Monthly Favourites (Part 2)

If you didn't read my blog post on Wednesday then you won't know why this is 'Monthly Favourites Part 2' but basically I got carried away and wrote far too much so I included 5 monthly favourites on Wednesday and the other 5 on this blog post. So here's some other things I've been loving. 

When It comes to eye shadow I'm a girl who likes to keep it quite natural and tends to stick to warm tones, so I though I'd buy the Sleek Pallet in Au Naturel and for the past 2 months I've been absolutely loving it.

 About a month ago now I won a competition which meant I won loads of The Vintage Cosmetic Company brushes, and they're honestly the some of the best brushes I've ever used. They look so cute on my dressing table and they are amazing quality, I just love the way my makeup looks when I've used them brushes!

 

 

 I think everyone has that 1 foundation they'll always go back to and for me its the L'Oréal true match foundation. Over the past couple of years I've tried loads and loads of different foundations but I've never found one that gives me the same finish, coverage or look as this foundation.

 Another thing that I always go back to is the Barry M Gelly - Sugar Apple I've got over 100 nail varnishes but what ever colour I paint my nails, I'll just immediately want sugar apple back on my nails as I just love the colour sooo much! 

 

The bourjois bronzing powder is probably one of the best things I've ever bought in my life and for £9.99 you honestly can't go wrong. Also, recently I've been loving using it as an eye shadow in the crease of my eye and it's gives it a lot of definition but also a soft subtle look, I know it sounds crazy using a Bronzer as eye shadow but don't knock it until you've tried it. 

 

So there you go, the rest of my monthly favourites. What have you been loving this month, why not leave a comment below telling me?

Enjoy your day,
Eleanor! X

Monthly Favourites (Part 1)

I know its not the end or the beginning of a month but I thought I'd do my monthly favourites anyway. Some of the things I mention are products that I've not only been loving this month, but are still one of my favourite products after quite a while. 

When I finished writing this blog post I realised how much I'd written with 10 things so I'm going to do a part 1 and part 2 monthly favourites with 5 on each (Part 2 will be up on Sunday!)

Firstly, is the Carmex Moisturising Lip Balm in cherry. Honestly, this has been an absolute life saver over the past couple of weeks because I constantly have dry, chapped lips and no matter what I use on them it's just never worked. So when I tried this I was just amazed and I really can't praise this product enough, you just have to try it!

Before I purchased the L'Oréal Micellar water I just used normal makeup wipes but for the past 2 weeks I've been absolutely loving using it! I honestly don't think I'll even go back to using makeup wipes ever again! Yes makeup wipes are the easy option but I've also seen an improvement in my skin, so personally I'd rather spend 10 minutes taking my makeup off if it's going to improve the look of my skin.

 

When I'm at school I only really wear baby lips or a nice pink lipstick as I think for me, a bright red lip is a bit ott for school, however, over the past six weeks I've pretty much wore Rimmel Kate moss 110 every single day and I just absolutely love how my lips look with it on.

 

 

Again, when I at school, I always wash my hair the night before and let It dry naturally but in these holidays I've been washing it in the morning, spraying a bit of Vo5 Plump it up volumizing spritz in my hair and blow drying it, because my hairs so long it's always flat to my head, so I've been loving the full, volumised look my hair has when I wear it down or even in a pony tail.
 

 

The only game I have on my phone is the Kim Kardashian game and that's simply because I download a game, play on it for few hours and just delete it as I find it boring. However. in these school holidays it's honestly been the cure to my boredom.

 

 

So there you go, my some of my monthly favourites. What have you been loving this month, why not leave a comment below telling me? 

Enjoy your day, 

Eleanor! X

My Trip To Wembley

For a girl, I enjoy watching rugby way more than I should and I'm definitely not afraid to admit it. I totally blame this on my brother though, as all my life I've grew up watching him play and one of my earliest memories is watching him play rugby. 

