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Monday, 20 May 2013

If i was rich wishlist..

Heya guys and gals of the blogosphere, I've saw this wishlist floating about and decided i'd do one (such a sheep i know, but sometimes it's ok to be a copy cat!)

1. YLS Rouge volupte lipstick- 'Rose Paris.'
I just love love love the packaging of the YLS lipsticks, I've heard amazing things and the colour is just perfect.

2. Nars Sheer glow 'Siberia.'
I have heard such good reviews about this and would love to try it, the sleek packaging looks great too.

3. 11 inch Macbook Air.
I'm in need of a new laptop, and i love apple products so this is definitely on my need list, Pitty their so pricey!

4. Michael Kors Mid-Size Rose Golden Stainless Steel Parker Chronograph Glitz Watch.
This watch is stunning, dainty and is rose gold what more could i want!

5. Mac Powder blusher - 'Peaches.'
I've loved this blusher since i saw it mentioned in my favorite blogger/youtubers makeup collection, i think it's a gorgeous colour and from what i've heard and seen looks amazing on the cheeks!

So that's it for my 'If i was rich post' obviously if i was rich i'd be buying alot more stuff but they are my main things i'd buy to start off.

What would you buy if you were rich?

Friday, 3 May 2013

getting to know me!

Heya girls and guys of the blogosphere, today's post is the beauty bloggers;getting to know me tag!

I hope it helps you get to know me!

Is your hair naturally curly or straight?

my hair is naturally wavy so i guess it goes under the curly section?
Do you dye your hair yourself or go to a salon?
I don't dye my hair, i'm a natural ginger.
Do you wear the same style everyday or do you change it?
I usually just wear my hair in whatever style it falls in and either straighten or curl it.
Do you do your own Mani/pedi or do you go to the salon?
i usually paint my own nails.
Do you polish your toes in the winter or just in the summer?
whenever, but i hate feet.
How long does it take for you to put on makeup?
about 30-35 minutes.
What do you do first, Face or Eyes?
Face.
Do you 'collect' makeup or just buy it when you need it?
I used to just buy it when i need it but then i suddenly started to buy more and more so i guess i 'collect' it.
Do you wear makeup everyday?
More or less, i never leave the house without mascara.
Do you wear makeup when you are home alone or with family?
Depends what family if its close no, if it's a distant relative yes.
Home alone it depends what i'm doing, if i'm feeling lazy or experimental with my looks then is the time to try out new things.
Will you leave the house without makeup?
yeah, not without mascara though.
How many High-End products do you have?
I don't really use alot of high end makeup, but i use dainty doll which when i first started getting it was pretty expensive, now you can find it pretty cheap.

I do however use high end skincare products like la Roche possay mainly.

Do you plan your OOFT every night or decide when you are getting dressed?
i decide when i'm getting dressed.
How often do you change your handbag?
not alot, only if i need a bigger or smaller one for where ever i'm going.
What time do you wake up and go to sleep?
i go to sleep about 11ish(pm) and i wake up at 6:30/ 7(am)

How often or when do you do your workout?

never, i walk alot instead.
Are you left handed or right handed?
Right.
How tall are you?
5"5
Do you speak any foreign languages?
I know abit of french, but i want to learn Latin.
How many pets do you have?

I have 2 pets, both cats Mickey and Alice.

How often are you on blogger?

usually everyday / every 2 days either doing a post or reading bloggers posts.

Do you read comments on blogs?
I do on blogs i really enjoy reading.
Do you keep a list of products to try as you see other products?
nope, i just try what i want when i want.

How did you come up with your blog name?

my camera is called Lionel and i'm a girl with a camera, sorta just went together.

What kind of camera do you use for your photos?

Fuji Fine-pix S4300

How often do you clean your house?

i live with my parents so i just have to keep clean my own room and occasionally do the odd chores.

What is your favourite colour?

Green.

Do you swear?

not very often.
What are you doing with the rest of your day?

Well since I've wrote this in advance i'll be doing abit of revision, tv and bed :)

Whats your favorite colour?

Sunday, 14 April 2013

New Camera!

Hiya guys and gals of the blogosphere this is just a little post on my new camera i don't know if you noticed but alot of my post's I've used my phone to take photographs with even though i had a camera, unfortunately my camera broke and i was to busy to resolve that matter so my blog had to suffer with awful grainy pictures... until now because i have finally got a new camera, it's the same as my old one but because they couldn't repair it i have a new camera, his name is Lionel like my last one and i was sad to see him go :( R.I.P Lionel the first.
Hopefully my blog will improve alot more and look more professional, but i'm happy Amy for now :)
i'd also like to say my posts may not be up as much through the week because i have school and exam revison for my gcses comming up so expect short, snappy posts like this one :)

Saturday, 13 April 2013

Stir it up Saturday; foundations,concealers&powders.

