After coveting MAC cosmetics for so long, and trying out various eyeliners, I decided to try the MAC fluidline eyeliner gel in blacktrack, as I’d seen good reviews from other users.
I decided to also buy the brush to apply the eyeliner gel which is the MAC brush 209

Overall I have to say I love this eyeliner. It’s about as difficult to apply as a liquid eyeliner, so if you’ve got shaky hands you will have to practice! The colour is intense which I love as I barely have to put any on the brush so I know it will last me for ages.
It also lasts all day without fading, and it doesnt smudge, although it’s not waterproof and I have noticed I do end up with panda eyes when showering, but I’m not entirely sure if that’s my mascara running.
I definitely will be using this eyeliner in future it gives an intense colour, lasts all day, it’s smooth and easy to apply. It’s also very quick drying so I can apply my mascara immediately after without it going all over my eyelid. The only fault I can find with this eyeliner is if i put it too close to the corner of my eye it does smudge onto the skin underneath, but that’s possibly my application, not the actual eyeliner.

I also needed a new concealer, to replace the original one I had. I originally had IT Stick by Benefit, which is discontinued and is still the best concealer I’ve ever used, but this that I bought is quite a decent replacement.
This is the Studio Finish concealer SP35 in NC15 which is a creamy formula and covers well. Again you don’t need to use a lot to cover up blemishes. At £13.50 it is fairly expensive, and I’ve still not decided if I will buy another once this one runs out I haven’t quite made my mind up on this one.

As you can see with both, I have already used these, I bought these a couple of weeks ago but I was too excited to use them so I pretty much opened them right away.
Final thing to say, I’m still getting my images and my camera right so if there’s some dodgy shots I apologise, I will get better

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I guess I’ve been a way for a while huh?
A lot has been happening this last few months, not which I can condense into this short blog, but I’ll try. Work has taken up my time, holidays ditto- i’ve been away for a grand total of a month, 2 weeks to France, 2 weeks to Kent. I had a lovely time. I’m still with my lovely boyfriend, he’s at home for the summer, hence the journeys to Kent but he comes back soon, which I’m excited for, I miss him terribly, we cant communicate electronically as he practically lives in the middle of nowhere, so the odd phone call has to suffice. I’ve been spending time also with my friends, although admittedly not as much as I’d hoped, mainly because of the aforementioned work/boyfriend commitments.
Anyway, I go back to university next week, I’m going to be doing my final year which is scarier than I’d like to admit. It means I’ve got 9 months of being a student until I’m pushed into the big bad world of full time employment. I have to find a job, someplace to live, whether I’ll live alone, with friends, with Harry?
It’ll be a relationship crossroads if we get to next year, he lives 300 miles away, will he move up here, will he go home, if he goes home what’ll happen, he talks about emigrating to Canada, going in the army. A lot to think about, it’s 9 months away but it’s still in the forefront of my mind.

Anyway enough of the depressing, and on to the exciting! As you can see, new layout! quite different from my last. I decided to go for a new look and something a lot simpler. I’ve spent my time on this, taking a few weeks to actually put this together, I decided I wouldn’t pressure myself as I’ve lost interest lately, but I have enjoyed making this layout. I however have made the decision to discontinue graphics and resources. I don’t enjoy doing them anymore, it’s a chore and I have enough things I HAVE to do in my life without adding another. My tutorials have also gone, I probably will rewrite them at some point, I don’t know when, probably when I can be bothered.

Which means what is to become of this site? Well like the cliche ‘trendy’ thing going down at the moment, I’m transforming this into a fashion & beauty blog. Original I know, but I genuinely do like makeup and clothes and girly things, it’s probably an interest that I’ve not got bored with to be honest. So I’m going to be doing hauls, reviews, outfits, favourite beauty products that general sort of thing, starting tomorrow.

ps contact form doesnt work atm

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It seems that as we get older we have more responsibilities and as a consequence a lot more stresses in our lives.
I’ve seen this particularly this last few years or so. No longer can I just hang out with my friends at weekends and worry about things like homework. My timetable is constantly filled with things that often take precedence over the more leisurely things in life. Most of my free time is taken up with countless to do lists.

A part time job i find takes up a lot of my time now, mainly because I’m working close to 40 hours a week, which is full time and as you know that doesn’t leave a lot of time for anything else. A boyfriend also takes up a lot of time, because understandably you want to spend time with them and talk to them. However a lot of other little things creep into my diary, like the unnecessary trips I had to make last week to phones4u.

I was due an upgrade on my phone, so I upgraded over the phone and it was due to be delivered on tuesday, which was all fine and dandy, until my old phone stops working and I spend time on the phone to orange customer services only to be told I have to wait for my new phone. I get my upgrade sorted in phones4u only for orange to note down my new sim card number wrong so my sim swap doesn’t happen therefore taking another trip to phones4u.
I also keep getting persistent emails from dial-a-phone which is phones4u sister company saying there’s a problem with my upgrade so then I have to get on the phone to tell them ive already upgraded.

Overall, a mess! I’ve finally got my new phone now, which is a BlackBerry Torch, and I really like it.
Then other things like getting my hair done, which takes 2 or 3 hours out of my day. Moving out of my flat, which takes numerous trips and many hours to sort out the amount of things I have.

On the plus side I go see Harry in a week, which I am rather excited about. He’s going to take me to some nice places like the beach, and Canterbury Cathedral and just seeing him will be nice tbh
I did renew this domain, not without some hassle, which seems to always happen to me unfortunately…

However I do have many things to do before I go next week, and then I have a week at home before I’m off to France for a fortnight so I cant really predict how active I will be. See I told you, things crop up and I just have little or no time.

I have however written a new article which you can check out here: How To Care For A Piercing

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Happy Fathers day!!

As explained in the last blog, I’ve been extremely busy with university and my end of year assignments and exams and studying for them. However it’s paid off, I got a 2:1 this year, which is really good and it actually counts to my degree this time. I’ve got the summer off now until the end of september, which is kinda good, but I still have so many plans so I’m not going to be less busy really.

I met a bunch of nice people back in March and we’ve all become friends now, which is good, and i’ve actually started dating one of them and it’s going really well. He’s been scheduled to go back to his home town in Kent, which for you guys who have no clue where that it is, it’s about 250 miles away so I’ve been spending all my free time with him whenever possible.
I took him to the train station last Thursday and it was more sad than I thought and I started welling up. I didn’t full on cry, I didn’t want to make a scene.
The rest of my time has been spent working, I’ve been doing some extra hours now I’m free of university commitments, to get more money because I’m skint, but also to take my mind off the Harry situation.
I do have some good news however, I am going down to visit him twice this summer, once in 3 weeks and another time at the end of August for the International Hop Festival that they have. I’m inevitably going to have to meet his whole family and live with them for a week, which is a little daunting, but it’s something that has to be done.

In regards to this site? I havent given it too much thought to be honest, I’m in two minds about it because I’m so busy with things at the moment that when I do get a spare moment I don’t really want to update the site, and I’m currently wondering whether to close this site for good, I’m not sure yet, I still love having this site, it’s just I dont get a lot of time anymore.
I am thinking of revamping the site, I really want to but I never get the time. We’ll see.

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Hey guys,

I know i’ve been absent as of late, I’ve had a lot on. This is just a short blog to say I’ll be back in a couple of weeks, I’m seeing someone new and I’m really happy but he’s going home for the summer soon so I’m trying to spend as much time as I can because he lives 300 miles away.
I will blog and update properly probably next week when he leaves and I’ll explain in more detail what’s been happening this last 2 months

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