Day 13 - 50 Facts About Me Tag

Here are 50 facts you probably don't know about me.

1. My favourite colour is orange, note the orange top and orange lipstick in the photo of me. I also quite like yellow.

2. I was born in this house.

3. I am so painfully shy and socially awkward, I give the impression that I hate people.

4. I am addicted to YouTube, I watch at least an hour worth of videos, generally a lot more.

5. I have only had one boyfriend, we have been together 7 years and 6 months.

6. I have never had a proper full time job.

7. I have two accents, one for my family and one for the rest of the country.

8. My middle name is Elizabeth.

9. I don't drive, not because I'm scared of driving, I've just never felt the need to learn.

10. I have only lived in three different cities.

11. I have one brother and one sister.

12. I have never been to a wedding.

13. I have not played a team sport since primary school.

14. I have no tattoos.

15. I have had three cats, but I only have one at the moment. This is Tilly.

16. I am the middle child.

17. I run my own business.

18. I haven't cut my hair in over a year.

19. I have three piercings in my left ear and two in my right.

20. I hate waxing my own legs.

21. I always seem to end up liking most of Miley Cyrus's songs. I am currently always listening to Adore You.

22. I had a curry for lunch today. I go to this restaurant at least once a week.

23. I have never had my own passport.

24. I have my nose pierced.

25. I have studied at the University of Otago, Otago Polytechnic and Wintec.

26. I worked at Mc Donalds for one year, it was delicious.

27. I love Dr Pepper.

28. I hate washing my hair.

29. I have very blonde eyebrows and eyelashes.

30. I had braces. Check out the before and afters.

31. I have my belly button pierced.

32. I worked at New World for about two years.

33. I met my boyfriend working at New World.

34. I like playing Rock Band.

35. I lack motivation and I am a master procrastinator.

36. I have never bought a new phone.

37. I love Walkers Cheese and Onion Crisps.

38. My favourite food is mashed potato and gravy.

39. I haven't left the country since I was 13.

40. I am terrible at making decisions.

41. I don't drink coffee.

42. My eyes are blue.

43. I didn't get my first pet until I was 18, not counting goldfish.

44. I used to be terrible at painting nails.

45. I was born in 1990.

46. I have both regular brown freckles as well as white freckles.

47. I love looking at old photos.

48. I am scared of dogs.

49. I am a Libra.

50. I always break technology.

That was so difficult. I started struggling to think of things at 10. Hope this was interesting.

February Fun! Day One

Who thinks I can do one blog post every day for the month of February? Not me, but I'm going to give it a go. I mean February has the least number of days, so if I'm going to do any month it may as well be February.

Now I am not promising 28 extremely detailed posts but I will try to post something everyday. This is going to be difficult because there are a few days that I will be away from home and a computer. Hopefully I can schedule some posts for those days, otherwise there may be a few little posts from my phone or tablet.

Wish me luck, and if anyone out there wants to join me in this attempt feel free to link to your blog in the comments section.

Whatever Wednesday: 40 Beauty Questions Tag

Here is a video of me doing answering the 40 beauty questions. This is a little bit of a slack post but I can never decide what to post about on Wednesdays. Hopefully I will find more inspiration next week.

Whatever Wednesday: 12 Personal Questions

1. What do you order at Starbucks?

I don't go very often but when I do, I love the white chocolate or caramel frappuccino. I get the one with no coffee and whipped cream on top. I hate coffee and I don't really like hot drinks.

2. What's one thing in your closet that you cannot live without?

Cardigans, I dislike my upper arms, so I love that cardigans cover me up, and if its a dressy cardigan then that's extra good.

3. What's one thing that most people probably wouldn't know about you?

I have quite a weird personality. I am painfully shy, so I appear quiet and anti social to most people. But around my boyfriend and family I am as loud and weird as possible.

4. Name one thing you want to do before you die?

Number one thing is to have children.

5. What's one food you cannot live without?

Potatoes. I like them fried, baked, boiled but most of all MASHED!!!

6. What quote/phrase do you live your life by?

Everything's going to be okay. I tend to worry and stress quite a lot, so I like to take a second, breathe and tell myself everything is going to be okay. Then I come up for a solution to the worst case scenario. For example if I end up with no money, its okay, I have family to stay with. This doesn't always help me but I try. Also, if you don't have anything nice to stay don't say anything at all.

