NEWNEWNEW!

As some of you may already know that i have moved my blog from blogger to word press, just because i was getting my blog designed and changed.

I thought id make it easy for you to move over to my new blog and leave a link here to make sure you go check it out!

www.charlottesamantha.co.uk

 

 

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EVERYDAY MAKE-UP LOOK

Sitting down at my dressing table each morning always leads to me grabbing the same make-up items. Its not because they are particularly my favourite pieces from my collection, I purely find it easier to grab the same items.

The first product I go to is the L'Oreal Paris Lumi Magique Primer which is £9.99 to buy so a steal really for a primer which gives your skin a lovely, healthy looking glow. I have been using this for a few weeks now when I feel like my skin needs that extra glow and I have been loving it! The foundation I have been using lately is the Bourjois 123 Perfect Foundation which retails at £10.99. I have been loving this foundation recently, although I don't really suffer from bad pigmentation I found that it really evened out my skin tone. Next I conceal my under eyes using a combination of Collection Lasting Perfection Ultimate Wear Concealer which is around £3.99 and the Maybelline Eraser Eye Concealer Light which retails at £7.99. I place the Collection concealer in a V under my eyes and use the other to fill in the gap. I also using the Collection Lasting Perfection as a concealer for any blemishes I may have. To set all my base make-up I use the Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder retailing at £3.99,i brush this round my face just to set it all in place.

Then its onto my eyes, I prime with the Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion which costs £11.99 to buy, I am just using the tester size. I then use the Urban Decay Naked Palette, retailing at £37.00 which you may be thinking is a lot for an eye shadow pallet but it is one of the best I have used. The colours are very natural and great to use on an everyday basis. To line my eyes I have been loving the Magic Liner in Engraved from Topshop which costs £6.50 and is worth every penny! The liner applies so smoothly and stay on all day. From my brows I have been using the brow zings from Benefit, I use the powder first to shape my brows then apply the wax to keep them in place throughout the day, this retails at £24.50. To define my brow bone I use the high brow also from Benefit which costs £15.50.

The final steps are to define and put a little bit colour into my face. I start with the Bourjois Delice de Poudre Bronzing Powder Medium/Dark which costs £6.99. I use this as a contour colour and blend it into my cheek bones, around the top and bottom of me face. I then add a blush, I have been loving the CORALista from Benefit which is a box powder retailing at £23.50. I love the fresh colour this gives to my cheeks. To highlight I use the Topshop Glow Highlighter in Polish which is £9.00. This is a lovely cream highlighter which sparkles when the light hits it. To finish off the look I have been grabbing my L'Oreal Paris Color Riche Collection Privée in the colour Julianne's Nude.

I have been loving this look for a nice natural finish and have been grabbing this items from my make-up collection for a few weeks now. You can also find a video of my Everyday Make-Up look on my youtube channel:

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LIBSTER BLOG AWARD

I was nominated by for the Liebster Award by michaelas choice and chloe wright writes, thankyou girls. I thought id just do a quick post nominating the blogs that I love to read and should definitely be read by more people. First here are the rules to this award:

1.Provide a link back to the blogger who nominated you. 

2.Post 11 random facts about yourself. 

3.Answer 11 random questions set by the blogger who nominated you.

4.Nominate 11 bloggers with under 200 followers for the award with 11 questions for them. 

5.Let the nominees know that you have nominated them.

11 Random Facts About Me

1. I love anything and everything about summer.

2. My all time favourite book is Gone Girl.

3.Is my favourite number.

4.I enjoy to bake cakes. (and maybe eat a little too much!)

5.My favourite cocktail is a Blue Hawaiian.

6.One day I want to tour Europe.

7.I am petrified of spiders!

8.The Notebook is one of my favourite films.

9.I hate tomatoes and feet.

10. When I don't have gel nails, I tend to paint my nails a different colour everyday.

11.I have an unhealthy obsession with anything stationary.

 

11 Questions

 

1. If you could transform into an animal, which would it be?

I would have to choose a Penguin, its one of my favourite animals!
There walk makes me laugh so much and I also love the colour of them.

