5 February Favourites!

Rather than giving you a massive list of things I've been enjoying, I'm going to pick 5 things each month that I've loved!

So Feb is quite a busy month because it's my birthday so I had fun picking this months because there was days when I had lovely make up vs no make up days for lounging around!  

The body shop - Green apple shower gel 

As we are heading into spring I figured it would be fun to use a more zingy shower gel and apple is my favourite flavour! I love this! It lathers up so well, and I think at the time I only paid £2 for it! Defo going to keep an eye out for more. 

Pacifica - Island vanilla body butter
Again, this smells so yummy, I love this because it's in a tube but it's still a body butter, it's like the best of both worlds. I'm not sure where you can buy this from but I got mine Ina set from Tesco.

Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation - 103 
Everyone and their cat seems to be talking about this lately, and it's always on offer, I picked this beauty up for £5 from ASDA, and I've been loving it!

Lush Emotional Brilliance
Oh god, I think I'm addicted to lush, like for real, I want to try everything they have, I already loved the colour supplement/foundation so I decide to give this a whirl, and it's amazing, It's light but give a beautful sheen. It can be a tiny bit messy though, but you get more than you think.

MAC mineralized skin finish - Centre of the Universe
This I think was a limited edition one, I got this off EBay for £13. Bargain! And I've loved it, it's a beautiful warm highlighter! I'm not sure if you'll be able to find this any more though, check eBay ;)

So they're my faves of the month! Tell me what yours have been.

S xo

The fairy tale tag!

OHHH MYYYY GIDDDYYY AUNNNT! I have just came across the most amazing tag ever ever ever!
I was scrolling through bloglovin' and I found this on Lauras Haven, and I fell in love and knew I had to do it! So although I wasn't tagged I'm doing it anyway!

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Snow white - Do you consider yourself beautiful?
No, which I feel is the obvious answer for most people, but girls in particular have a hard time judging themselves never mind each other. My boyfriend tells me I am, which is lovely to hear, not as easy to believe though.

Sleeping beauty - How many hours do you sleep at night?
I'd say anywhere between 5-9, I love my sleep but sometimes I lose track reading blogs and writing posts!

Cinderella - Do you have a curfew?
Nope, I live away at Uni, but I'm like an old lady anyway, I'd rather be sitting in with a cup of tea, watching Netflix!

Rapunzel - Do you love being outside?
I used to be, I never used to be indoors but lately it's like this big huge effort for me to even get dressed! I love the indoors! I'm definitely a home bird.

Red Riding Hood - Do you trust strangers easily?
I'm not niave, but I do look for the good in people, which means if I don't know them I tend to try to be nice and polite. But I know boundaries with strangers.

The wolf and the seven young kids - Are you easily fooled?
I don't know I tend to be quite sarcastic myself so I know when someone is being funny. But there is the odd time when I get caught out.

Beauty and the beast -  What makes someone beautiful in your eyes?
Someone who can make me smile, who is kind hearted and loving!

The little mermaid -  What would you sacrifice for love?
Pretty much anything and everything, without love you have no one to share it with. I mean, like family love, partner love and parent to child love are the most special bonds, I'd hate life without having them.

The frog prince - What do you find disgusting?
Honestly, it takes quite a lot for me to heave, I really don't like touching dirty bins, and plates that have sat around for a while, so like dirty or rotten food is the worst for me.

Jack and the beanstalk - Do you have any plants?
Between bouncing between Home and Uni, I wouldn't be able too. I also don't see the point, they're pretty but effort?

Puss in boots - Do you have any pets? If not, do you want any?
I've not really had the best experience with pets, so let's not go any deeper into that.

Blue beard - What is your weak point?
Honestly, lately it's probably my emotions and letting it get in the way. My worry stops me from doing things, my fears make me choose the wrong things, and I get angry or upset with the wrong people.

Pinocchio - What is your biggest wish?
Materialistically, I'd love a car. Real life, I'd love to know if I'm on the right path, and what is about to come.

Peter Pan - What is your mental age?
Probably 19 (which I am) I have my mature moments when I handle things well, but there is also a large part of me which loves pink sparkle and unicorns!

The star money - What is your most valuable possession?
Expense wise, my Tiffany necklace even though it's sentimental value is gained daily. My most sentimental piece is a cross necklace that was my Nans and her engagement ring.

