Autumn Make-up Routine♥

Hey lovelies. Since autumn has finally arrived I decided it was time I switched up my make-up routine. Swapping the pink toned lipsticks for deep berry shades. I switch up my makeup the same way I do my wardrobe. I thought it would be fun to share with you all the products  I use throughout autumn/winter time. 

BASE-
To prime my face, I always use my Mac Fix+ spray. I wait for this to settle in before going in with the main base of my make-up.  Recently my skin's been a lot better *touch wood it doesn't now break out awfully* this means I've been able to wear Maybelline's dream BB Fresh BB cream. I love this BB cream because it even outs my skin tone and gives my skin a gorgeous healthy glow. Obviously, this isn't the most high coverage product so it does mean I do have to go over any blemishes with concealer, which I don't mind. I always use the Collection Lasting Perfection concealer. Once I've gone over the areas that need a little extra coverage my makeup finally looks more medium coverage. In order to set my makeup, this product will come as no surprise to you but I always opt for my Rimmel London Stay Matte powder. 

CONTOUR-
I've been so excited to share my current contour products with you because I was luckily enough to get my hands on the Anastasia Cream Contour Kit and I've been absolutely loving it. I use this to highlight and contour the obvious parts of my face. I will be doing a full review and routine using this soon, so keep an eye out for that. To bronze my face and make my face less of a ghost I use the Hoola Bronzer . In order to highlight and give myself a gorgeous glow I use two products that work perfectly together. I start of by highlighting certain points of my face using Benefits High Beam liquid highlighter, I use this as a primer for my highlight. This also allows my highlight to look more pigmented. Then over the top of that I go in with MAC's Soft & Gentle highlighter. This is my absolute go to highlighter. 

EYES-
For eyes, I love using coppery/golden shades as I find these bring out blue eyes. They also really remind me of autumn. The shadow I have been using all over my lid recently has been Max Factor mono effect eye shadow in golden bronze. This is such a gorgeous shimmery shadow. I put a tiny bit of Hoola Bronzer in my crease to add some definition to my eye shadow. I want the main focus of my eyes to be the golden shimmer, so I keep my eyeliner simple. I go in with Soap and Glory Super Cat liner and line my upper lash line to make my lashes look thicker and longer. For mascara I'm never really to picky with my mascara so I usually just pull out one that take's my fancy on that particular day. However recently I've been using Smashbox's full exposure mascara and I love it! 

BROWS-
For my brows I don't do anything fancy. I simply fill them in with Benefit's Goof Proof brow pencil. I've spoken about this before and already given it my praises. To set them I use MAC prolong wear brow gel. This allows my brows to stay in shape all day.

LIPS-
This is my favourite part of my whole makeup routine. If you're into makeup you have most likely heard of Rimmel London Kate Moss 107. I absolutely love this lip colour, it's a deep berry shade and makes me feel so frickin' autumnal and very excited for Christmas. Although once this has smudged, it instantly becomes an awful makeup day. 

That's my Autumn Make-up Routine. What shade of lipstick are you currently loving?

The end result, on a semi good makeup day!

Kiera

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A Season of Falling Leaves♥

Hey lovelies.

October is here! Excuse me whilst I get out the fairy lights, light the gingerbread scented candles and carve my pumpkin. If you can't tell this is my favourite time of year!! It's that time of year when the leaves begin to fall from the trees, and the days become shorter with much colder nights, perfect to be snuggled up under a blanket with a mug of tea. I also love those mornings when the suns shining but there's a cool breeze in the air. In spirit of my excitement for these autumn days, I thought I would share a little post of everything I love about this time of year.

Halloween - 
Gone are the days of dressing up as a witch or as a pumpkin with my face looking like I've just dunked it in a bowl of bolognese. Also no more trick or treating, so I have to buy myself the goodies now, this kind of sucks. I adore creating fun Halloween make up looks now a days and decorating my room with fairy lights. Yes, at 16 I still love to carve a pumpkin, not always the most successful and I do always tend to go for the bob standard face with razor sharp teeth. But I love it none the less.

