Friday, May 16, 2014

Liebster Award


Liebster Award

 

So I've been nominated for the Liebster Award by Taylor - http://ssurfboard.blogspot.co.uk/ first of all I want to say thank you to Taylor for nominating me! :)

Here are the 6 simple rules:
1) Thank the lovely blogger who nominated you
2) Answer the 11 questions that the blogger gave you
3) Give 11 random facts about yourself
4) Nominate 11 different bloggers who you think deserve it, who have less than 200 followers
5) Post 11 questions for your nominees to answer
6) And lastly let the bloggers know that you have nominated them

Taylors questions:
1. Favourite make up brand
- I like a lot of different make up brands, so it depends on what the make up is. For example Maybelline is my faveourite brand when it gets to mascaras. 
2. What is your party trick?
- Don't really have any to be honest
3. What is your occupation?
- I'm a student.
4. Middle names?
- don't have any, altough I always wanted a middle name as a kid.
5. Favourite Kardashian/Jenner?
- My faveourite Kardashian is probably Khloe and my favourite jenner has to be Kylie
6. Who inspires you?
- hmmm.…I guess the people around me, my family and i have to admit Fun for Louis (Louis Cole) and Ben Brown on youtube inspire me with their creativity, and that it's ok to dream big and go for it.
7. Style icon?
- Rachel Zoe, Alexa Chung, Olivia Palermo, Lauren Conrad, Audrey Hepburn, Kate Middelton, Marylin Monroe and many more.
8. What do you order from Nandos? (if you go)
- We don't have Nandos where I live :(
9. Are you going anywhere on holiday this summer?
- Yes, I am going to Turkey
10. What is your favourite chocolate bar?
- uuhh.…that is a tough one, I love all chocolate bars, but if I had to choose one i think i would choose a Lion bar.
11. Proudest achievement to date?
- hmmmm don't really know this one to be honest.
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So that was the 11 questions i got and here are my 11 random facts about me:
 
1) I'm graduating this summer!

2) I'm very social around people I know, but very shy when meeting new people.

3) I prefer Pepsi og Coke

4) I love disney movies

5) Acording to friends and family I'm good at accents

6) I knew all the songs from Frozen before I even watched the movie

7) I'm addicted to youtube

8) My favourite song is Ain't no sunshine by Bill Withers

9) One of my favourite movies is The Notebook

10) I have 3 siblings

11) I used to tell people as a kid that i was allergic to carrots, so i didn't have to eat them.

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And here are the 11 questions for you:

1) What is your faveourite song at the moment?

2) What was the last movie you saw?

3) What is your favourite clothing store?

4) Where do you wanna go for holiday?

5) Who is your favourite youtuber?

6) When did you start wearing make up?

7) What is your favourite book?

8) What is your favourite quote?

9) Who inspires you?

10) What is your favourite make up look?

11) What is your favourite memory?
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And lastly here are the bloggers that I nominate:












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Revision tips


Hello Everyone! It's that time of the year where you may be starting to prepare yourself for your exams, or maybe you've already started. I therefore thought it would be a good time to share with you some of my tips, since I am also myself starting to prepare myself for my exams this year, (I'm graduating college).
Please remember that there is no right or wrong way to revise, you need to go with what you feel like is the best for you, so here are some of the tricks I have picked up through the years as a student, hope they can help or give you guys some inspiration :)

1) Preparation
Prepare yourself. Make a list of all your notes, if you haven't written down notes in all of your classes, then plan how long you think it is going to take you to get these notes written down,(it always takes a lot longer than what you actually think), and start as soon as possible. Collect all of your written notes and textbooks and read them trough and start making notes.

2) Organize
Once you've got all of your notes it's time to organize! Organize your notes in a way that makes them quick and easy for you to find and read. You can even make a list, where you write down what subjects you want to revise on for different days. This leads me to my next tip which is planning.

3) Planning
Planning can really be the main key when it gets to revision. Wether you want to write an entire timetable down for everything, or if you just want to have an idea of how long you think it might take, planing is always a great step.