Gold Mary and Pitch Mary -  Are you a hard worker or a lazy one?
A bit of both, depends what the task is or how tired I am.

The snow queen - Who is your best friend? What would you do for them?
My boyfriend or my Mum, I have my girls too, but I'm more like to run to one of these first. I'd do anything for them and I hope they know it.

The princess and the pea -  Are you sensitive?
Yes, very... a little too much for my liking.

Godfather death - What qualities make a good parent?
I have no idea! I don't know how they do it! It must be really hard. I applaud all parents!

The twelve dancing princesses/The worn out dancing shoes - Do you like parties?
Parties yes, going out no. I hate clubs :(

The emperors new clothes - Do you care a lot about your clothing?
Yes and No, I'd like to dress nice but I can't afford fashion any more.

The brave little tailor - Do you consider yourself brave?
I used to be, not so much any more.

That felt like a lot! But how cute? I tag you!

S xo

My Room tour - at Home

Hey guys! You may be thinking the title is a bit weird, but this is my bedroom at home and I'm planning on doing a Uni one too, I wanted to share this with you because you can learn a lot about someone by how they style and decorate their room, I love bright colours but I don't want it to be overwhelming because you wouldn't be able to relax if if was too bright, so I have a few pops of pink and purple throughout my bedroom. I have a large-ish room and the main part of it is obviously my bed. I love my bed, it's huge and super comfy!

IKEA - LEIRVIK (comes in white, my Dad sprayed it black)

Wrapped around my headboard is 2 sets of fairy lights, a dream catcher a star, 2 different kinds of hearts and a duck :D.

My bedside table is from T K Maxx so I don't know if you can find it elsewhere.

These are some of my bedside essentials, I won't go into it because it's quite clear what's there.

At the end of my bed, I have 2 of these square bookcases on wheels, and I pull them out when I need something out of the lower shelf, and on the top shelf I keep DVDs and books.

On top, I have a penny jar, some books and a current scrapbook I'm working on, a clutch, a unicorn and some framed photograph.

I also have my SATC boxset, some little statue doll things a Turkish turtle, an 18th money box, a duck I painted, a perfume bottle and 2 more statue, dolls. The egg shaped one was my nan's and is very precious to me.

My memo board has more special things on like photos, cards, my calender, a sister angel, a badge and a few other bits.

These are my drawers, again from Ikea but I don't think they are available any more.

My jewellery box is one of my favourite items that I own, it's all mirror and can hold quite a bit, I think it's pretty amazing! It was a Christmas gift from a shop called past times but I can't find an online store. 

My snow globe and Russian doll collection.. I will say no more.

These are my favourite two, Disneyland Paris and New York.

This is my mad corner, it holds my perfumes, rings, special mementos like my 24ct gold wine, my clacker board from Disney, an 18th champagne flute and my favourite of all, my ticket frame which was also a homemade gift (it's basically just a wide photo frame holding all my special tickets... good old pintrest)

It may seem quite strange to some of you that I have a second bed in my room, It's not really there for a function of a bed, it's more of a couch or chill out spot. Although when family or friends stay there is always a spare bed. I've collected the pillows and teddies from all difference places, so if you want to know more then just ask in the comments.

Now this is my little corner for candles, it's for when I'm chilling or reading a book, it's nice to have a little light and a beautiful smell to relax me, my new wax melter was a birthday gift (that I asked for) so it'll be cheaper than buying Yankee candles and I still get the same sent pay off. The 3 block candles are just for decoration, the silver tin at the back is where I'm keeping my wax tarts and tea lights. I have a few special items in the beaded box and the Elliot elephant was one I bought for my Nan and when she sadly passed, I was given it back to keep. 

Underneath is 3 very old books I bought at a antique shop, along with a cute Christmas candle (I keep it out all year!) a pig I pained and some dried rose petals from the first flowers my boyfriend bought me.

Again this wardrobe is from Ikea but I don't think you can buy it any more. :( The dress is from Dorothy Perkins about 2 years ago but I still love it. 

And sadly that is it! 

This is the end of my room tour, if you have any questions where anything is from, just ask in the comments below. Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed it! Usually it's a mess, but let's keep that a secret! 