 

2.Your house is on fire, your pets and family are safe. What one item would you save?

Phone. I couldn't live without my phone, its in my hand or on me all of the day,

I would be totally lost without it.

 

3.What is your oldest memory?

The oldest thing I can remember is my first day of reception and being

given a picture of a carrot to stick above my peg to remind me

which one was mine. (Stupid, I know!)

 

4.Would you rather party or chill?

I found this one particularly difficult, I love to get ready for a party but

i'd much rather chill in the house with lots of food and wine.

 

5.If you could go to any age what would it be?

I would stay at the age of 18, you have the choice of what you want to do

but not the full responsibility of being an older adult.

 

6.You wake up and discover your a ninja, what do you do next?

I'd probably snap a piece of wood in half with my hand, like you

see them do on movies.

 

7.You need some me time, what do you do?

Run a hot bubble bath, light my favourite candles, apply a face mask

and read a book.

 

8.What do you consider a prefect day?

I could write a whole blog post on what I would consider the perfect day!

So I'll just sum it up, id have a walk along the beach then a huge

shopping spree. Next I would spend my evening in a spa.

 

9.If you could own one store what would it be?

Most definitely a shop full of all sorts of make-up brands, ranging

from high-end to drug-store.

 

10.Favorite season?

Summer, I love the fun outfits you can wear and the bright colours!

And of course its my birthday!

 

11.Why did you start to blog?

I had been reading blogs for about 4 years and always wanted to start my

own. I never had the guts to start it as I was worried people wouldn't

read it. One day I was sat bored in my room and decided to take the plunge

and thought that even if people didn't read it I would enjoy writing it.

 

 

 

The 11 people I nominate are:

CaolePari

throughchloeslens

thewonderfulworldofamyrose

beautyxpress0

leigh-belle

acuppawithgrandma

curiouslyquinn

rose-gold-blog

maggielopez

PinkPolkaDotAndPopcorn

sampooley

 

 

My 11 questions for you are...

1.What is the craziest/strangest thing you have ever done?

2.If you could only drink one thing for the rest of your life what would it be?

3.What is your favourite book?

4.If you could only carry one make-up product around with you what would it be?

5.You are stranded in the north pole, which three items do you take from your bedroom?

6.If you could be one bread of dog which would it be?

7.What would you do to relax?

8.What is your favourite make-up brand?

9.What would you rather wear a dress or top and trousers?

10.Heels or flats?

11.What is your favourite flavour of crisps?

 

Enjoy girls!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

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REVIEW: MAYBELLINE BROWDRAMA

I bought this a few weeks ago now but I've been wanting to write a review on it for a while as i have been unsure of what to think of the product. I was so excited when i was stood in boots and saw this product on the shelf after trying to get my hands on it for weeks, but i finally managed to get my paws on it.  Eyebrows are something i have never been good at getting right so i thought the idea behind Maybellines BROWdrama would really help me to get a perfect shape but also the right amount of colour in my brows as id like. I wanted to give this product a few weeks before writing a post, just to make sure i had the perfect explanation and experience with it before telling you.

Name-
On a normal trip to boots or superdrug i am forever looking out for funky/fun names that jump out to me that ill grab and drop it into my basket. For this product i felt i could relate due to its name, BROWdrama, this is because of the massive drama i have with creating the right look with my brows! This made me want to drop this straight into my basket.

Packaging-
Bright colours, funky design and a bold title is what i would normally be drawn to in a beauty product but yet with this i wasn't. A plain black packaging with a white title is not what i want in the packaging of my beauty products. I wasn't impressed with the overall look of the BROWdrama on the shelf. Although i did buy it but more so for the product itself.

