Superdrug Skin Makeup Haul

Hello to you!

Long time no speak! Well, it hasn't really been that long. Hope you're all having a good easter holiday! Yesterday I realized I needed some more makeup, so I went to superdrug. This is a bit like the £20 makeup challenge as I only had about £21 on me! Here's what I bought:

- Miss Sporty 'Morning Baby' BB Cream in 001 Nude Radiance, £3.49

- Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in 100 Ivory, SPF 18, £6.99

- Collection 2000 Pressed Powder in 100 Ivory, £1.99 (Bargain price! Until it breaks into a million pieces...you get what you pay for I suppose)

- Collection 2000 Blush in 02 Bashful, £2.99

- Miss Sporty So Clear Coverstick in 01, £1.99 (I wanted a cheap concealer stick for travelling because you don't need a brush and it's really quick to apply)

- Superdrug Own Blush Brush, £2.99 (Ok I will admit it was like the cheapest brush there, but I didn't have much money with me and superdrug brushes are surprisingly good!)

So that's all I bought this time round, ince I fill up my makeup drawer i'll post a
video on makeup collection and storage. Very soon me and my brother will he doing a 'brother does my makeup challenge' 2! We did one before but we didn't have much makeup there and I didn't edit the video at all, so hopefully this time it will be better. Yay makeup!

xo

Schtuff - Motivation!

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So basically I've spent the last half an hour writing a post called 'Blog My Life'. It was going to be a really long post about my life, but I deleted it because it was more like a diary and I didn't want to feel weird about posting it. So instead, I thought I would just do a quick post catching you up on my life
...and stuff...

Basically I have been ill this week, so yesterday I stayed home from school. This gave me a great opportunity to sit on loads of makeup websites, just staring at all the products. It's very therapeutic! I planned on how I could build up my makeup collection, so after I fill up my makeup drawers completely I will do a beauty video on my youtube channel about it. Even though I try to post about beauty on here, my youtube is very different! I will try and make the 2 collide and make a mix of posts and videos to keep it interesting! Anyway, since i've been ill there isn't really much to update on so I thought I would put together some motivational pictures for you to save from here. Sorry this is a boring post, enjoy the motivation below! Hopefully i'll be up and posting normally in a few weeks!

So all I have left to say is...if you have anything you need to do write now, whether that be writing a blog post, doing homework, doing regular work, e-mailing back a relative, or anything...JUST DO IT! Don't make an excuse for why you should do it later, take the opportunity to do it now so it's one less thing you have to do another day!

xo

GCSE & Exam revision tips!

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As you may know, I am currently in year 10 therefore I am currently doing some of my GCSE's. In my school, we started some of our GCSE's last year - weird, I know. So far I have currently done exams and controlled assessments in English, French, Science, History, Art, Hospitality BTEC and Drama. (The reason I only have Hospitality at BTEC is because I did it last year and BTEC was the only option. Catering GCSE is available for people this year and I put it as my first choice, but it was a very popular choice so I am doing Art this year instead...i'm not very good at Art, but it has actually been quite good so far! Anyway, i'm going off topic very quickly. I'm going to give you some tips for mostly 5 core lessons.

English

Now in English, you tend to write essays and controlled assessments. In my past exams I have gotten A's and A*'s, and i'm not quite sure how to be honest! All I can say is if you are allowed a plan (which you are in most essays/controlled assessments), make sure you only use the key things you will need as you cannot make it too detailed. In our school we use PEEE (take a moment to laugh at that), which stands for Point/Evidence/Explanation/Exploration. (*Your main point*...we know this because...this shows...this ALSO shows...etc etc.) Basically just try to make sure your plan is understandable to you! Also in the exam, make sure you make everything detailed and analyzed without going off subject too much. ALWAYS RELATE BACK TO THE QUESTION!

