OOTD- Daring to do Orange

So I went out for an 18th the other night and although this was the only picture I got of my full outfit I thought I'd share with you what I wore anyways! You also get a glimpse of my new hair!

So as for my clothes I wore this new skirt from Forever Twentyone which is just a thin grey long skirt, with a slit up the side. I'd wanted one of these forever and I eventually found this one, in the sale! And I knew I had to buy it. So this skirt was only £5.99!

The top I got off holiday and it's just a simple lace cropped top, and the back is see through lace as well. I can't remember the name of the shop because it was Spanish but I've seen these kinds of cropped tops in a lot of places anyways! I remember that it wasn't expensive though.

And my shoes are one of the biggest bargains too! I went in the Winter sale to Tescos for a mooch and found these gorgeous platform heels with a thin ankle strap and fell in love immediately. They were originally supposed to be £22 but in the sale they were only £7! It was insane so I grabbed them immediately (also last size 6). It was fate. 

I went very minimal with accessories, only wearing a gold bracelet and ring, and a black suede clutch bag with gold detail.

So for my pop of colour I went extremely out of my comfort zone and tried the orange trend. I've never tried orange before because I didn't think it would suit me but as I've just dip dyed my hair orange, I thought I would carry on the theme! For my hair colour I dyed it with the L'Oreal Paris Ombre kit (I'll do a video about it soon) and because I already had dyed red hair, instead of going blonde, my hair just went orange, but I still really love it! For this outfit I just curled my hair and hair sprayed it slightly just so it was still soft and I could run my fingers through it for a messy look.

As for my nails I used a false set, trimmed the edges so they were quite long and rounded and then painted them the night before the party. This is so they can dry overnight and then I can put them on when I'm ready as they were longer than my normal nails and would've gotten in the way. 

Then I painted most of my nails with the Barry M Block Orange and my index finger with the Flormar Matte Black. I loved the vibrant orange contrasted against the matte black and will definitely wear these nails again.

As for make-up I was really disappointed that I didn't get a picture of my full face of make-up because I really went out of my comfort zone with it. I normally just do a plain silver and black smokey eye with red/dark lips for a night out but this time I did something completely different.

First important item is my foundation. I used the Revlon Colorstay foundation in the colour Buff and used my new Real Techniques expert face brush to apply. This foundation is a little too pale for my skin so I use quite a lot of bronzer too. But I've fallen in love with this brush completely, well worth the price!

And this is where the change came in. I don't think I've ever worn a colour like this on my eyes before. I'm not sure why because this eye shadow is pretty old now so I've had it for a while but I've just never got round to it. This picture is with the flash on and you can see it's kind of a gold/copper colour and it's the L'Oreal Paris Color Appeal Platinum in the colour Raw Copper. I used a slightly wet brush to apply this eyeshadow, for one to stop it going down on my cheek but it also gave me a much brighter colour. I then used the darkest black shadow I have and created a shadow in the crease of my eye and blended it out to make my eyes more sultry and darker. I love this colour on my eyes and will definitely be using it more!

Next I used the Maybelline gel eyeliner to line my upper lash line and used the L'Oreal Paris Superliner Brow Artist to fill my brows in slightly. With my lashes, because I was using fake ones, I curled my normal lashes then put the fake ones on, and brushed both of them together. I then used my Maybelline Falsies to coat them both once and I used it on my lower lashes.

These are the lashes I used. They're from eBay and they were only about £2-3 for ten pairs from Taiwan and I needed some simple natural looking lashes and these certainly do the job! They're so easy to apply, and it feels like you hardly have anything on your lids. And they do look really natural, so for the price they're a real bargain!

And lastly the most daring change I've ever gone through is this lipstick/butter. I really wanted an orange lipstick but wasn't sure whether it would suit me so I just decided to go for quite a subtle one to begin with. This is the Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in the colour 015 Tutti Frutti. Not only have I always loved the packaging of these lip butters but the colour is amazing. It's quite a subtle orange I think but it can be layered to make it brighter. It feels nice on your lips, doesn't taste horrible like some butters do, and it doesn't make your lips feel greasy which is the case sometimes. I had to keep re-applying it throughout the night but that was expected I guess. Overall I'm really happy with this product!

And this was my outfit for the night. I had a great time, I just wish I'd taken more pictures, so in future I will hopefully be able to take pictures of close-ups to make these posts better.

Have you tried the orange trend before? If so what did you wear?

Thanks for reading!

