Exciting Update =)

Hey Guys, 

Just an update on my life and some cool news. Two years ago when i started my own business i was asked by the Skin care company DermaQuest to go work for them down in London for the Professional Beauty trades show at ExCel. I loved every minute of it. The Sunday is for trade only and the monday is for students and open public. People like Katie Price aka Jordan were there along with others such as Amy Childs. I was on products and had great fun chatting to potential clients about the products and the company. The company specializes in skin peels and advanced skin care which i'm really passionate about - so to ask me to come and talk to people about it all weekend YES PLEASE =)

I was very honoured to be asked to return last year - the stand was even bigger with more products, new science and technology within their products, the weekend is always tiring but it's an absolute blast. 

You can imagine my excitement when i received a phone call on Wednesday asking me to return again this year. As there are thousands of beauticians in the industry for you to be chosen by a CEO to join a company and work for them is a massive compliment. So this February i'm going back down to the good ol Capitol London for the weekend. If any of you are going i hope to see you there, pop on over to the Youngblood and Dermaquest stand. I believe im on the Youngblood mineral make up stand this year - providing make overs and information on why mineral make up is the way forward. People like Kimberly Walsh use Youngblood. 

I can't wait to learn lots of new things on this weekend and look forward to sharing my experience and new information on skin care with you guys. 

If you have any questions you wish me to answer leave a comment below and i will. Here are a few photos from last year. 

I'll keep you updated =)

night loves

Lizzie xx

Outfit Of The Day - Birthday Celebrations

Hey guys,

so I got my new laptop which i'm very excited about (I was sharing my boyfriends and my photos and music were on my dads laptop) so now I have my own, i'm just waiting to transfer my photos over then everything will be in one place. I can take photos on my camera and upload them straight away onto Blogger =)

So yesterday was my friends birthday celebrations. We went for a meal and for a few drinks afterwards. We had such a good time and I always laugh from start to finish with this group. I thought it was the perfect opportunity to show you my outfit of the day.

 

It was a smart casual look. I have dark blue skinny jeans, with black wedge boots. A black silk strappy top, teamed with a black blazer. I don't normally go all dark but I thought the outfit looks classic and elegant and was very comfortable.

 

 

I went with a gold theme for my accessories to lift the dark colours of my outfit. Again they were very simple but they were effective proving that you can wear a very simple outfit and it look on trend and elegant. Of course I had my beloved Michael Kors handbag with me. I bought this as a birthday treat to myself and I absolutely love it.

My hair was second day hair. I'd had it tied back in a bobble all day at work and then I took the bobble out my hair was lovely and wavy so I thought while I had the volume I would curl it. I used the babylis curling wand. Its a 1inch barrel. It was really quick as I didn't have much time to get ready. I randomly picked pieces of hair that were straighter and curled them. I tipped my head upside down and fluffed it and then volume spray and hairsprayed it.

For my make up I used the Naked three pallet to do a soft pink smokey eye. I applied MAC gel eyeliner thinly to my lash line ontop, used Maybeline Falsies mascara and lined my waterline with a Lancôme khol eyeliner. My skin was Estee Lauder double wear with MAC studio fix concealer, clarins bronxer to contour and MAC Melba blush. I used a Clarins lipstick and clarins gloss to finish off with a soft pink lip look. Eyebrows are filled in using the HD pallet Foxy.

All in all a very simple look that took around an hour and 20 from start to finish. Very comfortable, it looks dressy without being too much. I got a lot of comments saying how lovely I looked which is really nice and makes the effort worth it.

I hope you enjoyed this post and it gives you some inspiration for looks you can re-create at home. Here are a couple of photos from the evening. Hope you had a nice weekend too

Lizzie xxxx

Start of the New Year and Resolutions =)

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Evening all,

so we're a week into 2014 how are you all finding it?

So far my week has had both positives and negatives. Negative that i came down with a sickness bug (boooo) hence the lack of posts this week. I'm full of cold now but i feel absolutely fine and the positives were that i acomplished alot at work today which was really good and empowering.

I thought i'd share how i started the new year with you and some of my resolutions.

The Year started off with a couple of purchases. I am very excited to be an owner of the new Urban Decay Naked 3 pallet. I had great fun trying different looks out with it, i am doing a review on the pallet this week so keep an eye out for that =)

The next thing i wanted was the porefessional by Benefit as i had heard so much about it from other beauty gurus on YouTube. Debenhams had an offer on this kit which is the Porefessional primer, it's potent eye cream and that gal all for the price of the primer. Again i shall be doing a 'recent purchases' review on this very soon.

 

New years eve was spent at my house as we were hosting for the first time there was my family and my boyfriends mum and dad. It was very casual, beige food galore and lots of chit chat and laughter. Unfortunately it was such a good night that we totally forgot to take photos of ourselves and the evening so here are a random few from the night.

 

 The beige food.........(it's a british thing to put on a buffet of food that is beige in colour not the healthiest but it's good finger food people can get as much or as little as they want)

 

 

My Little nephew Thomas James (TJ) came too. He was a little star. He was only 4 months at the time but he was giggling away. He loves lights so when the fireworks started we thought he would cry but he loved sitting at the window watching them go off. In this picture my sister was changing him and my cat Nik Nak was by his side the whole time checking he was ok.

 

My boyfriends family are all cat lovers, his mum and dad have FOUR yes FOUR cats, two of them are brothers and they're devious little monsters. Unfortunately they went home to find the scene of a crime and the culprit very much enjoying it.


Resolutions:

Although like so many others at the start of the year i vow to lose weight and further my career this year i wanted to concentrate on self esteem, motivation and self peace.