7. What's your number one most listened to song on iTunes?

I don't have iTunes on the computer I'm using at the moment, but I'm guessing something from Elton John or maybe Six60.

8. What kind of style would you define yourself as having?

I don't really have any style. Maybe casual or girly?

9. What's your favourite number?

If I have to pick one, it would be 14 because it's my birthday but all the numbers are great.

10. Name two hobbies?

I love watching YouTube videos, I can spend hours browsing videos. My other hobby is my job, I love doing manicures and beauty treatments to make people feel better about themselves.

11. Name two pet peeves?

Snoring when I am trying to sleep. If it was a constant noise it would be fine, but the loud then the quiet of snoring frustrates me. but then also when the snoring stops I think the snorer has died. Pet peeve number two would be people that hide behind the internet, if you wouldn't say it to someone's face, don't say it over the internet.

12. What is your guilty pleasure?

I have no pleasures that I feel guilty about, although I am kind of addicted to Dr Pepper and the caffeine keeps me up all night because I am caffeine sensitive.

No Mirror Make Up

Before and After - No Mirror Make Up

I missed my Manicure Monday this week so I thought I'd do something fun for Whatever Wednesday. I have attempted the no mirror makeup challenge and I filmed the process so you can see that I didn't cheat.

Other than almost poking my eye out, the finished look was nowhere near as bad as I was expecting.

Close Up

I wanted to do a full make up look to really test my blind make up application. I am wearing foundation, concealer, eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, brow powder and mascara, blush, contour, setting powder and a red lip.

I could have done with a little more coverage over the blemishes on my chin and my eyeliner didn't really line my eye but I think it could be fixed up to be a passable makeup look. Especially if you squint and don't get too close.

This was really fun to do, it was quite exciting not knowing how it would turn out. You should give it a go.

Tag: Would You Rather Beauty Edition

I've seen this tag floating around the internet, so I thought I would give it a go.

If you haven't done it yet give it a try.

1. Would you rather lose all of your mascaras, eyeliners, lipsticks, and lipglosses or lose all of your palettes and eyeshadows?
Most definitely palettes and eyeshadows. There is nothing wrong with a basic eye and bright lip. And you can always use liners as cream shadows.
2. Would you rather chop off all your hair or never be able to cut it again?
This is an easy one for me, I only cut my hair once every 6 to 12 months so I am no stranger to dry, split ends. I would never cut my hair again.
3. Would you rather have a coral cheek or a pink cheek?
I think Coral because it goes with more things but I wear both.
4. If you had $1000 to spend, would you rather buy clothes or makeup?
If I had $1000 I would spend it on a mixture of both among other things, but choosing just one it would be makeup. Even though I don't need another $1000 worth of makeup and I really could do with new clothes.
5. Would you rather apply lipstick as eyeliner, or eyeliner as lipstick?
Eyeliner as lipstick because there is no way lipstick would stay on my eye and eyeliners come in so many colours i'm sure i'd be able to find one that would suit as a lipstick.
6. Would you rather only shop at MAC or Sephora?
I have never shopped at either and have never owned any MAC products. I'm not exactly sure what Sephora is but I think they sell more brands, so I'm choosing Sephora so I have more options.
7. Would you rather only use one eyeshadow color or one lip color for the rest of your life?
One lip colour. A pinky, nude lip goes with everything.
8. Would you rather wear winter clothes in summer or summer clothes in winter?
I'm going with summer clothes in winter, because I live in New Zealand, specifically Hamilton where it never snows, so I'm not going to get hypothermia in my shorts and t shirt. But I would overheat wearing jeans and a jumper in the summer. Plus I can always layer my summer clothes if it gets really cold.
9. Would you rather have dark nails or bright nails all year round?
Always going to be bright.
10. Would you rather give up your favorite lip product or your favorite eye product?
Lip product. I quite like my lips so I wouldn't mine just putting on a balm but I feel my eyes need more products to make them pop.
11. Would you rather only be able to wear your hair in a ponytail or a messy bun?
Now this depends, if doing a messy bun is second nature to me then I would choose the bun because I think it looks more done but purely because I suck at hair, I have to choose a ponytail because it's what I do most days and its easy.
12. Would your rather never be able to paint your nails again or never use lipgloss?
If you know me then you know that I love nail polish. Between my nails and lipgloss its obviously nails. 
13. Would you rather shave your eyebrows and have none at all or sharpie them in everyday?
I have to say sharpie them in. Although a black sharpie would look stupid with my pale skin and light hair, perhaps I could dye my hair dark or find a lighter sharpie? Also using the sharpie everyday you would pick up tricks to make them look more natural. Maybe if you have a really fine sharpie, you could draw them inn hair by hair.
14. Would you rather live without makeup or nail polish?
This is the hardest one for me because I loooooove nail polish. If I'm allowed to tint my brows and lashes, I could give up the make up. I would have to give up the makeup because I cannot give up nail polish although it would suck for special occasions.

