♡Birthday Wishlist♡

Hey beauties

So I asked on Instagram what posts I should write, and a few people said a birthday wish list, my birthday quite soon so I'm going to do that. Before I get started, I want to do a disclaimer. I am not trying to brag or boast and that I'm not expecting all of this at all, I would be so happy just to get one of these things as they are things I would love to get, but I am in no way saying to my friends or family, or you guys, I want this, this and this, give them to me. This is just a way you might get to know me a bit more, or if your birthday is coming up, give you some ideas, as this was requested. I will be so grateful for anything I get, but let's get started...

So the first thing I would really love to get is a Mac Lipstick. I have heard amazing things about these and don't own anything from Mac, so it would be a big staple in my makeup and I would probably wear it all the time if I did get it. I would want a natural colour that I could wear on an everyday basis, a nude but a pinky nude not a browny one. I would also really love to get something from Benefit. Anything would be amazing, I just would love to try some Benefit and it would be a big treat for me.

The thing I probably want the most would be netflix. If you've read my other posts you will know that I now have Netflix, but you probably don't know that I only have the 30 day free trial, so what I would love would to be able to carry on having it a bit longer.

I would love to get Joe Sugg for my birthday. Haha there is no way that will happen but I can dream <3 if any youtuber, big or small, tweeted me that would be the best birthday present I could ever get! 

Another thing I would be so grateful to get is an EOS lip balm. There's so much hype about them but they're so difficult to get hold of so I would love to get one.

Any Youtube Merch would be a perfect present because I'm a bit addicted. Do Suggs not Drugs ladies and gents. You can tell I'm a bit hyper whilst writing this hehe:)

Some more Real Techniques brushes would be brilliant!

Some nice new pieces for my wardrobe? I don't know, maybe some more spring/summer clothes like cute crop tops and shorts and skirts. OMG I WOULD LOVE A TRXYE JUMPER BUT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN STILL GET THEM:(

Anything from Victoria Secret would make me extremely happy. I would also love to try out some more products from Soap and Glory.

Other than that, basically makeup and clothes and beauty stuff, is what I would love to get. 

So I hope you guys enjoyed this kinda different little post. It was kind of weird tbh. I would be so grateful if someone gave me a bit of fluff :D what even am I on about?? Basically I would be grateful and love any present I got.

Keep smiling xx

♡Q&A♡

Hey beauties♡

So today I have a lil Q&A for you. So I asked on my instagram (@bexutygirl) for any questions and I'm just going to answer them. This is my first attempt at one of these so tell me how you like it. Let's get started...

When's your birthday?
My birthday is pretty soon actually. Its in 23 days, on the 20th of march and I will be 13.

Favourite youtuber?

How can I pick one???? Um I love Zoe and Alfie, Joe is also one of my favourites, and some other favourites are Gabby, Eve, Quisha and Anastasia.

What's the one place in the world you would love to visit?
I would really love to visit America. Specifically new York and California but to be honest I would love to go anywhere.

Favourite beauty product?
That's so difficult to pick one product bit I would probably say my collection extreme liner because I have worn it basically every day that I've worn makeup since I got it.

Have you got any pets?
Yeah I have one cat called Evie. She is my favourite thing ever, I love her to pieces and I will probably do a blog post about her soon.

Rimmel or Maybelline?
Hmm...that's a hard one. I mean, I love both brands a lot, but I haven't really tried enough stuff from them to know for sure. I would probably have to say Maybelline.

Favourite beauty brand?

I love all beauty brands, but I would probably say Sleek, because their products are such amazing quality and they are amazing value for money. I do really love Soap and Glory but I've only tried their body products not makeup, so I'm going to say Sleek.

High end or drugstore?

I love high end products, but I think there are some amazing things at the drugstore too. I can't really afford high end makeup so I tend to buy drugstore, but if I had more money, I would go for high end.

Favourite colour?

I am obsessed with pastel colours, but if I had to pick one colour it would be either pastel pink, baby blue, mint green or dark purple, so basically pastels :)

Summer or winter?

Summer because although I love winter and the coziness, having hot chocolates and baths, but I prefer when it's not freezing outside and you can go out and have fun, and summer is when the best things happen, like no school, youtube conventions and holidays.

So that's all the questions I'm going to answer today. I hope you guys enjoyed this, if you did I can do another one in a couple of months time. Remember, I love you guys and I'll see you in my next post.

