250 Blog Followers! What would you like to see me giveaway?

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Way back at the beginning of January, yes I say 'way back' I can't believe we are in March already! Anyhow I am getting off track... Way back in January I set my blogging resolutions for the year, you can check out the original post here.

Never in a million years did I expect that a mere two months later, that I would be writing a post to say that I have already reached one of those goals, and one that I really didn't expect to reach so quickly!

The goal I am talking about of course was to reach 250 bloglovin' followers by the end of 2015, and here I am sitting on 290 followers, and I am completely overwhelmed. Not only have I reached my target, but I have gone above it. Thank you so much to every single person that follows me, it means the absolute world to me.

Now I want to give something back to you! I will be hosting a 250 followers giveaway, but first I want to know what YOU want to be given away, so I have added a poll below for you to add your input. This poll will run until the end of March, and then the giveaway will run for the month of April, so go ahead and tell me what YOU want.

Once again, thank you so much for the support, I love each and every one of you!

What would you like to see me giveaway?

LUSH Goodies

Makeup Revolution Goodies

£20 Amazon Voucher

Poll Maker

Wishlist Wednesday: Bobbi Brown Edition

Ever since I have started blogging I have been aware of the brand Bobbi Brown, but I have never actually bought anything from them. Now seeing as I have completed my makeup course and I am looking at building a professional kit, I have been looking into this brand more and more. I am lucky enough to be going to an event in the Bobbi Brown Store in Covent Garden in a few weeks, whereby I should be able to pick up some bits with a pro discount, so I thought I'd better get on the website and select some must haves!

1. Long-wear Gel Liner: One of my tutors commented on how this was one of her favourite gel liners, and seeing as I prefer to work with a gel liner, I thought it may be good to check out.

2. Long-wear Smokey Eye Kit: This is the perfect kit to help you create a gorgeous smokey eye!

3. BBU Face Palette: A pro palette including concealers, and foundations, essential to any MUA kit.

4. Long-wear Even Finish Foundation: We were given MAC foundations in our kit, however I didn't really enjoy working with them too much, so I am looking to try some new ones, and these might be just the thing for me.

5. Creamy Concealer Kit: Everyone needs a good concealer right?

6. Long-wear Eye Base: We didn't really use eye primers on the course, but I wish we had as my eyeshadow application never turned out as smoothly as I wanted it to.

7. Brow Kit: I much prefer working with powders when it comes to filling in the brows as I feel like it just gives a more natural finish.

8. Artist Palette for lips: Another MUA kit essential right here.

9. Soothing Cleansing Oil: Something else I need to start adding to my kit is skincare, and this cleanser looks like it would be an amazing addition.

Looking at the list now I just know that I am going to have to narrow it down before I go to the event, otherwise I will end up going WAY overboard...

Let me know in the comments if you have anything from Bobbi Brown, and what your favourite is?

#LUSHEaster and #LUSHmothersday Event in Reading

I was lucky enough to again be invited to a blogger event at the LUSH store in Reading, this time showcasing their Easter and Mothers Day Range! The last event I went to was the Christmas one, whihc you can read all about here. This time there were a lot more bloggers there, including the lovely Becky from Becky Bedbug who I hadn't seen in over a year! It was lovely to catch up and also meet a few new bloggers, and a few I met at the Christmas Event last year!

The evening kicked off with an Easter Egg hunt, there were Golden Eggs hidden all over the store (as in the picture above) and we had to rush around putting as many in our basket as we could. I got 4, and the winners got 6 each, but I wasn't disappointed as it was all in the name of good fun!

The there were three stations set up throughout the store, one for fragrance, one for Easter, and one for Mothers Day, and we got to wander between the stations getting demonstrations of all the products. We got to meet some of the lovely stuff, some who I have met before and some I hadn't but cannot wait to speak to again! I was bowled over by the sheer amount of products that we were shown, and by all the delicious floral and sweet scents that really got me in the mood for spring! I actually went to the event with the intention of only buying the carrot soap, which I am obsessed with after using the Snowman Fun at Christmas which has the same scent, but as it turned out there were so many other products that I also wanted to try, so I ended up buying more... I'm saving that for a Haul video though so you'll have to wait and see what I got!