Get to Know Me Tag

I saw this on Le Beauty Girl Blog and thought I'd give it a go.

1. Are you named after anyone?
Not really, my Aunty happens to have the same name as me but my parents just liked the name.
2. When was the last time you cried?
Last week. I always cry watching medical emergency shows, and especially One Born Every Minute.
3. Do you have any kids?
Not yet.
4. If you were another person, would you be a friend of yourself?
I don't think I would, none of my friends are like me.
5. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
I think I do but only when I think someone has asked a silly question. I.e. Did you cut your hair?
No, it just grew shorter and got a fringe by itself.
6. Will you ever bungee jump?
I'd like to think I would but I can't see myself doing it any time soon. Maybe to celebrate my 50th birthday.
7. What's your favourite cereal?
I very rarely eat breakfast, I'm not a morning person. If I had to pick one it would be porridge because it can taste different with toppings.
8. What's the first thing you notice about people?
This is a hard one maybe their eyes or smile.
9. What is your eye colour?
Blue/grey.
10. Scary movie or happy endings?
Definitely scary movies. Happy endings are generally the same.
11. Favourite smells?
I love vanilla, petrol, cat food, and cooking onions.
12. Summer or winter?
When it's summer I wish it was winter and vice versa. I much prefer the in between seasons. I burn too easily in the summer and the winter is too cold because I walk everywhere I go.
13. Computer or Television?
Computer. Anything that is on T.V. can be seen on the internet.
14. What's the furthest you have ever been from home?
Well I was born in England and I now live in New Zealand so either or.
15. Do you have any special talents?
Not really, I can push my belly out to look pregnant and move my ears but nothing special.
16. Where were you born?
Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.
17. What are your hobbies?
I love playing with make up and nail polish. I am addicted to watching YouTube videos.
18. Do you have any pets?
Yes I have an awesome cat named Tilly, she is 1 and a half years old and ginger. I had two other cats but the ran away :(
19. Favourite movie?
I don't have an all time favourite movie but I loved The Avengers. I also love The Lion King and Monsters Inc.
20. Do you have any siblings? 
Yes I have an older sister and a younger brother.
21. What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to run my own business from home and have tonnes of children.

There's a little bit of information about me.
Try the tag for yourself.

10 Products I would repurchase - September 2012

I wanted to take a break from reviewing products and thought I would do a fun post. Here are 10 products that I would repurchase if my make-up bag was stolen or destroyed. In no particular order.

1. Revlon Colorstay Foundation for combination/oily skin. My favourite foundation ever, lasts on my skin wonderfully so I don't need to use a primer and I could probably get away without a powder if I needed to.

2. Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder. Keeps my skin matte all day, great for when i'm not wearing foundation but don't want to look like a greaseball.

3. Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner in the colour blackest black. Allows me to create a finished eye look with out eyeshadow.

4. Rimmel Glam Eyes Mono Eyeshadow in the colour Dusk. I use this as a brow powder, a contour and obviously sometimes as an eyeshadow. A multi use product that definitely deserves a place in this list.

5. Rimmel Sexy Curves Full Body Mascara. Great mascara, gives volume and length. Can get flaky towards the end of the day.

6. Wendy Hill Blusher Duo in Riviera. The blush is great for everyday and the bronzer allows you to warm up your skin when you need to.

7. Wendy Hill Lipstick in Au Natural. A great nude lipstick to give your makeup a finished look.

8. Rimmel Fix and Perfect Primer. Brilliant cheap primer. Reduces appearance of pores, make up last longer and makes skin feel silky. Also evens out skintone.

9. Designer Brands Lip gloss. They add a nice gloss to the lip without being too sticky and leave the lips feeling soft not dry.

10. Rimmel Stay Matte Concealer Stick. Good coverage but catches on dry skin. Great for redness if your skin is in good condition.

Those are my 10 products, some i would repurchase over others but I had to pick 10. Any questions about any of the products mentioned just leave a comment.