HELLO IM BACK

Hello everyone,

I know i haven't posted in forever but it got really close to the end of the university year and everything got a little bit hectic, with the end of year show and handing in work for the exhibition in London that my class is doing EEEP. Non the less in back for the summer woop woop. As i will have quite a bit of time on my hands over the next few months i figured this was the perfect time to start working on my blog again and make it a really nice little place for everyone to visit. I am notoriously bad at not sticking to things like this, but i'm going to try my very hardest to post at least once a week hopefully more (fingers crossed!) I have a lot of post plans and ideas in my head so hopefully soon they will be made and ill be back in full blogger mode. So for now this is just a little hello and welcome back to 'lovely little life.'

Also i got a haircut :) 

 Sorry about the little break thanks for reading,
Mel xx

10 Followers!

Okay so i know its not many but i'm still writing this super quick post because iv'e reached my first 10 followers and thats pretty cool. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that has read and followed my blog so far, i am so thankful. I am back to being quite busy at university but i still have some lovely things in line for this blog that i hope to have up sometime in the near future! p.s i made a little thank you thing :)

Is there anything that anyone would like to see me do on this blog? just let me know

 thanks a lot

Mel xx

review no7 Instant Radiance foundation

I know, I know I already have two reviews up on this blog already, and here is another one for you to feast your eyes upon. Fear not i have a few different posts planned to be up soon for a bit of a change. But for now i am going to write a bit about my all time favourite foundation the no7 Instant Radiance foundation. Now i have an essay that i'm putting off so this could be a long one, i'd go and grab a cuppa :)

the foundation in the nice mirrored box that it comes in. 

I bought this foundation about a year ago in boots, i got it on an absolute whim because i had a christmas voucher to use up. I had never tried out any from the no7 range before but as boots had just got the new foundation skin match machine i wanted to give it a try. Who wouldn't want to try a magic device that tells you your perfect skin shade! so anyways the lady that used the machine on my face asked what id like to get out of a foundation and because of my usually dry, flakey skin i asked if they had a moisture filled foundation. She also asked about the coverage, because i sometimes suffer with acne i asked for a medium to high coverage. She recommended the Instant radiance foundation. i trusted her opinion and thought id give it a try, i'm SOOO glad that i did.

the actual bottle of foundation

anyways i thought it was time for a review as i have just re bought it after running out. Even though i got the skin colour match test i was still super skeptical about it actually matching my incredibly pale skin but it does indeed match perfectly. Yey its so hard to find a matching colour for my skin, Im sure all pale skinned girls have the same problem (I use the shade Calico.) In the packaging and when you first pump it out the foundation actually looks really dark this is due to the grey ashy undertones which is strange for a foundation as they usually only have pink or yellow undertones. I feel that the ashy grey undertone mimics my skin tone the best although it looked quite frightening to begin with. I went ahead and tried it on my face when i got home and it matched so well you couldn't tell i was wearing anything! it still had all of the coverage that i was promised though. I was so impressed.

from left to right: Rimmel Match Perfection in 010 light porcelain (pinky undertone), Bourjois Paris healthy mix in 51 (yellowey undertone), No7 instant radiance in calico (ashy undertone)

Its the only foundation that i have ever tried that doesn't turn my skin into a dry cracked horrible mess by the end of the day (and believe me i have tried a fair few foundations in the past.) If you also have this problem i highly recommend this foundation to you. If you like a dewey finish then you will not be disappointed, it also comes in 12 shades so theres a shade for almost every skin tone. It's also Hypo-allergenic so you don't have to worry about your skin being too sensitive for it. 

im terrible at remembering to take before and after pictures so here us my silly face with the foundation on :)
(i haven't edited it or added any filters btw)

Now moving on to the things i would change about it if i could.. It is quite pricy for the amount of product that you get at £12.50 for only 30 ml :( for me living on a student budget that is a bit too much for me to pay. I usually wait and save up my boots points or ask for boots vouchers for christmas, then i try to use it sparingly. The only other thing that i would change about it is how much the pump pumps out at a time, for me it lets too little out at a time resulting in me having to use two and a half to three pumps!

Thanks for reading i hoped that helped if you are on a hunt for a new foundation :) 

Mel x

Current Barry M favourites

i received a lot of Barry M nail varnishes for christmas which i was very pleased about as nail varnishes are always a winner with me. i managed to decide on 3 favourites and thought i'd make a blog post about them.

1. Barry M Matte- Espresso 347: I've been loving this nail polish a lot at the moment. It's a black colour from the new range of matte nail varnishes that barry m have recently brought out. I was looking for a matte nail varnish for ages so i was so pleased when my best friend Candice bought me one for christmas. I was slightly skeptical the first time that i tried it and i thought that it might leave a horrible chalk board sort of texture on my nails. Thank god it didn't, the feel that it has is actually smooth and rather pleasant. I would definitely recommend this if you are on the hunt for a good matte nail varnish as i love it and is a really good price usually selling at £3.99

2. Superdrug Limited Edition-E348: I decided to include this glitter polish as i am partial to a bit of glitter every now and again. Unfortunately it was a limited edition for christmas at Superdrug but i'm sure there will be some good dupes out there. Barry M pink silver glitter or Models own Northern Lights-Wonderland should give a pretty similar look. I love the pretty pink sparkle it gives and the sheer pink undertone that it has. It is the perfect combination of glitter and subtlety, my mum even loved it and borrowed some to wear for the festive season and she's not usually the nail varnish type. I think this nail varnish looks great on its own but for an extra bit of snazz it looks fantastic over a contrasting colour. Im not sure how much this was as it was a christmas gift from my boyfriend, but you can pick up normal Barry M glitter polishes for a right bargin at just £2.99 

3. Blue Moon-317/333: I chose this nail varnish to be in my favourites as i absolutely love this colour i like it so much that my bedside cabinets are the same shade of blue. This pale pastel blue is so pretty and girly it really is the perfect colour, its not to pale and not too bright. The photo that i took doesn't really give it justice but believe me its really nice. When i first looked at it in the bottle i thought it had a darker blue sheen but when i put it on i realised that it doesn't but i don't mind that, i like it how it is. This was also a gift from my boyfriend but after some research iv'e found that it costs around only £2.99.  i think this will be my staple nail colour this year!

I hope you liked my current Barry M faves and hope this has inspired you to try out some new colours. what are your current nail varnish faves? im always on the look out for new colours to try, id love to know in the comments

Thanks for reading :)

 Mel x

Hello, nice to meet you!

Hello, its nice to meet you.

Let me introduce myself. I'm Mel (here is a picture of me with an owl hat on) 

I’ve never really been too good at writing about myself but ill give it a shot and hopefully it'll work out. I’m 19, from the North East and an illustration student, so basically I draw pictures a lot! I like owls (I have 3 owl hats) I love lots of different music styles, i like animals, Children's story books and basically anything cute. People often say that I’m a lot like jess from new girl. I'm okay with that because i think she's pretty cool. If you have no clue who I’m referring to then you may have been living under a rock for a while, but you should watch it and you'll soon understand.

Anyways I decided to make a blog this year because i began a blog for university and I’m really enjoying it. I thought it would be fun to create a blog featuring my own interests. My hope for this blog (fingers crossed) is that I will be able to successfully combine my love for drawing, makeup, my slightly weird fashion sense if that’s what you'd call it and the odd lifestyle post thrown into the mix. I have no clue if this will work but hopefully it will and hopefully people will like it

soo... Thank you for listening to me blab on about my self i hope you will join me on my blogging adventure :) 

P.s if you have any products or anything you'd like me to review just comment down below thank you!