Product-
To start lets talk about the brush, the top of the brush is like a small ball moving down to a stick like brush. At first glance at the brush i thought it was going to make the application of the product easy and make it easy to create a gorgeous arch. Oh was i wrong. I found that the thick end of the brush made it a lot harder to shape my brows and rather than creating a nice shape made them look more like long stick across my eyes rather than a nice arch. Trying to use the smaller part of the brush caused great struggle. This part of the brush shouldn't even be on the applicator as you can't use it without making a brown mark else where on your face.
The colour was perfect to my eyebrows, i got mine in Dark Blond, having dark blondish hair always made it hard to find a perfect colour for my brows however this was literally the perfect colour. However, i couldn't get an even spread of the colour and the colour didn't really show well on my brows.
I also found that once i had applied the product it felt wet and didn't feel like it had dried until around 10/15 minutes after applying.
After around 3/4 hours i would find that i would have dark chunks of the product in my brow, which is obviously not the look i was aiming for.

Overall-
My overall feeling of this product is that there are some really good aspects of this product although there are some major issues that i had with this product which would make me not buy this again. I was very disappointed with this and wish that this could have worked for me but unfortunatly this hasn't.

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EMPTIES

Hiya lovelies! Todays post is new to me but is one that I love to read on other peoples blogs and as you will be able to see from the title it is a products ive used up, by no mean does this mean ive loved all the products I have just simply used them up. So lets get started.

Heres an overview of the products which are now empty, some I would re purchase others I wouldn't.

The first two are hair products, the one on the left is the Mark Hill Love Big Hair! Big It Up Volume Shampoo 250ml which is on offer at the minute in Boots for £3.66. I noticed a huge difference when using this shampoo on my hair. It gave it so much more volume than it my hair normally has and made it feel soo much more smoother and I felt it looked tidier. I loved this so much I actually bought another one. The product on the left is an Argain oil Hydrating Hair Mask which I bought in the poundshop, rather than using this as a hair mask I used it as conditioner as my hair was in bad condition. This really helped get my hair back to its proper condition and for a pound I would definitely by this again.

Next is the Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish™ Hot Cloth Cleanser, which I used as a cleanser on a night time to remove any dirt and make-up. I liked this cleanser but I wouldn't say it is the best one I have ever used. If I was bought another one I would use it but I wouldn't choose to buy this one. The next product is Coconut Body Butter by The Body Shop, I bought this I was drawn in by the smell of the product, it smells so good I could eat it! It is a good body butter and leaves you skin feeling softer for longer and very moisturised, I would definitely buy this again.

Next is the three make-up products of this post, Maybelline the Rocket Volum' Express Very Black Mascara. I bought this when every was loving the falsies, I usually don't like a plastic brush but LOVE this mascara! I found this mascara made my eye lashes very long, thick and just totally amazing. This is my holy grail mascara and im feeling very scared to not have one in my make-up collection right now. I would 10000% buy this again and again and again. Next is Studio Fix Fluid, my total favourite of all foundations I have ever tried, this is one which I will always want. With amazing coverage and lasting time there is no doubt why I love this so much. I would have a back up of this of all times if I could afford the small fortune it costs! Lastly on this section is Maybelline Fit Me Foundation, I didn't totally fall in love with this as much as I would have loved to have. The coverage was good enough for me but it stuck to dry patches on my face and looked really patchy after a days wear. I wouldn't purchase this foundation again.

The last product in this post has already been re-purchased so is definitely a winner. It is the Jimmy Choo Eau de Parfum this was the fragrance of 2013 for me and I love it so much a re bought it straight away. It has such a gorgeous smell that stays put all day, I received so many compliments when wearing this!

cya.

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UNI?!?!

Hiyaa!! I'm finally sticking to my plan and blogging every two days, yippee to me! In tonight's post I thought id chat to you about some personal things that has been happening with me lately and I think it is important to chat about. And that is university.

From being young I have always dreamed of working with children, ive never totally been sure in what part I would like to work but my dreams have ranged from being a midwife to being a primary school teacher to being a child councillor. So my last year off sixth form came and I applied for primary education at my local university's and many around the Uk but knew I didn't want to move away as im too much of home bird. unfortunately I didn't pass the interview so was unsuccessful, however I had enough to time apply to another course I was successfully picked for the Childhood Studies course.