Cold Evenings - 
Hello fluffy blankets and warm mugs of hot chocolate. Finally there is no more uncomfortable sweating on a night with the irritating sound of the fan in the background. Autumn is my favourite time of year to really get stuck into a good book, all you need is some candles lit and a snuggly blanket, then you're good to go. It's all the perfect time to throw on your big winter coat and boots, and go for long autumnal walks. 

Gingerbread Lattes - 
I'll hold my hands up now and  admit that I do not like pumpkin spice lattes. I know around this time of year everyone starts getting excited and it's all everyone orders from Starbucks, but as much as I try to like them, I can't, However, instead I absolutely love gingerbread lattes this time of year. My mum has now started to buy the sachets too, so I don't have to walk to get myself one. And the sachets actually taste pretty good too. 

Blanket Forts - 
You know when you have friends round and you just want to watch films all snuggled up? Well sometimes the sofa just doesn't cut it. Grab as many blankets and pillows as you can, and just lay it out all cosy and throw some fairy lights on. I love doing this and grabbing some food to watch a movie. 

Bonfire Night & Roasting Marshmallows - 
I almost forgot to include this. Bonfire night is one of my favourite nights in Autumn, standing around a fire and drinking mould wine with family and friends. I love doing this because I'm that person that loves the smell of smoke from fires, and blown out candles too. Why hasn't this scent been made into a candle yet?! Also roasted marshmallows. Need I say much more. They just taste great, and they're cute too. I always roast marshmallows and then put it between two chocolate digestive biscuits. If you haven't tried this yet, try it. Thank me later. 

That's just a few things that I love about autumn, I didn't want to bore you with loads! What do you love about autumn? 

Kiera

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Periods, Tears & Chocolates

Hey lovelies!

So my blog post ' Boyfriends, Exes & Heartbreak ' received a lot of love and so many of you wanted me to do more posts like it, because you could relate to them. I enjoyed writing it up so much I've decided to write another, Today we're talking about that time of the month. The tears. And that whole box of chocolates you ate the other night, but we'll keep that between us. And also how bloody beautiful your body is.



Every girl dreads that time of the month, the seven days of pain, sometimes excruciating pain if you're unlucky like me. Not forgetting that you have to rock the classic granny pants for the week, forget wearing your Victoria Secret underwear. This is the time to indulge in food, because lets face it your periods already made you bloated so the rest of the chocolates won't hurt, right? Oh I know how you feel when you say you just want to curl into a ball and be alone because if you're forced into a social situation you will most likely snap someones head off. This doesn't mean that if we're snappy with you boys we're having a period. We do just have general shitty days when we're off our periods too. And I will tell you know if you say to a girl ' jhz someones on their period ' I kid you not, you have just pissed her right off. Just don't do it. I know when it's my time of the month, the best thing for me is to run myself a hot bubble bath and shut off from the world for a bit.

Girls are known for being emotional, but it doesn't make you weak or unstable. We all have those days when we just want to cry out our emotions, with no actual reason to be crying. Sometimes the smallest comment can leave us in tears. Don't worry I feel you. I usually let myself cry instead of holding the tears back because the more you hold the emotion in, the more it builds up. It's okay to cry, you'll probably sit and cry for a little while but then you'll wake up the next morning and won't even think anything of it. Never feel stupid if you want to ask for help or want somebody to comfort you, because if they really care they'd be there for you no matter what.

I love food. Something I'm sure a lot of you can relate too. Half of my money goes on food. I don't regret any of it. Yet I'm always still hungry. Like most other young girls or women I worry about my weight, how others look at me and I'm always upset about how I don't have the 'perfect figure'. But do you know what, if you want to get a McDonalds, treat yourself. Stop worrying about if you'l be judged. This summer I decided to ditch all these negative thoughts and think more positively. You won't get anywhere by staring at yourself in the mirror and picking apart your body. Who cares what others think of you. If they can't see past how much you weigh, then they're not worth the time of day. You should feel comfortable with your body no matter how big or small you are, because you're you. And that makes you so beautiful, and always remember there isn't anybody like you in this world. You're your own person. You shouldn't spend all your time worrying about whether or not you're fat or if whether or not people find you attractive because you have stretch marks. I don't understand why so many young girls and women are ashamed of their stretch marks?! They're beautiful. So many mums wear their stretch marks with pride as a result of carrying their child. Just because you gained yours from puberty doesn't mean they become gross or ugly. Confidence is such a beautiful characteristic to have, you should be confident and not feel ashamed of loving of your body. You go girl. You rock that dress and heels.

