The Beauty Blog Tag

Hola Dalimoo's,

I wanted to do a tag post and came across Beauty Broadcast's post and thought I this was a nice one to do.  If you like this post, I tag you and please comment below so I can read them.

Ok lets get on with it...

1. Is your hair naturally curly or straight?

My hair is course (frizzy tendencies) and naturally straight but it does have a slight kink, fine but a lot of it!  I am not a lover of my hair to be honest!

2.  Do you dye it yourself or go to a salon?

I get bored very easily and I go from having a few highlights to full on bright blonde to very dark or red!  So I only get a hairdresser to colour my hair if I am having highlights otherwise it would bankrupt me!

3. Do you wear the same style everyday, or do you change it?

I have my go to hair style which is just messy bun with my fringe gripped back.  I do have a ton of tools and experiment every so often and when I am in the mood I will rock a different hairstyle to work or at the weekend!  I very rarely have my hair down though I don't think I suit my hair down especially when it gets a bit longer, I always feel I look like I have that puppy dog ear look....(think poodle ears - without the curls - a lot of hair!)

4. Do you do your own mani/pedi or go to a salon?

Before I had kids I used to have acrylics and I used to get them done every two weeks and have my toes down once a month.  Now that I have kids, I don't wear acrylics and I have now got a passion for nail art and varnishes so I tend to do my own nails and toes, the only thing I miss about acrylics is the fact they never chipped and chipping is my biggest bug bare when doing your own Mani!!!!

5. How often do you change your nail polish?

Depends on my mood!  If you saw my nails now you would be disgusted.  I have no nail varnish on three nails the rest are chipped so bad but I am just not in the mood to do nails at the moment.  But other times I could change my polish every other day and my nails will look all pretty and nice...

6. Do you polish your toes in the winter or just the summer?

I polish my toe nails in all seasons.  I tend to change the nail polish up if I have a big night planned as I could be wearing open toe shoes! The nice thing about having polish on your toes is they never chip so they can look really good for a month before I need to think about replacing the colour.

7. How long does it take for you to put on makeup?

You would think having two kids I would have mastered this to minutes but no it can take me a good 20 minutes to do my make up.  On a night out it can take longer - heh don't judge this girl's face needs a miracle to be facing the world!

8. What do you do first? Face or eyes?

I have always done my face first.  Since really getting in to beauty and all things make up I have noticed MUAs tend to do the eyes first.  I don't feel comfortable doing it this way, probably because its the way I have always done it so I just stick with what I know.

9. Do you collect makeup or just buy what you need when you need it?

I dunno how to answer this one to be honest.  I wouldn't say I am a collector of make up because my collection compared to others is pretty small but my collection compared to my friends is pretty large!  I do buy things I don't really need just to try it out and I also buy things because I have run out and I need them.  So I suppose it is a mixture of both.

10. How often do you wear false eyelashes?

Back in the day I used to wear them every Friday/Saturday night (am I making myself sound old?) but these days I cannot be bothered with the faffing around!  I have found a good combo of mascaras that give me the same effect.

11. Do you do a full face of makeup everyday?

NO!  I have never been a lover of a full face of make up on a day to day basis, as I like to feel made up on a night out, and if you are wearing all that make up during the week then come the weekend you will need to plaster it on more to feel different....don't you think?

I tend to use concealer, powder, blusher/bronzer, may be a sweep of colour on my eye and mascara day to day.

12. Do you wear makeup when you're home alone or with family?

Depends.  I usually give myself at least one day off from wearing make up to let my skin breath but if I have guests at home then I would put a little something on.  I can look ill/tired without make up.

13. Will you leave the house without makeup?

Yes.  BUT I will put either my sunglasses on or my reading glasses on this helps hide the tired looking eyes and the dark circles which can  make me look tired or ill.

14. How many high-end products do you have?

Not many to be honest.  I have got more than I had say five years ago but if I can find a highstreet dupe then I would always go for the cheaper option.  But if money was no object I probably would be a high end whore...what can I say I am fickle...

15. Do you plan your OOTD every night or decide when you're getting dressed?

If this question is based on every day life, then I tend to just look in my wardrobe and see what doesn't need ironing.  On a night out I tend to work it out in advance as there is nothing worse than choosing on the night for you not to feel comfortable it would just ruin the night.

16. How often do you change your handbag?

Very often.  Like I said I am very fickle and I get bored very easily so I like to change it up all the time.  The one I have at the moment is a "inspired" Longchamp tote bag, it holds everything including the kitchen sink.

17. What time do you wake up and go to sleep?

I have to get up every morning at 6am for work so I try to get to bed for around 10pm but recently it is more 11pm.

18. How often or when do you workout?

Not often enough to be honest.  I am not a fan of gyms so when I am in the mood for exercise I do it at home.  I have a kettle bell which I really love (when I use it!)

19. Left handed or right handed?

Right.  But I can write with my left if I am ever needed to!

