End of blogust!!

I have had an amazing time blogging every day in august and I really hope anyone who read along did too. Blogging every day has turned my little blog around and now there is more then 400 of you reading it, I would  like to say a big thank you to everyone who has commented and liked over the month! Of course im not going to stop blogging and I have so much more planned and scheduled coming up over the next couple of weeks so don't be going anywhere!

Im not going to lie this month has been stressful, trying to blog on holiday is not a good idea, especially when my laptop had a unexpected turn for the worst half way through. However (minus a few blimps) I managed to get most posts up and ready for you on time.

Make sure to check out all the links in the side bar if you haven't already!

Thank you again for following, I am very grateful!

xx

Whats in my Travel bag

So  right now I am away in Rotterdam having a little summer break. So as a part of Blogust I thought I would share what's in my travel make-up bag! Unlike most other trips I go on I thought I would travel light for this one as we are mainly sight seeing and shopping  for a couple of days so there's no need to pack my whole collection! I also thought it would be a challenge for myself just finding the products I really love to be able to use for 4 days straight. Also ALL of the products are very dirty so sorry!

Products

Foundation - Revlon Colourstay 

Powder - Rimmel stay matte

Bronzer - Bourois poudre bronzante 

Blush - Benefit Rockateur and Topshop Blush

Benefit minutures - lollitint, high beam and cha cha tint

(some of the brushes) - Real techniques contour, buffing and blush brush

Mascara - Loreal Voluminous and lancome hypnose doll eyes
Models own Hi Definer Pro eyeliner
Topshop Crayon - Ramble
Soap and Glory Smoulder Kohl waterproof eyeliner
Lancome 01 Noir

Eye-shadow pallate - Storm (very dirty)

Eyeshadow trio - Topshop Atmosphere
Stilla smudge pot (blogpost here)
Models own powder Eye-shadow Mocha 

Revlon lip butter - 005 

MAC - Sheen Supreme - supreme style 

Rimmel apocalips - 101
Revlon just bitten kissable - 005 Crush Belgium  

Thanks for reading! Im blogging everyday in August, read the first post here!

xx

My favourite blogs

Doing Blogust ( The first post here) I thought it would be the perfect time to share some blogs that ive been loving recently. All of them are hard working amazing bloggers and I love reading all of their posts so make sure you go across to their blogs if you have not already!  

Emma (@EmmaBartley24)  - http://everyonewantstosmile.blogspot.co.uk/

Alexandra (@EfflorescDream) - http://efflorescentdream.blogspot.co.uk/

Lucy (@lulabelloves )- http://www.lulabelloves.com/

Sophie ( @Pretty_Polishd ) -  http://www.prettyandpolished.co.uk/


Kitty (@kittyheartsblog ) - http://www.kittyhearts.blogspot.co.uk/


Grace (@missgraceyx)- http://lovejunkiibeautique.blogspot.co.uk/

So I thought I would share the love! Whats some blogs your loving or what's your blog URL so I can have a good look round your blog!

Thanks for reading! I'm blogging everyday in August, read the first post here,

xx

Having dyslexia

It didn't come as much of a surprise to my family, friends or my self when my college finally discovered I was dyslexic.My spellings, which I am sure there is multiple mistakes on here, are pretty bad along with my grammar. I also have a very bad memory and find it extremely hard to read unfamiliar words. So today I thought it was time for a non beauty type post but instead talk about my experiences with dyslexia. As I turned to reading a lot of these types of post before I was diagnosed.

My diagnosis was very late compared to most. For example one of my friends was diagnosed in year 4 whereas myself in year 12. At school I hated subjects like English and use to freak out when having to read out loud. Once I was doing a drama exam in which one of your drama lessons is recorded to be sent off to the examiner.  We went round in a circle reading out a paragraph each of a case study so I did what I always did, count how many people were before me found my chapters then re read it lots of times before it was my turn in order to not mess it up. However the boy before me was asked to read my paragraph as well. I lost it and could not read the simplest words such as 'mother' I looked up after 5 minutes of trying to read a 3 line paragraph and could feel my whole class looking at me like 'what the hell'. Of course that's not the only story if you are like me you will realise that this happens on a pretty much daily basis.

A lot of people suffer with dyslexia however most goes undiagnosed. When stalking through you lovely followers on bloglovin, I am aware most people reading my blog are still at school. If I have one tip to people who think they are dyslexic, have a test. I found out in the first couple of weeks at College and I am so thankful I got the test. Without it I would not of got extra time and a separate room to do my exams in which comes in very helpful.

There is a lot I could talk about regarding dyslexia, whether telling you all that being dyslexic does not make you stupid and such like however it is a very wide topic. Therefore I feel like a dyslexia Q&A would be easier, I am going to tweet and I want you to leave me any questions, whether on this or by email, which I will answer in a separate post.

In the mean time if you are in need for some extra advice, Have a look round these sites:

http://www.beatingdyslexia.com

http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/

Thanks for reading! I'm blogging everyday in August, read the first post here!

xx

Makeup on a budget tips

Today I thought I would go through some of the things I do when im on a really strict budget but still want to pick up some new make-up bits and bobs. I do have a job but lets be honest when doing A levels, I don't have a lot of time to do lots of shifts. So lets go!

1) Work out how much you can spend a week or month.This way you can see how much you have to spend and don't even have to spend it if you don't want to.

2) Read lots of reviews before you buy anything. Therefore you are less likely to avoid disappointment and so don't waste money repurchasing a different product.

3) Research brands to make sure they decent and will last you.

4) Make sure you get the basics if you are just starting your makeup collection. Try and get a good bronzer, blusher ect then you can build your collection up from there.

5)  Makeup saving tips such as if you run out of eye-liner use an eye-liner brush dipped into your favourite long lasting  mascara are always good to know. Also not using foundation sponges as they absorb your foundation meaning you use more wasting the product.

6) More expensive brands don't always mean they have best quality. You have to try and shop around the cheaper brands to try and get a good idea for which brands work just as well at a cheaper price

7)  I have a post coming very shortly about finding high end and high street in shops such a poundland. Therefore I will link the post when it is up here! 

8) My best tip? Any store you are in that has a loyalty card you might as well get one, especially if you shop in there a lot! The amount of boots advantage card points I have could be seen as a little sad. There is no point in missing out of freebies and such like.

Have you got any great tips for being on a budget? I'm blogging everyday in August read the first post here!

Thanks for reading

xx

BLOGUST! - (Im blogging at least once every day in august)

So im taking the plunge and ive decided to do something im calling Blogust, im blogging at least once every day! Ive been planning this since I started my blog, knowing that August would be the perfect time to do it before College starts. I've got lots of ideas, lots of blog posts already written up and scheduled and also a lot of stuff is happening in August so I thought it would be a challenge and fun to do!

There's going to be a wide range going up on my blog from blog event posts , reviews, tags, day out/holiday posts and a large handful of advice posts. As you may of also seen on my blog I am also doing blogger interviews. These will still go up but will not class as the post for that day! Meaning every Monday 2 posts will go up, an interview and a normal post. So please follow and enjoy!

Thanks for reading, please follow me on bloglovin to see everything and please go and read the already uploaded interviews. Im having SO much fun interviewing lots of amazing bloggers! 

xx