Cape Town, South Africa

'Hey guys!

This past Christmas and New Years was spent in my beautiful home country of South Africa which was pretty amazing. I haven't been in about 4.5 years so it was so exciting going back to see all my family and especially my crazy sister! My family and I went to three different cities when we were there. We went from Cape Town a.k.a The Mother City to the  Eastern Cape and the finally Durban which is where all my family live. And I tried my best to take as many pics as possible wherever I went, sooo let's start off in Cape Town:

My attempt at packing :/

Airport ensemble: very comfortable yet cute.
                  Fedora: New Look// Black T-Shirt: TopShop// Leather Jacket: New Look//
 Leather look leggings: Miss selfrige//Shirt: Georgre// Shoes: all black high top converses

amazing Burberry ad! Cara slaying as per usual!

I wouldn't be me if I didn't take a quick selfie whilst waiting to board our flight!

I love window seats!

Arrived safely in Cape Town!

our super cool holiday home!

V&A waterfront

Sunglasses: Topshop// top: miss selfridges// Jeans: Topshop

sunglasses: TopShop

I hope that you guys enjoyed seeing some of my snaps, I will be publishing the Eastern Cape and Durban posts very soon. There would have been waaaay too many pics in this one post had I decided to do a massive combined post

I hope that you all had a lovely Christmas and New Years...& intend on rocking the hell out of 2015! 

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Highlighters!

Hi guys & gals! I thought that I would come at you guys with a post today on some of my favourite highlighters that I have been using recently! as there is not a lot taking up my time this Saturday. Contour and highlighting is my absolute favourite thing when doing my makeup, I definitely feel something is missing when I don't highlight and contour, it has become a crucial step in my everyday makeup routine, I switch it according to my mood... a.k.a whether I have enough time in the morning. So here they are:

 

Sleek Highlight from the contour kit:

 

 

I initially bought this product for the contour powder rather than the highlighter as it is raved about so much on the blogsphere so I had to try it and it has definitely has lived up to its hype 10/10 for this contour and highlighter product. I have in the darkest shade for a strong contour and highlight.

 

MAC Mineralise Skinfinsh - Gold Deposit

 

 

As you can probably tell Gold Deposit is a completely different consistency to the Sleek Highlighter it does have chunky glitter which can be a complete no! for some but during the summer its gorge, the sleek highlighter is a lot more suitable for everyday use. I'm probably going to get a lot of use out of Gold Deposit during my holiday to South Africa in December.

 

Accessorise Baked Duo - Bondi (shade 4):

 

 

This is another highlighter that is great for everyday use, I usually switch between this highlighter and the Sleek highlighter for everyday or sometimes I even layer the two on top of one another thats if I'm having a particularly good day, they look great together. With Bondi I have to mix the two shades together to get the desired highlighted effect or else the left shade can look ashy if used on it's own & these are super affordable they come a varied amount of shades!

 

Sleek blush highlight - Guipure

 

 

Guipure is the middle shade, its literally the most gorgeous shade and it's orangey, golden undertones  compliments my skin tone really well as it would with anyone who is a shade or two lighter or darker than me. It comes from the blush by 3 palette in lace, also really affordable.

 

Thanx for stopping by :)

 

♡ Let me know what you think in the comments! ♡

 

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Lucille

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I CAN MAKE THE STARS DANCE ☯

                     

Black Top: George// Denim Top: Warehouse// Suede Skirt: New Look// Checked Shirt: Miss Selfridge// Duffle Bag// New Look// Chunky Black Sandals: New Look// Black Tattoo Choker: Amazon// Gold Necklace: Topshop// Liptsick: MAC Ruby Woo

My friend Steph ( Vogue & Trends) and I thought that it would be the perfect summers day to get in some blogger action
☯ Felt like a rad 90's babe in this get up.

You all should check out Steph's super chic 60's inspired look on  http://v0gueandtrends.blogspot.com/  ♡

♡ Let me know what you think in the comments! ♡

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Lucille

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Blogger Love TAG ♡

I have been reading different blogs for about 3 years now and actually started my own blog about 2 and a half years ago, soooo I thought that it would be a good idea to do this tag! so here it goes...

What was the first blog you ever came across?

The first blog that I ever came across.. hmmm.. I'm not entirely sure which one was the very first one however I do remember SheWearsFashion being one of the first blogs that I started reading, I can remember thinking how cool she was and still is. All the outfits that she puts together are pretty damn cool and she has a lovely personality as well which is an added bonus. 

Favourite beauty blog reads:

Beautiful Solutions

Beauty And The Button

A B i t G r a c e f u l.

