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It's been a while since I have wrote about my 'monthly favourites' but that was mainly because for the past few months, I have been busier than ever and I have just got back from being on holiday.

I have got a few things that I have absolutely been loving in August whilst I was on holiday in India, so I hope you enjoy!

Hey guys,

So it has been such a long time since I have written a blog post and I most certainly can explain why. College has been my main focus for the past few weeks with handing in assignments as well as a lot going on in my personal life too. 

But I have finally got round to writing a post which isn't the longest, but I thought I would share some photographs I took when I went on a walk around Watermead Park with two of my friends from College for the day on Monday. I hope you like it!

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So this is another review and it's the last review for quite a while because I feel as though I have been doing a heck of a lot of reviews recently,so I thought that I would stop with the reviews for now and from next week, I will be writing several posts on something other than just reviews. 

Today's review is on the Barbara Daly Light Effect Concealer Pen. I had bought this concealer around 2 weeks ago and have been using it nearly every day since I have been liking it so much. 

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So it has been a while since I have written a blog post and that was because I had been incredibly busy completing assignments and a lot of other things, which is why I did not get round to writing a blog post. Since I haven't posted anything for the past two weeks, I thought that I would write two posts and publish them sometime this weekend and they will both be linked to each other. 

For today's post, I thought I would do a review on a product that I have bought recently and it has not even been 2 weeks since I purchased it, but I have been using it all week and it is the Barbara Daly Velvet Touch Bronzer.




To be honest, this is one of, if not the best, bronzer I have ever purchased as well as the first to suit my skin tone. 

PROS:

• Incredibly pigmented! But you have to make sure that you do not apply too much, just lightly applying it can sculpt cheekbones and jawline. 
• Gives an airbrushed type look when applied on face.
• Compact so you can take it with you on the go.
• The product is creamy, light and very nice to touch.
• So so so incredible to use for contouring!!!
• Gives a nice, warm finish to your face

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So today's blog post is a review and it is on the Rimmel Kate Rockin' Curves Mascara by Kate Moss. This mascara I purchased around 2 weeks in to February in the colour Jet Black and I have been using it ever since and I thought that I would write a review on it since I have been using it for quite a while now! I hadn't been planning on buying this mascara nor did I expect to buy it, but since I have been wanting to try a new mascara out after my old one finished, I decided to give this mascara a go and see how I liked it.

The packaging of the actual mascara tube, I found really cute as it sort of has a lilac/purple look to it with orange writing. The wand and the brush are both quite thick and sturdy rather than flimsy. I also found that the brush itself was a weird shape, but it states on the actual mascara tube that it is a 'broken heart' shape, the concept I found odd, but quite cool. The intensity of this mascara for the first coat is quite a lot, however it does glide on smoothly rather than it come out clumpy and the intensity is not too much for when I am going for the daytime look because you are able to build up on the intensity. 

This mascara does make my eyelashes look a lot longer when I pair it with the Collection Killer Curves mascara which I use for more curled lashes. When using both mascaras after curling my lashes with a curling wand, I find that I get my eyelashes the way I want them to 
look!

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So this post is based on something which I take care of a lot...my eyebrows! This is mainly because if I do not pluck or thread or do anything to them for literally around 2 weeks, they will grow very quickly.

I have always had very full and thick eyebrows. When I was younger, I never really cared to take care of them and looking back at photographs, I think 'what was I thinking?!' But hey! I was only a child back then. I began to properly start looking after my eyebrows at the beginning of Year 10. My aunt began to thread my eyebrows every 2-3 weeks and slowly I learnt how to thread them myself and since then, I have been taking care of my eyebrows since!


PROS

• You are able to be more precise about which areas around the eyebrow you want to remove hair from, this resulting in a more flawless and polished brow line.
  
• It is quick and fast!
  
• Regularly threading can lead to the hair follicle to become damaged, this meaning unwanted hair will eventually stop growing. (Small hairs around my eyebrows have stopped growing due to regularly threading which also means it takes less time to do)
  
• Long lasting results! Threaded eyebrows can last up to 4-6 weeks, however I thread mine every 3 weeks!

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In my mind, I have always had this constant debate as to what to do with my hair. Some days I want to go all Kylie Jenner and chop it off so it's the length of my shoulders. Other days, I will say 'Noooo, I love having long hair because I can do so much with it'. I can never decide! 

My hair length is currently just below my elbows, with no layers at all and a middle parting. I have had layers in the past, however I was never too fond of it because it would look nice once I left the hairdressers, but as soon as I washed my hair and it dried, I felt as though the layers did not look as nice.

I have been looking at several different hairstyles as well as different dyed hair in which I could maybe get some inspiration and change my hair up a bit in 2015, but we all know that I'll end up keeping it the same. Enjoy!

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So I recently purchased the Rimmel London Match Perfection Illuminating Concealer as my previous concealer had ran out and I just could not find the concealer I had owned at first, anywhere! 