I for many years have struggled with inner peace which i will explain another time maybe. But the one thing i truly wanted was to take more time to work on me as the saying is very true 'You'll never be happy until you're happy with yourself'

So my goals are:

1. To take more time for myself
2. To get at least 8-9 hours of sleep a night (im a gal that needs alot of sleep)
3. To read more
4. To take up dance again as i miss it alot
5. To go to yoga once a week

Very simple steps, that i understand may get broken....if we're having an event at work and i get home late i wont get all the hours sleep i need, i may not have chance to go to yoga one week but they are all achievable and all end up towards the same goal.

I shall keep you updated on how i'm getting along and i shall be doing self motivation blogs along the way to keep you guys positive too.

To end my post here's a photo of me and my friends daughter it sums up how every day should be.....Filled with Smiles and Laughter =)

Niget Niget

Lizzie xx

 

Current favourite body products (Dec2013)

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Body products, love them or loathe them we all have bathroom cupboards stuffed full of scrubs, tans, mousturisers, cellulite busters, firming creams, softening, brightening lotions and potions, but do we ever truly use all of them?

Three years ago i looked in my cupboard and realised i had box upon box of body products from gifts or things i had bough myself. I made a vow to not buy a single product until i had used every single one up. I'm a very organised person so i hate to have baskets and storage filled with 20 shower gels, and 10 moisturisers. Here are my top tips for keeping things organised in your bathroom.

1. Have a good sort out, throw out anything that is half used, that you dont like or wont use. (or give them away if they can be salvaged)

2. Get one product out at a time and use that one up. i.e. Have one shower gel, one moisturiser, one scrub. You go through that one bottle alot quicker than using a little bit of lots of products. Its a good way to run down products.

3. Change with the seasons, i love fresh scents in the summer and heavier moisturisers in the winter. Go with your skin and what it feels like.

3 years on and my bathroom only has products i truly love in it. That being said let me show you my current skincare favourites.

 

We recently got a Victoria's Secret store in Leeds and Sheffield which i am LOVING and a total addict already. I have two of their shower gels. The top one is 'Aqua Kiss' This has a very fresh, light fragrance which i love as i feel so clean and light. My only problem with it is my skin feels tight when i get out the shower, i think it may be drying my skin out but i shall finish the bottle. I then got 'Midnight Exotics' for christmas. This is such a soothing scent and it's perfect before bed if you're like me and like a shower before bed. I've yet to try this so i dont know if this one tightens my skin too. They lather up really well and last ages on your sponge too. At £9.00 each they're no radox £1.00 bargain but for a little bit of luxury and the bottles look great too i'd highly recommend.

 

 

This was a gift for my birthday and i LOVE IT! it comes out as a cream but it foams up so well, even after washing it off your skin feels silky smooth. I also like that a little goes a long way. The scent is beautiful and one which i think everybody will love, not too potent but once you've dried off you can still smell it on you. This is £7.00 for 100ml which i think is really good. A bonus is it's sold in boots which do an advantage points card, 3 for 2 on most things including no.7 and no.7 themseves are always doing £5.00 off vouchers meaning you could get this beautiful body wash for £2 whole pounds bargain!

 

Like your face you should exfoliate your body once to twice a week, working those particular dry prone areas such as knees, elbows, legs. I bought this PINK Victoria's Secret wash and scrub on the 3 for £25.00 deal. I love the smell, i love it as a wash but as a scrub i havn't been all too impressed. It looks really grainy but the minute water hits it, it turns to nothing. I use this as my 'i need a top up scrub' product. If i want a vigorous scrub i use exfoliating mitts (0.89p a bargain and they;re great and quick if you're in a hurry) I have a new scrub which i am looking forward to trying once this has run out - i shall review when tried.

 

 

Clarins Satin Smooth body lotion - I won this at work through a competition and i have to say this product is beautiful. It's rich enough for me (they have a rich version if you have chronically dry skin) i love this on my lower half, it does sit on your skin ever so slightly but i dont mind this feeling, i know it bothers other though. £24.00 for 200ml. With all Clarins products a beautiful scent.

 

THEE most amazing self tan moisturiser and a drug store product too! I have tried many of the other brands that do a self tan moisturiser but non compare to this. I get the medium to dark formula and within one application i have clients at work telling me i look really healthy. A weeks worth of applying (even with exfoliating twice weekly) i look like ive had a spray tan. The colour coverage is fab. I'm lucky enough to have an olive base to my skin so this product doesn't go orange on me but paler skins may want to try the lighter version. its £5.49 for the bottle and superdrug sometimes does 2 for £5.00 - i use that to my advantage and stock up =)

 

 

This foot cream is a little sample size i got but i'm in love. It smells beautiful and it's not minty like most foot creams are it smells very similar to the satin smooth body cream. It sinks in really well too which i like. twice a week i love to PedEgg my feet, lather them in this foot cream put socks on and go to sleep. The warmth of the socks allows the moisturiser to sink in further giving you a better result and keeping those trotters nice and soft. I shall definately be purchasing to full size which is £22.00 for 100ml.

So that's my current body product favourites that i have been using for the past 3 months or so. I'm coming to the end of alot of them so i'm looking forward to trying new products. Please leave me comments of your favourite body products so i can try them too.

Happy Pampering

Lizzie x

Christmas Decor

Christmas is always great fun but even more so now i have moved in with my boyfriend. We only live in an apartment so we cant have too many nik naks. So we were very subtle in our decorations.

We simply put up our xmas tree with lots of different shaby chic and vintage decorations mixed with mornal baubles. We then put up a garland over our canvas which we shall be putting special christmas cards on. Along with some new candles, and mini xmas tree for the kitchen we put some of the baubles in a vase we have in the living room. I love these decorations as they are subtle yet still christmassy. The only thing i dont know is what to put inside the vase once we have got rid of the xmas decorations. what do you guys think?