20. How tall are you?

5ft2 (with 30in leg!)....sorry had to throw that out there haha

21. Do you speak any foreign languages?

No.  I wish I did.

22. How many pets do you have?

If you count fish as pets then yeah we have 4 - two Black Mores, one Redcap and one Fancy.

23. How often are you on Blogger?

I am on Blogger most days, bloglovin every day.

24. Do you read comments posted on blogs?

Yeah!  I am nosey like that.

25. Do you keep a list of products to try as you see other posts?

Yep, I suppose that is why I never have any money as the list doesn't stay a list for long!

26. How did you come up with your blog name?

I dunno I-  I just thought of Forrest Gump and his quote and made it my own!

27. What kind of camera do you use for your photographs?

I use my iPhone for my pictures.  I haven't had anyone complain about my pictures and I think you can get some really great pictures from your phone.

28. How often do you clean your house?

What a random question!  The person who originally thought of these questions were obviously OCD!  I tidy everyday but deep clean once a week!  Is that dirty? I dunno...

29. What's your favorite colour?

Red and Black together. 

30. Do you swear?

Yep. I am afraid I have a potty mouth!

31. What are you doing with the rest of your day?

Looking after my sick son!  Gonna make dinner, take my daughter to swim club, order a sainsbury's shop and purchase some Xmas presents!

Until next time my lovelies

Ciao for now xx

What's in my bag...

What's in your bag?

Hola Dalimoo's,

I love reading these types of posts and watching these types of videos that I thought why not share with you all what is in my bag at the moment!  

OK, call me strange but I have two types of bags, I have my "work" bag and my "home" bag.  This is because when I am going to work I like to carry a lot of things but when I am at home, I am  normally pushing a pram so it just isn't practical carry a bit bag!  My "home" bag is normally a waist bag and I carry the bare minimum, i.e. lip balm, purse, oyster card, phone, keys and earphones. Now for the purpose of this post I will be showing you what is in my "work" bag...

I tend to change my bags up quite regularly as I get bored very quickly!  The bag of the moment is a black tote bag I got from ebay for £12.  One side is suede and the other is faux leather.  It has a gold zip and gold hardware.

Organsing at its best...

If you're like me and you constantly lose things in your bag then the organiser I got from ebay is a great addition!  I love this thing, it keeps things nice and orderly, everything has a home!   I also carry two make up bags, one with my make up and one with extra "things" I need.

In the red organiser I have three (yes three) notebooks; my purse; glasses cleaner; my kindle; a tub of chewing gums (you can never have enough chewing gum); as its been slightly "warm" in the UK at the moment I am carrying Impulse; my charm bracelet (which I was wearing at work and took it off as it was aggravating me) and my work pass. I do normally put my house keys and oyster card in the organiser but I hadn't put them back in my bag from coming home.

The things in my red organiser

In my pink make up bag (which I got from poundland) I keep my hemp hand cream from the Body Shop; hand sanitiser as I travel on the tube to work everyday.  I seem to like a lipstick/lip balm or two and this is what I am carrying at the moment (it changes all the time): Revlon lip butter in Wild watermelon; No7 factor 30 with shimmer lip balm; Palmers Coco Butter lip balm; Carmex lip balm; Lysine cold sore balm; Revlon Just Bitten in Darling and Nivea lip butter in Raspberry Rose.  

I have two travelo atomisers which have my two favourite perfumes of the moment in them, both by Britney Spears - Midnight Fantasy and Island Fantasy; another perfume tester - Dior J'Adore.   A foldable brush/comb, paracetamol tablets; a pad holder that I got from Glitzy Glam about 3 years ago and Bach's Rescue Remedy spray as I am an anxiety sufferer!

I carry both my reading/driving glasses and my sunglasses (which have my prescription)

Reading/driving glasses

Fendi Sunglasses

 Lastly, is my make up bag, surprisingly this is pretty boring!  I am not really someone that touches up during the day but there are some days the odd touch up is necessary!!

So to keep on the lip theme there is Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait; Revlon Just Bitten in Lovesick and a MAC Lipstick in Hue; MAC Mineralise skin finish in Medium; Collecton 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer in 3 (Medium), Rimmel blusher in Pink Rose; Rimmel Lip Pencil in Eastend Snob; mirror; earbuds and my travel brushes.

So I hope you enjoyed my little post and I tag you all....Please leave me links to read what is in your bags.

ciao for now my lovelies

The Fun Beauty Tag

Hola Dalimoo's

I do have a few posts in the pipeline for my blog over the coming few weeks but this week has been pretty hectic in my homelife that I have not been able to sit down and really do a proper post so thought I would cheat somewhat and do a quick tag post.  I personally love tag posts (on blogs or You Tube) and hope you all don't mind me being "lazy"!  The one I came across on Google was the "Fun Beauty Tag".  Enjoy...

