Birthday Haul~2014

Hi guys, I'm actually back this time and am writing 3 other blog posts to go up this week, as it's summer I have more time to blog and can make sure I get properly back into it.

This post is my birthday haul,it's long overdue but better late than never. I turned 15 on the 18th June and would like to share most of the things I received for it.

The first thing that I got for my birthday and was probably my favourite present was a ticket to Capitals Summertime Ball which took place at Wembley Stadium on the 21st June where I got to see my favourite band 5sos for the 5th time and my favourite singer Ed Sheeran who was absolutely amazing

My other big present was from my grandma and it was a fujifilm instax mini 8 bundle which is so pretty and I had been wanting one of these for absolutely ages so I was so excited to finally have this

 I got this lovely mint Ted Baker washbag and the medium sized shopper bag from my parents and I'm so happy to have got these as mint is my favourite colour and I love Ted Baker.

I got this bag as a lovely gift from my godparents and I believe it is from Topshop.

I had been wanting a nail stand for ages so my parents ordered me a customized one after getting my sister one for her birthday and it's so handy and the fact it's personalized is even nicer.

I also finally got another Mac lipstick in the shade 'Girl About Town' which I had wanted for ages after seeing many good reviews and I hadn't got a colour like this.

So that was my birthday haul, I also got some clothes and a few small things but that's all I'll be showing you today,hope you enjoy reading and please follow me if you haven't already.

-Amber x

Recent Haul

So I bought a few things during January and in the first part of this month and today I'm going to show you them, hope you enjoy reading..

This I got way back at the start of January and it has been in my january non-beauty favourites,but it is the Lady Gaga Fame 50ml Giftset, when I got this it was on half price so instead of being £32 i got it for £16 which I think is a really good price. It comes with the 50ml perfume and the shower gel and body lotion which are both 75ml, all of them have black fluid and I love the scent.

Another thing I got in January was this 'extra lasting' mascara from Avon, I haven't opened it yet as I've currently got 5 mascaras open so until I finish them I won't be using this but my mum put in an Avon order and I just picked any mascara, so when I open it and start using it I'll do a review.

This was one of my favourite recent purchases and again I already featured it in my January beauty favourites  and it is the mac pro colour x4 palette,but I'm so happy I bought it,instead of having to use my eyeshadows out of just the pan it's much easier and compact now I've got this palette to put them in. This is £6.50 from mac.

I also only bought one top this month and it is the 1975 tour top which I got when I went to their concert on the 9th January, I honestly wear this nearly every day and put it on as soon as I get home from school because it's quite oversized and very comfy! I love having this just to remember the experience because it was such a great night. You can also get their tops online here and the tops are around £20.

A recent purchase was this tartan snood from New Look which I wear everyday to school because it's absolutely freezing in england at the moment,but it's very comfy and I really love tartan. (sorry for the terrible pictures)

My absolute favourite recent purchase has been these chelsea boots from new look, they give me really nice height but are so comfy and really easy to walk in and i love the look they give because they make my legs look longer. I actually didn't have any black boots before this so these were definitely a necessary purchase! These are £24.99 from New Look.

I also have bought a few skincare items recently because I ran out of some stuff so decided to try some new products.

First is the Clearasil daily clear superfruits oil  shine wash, this is citrus scented so it smells so nice and leaves your skin really very fresh, it says to use this every morning and evening and I've been using this for about a week and have noticed my skins clearing up so I would definitely recommend this if you have oily skin/acne-prone skin. This retails for £4.99 but is currently on 1/3 price at boots.

I also got this eye-makeup remover gel from the boots essentials cucumber range, as I'm stopping using makeup wipes to remove my eye makeup because I have very sensitive eyes. I chose this one as it's very affordable at about £1.50 and I have 4 other products from this range already.

Lastly for skincare I got these face makeup wipes/cleansing wipes as i'm using the last of my bioderma sparingly and it claims to help prevent breakouts, so I use my cleanser to remove my face makeup and then use this after for any excess makeup and to help with my oily skin, I believe these are £1.5o.

The final thing I bought this month was a vip ticket to soccer six, If you don't know what that is, it's a football match that celebrities take part in for charity and it's in London and it's on the 21st February so if your interested in going the ticket link is here and their twitter page for info is here

So I hope you enjoyed reading about all the products I have bought within the past month and a half, I'm also going shopping this half term so another haul will probably be up soon.

Thanks for reading!

Liebster Award

Hi guys! So I recently got nominated to do this award by Molly, so thanks to her for nominating me, you can go to her blog by clicking her name, I was so excited when I found out I had been nominated as haven't had this blog for very long.

