#MusicMonday: This is Halloween - Panic! At The Disco

Halloween is literally my favourite.  I like horror films and spooky things so a day a year where its fine to fully embrace that side of my personality HELL YEAH¡ I'm for that.

I've had a great halloween, where I was a ninja turtle and got a real scare when my friend turned there garden into a mummy's tomb.

Life's no fun without a good scare....

Makeup Revolution : Golden Sugar 2 Rose Gold | Review

When your on a budget its not always an option to splurge, discovering Makeup revolution has been one of the best things to happen to me, I can go on a spree and not end up pennyless.

This palette includes beautiful blushes, for anyone, whither your going subtle or what strong pigment its there. There are also gorgeous bronzers and a highlight highbred.

Its gorgeous and there is genuinely a sometime for everyone in these eight shades. and at £8 (ish) does it matter if your not a fan of every shade.

I haven't really taken the time to play with all the shades properly so I do play favourites with this palette but its brilliant and excellent value for money.

So wither your a dab hand with the make-up brush or a newbie looking for something to start with. You should give this a try.

Makeup Revolution : Golden Sugar | Review

When the price tag for a palette is £6 it’s easy to be wary about quality but that need not be the case with Makeup Revolutions Blush Palette. 8 shades and a big mirror, the packaging is clean/no fuss and the product is amazing.  

The palette is highly pigmented and though described as a blush palette contains highlighter and bronzer.  

Each shade is gorgeous. The highlighter is glowy. The two bronzers in the palette can be used for a subtle contour. And the Blush shades are diverse and can be used for however rose or subtle hint of colour you want. 

And for the price who can complain. 

[This will be the 1st of Many Make-Up Revolution Reviews]

#MusicMonday: Before October's Go - Cimorelli

Want a heartbreak song, here's a good 'un.

My life doesn't currently call for a break-up song, but I think we all have a soft spot for them, that we always take a moment to listen, or sing along in the car to them.

This is a beautiful song, with a really aesthetically pleasing music video to suit.

August / September Favourites

kikki.k Motivational quotes : these are great to pop little bits of inspiration into your day

fudge urban sea salt spray : great pump/nozzle, works well, smells like coconut (you decide if pro or con) 

 

me before you - Jojo Moyes : This book was amazing it had me gripped start to finish. It was just so layered and well written. Really enjoyed living with these characters in there world for a while.  

the theory of everything : A movie I was almost reluctant to watch has become one of my all time faves. 

L’oreal elnette : A good hairspray can save a life. Great hold, nice packaging smells good. 

eyelure eyelashes : fake eyelashes have added more to my life than I ever thought they could. 

nyx lippy : not a matte which is surprising for me but I love it all the same. Such a great colour with good pigment. 

Monthly Motivation: Don't Beat Yourself Up!

My monthly motivations tend to come from a specific lesson I thought I had learned in a month. One that prominently stuck out. Which makes this hard advice to dole out considering I spent most of September beating myself up over mistakes I had made. As though they made me less of a person.

Three major things happened in September that I really struggled with the aftermath of. It wasn't my actions that changed me but how I treated myself in the days and weeks after.

What was worse that all three actions happened quite early in the month and close together. I had barely dealt with one before I had to deal with the next and that subsequently made it all a lot harder to process.

I fucked up and I wasn't used to fucking up on such a monumental scale and to be honest I wasn't equipped to cope with what it felt like.

I was really hard on myself it stopped me enjoying little moments in life. I was to busy punishing myself and as a result people noticed. I had a chat with a few of them which resulted in the same end to the conversation. That a mistake is only bad if you don't learn from it.

If I were to do it again then it would be bad, I wouldn't have learned. I had to stop beating myself up over these instances, everything was fixable and I was fine. And truthfully I would like to say it was that easy and I had a more c'est la vie look on what happened. But I still struggle. Not to the extent that I was but its an ongoing battle.

But I have realised that talking to people helps lighten the burden and get a different perspective on the situation does help a lot.  And to not be as quick to judge yourself. Your doing your best don't be so hard on yourself. Even if it feels like the end of the world its defiantly not.

#MusicMonday: Never Come Back Again - Austin Plaine

I love when a song isn't just a song (ya know, easy to sing along to, enjoyable to hear) but speaks to you lyrically. Like someone wrote the song especially for/about you.

This was the case with Austin Plaine's Never Come Back Again, and I know for most people with a severe case of Wanderlust will have the same feeling when they hear the lyrics, that is is them.

The want to experience the different paths life has to offer and to "never come back again" is one that will resonate in a lot of folk.

And this song is just plain beautiful so I suggest you all go give it a listen.

#MusicMonday Let Me Fall - Bethany Joy Lenz

October has been around for a little over a week and I haven't really had time to sit down and dedicate any time to the blog, so I really meant to make this last weeks #MusicMonday but ran out of time. Something I run out of all to easily these days.

Bethany Joy Lenz has never realised a studio version of Let Me Fall, it was aired in an episode of One Tree Hill way back in the day and the only audio copies you will be able to find have characters voices over it or is broken up as someone has obviously tried to remove the character audio.

Idina Menzel covered the song as a bonus tack on a special edition release of her 2008 album "I Stand" a more pop(pier) version of the song, but holds it own all the same.

The Song always pops into my mind this time of year because of the opening lyrics "It's October again the leaves are coming down, one more years come and gone and nothings changed at all" and each year this song seems to resonate at some level.

So I took to a favourite little Autumnal spot and caught some footage and then covered the song myself this year. I'm not a good singer by any means, but I love the song.