Chelle's Beauty Blog

(Just to name a few) 

Best blogging friend

I haven't really made any friends through blogging as yet, would love to meet some knew blogger friends though! I do however have real life blogger friends who you guys should follow: RazMaTaz-Girl and Vogue & Trends!

Name a blog that enables your purchases

This is a really difficult Q to answer because I read so many different beauty blogs before buying a product so I don't think that there is a specific blog it depends on the products that I'm thinking about buying. I also find that beauty gurus on YouTube always have me wanting to buy something new.

Five blogs that everyone should be reading! had to a limit on this :( 

SheWearsFashion

I Dress Myslef

Vogue and Trends

RazMaTaz Girl

Bonjour Girl

Your favourite way to read blogs

My favourite way to read blogs is just on the go through bloglovin app, its super easy to read your favourite bloggers blog posts! 

Bloggers that inspire you
She Wears Fashion & I Dress Myslef erghhhh they're just flawless, that's all I can say.

Favourite blog design/look
I absolutely love really simple but chic looking blogs like the Miss Guided blog and The Trendy Chick blog.

What is you favourite thing about blogging?
My favourite thing about blogging is that I get the just chance to be a bit creative on here... Being a English Literature, Psychology, Philosophy & Business studies A-Level student means that they creative side of my personality can sometimes be over shadowed (for lack of a better term) I guess blogging allows me to be creative in different type of way.

Name a blogger that you would most like to see write a book in the future!
Definitely Kavita from SheWearsFashion! She has been blogging for years now which means that she would be able to share lots of stories about here blogging career. Also, she has been travelling a whole lot lately and I think it would be really interesting to have her take on the different places that she has been.

I Tag:
RazMaTaz- Girl
The Trendy Chick
Miss Becca Beauty
Head Full of Flowers
Vogue & Trends

Let me know what you think in the comments!

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Lucille
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OOTD // Printed Trousers/Pants

Top: Miss Selfridge

Printed Trousers/Pants: New Look

Shoes: New Look

Duffle Bag: New Look

Silver Necklace: Avon

Let me know what you think in the comments!

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Lucille
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SLEEK! ♡

HEY BEAUTIFULSSSSS!
coming at you guys or shall I say gals with a sleek haul/review. I have heard a lot of good things about Sleek products on YouTube Channels and Beauty Blogs for a while now and just haven't really gotten around to trying them out so recently I decided to order a few products that I have been eyeing for a while now such as the contour kit that everyone seems to love, I don't think I've heard a bad word about it.

Blush By 3 blush palette in 'Lace', Face Contour Kit, i-Divine Au Natural palette

L to R: Crochet, Guipure, Chantilly (£9.99)

I really like the way the name of each blush is a different variation of 'Lace', I thought that was really clever way of naming it. These blushes are so pigmented which is quite impressive considering the price. The colour that appears to be in the pan is exactly how it shows up the skin. I am a NC 45 mixed with NW 50 at MAC or Caramel with any lower end foundations so if you around this skin tone, this orangey blush palette would really be complimentary to your skin tone, especially during the summer time. 'Crochet' is a straight up bright orange shade which I use as a blush as well as a transition shade on the eye mixed with Chantilly and my Borjouis chocolate bronzer, 'Guipure' is a the only shimmery one is this palette which works better as a highlight shade on my skin tone again perfect for that summer glow, and last but by no means least 'Chantilly' which is more on the coral side of the spectrum.

Dark 886 (6.49)

 This face contour kit is definitely worth all the hype, before using this contour powder I was using the Borjouis chocolate bronzer which is a great bronzer to add definition to the face however it is more suited for everyday use because it is very subtle on my skin tone and I really wanted a contour powder that is going to give me more of a dramatic contour which is why I opted for the shade 'dark', I thought that getting the 'medium' shade would be too closely matched to my Borjouis bronzer. The powder itself is very pigmented so you might want to use a light hand when applying this similarly with the blushes, and the highlighter that it comes with is a beautiful golden shimmery shade which I'm really impressed with because I expected it to have chunks of glitter with I'm not in favor of.

Au Natural (£7.99)

I love my neutrals! Sleek do amazing palette's with a range of different colours which I would imagine would be just as pigmented as these eyeshadows. However, I knew that I would get the most use out this palette in particular because I'm not a very big fan of colours on the eyes, on me anyway. This palette comes with all the colours you need to do pretty much any neutral eye look and would work for the vast majority of skin tones. I have to say though if you want to these eyeshadows to last throughout the day on your eyes you have to use a good primer or base or both to ensure that they stay in the places that you put them because they tend to all blend into one shade if not. Other than that, no other complaints.