S xo

Lush Review: Lord of misrule

Another Christmas one! I'm sorry! Hahaha.

At £3.30 this is a rather large bath bomb, the design is based on the little Christmas hats that come in crackers! It is based on the vanilla absolute gorilla perfume and has a warm scent, with black pepper and patchouli oil. It is supposed to contain popping candy, however mine wasn't very popping :(. It's a lovely green colour on the outside, and a bright pink on the inside and I was really looking forward to using this, however I felt a little let down, by thiis bath bomb, I was expecting lovely crackles that didn't really work and when the bomb was fizzing away it turned quite a merky brown colour which I didn't enjoy. Eventually, it turned to a nicer plum colour, but by this point I wasn't as impressed after my last Lush review.

Would I repurchase? - No, I feel like there is so many better ones for me that Lush sell.

Would you try this one?

S xo

F and F make up

Did anyone know Tesco did make up, well when I walking down the main isle in Tesco, my sale raider starting beeping, and there was a basket FULL of F & F make up. Starting at 50p and going up to £2, I must have stood for about 20 minutes just looking through this basket. After this I was carrying 4 lip sticks, 1 lip crayon and 1 highlighter. For the whole total of £3.50 for 6 items! How could I refuse? I would have bought more, if only some of the colours were a little better, but I chose the ones I thought I would actually wear (basically all the pinks!).

sorry about this awkward swatch ahahah.

The Lipstick colours I picked up were: Mistress, Penny Lane, Vanity and Temptation.

The Lip Crayon is in Tickled Pink.

The Galaxy Glow highlighter (at the bottom) doesn't have a shade.

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a snap of the actual tube, but it is all very sleek and black just like the box. The formula is great and seems very creamy and buttery while the pigmentation is strong. I was very impressed with the colours I chose and I'm even glad I stood in the same spot searching through them all! The highlighter (which didn't photograph well, is in a lovely glass pot and is a beautiful iridescent colour, which you can apply to highlight the dull areas of your face.

Sadly, you can't buy the lipsticks online, but check out your local store and see if they're on sale! Or you can check the website for the rest of the line, and see if anything takes your fancy, they still have the crayon and the highlighter.

S xo

Tea Party

So on Sunday my mum threw me a tea party for my friends and family to celebrate my birthday! We had pink lemonade, carrot cake, cupcakes, vanilla tea, pancakes, scones, chocolate, party rings, champagne and more! It was so much fun, these sadly are the only photos I took, but I think you get the gist of what happened, and how much we ate! 

Have you ever had a tea party? 

S xo

To do list: Films

To do list: Films by sarah-meadows-i on Polyvore

These are a few of the films on my radar that I want to watch in the next few weeks.

• Divergent - It's the only one of my list that isn't out yet and I'm super excited for the film!
• Frozen - I wanted to go the cinema when this came out and just never got the chance, Let it go is on my playlist so I already know all the words!
• Pirates of the Caribbean - Dylan and I watched the first one the other week and I've never seen any of the others so I'd like to watch the rest.
• Inception -  I know this is old now, but I still haven't seen it and I want to know what all the fuss was about.
• We're the Millers - Jennifer Aniston and Emma Roberts, how can I not?

If you have any other film recommendation please let me know! I also can't wait to see the Fault in our stars, but I need to read the book first. I'm also thinking of reading Harry Potter from the start! ;)

S xo

Apps I love

So there is the obvious, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. But I want to do this post about my favourite different apps that people may not know about. I have an IPad and an IPhone, so I have these apps on both, all the following Apps are free because I don't like paying ;)

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Games
Monopoly Millionaire  - First off you don't need wifi, and you can play against the computer. It is my favourite thing to do when I'm in the car or on a train! Or lying in bed :D Or watching Tv.. I think you get it!

Ludo - Again, I'm sad but I love it!

Helpful
Natwest online - So helpful to check your balance online, and its pin, password and customer number protected.

M. Cycles - helps keep track of the time of the month and there's a 4 pin password so it's a secret.

Social Media
Hootsuite - I've just got this and I already love it, I can schedule tweets so I don't have to get up early! What more could you want?

Bloglovin' - I get to follow all my favourite blogs and it gives me plenty of inspiration like for this post!

