eye makeup effects

Eye makeup is tricky buisness; especially finding the right shades of eye shadow to suit different occasions. For example, i used to think it was unimportant to wear eyeshadow for everyday things, but when you find a nice subtle colour to suit your eye colour and skin tone, a good eye shadow can brighten up your eyes and make you look more awake and glowing. Although, it's fun to use a bold and outgoing colour for a night out or other special occasion, and it can transform you into someone new. Here are some tips of what effects and colours you can use for different occasions :)

this "glam eyes" quad eyeshadow set has 4 brilliant colours that can be used for different looks. The bottom peachy colour is great for everyday and works well on blue and green eyes. This season, Rimmel is going for a purple and green theme for eyeshadows and you can see on many of their advertising posters a model wearing purple and green eyeshadow together - you can see that it works really well especially on darker skin tones because bold colours may easily pale your face unless you wear a strong bronzer.


a balance of blue and green eyeshadow is great for flattering green eyes. It looks simple because of the similarity between the green eyeshadow and green eye, however it's also a strong colour that defines the outline of the eye nicely. It wouldn't work as well for blue eyes because the green would blend into the blue and therefore the eye would be overpowered with blue and the green would be forgotton. Green and blue blend in nicely together so this is a great way to avoid a layered effect.


Yellow eyeshadow is becoming more and more popular recently, but there are a few do's and don'ts when wearing yellow. Don't use a heavy amount of black eyeliner when using yellow to try and avoid looking like a bumblebee. Don't overpower it with bolder colours such as green or blue if you want yellow to be the block colour. Do buy a bold yellow such as the MAC range or else the yellow may appear to be gold, and do be careful with what lipstick you use because few lip colour work well with yellow.


eyeliner requires accuracy and patience. Unless you are a makeup guru genius, when using a new or blunt eyeliner it's always a challenge. Try getting as close to the eye as you feel comfortable to avoid it looking stripey, especially with coloured eyeliner. When using pencil eyeliner it's always  nice to smudge it slightly on the bottom line, and with liquid eyeliner, make sure you have a good amount on your wand so it doesn't look faded or creased, but not so much that it feels heavy on your eyelid.


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Do they know it's christmas time at all?

Christmas is upon us, and our biggest question of all isn't just what colour should the christmas tree be?, or, what shall i get uncle Bob for christmas?, but what shall i wear for all of the parties i'm going to?!? Along with christmas means a tight budget, so most of us won't be going all out on Dolce and Gabbana. Being the little christmas angel i am, i bring you gifts of fabulous dresses that won't break the bank. Here are some of my favourites:

1).this blue satin 1 shoulder dress from Quiz is perfect for a christmas party. It's sophisticated and elegant but the royal blue colour really gives it that edge and makes it stand out. The one shouldered design is very chic, and a great illusion to draw attention away from stomach. Because we all eat to much over christmas ;)

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New Look has completely won me over with this Rainbow Beaded Shift dress. It looks good enough to eat, and definatley boxing day party worthy! Shift dresses always look laid back and effortless whilst also luxurious and graceful, and this one certainly ticks all those boxes. Pair with nude heels and a bit of gold bling and you're ready to kick back and enjoy the boxing day after party!

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Grab this beautiful Versace-for-H&M-practically-designer dress now whilst it's in the sale for only £19.99! Complete bargain. This dress is wild, loud, and bright, perfect for a new years eve rave! The design is so incredible that it'll shimmer in the light whilst you boogie away till dawn!

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Well done Miss Selfridge for creating the perfect new years day dress. One that is classy, nonchalant, and brilliant to drink wine, eat nibbles, and bask in the great occurence which is the arrival of a new year. Everybody there would evnvy you as you float around the room in this asymmetric burgundy dress. I could overflow with adjectives in a minute...

So there are my 4 christmas and new year dresses. My favourite is definatley the shift dress but i would happily own them all. All of these goodies are under £40 but are top quality and even red-carpet worthy. Hope i've been a help with your most pressing christmas dilema. thanks for reading :)

Your bedroom. Your haven

Recently i've come to realise that a bedroom isn't just a place to sleep and dump all your stuff! While you're growing up, a bedroom is like your own little house. You can do what you want with it, and it's much more fun to be in when the walls around you aren't bare, but full of things you like. Whether it's posters to little bits and bobs from trinket shops, it all adds up, and makes your room a friendlier place.

Whilst searching for things i could put in my bedroom to make it more "me" i've realised that i don't need to, because all that stuff in my room that i thought to be clutter has now become more beautiful and representative of what i want my bedroom to be. So here are some photo's and captions showing off my life long creation:

 As you enter my room this is what you see hanging in the door frame: a plastic washing line. It's my favourite thing of all because i think it's just so adorable. A few years ago i did some volunteer work in a charity shop; eventually i had to stop because i just kept buying instead of selling, and this was one of my many purchases.

When i was young, my room used to be head to toe in soft toys, but now i'm older, they are all in a cupboard and only the special little ones get to go on my shelf. So this is one of those national trust birds that my parents bought me, where they make a noise when you squeaze them. I dressed this one up in a tiny plastic tiara, and a bracelet around its neck - don't ask why :)!

i have bits of jewellery hanging all over the place

I fell in love with this cute collection of japanese fragrances "Harajuka lovers fragrance" by Christina Aguilera.

When i went to Australlia, we visited an old toy store, and everything was so expensive, all i could afford were these 4 miniture golly dolls. they are only the height of a fingernail!

This is my huge purple pillow. It's even bigger than in the photo! I have lots of beanbags and soft fluffy pillows in my bedroom so that i can just fling myself in and land comfortably XD

Here's a collection of stuff that i bought in Australlia that, when i bought, i thought that they'd end up in a box under my bed!

At this time of year, lush costmetics do brilliant gift boxes, including cute little tins crammed with bath bombs. A friend bought me this gingerbread house tin from lush which is also a moneybox. And that guy standing next to it is a knitted cave man called Ug :D

Finally my vast collection of shells. Again, i got this stuff from a holiday, actually from a house covered in shells which i might do a blog about another time. I haven't got round to sticking them on my bed frame and stuff yet but for now the cute trinket box is fine x

thankyou for reading about my room. i hope this has inspired you to decorate yours! :)