My School Nails

At the school I attend, coloured nail polish is banned so in order to make my nails look half decent in school, this is what I do;

Firstly, I remove any nail polish already on my nails.

I then file them and push my cuticles back.

I then apply one or two coats of a clear/pink manicure colour. I use either the FCUK or the Natural Collection polishes.

Today I decided to go for FCUK.

This is what it looks like after one coat. I generally tend to only do one coat as I run out of time to do the second. I also think nail polish gets chipped easier if there's more coats on it - especially in school!

To finish it all off I use the Garnier Intensive Restoring Hand Cream to keep my hands feeling fresh and moisturised.

I hope you enjoy this quick little post!

Love Ellen 

xo

Where You Can Find Me

Hey all!

This post is just a quick reminder on where you can find me on the internet and the links to my profile so please follow!

Twitter: @BTOYLxo

Instagram: @ellenamyrobinson

Bloglovin: Click here

Every blog that follows me on Bloglovin, I always go onto the blog and read a few posts and maybe even give a cheeky follow!

Let me know via Twitter if you've followed me on any of these sites and I'll be sure to reply!

Much love,

Ellen xo

Homeware Haul

 Wardens of Newtownards

Random little Kleenex tissues!

 Avoca

Creative Gardens

Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's

Creative Gardens

Creative Gardens

Creative Gardens

Warden's of Newtownards

Yankee Candle

Creative Gardens

Creative Gardens

Presence

Creative Gardens

Cath Kidston. I decided that there was an extreme need for another spotty mug!

I hope you enjoy and it maybe gives you some inspiration if you're doing up your kitchen!

There will definitely be a Homeware Haul Part Two coming out within the next few months so keep an eye out!

Love Ellen 

xo

October Favourites

This October (as you can tell by the title) I have decided to show you some of my five favourite beauty products!! Here it goes yaaaaay!

My first favourite it the MUA bronzer which is very shimmery. This is perfect for when I go to school every day and all I want is a simple shimmery glow to look healthy! They look very dark in the pan so I went for the lightest shade!

This RealTechniques Expert Face Brush has honestly been my absolute life saver. I have found a completely new way to apply my make up and it gives my foundation and concealer a really nice finish.

I wrote a blog post about this lip gloss very recently so I won't say much except that it is from Forever 21 and is my favourite lip gloss so far of Autumn/Winter.

My MUA Hide and Conceal Concealer is another of my school lifesavers. It's super cheap so I can afford to wear it every day in school. I apply it only under my eyes to make my dark circles look a bit less obvious!

This is one of my monthly favourites because as I have curly hair, it's a nightmare every morning to wake up to! After I wash my hair in the evening, I towel dry it, apply lots of this Aussie Miracle Recharge Frizz Remedy and then plait it and keep it like this overnight! It means my hair is a lot more manageable the next day! This is by far the best smelling leave in conditioner that I have tried!

Love Ellen

xo

My Current Aussie Hair Products

Hello everyone!

I am writing a post to let you know what hair products I am currently using as I'm really loving my current hair routine!

I use the Aussie range and the main reason for this is because my hair smells so so good after using it and the smell of my hair lasts for a long time! It also lets my hair feel so fresh and in good condition!

For my shampoo, I'm using the Aussie Miracle Moist as it leaves my hair feeling really really clean and this cleanliness will last several days (£4.69).
For my conditioner I am using the 3 Minute Miracle Reconstructor as I recently got my hair cut and I'm hoping to keep it as healthy as possible (£4.99).
I also use a Miracle Recharge Conditioning spray for shine which I basically use the day after washing my hair so the scent of the shampoo still remains in my hair and my hair still feels fresh (£4.69).

These three products can all be bought in Boots for £10 for all three which is such a good deal.

 I also recently purchased another one of the conditioning sprays and this is another Miracle Recharge but this one is specifically used as a Frizz Remedy. If I ever wore my hair in a bun overnight, I would use this Frizz Remedy to tame my hair, and again the smell of my hair would remain really nice. I couldn't find the price of this item anywhere but it is probably between £4.49-£4.69).

