Christmas Wishlist!

Christmas is looming closer and closer - I'm so unorganised this year and I really need to get my backside into gear. Usually I have all my presents done and dusted by now, my parents would have received my list months ago, third year is really taking it's toll on me, how can I not even have time to think about Christmas? *sobs* I've really struggled to even create a list for myself this year so Mum is you're reading this here's some inspo for you! I hope this helps anyone else struggling to come up with ideas or if you want to buy someone on the wish list then I'll pop the links within the list so if you fancy checking it out, you can do!

1. Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipstick - Glastonberry - £23.00 

2. ASOS A-Line Mini Skirt with Scallop Hem - Dusty Khaki - £20.00

3. ASOS - Easy On The Eyes Book - £14.99

4. New Look - Grey Twist Yarn Longline Cardigan - £24.99

5. - Currys - iPad Air 2 - Silver - £369.00 - PRICE MAY CHANGE

(I'm in desperate need of a new iPad, my old faithful has had it's day unfortunately)

6. New Look - Black Patent Metal Trim Loafers - £11.50 (Original price £22.99)

7. ASOS - Cat Selfies Book - £6.99

8. Boots - Real Techniques Bold Metals Essentials With Clutch Bag - £30.00 (Original price £64.00)

9. New Look - Grey Brushed Fine Knit High Neck Jumper - £17.99

10. ASOS - Night Night Sleepy Ted Slippers - £12.00 

11. ASOS - Retro Arrow Print Sign - £8.99

12. ASOS - Orchard Garland LED Lights - £15.00

13. Benefit Cosmetics - High Brow - £16.50

14. Benefit Cosmetics - Rollerlash Mascara - £19.50

So there you have it, there's a pretty big list for you all! The urge to write a Harry Potter Quote right now is too strong, but I won't... (Thirty seven? But last year...) 

I hope this helps you all in some way, Mum and Kayne I hope this helps you too! Let me know in the comments down below if there are things you'd like on this wish list, or even better still - pop in the comments a couple things you want in general! I hope you've enjoyed this post today, I enjoyed writing it all. Be sure to follow me on Instagram, Bloglovin and Twitter! Thanks for reading as always, 

Things I'd Tell My Younger Self

If I could go back in time and tell my seven-fourteen year old self all this stuff, I would. I made some horrific fashion and makeup mistakes. I made some bad decisions, I mourned bands breaking up for weeks - the list goes on. We all make mistakes, we're only human at the end of it all. Here are just a couple of things I'd tell my younger self:

Stay sassy. 

Number one rule.

Step away from the Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse eyeshadow (specifically blue)

It never was a good look on you Katie, don't try and kid yourself.

You can get through the S Club 7 and Busted split. 

They get back together in a few years time then you see S Club 7 live (and you'll cry and annoy the crap out of Kayne). 

Listen to Mum, as much as you hate to admit this, she is always right. 

Your make up skills WILL improve...

So will your eyebrows, the one hair brow look was NOT a good look on reflection. 

You will become a cat lady, this is good. 

Going to University will be one of your best life experiences so far.

The stress and everything will be worth it, you'll meet some of the best people. 

Don't worry about what people think of you, haters gonna hate.

You won't remain a total fashion disaster forever... 

Some looks were not good.

WKD will NOT get you drunk.

You can do anything if you put your mind to it.

Who doesn't love a bit of Bruce Bogtrotter inspo from Matilda?

Never give up on what you believe in.  

Stay positive. 

The past is the past for a reason, don't dwell on it. Embrace the future and live for the moment.
Little bit of Lion King in there (you can't change the past) 

Keep smiling. 

 So you're going to have some shit times - but you're also going to have some amazing times. So stay positive and keep smiling! 

So that's it for today! I hope you enjoyed this post, I really enjoyed writing this. Make sure you leave a comment below what you think! Would you tell your younger self similar things?

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Coconut Lane: Review!

So recently I was contacted by the team at Coconut Lane asking if I wanted to work with them, I decided to check out their website briefly to see if it was something I'd be interesting in and I think you all know the result!