So when I had the opportunity to go and support my local rugby team, Castleford Tigers in the challenge cup final against Leeds Rhinos, I certainly wasn't going to say no, also why wouldn't I want to spend the day in London? The only down side of this was that I had to wake up super early; at a time that's not even classed as a normal to get up at and start the 5 hour journey to Wembley, alot of people who visit or live in London always complain about traffic so I was dreading it however, on the way there we didn't get stuck in any but on the way out of London we did. Even though I went to support Castleford Tigers I was super excited to see Kevin Sinfield (Captain of Leeds Rhinos) on the pitch.

I've been to quite a few concerts over the past 2 years in Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester and I've loved every single one of them and the atmosphere of them all have been amazing, however, at Wembley, the atmosphere was completely different (in a good way of course) and it's definitely an experience I'll never forget. On top of that, I'd be lying if I said I didn't join in with the chants. 

Unfortunately we were defeated by Leeds Rhinos but it didn't stop us from chanting and waving our flags! I can honestly say it was one of the best days of my life I certainly will never forget! Here's a few pictures from my trip to Wembley. 

                                         Wembley Way 

      

                                        Wembley Stadium

    

I know this isn't beauty or fashion related, but I haven't done many lifestyle blog post's yet and after today I'm definitely going to do more as personally this has been one of my favourite blog posts to write. 

What's an experience that you'll never forget, why not leave a comment telling me below? 
 

Enjoy your day,

Eleanor! X

Little Mix

Little Mix are my all time favourite British girl band consisting of 4 girls, Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock. For anyone who doesn't know who little mix are, they were the first ever girl group to win The X Factor in 2011 mentored by Tulisa. Originally, they were called Rhythmix but In the live shows they had to change their name and decided on Little Mix. The girls all auditioned as solo artists but were put together as a group at boot camp as they were all too good to let go of, they went on to finish the competition as a group and 3 years later are still together and class each other as sisters. Its fair to say that the girls always look flawless whatever they're doing.

As well as being singers the girls have many other talents and one of them Is their fashion which I'm sure you'll agree. They don't have a clothing line as of yet but they have worked with Collection to come up with their own makeup line and Elegant touch to design their own nails and nail wraps.

The girls wearing their makeup... 

What's your favourite Little Mix look, why not leave me a comment below?

Enjoy your day,
Eleanor! X

e.l.f Dupes For High End Makeup Products

When it comes to makeup, I just love absolutely everything associated with it, so if I can grab a bargain every now and then, then I'm all for it. For anyone who doesn't know what a dupe is, it's a high street/drugstore copy of a high end makeup product and I thought I'd share a few with you, most of which I totally agree with as I've purchased myself. I'd also like to add that just because I think these are dupes, doesn't necessarily mean you will too. Furthermore, this blog post is not sponsored by e.l.f they just have really good dupes for high end makeup products.

Blushes & Bronzers -
Nars Desire - e.l.f Pink Passion

Nars Deep Throat - e.l.f Candid Coral

Nars Dolce Vita - Blushing Rose
Nars Albatross - e.l.f  Gotta Glow
Nars Orgasm  & Laguna Duo - e.l.f Blush & Bronzer compact

Lipsticks
Mac Angel - e.l.f Classy
Mac Crème cup - e.l.f Runaway Pink
Mac Craving - e.l.f Mineral Lipstick Rich Raspberry
Mac Ruby Woo - e.l.f Matte Lip Colour Rich Red
Mac Crème d'nude - e.l.f Natural Nymph

Have you got any makeup dupes you'd like to share, why not leave a comment below telling me? Or even better if you have any blog posts leave me your links, I'd love to read them! 

Enjoy your day,

Eleanor! X

Teen Choice Awards 2014

                             

On Sunday 10th August we saw the return of one of the most popular award shows ever, which goes by the name of the Teen Choice Awards. The TCA's come round once a year, and this year it was hosted by Candies. 

                                      The presenters, Tyler Posey and Sarah Hyland 

                          

My Favourite looks -

Which you will see are all girls, because I personally think they stole the show!

 

                             Danielle Peazer,     Kim, Kylie and Kendall,        Lea Mitchele

                               Ariana Grande,         Cher Lloyd,                 Demi Lovato.

 

                           Zendaya and Bella,          Hilary Duff,                 Shay Mitchell.

