Everyone has their beauty weaknesses, and I have to admit, foundation is mine. I do not have a holy grail foundation so I'm constantly searching. I quite like Revlon's Colour stay, but I don't love it. On my ever present search for my  foundation, I found Maybelline were sending out samples of their new Fit Me foundation via Facebook, so of course I ordered one. It took ages to come, but what can I expect from a free sample.

I ordered shade 115 Ivory, as I have the skin of the living dead, which I actually haven't seen in store yet. Eventhough this is the lightest shade (of the 12 available shades), it is still not quite light enough for me.

My arm is a little bit darker than my face, so you can imagine how it looked  when used in the correct manner.  I am used to this issue however, never really finding a foundation pale enough to me, so I just added a tiny bit of moisturiser and even less Barry M's Foundation Creme in white (this stuff is very thick and cakey, hence adding moisturiser as well). This made the foundation a lovely colour.

Maybelline say this is a gel foundation. I'm no make-up artist or expert so I do not know the pro's and con's of this, but I have to say I like the formula (before adding my own moisturiser/foundation to it). I applied it with my Real Techniques Stippling Brush. It went on smooth with no streaks and I would say this was probably a medium/build-able coverage.

As I have a sample size, I cannot make a comment about the packaging other than when I've seen it in store, its looked lovely. The sample came in a lovely wee envelope/package so thumbs up for that Maybelline.


I do quite like this foundation, but it's not likely I would purchase a full size one, purely because of the colour. If it was a tad lighter I think it would be lovely for me. The formula and coverage are nice, so  for anyone with a bit more colour in their skin, id recommend it!

This year, me and Liam had our first Christmas alone. Usually we go to one of our families homes but we both had to work, and didn't quite have the pennys for trains/buses/boats to either Yorkshire or Shetland; So a quiet, couple-y one it was!

It was really lovely and I'm very proud of how tasty my cooking was! We will be eating turkey for atleast a week now though. Here's a few photographs from the day (taken on my new lens from my lovely fiancé!)










Although we both missed our families we did have a really lovely day.

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas, surrounded by the ones they love.

I've never been a big lipstick fan for the sole reason it doesn't stay on. A while back I saw Lipcote in Sainsburys but chickened out of buying it as I had not seen a review on it yet, but after a wee google I had convinced myself.


It says on the box " 'Lipstick's best friend' Lipcote is the Original Lipstick Sealer and secret of smudge, feather, fade and kiss proof lipstick that lasts"

The packaging it pretty cute and discrete. It's small so could easily fit in your handbag/make-up touch-up kit. The brush is similar to a nail varnish brush, it works pretty well for its purpose however the brush does get stained with the colour of your lipstick easily.

The boxes directions say;
"1. Apply lipstick and blot with a tissue; repeat;
2. Evenly brush quick drying Lipcote over and slightly beyond lipstick;
3. Keep lips parted while Lipcote sets" (I recommend about 3 mins completely still but minimal movement for 5-8 to prevent peeling)

When you open the bottle you're hit with a very strong scent, similar to nail varnish remover. Honestly, if I was asked was given this item and didn't know what it was for, putting it on my mouth wouldn't be my first thought. When you apply it tingles quite a bit. I don't particularly mind this but I think a lot of people would hate it. It's not the most pleasant experience ever, but that said, It's a wonderful product.


For my first Lipcote experiment I first lined my lips with MUA lip-liner in Red Drama (which I love by the way) and then filled them in with  Hello Kitty lipstick in Keeping it Real (which I purchased purely because it was Hello Kitty), Finally I followed the Lipcote instructions. I wore this combo for an entire day (A full day for me is out the door at 0830/0900 lectures/photo shoots/research/printing/etc then working from 1800 untill 2300/2330 (ie not getting home untill midnight, gah!) so finding a way to make my lips look lovely all this time is a dream.)

This was the result;

As you can see the colour has worn away a little bit in the middle (the rest of the lip looks less red and more orange but that is due to the fact this photograph was taken after midnight and not due to the colour changing). For 15 hours wear I think this is bloody fabulous! I work at a cinema, usually behind the retail counter, so It's hot and your lips end up so so chapped, which makes this even more unbelievable.

About 5 minutes after putting the Lipcote on I noticed some peeling, so I reapplied my liptstick and Lipcote and didn't move my mouth for around 5-8 minutes (probably the longest I've ever done that...ever). There was no peeling after applying in this way.


