Face Wipes

Hello everyone!

So today I'm here to write a post for you all to tell you about the face wipes I tend to use. As you may or may not know, I have really sensitive skin when it comes to make up removers or make up wipes.

The face wipes I used to use were the Boots Essentials Cucumber Wipes, but they really really irritated my skin and made it sting a lot. The stinging would go away after I rinse my face with cold water but when it was stinging, it was really unbearable! This really annoyed me about those wipes because I love cucumber scented products.

I then tried a few other wipes and then decided that the Boots Essentials Fragrance Free Wipes were really good, and they didn't irritate my skin! They're the same price as the Boots Cucumber Wipes (£1.50, however they are currently on offer for £1) and you get 25 wipes with each packet.

These affordable wipes do the job just as well as any other set of face wipes and I'm not really into paying a lot of face wipes as they get used up so quickly so these ones are just perfect!

Click here for a link to the Boots Essentials Cucumber wipes.
Click here for a link to the Boots Essentials Fragrance Free wipes.

I hope you really enjoyed this post, and please let me know if you use any affordable and fragrance free wipes and what brand they are!

Much love,
Ellen xo

Current Nails

Hey lovelies! This is a section of my blog I'm going to try and do as frequently as possible and it is basically where I will tell you what my current nails look like, what products I use and where you can find them!

The nail polishes I used for my current nails are the Rimmel London Sweetie Crush (011 Violet Swizzle) and the MUA Polish (Frozen Yogurt)

Rimmel London: Click here (£3.99)

MUA: Click here (£1)

To  create this look, I applied two coats of the MUA polish and let them dry. 

I then applied one thin layer of the Rimmel London polish and this gave a really sugar coated texture which I love so so much!

I love both of these products so much as they are both affordable and the Rimmel London Sweetie Crush polishes give a lovely texture that is just so pretty!

I hope you all enjoyed my current nails and let me know if I should continue doing these on my blog!

Much love,

Ellen xo

Tag: The Beauty Blogger

Hey guys! I've decided to do another getting-to-know-me project haha! I really hope you're enjoying my blog so far as I've only really started this month! Please let me know if there's anything in particular you would like me to include or review! Thanks for all the support guys, it means a lot!!
I'm currently away for the weekend so I will have a post up soon letting you know what I did!

Today I am doing the Beauty Blogger Tag as it is very relevant to my blog as I enjoy posting about make up! Enjoy!!

1. Is your hair naturally curly or straight?
My hair is naturally very curly but I have a few bits that are less curly than others! I've challenged myself to not straighten my hair all summer so it's in really good condition - eeeek!

2. What is your natural hair colour?
Light brown.

3. Do you dye it yourself or go to a salon?
I've never actually dyed my hair but if I did, I would probably go to a salon.

4. How often do you wash your hair?
I would probably wash my hair every other day. It's really bad to wash your hair every day so I try doing that as little as possible.

5. Do you wear the same style every day or change it?
Of clothes? I would change it depending on my mood, if I'm tired I would opt for something dark like black leggings and a hoodie so I'm comfy. However, if I'm going out shopping I would try to wear something a bit fancier like patterned or coloured jeans with a nice top and a jacket. It just depends on the occasion, the weather and the season I guess! I'm not sure what this question meant, but if it meant style of hair then..I try to change my style of hair as much as possible!

6. Do you do your own mani/pedi or go to a salon?
I would do both really. I would do my own but then if I'm feeling like treating myself I would go to a salon.

7. How often do you change your nail polish?
Every other day or maybe every three days.

8. Do you polish your toes in winter too, or just summer?
I have my toe nails polished 24/7 no matter what time of the year it is! I hate unpainted toe nails!

9. How long does it take to put on your make up?
It depends on what look I'm going for. If I'm not wearing full coverage then probably 15-20minutes. But if I'm doing very statement make up it could take over an hour, but somehow I always run out of time when doing my make up before I go out so I have to rush towards the end!

10.  What do you do first? Face or eyes?
Face, definitely. I've never tried doing my eyes first, might give it a go! I get why people do eyes first though.