I ordered these three products from an amazon seller that had really great reviews:
Blush by 3 palette: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleek-Make-Blush-Palette-Lace/dp/B00BCJX4OM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1406641024&sr=8-2&keywords=sleek+blush

Face Contour kit: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleek-Makeup-Face-Contour-Kit/dp/B008B7QY0E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406641102&sr=8-1&keywords=sleek+contour+kit+dark

Au Natural eyeshadow palette: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleek-i-Divine-Eyeshadow-PaletteNaturel/dp/B007Q22HMY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406641137&sr=8-1&keywords=sleek+eyeshadow+palette

I hope that you all are having a great summer!

Let me know what you think in the comments!

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Lucille
xoxo

// Thank you x

Hey guys,
I just wanted to do a quick post thanking all my new readers who have subscribed, I really do appreciate it. I hope that you guys had a lovely Christmas with your loved ones and have a really great new year!

 

I'd love to know some of the new years resolutions that you guys have come up with so please leave those in the comments!

 

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Lucille
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Starting to feel a lot like Christmas...

So, this evening I'm to you guys with a lifestyle post, it's been quite sometime since I've done a lifestyle post and I'm not really sure why because I really enjoy ding these types of posts, I think that maybe I just get too side-tracked with beauty and style posts that I forget about doing these.

Recently, my friend Amber and I went to see the tuning on of the lights which was super cool because I wasn't feeling particularly Christmassy and I was hoping that seeing all the beautiful lights would get me in the mood because my favourite time of the year is Christmas/winter time! and there was late night shopping, how could I possibly forget.. here's a few pics from the night.

 

This is me standing in front of a massive Christmas tree as you can probably tell I look pretty tiny standing in front of it!

 

 

This nutcracker guy was cool, I mean we just couldn't resist not taking a picture with him.

 

 

There was a live band playing Christmas songs which definitely got me in the mood haha.

 

 

*magical

 

 

Our Sticky Toffee Coffee's from Coffee Republic which we thought would be nice but turned out to be way too strong for my liking.

 

 

Most of the trees had lights on them.. sooo beautiful!

 

Hope you guys somewhat enjoyed reading this christmasy type post if you would like me to do any posts in particular then you can either comment or tweet me! because I'm always on Twitter.

 

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Lucille
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The Sunshine Award!

Yesterday, I was nominated by the lovely Kerry-Louise: venturerkerrylouise for the Sunshine Award =) so thank you very much Kerry, you all need to check her blog out! For those of you who don't know what the Sunshine Award is, it's bloggers who are positive and creatively inspiring others in the blogsphere, so thank you again Kerry, I really appreciate this.

 

The Rules are as follows:

• Share 11 facts about yourself.
• Answer the 11 set questions by your nomination blogger.
• Nominate 11 bloggers.
• Include 11 questions for your nominees to answer.

11 Facts about me:

1. My favourite programme at the moment is Catfish the TV Show on MTV.
2. I have a 4 month old kitten named Turbo.
3. I really love a bit of rap music
4. I would love to live in a BIG CITY in the near future.
5. I want to study Fashion Forecasting and Retailing.
6. My older sister is my best friend. Aw
7. I take English Literature, Business Studies, Psychology and Philosophy A-Levels
8. I love the sea/ocean!
9. I'm really competitive when it comes to physical activity
10. I can not wait for Christmas..
11. I have not been to a Starbucks yet. (I know. its shocking)

Kerry's Questions:

 

1. If you couldn't blog what would you do instead?

I would probably consider starting a YouTube Channel and start making YouTube videos.

2. If you were stuck on an island and could only take 3 items what would they be?

Water of course, lip balm of some kind and my phone if I was able to get signal :/

3.If you could have any animal as a pet what would you pick?

I would pick a micro pig, because they are so darn CUTE!

4. What is you favourite place?

My bedroom :D

5. If you could go on holiday right now where would you go?

I would probably go to London or New York because I'm sure during this time of year its beautiful with all the lights and the FASHION.

6. What is my favourite drink?

The Nescafe Cappuccino's that come in the sachets, so good! and sooo easy to make.

7. What is your favourite film?

For right now it's "Whip it", it changes all the time. If you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend it. I LOVE BABE RUTHLESS

8. What is your favourite TV Programme?

As I said in my 11 facts, its Catfish at the moment but 90210 will always be my favourite.

9. What is you favourite shop?

Well...where I live it's Topshop or River Island but I'm sure if I lived somewhere like London it would be a whole different story.

10.What is your favourite thing to do during the weekend?

