June Favourites!

I swear this post comes round way too quickly!

Ok here are the products that I've been reaching for the most this past month.

• First up is the MUA Undressed palette, I absolutely love this eyeshadow palette, it's got a great selection of colours and the quality is fab especially when you consider it cost £4! For my full review click here, if you want to get your hands on the Undressed palette you can buy it from the MUA website here.
• Next up is my favourite cleanser ever! Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish, I have noticed such a difference in my skin since using this and I will continue to use this for quite some time to come. For my full review click here. To buy your own Cleanse & Polish from the Liz Earle website click here.
• My next favourite is a new product that I bought after seeing a review by Amy from a littleboatsailing, it's the Garnier BB Cream for Oily/Combination skin. I've been using the original version of this for a while now and I loved it but it was a bit rich for me as I have oily skin, so when I heard they'd got a new formula for oily/combination skin I had to give it a try and I really like it! A full review of this will be coming up soon. You can buy this from Boots and Superdrug.
• Next is the Clinique High Impact mascara that I got from Debenhams when Clinique were doing their Mascara Swap, to read my post about the Mascara Swap click here. I think it's a great idea and it allowed me to try a mascara that I never would have normally tried. The High Impact mascara is a volumising mascara and I really like it, it doesn't give amazing volume in one coat but you can easily build up a few coats without any clumps. Full review coming soon.
• My favourite hair product of the month has definitely been the Matrix Biolage Colorcaretherapie Shine Shake which I use as a leave-in conditioner on wet hair and a shine spray on dry hair. I love this product and it leaves my hair feeling really soft and shiny, read my full review and find out where to buy it here.
• Lastly is my favourite scent this month which is the Caudalie The Des Vignes, I got this in my June Glossy Box and I absolutely love it! This was by far the best item in my Glossy Box hence the reason I cancelled my subscription, to find out what else I got in my box this month click here. The Caudalie perfume can be purchased from their website here.

So that's everything I've been loving this month, let me know if you've been loving any of these items too!

xxx

iLoveToCreate Retrofabulous Embellished Straw Tote

iLoveToCreate Retrofabulous Embellished Straw Tote
Margot Potter
'These ARE your grandmother's crafts...ya gotta problem with that? 
I didn't think so."

I'm afraid I have always had a serious soft spot for retro beachy looks.  Straw hats, straw totes, sundresses and seersucker rompers all make my little heart go pitter pat.  When I saw this plain straw tote in the dollar section at Target, I could not resist.  I knew immediately how I would DIY it into a retrofabulous summer bag!  Some felt, rick rack trim, pom-pom fringe and a judicious smattering of sparkly crystal accents take a plain bag from drab to fab and with the help of Aleene's Tacky Glues literally in seconds flat!  Now THAT's retrofabulous!

Materials
Plain straw tote
Craft felt in four colors
Coordinating pom pom fringe
Coordinating rick rack trim
Tulip Glam-it-up Crystals in Metallics
Aleene's Quick Dry Tacky Glue
Aleene's Tacky Glue Dots Singles 3/16"

Tools
Scissors
Ruler
Marker

Hand draw a simple 4"lx1.5"w fish shape, cut out to use as a template.

Place template on felt, trace and cut out four fish.

Cut rick rack and adhere to fish.

Glue fish and pom pom trim to tote with Aleene's Quick Dry Tacky Glue.  Finish one fish with metallic crystal accents using Aleene's Tacky Glue Dots.  Allow it all to dry, toss on your favorite vintage or vintage inspired sundress and sunglasses and ta da...go get 'em, you retrofabulous creature, you!

Dye your Denim Jeans DIY Video Tutorial

Colored jeans are all the rage these days. You could go buy an expensive designer pair or you could make 3 or more different color pairs for the price of one using Tulip Liquid Dyes and your washing machine! Brandi shows you how to get the look in this fun video tutorial. Making these jeans is seriously one of the easiest DIY projects EVER! And we promise, you'll get compliments left and right when you wear your new colorful jeans!

NOTD: Sparkle Nails

Hi Lovelies,
Just a quick Post to show you my NOTD.




Pink Sparkle Nails using China Glaze Dance Baby & Models Own Hed Kandi Ibiza Mix.




I love the different colour sparkles to the Ibiza Mix nail varnish & you can transform any plain nail colour of your choice with this nail colour on top.
To achieve my look i did 3 coats of the Ibiza Mix but you can do as many coats as you want depending on how much sparkle you want to see!

This is after 6 coats of Ibiza Mix:



This is after 10 coats of Ibiza Mix:



Hope you like this look.

Which is your favourite Models Own nail varnish?

Thanks for Reading.

Sarah xo

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Beautiful Blogger Award!

Rules


Thank the person that nominated you and link to her blog.
I was nominated by Emma from iamEmmaWilde. Thank you Emma!

Tell us how the idea of making a blog popped up and what makes you continue it?
I started out watching beauty videos on Youtube and then I started reading those peoples blogs which then made me think why not start my own and I'm honestly surprised by how much I really love writing my blog, the blogging community is so supportive and lovely, it makes you feel very welcome and I love sharing my thoughts with like minded people.

Describe a usual day of your life.
To be honest I don't have a typical day because two days are never the same for me, on average though I get up when my son wakes up which can be anywhere between 6am and 8am, sort him out and then get myself ready, if I've got some clients booked in that day (I'm a mobile beauty therapist) I'll drop my son off at my parents while I work and then pick him up and usually go for a walk with my husband, my son and the dog. After my son goes to bed at 7pm I usually spend some time blogging and then cuddle up on the sofa with my hubby and watch a bit of tv and that's about it for my life at the moment, not very exciting but I love it!

The best collaboration with a blogger.
I haven't really collaborated with another blogger on anything yet so I can't really answer that.

Worst collaboration with a blogger.
Same as above.


Describe what having this blog means to you.
Having this blog has given me such a great sense of achievement and I really look forward to sitting down with a cup of tea and reading the lovely comments that people leave on my blog. My blog is very important to me because I've invested a lot of time and effort in to making it what it is now, a lot of people who don't blog don't understand why it's such a big deal to me, so much so that I don't tell most people that I have a blog because they just laugh and think it's stupid (does anyone else experience that?). Blogging has become part of my life now and I see myself carrying on blogging for a long, long time.

Nominate 5 other bloggers
I would like to nominate
Abelia
Amy
Becky
Donna
Lola


  I've also been nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award by Janine at The Amazing World of J and the Laine Blogger Award by Sica at Purely Envy and Linzi at When It Rains It Pours. I've already done the tagged questions on both of these awards so I won't do them again but I want to say a big thanks to Janine, Sica and Linzi for nominating me!


If anyone else nominated me for an award and I've forgotten to mention you please leave me a comment and tell me and I'll add you in on this post.

xxx