Feel Unique and Cult Beauty

I've been meaning to get my hands on the Becca Jaclyn Hill collab, Champagne Pop highlighter but I didn't want to get it in Sephora as it would have cost me a lot to get it shipped. So when I heard from Kaushal that it's now available at Cult beauty, I knew I had to place an order. 

But then I also remembered that Huda Beauty just launched her lashes on the Cult beauty site so it was appropriate for me to purchase one of her lashes. I decided to go for one of her most loved items which is Giselle #1. I think they're a bit too big for me but I'll just trim them down. I really cant wait to try these two products out!

From Feel Unique, I finally got some items that have been on my wishlist for a long time. The first is the setting spray that everyone raves about and now it's finally mine! I also show a couple of youtubers wear the Matte Revolution lipstick in 1993 and I thought it looked really pretty, like an everyday nude toned colour which is something that I've currently been obsessed with. The last Urban Decay I brought was the Glide on travel set with 5 shades of eyeliner. I'm really gutted that I missed out on the 10 piece set that they had last year as I would have gotten a lot more colours with that one but I'm still really glad that I finally have some of the most talked about eyeliners ever! 

I seriously can't wait to use these products in everyday life and tutorials. 

Cult beauty:

1. Becca: Champagne Pop- £30

2. Huda Beauty: Giselle #1- £12 

Feel Unique:
1. Urban Decay: All Nighter Setting Spray- Original Price: £21. Sale Price: £18.90. I got it for £17.22 because I get an extra 10% discount for all urban decay products which I was able to chose after doing a little survey about myself on the feel unique website. 
2. Urban Decay: Matte Revolution Lipstick in 1993- Original Price: £15.50. Sale Price: £13.95. I got it for £12.27.
3. Urban Decay: 24/7 Travel Size Pencil Set in Cosmic- Original Price: £25. Sale Price: £17.50. I got it for £15.82. 

I LOVE SAVING MONEY! 

Thank you for reading and see you next time!

Designer Wishlist

As you can tell from the title, I am going to be talking about my top 5 designer products wishlist that I have always wanted. 

1. Christian Louboutin So Kate: Need I say more? But seriously, one day, I'm going to have a kylie Jenner collection of these heels and that is the dream. Truly, I've told myself not to set goals on what I want in my life as a career because that always changes depending on circumstances but the dream is to be able to afford your own louboutins.  Price: £425

2. Valentino Rockstud leather Pumps: Just look at them! What can I really say about these? They are studded, they have a very flattering style to them which helps you feet look pretty and they make you feel confidence. So, why wouldn't you want to splash some cash on something that will boost your confidence and make you stand taller? Price: £650 

3. Alexander Wang Rocco: Most beauty bloggers have this bag and they are not wrong to like it. It's got gold studs at the bottom, it's oval shaped and the interior is beautiful. Price: £775.

4. Chanel No. 5 Perfume: This is such a cult perfume that all women know of but it doesn't necessarily mean that we can all afford to buy it. My theory is that it is only perfume so do I really want to spend £70-£100 just a spray? The truth is, I want to but that feels like a slap in the face to spend so much money on perfume. The highest I've ever spend on perfume is around £25 and not a pence above it. I have mixed feelings about this because part of me wants it and the other part of me, thinks its absolutely ridiculous to spend so much on just a bit of fragranced water. Price: £70

5. Michael Kors Rose Gold Watch: This is a beautiful watch! It would be amazing if I could hopefully buy this for my birthday! I love how the rose gold and the white plated design clash together and the watch blings with silver stones embedded into the wheel of the watch. It just looks so classy and sophisticated and worth the drama! Price: £229

I hope you enjoyed this and let me know what your designer wishlist is. I also hope you're enjoying my Top 5 series as I have a lot more of them coming soon. 

Thank you and see you next time!

Female Youtubers

Well, hello, and welcome back to my blog. So today, is a continuation of my Top 5 series and as you can tell by the title, I am going to be talking about my top 5 female youtubers. Now, you have to keep in mind that I do watch a lot of youtubers but the channels I am mentioning today are what got me into blogging and youtube. So, in no particular order, I shall start. I've decided to even go through my Like videos playlist on youtube to kind of get an idea of when I started watching each of the youtubers I will mention (mind you, there is around 2500 likes so it will take me a while).