Kiera xo

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Boyfriends, Exes & Heartbreak

Hey beauts.

I really felt like a ramble today, I have other posts already wrote up and ready to be uploaded. But today I felt like uploading something a little more chatty, something you girls can really relate too. It's also currently around midnight on Saturday night / Sunday morning, and I find sometimes my rambling comes out best late at night. Anyway, moving on, you guessed it of course the topic is boys. Something a lot of you gorgeous girls I'm sure centre a lot of your time around, I do too don't worry.

Growing up as a huge Disney fan I've seen all the Disney classics, all featuring the famous true loves kiss. No awkward first dates or late night tears, one kiss and it's happy ever after. Pfft in our dreams. As a young girl I grew up believing all of Disney's classic films stories. I couldn't wait for the day my prince charming came along, whisking me away into the sunset. I wanted the fairy tale wedding and a one true love. Reality check - it's not that simple honestly I wish it was. Something a lot of us girls I'm sure have learned already.

Boyfriends are amazing, don't get me wrong I'm not here to slate and shame all boyfriends. I have a boyfriend and I love him to pieces, I wouldn't change him for the world. Before Henry I had a few car crash relationships, that definitely weren't a fairy tale. But I've taken a lot away from this and learnt a lot about boys. I had never felt the need to have a boyfriend up until secondary school when I was around 13 and got my first proper crush on a boy. He didn't like me back, nothing blossomed from this crush but I wasn't too bothered by this. Ever since this crush though I felt the urge to have a boyfriend. Like they were a brand new limited edition MAC lipstick - I had to get one ASAP before they were out of stock. I didn't seem to understand that I have my whole life ahead of me and the time will come. I strongly believe that good things do come to those who wait. There isn't much point having a boyfriend just for all the novelty bits. They're great but it's those moments when you can't stop laughing for hours on end together, or when you can sit in silence just appreciating each others company that makes being with someone you love really special. Not so you can go around captioning photos of you and him 'goals' if there isn't anything special there. Don't begin to worry yourself if you're sat there watching all your friends getting into relationships, meanwhile you sit at the other end of the table fifth wheeling. It just means somebody whose bound to put a huge warm smile on your face will come into your life eventually. 

Have you ever bumped into an ex and had to make awkward small talk? Yep me too. After breaking up with my ex boyfriend on his terms, I became that ex girlfriend who was always checking his instagram to see which new girl he had wrapped round his arms. I think we've all been there, when you can't stand to see your ex happy and moving on, meanwhile you're still sat eating Ben & Jerrys straight from the tub sobbing your heart out. I feel you. It hurts when you think it's only you that care or you're the only one hurting. Boys can often hide it very well though, they don't always show the sensitive side. Don't give them the satisfaction of knowing they've broke you, or hurt you a lot. If you see them in the street walk past them with your head held high and a sassy strut. You've got this. If you let him know he's got to you, when the going gets tough for him he'll come crawling back. He'll assume you're still madly in ;love with him. But then you can be the one to tell him no.

Perhaps everyone needs to experience heartbreak to break their heart open to feel other things. Nobody said it was easy. It will hurt and you'll be a hysterical mess for a good week or two. Be gentle with yourself. Don't be mad at yourself for hurting, you are definitely not alone beautiful. I'm not a relationship expert and by no means are we all the same. This is just what I've learnt from my experiences so far.

" Never love anybody who treats you like you're ordinary" - Oscar Wilde

I'll hopefully be doing a lot more posts like this one, talking about girly situations and how to handle them, if you want me too that is!

Kiera 

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