I immediately fell in love with their products, some of their items are flawless. It took me ages to get it down to my favourites, so I decided to go with their Stay Classy Wall Art and Marble Phone Case.
I absolutely love the wall art, that saying is too true for me. This saying is just me all over - I always say I'm sassy (I'm pretty bigheaded) and being classy and bad-assy just comes with sassy. The wall art comes with a frame too which is an added bonus because it means less hassle for me. The frame is an excellent quality frame - with this wall art you're definitely getting your moneys worth. It's also well packaged so no troubles with any breakages! At the moment I have it on my desk because I don't have any damage free hangers for my wall at the moment, but I think I may keep it on my desk as it looks pretty good there!

Next up is their marble phone case in the iPhone 5S. 

This design is beautiful. It's so minimalistic and flawless. It looks amazing on my phone. It's a light phone case too I think so it's not weighing me down, it's super sturdy so I know it's made of high quality stuff. The marble pattern itself is lovely, again you're definitely getting your moneys worth with this phone case. Also, I don't know if this is the case with most phone cases (haha) but it comes slightly ridged just above the screen - I don't know whether that's to protect it when it falls but either way it's pretty cool!

All in all, I am in love with Coconut Lane. It's a fantastic little online shop. They also sell some jewellery bits which are super cute and I can't wait to buy soon! I've already told all my housemates about their website and I know a couple of them are eyeing up a few things and have requested some items for secret Santa! Coconut Lane also have some Christmas cards too (which I'm tempted to get) If you're looking for something a little bit different for Christmas then I recommend Coconut Lane. You can check out their website here! 

The lovely folk over at Coconut Lane have offered all you lovely readers a whopping 20% discount on your orders using this code: katie20 

Let me know in the comments below what you think! 

I hope you've enjoyed the post today, thanks for reading! Make sure you follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Bloglovin for general bits and bobs and updates on the blog! Do make sure you check out Coconut Lane's website as it's truly amazing and I promise you, you won't be disappointed! Thanks again for reading, I'll post again soon,

Blossoming Gifts - Autumn Sunset

Hey guys,

So I was recently contacted by Blossoming Gifts - an online flower company who offered the chance to collaborate with them. If I'm being honest at first I was a bit like 'wait, what?' and I had to have a good think about it because flowers is something that I don't do very often - I don't know why I just very rarely buy flowers for myself. Secondly, I did't want to review a product that I didn't feel would be beneficial to the company, readers or myself. I only ever review things on here that I believe are worth the review and I will always give my honest opinion on the item in question. I decided to check out Blossoming Gifts Twitter page and their website to find out a bit more and if I'm being honest my breath was taken away with how beautiful they made the flowers look. The presentation, everything. Instantly the bells started going off in my head like ''Katie - do this!'' So here I am!

First things first I was stuck for choice - their Autumn range is b-e-a-u-tiful. I couldn't decide at all and in the end I went for the good ol' eenie-meenie-mini-mo trick. So I requested Autumn Sunset (which is what I was leaning more towards anyway) and it matches the colour scheme of my room at uni. Next thing I knew it was here on my doorstep the next morning- so 10/10 for the delivery time there. The flowers arrived in a sturdy box and was beautifully presented inside. 

I couldn't quite believe how beautiful the flowers were either, the quality and everything is just brilliant. I also received a box of chocolates - something my housemates and I will enjoy later - and a little card (which I thought was quite cute).

You can see from just the picture the quality of the flowers. The lilies haven't blossomed yet but when they do I just know they're going to make the bouquet even more beautiful. I didn't realise until I spoke with Blossoming Gifts and saw their work just how much effort they must go through to do a business with flowers, keeping them fresh - creating bouquets, getting the right flowers, sending them out, making sure that every bouquet is to a high quality, hats off to them. 

Now, the lovely team over at Blossoming Gifts have been kind enough to offer 33% off a bouquet. The only bouquets not included in this discount is the 'Flowers by post' range. But I can promise you all this - you will be stuck for choice. They don't just do floral bouquets - but chocolate and sweet ones too! (Which I'm eyeing up for mine and Kayne's upcoming anniversary) They also have a beautiful Christmas range alongside their other products such as: Flower Delivery,  Flowers By Post and Cheap Flowers

Here is the discount code for all you lovely people: BGIFTS33

If you're wanting something that's real good quality and worth every penny then definitely check out Blossoming Gifts. I can promise you - you will not be disappointed. I plan on ordering some more shortly for my relatives.