Keep smiling xx

♡Lazy Day Essentials♡

Hey guys

So today I am going to be sharing my lazy day essentials with you. This post is a collab with the lovely Ami, so go check out her blog and her instagram because she's a really nice girl and her blog is really good.

Makeup

So to be honest, on a lazy day, I won't wear any makeup, unless I go out, then I will just wear a very natural makeup look:

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

Collection Extreme Felt Tip Liner

New Look Pure Definition Mascara

Maybelline Baby Lips Peach Kiss

Hairstyle

On a lazy day I won't really put any effort into my hair, just do a messy ponytail or something.

Outfit

If I'm just staying in the house all day, I'll just stay in some pyjamas or a onesie and some fluffy socks. If I'm going out, I'll probably just wear some leggings and a jumper.

Skincare

Literally, I probably won't do any skincare. If I do, all I will use is some Simple Cleansing Facial Wipes just to make it feel more fresh and get anything gross off my skin.

Scent

For a lazy day scent, I picked my Next Just Pink perfume. Also, if I'm having a lazy day I might have a lush bath. This is the Space Girlbath bomb v   Now onto the more random lazy day essentials.

Food

So food is my favourite thing and on lazy days, it can just make me feel a lot better. To be healthy, one food I absolutely love is kiwi. Kiwi is my favourite fruit and I could eat it forever. If I wanted something a bit sweeter, I might go for some Mini Eggs. They're some of my favourite chocolate and as it's quite near easter now, they're in lots of shops, but they're just so yummy.

Drink

So in most of my blog posts, I mention having hot chocolate. But sometimes, I won't be in the mood for that so I really like tea. FUN FACT: I have my tea with milk and one (sometimes two if I'm feeling cheeky) sugars.

So it's all great having makeup on, and eating food, but on a lazy day, your still going to want to do something. One thing that I like to do on lazy days is to write blog posts, like I'm doing right now as I'm having a lazy day when I write this. Some other things I like to do are:

What To Watch

I love just lying on my bed with a pillow and my phone and watching something on my iPad or curled up on the sofa with a blanket watching the TV when I have a lazy day. If you are going to watch one thing, I would soooooo recommend Pretty Little Liars. It's my favourite show ever, I am on season 3 currently. If you want to watch a film, I've been really liking Pitch Perfect.

But also, as I'm such a fangirl and obsessed with youtube. I normally spend most of the day watching YouTube so I thought I would include some youtubers you might like to watch. So there's obviously the bigger Youtubers, but I find smaller youtubers more real and most people don't know about them. So some I like are Eve - she is probably my favourite youtuber (she just hit 25k so congratulations) joint with Gabby, I also love Anastasia, Caitlin Rose and so many more. So go subscribe to all of them.

Prefer to Read?

If your completely up to date with youtube, or you just fancy reading instead, I would recommend Girl Online. You've probably all heard of it but it's just a really good book. Also, I don't have it, I really want it though, but I hear Love Tanya is really good. I'm not really a big reader but if you are then recommend some books for everyone to read in the comments.

Music

Obviously, being an obsessed Sheerio I would recommend X by Ed Sheeran. It's my favourite album ever and I genuinely love every single song on there. Also 1989 is really good. My favourite songs are Wildest Dreams, Style, All you had to do was stay and Out Of The Woods, but they're all really good.

Games

Crossy Road. Just play it and you'll understand - it's so addictive okay.

I can't actually think of any other essentials so I guess that's it. Remember to go over to Ami's blog and read her version, follow her on Instagram (livingthepastel_life) and check out her blog whilst your there. I hope you guys enjoyed this and aren't crying too much about going back to school tomorrow.

Keep smiling xx

♡Healthy Hair♡

Hey beauties

So today I thought I would just do a mini post and show you some of the haircare products I use to keep my hair healthy and soft and strong. I'm just going to stick to the basics for this post, but if you want me to go into more detail about other hair products then comment and I will.

So the one thing everyone does to their hair on a daily basis is brush it. So the brushes I would recommend are tangle teezers. They are really small so they will fit in your handbag and they are amazing quality bristles for really good value for money.

But, if you can't afford them, I would recommend the brushes that have bristles all round in a circle, which you can get from boots, but I've had mine for ages so I can't say exactly what brand.

To keep your hair healthy and not greasy you will want to wash your hair. You don't want to do it too often as it will make your hair more greasy. I would recommend washing it every 2-3 days.

