Wigs Galore

Hello twinklies,

I've been wanting to get my special effects / costume portfolio off the ground for ages. I feel it's an easier way to showcase makeup talent - as it's obvious what the difference is! For example making over a girl into someone beautiful is great, but how do you know they weren't beautiful already ??? - people (myself included) always forget to take 'before' photos, these make such a difference when looking at someones makeup talents!

Anyway, I'd got a bee in my bonnet about wigs after my last post, and then disaster (fate?! :) ) struck when I came across this wig website http://www.superpartywigs.co.uk/ which is so cheap in comparison to a lot of wigs out there, fingers crossed they're good quality!

So I bought the wigs below - there's going to be treats instore for me and Dan haha I can't wait to do these super fun costume looks! :D

Emily xoxo

Admit When You're Sad!

Hello lovelies,

Sorry there's not been a post for the past few days, I've been having a bit of a tough time!

I've been really really down and depressed and just felt awful. I've found it so difficult to even leave the house :( Dan forced me to go to the doctors yesterday and they're putting me in touch with the help I need, and they've also advised me not to take my exams and to defer them.

Therefore, not doing these exams till September, which is a HUGE weight off my shoulders. I contacted the uni and they're being brill about it too and offering me some time of from studies, which I really think I need.

But now I've realised a big problem for me when I'm down is just simply admitting it. Like I'll saw 'Oh I'm not feeling too great today' and people will dismiss it - when actually I really need to say 'I'm so down it's scary - I need help', as soon as I did that everyone has flocked around to help, and suddenly my problems and worries have all been alleviated! So I've learnt a big lesson in all this - DON'T SUFFER ALONE! And don't downplay how you feel - be honest with yourself and others, even if it terrifies you.

Now I can spend time on myself concentrating on what really matters - my health, and I'm so glad I finally decided to put that first.

I really hope you all take my advice and tell someone, anyone! Get help :)

All the best,

Emily xoxo

PS I've been stalking eBay for some fun wigs to do makeup with for my portfolio - and I couldn't believe the array of beautiful stuff on offer! Check these out below :)

I also found this INCREDIBLE fancy dress shop on eBay - it has such fun inspiring stuff! Aaah, to be rich! http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Costumier?_rdc=1

Pizza, Bed, Revision ...

Hello sweeties,

Hope the new year is treating you well, I'm enjoying 2011 lots :) Me and Dan went out to a local pub last night and had so much fun playing darts, for some reason I'm better when I have a few drinks in my belly! It's so nice to go out with him and spend time out of the house. Obviously we want to go out, but I can tell Dan is enforcing it a little more as he's mentioned he's noticed how down I've been getting recently. I keep sleeping through the whole day, and doing strange things :( I think it's a combination of really missing home, exams coming up, and just new medication too - fingers crossed it's just that eh!

I just can't seem to get motivated to do anything! Like today I've just dossed out in bed :( Here's a nice pic of me for you guys in all my depressed glory! This webcam makes my hair appear a very strange colour!

So superman Dan has once again realised I'm not really myself so is whisking me out for tea (well the Tesco vouchers are paying ;) ) to Pizza Express, I'm so excited!!! I haven't really been eating at all since I've been back up here, only having tea with Dan - hopefully a side effect of my new meds will be rapid weight loss, as the other ones caused the complete opposite haha! Mind you, last night we had lots of fun making sheperds pie together, Dan's the master of mashed potato! And it was delicious!! :) I can't wait for tonight to have dough balls and a huge chicken salad or pizza - hmm decisions!

In times like these when I'm not feeling myself there are a few things that put the spring back in my step - Dan, mine and Dans family and bunnies, makeup stuff, and watching romantic films! However, there's no time for this! I have an exam next week, and as I've had an epically bad semester at uni I have no lecture notes - so I basically need to learn the entire module by next week - but I just can't get motivated! Aaargh hopefully my full stomach will make me more inclined to pick up my books!

Hopefully I'll be feeling better soon, and I really hope none of you guys are feeling the winter blues, or any blues at all!

Pizza and dough balls!

Emily xoxo

Beauty Products I'm Loving in 2011! :)

Hello petals!

Happy New Year - I wish each and every one of you all the happiness, joy and smiles in the world for 2011. Only bring the stuff that you love and that adds to your life into 2011 - leave the badness behind back where it belongs, in 2010 and in the past!