So as you can tell, this is very different from my usual kind of posts but I really did think it was worth straying off my usual posts to talk about something a bit different. I can't wait for the flowers to bloom properly and my room is going to smell amazing! I hope you've enjoyed this post today, thanks for reading, look out for some more posts in the upcoming week - Boutique of Molly, Sleek lipstick, Uni room tour and more! Make sure you follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Bloglovin! Thanks again,

My MAC Experience.

Hey guys,

So I'm back after taking a week out from blogging - had major bloggers block and it was freshers week at uni so I just wanted to really let my hair down - if you have me on Snapchat or Facebook you will know what I mean. 

Today I want to write about my recent MAC experience at MAC Meadowhall. I've had two very different experiences at this MAC counter in the space of a month. The first time I went, I walked out with tears and totally embarrassed and enraged. I don't want to go too in depth with this because this post is a positive post but a particular worker was extremely rude and belittling. Some of the workers were running around like a headless chicken trying to keep all their customers satisfied. This was a Saturday, in August at around 1-2pm so you can imagine how busy it was. Anyway, I complained (naturally) to avoid similar situations happening to others and the manager was absolutely lovely and offered me a complimentary hour with the experts - something I was NOT in any way, shape or form expecting - all I was expecting was a sorry if I'm being honest and it was an incredibly kind gesture. I did say that it wasn't needed because I don't live near Sheffield so it will be a trek to get there and such. I then felt bad about complaining because of how lovely the manager was being to me on the phone. 

Anywhooo, I phoned up to book this hour with the experts - no problem. I arrived at Meadowhall hungover and questionably a tiny bit tipsy from the night before (paint party and three hours sleep is not a good combo) so I definitely looked a little bit worse for wear when I arrived at the MAC counter. I was greeted by one of their workers called Lindsey (I may/may not have spelt this wrong) who was really friendly and bubbly. This perked me up a bit because I was kinda dreading going back to MAC for obvious reasons. Lindsey was really chatty and made me feel very welcome and very at home, asked me what look I wanted - giving me tips and tricks for makeup, the lot. After the hour was up I felt like everything I ever knew about makeup was one big lie, I actually knew nothing and Lindsey opened a whole new world of make up tips and possibilities to me!  

(Now I'm sat here typing away singing A Whole New World at the top of my lungs, good job my housemates aren't in...)

Lindsey created this lovely everyday look with a pale-brown-taupe smoky eye effect and it looked beautiful. She showed me how to contour, how to make my brows look natural, the best place for highlighting - everything! She tried a more dramatic look on me with some pencil liner under my eyes - but I could feel my skin itching and swelling from the pencil liner so I asked her to take the line off and she was so good about it. I felt like a pain in the bum for asking her to take it off but my skin was already starting to react to it so not good. I was so pleased and impressed by Lindsey that I bought three quarters of the things she used on my face! In particular the eye shadow palette was amazing - she used it for my smoky eyes, contouring and highlighting! 

This time round with MAC I couldn't fault them or their customer service - all the workers that were in this time round were genuinely lovely and pleasant people. So as an afterthought, although my experience first time was horrible, this time round has completely changed my perspective on MAC and their team. I was completely put off buying their products after the August incident but as you can tell - that has been reversed. 

Ps - the eye cream is beautiful. It makes such a difference to my dark circles under my eyes.

 A huge thank you to Lindsey for making my MAC experience so good - I doubt you'll ever see this but if you do then thank you! MAC Meadowhall are super lucky to have such a passionate worker as you! Also a big, big thank you to Jade for coming with me and letting me drag her out of bed at silly o'clock whilst still a bit tipsy *monkey emoji* 

So that's it for today, let me know what you think. Have you had a MAC experience similar to mine - good or bad? Let me know in the comments! Thanks for reading again as always, don't forget to follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Bloglovin for updates about my blog and my everyday life. Or if you just want to see pictures of my cats then that's cool too! The products above I will do individual blog posts for when the time comes, so keep your eyes open for that!  Thanks again, 

Versatile Blogger Award!

Hey guys,

So I've been nominated for the Versatile Blogger award (something I was NOT expecting) by the wonderful Anaelle over on http://www.weeklymusthavess.blogspot.com <--- you should definitely check out her blog, it's such a good read. I've found myself re-reading her posts sometimes!