The shampoo and conditioner I would recommend is from the Body Shop. I have used these for years, I've tried other things but these are by far the best. I've talked about them before but they leave your hair feeling so healthy and soft and so shiny and radiant.

If you want to use a dry shampoo, I would recommend Batiste. I have the pink one and I dont use it that much but it just keeps your hair feeling nice between washes.

Keep smiling xx

♡Pamper Evening Collab♡

Hey beauties

So today's blog post is a pamper evening routine. So some days, when I'm feeling a bit ill or down, or just need a bit of a pamper, I will get all my homework done, and then just spend the rest of the evening pampering myself.

This is a collab with a girl called Amelie. Her blog is really good and she is a really nice girl so definitely go check out her blog and read her version of this after you've read mine.
http://smudgedface.blogspot.co.uk/

Here are the ingredients for a perfect pamper evening ^ and yes I did snapchat it to myself aha:D

So the first step of your pamper evening is to get into some comfy clothes, as if you're going to have a nice evening you want to be comfy. I just picked some black leggings and a really fluffy cream oversized jumper, which are both really old.

The next step is to tidy your room. Not all the vacuuming and everything just make your bed and tidy a little bit. It sounds weird but once you've pampered yourself you won't want to tidy your room to get into bed so its better to do it first. Then I will just go on my iPad and phone and check my social media and watch some YouTube.

After I've  surfed for a bit, I will start running the bath. Whilst it's running I will go on Netflix and pick a film or TV programme to watch. This day I picked Pretty Little Liars as I am obsessed with it right now and I watched the first season in less than 3 days. Also, I will pick what product to use in the bath. This particular day I decided not to use lush, and just to use a bubble bath. I used the Zoella Beauty Soak Opera.

I will then light a candle (it was a yankee candle votive in a snowy sort of smell) to make it even more cosy and just watch some YouTube whilst I'm waiting.

Then its time to get into the bath and relax. Also, whilst in the bath I just used a body scrub on my arms and legs.

When I get out its onesie time, but before that, I will give my skin a treat and use the Sanctuary Spa Body Lotion.

Then, my face gets its pamper. I will take the remainder of my makeup off using the Simple cleansing makeup wipes then use the Simple hydrating light moisturiser and the Simple soothing facial toner and the Garnier Ultra Lift Day Cream which was actually just a sample I was trying out.

Then I will make a hot chocolate. I always use the Cadbury drinking chocolate, its my favourite.

I will take that and a snack up to my room and eat them whilst watching PLL or YouTube.

Next up, I just chilled and went on my electronics, then got into bed and went on them a bit more' and maybe read some of whatever book I am reading. After a while relaxing on my phone, I will turn the lights out and go to sleep.

So that's basically my pamper routine. Again, go check out Amelie's blog and her Instagram @smudgedfaceblog.

Keep smiling xx

♡Sleek Palette Review♡

Hey guys,

So today I am going to be doing a review of my sleek iDivine eyeshadow palette in the shade Storm because a lot of beauty gurus and people on YouTube talk about these palettes so I thought I would do a review.

Firstly, they are £8 which, it depends on you, but it could be really cheap for you if you are experienced with makeup and know what you like, but also could be quite expensive if you are new to makeup and on a budget then its a lot of money to spend so you want to make sure its not going to be a waste of money.

Personally, I think that this palette is a complete bargain because its is £8 and I was a bit unsure about buying it but you get 12 shades and they are amazing quality, so pigmented and gorgeous colours.

One reason I love this pallete is that its really different - its not just a natural palette or just a night pallete. It has 12 shades, which are all gorgeous colours, which are a mix of neutrals and colours, lights and darks and mattes and shimmers - its perfect because you can have just one pallete with lots of looks. 

These are some of the best quality eyeshadows I've tried, so pigmented and a perfect consistency, and this pallete is just gorgeous. Also the packaging is so sleek.

But now, the thing you've all been waiting for, as you've got to see what it looks like, here are some swatches of the palette.

So that's the Sleek palette for you. I would definitely definitely recommend it, the eye shadows are so pigmented and it's such great value for money.

I'll talk to you guys soon. Love yousss 

Keep smiling xx

♡Autumn to Spring Outfit Ideas♡

Hey guys

So February is kind of an awkward month because it's not really winter any more but it's not spring yet, so I thought I would share some outfit ideas for this transitional kind of time.