11. Do you "collect" make up or just buy what you need when you need it?
I used to just buy it when I needed it but recently I've become more of a collector.

12. How often do you wear false eyelashes?
Rarely. I have very long lashes naturally so I don't really need them. I would just wear them if I was going on a formal night out.

13. Do you do a full face of make up every day?
No! I would definitely not have time for that. If I was just going to school I would mostly wear no make up unless sometimes I wear a bit of mascara. If I go out with my friends or boyfriend for dinner I would wear a full face of make up but if I'm just going to my boyfriends house I would wear very little make up.

14. Do you wear make up when you are home alone (or with family)?
Never haha. Why would you?

15. Will you leave the house without make up?
Yep. I don't wear make up to school or when playing sport.

16. How many high end products do you have?
Okay I'm not counting haha. But I have a lot of Benefit products but I don't know if people class that as high end or drug store. Some products can be expensive as it can be up to £26.50 for a highlighter and no drug store range would be that much. I guess I would have 50% drug store and 50% high end.

17. How often do you wash your make up brushes?
Definitely not as often as I should haha, oopsies.

18. Do you plan your OOTD every night or decide when you are getting dressed?
If I'm going to a party then I would have it planned before the day of it usually. But if I'm just going out shopping or for dinner with my friends or boyfriends then I would decide about half an hour before I leave the house.

19. How often do you change your handbag?
Probably every season. I would sometimes just carry a purse if I know I don't need to bring make up or anything where I'm going.

20. What time do you get up and go to sleep?
On a school night, I would go to sleep at 10:30pm and wake up at 8am. On a weekend I would to bed at about 12:30am and wake up at about 7:30am because I have hockey - boo. At summer I go to bed at about 1am and wake up at about midday which is bliss.

21. How often and when do you work out?
I do hockey and athletics - a lot. Hockey season is from about July to April and I would be training up to five times a week and two matches. Athletics season is from February to June and I would be training three times a week.

22. Left-handed or right-handed?
Right-handed!

23. How tall are you?
5"6 I think.

24. Do you speak a foreign language?
I studied German as a GCSE.

25. How many pets do you have?
I have one dog called Jasper. He's a shih tzu and is super cute. But my auntie also has a shih tzu called Candy. Jasper and Candy are brother and sister and we look after Candy during the day when my auntie goes to work.

26. How often are you on Blogger?
Every day.

27. Do you read the comments posted blogs?
Yes.

28. Do you keep a list of products to try as you see other posts?
Yes! I have a notebook especially for that actually!

29. How did you come up with your blog name?
I'm actually going to dedicate a post on this some time soon so keep a look out!

30. What type of camera do you use for photographs?
Sometimes my iPhone but the camera I use is a Nikon D3100.

31. How often do you clean your house?
Weekly. My mum does it though haha!

32. What is your favourite colour?
I really don't think I have one. Ahhhh maybe turquoise or pink or purple.

33. What is your favourite beauty/fashion magazine?
Grazia.

34. Do you swear?
Nope, I don't find it attractive. I'm not opposed to people doing it themselves though because freedom of speech and all that haha!

35. What are you actually doing with the rest of your day?
As I'm typing this, it's actually 10:30pm so I only have an hour and a half left haha! I've just come home from being out for dinner with the girls and I'm just going to look for more ideas for new posts and watch YouTube videos!

Guys thank you so so much for reading until the end! I hope you found it interesting and I'm sorry that some of the questions are irrelevant to beauty and are repeats of my other tags but I can't help it haha! Let me know in the comments if you enjoyed this! Love you guys!xo

Barry M Lip Stick (Genie)

Hello my lovelies!

Whilst I was on holiday in Majorca, I decided in the airport that I would spent some of my holiday on buying something that I've been wanting for a while. This was the Barry M Lip Paint in Genie.

This is not just any lipstick, but as you see it, it is green. Once you put it on your lips it turns into a pink, and the shade of pink is determined by the alkaline on your lips so it suits your own skin tone. When I heard of this when it came out I just thought it was such a good idea and for a reasonable £4.49! I bought mine from Boots in the airport.