So the following rules for this award are:-

• Thank the person who gave you the award 
• Include a link to their blog
• Nominate 15 blogs/bloggers that you've recently discovered or follow regularly for the award
• Tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.

Here are 7 things about myself:- 

#1 This is pretty obvious anyway but I absolutely adore cats - domestic cats, big cats. You name it. I currently have five fur babies and I know that when I move out of home for good I will miss them terribly. (although my house warming gift to myself will definitely be cats. Sorry Kayne)

#2 I'm a work-a-holic. However tired it makes me, I love it at the same time. On my days off I'm so bored and I sit there thinking 'I could be working right now and earning money'. Just knowing that I'm earning my own money and I control my finances is such a good feeling for me. It also means I can justify spending x amount on some MAC makeup (as an example) because I've worked hard for it, so why the hell not! 

#3 I love a good cocktail (and large amounts of drink) at university I still try to get out once a week just so I can let my hair down a bit - work hard play hard! 

#4 I am a huge Harry Potter fan.  Here's a photo of my Harry Potter tattoo: 

#5 It was only this year that I stopped being a Twitter technophobe. I avoided it as much as I could because I didn't understand it or enjoy it, now I go on it more than anything else! 

#6 I'm often asked if I'm related to the Duchess of Cambridge. Who knows? I also get asked if I am her because we almost have the same name. I get friend requests all the time on Facebook from people across the globe with messages asking how's William and the kids, marriage proposals - the works. It can be pretty annoying sometimes but I just tend to ignore my "others" folder now! 

#7 I love walks by the beach at night, so grateful to live by the sea. 

My 15 nominations are: 

1. Jemma at http://www.dorkface.co.uk

2. Olivia at dungarees-and-donuts.co.uk

3. Katie at katiemeehan.co.uk

4. Rachel at illustrated-teacup.blogspot.co.uk

5. Hannah at hannahdelacour.blogspot.co.uk

6. Lauren and Rachel at theflowerthatblooms.wordpress.com

7. Charlotte at coloursandcarousels.com

8. Courtney at thewndrlst.blogspot.co.uk

9. Katie at katiebucknell.com

10. Hollee at holleedaze.blogspot.co.uk

11. Sarah at sarahinwonderland.co.uk

12. Bella at arabella-jane.blogspot.com

13. Hannah at floralinspiredlife.com

14. Gill at growingolddisgracefullyblog.co.uk

15. Chelsea at oliveandivyblog.com

Katie x 

50 Facts About Me!

Hey guys! So now that there are more people reading my blog I decided it was time for me to do a '50 facts about me' tag! I'm sure you'll enjoy....

1. My full name is Katie-Jane Francis Middleton but everyone calls me Katie.

2. I am from a small seaside town in England called Cleethorpes. 

3. My starsign is Taurus.

4. I go to University and study English.

5. I love books and reading. The smell of new books is just something else.

6. I have five cats. Four boys and one girl (who we thought was a boy), here's a picture of them all below!

Top left: Cooky, he's my fur baby who I adore and the eldest at 12 years old.
Top right: Obi, he's a rescue cat. A little bit of a nutter and super needy with cuddles.
Bottom left: Ralph, a rescue cat (semi-feral) Very antisocial and timid but very comical and sneaky. He only lets mum touch him.
Bottom middle: Yaddle, this is Ralph's brother (semi-feral). He is Dad's favourite furbaby. He's a little bit nervous but loves a good stroke and cuddle.
Bottom right: Koda. We thought she was a he, so that was a bit of a shock, but she is so lovable and cute. She loves a good cuddle too. 

7. I believed there was a bacon animal for 15 years of my life. The back story for this you ask? When I was little, I wouldn't eat bacon so mum lied to me and made up a fake animal to get me to eat it. It worked. 

8. My biggest fears are probably the dark, needles and spiders. Although I think it's just injection needles that scare me - I'm fine with tattoo's and piercings. 

9. My favourite make up brands include MAC Cosmetics, Benefit Cosmetics, Urban Decay, Rimmel London and Max Factor.

10. I could spend hours in Lush. 

11. My favourite colour is green.

12. My favourite dish is my Mums homemade spaghetti bolognese and stuffed chicken wrapped in bacon *drools*.

13. I am a feminist.

14. My favourite snack food is crisps whether it's pringles, your standard multipacks, doritos... you name it, I'll probably eat it. They're my biggest weakness when it comes to eating healthy. 

