Last Night- Prom

Yet again, I have to apologise for not keeping up with my daily schedule that I was aiming to maintain. Over the past few days I've been rather busy and was having a good think about what other things I want to blog about. I've made myself a long list of ideas and feel a lot more prepared to put the effort in now!

So last night, we had our year 11 prom. It was a great night full of happiness, dancing, eating, drinking, chatter and LOTS of photos, some of which I thought I'd share with you now.

With my best friend and my boyfriend.

Left to right- Tara, me, Laura, Ellen

Laura is one of my favourite gingers

My beautiful friends before the prom at a friend's house

I'll be getting back into the proper swing of things tomorrow now that I have a plan of what I'm going to be writing about.

Thanks for reading and have a lovely day whatever you're up to :)

Charlie x

Bucket List #3 - Cure for Cancer

This bucket list post is probably quite relatable for a lot of people I think and although it's quite a tough subject for some people to talk about, I thought it would give me all the more reason to talk about it. The next thing on my bucket list is to live to see cancer cured. Of course, I'd be proud if I could be the one to find the cure, but given that I hate science, I don't that's likely to happen!

So many people nowadays seem to be affected by cancer, whether they actually get the disease or have someone close to them be diagnosed. It can completely change people's lives and their outlook on life.

A few people close to me have/ have had cancer (of course I'm not begging for pity). The fact that so many people are affected makes it all the more important that a cure is found and I'd love to live to see the day when the news comes on and scientists have found a cure. 

My brother Sam recently ran a local fun run in support of cancer research, just one of the charities that is working towards finding cures for cancers; it made us all ever so proud!

Next time someone asks you to make a donation to a cancer charity like cancer research or macmillan, before dismissing them, just take a minute to think about how you'd feel if you were diagnosed with cancer, or someone really close to you was- you'd want someone to help.

Thanks for reading and have a lovely day whatever you're up to :)

Charlie x

(Disclaimer: everything I write is my own opinion)

My Foundation Routine

Hello there fellow humans! Today's post is being written while sitting outside on a lovely cool evening. I'm snuggled up in a hoodie, watching my Grandparents play a card game with my Dad and feel very refreshed and relaxed. I thought I'd share my foundation routine with you today- basically an insight into how I apply my foundation, what I use and maybe opinions of the things I use.. I'll see where it goes. Word of warning.. I pull odd faces in 'selfies'.

Here are the products I use: Rimmel match perfection foundation in 'true ivory', Real Techniques expert face brush and Collection lasting perfection concealer in 'fair.'

So first I take my fringe off my face with a trusty primark hairband and look unimpressed about how my face looks without make up on. Yum!

 I put two pumps of my foundation onto the back of my hand and dot it around my face. I don't really put much on my forehead because of my fringe.

 I use the expert face brush (review to come on this) and use circular motions to blend the foundation into my skin. The circular motions ensure that they're aren't any brush marks left, but the brush is brilliant quality anyway so I doubt it would cause this anyway.
In the picture on the right, I have half of my face blended and half not, just so you could see what this foundation actually does for my skin. I'd say it's medium converage, as it takes away redness and evens out my skin tone but doesn't cake my face in foundation and still shows some of my freckles. Saying that, it's definitely buildable and I don't think I use very much anyway.

On the left is a photo of the foundation all blended in. I then put my lasting perfection concealer under my eyes, around my nose and on any blemishes (I have a few of them at the moment). I then use the expert face brush again to blend in the concealer. I lightly dab it into the skin with the brush and then use circular motions again to make sure it's evenly covering all the areas I've put it on. I sometimes use a finger to blend it in under my eyes as well, especially for right in the corners.

So there you have it!
I had to return into the house halfway through writing this as it got a bit chilly... damn english weather.
The picture at the start shows my finished foundation/ base on my face (rhyming entertains me so easily).

Thanks for reading and have a lovely day whatever you're up to :)

Charlie x

Sunny Picnic with Friends

Today, I thought I'd let you into my life a little bit more and show you what I got up to a couple of days ago. Yesterday, it was my friend Lucy's 16th birthday and to celebrate, our group of friends went out for a really sweet little picnic in the park on Tuesday (the 25th). The sun decided to make and appearance which made the day even more lovely. It was also a bit gusty so excuse our hair in some of the photos! So here's a few pictures of our afternoon out...

Lucy (left), Ellie (middle) and me pulling the most attractive face of us all.

The three of us in this picture are constantly having long discussions about all things youtube and blogging. We're quite frankly obsessed with people like Zoe and Louise. 

With my friend Caitlin. Pose alert.

Lucy (left), Katie (right) and a fraction of the food that we all brought... who needs diets.

With my beautiful ginge Laura. I think my expression shows how I feel about this girl.

With the birthday ginge. We were rather excited it seems!

From left to right: Tara, Caitlin and Millie.

I shall leave you with the rather entertaining image of me having a little dance. I'm pretty sure this was when a few of us started singing 'Let's go fly a kite' from Mary Poppins... we were just high on life.

Let's all pray we all get some more sunny days over the summer!

Thanks for reading and have a lovely day whatever you're up to :)

Charlie x

Review- Barry M Gelly Polish

Since I've missed a couple of days in putting up blog posts, I thought since this was already pretty much written I would finish writing it and put it up now. It's help minimise my guilt in myself for missing a couple of days!

 

Recently, I've heard so much praise and hype surrounding the Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine nail polishes. I decided to buy one about a month ago and thought I'd share my views with you now.

First Impressions

The colour I decided to buy was 'Greenberry' which is a very vibrant, quite neon, green turquoise colour. This bright colour really grabbed my attention as I hadn't seen a colour quite like it before and I thought would be perfect for summer, particularly as there seems to be a popular neon trend at the moment.

