The Christmas Tag

Hey guys, today I decided to do the Christmas Tag because I haven't really done anything Christmas-y yet on my blog and thought that this would be a great way to start off. So here is the Christmas Tag:

1. Whats Your Favorite Holiday Movie?
Home Alone, I watch it every year and know all the lines.
2. What Are Your Favorite Christmas Colors?
Red and Gold, we always have our tree done in these colours and I think they are so nice together and really festive.
3. Do You Like To Stay in Your PJs Or Dress Up For Christmas?
I like to stay in my PJs for most of the morning while opening presents and then change into a cute Christmas jumper or something for dinner.
4. If You Could Only Buy One Person a Present This Year Who Would It Be?
I am kind of only physically buying one person a Christmas present this year because I am in France and won't be able to bring everyone's presents home and don't have time to shop for any when I do get home a couple of days before Christmas so my sister is buying them all and I am going halves with her. That means once I get home that I only need to buy my sister a present which is nice.
5. Do You Open Your Presents Christmas Eve Or Christmas Morning?

Christmas morning. My mom never let us open any Christmas presents on Christmas Eve no matter how much we begged.
6. Have You Ever Built a Ginger Bread House?
No, but I love ginger bread so much so that sounds really fun.. and tasty.
7. What Do You Like To Do On Your Christmas Break? 
I love to curl up on the couch with lots of food and watch Christmas movies with my sisters.
8. Any Christmas Wishes?
I just want to be home and get to spend Christmas with my family.
9. Favorite Christmas Smell?

The smell of the fire burning when you come in from the freezing cold outside.
10. Favorite Christmas Meal Or Treat?

Hot chocolate or trifle. My mom always makes me my own special trifle with no fruit in it just for me every Christmas.

I hope you liked this Tag. Feel free to do it and leave a link below to yours so that I can read it because I'd love to hear what everyone's favourite things about Christmas are. 

FOTD Using Her Name Was Glowla Benefit Set + Review

Hey guys, today I just wanted to show you a gorgeous natural everyday makeup look that I've been wearing a lot recently. This look was created with Benefit's Her Name Was Glowla and a couple of other products. The main thing I like about this look is the eye makeup; the eye shadows in the set are shimmery and absolutely gorgeous. I like that the are not too shimmery like some other eye shadows so they still look fairly natural but are also really pretty at the same time. In the how to part of this post I will put all the makeup from the Benefit set that was used in blue writing so you can easily see what you need extra. I used everything from the set except for the Moon Beam highlight because I used High Beam instead but I tend to use whichever one I feel like at the time. Also, I kept this look really natural but you could make it darker by applying more of the brown eye shadow and not blending in out as much as me. So here is what I did to achieve this look:

Face

Benefit's The Porefessional (to prime face)

Rimmel's Wake Me Up foundation (in True Ivory)

Rimmel's Wake Me Up concealer (in Soft Beige)

Kiko Soft Light Powder (02) (to set foundation)

Bourjois' Délice de Soleil Bronzing Powder (14 Olive/Tanned Skin)(to bronze face)

Benefit High Beam (to highlight just above the cheekbones)

Benefit Coralista (on apples of the cheeks)

Eyes

Urban Decay's Primer Potion (Original) (to prime eyes)

Eye Shadow from Benefit Set:

Basically, go from the lightest to the darkest from the inside of your eyelid to your outer corner but keep reading if you want to be more specific.

Passion Pearl (whitish colour) (under the brow bone and in the inner corner as a highlight)

Peachy Sheen (light peachy/satin colour) (all over the lid)

Terracotta Satin (darker peachy colour) (use from the middle of the eyelid until the outer corner)

Steamy Copper (lightish brown colour) (on the outer half of the eyelid)

Deep Bronze (dark brown colour) (in the outer corner)

Blend out eye shadow with a fluffy blending brush 

17 Eyeliner Black (to line the waterline + tightline)

Essence Gel Liner (01 Midnight in Paris) (to line the upper lashline; winging it out slightly)

Curl Eyelashes 

Benefit's Bad Gal Lash Mascara (applied to lashes in a zigzag motion to avoid any clumps)

Lips

Mac Shy Girl Lipstick (but you can use any natural pink or peachy colour)

Benefit Life On The A List Lip Gloss

I really love this Benefit set and all of the products in it. It retails at around €30 which is fairly good consider how many high quality products you get in it. If you want the get this set, you can buy it here on ebay.