Hiya guys and gals of the blogosphere, today's post is the first of a series of four drugstore products me and Beth from The prettiest pastel love so much or just think they need to be mentioned so starting with foundation; being super pale with ginger hair makes it difficult to find foundations that match my skin colour. Knowing this for Christmas i got Nicola Roberts dainty doll liquid foundation although at the time i wouldn't have considered this as a drugstore foundation because it cost £22 but now i do since it hasn't been selling to well you can find it on eBay or fragrance direct for a fraction of the price, i love this foundation because it matches my skin amazingly my only problem with it is that it has a sheer coverage and sometimes isn't to build able which moves me onto my second foundation that is the MUA matte perfect foundation i bought this with good expectations because i had saw it on AThirtyMrs but when i tried it it seemed to need alot of blending in to look good on my skin a\but it wasn't a bad match, so i decided to mix a pump or two of my dainty doll into it to lighten the shade but also give me some coverage, this really worked and i love them both on their own.
My third foundation is the Maybelline dream satin liquid foundation again i love this foundation but i think it needs alot of blending to match my skin colour, but i like the way it feels on my skin and has a medium coverage.My last foundation isn't a foundation it's a BB cream but i thought it would fall into this category, this doesn't give alot of coverage but surprisingly gives more than the dainty doll foundation because this has a more peachy tone, i love to use this for lazy days! Now onto concealers; i recently bought this gosh concealer for 49p and i love it, it's super handy and works on my blemishes before i use my foundation sort of like a primer but better, my only problem is it drys out my skin so i only use this on oily days, another green concealer that i love is 17 correction stick, i like this product because it's creamy and easier to blend than the gosh one, it still does dry out my skin but this is something i can use everyday even with dry skin because it's creamy. Next is L'Oreal lumi Magique i use this under my eyes when i'm needing a pick me up because this brightens like a highlighter but helps hide my sleepy eyes. i like to use this under my eyes only because it's sheer and doesn't look cakey, unlike my next all time favorite concealer collection 2000 lasting perfection, i don't even need to go into detail about this because I've talked about it before.That is it for my post on drugstore makeup, i didn't include powders because i never really use a powder and the ones i have i don't rate.

Go check out Beth's post!

Thursday, 11 April 2013

Stir it up Saturday Introduction!

Hello, this is just a quick post/ update on whats been going on with my blog, i learnt how to make my own blog header and blog button and then i fell in love with a blog The prettiest pastel this blog is run by a girl called Beth who is super lovely, i can't remember how i came across her blog but i did, i left a comment on her post and she emailed me later that day, we started talking because she wanted some help for her blog layout and header, after i made her blog header and helped her go over a few things and chatted we decided since we both love each others blog we should collaborate, which we are now in the process of doing :)
it will be a post on drugstore makeup because we're both still in high school so we don't have alot of high end makeup, it will be posted each Saturday for about 4/5 weeks, and on both blogs.
if you want anymore information, if you would like help on your blog I.e blog header or you would like to collaborate email me at Thegirlinpatternedtights@gmail.com.

Sunday, 7 April 2013

Garnier Facial toner!

Garnier facial toner! this is one of my daily essentials on most days when i decide to give my Liz Earle a break, I bought this from Sainsburys on offer as I thought i'd give it ago because i use the Garnier moisture match moisturizer and had been loving that alot so thinking Garnier where on the ball i bought this but to my disappointment it didn't do what i wanted it to do, I felt like it dried my skin to much and I just didn't see a difference in my skin when i used it. Although it doesn't appeal to my skin right now i will still use this up in the foreseeable future because it might work when the weather betters and my skins recovered from the dryness the weather has caused so i haven't completely ruled this out.

- Amy x

Friday, 5 April 2013

DIY: decorated boxes

Firstly i'd like to point out i'm not to great with arty stuff but i though these were cute! now that's been pointed out away we go with the details.

You will need:
any sized box. (mines an old jewelry box)
glitter or paint.
buttons, sequins, gems or stickers.
PVA glue.

1. take your box and remove any thing that is inside it (that holds the jewelry in place if its a box like mine)

2. cover it in glue if you are sprinkling glitter over it like mine or paint your box and wait for your paint/glitter to dry.

3. You can now add buttons,gems,stickers or sequins in any pattern or shape you'd like. (i thought the first initial of my name in buttons looked rather sweet and a few gems at the side)

4. once your box is dry you can use it for whatever you like, mine is used to store little positive notes and when i feel down i can read them :)

this wasn't supposed to be an amazing tutorial, i just thought i'd try something abit more alternative on my blog, any feedback on whether i should do more but with more detail let me know.

