Manicure Monday

Manicure Monday

Hey Guys, so this week's Manicure Monday is going to be short and sweet I just didn't want to leave you with nothing. So I got gel nails last week as you can see and I went for a nice and short nail because my nails had broken all short. I chose a white nail covered in glitter because I had my college ball and wanted to make sure my nails went with whatever dress I chose.

So that's it for this week's Manicure Monday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog

Xoxo

Sophie

Beauty Thursday

Beauty Thursday

So it's that time of the month guys, Glossybox time! I have to say I am still loving my Glossybox's, they never disappoint and this month almost every product was full size.

Dove Youthful Vitality Shampoo & Conditioner

So these were the only sample sizes we got in this month's Glossybox and I actually think it's great, so handy for travelling. I only used these once so I could review them for you guys because I do want to keep them to travel with. However, I will say my hair felt SO soft after using them so I do really like it and might buy the full size when I finish my current shampoo and conditioner. You can purchase these items here:

Essence Lash Princess Mascara

The next item was Lash Princess mascara from essence. I need to say that I actually love essence mascara's because I actually think they are great quality considering the price you pay, although they're not my absolute favourite brand I think they are very high up the list. I don't think you can go wrong if you are paying that price. I haven't opened this tube because I am trying to get through mascaras and considering I do like essence mascara's I will wait to open it, the packaging is super pretty though! You can purchase the essence Lash Princess mascara here:

Naobay Moisturizing Peeling

I LOVED this next item. It's a cleansing milk that gently exfoliates. Now my skin is so sensitive as I have mentioned before so I am so greatful to have something that I can exfoliate with without stinging my skin. My skin felt so clean and still soft afterwards so I definitely recommend this. You can purchase this item here:

Carmex Moisture Plus

Another item I loved this month was the Carmex moisture plus. I think it did a great job at getting rid of my chapped lips. I also loved the hint of berry colour because it meant that once I applied this I could get away with not wearing lipstick. You can purchase this item here:

If you want to subscribe to Glossybox, you can do so here:

That's it for this week's Beauty Thursday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Manicure Monday

Manicure Monday

For this week's Manicure Monday I went for a jade colour with a rose gold ring finger. I used Sally Hansen's "Jaded" and elf "blush." As I have said before I think Sally Hansen polish is great for not chipping and this was my first time trying an elf polish and I must say it has actually done better at not chipping than the Sally Hansen polish.

Method:

1. I began by filing my nails to prevent any hangnails.

2. I then applied a base coat to prevent the polish discolouring my nails.

3. Next I painted all of my nails excluding the two ring fingers with the "jaded" from Sally Hansen with a first coat.

4. After I painted the first coat, I applied a first coat of "blush" to the ring fingers.

5. Once the first coats were dry, I applied a second coat by repeating steps 3&4.

6. After the second coat dried, I applied a top coat to prevent chipping.

- You can purchase Sally Hansen Jaded here:

- You can purchase the set which I got "blush" from elf here:

That's it for this week's Manicure Monday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Celebrity Style Sunday

Celebrity Style Sunday

This week's Celebrity Style Sunday is dedicated to one of my childhood idols, Britney Spears.

To kick off the Britney style Sunday, Britney looked flawless in the "Oh La La" music video. She wore this Jexika red chain dress and a pair of Charlotte Olympia "Dolly" slingback pumps. Dune sell similar heels to Britney's available here:

Britney looked super sexy in her "Work Bitch" music video. She wore a Maison Close Villa satine skirt, a Marlies Dekkers golden karo metal cup bra and a pair of Giuseppe Zanotti gold frida pumps. She accessorized with Mishka Piaf London lantern earrings and Tom Binns chaos necklace.

In August 2009, Britney brought her two sons to Shrek the Musical in New York. She wore a Little Yellow button calligraphy tee and Paige premium blue heights skinny jeans in black diamond. You can get a similar top here: 

Britney looked stunning while attending her Britney Jean album release party in December 2013. She wore this Antonio Berardi embellished crepe and velvet pencil dress with a pair of Saint Laurent pleated Janis Escarpin gold pumps.

