Kawaii Box | Review & Giveaway

 Available from www.kawaiibox.com

I was recently reading Chloe's Thoughts blog when I came across a post about the Kawaii Box. Now, I love reading Chloe's blog as she writes about lifestyle (along with other things!) so it's a very refreshing read to my normal all beauty only blogs! She had mentioned that on the website, there was a tab which read 'for bloggers' and you could apply to be blogger of the month. I thought I'd check it out and apply as I loved the idea and a few days later I received an email to say I'd be accepted! As I do usually write about all things beauty, I had been recently trying to get in to writing more 'lifestyle' posts so this is the first step.

I've always known what Kawaii is but never really had anything from the culture myself. I LOVE the idea of it though and everything that goes with it. I was told my box could take up to 2 weeks to arrive but it came within about 4-5 days so it's really good! It is a monthly subscription and you pay $18.90 which is roughly £11-12. It is always free shipping, worldwide and you receive 10-12 items which vary every month!  

 

Above is what I got in my box. I love everything that I got and I really enjoyed receiving this box. Unlike most other subscription boxes, this one is very varied and you'll never know what your going to get. Along with sending me a box, Kawaii Box have also offered me the chance to give one of you guys a box too!! Simply enter below with rafflecopter to be in with a chance. Good luck!

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A huge thank you to Kawaii for sending me the November box, and for giving one of you guys the chance to win too! 

This one time..

..I was a wig model. Ha, I know. 

As some of you may already know I do social media as a job. I love what I do as it's what I'm best at and one of my 'clients' if you will are a local hair salon. I work very closely with them and thankfully he is one of the most lovely people I know! As part of the social media campaigns we will be rolling out soon, we got a very well known local photographer to come into the salon for a day and shoot all new pictures. Staff head shots, group shots, product shots, before and afters.. you name it, we did it! And then this happened.

I somehow got roped into modelling the wigs. They have a huge range of wigs available and its something we will really be pushing in the future. I actually really enjoyed it and surprisingly (jokes) was very comfortable in front of the camera. I shared a few photos on my Facebook and had so many comments about how lovely 'my new hair' looked hehehe. 

Just a short and very quick post today. If you follow me on Twitter you may have noticed I've not been very active recently. If I'm 100% honest, at the moment I'm not putting my whole heart into my blog so I'm kind of feeling a bit distant from it all. I enjoy commenting (as everyone knows!) but I feel a very strange kind of pressure I put on myself in regards to posting. So just a heads up, I'm going to be a bit here and there with my blog for the foreseeable future. SORRY. I'll shut up now.

Halloween | Cartoon Face

Halloween looks aren't really my thing. I love the idea of them, I love reading about them but when it comes to me actually doing it.. well.. that's another story. I think its because I'm not actually very skilled at doing makeup. Don't get me wrong, I love doing my makeup but I'm not actually very good at it. This look was no exception.. I really wasn't very happy with it and now looking at the pictures all I can think is what I could have done better. 

The white dots are very un-dot like and not consistent in colour. The tear drop lines are way too thick and just look rubbish. The eyebrows are not in proportion or clean cut lines. The lip line is terrible and so very messy. My list could go on and now I've told you everything wrong with it. OOPS. Anyway with time fast running out and a promised Halloween colab with the lovely India from Touchscreens & Beautyqueens I decided to go ahead and use these images anyway. 

For the base I have my usual face makeup. The MUA primer, W7 foundation and Collection sheer loose powder. Then I took a white face paint that I got from Tesco and using a cotton bud, dotted the dots all over my face. Although this is a lengthy process, it's obviously essential that you do it and take your time! I then used a black eye liner to do the brows, tear drops and lip line. I used any liner I could find but I would say to use a thin one as it looks much better! On my eyes I used a Makeup Rev pigment with the Aqua Seal to make it look even bolder and on my lips is a Makeup Rev matte lip crayon in a bright red. 