1. Zoella AKA Zoe Sugg- I've had my youtube subscription since 2010 but I'm pretty sure I started watching her videos around 2011/2012 but from my liked list, the first video I did like of her's is her How To: Milkmaid Braid Up do- which was the hairstyle I did for my birthday on 28th May whilst she had posted that on the 14th of May 2014.

2. PixiWoo AKA Sam and Nic Chapman: So based on my like video playlist, the (unofficial) first video I watched on their channel is the Mystique X-Men inpsired Makeup look that Sam did, that was uploaded on 19th September 2013, but I'm pretty sure there were several others that I watched before I started liking their videos and by like, I mean the thumbs up. I remember being confused by seeing two different people on their channel because from other videos I watched there weren't any duos that worked on a channel together but now it's common for friends to do a youtube together. 

3. Tanya Burr: The first liked video from Tanya, is her What's In my Bag video which was uploaded on 23rd August 2014. I think I was introduced to her channel by a suggested videos from either Pixiwoo's channel or Zoella's. But I remember watching a ton of her videos in one sitting because I was so interested on her makeup tutorials. 

4. Fleur De Force AKA Fleur: I'm pretty sure Fleur was one of the first beauty bloggers I watched. I rmember when she had an intro for her channel that consisted of her giving a kiss to the screen so based on that I'm pretty sure she was one of the very first bloggers I watched. My first liked video of her is her Beauty Q&A with Sprinkleofglitter and Zoella video. This was uploaded on 5th April 2012. 

I'm pretty sure that the like videos aren't the official first videos that I did like as I know Youtube likes to skip a few etc. so this is just based on what is there but for the most part, I've watched these youtubers well before I liked their videos- at the time, I wasn't really aware of what it meant to thumbs up a video so I didn't do it often. 


5. Kaushal Beauty: Now Kaushal Beauty is someone that I had always watched but never subscribed to and I don't even know why but finally around October/ November, I did in fact, subscribe to her. My first liked video of hers that actually appears in the playlist is her Indian Wedding Get Ready With Me. 

Thank you for reading and see you next time!

What to Wear on a Date

Welcome back to my blog and today is a huge event as I'm starting a new series. I've decided to call it 'The Closet Truth' where I will be talking about certain fashion issues (in terms of outfits etc). For the first of the series, I will be talking about what to wear on a date. 

So, I want to start off by saying that I'm a huge feminist and as a feminist, I don't think we need to get all glammed up for a man- that doesn't mean that he's not deserving of it but simply if he cannot accept you at your worst then surely you shouldn't allow him to see you at your best, right? 

To begin with, let's start off by saying that the whole purpose of a date is to get to know each other and what better way to get to know each other by what you wear. I love to sleep. That's one of the biggest things you need to know about me and rather than tell you that I could always just rock up to a date wearing my pyjamas and honestly, I would very much like to do exactly that just to show you that although it is pyjamas, you can make it look super smart and casual with the way you accessorize it. But when I say pjs, I actually mean a shirt and bottoms not sexy lingerie otherwise he'll get the wrong idea so be careful in what you chose to wear. So, if you're a lover of sleep then I challenge you to wear pjs on a first date with someone. However, if you're not fond of that idea, you could express your feelings in a t-shirt like this one: 

Another great way to express who you are is with slogan shirts and jumpers. I mean, they're cute and funny so why not. You honestly cannot go wrong with some of these! I just think that these sorts of outfits shows that a) you're fun, b) you have a sense of humour and c) you're not being your artificial self. So one of my favourite foods is pizza- I live and breathe that cheesy goodness and if I wore a shirt with a pizza slogan on it, the person I'm with will be more open to what I actually like to eat rather than just guessing. If pizza by itself isn't enough, throw in one of your favourite singers and that there is a conversational starter. 

