Winter Goals & Hello Again...♥

I won't lie I have no idea where I have been for the last six months either. Definitely not somewhere exotic that's for sure. I was checking my blog this morning when to my horror I noticed I hadn't wrote a post since August. How did I let that happen? I'm aware most people probably haven't even noticed that I've been gone. But here I am, just in time for Christmas, and just a tad late for blogmas. Maybe next year. 

The last six months have been a little weird, I started sixth form and A Levels are bloody hard, I'll tell you. I did manage to bag myself a job at Primark and I am enjoying it a whole lot! I seem to have very little time for myself though, so as the Christmas holidays have just begun I decided now would be a great time to spend some time writing up some posts on my blog and getting back into it. 

In light of New Year around the corner I thought I would share some of my current life goals that I am trying my hardest to complete or at least make a start on. 

1. Get myself back to the gym! There was a point in my life when I was in SUCH a great place with my fitness physically and mentally, I was eating SO healthy and working out 2-3 times a week, if not more. I was healthy and felt so happy with my body. Then I’m not entirely sure what happened, but I stopped going, and started eating rubbish. I've been feeling so self conscious lately and haven't had the confidence to get back into the gym. I've been finding myself crawling back into a hole where I lose all self confidence, a place I don't plan on letting myself go to. 

2. Blog more! You may or may not have noticed I haven't been as active on here lately as I used to be and this has been something that's upset me a lot. I used to have so much spare time to blog and tweet and Instagram, but that time doesn't seem to be with me lately. I have decided to spend some more time attempting to plan and write up posts. I really enjoy my blog, it's my own little thing that nobody around me does, something I get to call my own. I need to make more time for myself to sit down, and ramble on here. If you have any blog post ideas then please don't hesitate to let me know! This whole year I have wrote 11 blog posts, back in 2o14 I wrote 117. That makes my heart sink. 

3. Read more! As you can tell a lot of these goals are related to 'me' time, something I really have been lacking in the past few months. I have been so busy that at times my mind seems to forget to switch off.  I used to love nothing more than a good old read, but I can't remember the last time I finished a book. I want to make more time to sit down and read instead of scrolling through social media for hours. 

Kiera 

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Summer Favourites 2017

Hey lovelies. Welcome back to my blog! I've took most of summer of as I wanted to enjoy it, and if I'm honest I have felt really uninspired and demotivated lately. However, I am back with my summer favourites!

I have been absolutely loving this little contour kit by Rimmel London in the shade coral glow. I have been reaching for this almost every single day. I don't particularly like the highlight, so I don't use that everyday. However, the bronze and blush are right up my street. They are so natural looking and therefore perfect for a minimal makeup look - something I'm loving right now.

If you follow me on my Instagram then you will have seen these liquid lipsticks before as I LOVE them. I've been wearing them so much throughout summer, they're super bright and pigmented. They make any simple look, look amazing. The formula isn't too drying unlike other matte lip products I have tried. I usually stick to nudes, or brown under toned shades, however this year I've been feeling a little more confident and adventurous with my makeup.

Now if you're anything like me you'll take ages to catch a natural tan. This year I actually managed to catch a decent tan whilst on holiday for ten days! However, it has started to fade and I've been wanting to feel like a bronzed goddess everyday, not just for a few weeks. I've tried my fair share of fake tans, and I haven't always got on with them. Whilst in Home Bargains a few weeks I spotted this tan for £2.99 - bargain! I have absolutely fallen in love with this formula and its my go to tan now. They also do a mousse which I also love. It's so natural looking, the perfect 'I've been on holiday' shade, because who doesn't love to fool people into believing they've been sipping cocktails for a few weeks?. This isn't streaky either and is easy to apply. I apply mine on an evening, let it develop over night, and wash of the first layer in the morning.

Recently my face has just been absorbing my makeup, and it's been going patchy, shiny and just not lasting in general. I've been using all the same products so I don't know what my face is playing at to be honest. The woman in MAC told me this primer would help combat my oily skin, whilst keeping my makeup in place. This has been an absolute lifesaver! Not only has my makeup been looking perfect all day long, it hasn't gone super shiny either. Absolutely been loving this. 

Bit of a random one but this summer I've been loving my sisters Polaroid, she received it for her birthday and has been kind enough to let me steal it at times haha. I feel like summer is the perfect time for this because it's when the most memories are created. This has been brilliant to use on holiday, and I can't wait to carry on making more memories and capturing them on this and having them printer instantly. Especially since I always promise myself to print photos of my phone but never get round to doing so - this way I have them instantly.