Best Dressed- 

 

                                        Gregg Sulkin,                             Jana Kramer

 Who stole the show for me -

 

Even though the One Direction boys didn't attend the event because of their tour, they still stole the show for me after they won all 10 Teen Choice Awards they were nominated for!

What was your favourite look from the Teen Choice Awards, why not leave a comment below telling me?

 

Enjoy your day,

Eleanor! X  

Michelle Keegan

When it comes to celebrities Michelle Keegan is without a doubt one of my favourites, as she is just perfect. So i thought I'd write a blog post on her just like my Chelsee Healey one but about her collaboration with Lipsy! For anyone who doesn't know who Michelle Keegan is, she just happens to be one of my all time favourite actors on Coronation Street and its fair to say that when she got killed off i was gutted, and since she left it just has been the same.

Recently, Michelle worked with lipsy to create her own clothing line and it's fair to say that the whole range is absolutely gorgeous. Her clothing line launched on the 2nd July but went on sale for the public on the 3rd July and has been a great success. Here's a couple of photos of her in the clothing, also I just had to include pictures of Danielle Peazer in Michelle's lipsy range, as by now, if you read my blog, you should know how obsessed I am with her. I didn't include all of Michelle's range, I just chose a few of my favourites.

 

                      Two of my favourite celebrities in one picture! Both wearing a jumpsuit from the Lipsy range.

Most of the range is mainly classy, elegant dresses so I thought I'd choose a few of my favourites.

I love these two dresses and the playsuit because they are all the same pattern so you've got a few choices to choose from, and just by adding a longer skirt and a slit up the side of the leg, makes it look so much more chic.

In the Michelle Keegan range there is a few black and white items of clothing, which I absolutely love.

 

 

Michelle also has 2 matching sets which consist of a pencil skirt and a top with the same pattern and colour.

 

 

And finally Michelle has included a few items of clothing which are definitely needed if you live in the UK with the constant cold weather. (Thanks Michelle)

 

 

You can't write about Michelle without including her fiancée Mark Wright can you? Well I can't anyway so here they are. Michelle's monochrome bandeau dress is launched on the 13th August.

What's your favourite piece in Michelle's clothing range, why not leave a comment below telling me?

Enjoy your day,
Eleanor! X

How To Style A Flower Crown In Summer

I've been that busy this week I haven't had the time to write a blog post and because I didn't want to not upload anything, I thought I'd share with you my part of the collaboration I did with Clara - hope you enjoy.

As its slowly approaching summer and the weathers finally starting to pick up, summer clothes and accessories are starting to build up in shops and flower crowns are a big statement at the minute. With flower crowns, they either suite you or they don't and unfortunately for me, I don't think they do... however, I am determined to make one work on myself by the end of summer as I think they can really compliment a simple outfit. But for now I thought I'd leave it to the professionals who can definitely pull them off. So here's some different celebrities wearing a variety of flower crowns. Here's 5 of my favourite.

So lets start with one of my all time favourite actresses, Jennifer Lawrence, I don't think this girl needs any introduction to be honest, because if you don't know who she is, where on earth have you been? Jennifer's wearing a more simple crown with beautiful white flowers and green leaves.

Next there's Olesya Rulin, mostly known as Kelsi from High School Musical, there's no doubt about it, she looks absolutely gorgeous wearing a flower crown. Comparing this flower crown to Jennifer's I think it's a little bit more daring but I love how the pink and purple flowers look together.

Speaking of High School Musical, Vanessa Hudgens is one who also likes to wear a flower crown now and then. This is one of my favourites as I think red flowers really compliment black hair. Furthermore, I also love how she's gone for the beach waves to make her look even more summery.

Even though I'm guessing someone gave Kate this, I thought it would be silly not to give her any recognition as I love this flower crown on her.

I thought I'd leave best till last so here's Una Foden/Healy, for anyone who doesn't know who Una is, she's 1/5 of a very successful band called 'The Saturdays' I absolutely love Una's hair and I think this flower crown really complements the colour of it.