Stay Happy

Sarah

Sleek Contour Kit

I was so excited when I went to a new Superdrug store and found a Sleek counter. In the one closest to me they don't sell it so I was overjoyed when I came across it. This item has been on my wishlist for as long as I remember, and it isn't even that it's expensive (it's a bargain at £6.49) it's just that I'd never come across it before. 

I got the light version of contour kit because my tan is sadly fading away quickly. 

I love this already as it makes my cheekbones more prominent which is something that I've always wanted. If I combine this with the perfect blusher I'm finally happy about my cheeks.

I would highly recommend this product to anyone!

Stay Happy!

Sarah

Maybelline Colorsensational Popsticks

Over summer I have been using this amazing lipbalm. I bought it only a couple of weeks ago and as you can see, I've used loads of it already. It's my go to lip colour because of how subtle it is. It's like a lip balm but also colours your lips a slight pinky colour and keeps them hydrated throughout the day. It's a great lip balm for college because it's easy to apply and just gives you that nice colour that lasts all day.

This colour is 020 Tropical Pink but I also have 030 Pink Lollipop which has bits of glitter in and is a slightly lighter pink.

Overall a great product that when it runs out, I will definitely be buying it again!

Stay Happy!

Sarah

Make-up Haul

Because it's been my birthday recently I thought I'd go shopping with some of the money I got. 

I bought this blusher from a shop in a market in town. It's a really cheap make-up stall with loads of high street brands for lower prices. I got this Bourjour Paris blush in the colour 35 Lune D'or. I think this was £3.50 which is cheaper than it's high street price. It's a really pretty iridescent pale pink colour with flecks of gold in it.

From the same stall I also got this w7 powder brush. It's really soft and good at applying powder. I can't remember how much it was but it was definitely under £3.00 which I think is well worth it.

I also got this Lipstick/lipbalm, which I already have one of. I already have Maybelline Colour Sensational in 910 Shocking Coral. This lipstick is more dense and colour pigmented. This one I've just bought was under £4.00 and it's more of a balm. Its the Maybelline Colour Sensational in 020 Tropical Pink and it's a very suble lip tint that stays on for ages.

The last things I bought were concealers. I bought a Bourjouis Paris illuminater for under my eyes for £3.00 and a w7 concealer stick for blemishes which was under £4.00.

After this I went to superdrug and saw this pink Barry M. I fell in love with it immediately. It's a very pretty baby pink in the Gelly Hi-Shine collection. It's called Dragon and it was £3.99 which is fab. I'll definitely be trying this out in summer!

Because I've just been on holiday my face is more tanned than normal and the foundation I have is too pale for my skin so I bought this foundation. It's the Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation that so many people have told me to buy next. It was £8.99 and mine is in the colour Natural Beige. I love this already and it doesn't feel too heavy on the skin.

Stay Happy!

Sarah

30 Day Snap #17

I can't believe it's past the middle of June! It's gone so quick already!

Today I had college and it really tired me out :( I also had my second cervical cancer jab too which makes my arm hurt. So not good day really.

This is my picture for the day. I wanted to show off my nail varnish because I love it so much. It's a w7 Matt Green one and it's amazing. Doesn't take too long to dry and the colour is bright.

I also am playing my brother's Xbox because I miss him loads :(

Stay Happy

Sarah

30 Day Snap #3

Today was another average day. My days won't be very interesting until after Wednesday because that's my last exam so I'm free to do whatever I want after then. But today I did go shopping, for some necessities, my mum's birthday present but I also got dragged into the Superdrug 3 for 2 deal that's on at the moment. So bad of me! But it was things that I'd had my eye on for a while.

So this picture is a pretty average make-up photo. This is my new Maybelline Colour Sensation in 910 Shocking Coral. This was £7.19 from my local Boots store. These are apparently really similar to the Revlon  ColourBurst Lip Butter which I also really want to try out. The colour is just as it says, coral, a pinky orange colour. I really wanted a colour like this because they are nice and bright for spring/summer, and I really love the colour.

I also wanted one of these because I'm not too keen on full glossy lipsticks, and I don't really like lip glosses either but this a lip balm, so it's softer than a lipstick but still has good colour pigmentation. This is really pretty and I can't wait to wear it.

I also bought the Maybelline Falsies mascara, Flared, because I was running out of my current Maybelline mascara. This had been recommended to me so I thought I'd try it out. That was £7.99.

So that means that I got free a Collection Illuminating Touch Concealer in Natural 2. I really needed a concealer and I saw that Zoe Sugg has suggested Collection concealers. Although I couldn't find her exact one I thought I'd try a collection one anyway. It would normally be £4.99.

