Soap and Glory | Mini Set

Soap and Glory sets are way too popular in the beauty industry, and in all honesty, i've never really understood the hype around it. I've noticed with beauty products that most of the time, things are brought because of their name, rather than their quality. But since receiving a Soap and Glory set for Christmas, i thought i would finally give it a try!

The first one, as you can tell i use a lot, is 'The Righteous Butter', which is basically a moisturising cream. I love the little instructions running around the edge of the lid, because i'm useless at understanding the use of most lotions. But this moisturiser is so soft to apply and smells scrummy! I use this every single day with my skincare routine because it really does do the job, and lasts all day. I must say, this is definitely a keeper and rebuy for me!

Next is the 'Flake Away'. You may notice below that i haven't actually tried this yet because i don't really understand what to do with it. The lid says to massage the cream in, except it looks more like an exfoliator, since there are small grains of god knows what mixed in there as too. The colour has also put me off as well, which is a shame because it may actually be a good product. If anybody knows how to use this, do let me know, and let me know if it is any good before i agree to use it on myself.

Lastly is the 'Girligo' spray-on body mist. I was half expecting the spray to turn me even more of a ghost because of the colour in the bottle, but i'm happy to say it doesn't! I've only used this a few times, and i'll be honest, i haven't seen much of a difference. I don't know whether i'm putting too little on, or if my skin is moisturized enough anyway. Though i like the smell of this too, so i'll continue to use it anyway, just to make me smell yummy. haha.

Let me know below what you think of Soap and Glory, and whether or not you think it is a tad overrated like i do? I'll continue to use the products, but i'm completely unsure whether i would buy them again, other than the body butter that i've now added to my daily routine. 

21 Questions | Get To Know Me

I wanted to do a short 21 questions blog tag to let everyone get to know me a bit better. Granted, none of the information below will make a difference, but i thought it would make a change to my usual reviews. 

1. Are you named after anyone? No... My name was apparently chosen more because of the seasonal time I was born, rather than after someone in specific. I was born in the winter.

2. When was the last time you cried? It’s not very often I cry, so it’s hard to say when I last cried. I always try to hide my emotions.

3. Do you have kids? No.

4. If you were another person, would you be a friend of yourself? I’d like to think I’d be friends with myself, I don’t see why I wouldn’t be! Ha

5. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Yes, in every other sentence.

6. Will you ever bungee-jump? I can’t think of anything worse than throwing myself off a bridge, even when it is controlled.

7. What’s your favourite cereal? Good old Cheerio’s. Yum yum.

8. What’s the first thing you notice about people? It’s most definitely eyes I notice first, as well as behaviour and general appearance.

9. What is your eye colour? Green!

10. Scary movie or happy endings? I love scary movies. Happy endings are way too corny and predictable for me.

11. Favourite smells? Petrol, DKNY, all food.

12. Summer or winter? Summer. There’s nothing worse than being cold, especially since I am cold all year round. So I always love when summer comes around, to help me be at least a little bit warmer.

13. Computer or television? Computer. You can watch programmes on a computer now anyway. And you can’t blog from a tv!

14. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from home? Sadly it’s only Wales, which isn’t very far away from me at all. I’ve never been abroad :(

15. Do you have any special talents? I used to be pretty good at netball, and I like to think I’m good at nail art. But other than that, I can’t say I have any talents at all.

16. Where were you born? England

17. What are your hobbies? Compulsively reading beauty and fashion blogs, working within fashion every single day, watching tv shows, cuddling my cat and reading classic books.

18. Do you have any pets? A cat and a dog for now, until I get my own zoo of course!

19. Favourite movie? The list for this is so big, and I can only manage on limiting it to Easy A, Iron Man, Bridget Jones’ Diary and The Holiday.

20. Do you have any siblings? Yes… One older brother and one younger brother.

21. What do you want to be when you grow up? Just successful. I would love to eventually have a popular blog and YouTube channel.  

I want to tag Mell and Paige, who have also both started blogs. Go check them out, and post your own answer below!

Leap Of Faith | Youtube

I know the title sounds cringey, but i literally do feel like i'm taking a massive leap. Since i can remember, i've wanted to make youtube video's. Just to be able to interact with everyone, and voice my opinions. But i've been so unbelievable camera shy, and i've always felt so silly talking to a camera, that i just sit there like an awkward giraffe. Or i just put it off altogether. 

So a few days ago, i finally gave in to myself and thought 'what's the worst that can happen?' I'll post it below for anybody interested. It's not amazing, and i'm not going to pretend it is. Now blogger likes to play up a lot for me, and will not allow me to link my Youtube in order to directly show my video, so instead i've had to post a link. I know, how much extra effort is that for you all! But i would appreciate it if you checked it out.

My first youtube video

If you make your own Youtube video's, please post them below in a comment. I don't want this just to be one sided. I'd love to check everyone's out, to gain idea's and just to pass my time! Also, let me know of any topic's you think would be interesting to cover.

Chow!

What's In My Bag | Make-up Edition

 Whats in my Make-up bag?!

So i thought i would show you all what is in my make-up bag. Though i should mention that i no way at all think that i am a beauty guru, nor will i ever will be- i care way too little about wearing make-up. That being said, i do have quite a few products in my little bag. So lets begin! 