I hope you liked this post. Please let me know if you like these type of posts or I you think that I should do them a different way or not by leaving a comment below. I would appreciate the feedback :)

100 Followers on Bloglovin!! Thanks so much xx

Hey guys, so today I reached 100 followers on bloglovin and I am so happy :) Thank you to everyone who follows and reads my blog. It really makes my day to read all your lovely comments and I can't believe that now 100 people read my blog. I'm going to do a giveaway soon to celebrate but I'm waiting until I after I go back to Ireland to do it. I have only two weeks left here in France and I have exams and packing to do before I go. Most likely the giveaway will be after Christmas because I have loads to do when I get home.

 I just wanted to know what you would like to be in the giveaway because I would prefer to have a giveaway of something that I know people want rather than just something random I see. I'm contemplating the giveaway being one of the naked palettes or a mac lipstick of your choice, or maybe something nice from Benefit like They're Real mascara or a boxed powder because they are one of my favourite makeup brands. Leave a comment below of what you would like to win in a giveaway and make sure to follow the blog if you aren't already so that you don't miss the giveaway when it happens :)

I love you all,

Look Book/ London Clothes Haul

Hey guys, so about a month ago I went to London and I bought some new clothes. I said in my London blog post at the time that I would make sure to do a haul of it or a look book. I ended up deciding to do a mixture of both. I have never done a look book before but it was really fun to do. I loved picking the locations for each shot and showing off my new clothes. I definitely want to do more of these in the future so let me know if it is something you would like to see. Thanks so much to my friend Aoife for taking all the pictures and making it so much fun to do :)

Basically I just created three different looks that you could wear with the same leather leggings. (Any of the items that are still available online will be linked below.)

So here is my look book/London haul: 

Look 1:

:

Peplum Jacket: £59.99 Zara (€69.95)
Top: €2:50 Camden Market

Leather Look Leggings: £30 Urban Outfitters  (€36)

Shoes: €40 Zara (previously bought)

Look 2:

Jumper : €10 Camden Market

Same leather leggings for Urban Outfitters
Shoes: €40 River Island (previously bought)

Look 3:

Top: £2:50 Camden Market

Same leggings and shoes as Look 2.

Hope you liked this post :) Let me know if you want me to do more of these type of posts in the future by leaving a comment below :) Click here if you would like to see the Lush haul that I also got on my London trip.

Bioderma - Crealine H20 Solution Micellaire (Sensibio H2O) Review

Hey guys, today I want to review the Bioderma crealine H2O solution micellaire. I heard rave reviews about this makeup remover/water based cleanser but I knew that it was only sold in France so I would only be able to get it online which would be pretty expensive. So when I moved here (France) for four months for college, I knew that I had to try Bioderma. I found it fairly fast here in France because it is available in most pharmacies and I got the 500ml bottle for €12 which I know is a lot cheaper than I would have got online.

I've had it for a few months now but when I first tried it out, I didn't think it was anything special. I had no cotton pads at the time so I just used tissue and I found that it didn't remove my makeup as well as a makeup wipe would especially the eyeliner, I needed to rub hard at my eyes to try to remove it. I started removing my makeup by squirting some of it on a makeup wipe and then using that to remove it. I know that is stupid but the I found it didn't work well at all with tissues and had no cotton pads (which I kept forgetting to buy) so I thought that by doing this, I'm using the product that I just bought for €12 and I'm cleansing my face too because makeup wipes alone don't cleanse your skin.

Here comes the good news, I eventually got cotton pads to remove my makeup and I found that the Bioderma worked so much better with them. I can even get off my most stubborn eyeliner by holding a cotton pad with some Bioderma on it on my closed eye for a few seconds before trying to wipe away the eye makeup. This works well because then the Bioderma kind of soaks into the makeup and this helps it to be removed a lot easier and gentler when rubbing it off so you don't have to tug on your eyes.

Another thing I really love it for I found out when I was doing my friends makeup and it is also how I hear professional makeup artist like to use it. When you make a slight mistake (or a big one) doing eye makeup, just put some Bioderma on a cotton ear bud and you can get rid of the smallest mistakes. I really like it for this because I'm always trying to get my eyeliner perfect and now I know that if I make a mistake that it can be easily fixed. One other thing about this product that I have found that since using it is that my skin is not as dry. Usually my nose is super dry and that can sometimes make my makeup look flaky but now it seems to be pretty normal so I'm really glad.

I really like this product now but it still is pretty expensive and hard to get ( in Ireland). I think that when I run out of it, I will try find something local and cheaper that's as good but if I can't I think I will definitely be going back to Bioderma because I really love it now. You can buy this product here on Amazon.

Hope you liked this post :) Have you tried this product? If you were disappointed with it, was it because any of the same reasons that I thought it was overrated in the beginning? Or do you love it? Leave a comment below.