15.  I love Great Danes, I'd love to have one when I'm older.

16. I love Orange Is The New Black. I also love American Horror Story but I had to stop watching seasons one and four because they freaked me out too much!

17. I love a good drink or three... 

18. My favourite flowers are tulips and hibiscus. 

19. I hate horror films or anything too creepy. No thank you. 

20. I get nightmares really easily. I hate it. I often find that when I wake up from a nightmare and go back to sleep, the nightmare will continue from where I woke up so I don't get to escape it. :( 

21. I love falling asleep to the rain beating down on the window, I find it so soothing.

22. I fell in love with my best friend from secondary school. Nearly five years later we're still together and going strong! 

23. Long walks down the beach are my favourite kind of walk.

24.  I have a thing for stationary. I could spend so long in Paperchase or down stationary aisles. 

25. When I was younger I had the biggest crush on Hercules and Aladdin... I hated Meg and Jasmine for hooking up with them! 

26. I have a thing for lipstick, I can't get enough of it.

27. I also love Game of Thrones, I've never been emotionally manipulated by something fictional until I discovered Game of Thrones. 

28. When I was younger, I hated wearing clothes. I would always strip off and run around in the nuddy, it's still partially true today haha.

29. I can nap almost on demand. I love it.

30. I'm a pretty fussy eater, but in the last few years I have definitely gotten braver with trying out new things! 

31. I have a real big sweet tooth. This is pretty gross to most people - but in a hot chocolate I will have another six sugars in. It's so bad for me but it's sooooooo good. 

32. I love fruit and I could eat it all day every day. 

33. Something pretty obvious already - I love make up and all things beauty.

34. My birthstone is diamond.

35. I haven't really moved in my life. I've lived in the same house all my life and I only went to Lincoln for University so it's not too far from my hometown. 

36. I would love to visit Italy, New York and the Caribbean. 

37. I have two tattoos - one on my ribcage and one on my hip. My ribcage is a phoenix feather with the deathly hallows symbol with the quote 'it does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live'. My hip is a cupcake because Dad calls me his 'little cupcake' :')

38. Which leads onto my next fact - I love Harry Potter! It's played a pretty big part of my life. 

39. I also love quotes, especially motivational or happy ones. 

40. I hoard cushions, blankets, home decor bits and plush toys. I have so many at home and at uni it's pretty bad how many I have. 

41. I have a slight fear of the future - whilst I'm pretty excited for what it holds, I'm kinda terrified for it as well because it's the unknown. 

42. I don't drive, I have done lessons and been close to passing but I lost all confidence and I have this weird thought process in my head about driving and how dangerously scary it could be. I think the amount of accidents in my area have had something to do with it, I'm just really scared to drive. However, I'm looking to start lessons again and hopefully pass over the summer - wish me luck!

43. My favourite book at the moment is The Book Thief. I've done a blog post on this and I'm going to re-read it again next week I loved it that much. 

44. My favourite Youtubers include the Shaytards, Caseylavere and the whole Butler crew, SprinkleOfGlitter and Tanya Burr.

45. My favourite kind of music to relax to is the film soundtracks with ochestra such as The Lord Of The Rings. It's bloody brilliant (the film and books are also brilliant)

46. I find farts hilarious. 

47. I love my hair being played with and my back being stroked (hint hint Kayne)

48. My all time favourite perfume is Alien by Theirry Mugler  (Excuse the spelling incase it's wrong, I can never get it right)

49. I have the best bunch of friends, family and boyfriend. I love them all dearly.

50. Finally, now that I've plucked up the courage to start a blog off and keep it going the way I am doing and taking it seriously - how cool would it be if it was to become really popular and take off? Being a professional blogger would be amazing. I hope you'll join me on this adventure and see where it takes us! 

So there you have it, 50 random facts about me! I hope you feel like you know me a little bit better and I hope you enjoyed reading this post. The next post will be my June favourites (already half way through the year crikey) so that will be up in the next couple of days. Share, comment, +1, you guys know the drill!  Thanks for reading,

Katie x 

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak: A Review

Hey guys,

So today I've decided to write about something a little bit different. The difference is that I'm reviewing the highly rated novel, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. 

