IMATS - My Experience!

It was amazing! It was the first time I'd ever been to imats and I have to say it was way above and beyond my expectations. I brought so much and will be hauling that on my YouTube channel as it would be to 'picture heavy' for one blog post :)

I loved my experience and it was such a good atmosphere. We got a one-day pass and we went into a few of the lectures and talks which were really interesting. However,I really wanted to go to the YouTube guru talk which was on at 9:30 and we didn't get there until 11:00 because we live about an hour away from London.
Alexandra palace was gorgeous and a great venue to hold something like this!

I saw one of my favourite YouTube guru's - Samantha from beauty crush :) me and her were both at the MACPro stand. However I didn't get to say hello because it was so busy around the mac stand!

All in all,it was an amazing day with some amazing deals and purchases. I'm so glad I went and if any of you are un-decided on whether to go either tomorrow or next year then I really would urge you to visit!

gingerbread beauty

FOTD: Pretty Natural

Hey guys..
Started back at school today and nearly fell asleep in my business class! It was ultra boring,haha!

But I just have a FOTD for you all today which is pretty natural(: -for me anyway! meaning no bright lipstick!!








Face;
MAC's Studio Tech Foundation in NW20
17 Hide Away Concealer in Fair
Elf's Studio Blusher in Mellow Mauve
MAC's Mineralize skinfinish natural in Light to Medium

Eyes;
MAC's Paint Pot in Rubenesque
MAC eyeshadows in naked lunch,satin taupe,folie and brule (:
17 Wild Curls Mascara in Wildest Black
MAC's Fluidline in blacktrack
Benefit's Eyebright

Lips;
Elf's Mineral Lipgloss in Sorority girl

Thank you for reading(:
Please follow if you haven't already!

Gingerbread beauty

What I wore... Christmas day!

If you read my last post you'll know that I spend Christmas day with my dad and his family and boxing day with mum and hers and this year was no different.

-With me,when I fall in love with a piece of clothing,I will keep wearing it! So I wore the same outfit on both of the days.
This is it below..



Dress- River Island £34.99 necklace - Dorothy Perkins (unknown price)

With this I wore some plain 80 denier tights,my brown river island brogues and a big camel knitted cardie also from Dorothy Perkins.

I love this outfit and although it was quite classy,i thought it was great to wear over Christmas.

I also went shopping yesterday and brought quite a lot of things which I feel kinda bad for doing so,but I hardly spent anything! Anyhow,i'll let you all know what I got tomorrow(:

gingerbread beauty xx

p.s -my mac order came today,I order fourteen things *lowers head*!

What I did This Christmas Time...

This year was one of my favourite christmases so far! Every year, I spend christmas day with my dad + his family and boxing day with my mum + her family. So this year, I woke up at mums so we could open our presents and then went to dads later on and opened presents at his - I'll let you know what I got in a christmas haul post which will most likely be up tomorrow. Then all my dad's family came round and we had a lovely christmas dinner with creme brule for dessert. We then opened all the family presents and had a go on rockband on the wii as usual, with my very bad singing to accompany it! After that, we had some turkey sandwiches and chocolate as that is a normal thing to do in our family! I headed off to bed at about eleven after having a play around with the bits I got. 


The next day was boxing day and to me, the two days role into one because one is spent with mum and the other with dad and to me they are both equally important and special. I went to mum's at twenty past eleven to be precise! We then headed off to a local restaurant to have a meal with the whole eighteen of us! I have many cousins, but my (shh.. favourite) one came over from australia and we get on amazingly well, so as he was there we got to have a major catch up! We then went off to my aunties for the rest of the day as we usually do and played just dance two on the wii(I'm going to have to get that, it's so good! - I've got it now!) Me and my "favourite" cousin, had a dance off on that game, and I totally owned him, LOL!   Then we just chilled out and had a bit of something for tea and it was pretty yummy. Oh, and so was pudding! - Chocolate Yule Log.. Mmmmm! :) For the rest of the night.. we had more dance off's on just dance two and I again, totally owned everyone- to be totally honest, haha!


On monday we had a re-play of boxing day! We went sledging in the morning with everyone and that was really cool, but then we got all chilly and headed for costa- the best decision ever! I had a creme brule latte and a caramel shortbread (it's christmas-  i can be naughty!) Then we went home and played on guess what... just dance 2!  It was a great night and later on, all my aunties and my mum asked me to do their eye make-up which was really cool, on two of them I had to do a dramatic eye, and an everyday look on the other two which was really good and they all loved their looks afterwards (: My little cousins also wanted to join in on the action and I did their eyes too! 


Sorry this hasn't been a very beauty related post but I've been reading a few posts like this one and thought they were really nice as I like to see what other people do at christmas time! 
Let me know, what you do?


gingerbread beauty xx

NOTD: Barry M Nail Effects

I was actually scared to use this! I love the overall effect though even though i did mess up on one nail as i didn't apply it right.
I used Barry M Nail Paint in 273 Raspberry underneath and then quite obviously the Barry M 311 Nail Effect over the top.







As you can see on my index finger,it didn't apply very well but it doesn't look really bad.
I applied a top coat - Beauty UK in Clear however it was matte before I applied it and I kind of liked it. I may leave it next time,we'll see!