While attending Elton Johns Aids foundation Oscars viewing party in 2013, Micheal Cinco couture sequined gown. She accessorized with a De Grisgono Boule ring and Yves Saint Laurent tribtoo pumps. You can get a similar gown to Britney's from Debenhams here:

In December 2008, Britney attended the Light of The Angels holiday tree lighting ceremony. She wore a Black Halo Jackie O dress and an Express belted wool coat. House of Fraser have a similar coat to Britney's available here:

Britney attended Forever Vella tanning spa in Los Angeles which she visits regularly in October 2013. She was seen wearing Nike Free sneakers and Peace Love World "I am Love" sweat pants. You can purchase Britney's trainers here:

The infamous Miss Spears attended the People's Choice Awards in January last year. She looked stunning in a Mikael D Prefall 2013 crystal embroidered lace dress with a pair of Giuseppe Zanotti Resort 2014 pointed toe pumps.

In December 2012, Britney looked flawless on the X Factor. She wore Herve Leger cut out detail dress and a pair of her trust Yves Saint Laurent tribtoo pumps. Miss Guided have a dress like Britney's which you can purchase here:

The new lingerie designer was presenting the Intimate Britney Spears collection back in September 2014. She wore a bright orange Rhea Costa jumpsuit which featured a plunging neckline. You can buy a similar red jumpsuit here:

Britney attended her local Coffee Bean in May 2013. She wore a Luluemon Athletica wunder under crop and Astars jacket.

Britney was seen looking happy while leaving the Plaze Athenee hotel in Paris back in November 2008. She was seen wearing a Michael by Michael Kors hooded toggle coat, a True Religion Stelth stella jeans in body rinse and a  GoldenBleu Delilah bag.  Forever 21 has a coat just like Britney's but without the hood, check it out here:

Britney played the beautiful bridesmaid at sister Jamie Lynn's wedding in New Orleans back in March 2014. She wore a Herve Leger Geena beaded gown.

Britney was seen out and about in London back in  October 2013. She wore a Melle Bianco Iman spike stud tote and Monica Corte wedge sneakers.

I love love love this look of Britney from Kansas city in June 2012. She looked gorgeous in a pair of Miu Miu glitter sole suede peeptoe pumps and a Assedine Alia blister knit dress with full skirt. You can get a flirty dress like Britney's available here:

Finally, my hands down favourite Britney Spears look is another look from the Work Bitch music video. She wore this gorgeous bright Georges Chakra Spring Summer 2013 dress. She accessorized with a Lynn Bann sterling silver and diamond inverse cuff and a pair of Giuseppe Zanotti mirror cuff sandals.

That's it for this week's Celebrity Style Sunday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Beauty Thursday

Beauty Thursday

Hey everyone so for this week's Beauty Thursday I thought I would talk about brushes and the different types of brushes. First off I want to say that one thing I love about make up is that there is no set way to do it so if you use different brushes for different purposes than I do that is fine too I just want to show you guys how I use mine in case anyone was unsure and looking for help.

As you can see I have a few foundation brushes, I also have a Real Techniques beauty blender which I have yet to try. At the moment the ones that I own and have tried are a Body Collection one, an Infinity one, a Royal Cosmetics one and an elf stipple brush. At the moment my favourite is the elf stipple brush as I find it gives my foundation a flawless look to it and it was quite cheap. Some problems with foundation brushes is that they can sometimes make foundation appear streaky so do be aware of that when you're applying your foundation with a brush, however you do learn quickly how to fix that and I find that with my elf brush it never appears streaky. (If you would like me to do a blog post on how I make sure not to have streaky foundation using a brush let me know!)

Next up is powder brushes I currently own a Real Techniques powder brush and a w7 duo brush. The w7 duo brush has two sides (the angled side is more for contour) we are focusing on the rounder end. Powder brushes can come in big and small sizes. The two I own are medium sized and I find that to be the best size for applying your powder brush because it will allow you to dust powder only where you need to but it's not that small that it takes forever just to powder your face. I personally love my powder brushes nice and soft which is why I love my Real Techniques one. When in the shop run the bristles of the brush along the back of your hand to test how soft the bristles are but also to check it doesn't shed.

Next up the cheeks I use a small powder brush to apply brush and a Real Techniques cheek brush to apply bronzer. The angled part of the w7 Duo brush is also great for contour, the angle is great to sculpt the cheekbones. The round headed Real Techniques brush is perfect for bronzer, as it's great at distributing the product evenly.