All in all I think this product is a miracle in a bottle. I can look past the strong nail varnish-remover smell, the tingling and peeling if I talk to soon because I can now wear lipstick for more than 10 minutes! Expect to see me rocking the "Christmas red" look a lot this season.

I bought my Lipcote at Boots for £3.69, but you can get it from Superdrug/Sainsburys/pretty much anywhere that sells cosmetics for a asimilar price.

Any of my readers really hate this stuff? You guys rocking the red this holiday season?

So a wee while back I entered Sophie's give away and I won! I enter giveaways pretty much every time I see one (I mean, why not? there's nothing to lose)

I got my package and it had this lovely little note in it, Sophie's handwriting is so cute!

The little key-chain connector is very handy too. At work I always end up with horribly chapped lips (A mixture of hot-to-warm food servery and our rubbish heating/air con I assume) so this is now attached to my lanyard along with my keys.


It smells divine and tastes just as good. It's a sweet mint flavour and after you put it on your lips tingle (a very similar sensation to Soap and Glorys 'Sexy Mother Pucker'). It's really refreshing.


As you can see, its completely clear on your lips, just leaving a lovely glossy sheen on your lips. It lasts a long time too, realistically I could apply every 3 or so hours and my lips would  still be moisturised. Honestly though, I can't resist the gorgeous smell and re-apply every hour or so, especially at work. I usually have issues with chapped lips, due to work, and licking my lips a lot, but since using this they've really improved. I can never usually wear lipstick because it just sticks to the dry bits but recently I've had no issues because of this balm.

I'll definitely be getting myself another flavour  and would recommend this to anyone!

anyone else tried Balmi balms? Better than EOS balm?



also, just a blogging question; Do I use too many photographs in my posts? I read a lot of blogs and I've noticed recently that a lot of bloggers are popping 2/3 photos at start of their posts and having all their text together. Would you prefer it if all my text was together rather than split between posts?

Now I know its technically classed as Autumn right now, but as you probably know, I am Scottish and so you may be able to guess what our Autumn is like. As someone said to me once "You've not experienced Scottish weather until you experience all four seasons in one day"!

I made this wishlist around a week ago, so some shopping may have occurred since. oops.


One; Primark- This is last years collection but a lady who lived in my building in my old house had it, and I lusted after it all last year. I even went to two of the Glasgow Primarks but couldn't find it. Finally after checking ebay at least once a week for the last two months, I finally found one in my size (I hope, Primark's sizing is very hit or miss). I don't know how much it was in store, but I paid £22 plus P&P. If anyone knows how much it was originally I'd love to know.

Two; Cream knitted bobble hat - New look-  £4.99. I love these slouch style hats. I actually tried a grey version of this on last time I was in New Look but decided I would wait until my coat came so I can see if the cream version will look right with it.


Three; Ebay- Faux suede flat, over-knee boots-£29.99. I love these, I've lusted over knee high boots for years, but never found any I liked as I have a slight fear of buying shoes online. My used feet sit between two sizes so I never really know which size I am, but recently they've grown a little bit so I think I'm more towards the larger size (I have elephant feet it seems!) so I feel a bit more confident now to fork out £30 for something I can't try on, plus their returns policy seems alright.

Four; H&M -Gloves (with bows)-£7.99. These are a cotton with 'pleather' bows, however I found faux suede ones in Primark for £7 and figured they would match the boots I plan on buying (when SAAS finally pay me). I love the wee bow detail. They're cute but sophisticated, will look lovely with pretty much anything I think!


Five; Over the knee socks (from anywhere). I've seen a few OFOTD using over the knee socks layered and so I fancy experimenting with them. I got a pair from Primark (as you can probably tell, I've spent a lot more time in Primark than I should have recently)they were around the £2 mark if not less. an OFOTD with them to come maybe?


Six; Matalan- Falmer Reindeer Cardigan-£30.00. This just screams Christmas to me! There's lots of Reindeer pattern and Fairisle style jumpers coming onto the market. I love the style and I'm fortunate enough to be engaged to a Shetlander, so I may try to get some real Fairisle items next time I'm visiting my lovely in-laws (or ask one of the talented ladies in his family to knit me some as a Christmas present).




Seven; Topshop- Heart Bag-£22. I just think this is so cute! I'm not sure I'd use it for anything other than nights out or quick trips into town as its quite small and I tend to carry around a big purse, my camera and a water bottle amongst a plethora of other things. Definitely a big bag person.