I love it:)

gingerbread beauty

Beauty Awards 2010!

I'm very excited to be writing this! This is going to be my run down of different products and which one has had my overall vote this year...

Here We Go!

Face

Cleanser: Garnier Deep Pore Unclogging Wash

Eye Make-up Remover: Garnier Clean Sensitive 2 in 1 Waterproof Make-Up Dissolver

Moisturiser: Clinique Moisture Surge or Bio Oil

Spot Treatment: OXY 10 Benzoyl Peroxide Lotion

Primer: The Body Shop Matte It Face Primer

Foundation: MAC Studio Fix Fluid

Concealer: MAC Studio Finish Concealer and Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer

Blusher: MAC Springsheen, Benefit Coralista or MAC Warm Soul

Bronzer: Bourjois Bronzing Powder in 52

Powder: MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural

Finishing Powder: Bare Minerals Mineral Veil

Highlighter: MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft N Gentle

Eye Primer: Urban Decay Primer Potion

Eyeshadow Brand: MAC or Sleek

Eyeliner: MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack or Sleek Kajal Eyeliner in Nocturnal

Mascara: Collection 2000 Big Fake Mascara or Benefit Bad Gal Lash

Lip Balm: The Body Shop Lip Butter in Satsuma

Lip Stick: Elf Mineral Lipstick in Cool Coral/Gosh Slim 'N' Shine Lip Balm in Irony/MAC Viva Glam Gaga

Lip Gloss: Elf Mineral Lipgloss in Daring/Natural Collection Lipgloss in Turkish Delight/

Max Factor Vibrant Curve Effect Lipgloss in Dominant/ 2true Colour Drench Lipgloss in Shade 1

Hair

Shampoo: Toni and Guy Volume Shampoo

Conditioner: Toni and Guy Volume Conditioner or Lush American Cream

Hair Treatment: VO5 Hot Oil Deep Nourishing Treatment

Heat Protectant: Dove Heat Defence Therapy - Heat Activated Protect & Shine Mist

Hair Mousse: Trevor Sorbie Professional Beautiful Volume Volumising Mousse

Hair Spray: Charles Worthington Dream Hair Super-Fine Hairspray

Gel/Curling Spray: VO5 Volume Boost Gel Spray and Toni&Guy Beach Curl Spray

Dry Shampoo: Batiste Coloured Dry Shampoo

Shine Spray: Toni&Guy Finishing Shine Spray

Clay: VO5 Extreme Style Matt Clay

Body

Shower Gel: Changes Regularly

Body Lotion: The Body Shop Body Butter in Wild Cherry

Tools

Face Brush: ELF Powder Brush or MAC 150

Eye Brush: MAC 222 or MAC 217

Eyelash Curler: Elf Eyelash Curler

Nails

Favourite Brand: Accesorize, Barry M or GOSH

Most Worn: Accesorize Nail Polish in Shade 40

Overall the best beauty finds this year would be...

MAC's Studio Fix Fluid,

Batiste Coloured Dry Shampoo

and

MAC's Mineralize Skin Finish Natural

Thank you for attending this year's beauty awards!

Hope you enjoyed it!

xxx

A Few Little Purchases...

001 - topshop face wipes: I needed some new face wipes and as I was in topshop I decided to pick some up. I'll let you all know how I get on with them! I'm thinking of doing a series where I'll test different cleansers, exfoliaters, eye make-up removers and face wipes and give my verdict on which ones I liked and which ones I didn't. What do you think? These were £2.50
002 - Romeo and Juliet: As I mentioned in my monday ramble last week, I am rather loved up with mr leonardo d'caprio! After watching this in english literature, I had to sneak it into my order off of amazon to get my hands on this for regular d'caprio time!
003 - topshop lip polishes: I love love love love these! I don't have any tinted lip conditioners and these are amazing, they're so moisterising and such beautiful colours, they come out quiet sheer however they do have a lot of pigmentation when built up - if that makes sense! These were £14.00 for the set and it consists of the colours - Chiffon,Cracker and Cherry Picker. However the price for them individually is £6, so this deal is pretty good! These don't seem to be in the normal line but are lovely colours. I want to get my hands on some more of these topshop lip polishes!
004 - A few nail varnishes: (L-R), The first one was free with shout magazine, and the only reason I brought it was because it was included in there,however it doesn't have a name or number. The second one is Barry M's Dusky Mauve and has purple holographic glitter in it, however there is not much of the glitter and as I have just found out, when applied to the nails you can't see the purple glitter very well at all. The third is Clear -No.3 from Beauty UK, I needed a new top coat and thought this would do for the while. The last one, is Barry M's Nail Effect, I'm sure everyone has heard about this one so I won't say anymore, except for I'm scared to try it!
005 - MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light/Medium: I told myself that I wasen't going to buy myself any MAC until after christmas except when I realised that I couldn't even live one day without this, so I had to get a replacment for my old one!

This Is what my lovely best friend got me for christmas...

she knows me very well!
if you haven't worked out what present number two is, they're strips of an eye look that you place on your eyes when shut and i think apply water or something and then your eyes come out with the eye look on them! So I'm very excited to try those out!

sorry this has been such a long post!
love you all,

gingerbread beauty xx