At first I was excited and couldn't wait to start, but not long after starting uni I started to get a little bored but stuck it out and thought it will get better its just the first year after all! Although, a few months passed and I was still unsure about what I wanted to do. And that brings us to now.

More and more thoughts went through my head and i decided to talk to Alex about it and we both discussed my possibilities. I then spoke to my mam and dad and friends and they all said they were  behind me and that I should do what I feel is best.

At the moment I have pretty much decided that I am going to leave uni after this first year is over as it is just not for me, I am going to work full time for  a year and explore all the different possibility's I have.

Basically, what I hoped you would gain from this post is an insight to what other things are out there and if you don't think uni is for you, don't stick to it just because you are worried about what other people think or that you wont get a job after. Look into other things that you are interested in and see if there any other roots you could go down to get there. Im not saying just throw the towel in and forget it but there are definitely other ways of doing things you love.

If you enjoyed this post and what more like this leave a message down below!

Cya.

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YOUTUBE

Hello!! As some of you may know I started a youtube channel a few months ago but only added one video as I felt like nobody was watching them and also didn't feel like I had much time to blog and do videos. BUT... I have had a change of heart as I enjoyed making the videos so have decided to keep going! I will power on!

I am aiming to upload one video a week so keep an eye out! my videos arnt the best atm as I am only just getting used to everything but practice makes perfect! so here is the link:

 www.youtube.com/user/charlottesamanthaox

I would also love it if any of you had any comments of what you think would make my blogs and videos more enjoyable :)

Cya.

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WEEKEND & OUTFIT PLANNING

Hiya guys, so for this weekends post i thought i would just let you know about what has been going on in my life lately and what i have been up to.

SOOO, this week has been quite stressful for me as i have had three assignments in at uni and a driving test. Unfortunatly i failed my driving test :( as i didn't notice a 30 sign and carried on doing 35! which i was absolutely gutted about but next time hopefully ill get there! But more about uni, so as i was saying i had three assignments in one which was presentation and two which where actually written assignments but I'm just glad they are out the way now and i have a nice three weeks off. I am planning a uni post for any of you who are at the stage of thinking about uni or are even at uni! stay tuned for that! 

More about this weekend, as i may have said in posts before my mam and dad have a caravan which they go to every weekend so i have the house to myself woopie! Normally i see this as a good thing but this weekend i had to look after the dog as my mam and dad set up the caravan, which of course means i haven't been able to do much. Saturday i spent lying watching Gossip Girl all day which if your not watching it or haven't already watched it you need to go start watching it as soon as you finish reading this post! I made myself some nachos with mince and backed it in the oven with salsa and cheese on whilst lying watching it yesterday which was amazing. Then once Alex had finished work we took my dog to his house to have a bit of socialisation with his dog and it also gave me a chance to socialise with some people as i had been stuck in the house since friday night. We took my pooch home and headed straight out to the movies, we wanted to see Noah but unfortunately it was all sold out :( so we saw The Grand Budapest Hotel instead which wasn't great but as we have the cine world passes i wasn't too bothered about seeing it as i didn't directly pay for the viewing of it.  

Today i am again sat around in my pjs whilst alex is at work and later on i am going to make a nice sunday dinner for him finishing work and take our dogs out to the park for a run around. 

I thought i would add a photo of some outfit planning i have been doing for my summer holiday, i know my holiday isn't for another 2 month yet but you can never start planning too early! 

This is one of the outfits that i have planned, it is a ditsy print playsuit from Henry Holland which i actually bought last year but will be wearing it again this year as i love it soooo much. With this i have pairs my new sandals which i got from primark for around £6-8 and this cute woven bag which is from Tescos but bought this quite a few years ago now. I also plan on wearing my sunglasses which are from HnM, a cute blue thumb ring and some beaded bracelets. To add a bit more colour to the outfit i thought i could wear my Nails Inc nail varnish in Chelsea Physic Garden which is just a gorgeous pale blue and Topshops lipstick in Ohh La La. 

Let me know if you would like to see more outfit plans, 

cya.

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