Science

With science, it's pretty straightforward. Make sure you think of key words and learn the definitions, use kerboodle, samlearning, BBC Bitesize...(sorry I realize these websites won't be very useful if you don't live in Britain). I watched a lot of science based youtube videos as they were like tutorials for learning about the specific subject you were stuck on! (I.E. osmosis, velocity and time graphs, organelles, etc) Keep flashcards for writing down equations, make booklets with each specific subject to a page...just write down as much info as you can!

French

For essays and assessments, this is easy. Learn it sentence by sentence. This may sound boring and ridiculously slow, but it works! Take each paragraph and break it down sentence by sentence, and highlight each part you find hard to remember. This means in the exam, you will be able to remember the words you keep forgetting and you will have slowly started to remember the order of sentences! If this doesn't work, think of what you say in English (obviously not long and complicated sentences, keep it simple) and write it down in French! Hey presto, better grades.

History

3 things for history. Structure your draft essay, back up every point with evidence, and always relate what you write back to the question. If you do this with your draft or plan, your grade will increase easily. Just remember, structure/evidence/relate back to question! If you keep that in your mind during the exam, you're sorted!

So I hope you found this useful! If there are any other lessons you need revision tips in, let me know in the comments and I will either update this post or write it up in the comments! Thanks for reading, hope this will help you with your exam revision, and good luck!

xo

GCSE iArt Photos

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So my best friend Mabel is taking iArt for her GCSE, and she chose me to be the model of her project. These are some of the pictures we took after school! She will be using photoshop and computer work as well as drawing and painting on these pictures, so i'm looking forward to the finished result :) she is also designing the header for my blog very soon!
Enjoy :)

xo

So I went to Superdrug today...

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Tomorrow is Red Nose Day, and one of my friends is letting me spray his hair gold tomorrow. Unfortunately me being the disorganised person I am, I only got round to buying the spray dye for him tonight! But of course, I went to Superdrug so buying spray dye doesn't stop there...I didn't have a load of money with me so I didn't buy loads of stuff, but here is a mini-haul of what I did buy:

Left to Right: Superdrug own spray hair dye in blonde/gold, Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer, Collection 2000 Extreme 24 Hour Felt Tip Eyeliner, MUA Heaven & Earth Eyeshadow Palette.

So I've heard so many people rave about how good this Lasting Perfection concealer is, so I thought I would try it for myself. Me being the failure at life that I am, I accidentally bought it in medium instead of light. Whoops! It still worked very well, and when I tested it out earlier it was really effective for me. It was quite a good price too, I bought it for about £5 I think! (Although next time I buy it i'll double check the shade of it first...)

Now this eyeliner is amazing, and recently I have been loving winged eyeliner so this is a must-have for me! As it's only £3.99, I have bought this eyeliner a few times before, but mine runs out quicker than most people's due to the amount of times I have drawn moustaches on myself while using it. It's really good as it stays on all day without smudging, but it's really easy to take off. LOVE this!

Now I have the MUA 'Glamour Days' Eyeshadow palette which I am a big fan of, and I know that Fleur De Force (her blog is HERE if you want to check it out) has been raving about it. It's only £4, so I thought why not! I love the colours because they are very neutral and quite muted. The texture of these eyeshadows is awesome, and they are so pigmented! I love all these shades because you can do different types of smokey eyes, or every day looks all with the same palette. I am really looking forward to trying this out!

(Can we just take a moment to appreciate my photo skills here - all pictures were taken on my iPhone 4s! I'm rather impressed.)

So I know I didn't buy that much, but I thought I would do a little update as I always get a bit over excited after buying makeup. Any excuse for a good old blog post! :) Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed seeing the new products I have bought. (What I have realized is a lot of big-time bloggers get paid for writing these so always buy more high-end makeup, but I quite like the fact that I use quite cheap makeup as you guys can see what a normal teenager without a job would buy and wear. What do you guys think? Do you prefer it?) Let me know if you have any makeup bargains that you like to buy, or if you want a review on any product on this post or any other posts so far!

xo