4) Read it out loud
Like i mentioned before you should go with whatever you feel like will help you! So this tip might not help you, but why not try and give it a go, you never know it might turn out to be your best way of learning/rembering your notes. I personally like to have my notes in front of me, where I highlight all the key words, it makes your notes just a tad bit more interesting to look at. When all that is done i like to read through them a couple of times, whereafter i like to pretend like I'm doing a presentation. This makes me read it out loud because like I said I'm pretending like I'm doing a presentation of something. The more I read it out loud the easier and quicker it becomes to remember my notes, which eventually will make me remember my notes without having to look at my notes.

5) Take breaks
A really important thing while revising is taking breaks! I'm not saying that your breaks should be hours long, but just enough time to kind of rest your mind and let all the informaftion from your notes sink in. In some of my breaks I love to go for a walk. It's a good way of getting your mind off of things and latting you brain have a break and just relax and get some fresh air.

6) Music
I can sometimes find it really hard to concentrate if it's too quiet. Therefore music is like one of my lifesavers when it gets to studying and revision! I always put on my favourite kind of music or just any om my favourite songs at the moment, and it really just makes everything a bit easier and less stressfull.

7)Food and Drinks
Ok we can't forget about eating and drinking! It's important for your entire system and brain to get something to eat. Whether you prefer healthy or unhealthy food and drinks getting something to eat and drink is very important, because you need energy. It varies from what i like to eat and drink, but I love having a plate with different kind of snacks and fruits, that can easily be eaten. Drink wise I love having somthing that is fresh and cold during the day, whereas when it starts to get later I love to switch over to some tea. 

8) Sleep, sleep and sleep!
I have to be honest I am so bad at getting enough sleep, which isn't very good ofcourse since our brains need to relax (ooopss)….
I always tend to revise later in the the day than what I should, which ends up with me going to bed way to late! So make sure you get enough of sleep, that way you will feel more fresh and ready the next day for revision
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These were just some of the things/tips that I think are important while revising. My exams are coming up very soon in fact I already have two exams next week, so I would love to hear if you have any tips that you really like for revision. Hope you liked it, and good luck to all of you who also have exams this year! Remember to work hard and don't panic or stress, because trust me it will all be worth it in the end!
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Friday, May 9, 2014

Met gala beauty looks!

Here are some of my favorite makeup looks from the Met gala 2014, hope you enjoy!

Taylor swift definitely knows how to rock her signature look, which is the cat eyes and some nice red lips! and once again she pulled that look off a 100%
 
Elizabeth Olsen kept her look quite clean and classy, with neutral smokey eyes, and some settles spring-ready orange lips!

I absolutly love how  Karlie Kloss pulled off the bronzed cheek look with a pop of highligt (absolutly love her highlight) and a nice nude lip.
 
I love how Hailee Steinfeld went for a very clean and mature look! her winged eyeliner and neutral lips just look so effortless, and we can not forget about her eyebrows!

Kim Kardashian once again looks very elegant and rocks her perfect expert contouring and a nice subtle smokey eye, with a nice glossy lip!
 

I like how Lea Michele, went with some bold brows! Her dewy skin and the touch of gold shimmer on the inner corners of her eyes and the glossy lip definitely completed her beauty look.

I love how simple yet galmorous Jessica Alba looks! the dewy skin, the goldish/brownish smokey eyes and her nude lips just makes everything look so neutral!
 
And lastly I absolutely adore how BeyoncĂ© and Selena Gomez pulled off the dark red lip! I love the whole dark red lip trend, although I have to admit, that I'm not quite brave enough to wear it myself.

 
These were just some of my favorite makeup looks from the Met gala, let me know your thougts in the comments. :)
Love, Jazmine
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Mother's day gift ideas :)




10 Mother’s day gift ideas:
Thought I’d make a few ideas for what you can do for your mom on mother’s day.
1. A nice way of starting mother's day off is by making your mom breakfast in bed, with a tray piled high with her favorite breakfast and brunch foods. 


2. Take your mom out for a nice dinner (make sure you make reservations as mother's day is usually one of the busiest day of the year for restaurants)
 
3. Buy your mom flowers - it doesn't have to be the most fancy bouquet just something nice that you know she'll like.

4. If the restaurant/nice dinner didn't work you could always cook her favorite dinner at home.
5. Take her out for shopping and a nice lunch, maybe even for ar cup of coffee or tea.
 