So I saw this in Boots and I have heard quite positive feedback about this concealer so I just had to try it out for myself! It is the Rimmel London Match Perfection Illuminating Concealer in the shade 010 IVORY.

• Covers up any blemishes.
• Easy to blend in using fingers.
• Does not go powdery or cause dry skin when I apply it. 
• Does not look cakey when you apply it onto the skin.
• Brightens my skin.

Hey guys!

So I hope you all have had a great New Years! So 2014 is now over and I find it hard to believe that it is 2015 already and we are now already on the 6th January! 

I'm definitely going to make this year a lot better than 2014 so let's hope this year is a great one!

Rather than saying that they are New Year Resolutions, I have set myself some goals for 2015 which I am starting or continuing on from 2014 because I want to keep it up for as long as possible, a few of which will be ones that I am carrying on. A lot of these are mainly long term goals which I have set for myself and I know that they won't be easy, but I am determined to carry them out and keep them going!

1. Blog a lot more than I did in 2014
Blogging is one of those things I am really enjoying ever since I started back in June 2014. I feel as though it's a place where I can express myself in several ways, whether it be makeup looks (I am in the process of writing so many!), or lifestyle related posts similar to my Overcoming Insecurities post which I written back in October 2014 (you can read it here). I feel as though I have a lot to express, but it takes me a while to process it so I can write it down properly, this is why I have 33 blog posts published, but over 15 unpublished because I am in the middle of writing these!. But hey, you learn as you go along! 

2. Overcome my insecurities + Become more confident
I have been insecure about myself for as long as I can remember. I was a happy child from Primary school until around Year 8 in Secondary school. Something changed then about how I began to feel and see myself and I can state quite a few reasons as to what caused that change. Over the past two years, I have managed to slowly overcome those insecurities, but there are still a lot of days where I feel self conscious which does upset me. Recently, I have just been tired of feeling insecure about myself and my lack of confidence in certain situations. I know that it can't happen instantly overnight, but my goal for 2015 is to learn to become content with myself as well as grow my confidence, speak up for myself a lot more and just be happy and positive like I was in primary school. 

3. Become fitter & healthier
This was included in my Health and Fitness post I had written. But I am wanting to become a lot healthier and fitter in 2015 and for the long term of my life. This includes exercising a lot as well as starting to eat healthier.This doesn't mean completely stopping eating junk food, just cutting down a lot more and eating a lot more healthier foods. I have been working out since September 2013 but there tends to be times where I stop really quickly or slowly begin to start stopping. This year I want to be able to keep working out at least 5 out of the 7 days of the week and hopefully keep it up in the long run and not stop!

4. Become better at make-up 
Make-up is one of the things that my blog is about, however, I feel as though I haven't written any make-up look posts, mainly because it does take me quite a long time to get everything prepared and write step-by-step instructions as to how I did a certain look or eye look. This is why I have been considering doing videos for how I do a certain look and I have been considering this for a very long time but I just can't bring myself to do them. Maybe sometime this year!

5. Be open to more opportunities
In 2014, I had a lot of opportunities given to me, whether these were from family to go off and do things with other family members or cousins or since I started my blog and had gotten emails to try new things. However, I was quick to say no because I would end up thinking 'what if something goes wrong'. This year, I have decided to become more open to trying and taking part in new opportunities. And instead of thinking 'what if something goes wrong', I have been told by a very close cousin of mine that 'I should always think about the positive side of any opportunities I am given because I never know when it could change my life'. And it definitely does make me think 'what if I did take the opportunities I was given back in 2014?'

6. Save up!!!
If you know me really well, you would know that I prefer to save my money rather than spend it and over the years ever since I was 5 leading up to now, I have been given money for Christmas, my birthday, Diwali, Raksha Bandhan as well as money from doing things around the house. And I have been saving saving saving by putting all of these into a piggy bank I have, despite me being incredibly tempted to spend it at certain times, I am so glad I did decide to save over the years because something I want to do when I turn 18 is travel and visit a new place, whether this be with a friend or a cousin! And because I have been saving up since the age of 5, it definitely has given me a lot of time to save up as well as me still having 2 more years to go! Something which is on my wishlist to hopefully buy this year is a new camera so I can take better quality photographs for my blog. The camera I am hoping to buy is mainly the Canon 1100D or 7D which I have been wanting for quite a long time.

7. It's not the end of the world
This I included in my 14 Things I Learnt in 2014 post. Recently, I have drifted apart from friends of 11-14 years and if I am honest, I am fine with it! This also applies for school. One bad grade is not the end of the world and you have your whole life ahead of you and the world has so many opportunities to offer to you. You just have to seize them at the right moment!



I hope you enjoyed reading this post and also have a great 2015! What New Year's goals have you set yourself? I'd love to know!