Would you rather?!

I can't believe it's almost been a month since I last wrote a blog post! I'm so ashamed! 

I have been pretty busy though, spending lots of time with my friends and family whilst I can, before I go to university at the end of September.

I also obviously had results day where I luckily got enough points to get into my first University of my choice which is Edge Hill University doing Film and TV Production. Then the day after I had V Festival in Staffordshire which was amazing.

YouTube Catchup-

Chit Chat Haul | Mac, Canon, Dixi

July Favourites

Try On Haul || H&M, Forever21

V Festival Vlog 2014

So I thought I'd get back into the swing of things by starting with a tag from another blogger. I recently read the Would You Rather- Beauty Edition Tag over on Touch Of Belle (Touch Of Belle) and I thought I would answer the questions myself!

1) Would You Rather... Lose all of your mascara, eyeliners, lipsticks and lipglosses or lose all of your palettes and eyeshadows?

I would definitely rather lose all of my palettes and eyeshadows! I don't think I could live without my mascaras and lipsticks!

2) Would You Rather... Chop off all your hair or never be able to cut it again?

That's easy! I would much rather never be able to cut my hair again. I want my hair really long any ways so that's sounds great to me!
3) Would You Rather... Have a coral cheek or a pink cheek?

I would rather have a coral cheek. I don't think I suit pink as well as coral but I think it's still hard to find a nice coral colour.

4) Would You Rather... Have £1000 to spend all on clothes or all on make up?

This was a bit difficult but after thinking it over I would definitely rather spend it on clothes. As much as I love make-up I would just be able to buy all the clothes I wanted and that makes me happy!

5) Would You Rather... Apply lipstick as eyeliner or eyeliner as lipstick?

Definitely apply eyeliner as lipstick. You can find pretty much any colour eyeliner so it wouldn't be too bad.
6) Would You Rather...Only shop at MAC or Sephora?

It would have to be MAC. I just adore their lipsticks too much!

7) Would You Rather... Only use one eyeshadow or one lip colour for rest of your life?

Well I live for different lipsticks so it would have to be only use one eyeshadow.

8) Would You Rather... Wear winter clothes in summer or summer clothes in winter?

I pretty much wear all my summer clothes in winter anyways, just with tights or jumpers over the top so I would have to choose that.

9) Would You Rather... Have dark nails or bright nails all year round?

Easily bright nails! I think they brighten up a whole outfit no matter what the season is!
10) Would You Rather... Give up your favourite lip product or favourite eye product?

I'd rather give up my favourite eye product because I really wouldn't be able to give up my favourite MAC lipstick!

11) Would You Rather... Only be able to wear your hair in a ponytail or a messy bun?

I wear my hair in a messy bun like a lot these days but I'm going to have to say a ponytail because I'm really not good at doing messy buns and it frustrates me when it all falls out! I'd rather keep it simple with a ponytail.
12) Would You Rather... Never be able to paint your nails again or never use lip gloss?

I can't even remember the last time I wore lipgloss so I would rather never use that again because I live for painting my nails!

13) Would You Rather... Shave eyebrows and have none at all or sharpie them in each day?

I would have to sharpie them in, but not very much. I think I would look absolutely ridiculous without eyebrows!

14) Would You Rather... Live without make up or nail polish?

As much as I love my nail polishes I wouldn't be able to live without my make-up so I'm going to have to say live without nail polish unfortunately :(

So that's the end of the tag and I want to tag you lovely lot who read this because I think this is a good way to get to know a blog owner better! Comment if you do this tag too so I can see if any of our answers are the same!

Stay Happy

Sarah

Maybelline Baby Skin Review

So a few months ago I never even knew what primer was. I never knew how to use it or even what it did. But recently I've seen a lot of blog posts about different kinds of primers and I am a huge fan of Baby Lips by Maybelline anyways so when I saw this Baby Skin Pore Eraser \I decided to buy it and try it out.

I bought this product from Boots for £7.99 and I think this is one of the kind of cheapest primers, most good ones are more expensive (from my research).