As usual with these events LUSH was kind enough to give us a goodie bag each, in which I was given:

• Mother Superior Bubble Bar
• Somewhere over the Rainbow soap
• Prince Charming Shower Gel
• Yummy Mummy Shower Gel

I'm always bowled away by how lovely and generous Lush are, and this event was no exception! Despite only buying a small portion of the range we were shown, I know full well I will be on my way back in store for more before they disappear!

My highlights from the event are definitely these four items pictured above, I bought 3/4 of them, and will be going back for the last one as soon as I have the cash. They are:

• Fluffy Egg: Which smells like the amazingly popular Snow Fairy
• Carrot Soap: Yes it smells like carrots but trust me it is amazing!
• Dad's Garden: This is a lemon scented fragrance that had me sniffing myself all evening, it is divine...
• Immaculate Eggception (Yellow): This amazing (and gigantic) bathbomb smells delicious, and you can also crack it to reveal either a cute bunny or chick, which is perfect for Easter. It also means you technically get two bath bombs, though trust me this is so huge that you could probably get 4/5 uses out of it!

Let me know in the comments below what your favourite Lush Easter product is, I love to hear from you!

Sum Up Sunday #14: DFMA Week 4 (my final week!)

I can't believe that it has been a whole month since I embarked on one of the scariest, yet most exciting times of my life. It's been a crazy, tiring, and emotional four weeks, but I've reached the end, and I am ready to start my new career as a makeup artist!

On Monday we got to do an ice queen look. We were asked to go online a research photos of other ice queen looks, and then to come up with our take on an ice queen. I combined about four different images for my final look, but I think it turned out quite well!

Tuesday was all about the gore as we had our final special effects day with my favourite tutor! We got to do a slit wrist, a stitched up wound, a bullet wound to the head, and track marks. Special effects is by far my favourite area, just as I thought it would be, and it is ultimately what I would like to go into!

Wednesday was all about practice for our finals, so I got to play around with a few of my ideas, and ultimately got to decide what I did, and didn't want to do for my final piece. I wonder if you can guess what I chose to do by the above photos?

Thursday was bald caps, and I am honestly not a fan of this look, and I almost didn't put a picture up of this. I don't know why but everything seemed to go kind of wrong for me on this day. I didn't really feel as though I knew what I was doing, and ultimately was really unhappy with my look, but I took pictures anyway!

Then came our final day! This day was all about showcasing out skills and we got to do whatever makeup that we wanted. Also for this day we had real models, which we were all terrified about to be honest! I had nothing to be afraid of though because my model Natalie was absolutely lovely, and we got on right away. It turned out she went to Aberystwyth Uni, and was in the year below me, in the same department! How weird is that right? She also blogs and makes Youtube videos, meaning we had plenty in common, and lots to talk about. You can check out her blog here. She was really brilliant about the makeup I was doing too, and she loved the special effects I did. Initially I was really worried that I would have a model that hated SFX, so I'm glad she enjoyed herself. We also got to work with a photographer on this day and we are going to get four professional shots to go in our portfolio, but we wont get those for a few weeks yet. I am honestly itching to see those pictures because they looked so amazing just on his camera screen! If you hadn't already guessed, I went for a frost bitten Elsa from Frozen... I know I'm a bit frozen obsessed, but I wanted to do a look that incorporated both beauty and special effects, and I think I did that quite effectively here.

After the photos were all done with and the models had left, we got to sit around and chill out for a bit. The other girls I met on the course are some of the nicest people I have ever met, and we all really want to stay in touch. I can't wait to follow their careers and see what they get up to as they are all amazing makeup artists!

