7 Things I love about winter.

It's official it's winter, bar the whole November is the start of winter thing that I'm supposed to follow I actually have my own way. I hope ye're following me on what I'm saying. But anyway I never really accept the season unless I feel like its that season. I'm saying this out loud and I do admit I sound mental. Okay so unless I've got all the usual characteristics of winter I don't accept that it is winter, like it has to be cold ect. If you still have no clue about what I'm on about then I'm afraid you still won't in ten minutes time.

1:Cold weather.

This is a bit like marmite, you either love it or you hate it. I actually love cold weather, I'm starting to notice that it's getting cold around 5 pm because that's when I walk the Madra after school and I'll admit I am one of those people who although they love something they will complain about it like there is no tomorrow. Back to the weather, I've actually no clue why but I just love throwing on a tracksuit layering up and going outside in the freezing cold. I've just always been one of those people who'd rather be in a cold room than a hot room.

Lovely Irish weather.

2:Better skin.

I find that my skin on my face gets dryer which is a good thing for me personally because I've got normal-oily skin. So seeing as my skin gets dried up my acne and any other blemishes seem to disappear. 

3:Winter clothing.

I love jumpers, skiny jeans, knee high boots, big coats, hoodies and all the other things that go with sinter clothing not to mention fluffy socks are a gift from heaven. It really is a bit of a confidence boost because you well Atleast I personally feel less self conscious about my body because everyone is in layers and nobody really knows what you look like underneath the two coats and three jumpers.

4:Dirty blonde-light brown hair

I am a natural blonde bar the ombré at the ends so during the summer I get natural highlights then in winter my hair gets darker. 

Winter hair ^^^ trust me that was an unattractive picture not to mention the haircut. Appologies for the face exing 

10 months later- Summer hair 

 maybe I should've taken a new photo, a well ill post it for the sake of my blog if I've got time tomorrow I'll take a better one and edit it in. Ye get the gist anyway.

5:Winter scarves 

Okay I didn't include this in winter clothing as I probably should've but scarves are an accessory that holds the look of clothes together. I love thick knit scarves as much as I love normal scarves. Which Is why I've been wearing the same burgandy knit scarf from dunnes for two months.

6:Beanies 

Once again these are accessories. I'm after really getting into the beanie/hat craze thing as it usually is during the colder months. I like them because the keep my easily cold ears warm and I never sit them on my forehead because that annoys the absolute life out of me.

7:Pepermint flavoured confectionary.

I love Pepermint so of course during the Christmas season everywhere stocks some form of Pepermint sweets my favourite of course are still candy canes. Pepermint in my opinion smells like Christmas and brings back early memories 

Better stop at seven, it is my lucky number after all.

44 days til Christmas!!!! Would it be socially unacceptable to put up decorations now ? Maybe I'll wait til Atleast the end of november.

Sarahxx

Insomnia and I

No this post isn't a recipe or another review or even anything to do with a proper blog post, it's about me and my insomnia (I know major shocker ? ). It's three am and I just can't sleep, my eyes are hanging and I'm falling asleep in the chair but as soon as I lie down I get a burst of energy and end up downstairs watching very bad tv once again.

Honestly it's getting on my nerves because I can't even concentrate I'm so tired so it's not like I could write my French letters or my Irish essay because after attempting the Irish one I swear it's like half Irish half random language my head made up :')

Like seriously right now there's a curtain making diy on tv and I'm actually watching it. I've tried watching videos on YouTube but they keep buffering and I don't have the patience to wait ten seconds to watch two seconds of film for twenty minutes. 

The dog's in seventh heaven right now though because he's fast asleep on my lap, which never usually happens. He's usually at the end of my bed being odd. 

Okay so tomorrow I can hardly do all my work tomorrow so now I'll have to do my French now and do the essay tomorrow but I've already got the plans done so it can't be majorly hard ? My only saving grace is the fact that my business accounts aren't due til Tuesday but I think I could do without home ec Monday, between getting asignments in on time and learning the mass amount of knowledge being drilled into us at the moment I've really got to buckle down and study for exams. Buh bye social life, well Atleast that shred of what I had left of one. I really wish I could fast forward to June and just get them over and done with, its agony constantly getting lectures about exams. They really were right back in August the teachers were telling us that the year would fly and that we need to study and of course everyone scoffed at the idea but after what feels like a day it's now November and I've got a month til exams and two and a half months until pre's then it's study study study until major exams on June 4th I believe which is also annoying as I will be sitting an exam for my birthday June 9th fingers crossed it's not something I hate *cough cough* home ec. 

