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New Years Work Party | Outfit & Make Up Details

28/1/2015

Hello Everyone!
Midweek blog post for you! I went to my work party Sunday night (I know, weird night to have a party on) and decided to share with you my outfit and make up details. Apparently I thought it'd be a good idea to attempt to get high quality photos in terrible lighting as I was running out the door. My usual.
I had a really fun time and it was such a good turn out! It was lovely to see my work friends outside of work too.

The Outfit

The Accessories

Dress - New Look in the sale for £12!
I liked that it had 3/4 sleeves and went down to my knees, I thought that made it more appropriate for a work event and added a bit of maturity.
Shoes - Primark last year for £14

Watch - Sainsbury's, last October, £25
Gold cuff - Primark, £5
Rings - Primark, £3 (I'm guessing, I can't remember, they came in a set)
Rings on my watch arm - they were my Nan's ❤️
I also have a necklace on from Accessorize, which was a Christmas present from my friend
Nail Varnish - New York Colour, 'Greenwich Village'
Perfume - Anaïs Anaïs

The Make Up

Eyebrows - Rimmel 'Professional Eyebrow Pencil' in 'Dark Brown' (not pictured because I'm stupid)
Eyeshadows - Urban Decay Naked Palette, I used 'Smog' all over the lid and the blended 'Dark Horse' into the crease, then put a little bit of 'Half Baked' as an inner highlight. I also blended 'Dark Horse' under my lowerlash line.
Eyeliner - Maybelline 'Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner'
Mascaras - Urban Decay 'Perversion', Maybelline 'Lash Sensational' (bought this recently- LOVE it) and Rimmel 'Lash Accelerated Endless'
Primer - Rimmel 'Fix & Perfect Pro' in '002'
Concealer - L'Oréal 'True Match' in '4 Beige'
Foundation - Rimmel 'Lasting Finish 25H' in '100 Ivory'
Powder - Rimmel 'Match Perfection' in '103 True Ivory'
I don't normally wear that much face make up! But I was going out and knew it was going to be hot in the party and I wanted it to last.

Sorry for the horrendous close up - yeeash!

Hope you enjoyed that little snippet, I'd like to do more OOTDs and FOTDs in the future!

Thanks for reading, don't forget my social networks are at the top!

Speak to you on Sunday,
Abi xxx

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Make Up Revolution Awesome Metals Foil Finish Eyeshadow

25/1/2015

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Hello Everyone!
Happy Sunday to you!
I wasn't sure what to blog about today. I've bought a few bits from e.l.f recently, so I'm sure I'll do a haul about it soon, but both my last posts have been haul types. I also have a wordy/talky post I want to do but I want to put lots of thought into that one.
So I thought I'd talk to you about the Make Up Revolution Awesome Metals Foil Finish Eyeshadows. That's a huuuuuge name.
I'm going to do my usual and apologise for the SHOCKING quality of these photos, basically the lighting was horrendous and it's very difficult to take up-close, detailed photos of your own eye with an iPad and no glasses on! Soooorrrry.
I have the colour Rose Gold and they cost £4 each.

In the little box you get the eyeshadow goop, the liquid eye primer and the mixing dish.
What you do is drop a tiny amount of the liquid primer (which is the mixing medium) into the dish and using your finger, pick up some of the eyeshadow and mix it into the primer.
It takes practice to get the consistency and pigmentation correct. I think I used too much primer because mine was quite thin. Using your finger you apply it straight to your lid. You can also layer it once it's dried to build intensity.
It lasts well and looks very shimmery in the light.

In this photo I have my concealer and eyebrows done and just the Foil Finish eyeshadow on.

These photos are of my other eye and in these I have my eyeliner and mascara on too.
Very shimmery, very pretty.
I do like it, but it's not something you can just throw on in the morning, it takes time. I don't enjoy applying it with my finger either because I don't feel I have enough control and that most of the pigment stays on my finger. That being said I will definitely use it again as I love the way it looks and how long it lasts, I just need some practice. I would recommend it and at only £4, if you don't like it, it's not a huge loss.

Have you tried these out? What did you think of them? Let me know!
Thanks for reading! All my social networks are linked at the top.
Speaks to you soon,
Abi xxx

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Christmas Nail Art Goodies

18/1/2015

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Hello everyone!
As I mentioned last week in my Christmas Make Up blog post, today I'll be showing you all the nail art stuff I was lucky enough to receive for Christmas.

- Shoe/Leg Nail Files
- Intensive Hand/Nail Mask
- Sally Hansen Double Duty Base and Top Coat
- 4 Sided Nail File/Buff/Shine
- Butterfly Printed Fake Nails
- Three Barry M Nail Varnishes
- One Primark Nail Varnish

Starting with the basics...
The soap at work can be quite harsh on my hands and they get really sore and dry, they're not like that at the moment but if they get bad again this nourishing hand mask will be lovely and soothing!
The Sally Hansen Double Duty is an excellent base and top coat, so it's always handy to have on hand (too many puns?).

Nail files are always useful! These ones are funky looking too. Its also great to have a nail buffer, nail file and nail shiner(?) in one.

As much as I love creating nail art designs, sometimes it's so much quicker and easier to just stick some preprinted designs on and then, when you're bored, just peel (although you should soak) them off!
Plus I think they are literally a £1 and there's lots of different designs. Fab.

Here we have Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine in 'Plum', Barry M Limited Edition 'Jingle Bells' , Barry M Glitterati in 'Starlet' and a silvery blue nail varnish from P.S Love which is a Primark brand.
I haven't got round to using 'Jingle Bells' yet (it has gold confetti, with gold stars and red flecks) or the silvery blue, but I've used Plum and Starlet together and that looks lovely. The thing I love about the Glitterati paints is that they're like a lacquer so they're really sparkly, to the point where you could where them on their own, with two coats.