I have brought some very lovely new found makeup loves with me into 2011, which were mainly gifts from Christmas, are presents to myself with my Christmas money - and you guys sure should check them out!

First off, I'm LOVING the Yaby Best of Both Worlds Eye Palette. I'd heard so much about these and how they were so amazing, brilliant, wonderful... so when they became available on www.love-makeup.co.uk I couldn't resist popping them on my Christmas list! I was so excited when my dear Momma actually got me one!!! :D At first it was a shock as it is SO small, and the price is SO big! I kinda wanted to send it back and get my Mom a refund, cos it was £80!!! However, we decided that was too much hassle, so I should try it out! The packaging is really nice, it's around A5 size, so super small, but has a hard white case that's wipeable and looks pretty waterproof. Inside there's 40 little eyeshadows, and a huge super handy mirror. Upon first look I thought the majority of the colours looked kinda unwearable for everyday, but actually in the small time I've been using the palette, I've used LOADS of them! The cream pale one on the top row is INCREDIBLE and is my favourite highlight colour EVER, I don't think I'll ever do my eyeshadow without this again! The colours in the bottom left corner are super pearly frosty and looked so fab at Christmas - suprisingly an orangey pale shadow seems to work really well with my pink hair! - I bet it'd look even hotter on brunettes too! There are so many colour combinations in this palette that I'm itching to use - and there's even a neutral brown coloumn down the middle - just screaming wedding at me!

The actually shadows are the most pigmented eyeshadows I've ever used in my whole life, I was actually taken aback by them as they're that good! You literally don't even have to move your brush in them - you just tap it onto the shadow once and you have enough shadow for your whole lid - it's incredible!

It's so handy and small and has such a huge array of colours that if I ever travel it'll most likely be the only palette I take - and the mirror is perfect for en route touch ups! I love love love this! Thank you so much Mom for spoiling me and getting me this!

Look at this and other Yaby stuff here;

http://www.love-makeup.co.uk/yaby-cosmetics-m-53.html

The next thing I'm loving is another gift from my lovely Mom - it's MAC eyeshadow in shade 'Vanilla'. It's such a beautiful pale peachy gold that it is just beyond words. For a soft natural look I'd just sweep this across the lids and be more than happy to have no other eyeshadows on - it's that pretty that it just holds its own! I love how the pale iridesence means it can be used as a brow or inner eye highlight, or can be used to brighten up a smokey eye. You could even use it on your cupids bow to accentuate your lips! It's such a lovely colour, and definitely one of my MAC favourites.

My lovely kind Mom also got me MAC lipstick in Snob, which I've been lusting after for a while now. Usually I'm a bit wary of bright lipsticks and have been very boring and stuck to really plain nude colours like Myth - however, my pink hair has unleashed my love for wild lipstick shades! So I have been trying loads of colours out, lilacs, fuschias, deep burgundies, reds... and I love my new found lipstick colour freedom! But my favourite from these is 'Snob' by MAC, it's not as daring as some of the other colours I've been wearing, but it sure is beautiful! Especially when teamed with pink gloss :)

Now, something I bought myself from House of Fraser. I've been meaning to try out mineral makeup eyeshadows for a while - you know the loose pigment kind, but they've always been so pricey and I've had the colours on offer in normal eyeshadows, so I've never bought any. That's until I was in House of Fraser with my Mom doing some Christmas Sales shopping on Boxing Day when I saw BelleaPierre's mineral eyeshadow offerings. They took me aback as they're just so beautiful! A quick swatch on my hand, and I was in love. They are so pigmented, and have a beautiful sparkle that is not a daft teenage style glitter, but more a sophisticated glow! I love them SO much! And the lady on the counter told me I could choose four shades, and get two brushes, all for £25! :) I've been wanting to create yellowy gold eyes for while now but not had the correct colours to do it how I imagined, so for my four shades I went for goldy yellow colours, and then a beautiful pale highlight shade too - the shades were 'Champagne' 'Twilight' 'Coral Reef' and 'Golden Brown' (pictures below are in order to match the shades) :) The two brushes I got for free were brilliant as well! Love them! :)

Finally on my love list is what my lovely boyfriend bought me as a treat! It's Hugo Boss's new perfume for women called 'Boss Orange' - it smells delicious, so sweet and sugary! Good enough to eat! The bottle is beautiful and will look great on my dressing table! :) I love this scent so much :) :)

What are your new beauty finds?

Perfume spritzs,

Emily xoxo