On a lighter note I'm redecorating my room next weekend and I shal be taking a trip to ikea for the first time ever! I'm still unsure what colour though. Actually I wanted black and then to get extremely bright accessories but that got vitoed. Does anyone know any colours besides yellow-orange-red which makes rooms seem smaller?. I know it's so strange question because most people are trying to make their rooms look brighter and bigger but I'm more of a cozy person so to say. I'm deffinately painting my floor black though to match my old fashioned black metal framed bed. 

I've just suddenly realised how cold I actually am, it's absolutely freezing! I might turn on the heating... Nah it'd wake the whole house up. 

If anyone is up reading this I hope my weirdness has entertained you. 

Review: On the spot foundation- Seventeen

I was passing through boots looking for a last minute foundation and I saw this and thought it sounded interesting and for only €8.45 I believe,also seeing as I was nowhere ne'er a Gosh counter I said why the hell not ? Maybe I should've thought twice. 

It claims to aid in keeping skin clear and all it's done for me Is that it's broken my skin out even more. But I have sensitive skin so that could be the reason why. It is in fair which I believe is the lightest they have. It is a full coverage foundation and it has SPF15 which is good I suppose but we hardly need it here in Ireland at the moment, well Atleast here in Cork  :

Anyway back to the review.

It is a pump-cap lid, which I quite like and it evenly distributes the product and one pump gives this amount of product(see below)

When I first blended it in it was my exact colour match, then it oxidized like hell and I looked like an ompaloompa. I think if they did like an extra fair it may have oxidized into my actual skintone. 

As for coverage I didn't even need a concealer so on that hand it was amazing.

Would I buy it again ? Maybe if they made a new formula I would.

As they say you get what you pay for so in general I'm not that annoyed bar my skin breakout. 

My Halloween makeup idea number one. Zombie/witch /green creature.

Halloween is literally three days away and I am so so excited, I think I may love Halloween more than Christmas. Anyway if your like me and not very organised and you're currently scanning the interweb looking for last minute ideas which to be honest aren't very expensive and where you can use things you have in your makeup bag so that you don't have to drag yourself to the party shop, which to be fair are mahemic at the moment. Then I think I may be able to help you out . (Apologies in advance for really bad photos as I didn't take alot) This is not really a tutorial but if you want to see how I did it I might make a YouTube tutorial if ye would like (comment below if it is something ye'd be interested in.)

So this was an attempt at a you tubers (ill edit her name in later ) zombie makeup tutorial and I failed at it but I don't think I completely failed as I feel if I added a witch nose and a pointed hat I could be yer one from wicked (I think the wicked witch of the east I'm not positive). If you were doing it, I think you should consider latex wounds like the one I did here: 

I did do contouring for the first time ever and not too shabby if you ask me.

Creepy stare whoooooooo the eyeshadow is basically my eye colour 

What I used :Green eyeshadow (light green and an isadora khaki from one of their quads)

                     Black eyeshadow (hammer and ruby I think that's what they are called)

                     Maybeline liquid eyeliner

                     Red liquid lipstick (not the best description but I'll write a post about it later)

                     Brushes and that's it .

I would recommend continuing it down your neck as it looks kinda odd if you don't. (But of course ye know that already ) 

I will probably do two more of these if I come up with anything else.

Ps:I'd recommend face paint as using eyeshadow takes about two and a half hours.

Sarahxx

Annoying things I do/ my faults.

I know every single person out there has at least one fault (Atleast I hope so ) personally I've got a good few. I actually enjoy reading these sort of posts as let's be honest you either get a really small ego boost or you get that sense of association/ feels (can't believe I just wrote that ). Anyway I'm going to get started before I go off topic.

1: Cracking my knuckles: I'm preety sure a good few people now hate me because of this

2: Speaking: I have a high pitched voice, not chipmunk-like but fairly close. My friends don't mind but there are a few people that make a point of telling me every time we talk.

3: Tapping: I tap my hands or fingers off tables 

4: Clicking pens

5: Over-packing: I'm a 10 outfits for two days kind of girl.