As I mentioned this is a colab with the lovely India who has created this amazing skull look. You can find her look by clicking here. Go and show her some luuuurve!! 

Makeup Revolution - Colour Chaos | Review

Makeup Revolution Colour Chaos* - £6

I'll put my hands up *lady with hands up emoji*. I have had this palette for a few months now and I've been very naughty not posting about it. Why? you ask. Well.. this is going to sound mad but the only reason I have been sitting on it is because I hated the pictures. I'm not trying to make excuses (because we all know I'm queen of excuses) but that's the gods honest truth. This post originally had about 5 images and slowly, whiles this post has been sitting in my drafts for however many months I've deleted picture by picture. I've ended up with this 1 picture that I'm still not completely happy with but after a chat with a blogging friend today she told me it was fine and to post it anyway.. and my apologies to the lovely Makeup Rev team, sorry I'm slacking.

This palette is another cracker by Makeup Rev. Although the colours might look a bit daunting, they can actually be used easily. I don't think I'll be using the bright green on a daily basis but some of the colours on this palette could come in handy if you need to make some whacky look. However there are colours in it that you could use on a daily. I love the purples and I think I will be using them at some point this Autumn. There is also a gorgeous emerald green which will be another lovely one to use.

As every Makeup Rev shadows, the colours are amazingly pigmented. Use a primer and they pop even more. Some of the colours won't be to everyones taste but for the grand old fee of just a few quid, it's 100% a palette to have in your collection as you never know when you might need it. I've played around with this palette quite a lot and it's as gorgeous as it looks, trust me. I'm going to do some looks using this very soon as I want to start doing looks again on here. What colours would you like to see used?

Are you a fan of Makeup Rev? Do you have a crazy palette?

christmas Ciaté giveaway *CLOSED*

I have been planning to do a Christmas themed giveaway for agesssss and finally I found something perfect for it! I have spent my hard earned pennies on this little advent calendar and I hope you all like it!! If I painted my nails I'd be all over this beauty! It includes 23 mini's and 1 secret full size. ENJOY! 

RULES:

• UK only sorry!! 
• I will be checking every entry and deleting any that are fake/spam
• I will also delete your entry if you (for example) follow then unfollow. I CAN SEE!! 
• I will contact the winner by email and also announce it on Twitter
• I will arrange for postage so that you get it in time 

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GOOD LUCK EVERYONE

Maybelline Color Tattoo | Review

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Permanent Taupe | Metallic Pomegranate both £4.99

These are old news, I know. But as you all well know by now I am not one to follow trends and I'll get something when I decide that I want it.. hence this post going up now. These have been so raved about in the beauty world, I'm not sure why it took me so long to purchase them but hey I've finally done it. Maybelline had a 3 for 2 on and whiles I really wanted to get something there wasn't actually anything I needed, so my best friend Amelia said 'what is one thing you've wanted to get for a while but haven't?' so I chose these. My local Boots didn't have a huge range of colours (except for bright blue and purple) so I picked up the two that looked most wearable.

I quickly posted on Twitter asking how people use these. I wasn't sure if you used a finger, a brush, if they blended well, if you could use other shadows with them etc. I got a huge response. Some people said they preferred to use fingers and some people said that they used brushes if they wanted to pack it on heavily. Firstly the Permanent Taupe colour. In the pan it looks very grey, on the eye it's a dark brown but it is very grey toned. It's a matte colour and the 'science' behind these are amazing.. I mean how can you make a CREAM eyeshadow so very pigmented and either matte or shimmery?! 

Next Metallic Pomegranate. This has been highly rated as the 'Autumn eye colour you NEED to have' and I can see why. It is a gorgeous red and the shimmer just makes it gorgeous. I haven't yet tried to use this with other colours, I've worn it on its own though and I can tell you it's lovely. They are £4.99 in Boots and Superdrug although you can find them cheaper online. If you've not already got your hands on some of these, I suggest you do so quickly. I can easily see why these are so raved about.

What do you think of these? Have you tried them? What colours do you have?