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Showing posts with label review. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Make up storage

Hey there!

I recently updated the storage situation with my makeup and I thought I would attempt to share it with you's!

The above is an overview of my vanity table.

The vanity table is from Ikea along with the mirror.  The butterfly decals are from EBay and I think they just make the mirror a little bit more interesting.

The AMAZING Tetris lamp is off of amazon and is a great addition to any room!  I did see it in Hawkins Bazaar if you would like to go into the shop to see it before you buy it, I think its going for £30 there. 


On the other side is my advent calendar for this year, I don't eat chocolate that much so I wanted to get something little to open.  I went into Primark and found a couple of jewellery calendars so I got it for myself.  there is a 24 day one and a 12 days one, I've really enjoyed getting a new little bit of jewellery every day so I will definitely be getting one next year!

Moving on to the actual storage situation.  I got all of the clear boxes in TK Maxx, you also get them on ebay and  amazon.  I managed to put most of my makeup collection in the clear boxes with only a couple of items going into my drawer.  I am still waiting on my lipstick box to arrive from amazon!


The first box has 2 big drawers and 2 little drawers and I prefer this one as it can fit my bigger pencils etc in it.  the little drawers aren't very good for lip pencils, mascaras or eye liners!  In the bottom drawer I have put the eye pallet I use the most, the Naked 3 pallet of course!   Then behind that is a some eyebrow products and a Kardashian eye chubby stick thing.

The second drawer up has all of my eyeliners! I have a few but they are for different things!  I then have the 3 mascaras that I use, they are the telescopic black one and silver one, I don't know what the difference is but the pretty lids came off of them so they don't look very nice anymore.  I also have the Kardashian mascara which I love for every day use. The top 2 drawers aren't used for much.  Right now I have my Christmas themed necklaces and some of the earrings from the advent calendar in one drawer and my birthday money in the other.


On top of this set of drawers houses my brushes, my lip liners and my 2 mac lipsticks. This tray for my brushes came with one of the boxes.  I wouldn't really recommend it as they don't hold the brushes very well and its awkwardly shaped. I am hoping that the lipsticks tray fits on to the top of the other box so they all fit. (I'll let you know if it does or not!)


The other set of drawers are a little bit more full and organised. Firstly, the top of the drawers has 2 technic lip balm owls that I am giving away in a Christmas gift.  The top 2 drawers house my concealers and a couple of highlighters.  The third drawer has an old eyebrow pallet that I refuse to get rid of, my Kardashian eyelashes and a heap of eye lash glue because for some reason I always keep the glue even though I throw out the lashes! In the fourth drawer I have my primers and a mac tester pot which I keep for when I'm travelling so I can decant my foundation into it.  The bottom 2 drawers are a little bit more fun, the fifth drawer has some eye glitters and balls for my tragus piercing.  (They are lip balls from Claire's accessories but they are a lot cheaper and nicer than the studs you get) The last drawer has some of my blushers, the bigger ones are in the drawer under the vanity table.


On top of my mirror is a bit of a mess really. It has my favourite perfume, an A my friend made for my birthday a couple of years ago, the letters to spell out LOVE (obviously) which I got from a valentines last year and a moustache that has all of my cheap earrings which didn't come in boxes.  The moustache is from poundland and originally I was going to keep it in my cupboards but I fell in love with it so it gets to stay out!



Inside the drawer is a just a mishmash of everything else!  I have one container from TKMaxx then the rest are just boxes to keep everything neat and tidy.  I feel like I've rambled too much so you can see what you want in the drawer.


Thanks for reading this, please let me know if you have any storage tips I should try!  Please let me know if you would like me to review any of the products that you see in here!

Lots of Love

Alanna x

Monday, 8 December 2014

Something a little elf brought me

Hi everyone!

I bought some products online from elf cosmetics, it's a low end cosmetic brand that is big in the U.S.  All of this totalled to less than £25 and the postage was free in the UK!

Eyes Lips Face
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I was looking for a brush cleanser that was affordable but did the job I needed! It had heard good things about the elf daily brush cleanser from YouTubers and blogs so I decided to go for it! This is when I got sucked in to the rest of the products! I picked up the shampoo for q deep cleanse so I'll let you know how that goes as well!
I saw a tab that said "back in stock" and got very excited to see what sells out fast on this website!

The mineral face cleanser was sporting a very high star rating so I thought I would give it a try. The packaging is sleek and clean and I love that it says it very natural! 

Plumping Lip Glaze - Plum
Lip Lock Pencil
The last 2 products are lip products: lip products are my pit fall I life! I got the plumping lip glaze in the colour "plum" and the lip lock pencil which is a clear lip liner so I have great hopes for this!

I'm going to test out these products over the next couple of day/weeks and I'll let you know what I think of them! 

Have you tried any of these? What to you think of them?

Is there any other elf products that you love? 

Over and out!

Lots of love, Alanna x 

Sunday, 7 December 2014

Girl online mini review

Hi guys,

Thought I would start off with a review on the book "girl online." As it has made me want to blog again!  I used to blog when I was a teenager but deleted it as soon as a friend found it in fear of being made fun of.

To me this book is an easy read and I am really proud that Zoella the author has managed to get young teenagers to read! The sales of this book beat JK Rowling!  Girl online touches on having unsupportive friends, panic attacks, the social pressures to not stand out and the relationships within families.  I don't think that the love aspect teaches you much as it would never happen to me but it made for an interesting read!




Penny's relationship with her friend, Megan, is exactly how some of my "friendships" are. I grew up with these people but now they are totally different from who I am.  They make me feel bad for liking certain things and dumb for not reading the same books as them or enjoying the same shows.  I had to learn the hard way that some people are not worth wasting my time on.

I wish I had the same relationship with my brother as Penny has with hers (and I assume that Zoe has with Joe).  My brother is a year older than me and we really don't speak to each other. It's nice to see how a big brother, little sister relationship is meant to be!

The way Penny describes New York inspires me to go there one day (for more than 6 hours) and see the parts of New York that Penny sees! 

I have known about panic attacks for a long time, I don't get them but through watching Zoella and Tanya Burr on YouTube I feel like I understand them more.  A girl at my work gets them and reading this book lets me know what it is she's going trough and helps with technics on how to make the person feel better. 

Overall this book is worth the read and has a few interesting lessons in it that are worth learning.  If you take nothing else from this book, maybe go into your underwear drawer and have a clear out!!! I know I've got a couple of pairs of knickers that I would be embarrassed about being seen in!

If you took the time to read my review, thank you very much!

If you are feeling like a conversation, leave what you thought of the book below and let me know if you have any recommendations for me to read next!

Lots of Love

Alanna x