Saturday, 15 February 2014

Smashbox



I've recently got married. wedding number two, but that's a long story. I'll put up a photo of the dress sometime this week. Although incredibly stressful ( it was all planned in 4 months and mainly organised in 4 days ) It gave me a great excuse to buy new and wonderful things! Like very expensive makeup! I originally was going to bite the bullet and get the naked 3 palette, but then i wanted to try the smashbox primer, so it somehow made sense to me to buy the full exposure pallete to get free delivery....and it looked really pretty. and it is. i read some reviews first, I'm not a mad woman and some were a bit iffy about the fallout and the shimmer is more glitter than shimmer and when i first tried it i thought,damn, should have got the naked 3. BUT! i stuck with it, and I'm glad i did as i haven't used anything else for months, i love it! once you get past the first glittery layer it somehow compacts down and there is then hardly any fallout. the colours are lovely, and i actually love them all! The brush not so much, in fact it may have been the problem in the first place...

You got to choose 2 samples, so i went with a full exposure mascara and a primer.
Ive yet to try the primer sample as i tried the photo finish hydrating oil free foundation primer which id bought in a 12ml travel size as its loads and i didn't want to end up being allergic to it, which i very much was. its also a £1 per ml. which makes me feel gross. never again! 
The little mascara is nice though, its actually made me think I'd buy the big version, its rather lengthening rather than thickening, which is a nice change. 























I also bought also bought some brushes. tell me.what did i do without them? what did i use? how did i manage without them?





Real Techniques Expert Face Brush. 

i use this to apply foundation and its amazing. flawless and soft. magic really.






There isn't a brush i don't  like in this, even the dodgy looking eyeliner brush is great for eye shadow, and the eyebrow brush makes me giddy with appreciation. giddy. 


In my next post i will be talking about a brand called Mii, as that's what i went for brand wise for my wedding makeup. 


Is there any other things you want to see? 



Monday, 2 December 2013

Mr and Mrs!


So this happened!

I'm weirdly married!

This was just the legal bit, there will be a Russian Orthodox wedding in Jan so keep your eyes peeled for an amazing dress I had custom made! 

Here I'm wearing Jenny Packham for Debenhams
bag from The Vintage Styler
Shoes Marks and Spencers

It was an amazing day and great practise for the actual big day. 

These are exciting times. 

I just ordered some Janet Reger lingerie which i'm very excuted about indeed!

One question for people out there, did any of you do your own make up for your big day and did you regret it? I'm in two minds about it!































Sunday, 15 September 2013

Engagement.

 So another thing that happened this summer is um i got engaged! After 9 years he finally popped the question and here is where he did it. beautiful view.

We went away for a night, beautiful

country walks, lovely dinner.





While starting to type where these clothes are from i realised that my entire outfit is exclusively from primark...even the underwear. For shame! oops.


































The place we stayed. 









Friday, 13 September 2013



 These are from the summer as i went home for a few weeks and there's no internet at home! I wore this for a girly dinner and cocktails. I absolutely adore these shoes from Zara, they are quite high but are the most comfortable heels i own! Maybe because the straps are round your foot like a lovely suede comfort cocoon!
This top has also been a firm favourite this summer, i rolled up the sleeves a bit as i'm not a long sleeve person, and i love the scalloped bottom. Alas i may have shrunk this the other day but good times while they lasted! I also wore it rather a lot with a strapless bra underneath and high waisted jeans.








Shoes - Zara
Skirt - Primark
Lace top - H&M
Necklace - Miss Selfridges
Watch - Michael Kors













 Excuse the odd angles on these pics, i really need a tripod,as cant rely on family skills!

I'm also selling a few bits on ebay right now, mainly a lovely fur coat, feel free to have a little peek!



http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/modamoda2013/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3686


And my Instagram is bridgesandballoons777


xxx