Its Been a Little While.. And It's Starting to Look Like Summer!

This yummy little thing made my day!

I'm not blogging as regularly as I would like to as I've been getting home quite late from work and after doing bits and bobs. Firstly, I just need to say, THE HUNGER GAMES IS EQUALLY AS AMAZING AS THE BOOK. I went to see the preview on Thursday after work with my fellow fanatic Steph and Abbey as we just couldn't wait any longer. I wasn't expecting to get so emosh, it was just AMAZING! Cannot wait for the second film, but I'm sure that's going to be quite a wait yet :(

After that outburst, I'll move on to what else I have been up to the past week. On Wednesday, I finally caught up with my NVQ assessor after she had been putting off seeing me for 2 months. I weren't very happy with the lack of contact and generally being left in the dark for so long. Now I have plenty of work to be getting on with though, so I've been doing bits and bobs of it this week. 

Thursday was of course the highlight of my week, with the long anticipated Hunger Games and all. Our local shopping centre is open until 7pm on a Thursday, so Steph and I had planned a whole list of make-up that we wanted to get our hands on. To our disappointment, Boots and Superdrug were already closed by the time we got there :( So we had to make do with Debenhams. 

Friday consisted of me having to walk 3 miles from work into town, as my stupid bus didn't turn up for the second time that week. I am definitely making a complaint, as I didn't get home until 8pm! On a Friday too! I did then pop over to Stephs where I met her new nephew for the first time. I must say he is a cutey. I then had a 5 year old paint my nails, all in the name of fun.

Saturday was a bit of a rush. I was rudely awoken at the crack of dawn by someone mowing their lawn! In hind sight though I am grateful of that as i wouldn't have had the time to do everything I needed if i had got up any later. I popped into town to get a few bits, then had work at the Football Club in the afternoon. I also had the best slushy ever after deciding it was appropriate in the lovely weather we had at the weekend. Work was quite fun, weren't too busy so sat out in the sun with an ice pop and a cold beer watching the footy :)

I arrived in Hatfield to Liams on Saturday evening, and was so tired I fell asleep until 1am. He must think I am so fun haha. I woke up but couldn't actually go back to sleep until about 6am, and woke up shortly after surprisingly feeling fresh as a daisy. Sunday was again gorgeous weather, so the boyfriend and I went for a nice pub lunch. He was feeling a bit under the weather, so we popped in to Superdrug to get him so meds. I of course took this as an opportunity to peruse the make up aisle. This is what i left with -

Firstly, let me just apologise for the terrible photo quality. I only had my phone on me. I bought the blue (shade 9) and black (shade 2) shades of nail polish from the MUA range. The only black nail polish I have is the Barry M Croc and Nail Effects, so thought I may as well buy a plain black one. I wouldn't normally go for the blue shade, but figured why not! As I didn't have a blue polish in my collection :)

I put the Pretty Quick Nail Drying Spray in my basket at the last minute. It was looking directly at me from the till. Very good Superdrug, very good! I was forced to make an impulsive decision with the power of marketing. I'm glad I did though, as this actually works! Not a smudge even only after a minute or so. This is a God send for me, as I always have to re-paint after forgetting that my nails aren't quite dry yet. I was super happy with this product :)

The Pretty Quick Instant Nail Polish Remover is actually something I purchased a week or so ago. Again, this little pot of goodness is amazing! It has a sponge in that is soaked in the remover, which you stick your nail and whirl it around a tad, and voila! Polish instantly removed! I was absolutely amazed by this, as usually it takes me so long to remove all the varnish without leaving some on the sides of the nail which can be tricky to get to. Chan = amazed.

I teamed my new blue MUA polish (shade 9) with my Barry M Berry I/C. Just a quick evening fix as I had work the next day.

I really liked this combo :) The blue polish was very sheer though, so I did need to use about 4 coats.

Finally, I made Liam walk all the way to the shop to get some munchies with me :) We love food!

So I'm off to watch some Friends, drink a cuppa and have a good gorge on this lot. Sorry for the hefty post! I'm going to try to blog more regularly. Have a fandabadooby week!

Chan xx

A Little Update On What I've Been Up To The Past Few Days…

So as I mentioned in my last post, I went out with a few of my best ladies on Friday night. Initially, the plan was to pop in to Argos on the way home to pick up a DVD player (as my one bit the dust L) and snuggle up watching films for the night. However, Jade has a great power of persuasion, meaning I was rushing home to get some stuff to wear and was on my way to good old Hatty.