In this picture I have a fan brush and a w7 brush that is great for cream contour. Due to the thinness of the w7 brush it is great to contour with as it is precise to line the cheekbones and then you just blend the cream contour. Next up is the fan brush which is perfect for highlighting powders, a fan brush is great as the shape feels light on your skin. It's designed to sweep highlighting powder above your cheek bones.

 For concealer I use a brush from a "Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model" make up set to apply the concealer. I then use an elf pointed foundation brush to blend and set my under eye concealer, as I find the point is great to get right under the eye. 

Next up I have two eyebrow and lash brushes, I did have three until recently when the top broke off of the brush. I own a Georgia brush from a Georgia Salpa eyelash set and a w7 smaller eyebrow brush from a brows set. These are pretty simple and are great help to brush your brows. I also own two angled brow brushes which are very thin in width and are great to use to fill in your brows. I recommend when it comes to a brush to fill in your brows to use an angled brush and also once as thin as you can find because these will be more precise. I also have one lash brush which is used to seperate lashes.

I will be doing another blog post about different eyeshadow brush types and explaining their uses but just so you know now, I have three round shaped eyeshadow brushes which are great for applying eyeshadow and also for blending. I have an Urban Decay, a Real Techniques brush and to be honest I have no idea what brand the red brushes are.

Now we have the lip brushes. These are pretty simple you use them to apply your lipstick.

That's it for this week's Beauty Thursday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

What I Wore Wednesday

What I Wore Wednesday

So far this week's What I Wore Wednesday I chose to show you guys an outfit I wore out at the weekend. I wore this off white coloured lace peplum top from Topshop and a tight black skirt from Boohoo. I paired the outfit with my nude wedges from Korky's. 

- You can purchase my bodycon mini skirt from Boohoo here:

- You can purchase my lace peplum top from Topshop here:

That's it for this week's What I Wore Wednesday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Manicure Monday

Manicure Monday

This week's Manicure Monday I chose this adorable pink colour. I was going out and wanted to use my new e.l.f lip stain in "birthday suit" and so I chose to paint my nails to match. I used Wet 'n' Wild's Megalast in "Candy-licious."

Method:

1. File all nails so they're even and there are no hang nails.

2. Apply a base coat to prevent staining the nail.

3. Paint on the first layer of nail varnish.

4. Once the first layer is dry, apply the second layer of polish.

5. After the second layer of polish is dry apply a top coat


You can purchase Wet 'n' Wild's Megalast "Candy-licious" here:


That's it for this week's Manicure Monday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Celebrity Style Sunday

Celebrity Style Sunday

This week's Celebrity Style Sunday is dedicated on the queen of the red carpet, Giuliana Rancic. So I wrote this post a few week's ago and with all the comments being made I have been putting off publishing it but if you like Giuliana's style here is how you can get similar looks.

So G presented on Enews back in 2012 wearing this Kate Frances crop blazer. Asos do a similar pink blazer available here:

Giuliana looked amazing at the 61st Emmys back in September 2009. She wore this white Gustavo Cadile 2010 halter gown.

Miss Rancic presented on Enews in February 2015. She wore this Maje jam pleated open knit skirt in red and a Karen Millen faux leather collar top. You can get a similar skirt to G's here:

Giuliana looked like a princess at the 86th Academy Awards in March 2014. She radiated in this Paolo Sebastian Couture lace gown. 

G looked chic on Enews in August 2014. She wore a pair of Stuart Weitzman privacy pumps and a Pixie Market sweet jane dress. You can get a similar dress here:

Miss Rancic attended Fashion Police wearing this BDBGMAXAZRIA Kyla aline long sleeve dress and a pair of Christian Louboutin Confusa shoes. You can get the exact dress as G here:

Giuliana ruled the red carpet at the 2012 Emmy's, she wore a pair of Jimmy Choo Loila sandals and a Romona Kevesa Fall 2012 black mermaid gown.

This last look is when G attended the Power 100 Women in Entertainment breakfast in December 2014. She wore Topshop Premium high neck shift dress and a pair of Brian Atwood Besame pumps. This dress is all sold out I'm afraid guys.

So that's it for this week's Celebrity Style Sunday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie