Lady Gaga Fame Perfume!

So first of all I want to say sorry for not having posted anything in a while! Been so busy with college etc. that I just haven't found the time to post much!
Anyways back to the main point of this post... I received my Glossy Box for this month a few weeks back and got a tester of Gaga's perfume.
I'm not going to lie... I am a big fan of Lady Gaga so I had been wanting to smell her perfume since it came out not so long ago! But I'm also aware that celebrities perfumes, well, they aren't the greatest to put it nicely. I find that usually they all smell very similar, the bottles they come in are very plain and simple, and frankly.. they don't even smell very appealing.
So I was taken to a surprise when I discovered the fact I loved the smell of Gaga's perfume and it was nothing like other typical celebrity perfumes! It's a strong scent and is what I would call a 'winter perfume'... to people who don't understand what I mean by that... it isn't overly floral, and it's a nice heavy scent.   So of course, I fell in love with this perfume instantly and was determined to save up my money( as I am skint recently ) to be able to buy it! Lucky for me, my adorable boyfriend bought me it as a surprise the other day, which I was soooo happy about! The actual perfume liquid is the first of its kind, as the liquid is black in the bottle, but when it hits air it becomes clear!
The bottle it comes in I find beautiful! I hate when I usually pay a lot of money for a perfume, and it comes in a plain simple bottle. I usually throw away the bottles from my perfumes once i'm done with them if they are simply designed, but this is one I shall be keeping as it looks so damn cool!   The bottle is what I would say is very 'typical' Gaga... by this I mean it represents her perfectly.
  It is definitely a perfume I recommend going and testing in Boots, Superdrug etc. It really has a beautiful scent to it!
One flaw I have to admit, is I've found it doesn't last very long on my skin. Which is a shame, but it still doesn't stop me loving it! Everybody has different skin though, so although it may not last long on mine, it could last all day long on someone else.

Marble Nails!

I'm always looking for new ways to 'jazz' up my nails. Marble nails is a technique I have attempted many times and never been able to master. But finally a few days ago, I managed to figure out how to do it properly and easily!  So I thought I would share ' the way of the marble nail' with you all.

 - You will need:
- Glass of water
- Cotton Buds
- Cotton Pads/Tissue
- Nail Polish Remover
- Chosen colours of nail polish

- Apply a light coloured base coat.

- Drop in one of the chosen colours of nail polish.












- Add different colours. Keep the drops of nail polish close together.










-Cut in half a cotton bud, and use the end without the cotton on, to pull the colours together and create a pattern of your personal choice. You can create so many different patterns with the polish, so just find a pattern which works for you!









- Slowly put your nail into the water. Place it on the area you want the pattern on your finger to be.

- Then take the other end of the cotton bud, and swirl in the water around your finger, to get rid of the excess nail polish.







- Remove the nail from the water slowly.


- Use the nail polish remover and cotton pads to remove the excess nail polish on the finger, then use a cotton bud, to remove the nail polish closer to the nail so you get a clean finish.








- Clean the edges up as much as you can, then apply a clear top coat to protect the nail polish from chipping easily.

- Repeat the process for all nails, or only do one nail as a 'statement nail'.  You can use lots of different colours, but I chose only 2 colours so it was a subtle effect.




Hope this has helped anyone wanting to achieve the Marble Nails look. If you have any questions, or need any advice, then leave a comment below and I will reply as soon as possible! 

Leopard Look!

                                                       


 So at the weekend I was heading to a fancy dress party. I didn't have much money to be able to spend on a great costume, so I knew I had to do something good with my make-up. On the night of the party, I didn't have as much time as i'd of hoped to get ready so I had to whip up something quick and simple. So here it is.... 

 I planned on doing the designs on the sides of my face. I applied my usual plain make-up to begin with( foundation,mascara etc.). Pin back your hair so it doesn't stick to the design you are about to do.

 I then took a bronzer to add depth to the design.
Here I used Laura Geller Balance N Brighten.

I applied the bronzer to the outside of my face and down to my neck. This is a guideline as to where you want your print going.
















Take any colour you wish to use.. I chose pink as it went with my lilac/pink hair well.  I used a Rimmel London pink lipstick.  Make lots of different size and shape circles from your forhead down to your cheek bone, then down to your neck. Make sure they all have some space between them.

Take a black eyeliner. I found Gel liner was the best to use. Here I used Bobbi Brown Gel Liner in Black Ink. Take a medium sized brush and apply a tick amount to the brush.

Roughly go around the shapes you have done. Making it rough gives the effect of there actually being fur.















Continue the same technique down the face. and add some black rough lines in between some of the coloured print.

Take the black liner and create a small winged line on the outer corner of the eye. Then take a black pencil liner and fill inside the water line and make a small subtle point on the inner corner.















Do the same to the other side of the face. They don't have to match at all.. that's what makes it so easy and quick!

Below are a few camera phone quality photos of both the sides complete. Hope this helps anyone attending a fancy dress party soon or just wanting to try it out for fun! If you have any questions then feel free to leave a comment and i'll reply as soon as possible! 

DHC Deep Cleansing Oil

So the other day I received my GlossyBox, and was very excited to try out this Deep Cleansing Oil by DHC. My skin type i'd say is normal/dry, so oil cleansers help my skin a lot and prevents it from drying up!  Even after the first use I could feel the difference in my skin! It was so clean and soft. I love products that even after the first use, you can feel the difference its made, and you know it's working/worked.  It is so easy and quick to use, and that's a key factor for me when choosing a new skincare product. I don't occasionally have 10-15 mins to be waiting around for one product to work, so I look for products which are fast and effective- which this is.
It took my make-up off perfectly, and this is a good thing coming from me as I usually prefer make-up wipes to remove my make-up.   I will definitely be purchasing this in the full size bottle which retails at various different prices for the sizes available- the cheapest one is 30ml and this costs £3.50 but for the largest bottle which is 200ml it costs £18.50. I received the 30ml product, which I think is a great size for if your trying out the product, and isn't pricey at all. A little goes a long way with this product. I've used it a good few times now, and it still looks like there is a full bottle!
 I hadn't previously heard of the DHC brand at all but I have to admitt, i'm very impressed with their product!  

If you want to take a look at this product then visit the DHC website.. www.dhcuk.co.uk  ( This is the UK website, but there is also a website available for America and Canada )



If you want to check out GlossyBox and what it's all about, then click the link... www.glossybox.co.uk

Any questions? Leave a comment below and I'll reply as soon as possible :)

How to stud a leather jacket! ( The simple way )

After a while of searching shops and the internet, I finally found a leather jacket which I love, and wasn't £100+. I paid £52 ( including p+p ). It is a soft leather, which was what I was looking for, as in the summer I wanted to still be able to wear it without sweating buckets! ( Then again, not like England is having a summer this year ). I got mine from Very.co.uk- I had some troubles at first with the item being delivered, but after the problems were solved it came straight away.  Once it arrived I knew I just had to add some studs to it! Not many, as I didn't want it to look overkill. But just a few to make it my own piece. I had some left over studs/spikes left from when I did my shoes, So I figured i'd use them. If you have any questions just leave a comment below!



This is the jacket as it came. It has the nice outward collar, and some quilting on the shoulders. I decided to add 1 single stud to each side of the collar, on the top section where I felt it was a bit plain.













I used the same technique I did with my studded shoes ( if you are not aware of what technique this is, scroll down and you will see my customising using studs post ). So I got sharp scissors (Mine are designed for hairdressing) and gently pushed and twisted it through the leather in the designated area I wanted the stud. Make sure you don't make the hole too big!!











Then I pushed through the base screw carefully so I didn't rip any of the material.

















And then simply screwed on the top of my stud tightly so it was secure.














Here it is! It isn't a lot, I know. But I felt it added a bit of personal touch to the jacket.

If you have any questions about the jacket, where I got it from, or if you want to know how to do this with a different type of stud/spike, then just leave a comment and I shall reply as soon as possible!