Like a wally, she forgot to buy tickets so we weren’t even sure if we would get in! Luckily this wasn’t the case so we had a good old St Paddys themed night. With real leprechauns and everything!

I then made Liam (the man in my life) come to meet me on the way home and sent him out to buy me some munchies. I gave him a list of what I wanted… and he came back with a 6 pack of milky bar yoghurts. Not quite what I asked for; and he woke me up at half 4 in the morning to ask if I wanted one. Silly Billy.

Saturday morning involved a mad dash to get my Mumma a mothers day present. And then off to work at the football club. The story with this is, I am deemed as the bar manager at ATFC, where my daddy is the Chairman of the football club. This all sounds lot a more professional than it is. I cant really class it as work, I quite enjoy it if I'm honest. And it’s nice to help daddy out J

Unfortunately one of my best girls was taken ill at the weekend and was in hospital L she came home so the girls and I popped over to see her to try and make her feel a bit better. We had popping candy and KitKats, nearly a party!

Sunday was a nice chilled day. I made a treasure hunt for mummy to do to find her presents J then made her breakfast and IRONED. That’s love. We then popped round to see my nanny, whose house I adore. It feels so vintage and really reminds me of my childhood. The afternoon was spent cooking and indulging in a roast dinner. Yum!

So that was my weekend… was quite a nice balance. This week I'm really looking forward to The Hunger Games with my fellow fanatic Steph! She is my bestest buddy and we love the Hunger Games too much. The wait has been killing us. I'm so excited :D

The rest of my week is pretty boring. Just work, work at the football club and NVQ work. Hoping the weekend comes around fast J

Chan xx



MUA Lipstick Review

So today is my first review post! I'm starting off simple as I'm new to this, and it's all a bit of fun :)

I popped into Superdrug on Friday afternoon after work as I was going out that night and wanted to try out a nice red lippy. After spending about half an hour walking up and down the make up aisle, I had quite a few products in the cute little pink basket. I actually really want one of those, but figured I would look  bit of a crazy lady if I went to the check out and asked them to scan it. Maybe another time. I walked past the MUA stand, and couldn't believe the price when I saw these. £1 each, considering the packaging looks pretty high end I was amazed!

I picked up the pink (shade 4) red (shade 13) and dark cherry red (shade 1). I didn't actually swatch them in the shop (don't quite know why, I am new to this remember) and headed to the checkout as they were about to close.

As I mentioned before, I think that the packaging for this product is absolutely great for the price! I think it looks sophisticated and good quality. I've seen a few reviews say that there is more product in the base of the packaging also, so will be interested to see that.

Here are the swatches -

To begin with, I was a bit disappointed with the pink shade as I thought that it would be much more pigmented, but appeared quite sheer. However, I then realised that it would be a great shade for daily wear. As you can see, the two red shades are greatly pigmented. I love the shade on the right, but opted to wear the lighter red shade out on Friday night.

It was fantastic! I actually think it was more of a stain than a lipstick, as i didn't actually re-apply it all night! When I went to remove my make up, it was actually quite a struggle to get off. That to me screams a great product, and for £1 its hard to believe!

This is a picture from Friday night. It was St Paddys themed, and these Leprechauns made my night :D haha. I'm on the left in the red (sorry about the awful picture) with my two beautiful girls Sarah and Jade :)

Anyway, the point of this was to show the product. I'm wearing the brighter red (shade 4).

All in all, I don't think I can say a bad word about the product. And I'm very excited to dive in to the brand!

So that was my first review post. It was fun!

Chan xx



Something new...

So, this blogging business is all new to me, but after reading a few blogs, I have become rather inspired to start myself! I don’t have the most exciting life, just a standard happy working 19 year old. I am becoming more and more enticed into make up and cosmetics after watching beauty Youtube channels, and reading beauty blogs. I love the idea of using different products to create different looks. Unfortunately for my bank account, I work in the middle of town, which means that I pass Boots and Superdrug everyday, and you just have to pop in don’t you! I find myself casually walking out of the shop having just bought a new lip gloss, or a pretty new nail varnish. Just one of my little luxuries in life!

Anyhow, I’m hoping to start blogging about life in general, whilst meandering in the world of beauty and cosmetics. This is all rather exciting!

Chan xx