- Amy

Give me moisture!

Moisture heaven, this guys and gals of the blogoshere is my current favorite night cream! i love this because it has a rich thick texture but doesn't feel like your pores can't breath, it has the nicest smell and although the packaging isn't the most glamorous i still quite like it (because it's green and i love green maybe?)

This cream literally makes your skin feel renewed and freshly hydrated unlike some night creams that make your skin feel greasy and heavy. This little wonder is inexpensive and a must have to any skincare fanatic!

Superdrug Mosterizer

-Amy x

Thursday, 4 April 2013

Mini Haul!

Yesterday i ventured out to a shopping near my nans house, i went into super drug and picked up a gosh "Touch up" green concealer for 49p i don't know how much they are usually but since I've heard good things about green concealers i decided to pick one up, it has a tiny brush applicator for on the go, and the packaging's writing is reminds me of the top-shop makeup font so that's cute!

I also purchased some MUA products a MUA lipstick in the colour Juicy which i only bought because my boyfriend liked the colour and it was only a pound, it's a very coral pink colour in the tube but when i got home and i tested it out it shows up a VERY baby pink colour on the lips which i don't think suits my pale complexion * disappointed face.*

I then picked up a MUA matte perfect foundation for 2 pound because i had seen good reviews on it and it matched my skin so i decided to give it a whirl and so far so good my only problem is that it needs alot of blending to completely match my skin.

Finally i picked up to MUA nail polishes in moody mink (dark purple) and Pistachio ice cream (pastel green)

i love love loved these colours so i picked up them both, i really liked the packaging too they look like miniature Essie nail polishes they were also a pound each.

after my trip in superdrug i went into this shop called "shush" which i had been told stocked the seconds from big brand highstreet shops like topshop, republic, new look ect. so i took a look in and found some jamie skinny topshop jeans in a forest green colour i instantly fell inlove and paid the small price tag of 7 pounds instead of the usual 40 pound.

the final shop i went into was a home bargains and i picked up a humble vintage photo album for 59p this was originally bought to fill with photographs of my family like younger, sibling, cousins ect to send over to my auntie in turkey as it's her birthday soon but because it may not be finished in time i might just buy her another one and i'll keep this one because it would look lovely in my bedroom!

Mua- matte perfect foundation, nail polish, humble vintage photo album, lipstick. Gosh concealer. Top shop Jamie jeans forest green.

Mua nail polish- pistachio ice cream, moody mink, matte perfect foundation, gosh concealer

Mua- matte perfect foundation fair

Mua- Juicy

Mua-Juicy

gosh touch up concealer

humble vintage photo album

Mua-pistachio icecream

Mua- pistachio icecream (left) moody mink (right)

Mua-moody mink

- Amy x

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

The Versatile blogger award!

ooooo so i received a nomination for this fancy thing, this morning from the lovely http://sunglasses-and-daisychains.blogspot.co.uk/ ( Aka the gorgeous Lauren.)

so here are the rules, sorry lauren i was lazy and copy and pasted them.

Rules

Link to the blog of the person who nominated you.

Select fifteen new blog/bloggers you've recently discovered or follow regularly.

Nominate those bloggers for a VBA, leave a link to their page and a comment on their latest post to let them know they have been nominated.

Tell the person who nominated you 7 things about you.

7 facts about me

1. My favorite colour is green, i love anything green or flavored like a green thing if that makes sense like apples ect.

2. I adore singer song writer music like ryan o'shaugnessy, janet devlin, lewis watson and my all time love ed sheeran, i don't really have a reason besides that their music levels with everyone no matter who you are and that they all have beautiful voices.

3. I have alot of pet hates of random things such as metal table spoons, i HATE them and i don't have reason for it so yes i mainly eat things that need to be eaten with a spoon with a teaspoon, i also hate feet they creep me out they look like deformed potatoes attached to peoples legs.

4. I love oldish films like dropdeadfred and the labyrinth and i could probably recite everything from the film start to Finnish.

5. I love horlicks hot chocolate, tea,coffee and mocha's (made by my boyfriend especially)

6. I love shopping, my favorite shop is TKmaxx its always full of cool amazing things that i don't need necessarily but once I've spotted it i want and need it, i also love looking around in charity shops for little vintage things like books,plates, cups,mugs and cute plush toys anything that adds abit of old to my new.

7. I'm a major science geek, i find things really interesting like the way the world evolved, the death of stars
( i don't mean Micheal Jackson type of stars i mean literal stars in the universe.) anything bioligical or things to do with chemistry or physics i love.

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