So that's all my Christmas Nail Art stuff!
I haven't decided what I'm posting next weekend so you'll just have to keep your eyes peeled (or follow my Twitter and Bloglovin ;) links are at the top!)

Thanks for reading and I'll speak to you next week,
Abi xxx

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Christmas Make Up

11/1/2015

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Hello Everyone!
We've done enough reflecting and goal making for now, time to get back to make up and nail art.
Today I want to share with you the make up I recieved for Christmas, I only asked for two things and was lucky enough to receive them both.

This is the Make Up Revolution Ultimate Eyeshadow Collection and Urban Decay 'Naked On The Run'.
Make Up Revolution is a sister brand to Make Up Academy, of which I am a huge fan of. I was hoping the quality would be of the same standard and it's similar, but not as good, but when you pay £10 (I think?) for 144 eye shadows, I'm not sure anyone can complain?! ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY FOUR.
Now the Naked On The Run has been my staple for like a week. I cannot get enough of it! Perfect for taking on a weekend away or something. Not ideal to carry round day to day as it's quite large (that wouldn't stop me, I just don't want to damage it!). It's ace.

Make Up Revolution Ultimate Eyeshadow Collection

The palette consists of a mix of mattes, shimmers and neons. The only problem is that I don't think it's available anymore because it was a limited Christmas thing. They'd be mental not to bring it back though! It even comes with a little mirror and two double ended applicators, totally useless to me because I'm blind as a bat without my glasses but the little applicators are good for packing on colour. I'm sure swatches would have been useful for this blog post but I'm not down for swatching 144 different eye shadows. I don't have enough skin!
You're pretty much set for life with this palette as you can create any look you fancy. Creamy with good colour pay off too, plus you can build colour by packing on more layers.

Urban Decay 'Naked On The Run'

It's beautiful isn't it? It is on the pricier side though at £37. Definitely worth it though in my opinion!
The kit includes a travel-size 'Perversion' Mascara, travel-size 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in the shade 'Stag', six new eye shadow shades, in the colours (left to right) 'Dive', 'Fix', 'Resist', 'Dare', 'Stun' and the larger size '50/50' which doubles as a highlighter. The set also includes a blush and bronzer and a full size lipgloss in the colour 'Sesso'. As usual with Urban Decay, the colour pay off is amazing and long lasting, I love the mascara as its really lengthening and thickening and the blush and highlight are beautiful with a delicate shimmer.
I just love it! Would definitely recommend even though it is quite pricey. You have to bare in mind though that it would cost you A LOT more to buy all of it individually.

That's it for this week! Thanks for reading!
Next Sunday will be about all the nail art stuff I got for Christmas, brace yourselves, I got a lot!

Abi xxx

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Goals For 2015

4/1/2015

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Hello everyone!
I hope you all had a good New Years!
Today I want to talk about my goals for 2015, because, as we all know, I don't 'do' resolutions.
I have high hopes for this year. I feel like it's going to be a good'n.

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1) Learn To Drive
This is a goal I have carried over from last year, I've always wanted to learn to drive, I just never had the money or really the need to do it. Now that I earn my own money and go to work everyday, not only can I pay for the lessons, but it'd be excellent for me to be able to drive myself to and from work, rather than burden my parents (although they insist it isn't a burden) or rely on unreliable busses.

2) Work Hard
Not only do I want to continue to work hard at work, but I want to work hard on myself too, as I said in my last blog post, this year is going to be a 'me' year, so I'm going to strive to make myself a better person, and reach a standard I'd be happy with.

3) Be More Confident
I'm not a confident person, I'm very shy. I always assume that I'll do something stupid or mess it up so I end up having no self belief that I won't mess it up. I'm not a stupid person, I'm very capable and have a lot of common sense so there is no reason for me to have that little self belief, so this year I'm going to start pretending to be more confident, until I no longer need to pretend.

4) Learn To Cook
This ties in nicely with the 'be a better version of myself' thing. I'd love to be more independent and also it's a very valuable skill to have. I'd also like to help my mum out more, even if it's just by cooking dinner once a week. Plus food is ace and I'd like to eat more of it.

5) Blog More
I love blogging and I'm really glad I created this Nail Art Nut, so I'd love to do more blog posts, it's just finding the time to take photos in decent lighting or plan out what I want to blog about... I'm slowly getting there.

6) Do More Nail Art
I feel like I've been neglecting nail art recently and that makes me sad because I LOVE nail art and it's the whole reason I started this blog in the first place so I will definitely find time to do more of it.

7) Read More
I always forget how much I love reading and getting lost in a story. I've had a new book since my birthday (which was three months ago. Oops) and I'm yet to even open it, despite wanting to read it for ages even before my birthday. So I'd like to get that read this year.

So those are my goals for this year. Basically I want to do more of what makes me happy, because I feel like I spend so much time worrying about others that I forget to make time for myself.

Have you made any goals for this year! Let me know!

Thanks for reading, all my social networks are linked at the top, and I'll speak to you soon!
Abi xxx

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New Years Work Party | Outfit & Make Up Details

The Outfit

﻿The Accessories﻿

The Make Up

Make Up Revolution Awesome Metals Foil Finish Eyeshadow

Christmas Nail Art Goodies

Christmas Make Up

Make Up Revolution Ultimate Eyeshadow Collection﻿

Urban Decay 'Naked On The Run'

Goals For 2015

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