6. A good way of making sure that your mom can have a day off where she can relax can be by giving her some gift certificate for a spa, pedicure or hair salon.
7.  Grab your mom something you know your mom loves or something she has had her eye on for a while e.g. that perfume that she loves or that coffee-machine that she has always wanted to try.
8. Set up a nice bath with a new nice bath set from body shop
9. take your mom out to the movies then buy some coffee or tea (whichever you prefer) and go to a park, where your mom and you can have a nice little chat about anything.
10. Chocolate, chocolate and chocolate! If you have absolutely no idea what to get your mom for mother's day, a nice box of chocolate is always a great idea!
Hope you enjoyed some of these ideas! :) please let me know if you got any suggestions, I would love to hear them.
Love, Jazmine
 
 

 

Saturday, May 3, 2014

April Favourites

April is over so I thought i would share some of my faveourite things I've been loving!
Heres some of the things I have been loving:

                                                             Mascara



So I just recently bought this mascara and I really love it! it makes my lashes long with no clumps! Another thing I really like about this is that a little goes a long way! You don't really need to apply tons of coats to see a difference, which i just absolutly love, i hate those mascaras where you just have to put several of coats on to see a differnce!

 

                                                             BB Cream

 I've really been loving this BB cream by Garnier this month! I have combination skin so this one for oily and combination skin just works really well for me. I used to use the anti-ageing one by Garnier which i like but i definatly like this one better! the reason is because for once i feel like this one gives a lot more coverege than the other one! I feel like I only need one layer of it for daily use which makes everything in the morning so much easier! And last it's a lot more matt than the anti-aging one which means I don't have to powder my entire face!

  Thermal Spring Water

 
 
Ok so I use this Thermal Spring Water from LA ROCHE POSAY for couple of different things. It's really great to use since the warm weather is slowly sneaking up on us!

1) To set your make-up: Once I've completed my make up look for the day I like to spritz my face with it. Beacuse it acts to set my make up in place.
2) Through out the day: I sometimes use it throughout the day as a mist because it's fine enough not to cause my make up to "melt".
3) Plane rides or long trips: Being stuck inside a plane which is pressure controlled with recycled air for hours is not good for your complexion. Therefore this is a great thing to carry on in your handbag, so you can spritz your face when you feel like your face needs some refreshment.

4) Workouts: This can really help you cool down either during your workout or after your workout.

Make up remover 

 
 


What I really love about this product is that it's a 3 in 1. It acts as a cleansing milk, a toning lotion and an eye make-up remover! Another really good thing about this is it has captelae which helps to trap impurities. I like to use this both day and night.

      Effaclar duo


 
I'm already on my second tube of this amazing serum. I use it everyday both day and night and I like to use it after I've cleansed my skin with the Vichy 3 in 1 cleanser. A thing i really like about this is that it genuinley feels like nothing on your skin, and it acts as a really good primer! I feel like i really can see a difference whenever i use this underneath my make up, it just brightens my skin in a way no other serum has.


 Lipbalm


I love Vichy lipbalms and this Nutriextra is so good! seriously probably one of the best ones I've ever tried! It really moisturizes my lips and I feel like the balm stays on for so long, I really hate it when you buy a lipbalm and it just fades away after 2 minutes. Therefore i love it!

 

Lipgloss

Personally i don't feel like I can pull off bold lips so therefore i really like this lipgloss by Maxfactor (vibrant curve effect).
it's a nice sheer red lipgloss that just adds a bit of color and shine. It's shade is called dominant and it smells really good!
 

    Concealer


 I like this concealer by elf because i think it gives a nice coverage without being too much. Another thing i really like about is it stays in place the entire day without creasing, i hate concealers that crease, so this has been a great product. I have the concealer in the shade apricot beige, and I've been using it ever since i bought it.  

Clutch

 
I have been loving this clutch by Adax (a danish brand) through out the month of April, beacuase one it has a hand strap! that way I know I won't loose it easily, and two it holds up so much place, without being too big, so that's just an absolute plus!
 

Song 

And lastly my favourite song of the month has to be a song by Lukas Graham called "Happy home" the song is just so good that i have been listening to it on repeat. Heres the song if you wanna have a listen to it.  


 
These were just some of the things that i enjoyed using throughout April.
Hope you enjoyed reading it :)
Love, Jazmine