and this shade is a peachy pink. But sadly my Mum is right, it washes me out terribly so it may go into a blog sale or I may just keep because of the pretty packaging.
The formula is satin, which I find quite comfortable on the lips, the wear time is around 2 hours, but I've only tested this when shouting at my tv when I've been killed for the 121545th time.

Mac's Archie's girls lipsticks retail for £15.50, at Mac stockists and online.

Smashbox Limitless Liquid Liner pen in Jet Black

What a title for an eyeliner, it actually irritates me when companies have ridiculously long names for their products, as at the end of the day, its just an eyeliner pen. Anyhoo onto the product itself!

This is the first Smashbox product I've ever used, I've no idea why I bought it, I was wondering around Boots looking for something to buy (please don't tell me I'm the only weirdo that does that?) and happened across the Smashbox counter, and asked the MUA if they had any eyeliner pens. The MUA wasn't the best I've come across by far, I asked her 'how long does it last', which could mean 'how long does it last on the eyes' and 'how long does the pen last before it dries up', she just replied with 'I've still got mine and its ok'. This stumped me a bit, what on earth was that meant to mean? But after a few swatches of the pen and comparisons to other eyeliner pens I could find, I decided to give the Smashbox a go.

Please ignore the eyebrow, they're being tamed once I find my tweezers (probably packed them with the house things).
The liner lasts all day on me, without any kind of transfer and stays carbon black, which I think is amazing for liner. I've only had the pen for around 3 weeks, so I have no idea how long it lasts before it begins drying up, but so far its fine. The pens pointed nib means I can create a simple cat flick with ease and without it being fiddly and messy.
Overall this product has took me by surprise, as I have read no reviews about it and think its an underdog in the beauty world. However on the Smashbox website this product claims to be waterproof, I'm afraid I can't agree with this, after watching Disney's Brave and becoming a little teary eyed, I became panda eyed in minutes, however if this wasn't claimed to be waterproof I would agree more.
I would happily by another pen if this were to dry out in a decent amount of time, smitten kitten!

Smashbox limitless liquid liner pen in black retails for £16.00 on the Smashbox website and larger Boots stores