Throwback Thursday #1

Hey guys! 

I thought it would cool to start this new series on my blog, rediscovering old pictures and discussing them! 

I found this one yesterday and this is so embarrassing to share with you but it's too funny not to!

Some of my friends may remember this picture as I shared it on our group on Skydrive. 

Here I am aged 13/14!

Oh my God!! Hahaha I'm cringing! 

So the story behind this picture was when I was in Year 9, I had a small presentation to do independently in front of the whole class and I decided to dress up as a witch and tell my own version of Hansel & Gretel. To become the witch I went to Superdrug and bought a BLACK Rimmel lipgloss! My face looks so pale because I used a shimmery white eyeshadow across my whole face from Natural Collection! 

I can't get over how weird I look! Hahaha...

The presentation went well and I got a decent grade in the end. I'm not sure if anyone who is reading this will remember but let me know if you do! 

Make sure to come back next Thursday for probably another embarrassing Throwback! 

Too Faced Natural Eyes Makeup Look!

  Hey guys! 

This post was specially requested by my awesome aunty Peeny. Peeny and my mum both bought the Too Faced Natural Eye palette and my aunty requested that I create a makeup look for a wedding that we may be going to next week. 

The Natural Eye palette has been re-created and I can definitely say it is a great improvement. I don't have the old one anymore to compare them but the although the shades are very similar, the shades in the new palette are less shimmery, smooth and very blendable. 

To create this eye look, I used sellotape on the edges of my eyes to create a nice sharp line and help me create an equal shape on both eyes. I mixed Cashmere Bunny and Sexpresso in to my crease and blended outwards. On the outer corners of my eyes I used a mixture Chocolate Martini and Erotica. And across the rest of my eyelids I mixed Push-Up and Honey Pot. I took the sellotape off blended out the harsh line. 

On the lower lash line I used Chocolate Martini and made it more smokey by smudging my black eyeliner in to it. 

I finished off the look with winged liner - I tried it without top liner first but it wasn't dramatic enough. 

On the rest of my face: 

• Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation in 200 Soft Beige 
• MAC blusher - Supercontinental 
• Lips: Maybelline Lipliner in 630 Velvet Beige all over the lips and MAC Full For You plush glass on top. 

Et Voila! I hope you like this, let me know what you think! 

If anyone has any requests please let me know and I shall deliver!

I'm off to watch the new X-Men film! Have a great evening/morning/day!! 

xxx

Little Haul + OOTD (sort of)

It's official. My exams are over. No more stress, headache and exhaustion.. for at least a while! TLC + relaxing is much needed and why not a spot of retail therapy too. My Mum and I went shopping yesterday (yep, before my exam was over. It wasn't planned we just got a little carried away!). It was a lovely relaxing day, we went for lunch & had an awesome chilled time. 

From New Look I got this crochet kimono 'thing'. It's different and I don't think I've ever owned a kimono before and I really liked it.

Sorry my clothes are all creased as I took these just as I got home from a long day! 

Red T-shirt dress: H&M

I also picked up these Topshop Faux Snake slip ons.. I do think these are kinda ugly but I still like them because they are so comfy! The picture makes them look worse! These were also only £19.99.

I was pretty happy with this rucksack from New Look because I'd had my eye on it for a while when it was full price - £29.99 but I found it yesterday reduced to £15 so of course it had to be snapped up! :D 

I also got a few random other things like socks but they're not really worth mentioning! ;P

Since my exams are over and I don't have to be back at college until the 10th of June, I'm pretty much a free bird for a couple weeks.. Planning on binge watching The Vampire Diaries (currently at the end of Season2) and not too sure what else  but I'm sure I'll be blogging regularly. 

Ciao.

Egyptian Inspired Eyes...

**WARNING!** This blog post may contain a series of creepy eye pics.

You have been warned...!

I haven't blogged in a while due to exams which have commenced over the past two weeks.. but I will be sitting my last one on Friday *happy dance* so hopefully I can blog more frequently. 

On to the makeup.. :D 

I stumbled across Florence's picture on Instagram a few weeks ago and screen shotted it, knowing I wanted to re-create it. Today to de-stress a little I thought I would take some time out to try it out and blog if all went well. 

This is Florence's picture on Instagram. It's just so perfect - it was love at first sight! 

Here is my recreation which is nowhere near as perfect but I'm still happy with it.

The products I used are:

• A mixture of: MAC Satin Taupe, Woodwinked and Mulch across the whole eye.

• I've misplaced my black gel liner so I wet my Mac 209 brush and used the matte black from the Urban decay Naked 2 palette for the liner. To intensify this I went over the black eyeshadow slightly with the Bourjois felt tip eye liner pen. 

• Green colour: Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye pencil in 'Junkie'

• Maybelline The Falsies Volum' express mascara

I didn't include a full face picture simply because I only tried this on one eye and also I've tanned, sunburnt and have stress spots! Thankful for this beautiful weather & exams are over soon so hopefully my skin will clear up soon!

*Fingers crossed* I'll be regularly blogging again in a couple of days. 

Good luck to all my friends sitting exams

xxxx

The Topshop Headband

I really couldn't think of a better title for this post, so there you have it 'The Topshop headband'. So original right?

My mum bought this gorgeous headband for me and I lav it! It's everything I could possibly ask for and more.. Ok maybe not, but It's just stunning! Totally my style. My mum knows me too well (Thanks mum! I know you'll be reading this lol)

Ever since I've had it, I've wanted to create a makeup look to match it et voila. I dug out three old eyeliner pencils from my stash

I used: 'Pixi Endless Silky Eye Pen in No6 True Teal' on the outside corners of my lower lash line and also in my waterline. 