Now, this is something I've wanted to read for a long time, but because of all of the hype that came with it, it kind of put me off and set the expectations really high so when I finally did get down to reading it I can tell you this now, I wasn't disappointed. At first, it's slow to get into, it took me a while to work out what the hell was going on - who was who and such but once I got into the swing of things I found it difficult to put down. 

Not heard of The Book Thief you say? Here's just a small sample of what the blurb says: 'Here is a small fact: You are going to die. 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.' 

Just this alone was enough to reel me in. It's straight to the point you know roughly what it is going to be about: The Holocaust, Nazi Germany, WW2. 

The narrator is death and how Zasuk has done this - wow. It is so clever. When I first discovered this I was like 'yeah, this isn't going to be easy to pull off' but it really does work. Whether it's because it is set during WW2 so death was imminent or it was just one of those things where everything falls magically into place I don't know, but what I do know is that it bloody works. 

The characters are so likeable. Sort of like Game of Thrones - you love the characters so it's inevitable that something bad must happen to them. Hans Hubermann, probably one of the most genuine, honest and nicest characters I've ever had the pleasure of reading. I'm trying to be super careful what I write because I don't want any spoilers for those who haven't read it, so the next couple bits are going to be a bit vague...

I'll just say this, at one point in the book (I won't say which) I was sat at work... Wait for this... Crying. Yep, I cried like a baby in the middle of a working day. It just moved me and I mean really moved me to tears and tugged on my heart strings. I got pretty mad too at some points in the book (baring in mind this involves The Holocaust) it just made me so angry to know that innocent people suffered the way they did and so many lives were affected during Nazi Germany. But I'm not here to get angry, I'm here to give my honest review of the novel. There's not a single thing I would suggest to make this book 'better' it's already at its peak. The standard of writing, the plot, the characters and their lives all intertwining, everything - spot on. 

As I've said already, I've not read a book in so long that I've enjoyed so bloody much. If you haven't had the chance to read this book yet PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do. You'll thank me for it. I'm so glad I've read it now. It was interesting to see Nazi Germany from different perspectives like Death, Liesel, Max, Rudy and Hans. It shows so many different emotions - anger, hatred, loss, love, happiness. All of them. This post is getting longer and longer so I'm going to wrap this one up. I will definitely be reading this again and I can't wait to watch the film (I just hope it's as good as the book) please read this if you get the chance. If you have read it already - drop a comment below and we can discuss it! :) I hope you liked this post today and I'll write again in a couple days. Thanks for reading,

Katie x 

May favourites!

Hey guys!

This month has flown by. I can't believe it. I say the same pretty much every month, but I genuinely don't know where the last thirty one days or so has gone! It's been a great month - I finished second year of University, started working full time for the summer to get some moolah (hurrah, bye bye overdraft), saw S Club 7, partied like I was a fresher in my last week of University and so much more. So the blog has been quiet recently, as you're all well aware :(. However, I have babbled enough for now so here are my favourite products/items of the month!

MAC - Kinda Sexy, MAC blusher - Pinch Me, EOS lip balm,  MAC lipliner - Whirl, Nomination bracelet.

EOS lip balm - 

I have already done a blog post on the EOS lip balm range the other month but I feel like it deserves another mention because I have been using this daily at work (my lips have been so dry and chapped) and it has performed miracles on my lips. So now not only do I have great looking lips but they smell and feel great too. If you want to try the EOS range please please please please (and many more pleases) try them out. The price is a bit much I agree but they are so worth it.

MAC lipstick - Kinda Sexy -

My last blog post included this shade and it's safe to say I love it. I have worn this so much and received a fair few compliments since. I really do think this is a great summer shade and one I will definitely be buying when it runs out. I just love it so much and lasts forever on my lips even when I have a bite to eat or drink. If you head over to my last blog post with the swatches and reviews, you'll see a more in depth section on Kinda Sexy.  PS - the names for the MAC lipsticks are so cool and you do feel kinda sexy when you wear it. A supper flattering shade.