1. You've got five minutes to do your makeup for a date, what's your minimum?

aahh this sends me in to a frenzy just think about a time limit!  I cannot do my make up in five minutes for the life of me.  I am so cak-handed that I have to take my time otherwise I start resembling Aunt Sally...OK long arsed answer but if I had to use the minimum it would be concealer, bronzer, cream eyeshadow, blusher, mascara, lipstick.

2.  Pick a trend:  Crazy Cat Eyeliner, Super Hot Pink Blush or feathered false lashes?

Ok this is easy!  I have hooded eye so have never been able to rock a cat eye, I have long(ish) lashes anyway so don't need to wear fake lashes so it would have to be the super hot pink blush (as the saying goes a little always goes a long way)!

3. If you had to either give up all your make up for two months or give up your skin care for two months which would you pick?

Ok this is really hard!  I don't wear an awful lot of make up on a day to day basis but I couldn't live without mascara or under eye concealer as I look ill/tired without them and having an issue with my skin, I do look after my skin so I just couldn't choose which one....sorry (!)

4.  What beauty products are always in your bag?

I don't carry a lot of make up/beauty products in my bag as i don't tend to touch up that much through out the day but the stuff I do carry are: hand cream, a face powder and blusher and a lot of few lip balms/lip sticks!  I can never stick to one colour when it comes to lipstick so always throw the one I am wearing that day into my bag, and never tend to take the ones from before out.  Lip balms are my new obsession at the moment but that is because the tablets I am on are causing serious drying/cracking of my lips at the moment!

5.  Are there any beauty products that you keep coming back to throughout the years?

Does St Tropez count as a beauty product?  That is the only thing that I will always come back to time after time.  I love most fake tan products but St Tropez is the one thing I do go back to.

6. Smokey eyes or red lips?

Smokey eye.   I LOVE a smokey eye!  It's my signature eye for a night out.

7.  Lipstick or lip gloss?

Lipstick.  Not a love of gloss!

8. Are there any products that you never expected to like but ended up loving?

Foundation!  Being a girl with very oily and acne prone skin I didn't like the idea of the makeup sliding down my face or oxidising and making my acne worse, but upon doing so much research and reading blogs/watching videos I realised how wrong I was!  I still don't use it all the time but what a difference it makes to my look when I am on a night out!

So this is my post.  I hope you all enjoyed it.

I tag you all!  Please let me know if you have done this tag and let me have your link so I can read your answers.

If there is any other tags around that you think I would enjoy let me know.

Ciao for now my lovelies xx

Whats in my travel make up bag...

Hola Dalimoo's

I have just come back from a few days away in spain with a couple of my girl-friend, which was very relaxing and extremely hot!

I am not someone that wears a lot of make up in the heat and when I am by the pool/beach I do not wear make up (except waterproof mascara) so I downsized my make up bag an awful lot this trip with that in mind.

Lets start with my face....

I suffer with oily skin so in the heat foundations just melt off my face and whilst on holiday I don't use foundation at all.  I don't see the point of covering up that tan!  I only conceal my dark circles and any break outs I may have on my face.  From left to Right:  Mac Select Cover up in NW25 and NW20, Pixi Correction Concentrate, L'Oreal Lumi Magique Nos 1 and 2.

To finish my face off I only brought a bronzer: Rimmel Bronzer in 025 Sun Glow and two blushes: Look Beauty, Make me Blush in Rosy - shade 4 this is a Shimmery one and The Balm, Fratboy this a matte one.  I also brought Mac Soft and Gentle as my face highlighter with me.




On to the eyes:


This was pretty easy!  I am obsessed with all things naked at the moment and I love a bronze smokey eye so it was no question I had to bring my Naked Palette by Urban Decay with my Urban Decay primer potion.  I couldn't decide which mascara to bring so brought three, Max Factor Eye Brightening in blue, Max Factor 2000 Calorie and obviously I had to bring a waterproof mascara (Collection Longer Lash) for the day time whilst I am in and out of the pool as I did not want to look like I had panda eyes!  I also brought my shu uemura eyelash curlers, FashionistA eyebrow kit, Barry M clear mascara which I use as my eyebrow set, a no-name black khol pencil and Rimmel's Scandaleyes in Nude.

Now I have a thing for lipsticks and I just couldn't just take one or two lipsticks I took five!  I love lipsticks and I use a different shade everyday depending on what my mood is at the time...I love a bright vibrant lip if I feel happy or confident and a more muted, natural lip if I am feeling slightly introvert and just want to "blend in"!  Anyway, all the colours I took with me were on the vibrant side...

From left to right:
Mac in So Chaud, FashionistA in Raspberry, Revlon Colour burst in Raspberry Pie, Revlon Colourstay matte in Womenswear and Revlon Colourstay matte in It Girl.  I had to bring lip pencils but to be honest I don't think I wore them!  From top to bottom they are: Benefit's Cupid's Bow, Rimmel Eastend Snob, Mac in Lasting Sensation and Mac in Cherry.

Anywho my lovelies, that was all I brought with me on my travels this time!  Do you think this was excessive or on the light side?  What do you tend to take away with you?


Ciao for now

xx