The rules for the Liebster Award are:

- You must link the blog who nominated you

- Nominate 11 blogs who have less than 200 followers

- Answer the 11 questions you were given

- Tell the people you have nominated you have done so

- You're not allowed to nominate the person who nominated you

- Create 11 questions to ask the people who you have nominated

- You must be following the blog who nominated you

The questions Molly asked me were:

What was your favourite product of 2013?

Probably would have to be the they're real mascara or mac lipsticks in general

How is your bedroom decorated?

Well I've only been living in my current house for one and a half years so I haven't had a chance to decorate it properly but there's a blue and white theme to it.

Would you prefer to visit the past or the future? When and why?

The future because we know some of what happened in the past but we never know what the future holds, would love to visit the year 3000 just to see how it compares to the song!

What 5 things would you take on a 6 month cruise?

Although I hate boats if I went on a cruise the 5 things I would take are :

my laptop (assuming their was wi-fi)

my phone

my kindle (unlimited books!)

makeup

a friend! I hope that counts

What is your favourite book?

Would have to be 'the perks of being a wallflower' or 'catching fire' but I'm currently reading 'go ask alice' and listening to 'the fault in our stars' on audible since every youtuber advertises it.

What was your favourite children's show?

I had loads! Tweenies, Barney, The fimbles, clifford the big red dog, story makers, basically all the old cbeebies shows

What is your favourite make up brand?

Highend: mac or benefit

Drugstore: Revlon or maybelline

What is the most important thing, ever, to you?

I can't think but one thing that's very important to me is trust,it's so easier to break and very hard to gain or gain back

Do you remember much from your childhood? What's your favourite memory?

Every family holiday for I think 3 years when I was younger we used to go to Butlins in minehead with family friends for a week then afterwards our family would drive up to devon to see our cousins,I loved it and still remember parts of it.

How long have you had your blog?

Well I made this blog about 6 months ago but never posted on it until christmas eve 

What made you start your blog?

I've wanted to make a youtube for nearly 3 years but I do not have the confident yet at all, but I love talking about beauty and fashion and I loved the idea of a blog!

What are your ambitions?

I want to do something to do with fashion or beauty, and I really want to make a youtube channel in the future! Just be successful in whatever I do really and do everything on my bucket list


The people I'm nominating are:

Daniella
Lottie
Sophie
Lucy
Aimee
Sophs
Catherine
Kayleigh
Jennifer
Zoe
Charlie

      The questions I'm asking them are:

Top things on your bucket list?

Favourite blogs?

Who inspired you to start blogging?

Favourite high end beauty product?

Music taste?

Favourite colour to wear on your nails?

Favourite book?

Favourite clothing store?

What phone do you have?

Goals/Plans for this year?

Place you would love to visit or favourite place you have visited?

Thanks again to Molly for tagging me!

January Beauty Favourites 2014

So I've been loving quite a few things this month, some that are new products and some I've had for a while but here is the beauty things I've been loving this month. I'll also be doing a random favourites post in a couple days so look out for that, hope you enjoy reading

My first favourite for this month has been the POREfessional primer by benefit, I received this in the january birchbox which i did a review on here. This is the mini 7.5ml one but I think it will last quite a while. I use this everyday before my foundation and I love how it makes my skin feel really silky and smooth and I do notice a different on how long my foundation stays on for,it really helps with my oily skin and I would definitely recommend this!

Another favourite of mine from this month is a dark berry lipstick from the 'gothic glam' range by collection in the shade 1 'seduction' I've been loving dark lips this month and have been using this almost everyday,but I tone it down for school so it's more wearable and I got this from wilkinson for under £3!

Also from benefit I've been loving the erase paste concealer this month. I ran out of my collection lasting perfection concealer and was going to purchase another one when I remembered I had this one, mines in the shade 02 medium and is a bit too pinky toned for my yellow undertoned skin but when I blend it in with the right brush it looks fine and covers most of my redness, it's especially good for under my eyes.

My favourite mascara for this month has been the Avon super extend extreme mascara, it adds great length and quite a lot of volume to my lashes and I really like the look it gives, you can use it on two different sides, one is thinner and adds more length and the other side has bigger bristles, it's really hard to explain so sorry for that rubbish explanation! This is on half price at Avon at the moment down to £5 from £10.

I didn't know whether to put this product in the non-beauty or beauty favourites but just decided to add it in here as it's to do with your lips, this is the lush lip scrub in Popcorn. Now I really don't like popcorn but this just tastes really salty and quite buttery and caramelly which I suprisingly quite like! I also love how soft it makes my lips, I got this in a lush gift box that my mum ordered when lush had their half price sale but this sells for £5.50 i believe which is quite a lot but i do love it.

