Resolutions 2015

Happy new year!! 

I've been thinking about this a lot this year, I always take setting resolutions seriously and this year is no different! 

1 - go outside at least once a day - I need to go outside more!! On a weekend I can happily stay in my jammas or even if I get dressed I just won't leave the house! Fresh air is good for your lungs so I've decided to force myself to go outside once a day.

2 - Say YES more - this is one you've probably heard a million times! I have realised that when people say "what have you been up to?" All I can reply is "nothing, just working". I need to say yes and stick to my yes! I need more adventure in my life!

3 - Make more effort with friends - a few years ago I decided to stop making effort with frieds who didn't want to make effort with me but now I think I've turned into them!! I need to make a list of people I need to see and hangout with and actually do it! To be honest, 2014 has been a year of me not having friends through every fault of my own so I dont want to to repeat that again this year. 

4 - take more care of my teeth - I need to remember to brush more! Gads I know but I forget then leave the house for work :/ 

5 - no more fizzy juice!! Water is great for me and it's all I need! Time to stop drinking irn bru!!! 

6 - be healthier! - this was last year as well and I was doing so well until around August! I felt so good about myself then, as usual, a boy screwed me over so I lost my confidence! 

7 - save - stop buying shite!! I don't need more makeup and I am sorted for nightout clothes for the year! So this year I am going to save more of my money that will help me with goal 8.

8 - travel - I want to travel but I'm scared to do it alone! I need to overcome this fear of find someone to travel with! 

9 - make my bed - life is better when you make your bed in the morning so let's just do it!

10 - progress at work - i love my job but I need to take on more responsibility and progress, I care about my job so much and I want to do well! 

Some of these goals are small and easy to manage and others are going to be a little more difficult to stick to.  I am going to try my best even when I lag. I am going to go back to this post at the end of the year and see how I have done! 

What are your resolutions? I am very interested to know!!

lots of love Alanna xx

My christmas makeup (everyday routine)

Hola!

I know this post is 2 days late but I've been busy with Christmas!!

I decided to show you what I wear on a daily basis, switching out a few of the products!

I have listed the order I have put the products on my face and highlighted what each thing is, let me know if you would use anything else instead of what I have listed.  I tried to use some of my cheaper products that I still love to show you its not expensive to have good makeup!

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1. Mac prep and prime primer

2. Bourjois 123 perfect foundation in the shade, light vanilla

(Brush - expert face brush by real techniques) 

3. Collection lasting finish concealer in shade 1, fair

(Brush - Mac 130 foundation brush)

4. Mac Pro longwear concealer in shade NW 15. (Tiny drop goes a long way)

(Brush - Eco tools concealer brush to put it on then the Mac 130 foundation brush to blend) 

5. Gosh bb powder in shade 2

(Brush, a cheap SuperDrug powder brush)

6. Bourjois chocolate bronzer

(Brush - Barry M angled brush)

7.MUA Blusher - marshmallow

(Brush - eco tools blusher brush)

8. ️Mua brow pencil with highlighter. ( don't know the shade because it's rubbed off, but I assume it's medium) 

9. Naked 3 eye shadow pallet - dust on the lid, then buzz on the end and liar on the crease. Under my eye is buzz.

(Just used the brush that comes with the pallet)

10. Soap and glory supercat eyeliner in black

11. MUA eyeliner in black

12. Bourjois volume glamour max mascara in black

13. Loreal telescopic mascara in black

14. Technic electric glitter in pink (decided this after) 

15. Soap and glory blush for highlight

(Brush - real techniques deluxe crease brush) 

16. No7 precision lip pencil - raspberry 

17. Bourjois rouge edition velvet lipstick/gloss/ stain - 5 olé flamingo

18. Mac prep and prime translucent powder

I have decided to go for a pink lip today since I have worn red outfits so much this month! If you want to go out then I suggest using either Mac - Brave red or Rimmel Kate Moss Collection in number 30.



Let me know what you think and link any of your routines that you think I might like!

Lots of love

Alanna xxx

Merry christmas. 🎄🎅

GOOD MORNING ALL

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I've just opened all of my presents now I'm sitting with a cup of coffee in my fave p.j's! 

I got a lot of pants! (What I asked for) I also got a laptop :) 

My mum loved her present of a Mac makeup voucher and a tub of chillies and a cute little bowl!

I wish my dad was home but he did atleast call me from Abu Dhabi to say merry Christmas! 