I'd also kind of had a problem with my pores and the skin on and around my nose, it's quite bumpy and uneven so that's the place I concentrated the most on with the primer. So I read reviews on this product and I found mixed opinions. Some people didn't like it because compared to their more expensive products, it's not very good, but this is my opinion from a point of view that's never used a primer before. 

I applied it with a very skeptical view that it would make my skin any better but I couldn't be more wrong. True to its name it made my skin feel like a babies bottom, I even bragged to my friends at how soft my cheeks were! I have dry skin around my nose anyways and some of the people's reviews I've read said that it was too oily but for me it was perfect. It actually kind of helped my dry skin, keeping it moist all night long. I also have troubles keeping my foundation on my cheeks all day but this helped with that and my foundation stayed on all night. It made my powder, bronzer and blusher go on perfectly too and made my skin look flawless.

I've only used this product a couple of times and I'm sure I might find some flaws with it in the future but for now I'm going to look forward wearing it on a night out (I wouldn't wear it everyday and give my pores and break) and if you're looking for your first primer, I highly suggest this!

Stay Happy

Sarah

ps. has anyone else tried this primer? If so, what did you think? And if you haven't, what is your favourite primer?

New Videos!!

So I've been behind on videos already and it's only 17th Jan....

So I filmed two at once to catch up!

Here is 2014!

And Winter Haul Part 1

Check them out and I hope you like!

Don't forget to like, comment and subscribe!

Stay Happy

Sarah

New Video!

So for the money I got for christmas I bought some studio lights to make the lighting in my videos much better and they came yesterday so I wanted to try them out. And my brother is back from uni so I'd been wanting to do this tag for ages!

Hope you enjoy!

Brother Does My Make-up

Stay Happy

Sarah

Mini Haul

So a few days ago I went into Manchester, mostly to watch the new Romeo and Juliet, but I'd also just been payed so I did some cheeky shopping too! 

This denim pinafore dress is from Primark and I saw that they were clearing them out. I've wanted a dress like this for ages and haven't found one that I like but I loved this! The straps are leather look and it has little gold studs too. I thought this dress was a bargain for just £5, you can wear it with cropped tops for going out or a t-shirt for casual or even a nice jumper underneath for an Autumnal look.

I saw this cropped top to match the dress above and tried them on together. The fabric is really thin which is great for me because I get too hot pretty easily, so this is perfect. It's also long sleeved too which will keep my arms warm in college. This cropped top was only £5 too so it was a bargain and I've always wanted a long sleeved cropped top. 

These leggings were from a place called Shout in Manchester which is one of my favourite shops. They always have amazing things that are really cheap! I love the tartan pattern this year and these leggings were just shouting out at me. I know that they're pretty bright but they are a staple piece that I will just wear with a plain top and shoes. These were only £5 too!

This top is from Shout too. I've been looking for one of these tops with the almost spaghetti straps for ages and I finally found this one. Another plus with this top is that it's velvet and matches well with a lot of my leggings. This would be nice for something like a casual party. It was only £7!

I'd run out of my mascara so I needed a new one. My last one was the Scandal Eyes Retro Glam mascara. I did like this mascara but I don't think it's the best one I've had. I decided to go back to my old favourite with the Maybelline Falsies. This mascara isn't over expensive and I love the brush! I think I managed to find it for £6.

I wasn't particularly looking for anything in Topshop because I didn't have that much money left but when I saw this scrunchie I knew I had to buy it. It's a dark green velvet scrunchie with a small bow that has wire inside so you can manipulate it any way you want. I love this and will mostly use it when I put half my hair up. This was £4 from Topshop

I decided to buy some tights because it's now becoming colder. I needed a normal pair and then I saw these cute grey winter ones that are thicker. Hopefully I will get the chance to wear them in winter soon. I think these were £2.50/£3 from Primark.

I also bought some midi rings from Primark. These were only £1.50 and you get eight rings. I got these ones because they are all different colours and you can wear different ones with different outifts. There's silver, gold, rose gold and a dark grey that I was already wearing! I think these look pretty and aren't expensive.

