Versus: Books vs Kindle

Morning gang. 

So I have another Versus, this one is books versus kindles, the paper against the electronic. Part of me is a romantic and loves the smell of an old book, I love the satisfaction of turning the pages and seeing exactly how far you've read and how much more you have to go, I love it when people have turned down the page (although I don't) in library books, it shows you were they stopped, I love using a real book mark especially pretty ones.

These are just a few from my mini library.

Kindles and the kindle app, are so convenient, it's so lightweight, you can have as many books on hand as you want, you don't need to bookmark it because it saves it for you, the battery lasts ages, if you don't let it die, you can go on the internet on the newer ones or you can even get the Kindle app on your phone or tablet. It is so versatile and such a great invention.

Sorry it has no battery.

So what do you choose, are you one of the people who loves the smell of a good book, or do prefer having 1000s of books at your fingertips? Let me know in the comments below.

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

Get ready with me!

I thought I'd try a get ready with me put im going to break it up into bathtime, outfit, nails and face. If it goes down well I'll carry it on! So here we go, I haven't featured  myself in this, hope that is okay?

If you seen my last lush review about the Luxury Lush Pud Bath Ballistic, then you may have guessed I had a long relaxing soak in the tub before getting ready!

I wash my hair using Vo5 smoothly does it shampoo and Yes to Tomato's conditioner, it leaves my hair feeling great and looking glossy. I used Philosphy's purity to wash my face and Boots strawberry shower creme to wash the rest of my body. 

After I got out the bath, I applied the serenity green apple body lotion (smells so yummy, and in the shower currently I have apple shampoo and apple body wash, #loveit) the lush breath of fresh air toner and The Greeench deodorant powder and the Dr Nick Lowe Super charged spf15 day cream and 

To keep smelling lovely I then sprayed this warm vanilla sugar body spray and the Vera Wang perfume in Lovestruck (one of my faves and I'm nearly out!)

My next step is my make-up, which will be up in a couple of days! Thanks for reading, if you have any recommendations leave them in the comments below!

S xo

Lush review: Luxury Lush pud

I know, I know, I'm sorry this is a Christmas one and is no longer available but I thought I'd do it anyway.

This little ball of excitement is Lush's Luxury Lush Pud, it's only available at Christmas time so I don't know the price but what I do know is that, it is the same scent as the Twilight bath bomb so if you like the smell of that you'll love this one. With the 'soothing lavender fragrance and calming pastel colours' it makes this bath bomb perfect for bed time, although that's not when I used it ahah. Sometimes when I have lush baths, I'm not that tempted to stay in but with this one, I could have stayed in for hours! The water turned the most amazing shade of purple and it was heavenly! I only bought one of these in the sale after Christmas and I soooooo regret not buying more.

Would I repurchase? YES, in a second!

Just look at it!

S xo

Things I'd love to love!

You know those beauty things everyone does, or raves about, and I think to myself, why don't I like that? Why doesn't that work for me? How do they do that? Well I'm going to tell you that now! Hahaha.


Winged eyeliner - *huff* this makes me very sad, I have very small eyelid area, like Blake Lively (You know coz we're exactly the same!) It's called hooded eyelids, and I can't really wear eyeliner on my eyelid which makes me sad because I think it's a good look and it makes me jealous.

Curling my eyelashes - I don't understand, i don't think this makes any difference what so ever? I just don't see what the point is, I'm also terrified of trapping my eyelid or cutting my eyelashes off!

Loose pigments - I'm far too clumsy, I spill things everywhere, I get them everywhere but I think they're pretty amazing, and I've seen some beautiful ones that I'd love to try, but I get scared!

Mascara on my bottom lashes - again comes back to small eyes, and it gets all over my face too, I just can't seem to pull this off.

Using Hairspray - I use it once in a blue moon when I've tried to curl my hair. It doesn't seem to do anything for my hair, that may be because it's SO thick. But I envy people with beautiful, put together hairstyles!

So what products don't you get on with? Are any of yours the same as mine?

                                                                                                           S xo 

Things I'd love to love! by sarah-meadows-i featuring H&M

My wish list!

This could get a bit awkward considering it's my birthday on sunday! ;) Ahh well, I'll do it anyway! These are the things I've been dreaming about lately (beauty wise).
I used Polyvore to help with this post.

Soap and Glory - One heck of a blot
This is a setting powder, that is finely milled and supposed to have a beautiful buttery texture.

Real techniques brushes
Everyone and their mother raves about these brushes especially the core collection.

Stila convertible colours 
A cream blush that can be worn on the lips, available in many colours. 

Urban Decay setting spray
You can use this to prep your skin before make-up and to finish as a last step.

YSL Rouge Voulpte Shine
WOW. No explanation needed.

Bobbi Brown Concealer
Concealer is probably my favourite product, it makes the most difference and I want 
to find out the difference between low and high end!

Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush
You can't actually find these in the UK therefore, these will be on every wish list 
till I can wrap my fingers around them!

Benefit Porefessional
Running low! This has a beautiful finish!

Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Foundation
Apparently this is a great high street foundation, but comes in at just over £10,
 that's expensive in my books!

Max Factor Cream Blush - soft pink 
Another cheek and lip combo product so why no give it a go!

Maybelline The Rocket
I'm intrigued I guess!

Nars Creamy Concealer
Again with more concealer! What can I say?

TheBalm Mary Lou-manizer
Ahhh highlighters are the most beautiful make-up items in my opinion and I can't 
wait to try this one!

Molecule 01 perfume
One molecule in the perfume and apparently it's difference on everyone!


Vaseline spray and go - cocoa

It smells amazing, and the concept excites me.

Mac lipsticks - any

I want more of these in my life, I currently have one.

Last but certainly not least...

Mac Mineralized Skin finish - soft and gentle.

ERMAGERD. I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE LIKE NOW PLEASE!

So that's a lot I know! Haha but this is in my imagery world, right? ;) 

                                                                                                              S xo