Please let me know in the comments what you thought about my final piece, I would love some feedback!

My First Degustabox

I was lucky enough to win a Degustabox for February in a blog giveaway

, and it arrived last week. However with the move and everything I hadn't had a chance to take a look and see what was in my box... Until yesterday!

I was seriously impressed with the selection of different things in my box, and I was seriously happy I receive a product that I have been dying to try! 

The first thing I saw when I opened the box was the Peanut Hottie, and I squealed... I have been dying to try this product ever since one of my favourite Youtubers mentioned it on her channel, and now I have it! If you have never heard of Peanut Hottie it is a peanut butter flavoured hot drink. I absolutely love peanut butter, and  very intrigued to find out what a hot drink with that flavour would be like!

I was also delighted to find that there was a jar of Whole Earth peanut butter, which I haven't had the pleasure of trying before, but it looks amazing. I have been craving peanut butter for weeks, but we don't ever buy it because Tim isn't keen, this jar is going to be all mine! 

There was also a good amount of sweet treats in the box including brownies, and cocoa cookie crunch chocolate, who doesn't love chocolate? 

Overall I was very impressed with the contents of my box as it is all stuff I will actually eat, which can sometimes be very rare for me (I'm a little picky on the odd occasion). I'm definitely considering subscribing to this box myself, now I just need to convince Tim...

Are you subscribed to Degustabox? What do you think about it? 

10 Days of Me: One Photo

For those who are faint of heart, I can assure you that the above is only makeup! It's simply liquid latex, and gelatine for the yummy blisters that you see above!

Now I can already hear the cries of, 'why would you pick this picture?!?' but here is why...

When I undertook my makeup course, I knew that SFX Makeup was what I wanted to specialise in, and I so desperately wanted to be good at it. The above makeup was the first SFX makeup that I am 100% proud of, as it looks so gruesome and yukky, it's perfect! So here I am, with less than a week until the end of my course, and I am so happy that I took this leap into the unknown, and I can only encourage you all to do the same! (I mean, not a makeup course, I mean a leap of faith!). 

Let me know in the comments something that you are dying to do right now!

Sum Up Sunday #13: DFMA Week 3

This week kicked off with the 1930's, which meant blocking out eyebrows!  Honestly one of the funniest experiences of the whole course so far. We also did a cheat version of finger waves. I really feel like I look like Betty Boop in this picture!

Before Makeup Application

 Eyebrows Blocked Out

 Finished Look

 Finished Look from the side

My model really wasn't a fan of having her eyebrows blocked out, but I was really pleased with the overall result, especially as her eyebrows were a lot darker than mine.

On the Tuesday we did do a session on continuity, in which we had to create a look on each other, and then in the afternoon we swapped partners, and had to follow a face chart to recreate someone else's look. For the life of me I can't seem to find the photos from that, but it was honestly pretty difficult to get everything exactly the same.

Next we moved on to the 1920's, this time doing finger waving the right way, and it was seriously difficult... Instead of doing an historically correct makeup, we brought the 1920's into the future.

I loved this makeup, and I felt like it was easily the best one I had done so far, especially the lips, which I had been really struggling with.

On the Thursday we did Victorian/Edwardian, which was actually a very plain makeup, more like a 'no makeup' look, but actually there is a surprising amount of makeup on my model in the above photo!

Friday was my favourite day ever, we did burns SFX makeup. It involved Liquid Latex, and Gelatine to get the end result, which I honestly am so happy with! This is the kind of makeup that I want to do, and it really makes me happy when I get it right!

In the afternoon we also had some male models so that we could practice our male makeup. Which again is very much a 'no makeup' look. You may be surprised to learn that my model even has eyeliner, and mascara on in this picture!

Another amazing week at the DFMA Academy, and honestly it has flown by. Next week is my final week on the course, and so this time next week I will become a qualified makeup artist!