So that's what I'm lusting after to keep me warm and feeling good through the next few winter months. Expect an "I love my coat" post sometime in the next month, I get attached to coats quite easily.

You like my choices? What are you planning for the cold, winter days?

While in Primark (or Primarche as I like to call it) I was left to wait for Liam by their nail polish stand (worst mistake he could have made) and I spotted these babies. If you saw my last wishlist you'll know I've been lusting after Essies Mint Candy Apple and Models Own Indian Ocean (Part of the Beetlejuice collection) so when I spotted these for a meer £2.50 I nearly wee'd a little bit.

Now I do not own either Mint Candy Apple or Indian Ocean so I cannot vouch for how similar they actually are, but based on the thousands upon thousands of blogposts I've read they seem pretty similar to say the least.

The pastel teal/mint colour similar to the Essie polish is called 'Be Mine 84", it looks to be darker slightly than 'Mint Candy Apple' but the same tone. The pearlescent turquoise/pink polish is named 'Angel 93' which really doesn't seem much different to me. The above photographs are a wee bit darker than in real life, whereas the ones below are a bit more true to colour.



I have previously purchased Primarks brand of polish, Angelica in pastel pink called 'Sweetie Pie 82' and a lilac in 'Palma Violet 85' so I already knew I liked the formula. The above nails were painted with just one coat! (one on top of the other in the case of the last nail obviously). 'Angel' looks more glittery than pearlescent in these photographs, I think video format would be the best way to show this nail varnish. 

I now own four Primark polishes and I love them! The forumla is great, the colours are always pretty much the same as they look in the bottle and they dry quite quickly. They also last a long while. I just use a No 7 topcoat on top of my polish and it lasted me 5 days! It would have lasted me longer but I had to take it off for work. 

 I don't mind the packaging, but it does seem a little childish almost, but what can you ask of a £2.50 polish.I bought an E.L.F nail polish in Fair Pink, for the same price, a little while back, and these Primark ones are ten times better (And work out cheaper due to no P&P charges!)

 The only thing I can say against this nail varnish is that the brush becomes detached from the lid sometimes. This is easily solved by just popping a little bit of nail-glue or superglue in the end of the lid and slotting the brush back into place. Holding the brush end can be a wee bit messy but just use some kitchen roll to hold it rather than bare hands! They also don't have a huge range but there is a pastel section, a glitter, a crackle and a neon section so they're right on trend! 



To say I'm pleased with this nail polish is an understatement. For my nail look here I've mixed Palma Violet with a little bit of Sweetie Pie then put Angel over the top. It's probably my favourite combo I've ever done my nails. I really do reccomend these polishes and will definetly be picking more up when I next go in (which is more often than I like to admit).

Have you tried these polishes? Any more recommendations for cheap but brilliant polishes?

I'm sure we all know what this is by now!

So the rules are:1. Each person must post 11 things about themselves.2. Answer the questions the tagger has set for you plus create 11 questions for the people you've tagged to answer.3. Choose 11 people and link them in your post.4. Go to their page and tell them.5. Remember, no tag backs"

My questions are:
1. Number one go to nail colour?
2. How did you get into blogging?
3. Favourite holiday?
4.Holy grail product?
5. What phrase/moral/etc do you live by?
6. What is the best meal you have ever eaten?
7. If you could have any hair colour (without need to dye it) what would it be?
8. Huge night out or a little but fun night in?
9. Best foundation you have ever used?
10. Do you have any pets?
11.
  and I tag
1.http://lilla-rosa.blogspot.co.uk/ 
2. http://mollyox.blogspot.co.uk
3.  http://thehonest-type.blogspot.co.uk/
4. http://wonderchebs.blogspot.co.uk/
5. http://ateeniebitofthisandthat.blogspot.co.uk/
6. http://anaccentnail.blogspot.co.uk/
7. http://barefreckles.blogspot.co.uk/
8. http://ilovecrafty.blogspot.co.uk/
9. http://elfbarton.blogspot.co.uk/
10. http://daily-hoot.blogspot.co.uk/
11  http://mldvs.blogspot.co.uk/

Here I go,

About me:

 Emmas Questions:

• 1. What three items would you take with you to a desert island?Sun lotion. I'm so pale, I would fry in an hour without it!Lip Balm of some sort (Cherry Carmex preferably!), As I've found out due to this uncharacteristically warm Scottish Weather, My lips don't like the sun. And due to starting my new job, I've come to find I 'smack' or lick them when I'm nervous. Definetly in need of some TLCand finally, I'd like to take my Fiancé, however he's not an item so I'll settle for an unlimited amount of ice cream, because who doesn't love ice cream!
• 2. What's your favourite ice cream flavour?Weird, didn't even read this question before answering my last! I love Ben and Jerrys Phish Food. Or Mint Choc-chip!
• 3. Where is your dream destination?Ooooft, I'd love to visit America and Canada. I've only ever been to Majorca when I was 8, so anywhere but the UK would be nice!
• 4. Where do you see yourself in five years time?When I'll have my Degree, complete with honors, done by that time. So earning some money from it would be nice! Unlikely but nice. Maybe living up in Shetland by then, or helping fund Liam through some vet nurse training.
• 5. What's your dream purchase?Canon 5D MK III or Canon 1D III. In desperate need of a full frame!
• 6. What's your favourite movie?Fight Club! Book is better though.
• 7. What's your favourite TV show?Of all time? Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But at the moment I love The Walking Dead, can't wait for it to come back on!
• 8. What three celebrities would you invite for dinner and why?I'm really un-celebrity obsessed so this one is hard for me!Emma Stone, she seems like the funniest person ever (I also have a huuuge girlcrush on her).Chuck Palahniuk, I'd love to see if he is as interesting as his books.& Rou Reynolds, (vocalist from Enter Shikari) because he is Liam's idol. Figured I'd be nice.
• 9. What's your favourite band/musician?Brand new! Have their lyrics tattooed on me and 3 more involving their lyrics planned/designed. Dedicated fan!
• 10. What's the best joke you have ever heard?"What do you do when you find a trumpet in your vegetable patch? You root t-toot " Okay, so it's not that funny but the person who told me it said it hillariouslyy.
• 11. What's your favourite colour?Lilac! Even before the pastel trend!

Beths Questions:

• 1. Who is you're favourite character from Friends?Chandler Bing! Hillarious
• 2. If you could marry a celebrity, who would it be and why?I'm one of the few people left in the world that believe marriage should be about love and only love (ie not money, or gender etc), so I wouldn't! I'll stick to my lovely Liam!
• 3. What do you do to make yourself feel better when you're down?Ice cream, a good movie and lots of tears. Usually followed by cuddles in bed from Liam, whilst he consoles me and tells me I don't look like a witch/elephant/whatever else.
• 4. Which do you prefer, long or short hair?on me? Looonnggg
• 5. Have you ever been in love?I'm engaged, what do you think! :D
• 6. What is your favourite Ben & Jerry's flavour and why?PHISH FOOD. Its chocolatey goodness. Liam loves Cookie Dough so I quite like to steal a wee bit of his and mix it in.
• 7. If you wanted to, would you change your life and what would you change and why?I would, but only in money senses. When me and Liam moved out, we literally had nothing. If it wasn't for my student loan, the rent wouldn't get paid very often. A wee bit more money would make our life a lot less stressfull. I'm not talking millionaire or anything, but not having to scrape pennies together at the end of the month to afford milk and bread would be nice! Och well, It's all character building! :D
• 8. What would be the best career to have?I want to be so many things. I'm doing a BA(HONS) Photography and Film degree, so for that not to go to waste would be nice, but I've been really interested in becoming a teacher for quite a while now, so I think I'm going in that direction with a wee photography business on the side for fun.. In all honesty, I'd love to sit around and do nothing but eat and be paid for it! 
• 9. What snack can you not stop eating once you've had one?Cookies, chocolate, anything sweet to be honest! I'm a real foodie and proud!
• 10. What is your favourite accessory?I'm not sure if this counts since I don't take it off, but my engagement ring. 
• 11. What makes you blog?This is a toughy since I'm still a newbie. I love it so far, It's nice outlet. I'm quite a creative person but since I'm full time at uni and work as much as possible as well as try to spend time with my fiance, I get very little me-time so this is my version of it! I'd love to have time to craft, paint, draw, etc all day long but I don't.

and last, but not least, Kathryns questions:

• 1. Biggest fashion faux-pas?I went through the emo/scene phase quite badly when I was 13. Need I say more?
• 2. Favourite fashion icon?I love Emma Stone. When she had her side fringe cut into a full fringe for The Amazing Spider-man (amazing indeed!)  I cut mine too. I'd been considering it for nearly 3 years but my love for everything her just helped me. She has a very cute but gorgeous style. Andrew Garfield is a lucky man.
• 3. Favourite fashion trend?Pastel! I've always had 'funky' hair colours and pastel being my favourite it made is oh so much more acceptable! 
• 4. Beauty (or other) blogger inspiration?Louise/Sprinkle of Glitter, she's so positive. Admittedly I found her through YouTube, but hers was one of the first blogs I followed. She's  beautiful inside and out, I really respect her.
• 5. Favourite beauty or make up product?
• Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer. If I can include my hair stuff, then my Organix Moroccan Oil.
• 6. Favourite make up brand?I don't really have a favourite to be honest. I could buy an entire face from Revlon or Rimmel though.
• 7. What would be your idea of the perfect day?
• A lay in, a nice walk with Liam, a visit to an aquarium, maybe a trip to the movies then a good filling meal. Then lots of snuggles.
• 8.  Summer or winter?Autumn? I don't mind hot weather, but I'm a rather curvy girl so the idea of wearing shorts with no tights scares me, so Summer can be intimidating. Winter however means layers upon layers which just makes me look bigger, so in the middle is fine for me!
• 9. Favourite colour?Lilac! Its beautiful. I also have a slight fear of yellow tones in my hair, so purple/lilac toners combat that. What more can I ask from a colour!
• 10. What's your signature scent?I don't tend to wear the same perfumes. I never buy myself them, theyre always christmas presents. My favorite perfume ever is Jean Paul Gaultier "Classique" but I have never owned it. I just stole a spray every other day for the 18 years I lived with her hah.
• 11. Will you do the Liesbter award again?If I was nominated again, I can't see why not. I don't want "question" posts for every other post though, It would get boring to read. I want to gain readers not lose the ones I already have! 

Thank you very much for tagging me to do this guys. 

Hope everyone is having a lovely week!

For the few followers that used to read my blog a fair bit, you may have noticed I kinda dissapeared off the face of the earth; Fear not, I am alive! The last 2 months have been hectic. I've been trying to move house without any means of transport whilst both me and Liam were working 40+ hours a week, so the internet has been on a back-burner to say the least. We've been having a lot of money issues as well, as we were effectively living and paying for 2 flat, owch, So we still don't have internet in the new flat either!

Anyway, all that should be sorted soon so I shall be back rambling about nothing in particular!

Here's a few instagrams from the last wee while to make this post a little less boring

• We got some new friends! We pretty much live in a zoo now. We got these 3 ferrets in June they are Peeeka, Dora and Bou! They're rascals but so so cute.
•  The wee gecko at the end we got today. There's 3 of them but the other two were in the vivarium already. We took these guys off someone our flatmate works with as he had way too many due to a recent 'litter' (no idea if that's what its called).

• Only clean part of the new flat! woe is me
• Beautiful shoes. Got them months and months ago but still haven't worn them. Primarks finest.
• Shameless selfie. Getting used to my fringe at last.
• Glitter gradient nails. They lasted about 2 days with work and moving etc.
• Found these bad boys when packing. Can't decide if this makes me cool or painfully lame.
• Dyed my hair! was gonna do a whole half head thing but thought that may be too much for work. It ended up washing quickly anyway. Not  keen on it at all!

• Cut off the bands. I work with foot a lot at work so I didn't want to put customers. Time to say goodbye.
• Another primark beauty. I must walk funny because the sides of my shoes just fall appart, got these as I was down to one pair of shoes that still had a soul. I regret nothing.
• Procrastinating packing...oops.
• Drip nails! Unfortunetly I accidentaly melted them trying to light the hob about10 mins after this photo was taken. Oh dear.

• Cleaning! with the packing all done it was time to make an attempt to get to keep our deposit
• Farewell photo. Our wee, damp and cold flat is finally ours no more. It was a perfect first home, but I cannot stand the damp and mould any longer.  We loved  you.
• New flat! It looks like a bomb has hit it. I have about a week untill I go back to uni to get this sorted. Let the games begin!
• Finally, Enter Shikari! We got tickets for this back in May, just happens it was around the same time we were handing over the old flat. Nice wee treat for all my hard work. They were good as usual. 

I figured, since the last time I did a proper post I've been away twice and got a new flat, I would do a update post. I'm still in the process of moving (won't be in there untill around July 13-15th) so I won't be doing much blog-wise. My current flat looks like an actual bomb has hit it. Anyway, here's what I've been up to in pictures (there's lots, be warned);