Less interestingly I bought these hair clips for when I want to only put half my hair up. These were from Primark and I can't remember how much they were but I think they were under £2.

And finally from Primark I never fail to buy some new underwear. The top pair I bought because of the mint green colour that I'm obsessed with and the bottom are a cute purple colour with light pink detailing. I think these were about £1.70 each or something like that.

So that was just a small haul of the things I bought. Hopefully I will do more winter shopping soon because I'm looking for the perfect winter jumper. If anyone knows any nice ones, let me know!

Stay Happy

Sarah

Vogue's Manchester Fashion Night Out!

So yesterday I went to Vogue's Fashion Night Out which has moved to Manchester. I had to get the bus straight from college to Manchester with my friends and was amazed at how good this event was. There were things to do everywhere. We wandered into H&M and saw Pixie Geldof DJing which was cool. 

In the Arndale there was a catwalk with conveyor belts on and every twenty minutes models/dancers came out and showcased different shops A/W13 trends. 

There will be videos in my vlog that will be up soon! 

We also went into Selfridges which was packed with loads of different people. There was free popcorn, crepes, vodka snowcones etc... 

Then we saw Eliza Doolittle DJing and she was really good! Whilst looking at Chanel makeup we got tempted into Fake Bake to have free manicures! 

After that we made our way to the Boohoo pink double decker bus! There was the A/W13 range of clothes downstairs and then a bar and food upstairs. Also if you instagrammed a picture and tagged it #needinmylife then they printed it out as a Polaroid! 

We then ventured into Boots where they were doing demonstrations and I bought a Sleek blusher in the colour Rose Gold which I've wanted to purchase for ages! 

We then went back into the Arndale and watched more shows because the male models were pretty beautiful :) and the clothes were amazing! We also went to superdrug and I bought my first MUA palette (undressed 2 I think). 

All in all it was an amazing night and I loved being around people that shared the same interest in fashion as me. There was loads going on and I'm glad it came to Manchester this year! 

Stay Happy, 

Sarah 

My Makeup Routine

So today I did a new video! It's my daily make-up routine. 

Here it is>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_hUnBzH4lA

So I though I would do a blog post about the make-up I used.

Firstly for my concealer I used two. I used a w7 cover stick with tea tree oil in medium/deep to cover up the blemishes on my face and then I used a Bourjois Paris brush concealer to cover the dark circles under my eyes. 

Then I used my Wake Me Up foundation in the colour 400 natural beige. I used a Primark brush that had a concealer brush and a foundation brush on either end to blend. I then used a w7 brush to powder my Stay Matt powder onto my face in the colour 003 peach glow. And I also powdered on an avon bronzer in the colour Sunny to my cheekbones. I also used a MUA blusher in the colour Lolly. 

For my eyes I used a Sunkissed palette and a Technic palette. Then I used a 2true waterproof eyeliner. 

And for my lips I used a Maybelline Coloursensational Popstick in the colour 020 tropical pink.

So yeah

Stay Happy!

Sarah

Outfit a day Part 2- Holiday

So this is the second part of the Outfit a day holiday edition. This is from the last week of my holiday.

This day I wore my denim DIY shorts, white sandals and a aztec print cropped top. 

On this day I put my fringe back (normally a full fringe, the heat didn't do it any good though) and wore my white boyfriend t-shirt and a hemmed skirt which is longer mesh at the back than the front but with a small underskirt underneath. I also wore my white sandals.

On this day I wore a plain black vest top and a pair of patterned short shorts from New Look. I paired these with my white converse.

On this day we were going on a trip to Puerto Banus so I wanted to look quite nice. I wore a black bandeau top with a plain black maxi skirt too. I wore my white sandals because they were the comfiest.

I wore a necklace with angel wings in it and matched it with this angel wings ring. Other than that I wore a red shambala bracelet and nothing else.

Because of the heat and pool water my hair had been drying naturally wavy so I left it, added some salt spray and put it half up half down with a plain black clip quite messily.

For my make-up I did a silver and black smokey eye with red lipstick.