For the coldest days:

So I first of all picked this jumper, which is from ages ago so I dont know what shop. Also, underneath I am just wearing a basic top with sheer panels at the shoulders from H&M. With them I wore these blue fade jeggings from H&M which are my favourite and I wear them all the time, but they are nice because they are a bit thicker then leggings.

When it's a bit warmer:

When it's a bit warmer you might still want to wear a jumper or cardigan but I got this dark blue velvet kind of cropped top (which was in my haul and favourites video because I am literally obsessed with it) from New Look which I paired with these leggings (again, you've probably seen them before) with a black and white, I think houndstooth is what it's called, pattern.

For the warmest days:

I picked this cropped jumper from M&Co which is grey with black, silver and gold streaks on it which I paired with this black skater skirt from New Look and some black tights because, even on the warmer days it's still freezing cold (haha they look so weird oops :))

So yeah, those are my three outfit ideas for this time of the year. I hope you enjoyed this. Send me requests for what other posts you want to see in the comments or my social media. I'll see you some time this week with a Valentine's video. Love youuussss

Keep smiling xx

♡January Favourites♡

Hey guys

So first of all can I just say...WHAT?? HOW IS JANUARY OVER ALREADY ITS GONE SO FAST OH MY GOD...so yeah today I'm going to be doing my f-f-favourites from the month of January. I can't even believe it's already a month through the year, I'm going to tell you what I have been loving so far. Also, this is a collab with Lauren. She's so nice and we've become quite good friends and she has an awesome blog - http://anddotherthings.blogspot.com/ so definitely go check it out, we've collabed for this post. 

So, I'm going to start off with beauty. The first thing is the Collection Extreme 24 hour felt tip liner. It's something I have been wearing almost every day and I'm a bit obsessed with it. It's really easy to apply and to blend, it's so pigmented and black and it lasts all day and is really waterproof. It's so great and it's only £3 so I definitely recommend it.

My only other makeup favourite is the Body Shop Born Lippy in Strawberry. First of all, this smells so good! It's really moisturising and is a nice natural colour. It's perfect pigmentation for an every day lip product and lasts such a long time, I've had it for about a year and there's still loads left.

I have been loving all lush products so I couldn't pick one, but one bath product I have been loving so much is quite a recent purchase and it's the Zoella Beauty Soak Opera. First of all, this smells so so so so so so so so so good and it just makes your bath amazing. I love this so much and I'm so proud of zoe - she's come so far! 

I have been really liking the Sanctuary Spa Body Lotion because it makes your skin feel really soft and it dries really quickly.

Another beauty favourite is my new hair. Not really a specific product but I recently got my hair cut and I had 3-4 inches off which isn't that much but I just really love the feel and look of it now. It's so much thicker and stronger and it was inspired by Zoe's new hair which is gorgeous.

My fashion favourite has been my dark blue velvet crop top from New Look, it was in my haul but I have been wearing it so much and it looks so cute on.

Onto my random favourites, the movie I have loved this month was Into The Woods, which I went to see in the cinema and I thought it was really good. The songs are so catchy and all the acting is really good, it's funny and sometimes a bit scary and its a really good movie, so I recommend going to see it.

My TV show of the month is Brooklyn Nine Nine. It's so funny and it's about a detective and his friends who are detectives too, my sister told me to watch it and I watched a few episodes at my friends house, now I'm obsessed with it and I'm binge watching it now, it's on Netflix and American TV, also on YouTube but now it's on E4, so if you like comedy's then you will love it.

Music I have been loving is 1989 by Taylor Swift, I do still love Ed Sheeran obviously, but I decided I needed to actually listen to some other things as well, my favourite songs are Style and Bad Blood at the moment, but they're all really good.

A bit of a weird favourite of mine is filled pasta, I have just been loving it a lot, it's so easy to make and so yummy, also I have been loving ice creams. You're probably thinking WHAT ITS TOO COLD FOR ICE CREAMS HOW but actually I'm not talking about the ones you eat in the summer, but they're sweets, they are my favourite thing at the moment and you can get them from Coop and a few sweet shops but they're so delicious!

My favourite youtubers have been Eve Bennett who just hit 20k so well done eve! And I have been really enjoying gabbys vlogs, I still love her main channel videos but her vlogs are especially good.

So I think that's everything, I hope you guys enjoyed this. If you read this far comment filled pasta is life and we can confuse people. I'll see you guys soon and definitely go and check out Lauren, she has an amazing blog and this is her twitter too! 

That's about it - I'll talk to you again soon - ellie

Keep smiling xx