6: Hiding food: I've no clue why I do this but when I have pre-packed food like chewits or peanuts even bottled drinks, I hide them around the house. Never fresh food of course and I always eat it the day after. But still I've put it in the book case, in the press even in vases. 

7: I'm loud: Actually that's not true, if you don't know me you'll probably think I'm shy and slightly awkward but the people who do know me know that I am really loud and extremely awkward.

8: I ignore people I don't know: I honestly don't do this intentionally, but If I have to be paired with randomers or I'm with a group of friends and some people I don't know come over I won't talk to them or make eye contact with them. You can probably imagine how 'easy' it is for me to make new friends. But I am starting to grow out of this one.

I think that's about it. It's probably not but ahhhwell.

Sarahxx 

Edit : I'm extremely clumsy so I break things a lot including a glass snow globe which costed 30 quid.

A little explanation...

My blog has been "dead" for about two weeks now and all I can say is between another family problem and finishing my childcare project for my big exam, I've had literally zero free time to do anything. Still no excuses I've got a very big game of catch up on my hands but bear with me. I've got a few post ideas and they will be up A.S.A.H.P. 

Anywho good-night/morning/evening 

Sarahxx

 

Paris Fashion week spring/summer 2014.

Paris Fashion week 2014 ran from the 24th of September to the 2nd of October. 

Below are a few of the shots I liked best.

Saint Laurent 

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The next three photos are examples of some of what's trending for spring/summer 2014. 

1-Parallel lines

2-Modern shirt dresses 

3-Metalics 

4-Pleats

Stella McCartney 

Alexander McQueen 

Andrew Gn

I feel like I've been living under a rock because I've only heard of Andrew Gn quite recently. I really love his designs. 

Especially the dress below..

Rochas

Dries Van Noten

Felipe oliveira

Oliveira's collection consisted of clothing in all hues of blue.

Alexis mabille

Mabille took a western approach to her collection and I must say I do love the combo of the glamourous dress with the western belt and boots.

Anthony Vaccarello

Damir doma

Doma is one of many designers who mixed fabrics but I think her pairing of the soft fabrics with the tweed is fabulous really. 

Ellie Saab 

Valentino

Two of the main things seen on the catwalk were parallel lines and male tailoring. 

Sarahxx

My most expensive piece of makeup.

My most expensive piece of makeup is my Clarins precious colours face powder I think it cost €50 + I'm not too sure .

I'm actually really sad about it though 'cause I hit pan and I'm preety sure it may have been discontinued. I've seen it for sale on eBay for 75USD. Which means I won't be repurchasing it. So now I'll have to find another perfect powder. Does anyone else feel if it ain't broke don't fix it concerning makeup cause I used the same brand of foundation for three years, I just HATE change. It's my quirk.

Earliest makeup memory's

My earliest makeup memory would probably be a vanity I had when I was three or four I think. It had a sticker mirror and it was bright bink and purple plastic with a little stool and it came with a set of plastic beauty tools like a hairdryer and comb and fake makeup and perfume bottles which I guarded with my life. I had a few bits of actual makeup in there which I used to make myself look like a "princess". It used to be kept right next to my kitchen set.

A happy memory

My happiest memory now that I look back on it was probably getting the madra. We got him at a time where everyone was morning but he made everyone smile I guess.. It might sound like a cliché but when you find your dog you will know. I was looking at fluffy poms and huskies on done deal when my mother found an advert and decided we should look at him and his siblings. I wasn't keen lets just say. When we met the breeder she was handing around these puppies and I just looked at mase and said that one. 

All I'll say is that's the best 100 quid I've ever spent.

Sarahxx

Shopping habits

Okay my shopping habits are scarves and anything Newlook. If you scroll down to my #Sbbc day nine post, you'll clearly see that well.. I love scarves. Penny's is actually the death of me with that wall of scarves and all. Actually saving money in general is hard for me.. Anyway back to the topic, my problem with Newlook is that they have an online store. So now I don't have to go get dressed and drive into town, I can just sit on the couch and order what I like, which to be fair isn't the best for my purse. I love new looks range of colab designers, especially "Blue Vanilla" which I think have also colaborated with A-wear.

I was actually looking through their website earlier and found this gorgeous dress which I have a similar design in Cobalt blue. Possibly the only thing that put me off buying this dress is the fact that I'm not Scottish and I'm not a trend sheep. (No offence to anyone that is )

Mine:

Have a great Arthur's day and stay safe.

SaresXx