Beauty addict continues her evil destruction!!

Ok so I haven't blogged for a while, sometimes I get the urge, sometimes I don't. Much like writing in my diary when i was 14, and i wrote in my diaries religiously for 7 odd years about SO much random crap, hilarious to read them now, at the time, not so much as I lived through it! lol

(being a teenager can be such a drag, regardless of how Hollywood likes to make it out as all cutesy and fluffy a la clueless mine was more like mean girls/pretty in pink, without the happy endings - if only my life was like Cher's was in clueless,...*sigh*)

Anyways reasons for writing don't come anymore random than a few randoms. ?!. I just wanted to share my most recent purchase today on ebay:

Its a gorgeous nude eyeshadow palette by Bobbi Brown from her Nudes collection (we are talking make up here not artistic nudes!!) and its de-gorgeous!!!! Of course I splurged money i dont really have but hey lifes for living right?! And having the best looking eye shadow make up e-v-e-r! LOL. I do make my self laugh for my self justification for said purchase but i felt i had to buy it. I had two crappy job interviews today and didn't feel 100% positive about the outcomes of them so went on ebay and ker-ching; i brought these beauties. And personally I did save some money. It retails at £42 on the http://www.bobbibrown.co.uk/ website and I brought this for roughly about £37 inc postage from america, so i felt pretty chuffed with ma good self. And it will last me years, i now because i still have my Chanel 4 eye shadow compact from like 5 years ago and its still good to go, although now i have some newer brown eye shadows i should probably throw that one out, the hygenine make up police will be after me!! LOL

Oh and I also brought this last night too:

Its from www.esprit.co.uk and its super cute (but ignore the belt - looks so wrong with it) and quite sixties (my constant obsession at the moment along with the hair, make up, music, i wont bore you anymore! and its a gorgeous colour and will take me into winter and will look fab with opaque tights or leggings. I haven't got it yet, so not sure how it will look on but will report back.
Also seen a cute dress on mango.com so might check them out too. I need a dress as I'm off to Leeds to par-tay with the girls in a few weeks time.

Just heard Madonna's new tune 'celebration' which is a-m-a-z-i-n-g and a sure fire hit I hope. She deserves a number one personally, and the fact that we are without our King anymore we need to apprieciaite our Queen! I love it. It has touches of Get Together and Hung up in it, a return to form, she wants to leave the hip hop to those who know, dance is her thang!!

Right I'm signing off, i have things to do. Adios!

Beauty Beauty Beauty!!

Ok so its nearly my lovely friend Jo's wedding on saturday 18th July in cambridge. Am getting rather excited for a good old knees up. This is probably one of the weddings i am looking forward to the most, apart from mine (ha whenever that happens!) and my sisters which was back in 2004 and was the hottest day in august and my hair and bridesmaid dress weren't my favourites, but hey can't win em all!

I'm really looking forward to this one because I will know so many of the people going, alot of the girls are great friends of mine, and I've even made new friends of Jo's on her hen do, which was so much fun. Can't wait to see all the girls again!

Well I am currently toying with make up and hair ideas for saturday. I am definatley going to curl/wave my hair with my trusty GHD's. But how i am going to do the style depends.

My hair icon is Lauren Conrad and has been for sometime. Everytime she does her hair it looks amazing, never a hair out of place and is perfectley styled and shiny. I don't know how she does it (well i suppose having MTV running around after you helps) and I love that she experiments with her hair. I never thought to curl or wave my hair until the last year or so. And since I have I've really liked it and found it suited me pretty well.

Its definately something you have to play around with though, and really curled hair doesn't suit me and you have to start curling the hair just at the right length of the hair, as if you start at the root and curl out it can look pretty dated.

I was origionally going to style my look on Sharon Tate, but have decided that the 60's look probably isn't ideal for a wedding and i want it to still be quite californian relaxed style but not overly so.

My dress is from Monsoon and is a royal blue shift dress, which sits just above the knee. I am wearing black 3 inch sandals from Moda in Pelle,I am taking a silver clutch bag from Dune (old faithfull) and my jewellry will be silver again and I am keeping it low key, a butterfly silver necklace, some big silver drop earrings, not sure which ones yet! And some silver rings. If my order from Lucid New York turns up I will be wearing a cocktail ring and a silver cupcake charm necklace, but I don't imagine it will be hear yet!

My make up will be a mix of MAC studio fix liquid foundation, Maybelline dream liquid foundation and Boujois 10 hr sleep effect, all mixed together and applied with a MAC stippling brush. I will set it with MAC blot loose powder. I will use YSL radiant touch and MAC studio sculpt concealor around my dark circles and imperfections. I will use NARS Laguna bronzer all over my face, and then add some Benefit High Beam on my cheeks. My eye shadow will be MACs all that glitters all overmy eye and then I will use my Shu Uemura Black liquid eyeliner on the top of my eyelash line and wing it out. Then I will use Dior Mascara in Dior show (the best one IMO ) and then add to the corners of my lashes invidual lashes from Shu Uemura or MACS eye lashes, not sure yet! And use either MAC snob pale lipstick or Boujois pale lipstick and either use MAC Nymphette lipglass or Prr or en pointe lipglass throughout the day, all are my favourites.

And voila! That will be me done hopefully! LOL

Sparkle Superstar

Thought I would blog today, the whole Michael Jackson memoriam and coverage has been rather depressing of late, I am glad it is almost all over, i've cried quite a few tears over it all, and hopefully now his family can get some closure and time to grieve without the media furor, although I very much doubt it will die down for sometime.

Anyhow I have had a great weekend, I went to see the Queen of Pop Madonna at the O2 on saturday, she did a touching tribute to MJ which of course made me cry, how could you not be touched by this? Add to the fact she is the same age, same musical era, and they have met each other many times, it just added to the poinency of it all. She didn't sing (can you imagine how she would be ridiculed for that?) but instead a dancer came on dressed as MJ and did some moves, while M and dancers looked on. It was short and sweet but moving, and images of MJ on the screens only added to it. Add to the fact he was due to play here next week and its even more heartbreaking. RIP MJ.

I also saw the amazing Take That at wembley stadium on the sunday which was AMAZING. I lvoed M's show but Take That suppassed it by miles, it was breathtaking! The Circus theme worked so well and visually there was so much to see, i didnt want the show to end! Loved it, and cant wait for the dvd.

This weekend its my sisters 35th, which i cant believe as she still looks 28 to me! Hard to believe she has had a baby, Mia bless her will be 2 in august!
Anyhow it will be a nice family weekend, going out for lunch and having a few drinks of bubbly i hope!

Tomorrow i am out for dinner with some of the girls from Jo Batemans hen do, and some who couldnt make it which will be lovely. A pre dinner meal before Jos big day on saturday 18th July. I hope the weather is kind to her and Martin, i have a feeling its mixed weather for next week, but hopefully not.

Right, i'd better get back to work, off to town at 5 and to have a mosey around the shops!