Naturally I'd say wear something casual, not over the top because you have to remember that it is just a first date and if it is meant to be, it'll be your personality that clicks with him not your outfit. Jeans and t-shirt are what most wear everyday, the way to change that up is by accessorizing it with pieces that makes it look like you're making an effort even if you aren't. 

I kind of miss the old day where men would 'court' a lady for months before finally becoming official. I honestly think that if this person doesn't have to try hard enough to 'get' you then he can just as easily 'lose' interest in you so ladies, please, keep your high expectations and just compromise on minor issues because you deserve the best and you deserve to be treated like a queen. 

Thank for reading and see you next time!

Inspirational Designers

Hey and welcome back to my blog, so today is my first attempt at trying to bring in my fashion background into my blog. 

I hope you enjoy getting to know me a little better. As a fashion student, we are required to look at previous collections and analyst what the designer has done in order to make the collection so appealing, we have to reference our work based on what image inspired us and we are to note down themes that we think will link together.

At the moment, I am now working on a deconstruction unit which has me analysis the works of Maison Martin Margiela, Vivienne Westwood and Commes Des Garcon. But, for this particular post, I will be talking about my all-time favourite inspirational designers who I always look up to regardless! This has been done in no particular order. 

*Some words are linked to what it talks about... Check them out to understand what I'm talking about.

1. Alexander McQueen: I always knew he was such a big name in the fashion industry but I was never really struck by his work until I went to the Savage Beauty exhibition in July 2015. I was at awe at the experience and I couldn't believe how much of his work was so innovative (you'll be hearing this word a lot!). McQueen was always focused on the story behind his ideas, the inspiration of where the idea came from which he conveys to his audience through his garments. 

2. Alexander Wang: Both himself and McQueen started young and have made such a huge astonishing impact to the world of fashion and there is no denying their innovative ideas. Wang is a lot more subtle in what he produces if compared to McQueen. In a way, Wang's history is what really inspires me as he started at the age of 19 whilst still at university and he made it. This sort of story makes me believe that I can do it too. And hopefully I will. 

                                                                                                       
3. Hussein Chalayan: He studied at Central Saint Martins and his final BA collection was amazing. He decided to put the fabrics that he wanted to use and put them into the ground to soil them. He wanted to show decomposition in his work and it really paid off as his collection was placed in one of the Brown Fashion store. After that, he went on to experiment more with technology and started to tell more of a story rather than just a show of things. 

4. Issey Miyake: I started looking into Miyake in my first year of college as inspiration for my first unit. I think it started off as just another designer to research but he soon became a designer I needed to know more about. One of his collections that really got to me was his Pleats Please collection which was just a way for him to show different methods of using pleats in garments. 

5. Viktor & Rolf: Honestly, I only just started to really look at their history in fashion for my new unit but I had known already that they were quite popular with their fragrances. One of their recent collection was the Autumn/Winter 2015. This is such an epic collection! I am so impressed by the way they really executed this. The inspiration behind this whole collection is a canvas. That's it. That's essentially it and not only that but they proved it to be that by hanging 5 garments up on the wall whilst it was still being on the catwalk. I love how they took one idea and created a whole collection on it. This one collection has really made me obsessed with them and now I really need to buy one of their perfumes. 

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy the rest of this series.  

xx

Sharin

My First Youtube Video

Hey, and welcome back to my blog.Today, I have some exciting news, I uploaded my first youtube video. From the video, you can tell I'm a little nervous by the way I cannot pronounce or form any sentences but it's a start! I'm finally ready to take the plunge! 

Before I began filming I first decided to sort out my youtube channel. To begin with, I had to make a very important decision regarding my profile picture. I believe this is one of the easiest ways to grab someones attention so I made sure I did my hair and make up as well as put on my bow headband to take a picture worth clicking on. 

I know a couple of youtubers who are know for a phrase they might always use but I decided that I didn't want a phrase, I wanted something that was going to always be in my videos and pictures and that my dear friends, is the bow headband. At the moment I only have two but soon enough, I'll find myself with a collection of them. I think this is a great way to make your mark. 

I then went on to do my channel art, the first thing you can do is research and by research, I mean, look at how other youtubers who are in the same field as you have set their channel art. It doesn't mean you have to follow strict guidelines but at least it lets you know what you should think about adding. 