On this day it was my birthday so I wore this maxi dress with the skirt underneath because i =t was my favourite. I'd also just been shopping and bought this cropped top with the mesh at the top. I wore a pair of black toms underneath. I'd straightened my fringe too and curled the ends of my hair.

On this day I wore my black maxi skirt again with my white sandals. I also wore the same top as before but in red (I bought two)

And on the last day I wore my DIY denim shorts and my black lace backed top. I left my hair natural and paired it with my white sandals.

Overall I loved dressing up nicely to go out and I'm quite proud of the outfits that I made with the clothes that I'd brought. I also had an amazing holiday which I will probably post about soon.

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

YouTube!

So my first YouTube video is up!

Check it out! >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4JET6a4ps8
It's a Blindfolded Make-up Challenge that I did with my best friend :)
I had soooooo many problems with this video. It was my first video using Adobe Premiere to edit my videos and it took me a while to get used to. Once I'd edited my video I had NO idea what preset to export it using. There were so many and I didn't even know where to start. I chose what I though would be best and let it export. Then when it came to putting it on YouTube and the estimated time came to approx.2000+ minutes. I thought that was ridiculous so I stopped it, looked it up and found that my file was too big. So I used a different preset, twice, and it was still too long.
Eventually I shortened the video and used the preset that compressed it the most. But I know nothing about computers so I have no idea what each preset means :(
So the estimated time for this video was about 3 hours. I'd had enough by this time so I just decided to leave it. Then when I saw the video on YouTube it was really bad quality, when my camera is a really good quality. So can anyone help me?! I'm so confused and need urgent help! So please post a comment or something if you know what I'm talking about.
Thanks, Sarah :)

Just Sarah

Hello Everyone!

So I'm new to blogs and things like this, but I've always liked to try it so here it goes :)

My name is Sarah and I'm 16 years old. I live in England and I'm in my first year at college.

This blog is going to be very varied. There will be things about my life, photography, beauty and fashion, several reviews and just everyday fun stuff including Outfit Of the Days. So if you have similar interests follow me :)

Instead of writing a boring bunch of stuff about myself I thought I'd do the 25 Facts About Me to give you a little insider about my life.

So here goes:

1. So I'm in my first year at college and I absolutely love it.

2. I study Photography, Media, English Language and Psychology.

3. I have one brother who I get on really well with. He's in his first year at uni and I miss him loads.

4. I own one cat, Tommy, and I absolutely adore him. My Dad also breeds little birds called Quails. http://www.chinesepaintedquail.co.uk/ <Check his website out they're adorable.

5. I'm a positive and happy person but I can be quite anxious.

6. My favourite colour is red.

7. My birthday is the 20th July.

8. I love everything about summer. The weather and it just generally puts everyone in a good mood.

9. I laugh at everything.

10. I really enjoy writing, mostly stories.

11. I like One Direction.

12. I love shopping, but never seem to have enough money...

13. I own way too many clothes and shoes, like any other teenage girl.

14. I'm just about to start a new YouTube channel, linked to this, about vlogging and challenges and beauty. My old channel was making music videos with my friends.

15. I love eating. Almost all foods.

16. My friends and family mean the world to me, without them, I wouldn't be me.

17. I can't go a day without listening to music.

18. I have an awful phobia of being sick.

19. I'm actually really awkward in person, that's why I write.

20. My passion is photography.

21. I'm a bit claustrophobic so I hate small spaces and huge crowds.

22. I like to think that I don't care what people think of me but the truth is I do.

23. I'm a great listener so if you have any problems message me and I'd be happy to help :)

24. I want to go travelling when I'm older.

25. And most importantly I have such a positive outlook on life. Yeah we all get a bit unhappy sometimes but I think that life's too short. Just take risks and be happy because what do you have to loose?

So that's a bit about me. You want to comment if there's anything that we have in common, I'd love to hear about it. Also let me know when I should blog and what you'd want me to blog about, just so I can make you guys happy :)

I'll write again soon.

Have a happy day,

Just Sarah