I know I said 5, but there's always room for 1 more, especially if its got anything to do with One Direction. So for anyone who thought it was just girls that can pull off flower crowns, you thought wrong! Because If I'm honest, I think the 1D boys and Tyler did quite a good job, don't you? (Especially Niall)

How do you style a flower crown, why not leave me a comment below telling me?

Enjoy your day,
Eleanor! X

The Liebster Award!

I was so surprised to find out that I had been nominated for the Liebster Award by Megan and even though I hadn't heard of this before, I couldn't wait to participate.

Rules

• Link back to the person that nominated you.
• Write 11 facts about yourself.
• Answer all the 11 questions given to you by the person who nominated you.
• After completing these questions, you must nominate 11 bloggers with under 200 followers and give them 11 questions of your choice. 
• You must not nominate the person who nominated you.
• You must let your nominees know that they have been nominated and provide a link for them to post so they can learn about it.

11 Facts About Me!

1) I love to dance and my dream is to be a professional backing dancer.

2) Not many people believe me when I tell them I'm a twin, this is due to the fact that we look nothing alike.

3) I have a weird phobia of hiccups.

4) In my free time I love reading, listening to music, reading and writing blogs and watching Youtube video's.

5) My favourite drink is one of the Limited Edition Lucozade's in the flavour Brazilian.

6) My favourite food is probably cooked Salmon.

7) I just love an Australian accent.

8) I love movie/chiller days with my friends.

9) I love a good chick flick.

10) One of my all time favourite songs is One Rebublic - Counting Stars.

11) My favourite colours are - Baby pink, Baby blue and Mint green.

Question's from Megan!

1- If you could be any animal, what would it be and why? If I could be any animal it would probably be a Boo dog as they are thee cutest things ever.

2- Heels or Flats? Heels.

3- What book are you reading right now? Currently none but I really want to read The One That I Want by Giovanna Fletcher.

4- What blog inspired you to start your own? There wasn't one in particular as I've read that many but because I'm always reading them it just made sense to start one really.

5- What 3 celebrities would you invite to your birthday party? That's so difficult as I love soo many celebrities but Niall Horan would definitely be on my list, then probably Lee Evans as I think he is absolutely hilarious, then maybe Harry Judd.

6- If you could change your name, what would you call yourself? I'm not really sure as I kind off like my name as not many people I know are called Eleanor but it would be something really unusual.

7- Guilty pleasure? Definitely an Australian Accent.

8- If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? There's quite a few things I'd like to change about myself but I'm not really happy sharing them so for now I'd probably say my eyes, I'd love to have blue or green eyes.

9- What is your favourite quote? Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, its about learning to Dance in the Rain.

10- Describe your dream holiday. Sun, sand, cocktails and adventures.

11- How long have you been a blogger and what do you love about it? I've only been a blogger for about a month now but I just love everything associated with it and I love how supportive other bloggers are.

My Nominations

By the way, I wasn't sure what it really meant by 200 followers so I went off the amount of followers on BlogLovin

• Adam - www.ledbyyouth.com
• Lauren - blonde--vision.blogspot.co.uk
• Estelle - letmegoxo.blogspot.co.uk
• Joanna - joannagracebeddows.blogspot.co.uk
• Clara - grembs.blogspot.com
• Clare - sparkleblossombeauty.blogspot.ie
• Laura - lauralondonblog.com
• Beckie - beckierackham.blogspot.co.uk
• Conor - conoorrrr.blogspot.ie
• Chloe - aliciadeyes.blogspot.co.uk 
• Jasmine - jazzrosina.blogspot.co.uk

My Questions

 

1) If you could do a collaboration with any blogger, who would you choose and why?

2) What/Who inspired you to become a blogger? 

3) If you could spend a day with a celebrity, who would it be? 

4) Your favourite holiday? 

5) What's your proudest moment/achievement? 

6) What's your favourite book? 

7) What do you love about being a blogger? 

8) What's your guilty pleasure? 

9) Tea or Coffee?

10) If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?

11) If you could give a piece of advise to a new blogger, what would it be? 

So there you go, 11 facts about me, my answers, my nominations and their questions. Do you have any interesting facts about yourself, why not leave a comment below telling me what they are?

Enjoy your day, 

Eleanor! X