I like blogging during the weekends because I usually have a hectic week so I like to do stuff that's therapeutic like blogging. :)

11. If you could have any job what would it be?

If I could have any job right now it would probably be a Fashion Stylist for someone like Miley Cyrus, could you imagine going on tour with her. :O

 

My 11 Nominations: (In no particular order)

 

1. Rebecca Rose Etc.

2. Beauty and the Button

3. Char's Insights

4. The Fairest Of Them All

5. Dreaming Again

6. Alice In The Looking Glass

7. Evangeline Young

8. Pretty Little Us

9. bettyvintage

10. Talking About M

11. Emily Jane

 

My 11 questions for my nominees:

 

1. What's your favourite low-end makeup brand?

2. One celebrity you would love to meet?

3. Who's your favourite fashion designer?

3. What is the best advice you've ever gotten?

4. What's one experience that you would never forget?

5. One present you want to get this Christmas?

6. Who's your celebrity crush?

7. One country you would love to live in?

8. Favourite hot/cold drink?

9. Favourite subject at school?

10. What's your favourite high-end makeup brand?

11. If you were only allowed to shop at one shop for the rest of your life what would it be?

 

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Lucille
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Acessorize Matte Lipstick | Passionate

For those of you that do not follow me on Twitter or Instagram, I just recently turned 17 on the 12th of November and one of the things that I got was this gorgeous lipstick which is right on trend for this season. I've been wanting a deep shade like this for a long time now and the ones that I was researching were MAC's "Cyber" and "Film Noir" and I was a bit hesitant on getting one of those only because I wasn't completely sure how they were going to look on me, I did however get MAC's "Ruby Woo", because its such a universal, classic retro red shade, I knew I couldn't go wrong getting it, please let me know whether I should do a post on that because I am aware that there tons and tons of video's and posts. Okay, so I should probably get into this:

 

In the tube it looks like a very deep wine colour which immediately attracted me to it because it's just the shade that I have been looking for, it is also matte which I love because matte finishes are my favourite, some people like more of a glossy finish to their lips and if you are one of these people then I'm glad to let you know that this lipstick does come in a glossier version. It cost only £5.00 which I think is pretty good and sooooo worth it, the staying power is really great and I'm sure that has something to do with the fact that it's matte finish, even though it is matte I don't find it that drying but it would be wise to exfoliate and moisturize before hand. This lipstick comes with 3.5g of product, it also has lip gloss on the top of the lid if you wanted to add gloss over the top of it, I find it great to line your lips with, with a lip brush.  

 

 

If you are of lighter skin tone and think that this would be too dark for you than I recommend you get "infatuated" which is still a lovely wine colour just not as dark as this one.

 

 

The packaging is the classic Accessorize print which is the floral print, very cute!

 

 

I did do a quick swatch on my hand so that you guys could see the colour and formulation of the lipstick a bit better. This also helps if you are close to my skin tone and need some indication to what it would look like on you, I know I always find that really helpful.

 

 

I think that this lipstick would look really nice with a neutral, simple eye look, winged liner and mascara. It's such a statement vampy shade! Let me know in the comments what you think about this shade or just accessorize makeup in general.

 

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Lucille
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Eco Tools Brushes: Retractable Kabuki & Tapered Blush Brush

Hey guys, I recently went into Boots to get these two brushes. I got the Retractable Kabuki brush because I was in desperate need to apply pressed powder with a brush and not those dreadful powder puffs that come with the MAC Studio Finish powders (NC45) and I got the Tapered Blush brush because I really wanted a fluffy brush that I could use for multiple purposes. These brushes are also eco friendly and are cruelty free which is awesome! I'm just going to do a quick review on both of them so that you can get my opinion on them.

 

Retractable Kabuki Brush

 

 

As you can tell from the picture above the packaging is made with aluminium which is super slick and cool. This is a the newer version of this brush because I am aware that there is an older one that is silver with lighter coloured fibres, I can't really compare the two because I have not tried the older one. I love this brush so much, it is so soft and in my opinion totally worth the £12.99. Overall its just a really handy brush to have because it can apply powder, bronzer and maybe even blush with a light hand as well as being able to carry it around wherever you go not worrying that any bacteria is going to get all over it.

 

Tapered Blush Brush

 

 

As I said before I was in need of a fluffy brush that I could use for multiple purposes and this brush does exactly that. I use it for blush, bronzer and this brush is also great for contouring because it is tapered which allows me to create precise definition to my face without the bronzer going all over the place. This brush can also be used for powder application, its amazing. It cost £7.99 which is not all that bad for what its worth and I just know that both of these brushes are going to last me a very long time judging from the tons of reviews that I have read recently. The ferrule is made from aluminium and the handle is wooden which just shows the quality of this brush.

 

 

I'd love to know whether you're thinking about getting these brushes or if you have them already.

 

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Lucille
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