At first, I was stumped on what to have as my background image as a lot of other youtubers have their face and text, but I went into my drop box account and found my folder full of images of the sky. I thought this was perfect as it wasn't over the top (being just a newbie) but it wasn't unprofessional. 

I then used a website called Canva which allows you to edit and personalize your banners and other sorts of platforms for images by giving you the right measured space to do it in. They also have some of their own creations which you can use and alter. 

I decided to add my name and what I will be doing on the channel. I think it's just simple and straight to the point. I was debating on putting down times, I would upload but my schedule is a mess. I chose two different fronts because I think it stands out better and I also added a line underneath it to accentuate it.

I'm really happy with my channel art and I think it links well with my profile picture too. Once that was sorted, I went onto the film a little something to begin my channel. I decided to start off with a haul as that way, I can continue to mention those products throughout the next few videos and kind of give my review on it. 

I started the video by talking a little about myself and what my channel will consist of to give people an understanding of where my channel is going and went straight into filming the haul. When it came to editing the video, I was using iMovie to do this task. It was my first time using it so it was a little difficult to begin with but I did it, I managed to edit the video, crop, add transitions a title, an ending credits and also add some music too. I'm pretty happy with my first time and I'll only get better with time (hopefully). Please check out my video and I hope you enjoy it. 

Thank you for reading and see you next time!

Meeting Tanya Burr and Zoella!

So I recently entered this Superdrug competition on a whim and actually won. This competition wasn't broadcast as much as you'd think otherwise I wouldn't have won because I actually entered after the deadline but I'm assuming that they didn't have their targeted amount so I was invited. When I got the email, I was really confused, reading it and immediately I sent a screenshot to my friend. My head was reeling in with the fact that I actually won. It was a weird out of body experience. The date was for two days after I received it at West field in London. I was able to invite a friend along so she came with me. 

I actually had university that day however it turned out to be a half day so I managed to get to Westfield at 4pm which gave me an hour to relax before I had to meet them. I was nervous. When it was 5pm, I went to the superdrug store and found there to be only 5 winners waiting and I had already found out that there were 25 winners, plus 25 friends who were invited too. I was in line, just behind 5 people when I was told to wait outside for my friend who was running late. 

At this point, it was already 5.30pm and Tanya and Zoe were also running late, but a lot more winners were there so we had a good 20 people who were in front of us. It took forever for us to meet them plus it was really hot in the store so people were getting restless. I think the first 10 people got a good 5-10 minutes with them and after that, it was much more fast paced and we were only given a few minutes with them. 

When I finally did meet them, I said, Hi and hugged them both. Tanya asked 'Sorry, what's your name?' and I told them. After that, I got Tanya to sign her Candy Glam Palette and Zoe to sign her Blissful Mistful spray and I told her that it was my favourite product of hers and she 'awwed' and said 'that's so sweet' to me. Tanya asked 'how my day went' and I told them about university, and said that I have a blog and it's all thanks to them'. I was a mess and I was so shy to even look at them but I did get a selfie with them. I was disappointed that I didn't get to put them on my snapchat story or even get to ask them any questions but that was all down to me because I was nervous. 

They're both gorgeous and I still cannot believe that I met them. It's funny because I remember when I first started watching them on youtube which was at least 3 years ago and thinking they were so relatable and were like a sister I never had. I only have brothers so a lot of my favourite female youtubers have kind of taken the role as my sister and I take what they say or have said as serious advice. 

I would like to thank Superdrug for holding this competition, and thank Nicole who sent me that very email saying I had won. I also want to that all the members that were there helping out with the event for trying to make it as smooth as possible. Thank you Tanya Burr and Zoe for meeting me and I hope we can be friends. 

Oh yeah, and I got a gift from Zoe which had some of her Christmas Range in it, so thanks for that.  I did try to get a better image of the Christmas grotto that they had but I wasn't allowed to plus, my friend wasn't allowed to film me meeting them which is disappointing as I would have loved that as something to look back on. 

Thanks for reading and see you soon!