The below is a picture of my breakfast!!!! Cannot wait to eat this! Even at the age of 21 my mum still cuts up my toast into squares to make my beans on toast!  Yes that is a glass of prosecco to wash it all down! 

I'll maybe post again later today, I'm off to enjoy my day and have my Christmas lunch at a family friends house. 

Merry Christmas to all, lots of love

Alanna xxx

The people I miss xx

 I know it's christmas! I love it's christmas! I just feel like I need to write down the people I miss.

Firstly, I wish my dad was in this country. He has been in Abu Dhabi for 2 months with work and won't get home until after New Years. I love my dad so much and I know how lucky I am that he is still with us when I see my poor cousins without their dad. I just wish he was here :( 

The next person I miss so so so much is my Granda Duguid, he's been away for a few years now but I love him and miss him so much.  He was the best granda ever and made christmas so entertaining as well as every other day of the year.  I look forward to giving my granny her annual christmas Calender as it is full of pictures of him and he grand children when they were younger. 

Lastly on my I miss you and wish you were here list is my uncle Jim. My uncle Jim was a funny man who did great cuddles and loved a joke and a giggle. He called me curly and contantly asked if I had a boyfriend yet. It breaks my heart that my cousins Donna, Ian and Claire have no dad to share their christmas with anymore :( 

On top of missing my family that isn't with us anymore I cannot stop thinking about the people who have to be without their loved ones this year. The families who lost people in the Sydney attack and the glasgow truck Tragedy. 

So to anyone who is missing anyone this christmas just remember that you are loved and that you won't be the only one missing them so remember to give everyone cuddles and lots of love! 

I'm sending e cuddles to everyone!

Lots of love

Alanna xxx 

Presents to buy your mum and dad

Hola Christmas lovely's!

I thought I would give you a last minute gift idea.. maybe too last minute but its worth a look!

PARENTS

Mum

So I'll start off with my mum! I normally find it impossible to shop for my mum because she is SO fussy! But this year I found the perfect present! A mac voucher to get her makeup done in store! You get £30+ to get your makeup done in store and you get to buy up to the value of the products with this session!

I know my mum has been eyeing up my makeup so I am excited to give this to her.  I also got the same gift for my auntie and my mums best friend so they can all go in and get their makeup done together!

An alternative gift would be to go onto groupon or another website and buy a weekend away to share with someone.  My mum doesn't like getting material gifts because she is so fussy and knows what she likes so I love it when I can think out of the box. I think I jumped out of the box with this one!!

Dad

Next up is my lovely daddykins! I could get my dad so much stuff and know that he will never use it! He likes his motor bikes and just wants bike parts every year! BUT I WILL NOT BUY HIM BIKE BITS!

As before, I know that he would love a weekend away or a meal at a good restaurant but I didn't get this for him this year. 

Options for your dad and where you can get them for nice prices

• Wallet - Debenhams have some lovely wallets in different price ranges. I think that it is a great idea. and would work for my dad if he wasn't so bloody fussy with what kind he likes!
• Watch - again, Debenhams has great options and price ranges.  I would love to get my dad a new watch but my dad has an obsession with watches and has way too many! I got my brother a watch last year from the airport and they had good options!
• Belt - once more, Debenhams is a great option! This is what I got my dad this year, a nice leather belt. I think that he will use this and I wish I had thought about it before!
• Jamma Bottoms - Now you could easily go to Debenhams for this! But I went to Primark and got a cosy pair! Its a running joke in my household that my dad always wears my mums stuff instead of his own! Her slippers, her dressing gown and her leggings under his bike leathers!! imagine that! a big manny in leggings!! So this year I got my dad some pyjama bottoms for when he is lounging about the house!  I hope I see him wearing them this year!

Let me know if you would get these people something else or if you would like to buy any of the below for yourself or a family member?

Lots of Love

Alanna xxx

The Christmas Tag

Ho Ho HO!

   

With 3 sleeps to go I thought I would do a wee Christmas tag since I found it on Laura's blog.

 

So below are my awfully thought out answers!

 

Please feel free to answer this tag in the comments or comment and tell me if you have done any tags you want me to do as well? 

 

1.What are your top 3 Christmas Movies?

My top 3 Christmas movies… This is so hard!!!!!!

Elf

Polar express

The Grinch

This is my faves today but tomorrow it could be totally different.  I spend the whole of December watching Christmas movies, both the classics and the lifetime ones!