I've managed to make my way through another Velvet Teddy so I've been on the hunt for another everyday lip shade. As a replacement until I buy another one I have been absolutely loving Twig. It's a beautiful shade, and is a creamy formula. This is a creamy lipstick, and the colour is absolutely beautiful. It goes with any makeup look and is right up my street. I love any MAC lipsticks to be honest, and haven;t yet found a formula I don't love.

I am so sorry if you follow me on any form of social media because you are probably fed up of seeing this swimsuit haha. I have been posting photos of this everywhere because I LOVE it! I haven't been feeling the most confident lately, so this summer I decided to give swimsuits a try so I could still enjoy beach days whilst feeling good. I found this one in Primark for £8 and I knew I had to have it. If you know me you'll know my love for mermaids so this was right up my street. I'm quite sad summers almost over because I won;t be able to wear this for another year.

Kiera 

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Carcassone, France♥ | Best Bits

Hello lovelies! I have recently landed back in England after an amazing 11 days away with my best friend Jenny and her family, we stayed in a village called Escales located in Carcassone which is in the south of France, it was so beautiful. They very kindly took me on holiday and I loved it so much I thought I would share some of my favourite photos from the holiday with you all. This isn't a very chatty post but I hope you enjoy the photos regardless. There isn't too many photos because most days I didn't have my phone with me! 

Kiera 

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Get Ready With Me - Summer Night Out

Hey beauts. 

When it comes to parties my all time favourite part of the whole thing is the prep! From the tanning, painting my nails to perfecting my eyeliner. I enjoy it so much and spend hours doing so. I'm doing a separate post on my fake tan routine, stay tuned for that. Today I'm talking all things make-up and then showing you my outfit, after I've spent hours complaining about having no clothes. When we all know I own enough clothes. 

MAKEUP:

As summer fast approaches I've been switching up my make-up routine, to do this, I've ditched the super high coverage foundation and decided to go for something with a medium coverage, and a little more light weight. My foundation of choice is the Maybelline Fit Me, Matte Poreless, this is such a gorgeous foundation that gives such a natural finish. It's not 100% matte which I like because it's got a little dueyness to it. As I said this isn't the most high coverage foundation, so I add a little extra coverage where needed with my collection lasting perfection concealer in shade 1, I also use this to highlight under my eyes and down my nose. I mean it's summer so there's no way I can skip powder, unless I wanna look like a disco ball. To powder I just use my rimmel stay matte, nothing special but it has been my go to in years.

To fill in the brows lately I've been leaning towards my Benefit Goof Proof pencil. It's quick and easy to use, it also makes my brows look natural too. I use shade 2 and it is perfect for me. To maintain my brows I set them with the Benefit Gimme Brow - this clings to any hair that the pencil did, whilst also making sure they don't turn into wild beasts half way through the day. 

I absolutely adore doing my eye makeup. its my favourite thing to do at the moment.  My go to palette has been 'Easy on the Eye' Birthday Suit by Seventeen. 

Now for contour, I am super boring and this is something I never switch up. To bronze up my face I use the hoola bronzer, of course. I think every blogger has loved this at one point.
To add a bit colour I sweep MAC skin-finish in Lightyear over my cheeks. This is so pretty and gives your skin a gorgeous glow. This will come as no surprise to you as I use the MAC soft and gentle highlighter to highlight. Who remembers when this was every bloggerd absolute favourite highlighter? I'm still in that phase right now. 

I personally think lipstick is the real make or break as to whether or not your makeup is going to look good. I am so fussy when it comes to lipstick shades. I always opt for MAC lipsticks as I find them to wear the best and the colours that are available are insane! For this look I was wearing whirl. But of course I had to show you the other two options. 

FINISHED LOOK : 

Now for the extra fun part, clothing. At the moment I am an absolute sucker for culotte style shorts from Boohoo. I wear them during the day, on nights out. Literally whenever. I know own three pairs all in different colours. 
I have become obsessed with buying oversized basic tees and then tying them into a knot at the bottom so they become tighter and a little cropped. Ii personally love PLT basic tees as they are so comfy and cheap, not forgetting the amazing colour range.
My absolute wardrobe staple is currently my oversized, ripped denim jacket from PRIMARK! It's amazing quality and was only £20. I still can't believe it was from Primark. I literally wearing this with ANYTHING.

Kiera 

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