Customised Planning

A while back I read a blog about a great personal planner that can be customised and I thought it was a really great idea. 

With studying, working and blogging a girl needs some planning in her life and this is the perfect solution. It is an online company called Personal Planners, and in a few easy steps you can select your size, customise and order your planner. 

The front cover/back cover: You can select to upload a picture or using the app PicFrame mix a few together. If you are looking for some inspiration there are standard colours or images you can choose from. I went for a black and white theme with my photos, and one red rose for some colour. For the back I went for some tartan, keeping it patriotic! With red running through it to tie in with the rose on the front cover.

Layout: The inside is organised by you to suit you, perfect! you choose the layout and what fields you need more of. I went for one horizontal dates and at the bottom, one note box on the left and a lined section on the right. Covering all the bases I think!

Size: Another decision, the size. I went for the A5, when it first arrived I thought this was going to be a little small, turns out its perfect for your handbag. All depends on what you are going to use it for, and where your going to carrying it. 

So if like me, you miss the days of school planners and feeling every so slightly unorganised then get yourself a customised planner. I am loving mine.

xx

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Day To Night Make Up

Time to time we need to turn work make up into something a little more livelier for night time. No easy task. I recently met with one of my friends (who recently got engaged, you should see her rock!) for some dinner after work, and thinking on what you would need in 9 hours time to make yourself look in the land of the living. So here are, what I think to be, essentials for going from day to night. 

Eyes: I would go a little more smokey for night time. On this occasion I used Maybelline colour tattoo in On and On Bronze all over my lid, applied with my finger, then some MAC Satin Taupe in the crease and along the lash line to smoke it all out. 

Face: For this look I used the Dior BB cream, its a real favourite of mine. A few dabs on your face with this and work it in using your hands and its like the clock wound back to 8 hours ago! 

Cheeks: A little highlighter to shake off the working day, The Balm Mary Lou Highlighter was my perk me up of choice.

Lips: Smack on some colour to the lips and your good to go sip cocktails all night long. 

So that's a subtle day to night look, ready for sipping cocktails and chatting the night away!

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xx

One Word: Luminous

Well with velvet skin taking to all the runways in New York and London Fashion week, it's clearly the way forward this season. 

*image from beautyfile.com

And, I think I have the answer….Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation. I have been loving this foundation lately, its perfect for giving you that glow but your skin looks like silk

It's super blend-able, and you can build up the coverage so depending on what your doing you can manage how much coverage you are getting. Perfect for those girls like me, who prefer to look natural during the day but can have a little bit of a kick in the evening!

I have shade 4 and its perfect for my skin tone, and seamlessly melts into my skin. The best thing about this foundation is that there is no SPF, which means that when photos are taken there is no flashback leaving you with a whiter face. 

Let the selfies begin!

xx

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Beauty Storage Video

Storing all my beauty products can be a nightmare. If you are the same or maybe just looking for some new inspiration then click the video below for a tour of how I store all my lotions and potions. 

http://youtu.be/LumV5vz4ZaU

Hope you enjoy this slightly different blog entry. I'll hopefully be making more videos in the future so be sure to give it a thumbs up and subscribe!

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Fashion Haul #1

Carrying on from the beauty haul post, some clothing pieces for my Autumn wardrobe made its way into my bag!

I picked up a few pieces from H&M, first was a floral dress that will look good with a baggy jumper, or cosy cardigan with some boots. Florals are still in this season, so any summer purchases I've made can also be tampered with to better fit the colder weather. This dress was £24.99 and will be good for work and casual outings at the weekend. I also picked up a more casual dress in a blue/grey. Again this will be good for layering and being cosy and comfy in. this was only £12.99, and there was a few other colours so I could see myself sauntering back for another! Lastly i picked up this fluffy jumper. Textures, particularly hair and fluff and really big this season and this is perfect for layering or with jeans and some boots. Best past this was only £10 from H&M. Its new in, so i would hurry fast if you fancy snapping up one of these bad boys!

*blouse from topshop

I also found myself in the Florence &Fred in Tesco while food shopping, and they are bringing it for a few key pieces this season! Tartan is another big trend  and i spied this little tartan skirt (£16) and nabbed it. It will be perfect with tights and a baggy jumper or smarten it up with a shirt and some flats. Another skirt I picked up was maroon with white polka dots (£14). You can't go wrong with skater skirt, can you? 

I feel this is only the tip of the iceberg…coats, boots and plenty more. 

xx

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Beauty Haul #1

If you follow my Facebook page you will know that I have stared a product of the week feature, however I have been poorly this week so no products have been used…although other people probably wished I had used some kind of beauty product! I can only apologise for that. 