How I dye my roots!

Lilac/Silver/blonde hair is a nightmare to keep looking good- the biggest problem? Roots. Although my hair is a medium/dark blonde naturally, it is still VERY obvious when my roots come through. I touch them up once a month. I haven't quite found a dye which doesn't leave my roots orange... until now.  I picked up Garnier Nutrisse Truly Blonde Pre-Lightener from a local shop, and it worked great!  I have used this product before on my already dyed hair, and it didn't work so well. But if you use it on 'Virgin Hair', it will lighten it perfectly! My roots were left a yellow colour after, so I then used Touch Of Silver Twice A Week Brightening Shampoo, and left that on for an hour, which toned the yellow out of it. Then I re-did the lilac on my hair after as usual.  Obviously the dyes I use on my hair, may not work as well for others, its just trial and error for what works for your hair and what doesn't. But I do recommend giving this product a go if your doing roots... not so much to strip colour out of your hair though!  

- My very attractive roots after a month. The yellow ginger colour on the outter bits are the dye I tried to use last time to lighten them... it didn't work so good.

- The box dye!

- Colour chart on the side of the box!

















I left the dye on for the maximum time suggested: 45 mins. This lightened them as much as I needed to be able to tone the yellow out.

And this is the finished result! No awful roots showing anymore! Like I said I toned the roots after I had washed the dye off. Even though I re-applied my lilac colour, you can still see the massive difference in my roots from the first photo!












If you have any questions, leave a comment and I shall reply as soon as I can! :)

5 Products I ALWAYS have in my bag!

Just like most women, I take my bag everywhere, even if it isn't really needed!  Obviously you have the necessary things like your purse, phone and keys... but what about the other stuff?  I carry around 5 other main products, and they are ALWAYS in my bag. None of the products are expensive as I keep my main pricey products at home. Most of you probably keep similar items in your bag, but I thought i'd enlighten you as to what 5 main ones I keep in mine! If you want to know anything about any of the products just leave a comment and I'll reply as soon as I can. ( Once again sorry for the pictures, quality is good, just won't let me rotate them! Hopefully the pictures will sort themselves out for my next post! )

   Number 1: Rimmel Kohl black pencil  
Eyeliner! well its obvious as to why I keep this in my bag. We all know eyeliner never ever stays put. Even these 24 hour, or long lasting ones never actually last! So I keep my Rimmel eyeliner in my bag so I can top up different points in the day. As you can see by the picture I am getting low, so I'm going to have to buy a new one soon!

                                                                         

                                                                                  Number 2: hand cream

Hand cream, another obvious!  The one I keep in my bag is really handy as its quite small so fits nicely rather than a tub. My hands get quite dry throughout the days and so I find it really great to just have that in my bag incase I need to use it. I use to have 'Lush handy guru-gu' but if you know the product you know its a tub and in the past i've had the lid come off in my bag and cause a huge mess! So I had to change to this one now which is amazing! You use to smallest amount and it makes your hands soooo soft! Smells good too, which is an added bonus.

    Number 3: hand sanitiser 

I'm not a germ-free crazy mess at all, but I do like having hand sanitiser in my bag just for them cases where ( to say the obvious ) you go in to a un-hygenic looking place.  I never use to carry hand sanitiser with me at all, but when I was in boots about a month ago they were on deal for £1 so I grabbed one. I really do like having it with me to be honest. And i've had it a month and there is still so much left in it. A little goes a long way. It smells so nice too as I got a scented one... I can't stand the ones which smell like hospitals! So    
mine smells of Grapefruit and Lime! yum!

                                                                            Number 4: Benefit get even no.2

Most women I know carry around a powder in their bags to top themselves up through the day. My chosen one is Benefits Get Even in the shade 02 which is a medium colour. It is a powder to cover blemishes and redness, but I use it all over as a top up during the day and it works perfectly. Once again a little lasts a long time! I've just hit pan on mine this week, and I got it september 2011. So it has lasted so long! This is a product I have always re-purchased once I've ran out. Its on the pricey side for powder considering a Rimmel one is around £6-8. But it lasts so long and comes with a little pad to  use to put the powder on. 

