The Christmas Tag

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Hey Guys, 

I've seen this tag floating around since last year when I totally mean to do it, but didn't. So I thought I would give it a go this year.  

1.Whats Your Favorite Holiday Movie? 

My favourite holiday films ( because I can't narrow it down) are Miracle on 34th Street and Santa Clause The Movie 

2. Whats Your Favorite Christmas Color? 

I really like deep emerald green around Christmas team, especially now with my red hair. 

3. Do You Like To Stay in Your PJs Or Dress Up For Christmas?

I would LOVE to stay in my PJ's all day but I do the rounds on xmas day because my parents are split up and I go to Stu's house so I have to get dressed.

4. If You Could Only Buy One Person a Present This Year Who Would It Be?

Probably my mam, she really deserves it :) and both my brothers are younger so nobody else really buys her presents.

5. Do You Open Your Present Christmas Eve Or Christmas Morning?

Christmas morning!! 

6. Have You Ever Built a Ginger Bread House?

I honestly wouldn't know where to start, so no!

7. What Do You Like To Do On Your Christmas Break?

I work in retail! There is no such thing as I Christmas break! 

8. Any Christmas Wishes?

Probably just that everyone is happy! Oh and that they hurry up building my house.

9. Favorite Christmas Smell?

I really don't like christmas smells, I dont like spicy cinnamon smells. So I don't really know what my favourite smell would be, probably the smell of real Christmas trees.

10. Favorite Christmas Meal Or Treat? 

Without a doubt, Pigs in Blankets! Though to be fair I do eat them all year round but they taste that bit nicer on Christmas day.

Let me know your version of this tag :) 

Speak Soon 

Jessica 

Blogmas Day One

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Hey Guys, 

Welcome to day one of Blogmas (hopefully)

I'm not making any promises that I will finish this but I really am going to try my best. :) 

If any of you are doing blogmas, please leave your links below so I can keep updated! 

Speak Soon 

Jessica 

Quick Five Product Face

Hey Guys, 

As mentioned in my catch up post I feel like I've never stopped recently and because of this I have been favoring a quick makeup look in the morning using a minimal amount of makeup and I thought I would share that with you. 

So for base I have been applying the Nars Sheer Glow foundation, which I have been loving. This is really handy on a morning because I find this really easy to work with and blend which means it takes me hardly any time to apply a full base. 
Then I've been using the Bourjois healthy mix concealer under my eyes to hide those dark circles. Again, I really like this, it is quite thick and can stick to your dry patches but I really like this and it is easy to blend in just with my fingers for quickness. Then I've been loving using this Urban Decay flushed pallet as it has everything I need in one place. Rather than use each product in there individually I've been sweeping my brush along all three to give just a flush of warmth to my cheeks. 
For my eyes, when I'm in a rush, I just use mascara. Lately I've fallen back into using the Benefit Roller lash as this gives really great length and curls making your eyes look more awake than I actually feel. 
Finally for the lips I've been using this benefit gloss that I got in last years advent calendar. I'm sorry but it doesn't have a name but it's a really natural pink shade that just gives that extra flush of colour. 

So there you have it my quick five product face. Let me know what you always grab when your in a rush and if you know any multi use products? 

Speak Soon 

Jessica 

Body Shop Instablur

Body shop instablur 

Hey guys, 

Today I'm back with my thoughts on the Body Shop InstaBlur primer! I actually picked this up a while ago but I've only got round to using it! 

I must admit I don't normally like primers especially silicone ones, I really didn't like the maybelline baby skin one, I just don't like the texture on my face. 

This is a little bit like that but better. It's a similar sort of idea that it blends over your pores and reduces them while being a primer as well. The consistency isn't as thick so it smooths over the face and doesn't leave it feeling heavy or sticky and I do notice that my pores around my nose appear smaller. Its actually a really good primer as well, when I wear it I do notice that my base lasts longer without needing a top up.

I would recommend it to people if you like the maybelline one but found it to heavy, you'll definitely prefer this one! 

Let me know if you've tried this one and what you think of it. 

Speak soon 

Jess 

Remeber me?

 

Random photo of my new car *heart eye emoji*

 

Hey Guys,

 

Looong time no speak, far to long. As you have probably noticed I haven't shown my face around here for quite some time. Now I'm not going to try and give you a load of bulls**t excuses about where I've been and why I haven't blogged, because frankly I don't have any.

 

Honestly life got in the way, as I mentioned I'm now a manager at my store and that means I work full time. Which is great but it also means that my days off are much more special to me so I always try and do something with them rather than sitting at the laptop.

 

Recently though I have been talking to my cousin, who has started her own blog recently, and I realised I missed blogging. I missed being part of the community and I missed having somewhere to express how much I have loved a lipstick or found a really great cleanser.

 

So I'm going to try again. I've got a couple of posts already wrote up ready to go and I'm writing some more as I type this. I'm going to try and post two days a week, I know one of those days will be a Sunday but I'm not sure of the other day yet,let me know which day you would like?

 

I'm also going to be trying out some different types of posts, maybe more lifestyle, home wear and fashion type posts, we'll see.

So there's my reintroduction post, thank you for sticking around this long and I hope you'll continue to stick with me.

Speak Soon

Jessica

 

 

Tarte Amazonian Clay BB Tinted Moisturizer

Hey Guys, 

So I'm back today to share my thoughts on the Tarte Amazonian clay tinted moisturizer, boy that's a mouthful! 

I picked this up in New York from Sephora, like I said in my Sephora Haul post, I went in looking for the amazonian clay foundation but once I got there and tried that out I found it far to thick and full coverage for my liking. I still wanted to get something from Tarte because they are so hard to get a hold of in the UK and I really wanted to try a foundation. I tried a couple out but, again, they were to full coverage until I tried the Tinted Moisturizer. 

Compared to any other tinted moisturizer I've tried the coverage is very full and I would definitely class it as a regular foundation with a lighter coverage.I picked mine up in the shade medium, which is maybe a touch dark, but only a touch. 

I wore this for work and found that it did last all day without needing much of a touch up, but I also found it a little drying and I have normal skin so I wouldn't recommend it for people with dry skin because I can imagine this clinging to dry patches. Another thing to note as well is that it STINKS like really strong, It doesn't smell off or anything but I found it very heavily scented so if you have sensitive skin I would recommend trying to get a sample or trying it in the store before you drop your money on this because it might not be any good for you. 

All in all I don't think I would purchase this again but I would like to try more from Tarte. 

Let me know if you've tried this or any other products from Tarte that you recommend.

Speak Soon
Jessica   

Review: Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer

Hey Guys,

I'm back today to share my thoughts on the Nars Creamy Concealer. 

This was another duty free purchase that I had my eye on for some time and I had read some really good reviews on. 

I have been trying this out for about a month and half and I have to say I am really enjoying using it. I use it to conceal and brighten my under eyes, I don't really get spots or blemishes very often so I can't really comment on how well it covers those, but because I bought a lighter shade I probably wouldn't be able to use it for that anyway.There is quite a good shade range with ten to chose from and I picked mine up in the shade Vanilla.  

It's a medium to full coverage concealer.I really like the consistency of this, as the name suggests, its creamy and really easy to blend and isn't cakey at all. I find it to last all day, on particularly hot days sometimes I think I need like an afternoon touch up, but I think that is more me being paranoid than anything else. 

Like I said I have really enjoyed this, would  I repurchase, possibly not. But that's only because from what I've read online that Maybelline do a couple of quite good dupes for it so Id like to try those out before repurchasing. 

Let me know if you've tried this one, or if you've tried any similar highstreet versions.

Speak Soon 

Jessica