Despite how silly it might sound, I really like the bottle. The mirrored lid makes it stand out from the other Barry M nail paints and looks quite classy.

'Hi- Shine' Claim

So Barry M claim that this range of nail polishes have a 'hi-shine' and gelly finish. In my opinion, this isn't the case. By itself, it gave pretty much the same shine as a regular Barry M nail paint- it wasn't dull, but there wasn't a noticeable difference in the amount of shine it gave compared to the standard Barry M polishes. When I applied a topcoat (there is a topcoat on in the picture on the right) I saw the amount of shine I was expecting to get from just the gelly polish alone. So this claim really disappointed me.

How did it last?

When I took this picture, it had been around 5 days of having the polish on and to be honest, it had just started to chip at the edges of the nails on the hand that wasn't show in the picture. This didn't seen too irregular for me for a Barry M nail polish, but I wish it would've lasted a bit longer as it may have redeemed itself in my opinions of it.

The Price

At £3.99, a pound more expensive than the regular Barry M nail paints, I don't think the extra pound is worth it to be frank. It doesn't live up to it's claim so I don't see why I would want to spend an extra pound on something that it doesn't actually do.

Overall, I'm not a happy bunny. I don't think I'll be buying anymore of these anytime soon. I'll probably come back to them at some point in the future to try them again to see if my opinion has changed but for now I'm rather disappointed. Barry M, I am not impressed!

Sorry this is such a negative post, but I thought my honest opinion may be helpful to some people who are on the fence about whether to buy this or not. Of course this is just based on my experiences of using it so others' opinions will definitely vary.

Thanks for reading and have a lovely day whatever you're up to :)

Charlie x

(Disclaimer: all reviews are my personal opinion)

Primark and New Look Haul, June 2013

So I didn't post anything yesterday or the day before which means I now feel very disappointed with myself. I had posted at least once a day since I started blogging.. now that streak is ruined and I feel very ashamed *hangs head in shame*

BUT ANYWAY! I never would usually go to primark twice in the space of a week but I had to return some things and ended up exchanging them (I couldn't resist... it's primark) and also managed to buy a couple of other bits from New Look. If you haven't guessed yet, these are my favourite shops, as well as Topshop. I'm digressing now so I shall crack on with showing you these treasures.

Primark

Black floral dress- £10

 I eyed this up last time I was in primark, but this time couldn't restrain myself. Although black isn't an especially summery colour, the bright multi-coloured floral pattern makes it so pretty and perfect for summer. It's a beautifully soft material; I think the condition of Primark clothes has definitely improved recently. It has a zip up side and a black crochet waistband which gives it a little unique feature. I'll definitely be making use of this when it gets warmer (if it does) as it's so light and airy.

Black flower sandals- £12

 I thought £12 was a lot for Primark sandals really which is why I didn't buy them last time I was there. This time I was actually looking for some sandals and thought 'just because it's Primark, doesn't mean I can't pay a little bit more!'. Like the picture below shows, they are real leather which is obviously why they're a bit pricier. I think the flower detailing on these sandals is so gorgeous though and had to get them this time.

 

Grey Oversized T-shirt- £3.50

I also bought an oversized, grey tshirt with rolled up sleeves. It's obviously a very basic, slouchy tshirt which will be perfect for either lounging around the house or for casual days. I bought grey because it's a very neutral colour that will go with a lot of brighter bottoms and I can also still wear this in winter.

New Look

Blue patterned trousers- £16.99

I fell in love with them as soon as I saw them as blue is usually my go-to colour with most clothes because it seems to suit my hair and skin colour. The geometric/ aztec print just shouts summer and I think will look perfect with a crop top, sandals and a denim jacket. They're not supposed to be high waisted, but I'm fairly short I think and they come up quite high on me. The material is also really breezy and soft which will be perfect for summer weather.

Pink Floral Skater Skirt- £12.99

 The print on this skirt is very me- it has dainty little pink, golden and light green flowers and I think will be so easy to style this summer, especially with denim (I love the combination of denim and florals). It came with a brown belt which is actually really pretty, even though I don't usually like the belts that come with clothes.

Blue Midi Pencil Skirt- £9.99

This skirt is beautiful! The colour is a very classic royal blue, it's so comfy and not as tight and clingy as I thought it would be- I wore it to a party on Friday and could still move easily as it didn't cling to my calves (I featured this in an OOTE a couple of days ago). I think this will look lovely with a black, white, grey or patterned top, so it's very easy to style and it was a complete steal at just £9.99!

I probably won't be doing another haul until I get back from America now (the start of August) as I need to start saving up some more pennies so I can do a bit of shopping there. 

My blog has started getting a few more views now which has made me really happy, so if you're someone who keeps reading or has followed me, thank you so much <3

Thanks for reading and have a lovely day whatever you're up to :)

Charlie x

OOTE- Blue, Black and Converse

Tara (left), me (middle), Ellen (right)

Black crop top- Primark

Blue midi skirt- New Look

Necklace- New Look (can't find this on the website, but it's in a recent haul)

Converse- Amazon

Last night I went to an 'end of exams' party at my boyfriend's house and we all had a brilliant time. I talked to people I hadn't even met before, hugged LOTS of people, did a lot of very loud singing and took plenty of photos (before my phone sadly died). 

I found this outfit was perfect for a party in the garden as I didn't look really casual but the converse meant that I could still walk around in the garden without stumbling all the time like I would in heels!

I still feel half asleep really as I got in quite late last night, hence why this is a quick post today

Thanks for reading and have a lovely day whatever you're up to :)

Charlie x