NOTD: Scrumptious Strawberries

I haven't done a Nail of the Day, in a very long time, but since purchasing so many different polishes recently, I've been doing my nails quite a lot over the past couple of weeks, so I decided to share one look with you. This one I absolutely love, and it is just so darn cute! Plus, with nicer weather finally hitting these shores, after what felt like an endless cold winter, it's nice to have something summery and cheerful :-)What They Look Like:...

Read More

Tips: Give your Glasses their Sparkle Back

Continuing the theme of glasses, whether you wear them all the time, or occassionally, cleaning glasses can be a pain in the royal rear! When I first started wearing glasses (I was about 12/13), I used to wipe them with a piece of Kitchen Roll, however, my Optician told me off for doing that, because apparently this scratches them. Obviously, I didn't want that. And of course, she recommended that I buy their "reasonably" priced Glasses Cleaner (I'll...

Read More

Debate: Glasses, cool or uncool?

I know my profile picture might not show it, but I actually wear glasses permanently, and yes, this is a personal choice. I've toyed with the idea of getting contact lenses, in the very distant past, but to be honest, I've worn them for so long, that I think they've just become a part of me, and how I look. I feel like I wouldn't be me, anymore without them, if that makes any sense. Whilst I have never been bullied for wearing glasses, I've begun...

Read More

Tag: My 5 Inspirational Celebrity Women from Childhood to Today

I haven't done a tag in absolutely ages, so when I spotted this one of Joanna Louise's blog, I couldn't resist. I have to say that when I started thinking about this, I couldn't help thinking "oh god, I have no idea", and my mind just went blank. But, as soon as I thought of one person, three others followed.Christina RicciI can not remember a time when I have not loved Christina Ricci. I've always been a fan of kooky, oddball characters such as...

Read More

Debate: What is Beauty?

I've blogged about this before, but I often feel like a hypocrite writing a blog about beauty, when I don't consider myself beautiful, and I haven't really been interested in make up, until a few years back. But, then it got me thinking. Who said that beauty had anything to do with how we look anyway? Beauty is much broader than that.The Oxford Dictionary definition states:Beautynoun (plural beauties)1 [mass noun] a combination...

Read More

Beauty Must Have of the Week: Oil-Free Products

I didn't get around to writing a Beauty Must Have post last week, so I'll get back on track with it :)This week's Beauty Must have, is oil-free skincare products. The reason that these are a must-have for a lot of greasy-skinned people, myself included, is because we already have enough sebum in and around our skins pores to heat a small nation, we really don't need any more added to it. This means that a large majority of skin care products, especially...

Read More

Tips: Bring your Nail Polish Back to Life

One of my biggest beauty grievances has got to be that moment when you sit down to paint your nails with your absolute favourite polish (in this case: Rimmel's Blue My Mind), only to pull out the brush, begin applying and realising that it's gone thick and gloopy, and disgusting. It's annoying because you always expect to run out of nail polish, but you never do, because they always manage to go gloopy first!But, have no fear, because there is a...

Read More

Eos Lip Balms

Lip Balms and Me: I absolutely love lip balms. If I was abandoned on a desert island, and I could only have one beauty product with me, it would be lip balm every time. To say I'm addicted to it, is probably an understatement, because I think that I am actually incapable of going ten minutes without applying it.During the winter, when the weather is uber cold and my lips tend to chap, I usually use a medicated one from Blistex (which I first discovered...

Read More

Simple Get Smart

Updated 11/03/2011: Just a quick note to say that the Corrector Pen will be initially exclusive to Boots, until April 19th. However, after that, it will be available everywhere. That's my fault for misreading the Press Release :-)It's not very often that I get excited about new products that are coming up for launch, in fact the only two things that I have actually been excited about getting my mitts on, since I started writing this blog roughly...

Read More

The Hottie and the Nottie: March

Happy March my lovelies,I know we're a few days into March now, but here's this months hottie and the nottie, with a sneaky peek into what I'm really loving, and I am really hating this month. Enjoy.LovingSkins. I've been watching Skins since the very beginning (and I sometimes think that I'm getting way too old to be watching it now), but I am really enjoying the current series. I wasn't really keen on the second "generation" cast, so I wasn't really...

Read More

Temporarily Breaking the Hiatus

Okay, so I'm very quickly breaking my hiatus (for the whole two minutes this blog will take me to type :P), to ask....no, no TELL you all to head on over to Hannah's blog: Betwixt Beauty and check out the Guest Blog, that I have written for her. Ooooh, I'm all excited about my first guest blog *does a little dance* Okay, I'm just going to leave now.....And make sure to leave lots of lovely comments, because that's what my post is all about (sort...

Read More

Mini Hiatus and a little Game

Hey guys,I'm really sorry that I haven't written a blog over the past couple of days. Work has got really busy this week, so obviously work always has to come before my blog (otherwise the bills don't get paid!). But, I've got loads of lovely things coming up, hopefully over the weekend, but if not, definitely early next week.Just a quick update on the nails. I'm on Day Seven (I think) of my 14-Day Nail Rescue Challenge, and whilst my nails are definitely...

Read More