Next I used Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on eye pencil in 'Junkie' on the middle of my lower lash line and right in the inside corners of my eyes I used another UD eyeliner in the shade 'Electric'. 

Rest of my face: 

Eyes: 

MAC eyeshadows in Woodwinked and Mulch

Maybelline Gel eyeliner

Maybelline Falsies Mascara

Face: Nars Palm Beach Multiple bronzer

Lips:

MAC Hot Tahiti lipstick 

MAC Full For You Plushglass. 

I used a hair grip and a pin to attach the headband to my headscarf and it seemed pretty secure. 

Click here for the link to the headband on the Topshop website.

I hope you're all having a great Bank Holiday weekend

xx

What's In My Makeup Bag?

First I show you whats on my iPhone (previous post) & now you get to see what's in my makeup bag!   

I'm really letting you guys in to my life aren't I? ; ) 

My makeup bag is this cute little red leather Anya Hindmarch pouch. It looks small but surprisingly it holds a lot! I keep this on my desk and it carries my everyday essentials whilst the rest of my makeup is stored away so there's less clutter on my desk. 

Into the makeup bag..

FACE products:

• Charlotte Tilbury Wonder Glow Highlighter
• MAC Satin Powder Blush in Supercontinental 
• Nars Multiple in Palm Beach 

I don't wear foundation or concealer on a regular basis so I just slap these three products on my cheeks! 

Eyes: 

• Maybelline The Falsies Volum' Express - loving this mascara at the moment - great if you love volume. 
• Chantecaille double ended eyeliner pencil in Espresso - I only use the angled eyeliner brush end for my two gel eyeliners
• Tarte emphasEYES Amazonian clay liner in Green - This is a beautiful Khaki green liner that I'm loving at the moment (Thanks Tipeen for buying this for me!) 
• Maybelline Black Gel eyeliner - I use this on my waterline, if I don't carry this in my makeup bag then I just have a plain black eyeliner pencil 
• Bourjois Liner Feutre - Nice and basic inky black felt tip liner

Lips: 

• YSL Volupte Sheer Candy no.7 - I love this, it's a sheer light red colour, the consistency is so smooth like a moisturising lip balm. The only downside is that the lasting power isn't great. 

Hope you enjoyed reading :)

What's on my iPhone?

Hey guys! 

This is going to be a little bit random as with most things on my blog but I thought it would be cool to share with you what apps I currently have on my phone. I have the iPhone 5 and the background is just a default one but I love it. 

And just to let you know also I don't have the most amazing apps - I try not to pay for a lot of them but there are a few cool ones that I think (hope) you will find interesting

Anyway - the first 'page'. This is the standard, boring page but I hardly use these apps - mainly the camera and messages app. 

These apps I don't use often so I won't go in to them in too much detail. As you can see I'm pretty lazy when it comes to updating the apps, so the App Store has 28 notifications for me! 

On the bottom row I have the important apps, so phone, email, Safari internet and Whatsapp which are probably the most used along with social networks. 

Second page....

Starting from the top row left to right:

(I'm just going to go through the ones that need explaining, some are self explanatory!)

Find iPhone: This is a handy app made by Apple that allows you to locate your phone when you have lost it. Use your Apple ID and sign in from a different device and it will show you where your phone is and can even make a sound so you can find it - FREE

Find Friends: Allows me to see where my friends are - FREE

Echofon - This is an alternative app for Twitter which I prefer. The ads are annoying and the notifications don't always come in straight away which is also annoying but I prefer the look of it to the official Twitter app. FREE although there is a no ad payable version. 

Instagram: Need I say anything? Follow me if you don't already! ;P @m4ryam

InstaSize: Isn't it frustrating when you have an awesome picture but Instagram refuses to show all of it!? This app 'instasizes' your picture so it fits on to Instagram. Very handy. -FREE

Afterlight: I use this to edit my pictures for Instagram. It was £0.69p but very worth it as there are so many options/filters/lights. 

Mobile Banking & Pingit: If you bank with Barclays these two apps are extremely handy for staying on top of your bank account - FREE but you must contact your bank to register.

Flappy bird: Oh, its the infamous game that I refuse to delete. Every few days I go back to it and frustrates me every single time (highscore is 81 )  -FREE

7 min workout: Quick 7 workout app that I downloaded a few months ago and still haven't tried - £1.49

PAGE 3

Shazam: Handy to find a song you like but you don't know what it's called -FREE

Free video - When I want to download vines from Facebook I use this app, very glitchy and annoying with ads but does the job. FREE

MyFitnessPal - I don't use this often to be honest but it's good to track your calorie take-in. FREE

UniDays: Awesome app for students! It's free and allows you to redeem offers from a lot of shops. FREE

What Diff? : A spot the difference game which is frustratingly addictive but I've given up on it FREE

Picfx - Another amazing photo edit app - £0.69

Dream Talk - For 69p you can download this for the full version. This app records you in your sleep, but will only record when it detects sound. When you wake up simply listen back to all the weird noises you make while you sleep! This is great if you want to have a good laugh at yourself! 

Depop: A little marketplace for buying / selling / exchanging. I bought my camera from Sian Shutterbug on Depop a few months ago. 

Page 4.. Phew, we're getting there! I love you if you're still reading this far..! ; )

Plants vs Zombies and Zombie Kill - two addictive zombie games! 

Make a Meme - I like making memes of my friends/family and this app is handy to take the mick out of them ; )

Movie Tube: This app has a wide range of movies available to watch instantly which is awesome for procrastinators like myself! 

If you've read this far thanks for taking the time out! Let me know if there's any cool apps you think I should download.. : )

Maryam