My favourite nail polish for this month has been the barry m matte nail polish in 'espresso' It's a real matte black colour which is my favourite type, I also have this in the burgundy wine colour called 'crush' but I find this one more wearable,it only takes 2 coats to be fully opaque and matte nails are my favourite! I found that after 2 days it started to become less matte so I go over it with a matte top coat I got from primark for 99p and it works fine! These are great for £3.99 and I would like to pick up some of the other shades.

A brush favourite for this month has been this kabuki brush which I got in one of the seventeen christmas gift sets, I love the density of this brush and I use it for power and to blend out my makeup and it works really well,unfortunately I don't think you can buy this brush separately but I'm sure there's something like it. Sorry about how dirty it is in the picture,I need to clean it.

My last favourite for this month has been my mac palette, I got the 4x4 one for £6.50 in debenhams, I already had the two eyeshadows but depotted one into this palette and the other one was pan but I love how compact the palette is and it makes it easier to carry them. I have the eyeshadows in the shades 'woodwinked' and 'da bling' which i think has now discontinued which is a shame but I really want amber lights, one because of the name as my names amber but two because it's such a gorgeous gold colour which I think would make my blue eyes stand out.

So that was my January 2014 beauty favourites, hope you enjoyed reading and thank you for 60+ followers!

The Beauty Blogger Tag

Hi! So this wasn't the original post I was going to do today but my phone photos won't transfer onto my laptop atm so for now I'll just do this tag I found,hope you enjoy!

Why did you start blogging and how long have you been blogging for?

I started blogging because I've always wanted to do youtube videos but i do NOT have the confidence to do it so I choose blogging instead. This will be my 5th post so not very long!

Whose blog did you fall in love with first?

I can't really remember I think I started looking at blogs from links off youtube videos, like zoella's etc

What was the first blogosphere hyped about product that you bought? Was it worth the hype?

I think it was mac lipsticks in general. I've only got one currently in the shade 'Morange' but i love it,really looking to buy more soon!

What are your favourite things about blogging and being a Beauty Blogger?

          1. I get too talk about things I love

2. Reading others people blogs, I find them so interesting to read

3. I find out lots of new information and find new products to check out

What have you learnt from being a Beauty Blogger? 

I've learnt about loads of different products I never would have tried through blogging also makeup tips!

Have you changed anything since becoming a Beauty Blogger? 

Nope not really! Just made me want to buy more makeup

What advice would you give to a beauty blogger just starting out? 

Well I've only just started out so I don't have much too say but take inspiration from other blogs and bloggers  without copying their blog. Don't worry if you don't get tonnes of followers quickly!

What are your top 5 makeup brands?

MAC - I only own two products but I'm desperate to get more! Although the products are quite pricey compared to chanel and others it's quite reasonable
Benefit - I have quite a few minis from benefit, my favourite products I've tried are 'high beam' the 'they're real' mascara, the 'benetint' and the 'porefessional' 
Revlon- For a drugstore brand they do amazing products,I really want the colourstay foundation as I have oily skin, and I love the lip butters
Maybelline- I love their mascaras my favourites being the rocket and mega plush,I have lots of products from maybelline.

Urban Decay- The naked palettes are just amazing.

So that's it, hope you enjoyed reading x

January Wishlist 2014

Hello! sorry I haven't done a post in a while i've had a lot of homework and i've just been too busy. I went to one of The 1975's concerts on the 9th and it was honestly amazing!

So this is my January wishlist, I've yet to spend most of my Christmas money but these are some bits I've been wanting for a while.

Cut out boots - been wanting these for ages! I love the Jeffrey Campbell Coltrane boots but I just can't afford them, i found similar ones from new look.

Mac studio fix fluid - I've heard such good things about this foundation,with my oily skin and spots this is meant to cover them up and last all day,something I haven't managed to find in any foundations I've used.

Mac lipstick - I've got a mac lipstick in 'morange' and I love it, I'm looking to build my collection but I have no idea which one to get, I have medium skin with olive undertones so I'm not sure which ones will suit me, leave some suggestions below please!

Tartan leggings/trousers - I really love these but I think I would be too scared to wear them out. These ones are from motel rocks but any like this I would buy.

Benefit Watt's up highlighter - I have the benefit high beam highlighter and I really like how it looks, as i'm running out I need a new highlighter and this one looks equally as nice.

White asymmetrical tartan skort - topshop £34

These are just a few of the products that have caught my eye recently,hope you enjoyed reading!