Entertainment - 
Netflix -  Love this! It's so handy, I've just used my free month and now I'm going to join my brothers account so I don't have to pay.

Cartoon HD - THIS IS THE BEST APP EVER! It has loads of animation and cartoon films, but I love these kinds of films, and it's great for when my cousin comes round, she's 5 next week!

Kindle - I love that this catches up to where ever you left, no matter what device you use, you never know when you're in the mood to read.

Weheartit - Love this for just scrolling through and find fun pictures for here, it's great for inspiration too.

Spotify - good music for free, yes please.

Simple - 
Notes - I use this so much it's unreal, I mean I love paper and a pen, but sometimes it's more convenient to just pop in on your phone.

Google maps - If you ever need to know where you are? Where to go? or How to get there?

So that's it, I'm sorry if you didn't find this helpful, I just thought I'd share some of my favourite forgotten about apps.

S xo

Minutes to go..

So you wake up late for class or work and you have literally a few minutes to do your hair and make up..

I really hate my hair being in my face so if I'm really doing nothing with my hair I'll at least throw some dry shampoo and one of my fave headbands in! It's my fail safe when I'm running late!

For make up I tend to just throw on concealer under my eyes (because if I over slept I'm obviously tired!) and on any redness or spots (which lord knows I have plenty of), when you;re in a hurry you want speed, so an all-in-one concealer that you can use for everything is best and the creamier it is, the easier it will be to blend, I tend to grab Collections Lasting Perfection Concealer because I know it gets the job done and I'm as happy as Larry. I put a few coats of mascara on and then apply a tinted lip balm. My current favourites are Rimmel Scandal Eyes Lyrca Flex Mascara and Maybelline Baby lips in Cherry me. Let me know what you do when you're in a hurry!

S xo

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Reading list

As a writer I feel it is my duty to read all the books out there, but that would be impossible, so I thought I'd share some of my to do list: reading edition with you guys. Some are very recent additions and some have been on this list a good while.

Reading list by sarah-meadows-i on Polyvore

The faults in our stars

This is my newest addition to the list, everyone and their mother are talking about this and if I'm right, I think it's coming out in the cinema soon, so I need to get a shuffle on.

The girl with the dragon tattoo

This has been on my list for probably around 4 years? Whenever it was really big, I bought the books for my mum, slightly because I wanted to read them myself, and she really enjoyed them but I still haven't even tried.

Divergent series 

Funny thing with this one, I've read the first 2 and LOVED them! But at the time the third one wasn't available so I waited, and obviously missed it ahaha, but it's coming to the cinema aswell soon so can't wait to go see that.

The devil wear prada series

This has also been on my list since, I was in high school, so that's at least 3 years ago, I adore the film and my friend told me how good it was, and again, this another set sitting on my shelf!

Wreck this journal

Not technically a book but I still really want this! It looks amazing! I need it! Like now!

The perks of being a wall flower

It's only recently I've decided I want to read this, but I just do and I dont know why cough* Emma Watson *cough I just think it's something that would interest me.

Harry Potter

I fancy reading these bad boys again, I just love them! No excuse needed!

I know this is very sad, but I love books that make me cry, or romance or anything girly tbh, and lately I'm really into that dystopian stuff. It's cool! Ahahha. If you have any recommmendations don't forget to leave it in the comments. Thanks!

S xo

The procrastintating beauty blogger Tag

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1. Name a beauty regime you rarely do?

A real manicure, I usually just slap on a colour and then I'm good to go, but they usually don't last very long. I know that if I applied a base coat and top coat and took care off my cuticles, it would last a lot longer and be nicer but I just can't be bothered and I hate waiting for my nails to drive.

     2. Is washing your brushes something you do regularly?

I wouldn't say regularly, but I don't leave it too long ;) I do it like once a month? But in my defence, I don't use brushes every day.

     3. How long will you last with chipped nail polish?

A few days, but I know that it looks scruffy haha, but I think it doesn't bother me, I'm so lazy!

    4. How long will you put off buying/replacing a beauty or nail polish product even if you need it?

Seriously?! Who put this off? I never NEED a new beauty product, I have like a million back ups! But of course I WANT new beauty products all the time, you don't have to ask me twice.