Another recent purchase was the Aussome Volume and Conditioning Mousse which I also really like because you don't need a lot of it for it to work wonders. This puts my hair in good condition whilst also helping me to style it (£4.99).

The final products from Aussie that I love are the mini Miracle Moist sets. The shampoo and conditioner are a really handy size for taking away with you for the weekend, or if you're going on holiday. You can get these in Tesco for £1.10 each or £1.69 each in Boots but Boots have the 3 for 2 offer quite often.

I hope you enjoyed this, and there are definitely some more Aussie products that I would love to try out soon so keep a look out for an updated Aussie Products post!

Love you all,
Ellen xo

Victoria's Secret Treats

For my 17th Birthday which was waaaaaaay back in August, Jack bought me lots of lovely presents. A few of them included two lovely Victoria's Secret make up bags and a Victoria's Secret Roller Ball Perfume.

If you know me well, you will know that I am absolutely obsessed with Victoria's Secret and love all of their products, so you can probably guess that I was extremely pleased with these gifts.

The larger make up bag I use for if I'm going away for a day or two and need quite a lot of make up and toiletries. It makes it easy for travelling too because as it is see-through at the front, I can easily check if I've forgotten something!

The smaller make up bag I try to keep for very special occasions as I don't want it getting ruined. I would take it with me if I was going on a special day out and would pack in it all of the make up needed for the day's touch ups!

Finally, the perfume is so perfect as it is very compact and I am really loving roller ball perfumes at the minute. The perfume is a really light and playful scent which is so lovely!

Love Ellen

xo

Exciting News

If you follow me on Twitter, you may already know that yesterday I featured in another blog again. This time I wrote about my five favourite Benefit products. I might decide to post this on my blog tomorrow just so if you don't get a chance to click on the blog I featured in, then at least you can see it from here too!

If you would like to see this post then click here.

I'm really so grateful for the opportunities that I've had so far with my blog and I've only had it for just over two months! I'm so glad for all of your support and I really have fallen in love with the blogging world and I hope to do it for a long time! I love how I can share with you my passion for make up and clothes and lots of other things!

Keep checking back on my blog for my latest posts!

Lots of love,
Ellen xo

Rimmel Salon Pro By Kate Nail Polish

Hey all,

Yesterday my sister Katie was wearing a beautiful colour of nail polish that I thought I would share with you. It is such a lovely and vibrant colour for the summer. The nail polish she used was from the Rimmel Salon Pro By Kate Nail Polish. If you haven't already heard, Rimmel London had teamed up with Kate Moss to produce some lovely new products, one of which being the nail polish.

The bottle is also a really nice design and it is 12ml which is larger than the other Rimmel polishes as they are normally 8ml. I really love how the bottle lid is slightly slanted too!

This is the colour 317 Hip Hop. The cost of these nail polishes are £4.49 which I think are great as they are slightly bigger than regular polishes from Rimmel

Click here to purchase these online!

And this is the end result! This polish lasts a reasonable time without chipping so I definitely think it is worth the money for them!

I hope you all enjoyed this post and will maybe go and purchase one of these yourself!

Love Ellen xo

Sally Hansen Magnetic Nail Colour

One of my most recent purchases is this Sally Hansen Magnetic Nail Colour Polish. I actually bought this from Poundland which obviously means it cost me £1 which is phenomenal for a Sally Hansen polish. I haven't been able to find it online so I think it is probably old stock, but it still works perfectly!

I love the fact that it is a rather random 9.17ml as that is larger that most other polishes!

I bought the polish in the shade 906 Iconic Indigo and it comes out as a really dark blue with lighter blue through out it.

There is two lids on this polish. The first lid just pops off without unscrewing it and on the top is a magnet. You simply paint your nail with the polish and hold the magnet over the polish. There are metallic particles inside the polish, causing the polish to move and create a 3D effect and a lovely pattern.

The brush is a really nice shape as it only takes three strokes to cover one nail.

And this is the end result! As you can see the magnet caused a swirling pattern in my nails which I love so much as it wasn't difficult at all to do! I will definitely be hunting for more of these soon!

I have tried the Barry M magnetic polish before and it's worked really well too so I would highly recommend trying one out if you haven't before because it just makes your polish look way more complex.

Much love,

Ellen xo