MAC Blusher - Pinch Me

Ok, so this looks nothing like it does on the website (surprise surprise, I really need to live somewhere with a MAC counter or store) and I was kinda bummed when I first opened it because I thought it would be way too dark for my face, but surprisingly it's not. It's just super pigmented and a little goes a VERY long way indeed. I was originally stuck between this shade and 'Melba' but opted for this instead and now I'm glad that I did. It's always fun (and scary) to try make-up that is out of your comfort zone. As you can see from the picture, it's a really nice rose colour. Again, great name! It's a really long lasting blusher which is super ideal for me too because I work from 9-5 and sometimes later so the last thing I want to be doing is re-applying make-up every couple of hours, I don't ever have to re-apply this blusher. MAC have definitely scored a winner with this one and I can't wait to try out more shades!

MAC lip liner - Whirl

Ok, so I bought this to go with my Velvet Teddy lipstick as I had read on a dozen pages that this lip liner is the best one to wear with Velvet Teddy. I 1000% agree with this. I had never really worn or tried lip liner so I was pretty much a virgin to all of the lip liner craze. I can now see why for so many people, lip liner is a must have in their make-up bag. It creates such a huge difference to your lips - the shape, the final look of your lips... everything. Whirl is such a blendable shade too and it doesn't stick out on your lips like a sore thumb. It also looks great with Kinda Sexy!

Nomination Italy - Charm bracelet

I recieved this from the in-laws on my 21st birthday, after hinting to Kayne for about a year that I'd love one. I just really love the Nomination bracelets and how you can build them, change the charms around and everything else. The initial bracelet I don't think is too costly, it is the charms that add up the price. I have five charms in total - a cocktail (because I go out quite a lot and never say no to a cocktail or three), two golden cats (L.O.V.E cats), a 21 charm, a shoe (I have over 80 pairs of shoes that I can think of, and I love shopping...) then a white rose which is so pretty and it compliments the rest of the charms. When my next pay packet comes I'm definitely going to buy another charm. It's really cool how you put the charms on too - you take out links and replace them with charm links. They all hook underneath each other. So weird to explain I know. Nomination isn't that popular either, it's not that it isn't popular because it isn't nice jewellery, it's gorgeous and so thoughtful, I just think Pandora is the charm giant and around 80% of men and women that I know; myself included have a Pandora bracelet. So, fellows and ladies - if you're wanting something a little bit different that holds all the sentimental thoughts and looks fabulous on your wrists, then look no further than a Nomination bracelet! They are absolutely beautiful and are definitely worth it.

So, there are my favourites for May. I hope you enjoyed this read. Share it around, leave a comment, anything at all would be great :) Also, remember if you have anything specifically you would like me to write about, then just let me know and I'll happily try or see what I can do! :) Thanks for reading guys, I'll write again in a couple days,

Katie x 

Stay positive, regret nothing.

Hey guys!

This is just a pretty simple post today I'm afraid. I've been working on my assignments as it's really starting to creep up on me now. I have A LOT to do... Last night and this morning, I was really worried, stressed and panicky. I was so worried about my time management because I work all day Saturday and Sunday, we still have texts to read for my course, attend seminars and lectures, my 21st is NEXT WEEKEND (eek) so I won't be doing University work on my birthday, I'll be celebrating naturally. Everything just kind of got to me all at once because I thought I was doing so so well managing my time.  

What I want to know is, what's your best ways of helping you manage time, how do you work around your deadlines etc alongside other commitments you may have, what is your favourite method to help you de-stress? Is it by talking, doing Yoga, pampering yourself? Leave it in the comments below, it might be a good springboard for other readers going through deadlines, traumatic times in their life, anything at all!

For me, it's finding little quotes on the internet. Although, it's a good way of procrastinating, when I see the quotes, I really get a good kickstart like "Yeah, I can do this!" I have quotes all over my room at University "The World Is Your Oyster", "Work Hard, Be Humble", "Try & Fail, Don't Fail To Try", "Be The Best Version Of You"... The list could go on. I just find they're my best motivation and it just reminds me that life isn't all doom and gloom, there's happiness everywhere when you look hard enough. Even in more difficult situations surrounding my family or friendship circles, I always find a quote to make me feel better. From my favourite writers, films to tumblr posts...  

I just had a little thought and I needed to write this down, I know everyone has their off days no matter what the situation or circumstances may be. All I can say is that there IS light at the end of every tunnel!

Here's a little snippet of my favourite quotes that I've posted on Instagram many times!

Katie x