As a result of feeling unwell, I decided on Saturday that enough was enough and I needed to make myself look and in turn feel better. In my mind this lead to some shopping, comfort shopping? Work with me here! I would like to point out that the beauty purchases made, were not helped by Boots having a promotion on (buy on get 1 half price), they only enable the problem! 

I picked up some Rimmel Stay Matte powder, as the loose Rimmel powder I have is just way to messy and I can't cope with it going everywhere all the time. It will be getting softy exchanged for this much more drawer friendly powder. The colour is 001 Transparent, perfect for dusting over make up to help is set and last. This L'oreal blush in Rosewood I saw in a recent tutorial and loved how it looked, so of course I had to have it. Immediately. It a lovely warm colour, so will be great for autumn when more rich colours make there way back to us. Maybelline The Rocket Volume Express also made its way into my bag, who doesn't want long volumed lashes? Of course no boots promotion that involves Essie gets past me and so I had to pick up a new shade. Sticking with the autumn theme I decided on Sole Mate, a lovely deep plum colour. As much as I love summer with bright colours and pastels, you can never go wrong with a deep dark colour for Autumn/Winter. 

My whole reason for entering boots was my need for the Real Techniques Buffing Brush, I have seen a lot of people use this and switch between the Real Techniques Expert Face Brush and, well I have no other reason that I too felt I needed to be switching it up! This brush is only available in the Core Collection, so there is a contouring, pointed foundation and detailer brush all in this collection. I did only want the buffing brush, but lets be honest I will use the others and love all the other Real Technique brushes I have so seems like a sound investment. 

Leaving boots and going on to my favourite purchase is the Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation in shade 4. I have wanted this for a while and kind of forgot/put it off as I got distracted by other make up and shiny things! But, I couldn't resist this anymore. It looks flawless on and can be sheer or built up, really the best of both worlds. 

Lastly, and a little impulsed if I'm honest, was the Australian Native Botanicals Shampoo and Conditioner. I have never heard of this brand, tried it, read anything on it. I just saw it, read no sulphate, loved that it was a pump and next thing I was paying for it. I will need to report back on this one, and see how I get on with it. 

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August Favourites

Can you believe summer is over? More importantly, can you believe we actually saw some pretty nice weather for consecutive days. A miracle in itself. As we come into September, and in my mind officially autumn, i thought id share some of my August/Summer favourites.

Hair Care: I took the plunge in the month of August and purchased some Macadamia products, boy am I glad I did. The No Tangle has been a real life saver, when rushing around getting for work ready after a 6.30am bootcamp! As has the Michael Mercier Wet Brush. I was a tangle teezer lover, until i get dropping the thing and found it more and more awkward to use with wet hair and inevitable hands as there is no handle. The wet brush eases all those worries, and is a doddle to run through my hair. Combined with the Macadamia No Tangle…ooo bliss!

Body: this is not just an august favourite, but a Summer one, Hawaiian Tropic After Sun Body Butter. Now I know I mentioned it had been sunny for consecutive days, but probably not enough to use an after sun almost every day, well I'd say you were wrong! I don't think this needs to be resigned to only after sun, it smells to delicious and summery to only use on the odd occassion. It has helped prevent me from peeling for sure, but it has also helped my skin stay lovely and hydrated through these sunny days. I will miss using this, and already can't wait for next summer where I can crack it out again

Make Up: I have a few make up favourites (surprise, surprise). Let's start with nails, and of course Essie. Cute as a button has been a great sumer colour, its fresh, compliments a tan and is a versatile colour. I'm sure ill still sneak it in over the autumn, how could I not? The next will be no surprise to those who read my blog…Dior Rose Diamond. wow wow wow! I still love this as much as the first time I used it, and it's one of my favourite parts of my make up routine. If you missed my whole love blog on this you can read it here. I have been applying my Dior Rose Diamond with the real techniques setting brush. It's probably not what it is suppose to be used for but it works really well for highlighting, it is small enough you can control exactly were you want to highlight and feel so soft and lushious on the face! Yet another great Real Techniques find. Lastly on the make up front is Maybelline Colour Tattoo in On and On Bronze. I found myself reaching for this a lot over the last few weeks, whether it to be for work or a night out. The shade is very workable and you can build up darkness for more of a smokey eye, it also blends really well with other eye shadows when I use it as a base. Not to mention last all night, maybe not 24hrs…but definitely as long as I need it to.

My whole Summer favourite has been lovely bright mornings. I have been going to a bootcamp 3 times a week which is at 6.30am and getting up at that time with the sun out and the skies being relatively bright has made it a lot easier and always started the day off on the right foot. 

Leave a comments below or on Facebook with some of your August/Summer favourites. Or Tweet @hushthefuss with some recommendations!

xx