    5. What is your worst beauty habbit?

Not blending properly, whether it's my eyeshadow or my foundation on my jaw line, I sometimes get caught out (more often than not) and mostly when I go to class with just concealer and mascara on it's so obvious were my concealer is, I think it's because my Uni room is so dark!

    6. Name something non-beauty related that you put off doing all the time?

Blog post that requires good photography, my skills are STILL very lacking in this department, I've been meaning to do a post since Christmas and still haven't because I just don't want to sit down swatch and take photos :l

     7.When going out somewhere , do you leave getting ready until the last minute or not?

If I'm excited NO, but on a normal day-to-day basis, yes, I am a last minute gal.

     8. Can you commit to spending bans?

Hell no, I've tried, but I'm a bargain hunter and can't turn down a sale item.

      9. How organised is your make up and nail polish collection?

     

Quite good, thinking about maybe doing a post about it, if anyone is interested, I struggled for a wine trying to find a way that worked for me that wasn't too expensive but I finally found something I'm happy with.

     10. What is the longest amount of time you have gone without writing a blog post?

Well when I started I did one, then didn't post for ages, but then when I started properly, it's like 3 weeks, I had lots of assignments due, and a huge lack of inspiration, but I'm on track again. 

Rules

1. copy and paste these 'rules' into your post when you write it!
2. You must state that this tag was created by Laura from The Beau Bow.
3. You must thank the person who tagged you at the start of your post, follow them if you're feeling nice and at the end of your post state who you tag, and comment on their blog  to let them know you tagged them.
4. Title this post 'The Procrastinating Beauty Blogger TAG' .
5. Have fun! :)


Thanks for reading!! I Tag Heather from Frillysocksandbows, Chloe from Chloesway, Beth from BethanyWorrall and Michelle from Minnie Michelle. Hope you gals do it!

S xo

Get ready with me: NOTD

As it was my birthday it only seemed fit for sparkles more specially Deborah Lippmann 'Happy Birthday' and because this is a clear base with multi coloured glitter, I needed a base and obvious choice is 'Sarah Smile' By Lippmann again! Hahaha, the perfect birthday nails! I love this combo because it looks like I've just dipped my fingers in glitter!!!

I got these polishes from TKMaxx - read about it here.

So thats's it! Hope you like my get ready with me, let me know if I should do some more!

S xo

Get ready with me: OOTD

So this is the last part of the Get ready with me series, and this is what I wore, I'm still very body concious that I chose to lay the clothes on my bed rather take a snap of me in them, hope that's okay

Top -New Look Jeans - ASDA Bag - TKmaxx

The link to the top isn't the exact same but it's pretty similar, and I can't find the bag online so you'll have too check your local store, it's by the brand Long and son. 

earrings - etsy as a gift bracelet - pandora

The earrings are fire opal I think, they are from the shop DondaLee's but she is currently on holiday but I'll leave the link here. And my Pandora bracelet has 6 charms on now :D.

Dorothy perkins
These shoes are no longer available and I can't find anything similar on their website either, sorry!

Hope you liked my outfit and I wore this to go for a birthday dinner with my friends!

S xo

Get ready with me: FOTD

So this is the second part of my get ready with me and this is the make up section! 

For me the obvious starting point of doing my make up is the base so I chose the Rimmel match Perfection in 103 true ivory, the collections lasting perfection concealer in light 1 and the emotional brilliance powder from lush! This gives me a lovely base to start with (except I forgot to use my primer, which I actually love to use!).

After this I wanted to go for quite a glowing bronzed look, so I used MAC's mineralized  blush in love joy and the mineralized skin finish in Center of the universe. These two together create a lovely bronzed glowing look, which is what I was going for.

Now that my face was finished I moved into eyes and I used this Rimmel quad in sun safari and mix the 3 lightest colours together and put a few sweeps of that over my eyelid, Rimmel Scandal eyes mascara in black and Badgal lash in black, I layered these to create long fluttery lashes. Then for lips I used MAC hot gossip and Rimmel Vinyl lip gloss in Fashion Icon to have glossy pink lips.

So that's it, this is the stuff I slap on my face! Hahah, hope you liked this FOTD post, the next in my GRWM series is going to my nails, so stay tuned!

S xo