02. The Christmas song you know all the lyrics to?

In addition to watching Christmas movies all year round I listen to Christmas music! The fairy tale of New York is a solid must and I could tell you every word!   I am constantly singing throughout December, even though my voice isn’t the best!

03. Do you have any special or favourite traditions?

I have a big family full of traditions,  Boxing day is the best of all, my whole family and close friends comes round at 3pm and stay til late.  Last year we had around 50 people round through out the day and it was so much fun.  This is a tradition I hope that we never lose and carries on even when I’m a grand parents.

Another tradition we have is the red breast Robin looking out for us and making sure we are good.  If we are bad he flies back to Santa and tells on us.  We know he has been to see Santa because the robin has moved.  I thought that everyone did this, it turns out its just our family and something that my Granny started when my cousins and I were little.  I am 21 now and my Granny still moves the robin if we have been bad!!

04. What day is it officially allowed to start actively anticipate Christmas?

The 4^th Sunday before Christmas!

05. A day in advance or months ahead – when do you start thinking about getting Christmas shopping?

I usually buy it all in the 1^st week of December then get really sad that I have no more presents to buy!!

06. Favourite food that you associate with Christmas?

STUFFING! ROAST TATTIES! CRANBERRY SAUCE. I could have a whole plate of that!

07. What is the best gift someone has ever gotten you?

I remember when I was a little girl, my mum and dad didn’t have a lot of money so they got a dolls house from a car boot sale and wrapped it in jackets.  I don't think I have ever been so happy! we still have the dolls house in the loft so my children can play with it once day!

08. In full anticipation you grab the wrapped present that looks most like the sweater you wished for, only to find a pair of really ugly socks how do you react?

EH, Why did I get ugly socks?

Nah, I don’t think my family would do that to me!

09. What makes this time of the year ‘the most wonderful’?

Snow, I really miss the snow this year, I love it!

10. Is your Christmas Tree real or fake?

This year its fake but most years we have a real one the hall way! It smells so good!!! Last year we had a proper drama with putting up the real Christmas tree.  I almost broke my finger when the tree fell on top of me and my hand was in the pot!

11. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?

Dasher, Prancer, Donner, Dancer, Blitzin, Vixen, Rudolf , Cupid , Comet and Oliver of course ;)

12. Be honest: do you like giving gifts or receiving gifts better?

I love the idea of getting presents but everyone that knows me knows that I love giving gifts! I am obsessed with getting the perfect presents! We had 2 secret Santa’s at my work this year. I gave a little mermaid obsessed coffee fanatic a mug with her name on it. She came upstairs and asked everyone who got it for her she was so chuffed!  I also got my team mate a jumper that said “you can’t sit with us” on it.  We spend our days quoting mean girls so she was beside herself with laughter and knew exactly who had her!

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So there it is! my Christmas tag! as I said, feel free to have a go yourself.  My next blog is going to be a quick gift guide where I will show the presents that I have given and am giving to people!

 

I know its quite late in the year but I've started this blog this late in the year!

 

Lots of love

 

Alanna xxx

Boots shopping haul - makeup

Hey! I know my last post spoke about being a makeup a holic, but I've just bought more...

I had a voucher in boots to spend and there were those cute little freebie boxes when you bought 2 products etc! I just had to!! 

I am a sucker for the No7 freebies!! So to get that I had to buy 2 products... Which I did, I bought a nail varnish in a deep red (would tell you the colour but I left it at work) and a lip liner in a pinky colour. 

Yes, that is the colour of nail varnish I got and yes it has chipped already, I am impossible when it comes to nail varnish! 

 

The freebie I got with this is a beautiful golden box with a mascara,up gloss, eye cream and a dark eye shadow. I realised i don't really want any of these so I am going to give this as an extra gift to my mum for her christmas. (See, pointless spending of makeup!)

I then went to the bourjois counter and treated myself to my favourite foundation (since I've been using the rimmel 25 hour one that I hate) and a really pigmented lipgloss/stain. 

This came with a cute box that I shall be keeping for myself! Inside the box is a mascara, eyeshaddow, a nude lipstick and a nude nailvarnish. I always go for bright colours so I am excited to try out a nude lip with a big sparkly eye soon! 

I am looking forward to using these new products as I need to throw a few things out! 

Let me know what you think about them and if there are any other amazing makeup deals I should invest in ;)

Lots of love

Alanna x