I feel like i should mention beforehand that i have extremely pale skin, so when you see my foundation, you needn't freak out, because i really am that white- this means i always have blue veins showing under my eyes (i used to think it was from lack of sleep, but apparently it's a common condition for pale people). This leads me nicely to my first concealer. My Natural Collection stick in, you gets it 'Very Fair'. This goes on first to set my under eye base. 

Next is my liquid concealer, in 'Very Fair'. My favorite liquid concealer is the Collection 2000, but since i've nearly ran out, and i'm far too lazy to spend time scraping around the tub, i picked up the Seventeen version. I am yet to try it, and may possibly give a review later on. I only tend to use any concealer under my eyes, as i'm one of the lucky people that do not get many break outs. Though now I've said that, I've probably jinxed myself. 

Finally, i will be ready for my foundation. I have been using Rimmel London's 'Wake Me Up' Foundation. You can read my review of it here. It's not an amazing foundation, it doesn't personally make me look any more awake or vibrant like it insists. But like you'll soon notice a lot, i'm very lazy, so just didn't like the thought of trying different foundations. Though again, when i went to buy a replacement for my nearly empty bottle of this, it was out of stock. Shock. So i decided to try Revlon's '24hr Colorstay'. I'll probably also do a review for that once i start using it. 

The two foundations look completely different in colour next to each other, but that's only because they are. Using the Remmel foundation, i could only use a small amount, whereas the Revlon can actually be used properly. See, laziness.

Finally i use a powdered foundation to set my masterpiece. I don't like to spend a lot of money on make-up, as you can tell by now. But my cheap Natural Collection pressed powder, in 'Very Fair' seems to do the trick for me. 

Now to focus on my eyes! I like them to stand out, so that at least my whole face wouldn't disappear if i stood next to a white wall. I use my Remmel 'Scandaleyes' waterproof eye liner pencil nearly every single day, i absolutely love it, and it really is waterproof. Trust me, i stand there around 10 minutes per day trying to get this beauty off. The grey stick is Maybeline's 'Colour precision' eyeliner that i use on dramatic days.

I only use mascara when i'm not wearing eyeliner. I'm lazy, and don't see the point in applying it when my eyes are already black. So i try to stick to mascara on days when i am particularly lazy. I recently purchased Seventeens 'Super Lash' mascara, because i liked the bottle. That's the only reason. And after the first use, i realized i really shouldn't use my eye judgment in the future, because it's not amazing compared to cheaper ones out there. Review possibly coming soon.

So there you have it... That is what is in my make-up bag. I'm not one for base eye colours, or primers or anything. I like to keep it simple. I've realized this blog has turned more in to a daily make-up routine, rather than a what's in my bag blog. But never mind 'ehh. Let me know down below if any of you have tried any of my three new products, and if you of a good reasonably priced mascara that can replace this one!

Hair Care | Struggling Hair Growth

I should point out before i begin this, that my hair is very slow at growing. And by slow.. i mean ridiculously slow. To the point that i don't even think it is even growing! Now just to prove how slow i mean, I recently told one of my work friends about how i'm trying to grow my hair, to which she actually replied "I just thought you liked your hair that length, and regularly trimmed it". I wish i was joking.

The amount of sites I've been on to find hair growth tips is ridiculous, and they always insist on getting regular hair cuts, and i always used to believe that. I've had mixed replies off hairdressers; some saying it's true, and others disagreeing completely. I guess it's true to a point, because it gets rid of your dead/split ends, but it doesn't help with the growth at all. In fact, if they are too regular, you're only going to end up with shorter hair.

Since the age of about 10-11ish, i died my hair red. Well not me personally, i wasn't that advanced! But i've always had my hair died, streaked and straightened, which i know can't have helped my hair growth at all. I'm using that as the excuse as to why my hair isn't growing anymore, because i can't think of many other reasons. 

However, i recently stumbled on a new hair growth shampoo, called 'fast'. It was £15 for a 360ml bottle of the shampoo, which you are supposed to wash your hair with twice a day, every single day. Now i don't know about many of you, but i for sure cannot afford to pay that much money on a bottle of shampoo, which will not last long at all, regardless of whether it does or doesn't work. So i've decided to ignore their instructions and use the shampoo twice every other day instead, replacing it with my usual shampoo instead. 

I'll be sure to post a review, and give my own opinion on the product pretty soon, as you're meant to see effects within 28 days, and i've already been using this shampoo for around 2 weeks now. But for now, i'll give you a timeline of my hair growth. 

This was my hair in june, 2011. It was actually the longest my hair has ever been. Since then, it seems to have gone downhill rapidly. 

August, 2012. It's probably not the best photo i have, but i don't seem to have many from that year for some reason. My hair somehow became ridiculously short- it was just past my shoulders. 

May, 2013. I kid you not- it really did manage to get even shorter. Bearing in mind, i have around 2 hair cuts a year. 

This was taken a few days ago. Granted, my hair has somehow managed to gain back some of it's length, but not a lot. I've now stopped blow drying and straightening and dying it too, to help even further with the shampoo. 
How hard is it to grow long hair?!