I tried this on when I arrived in Majorca and I decided that I had fallen in love. I went with my two sisters to the pool and assumed it would be off by the time I had spent two hours in the pool - but it hadn't! This lipstick acted like a lip stain which I thought was so great so it doesn't easily wash off.

I now wear this every day on my lips and I sometimes put on a pink lipgloss or a nude lipstick over it and when that product begins to wear off, then the lovely pink lipstick appears!

The more times you apply this, the harsher the colour gets. So if you're only wanting a touch of pink on your lips, a minimal amount of this product is needed. But if you're wanting to go all out with a really vibrant pink lip, then keep applying the product until you build it up to the colour you want.

I showed a few of my friends this when I came home and they tried it on and now they've bought one themselves as well! This is now a must have in my travel make up bag - it's such a great idea and is a long lasting lipstick that will last you all day!

Thanks guys so much for reading! Love you all, xo

TOMS

Yesterday I went to Belfast with my mum to buy a new pair of TOMS. At first, I was stuck between getting a pair of Vans or TOMS but I went for TOMS as I don't have a pair of them and I already have a pair of Vans. My next struggle was what colour do I go for?! I decided on a neutral colour that will match basically anything I wear this summer!

I settled on a slip on pair because they were super super comfy and so so cute! The shoes on the website are called the "University Ash Rope Sole Women's Classics". The price of this particular pair were £39.99.


The sizings on the shoes are a bit random. Inside my shoe is says W7 which means women's size 7 but that converts into a UK size 5. So basically if you are from the UK, simply just minus two sizes that are on the inside of the shoe and that is the size you need! Make sure you get your M's and W's the right way round so you get a men's pair or a women's pair.

I love how TOMS do the "One for One" as when you buy a pair of shoes, a pair goes to a child in need as well so it is all for a charitable cause. Basically by buying a super cute pair of shoes, you are also being charitable which is a win-win situation!

I'm really excited to wear these over summer and no doubt I'll have some photos with me wearing them! I have a pretty white dress which I'm going to wear with them and also they will go well with white jeans, a flowery skirt or even a pair of shorts!

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water

I was out shopping with my mum yesterday and I happened to pick up the Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water. I had seen many YouTubers and bloggers say about how great this product was so I thought I would try it out for myself! The RRP of this product is £4.99 but I found it as it was on offer for £3.99.

My first impressions of this product before using it was that the packaging was really simple and cute, which really sold the product to me! As I bought it, I intended on using it when removing heavy eye make up after a night out as it takes me numerous make up wipes to take my eye make up off so I thought this would be more cost effective and I would continue to use make up wipes to remove my face make up.

As soon as I came home from shopping, I immediately decided to try it out, however I was only wearing light concealer and very little mascara. The cleansing water was so refreshing on my eyes and I must admit that I did get it in my eyes also, and it didn't sting whatsoever! It worked really well on removing my very light make up, so I then decided to put it to the test the next day where I applied very heavy eye make up which I would typically wear on a night out.

I applied my make up and wore it for a few hours to simulate being out to get an accurate result. I simply poured some of the product onto a cotton pad and started wiping at my eyes, first removing my eyeshadow, then eyeliner and then mascara. I personally struggle when removing my mascara as I tend to apply a lot of it when going out as I like my eyes to have a lot of volume to them.

This product worked incredibly. It wasn't like any other make up remover I've tried as it is obviously a cleanser too. It only took me one cotton pad for each eye to remove my make up and barely any of the cleansing water. Once I removed my eye make up fully, I went around my eye-area and removed my concealer below my eyes and the make up on my eyebrows. I was also wearing a pink lip stick stainer which is completely impossible to remove with a regular make up wipe or water, however the Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water worked a dream for this.

Once I was finished, I simply used one make up wipe to remove the rest of my make up on my face. I then splashed cold water all over my face, patted it dry with a towel and got one final cotton pad and put the cleansing water all of my face to finish, and allowed it to dry in itself. This allowed my skin to recover from wearing the make up, and then I later moisturized my face!

This product is just so perfect and I really do love it! It has definitely become one of my essential make up must haves! Please comment to let me know what you think about it if you've bought it as well! I really hope you enjoyed this review and thank you so much for reading until the end!xo