Tag Challenge: Day 16: A Song that makes me Cry

Day 16: A Song that makes me CryI was going to be really cliche in my song choice, and choose Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U" (don't you think that song was really ahead of it's time, with the txt tlk haha...I've never noticed that before!!) But, earlier today I was actually reminded of a more powerful song that never, ever fails to create the Queen of Blubberville.The thing is though, that I cry at anything: films, soaps, songs...EVERYTHING!...

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Quick Haul Blog

Hey Guys,I know, I haven't written a blog in days, but I unexpectedly went home for the weekend, and didn't come back as early as I'd expected (apparently trains run whenever they feel like it, but that's another story). But anyway, if I hadn't gone home, I wouldn't have been able to tell you about all the lovely, lovely goodies that were sat waiting for me to rip open and coo over.A few weeks ago, I got an email from the lovely Victoria who runs...

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Ultimate Eyeliner: Barry M

Hey Eyeliner lovers, and welcome to Day Three of:As promised, I'm going to be swatching and testing eyeliners from Barry M. I don't really have that many pencil eyeliners from Barry M, as I tend to favour their liquid liners, but I still wanted to include these in the challenge. I'd also like to point out, that the black and blue liners are part of a Limited Edition Duo Pencil liner that I own, which is why they are bothered numbered: 4.The First...

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Ultimate Eyeliner: Rimmel

Afternoon Eyeliner Lovers,It's Day Two of my challenge to find the Ultimate Eyeliner, and today I'm trying to find the best eyeliner (out of the ones that I own) by Rimmel. To keep it fair, I'll be doing the same tests as yesterday, in order to find:  The First Test: Initial SmudgingWhen we apply eyeliners we usually have two things in mind:a. Prominent look that makes our eyes really stand out, orb. Smokey statement look.So, this first...

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Tag Challenge: Day 15: A Fanfic

Image via WikipediaWhen I was at Uni, I used to read a lot of online comics (the only one that I still read is called Count your Sheep, so funny, so cute, check it out ;-D), but one of them I used to read/watch was a fanfic of the old video games: Secret of Mana. I have to admit that I haven't looked at that fanfic in years, so I don't know if it still exists, but I couldn't find it at all when I did a (very) quick Google search for it, but I'm not...

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The Ultimate Eyeliner: Urban Decay

Yesterday, I did a review of a variety of Bourjois eyeliners, which really made me question my year and a half allegiance to Urban Decay's 25/7 liners. So, I decided to test all of my eyeliners, with the mission to find:And, of course, it makes sense to start with Urban Decay. So, I'll be testing several colours to see which ones passes the ultimate tests, because in this test, colour means nothing. This test is about stay-ability, anti-smudging...

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Tag Challenge: Day 14: Non-Fictional Books

Day 14: Non-Fictional BooksIt's been a while since I did a Tag Challenge post, and I'm not really very confident that I'll have finished the challenge by the end of August (next week!), but nevermind.I don't really know why, but I've never really been a big reader of  non-fiction books. Maybe it's because no non-fictional subject is capable of holding my attention for 200-odd pages, or maybe it's more of a subconcious thing relating to non-fiction...

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Dictionary: Ophthalmologically Tested

Let's be blunt, Ophthalmological (I hope I've spelt that right!) is a bit of a mouthful, but if like me you can't spell (or say) it, you can blame the Greek for that! The word comes from the Greek "ophthalmos", meaning (shock, horror) eye, and "logos", meaning thought. Together, the term literally means "the science of eyes". (Wikipedia)The term (please don't make me type it again), should be found on all products that are used around the eye area,...

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Bourjois Assorted Eyeliner Review

I have to thank the boyfriend for these lovely beauties, because he won these (on my behalf), for being one of the first 70 people to follow Bourjois, so huge thanks to him. The fun part of winning, was the not knowing what we were going to get (I say "we" to be polite hehe, I don't think the boyfriend was at all impressed!!) But, anyway, the little package arrived yesterday morning, and I was veeeery happy to have six new eyeliners...woo!! I have...

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Sunday Tips: How NOT to get Volume

Man, I can't believe that I nearly forgot to do a Sunday Tip today. Meow! Bad Cat! Bad Cat! (Hehe, leave a comment if you know what I'm referring to ;)) But, here it is anyway!As you might just guess from this blog's title, this is the sequel to last weeks tip, which was about giving your hair instant volume. But, today's is a little more of a what not to do if you want volume, and was actually inspired by a You Tube video (that fortunately for the...

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Rimmel 3 Looks Mascara Review

 I have a confession to make. I got this mascara from Rimmel in a giveaway over a month ago, and I thought that I'd already done a blog, but I realised the other day that I haven't, and I have no idea how this one slipped through at all! Aw well, as the old saying goes: "Better late than never!!"Rimmel mascara and Me: I am an enormous fan of Rimmel's mascara. I sometimes detour to other brands, but I always seem to head back to Rimmel eventually,...

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I'm a Plus Size....I'm not Eighty

I've always been what you'd consider a larger girl, certainly curvier than all my school friends anyway. Admittedly, the size I am right now, is mainly my own fault, but even if I crash dieted I'm never going to be a super slim super model type of girl. And you know what? I am quite happy with that, because being slim, well, that just isn't what nature intended for me. And losing some weight is a completely different issue, so I'm not even going...

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First Impression: Betty Hula Samples

A couple of days ago, I received my samples of a couple of things from new company Betty Hula (hence the badge above), so my mum, boyfriend and I have been deliberating our first impressions of both the products I received which were:Betty Hula Kiwi and Lime Shea Butter Moisturising CreamBetty Hula The Secret Anti-Ageing OilObviously, I can't comment on things such as packaging, as these are samples, so I don't have full tubs/bottles to mention.Kiwi...

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