So other than that I spent the day in the sun revising with my friend and sunbathing, I've burnt again...oh dear.

Thanks for reading

Stay Happy,

Sarah

Burt's Bees Review

I kind of have a thing for body moisterisers, I have so many. But I normally only wear one at a time, when really I should alternate my moisterisers more. Recently I have been using:

The Burt's Bees Naturally Nourishing Body Lotion in Milk & Honey.

I've actually had this lotion with me for a while, I got it when I younger and didn't really care much for moisteriser but now I have grown up, and started using lotions more often, I actually really like this one. I got this as a present though and when I've just gone to look it up, I can't find this exact one. They seem to have started selling this one but with a different formula and the reviews aren't great, but you may be able to find this exact one on ebay or amazon or something.

Anyways from looking online this would've been about £10.00.

So I really like this moisteriser. When I first started using it, I wasn't too keen. The smell is quite strong and something that I wasn't used to but after a while you kind of get used to it and it actually smells lovely now. When I'm wearing the moisteriser I get lovely comments from people, saying that I smell nice. The smell lasts all day although I wouldn't say that your legs stay moisterised for 24 hours, but after application if leaves your legs feeling soft and well looked after.

I'd give this lotion 8/10 for the nice smell, nice coverage and level of moisterisation. I recommend it if you want to try something different.

Does anyone else use any Burt's Bees products? I have their lip balm too.

Stay Happy! 

Sarah

Hair!

Hey everyone!

So today I dyed my hair and I though I would share my experience with you and this is also a review for the Schwarzkopf Live Colour XXL hair dye.

Firstly I thought I'd tell you about the dye. It was £4.29 from Boots in Manchester and the colour I buy is 92 Pillar box Red. I dyed my hair red from a light brown a few months ago, and I loved it. The first time I did it was quite dark though so each time I've gotten a brighter shade. I started off with the brand Ferriar and did the two red shades in that brand. Then I changed to XXL which I used last time and also this time. I used this colour again because I was really happy with the results and the brightness of the colour.

To start I thought I'd show you what my hair looked like before I dyed it. This was my hair today, about six weeks after dying it the last time. The colour is semi-permanent so I didn't really expect anything different.

My roots were pretty bad but I'm quite tall so my theory was that no-one was really looking at the top of my head anyway :) I know now that it doesn't work like that.

The ends of my hair were also pretty bad, it looked like I'd dip-dyed my hair brunette with red at the top. So I needed to concentrate on them.

In the pack you get a pair of gloves, which usually have holes in (I recommend using your own, these plastic ones get on my nerves anyway), two packs of lovely smelling conditioner and the tube of colour.

So the instructions say to wash your hair lightly with shampoo but I just wet mine because I'd washed it the night before properly. I then put a towel round my shoulders (wearing old clothes) and got to work. The colour comes out the tube kind of like tomato puree, that's the best I can describe it. It doesn't smell bad either like some hair dyes that give me headaches, this one smells quite nice. 

I started with the roots of my hair and then did the middle, making sure I got the back. I also did my fringe at this point too. And then I concentrated on the ends. I think I put the most on the ends because last time I didn't put enough on. Then with the rest of the colour I just touched it up and made sure everywhere was covered. I rubbed the dye in, making sure it covered all my hair and I left the dye on for thirty minutes and then washed it off.

I rinsed it thoroughly first, and then shampooed it, with my Pantene Colour Protect shampoo and then rinsed that. I then lathered it in the packet of lovely smelling conditioner and left it for about two minutes and then rinsed it all. I then added my heat protect serum, blow dried it and then straightened my fringe. And this was the result!

From these pictures it doesn't look that bright, that's just because of my crappy lighting but it looks better in person. I'm really happy with out it's turned out because you can never tell with hair dye what's going to happen. I'm also chuffed with the XXL colour because it's the brightness I want it. My hair feels so soft from the conditioner and looks in good condition too which is a bonus. There was no problems with the dye, except the gloves and that I would probably buy another box too, because my hair is quite thick and longish. But other than that its a perfect price, perfect colour and it's easy to apply! Highly Recommneded by me!

Thanks for reading,

Stay Happy,

Sarah

P.s. These are some better pictures of the colour of my hair. I'm also modelling my new headband I bought today. If you want to know where it's from and how much it was, follow and keep posted because I will be posting a haul video, including this headband! It was a great buy so keep your eyes peeled!