   Number 5: body spray - strawberry or vanilla.
 My last thing I always have in my bag is body spray. I Spray my perfume in a morning which is great and the scent lasts all day, but I like having a body spray to freshen up with half way through the day, or on them hot summer days ( which are very rare in England )  But when they happen its nice to freshen up with. The brand is Natural Collection, which is by Boots, therefore only available in Boots. They are so inexpensive and great! I have the scents Wild Strawberry, which is gorgeous and fruity and also Vanilla Musk.. which I LOVE!  What I love about body sprays is you can spray 4-5 times and it still doesn't look like you've used any of it! They are quite big bottles and last for such a long time which is great. The scents are so strong and are great for them times you run out of perfume to just wear alone! 

John Frieda Full Repair Conditioner!

Recently I've being trying to find a REALLY good hair product to repair my hair to what it was before I began the 'Lilac Hair' process!  So I go in to places such as Boots or Superdrug now and again and buy the sort of " sample" sizes of hair products.  After trying a lot of different shampoo's, serums and conditioners, I finally came across one I LOVE! John Frieda Full Repair conditioner.  This product hasn't been out very long, but I remember reading about it and wanting to try it(just as usual I never got round to buying one). Even after one use I could feel and see a major difference! So after a few goes of it, my hair felt amazing! I will definitely be buying a full size one of these as I'm VERY impressed with the outcome! The small sampler size cost £1.99 which I thought was great considering you get 50ml and only use a small amount each time. If you are someone who dyes your hair a lot or has bleached it previously and your hair feels dry and looks damaged, then i'd really recommend trying this out! If for example you can't afford a full size one quite yet, then get the sampler sized one, even if you don't want to waste your money on the product in case you think it won't work, then the sampler sized ones are really handy! My hair now is sooooo soft and thankfully just looks healthy again, and because of that, it styles so much easier and I don't have hair snapping off every time I brush my hair. You can either use it as a brief conditioner or do what I do and use it as the " Intense Condition " and leave it for 5 minutes!   The photos of it are below! ( Really sorry they're bad quality, my proper camera had a flat battery so I had to use my phone! )

Garnier B.B Cream #2.

I woke up this morning quite excited to try out the B.B cream I posted about yesterday!... was I happy with the turn out? Even I don't know!  The idea of the B.B creams I think are great. The Garnier B.B Cream? Well...  The texture of the cream was great and I loved the coverage it gave. I have a sort of 'glow' on my skin from it and it's very nice for that! My problem is, I received the B.B Cream in the shade 'Light', originally I thought " Oh great!" as that is my shade!. When I tested a bit on my hand the cream appeared a nice light colour, but the second I put it on my face, I looked like I had put fake tan on myself. The light is very tanned, and I am not a fan of having the appearance of tan on my face. I'm not aware that they do an 'extra light' shade, therefore I can't say i'll be buying the product. But if you are someone who likes a glowing tan look and doesn't like wearing a lot of foundation, then i'd 100% recommend the product to you! But for me, who likes to be slightly pale, it isn't something i'll use again... unless they bring out a paler colour! But what I do think is great about the product, is it's meant to be a 'skin perfector' and even tones, I totally agree it did this, and if you look at the photo's below, my skin with no make-up on has some red blemishes, but this product did totally get rid of them for me!   I will be trying out some other B.B creams though as it did give me a nice coverage on my face!   There is some photo's below of the product! Enjoy! ( On the photo of after I had the cream on, you can barely tell the difference, But trust me, It was too dark for my liking! )

 - This is after I had put the B.B cream on. The photo above is of my natural skin colour. In person this cream in the shade 'Light' was too dark for me. I tried brightening it off with some powder but that didn't work. If I enjoyed having a tan on my face, then I would of loved the Garnier B.B Cream.