Autumn Make Up Essentials- Blogtober Day 3

For me, Autumn is all about warm tones and this time of the year would be the main time I would actually colour coordinate my makeup with a season because the colours popping on your face puts your whole Autumn look together. Oranges, Reds, Browns, basically all the leaf colours were seeing along the paths, on your eyes and lips, there our go-to Autumn colours and look. 

 As I have blue eyes I've always been told orange toned eyeshadow is my colour and when I really want to make my eyes pop it's my go-to colour, so Autumn is even more of my favourite because of this. My Body collection palette is my main Autumn, it has all the dark warm tones that a girl could need. 

I would normally start with a brightish orange on my lid, working a dark brown into the crease and darker brown into the corner and it gives a gorgeous Autumn smokey eye.

Of course, Autumn means deep dark popping lipsticks. I think every girl has that go-to red lipstick that puts their whole look together. But lately (thanks to our girl Kylie) dark plums and marroons are becoming a statement look, and what better time to whip them pouts out than Autumn where they will match all those woolly jumpers and hats.  Using red for my first time was daunting as its such a pop of colour but once you master the red you then get the confidence to try more colours and it's totally worth it. I would now say dark plum or red colours are one of my favourites to wear. 

The Colours I have picked out for Autumn are a dark brown from Active, Deep Red from Technic Colour Mix, Majesty Matt from P.S at Primark, and two Rimmel Londons 620 & 880. 

Along with all those pops of colour, of course, we need 'da highlight thou'. Everything about Autumn is warm, and bronzer couldn't be made more perfect for just this season. Dark tones of foundation and bronzer, that you wouldn't have in Spring or Summer, again make the whole of your Autumn look fit together. Also adding that bit of highlight on your nose, cheekbones and other places you like gives us the glow of a new season. My freaking amazing bronzer and highlight set is from Sunkissed and called Sculpt and Glow. 

So they are my must-have Autumn makeup essentials. I really enjoyed making this post as it's my first ever flat lay photos and organising and laying everything out, theming it all with Autumn was so interesting... And then sorting through the 200 photos to find the right four. 

I hope you enjoyed this post, 

What are your must-have makeup pieces for Autumn? Leave me a comment below. 

September Favorites- Blogtober Day 2

It's been months possibly years since I done a 'Favorites' post and I'm so excited to get back and make it a regular thing as in the old days of my Youtube channel, I use to love looking back on the videos and see things I used to like.
September means Autumn and what a better time to share what I loved...

First up Fashion:

I have TOTALLY fallen in love with this blue silk skirt (it isn't quite as dark as it is in the photo).

I've got it quite a few years ago on sale in River Island but never had to courage, or right occasion to wear it but since moving I've been experimenting with my style and have moving confidence to try out new things and I'm so glad I did with this little skirt. First of all, it been silk it feels amazing and so light and also it is like a skater skirt so really swooshy and I feel such a girly girl in it. I teamed it with a lace top in this photo for a night out but I also teamed it with a casual tank top and even wore it to college one day. 

Secondly is my boyfriend's denim jacket <3 <3 <3 He obviously looks amazing in it and I fell in love with it. One day struggling to pick an outfit for college I threw this on (sneakily, he was still asleep and had no idea I wore it to college all day, whoopsies)  and loved it even more. I could never find a little jacket that I liked, light yet stylish and cosy, but his is exactly what I was looking for although a tad big... he's over 6ft, I'm 5ft 3. I see so many girls going round in denim jackets at the minute and love the style, felt so stylish in this and even had compliments for it. 

Next up is Films:

I actually saw quite a few films this month before the mayhem of college work started and then actually a few in the evenings to take a break from college. I might do a separate post giving my reviews of all the films as this will be a long one for you guys to read. Some of what I saw Valerian and the City of Thousand Plants, Baby Driver, Kingsman and Losers. 

As it's the favourite post I shall try and pick my favourite out of them all, which I think would have to be Kingsman and The Golden Circle. I know, not my typical kind of film but actually left the cinema laughing my head off after really enjoying it. 

Favorite Foods: 

The first foodie this month is this amazing coconut & rapeseed oil spread from Aldi. It's a new product they both in and it's actually quite cheap I think it was like 50c a tub which is amazing for a health product. Everyone knows alternatives to butter are packed full of the good stuff and this one actually tastes really good too. I had mine on crackers with some tomatoes and lettuce, and it makes the perfect snack or lunch. 

My next foodie favourite has become an obsession. My boyfriends Latvian and I've been introduced to some amazing new foods since meeting him. I know sunflower seeds are quite a common thing and you would think I had known about this before but nope never seen them like this and am only now starting to get the hack of popping them open in one go. We get ours normally from Lituanica shops but gutted there's none around here until we found this massive pack in a nearby polish shop. Along with them was the salted version which my Kurdish friend also introduced me to and they are beyond obsessive. 

Favourite Books: 

100% no doubt about it my favourite books this month are the Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare. Many people again probably know this series as I'm quite late onto the bandwagon. Of course, they are a follow-up (but set before) to The Mortal Instruments series, which I went well into detail here. I saw these books secondhand through a World of Books website (while shopping for someone else) and couldn't resist adding them to my collection and I can not explain how amazing they are, I mean they are HUGE and I read them all within a month, but you must read them that is an order.  Also, I really recommend World of Books as they have such a huge range of books and great bargains, and I didn't know but the Clockwork Princess I got was actually a collectors edition and has a family tree pull out.. which is much needed as all the links with families get confusing. 

That's it for my September favourites, looking forward to October and all the Halloween favourites.

Let me some of your favourite things over the month, in the comments below. 

Autumn Bucket List- Blogtober Day 1

It's OFFICIALLY AUTUMN!!

Okay, it was Autumn a few weeks ago, but there's something about October making it proper autumn. I think its the excitement of Halloween at the end of the month, the evenings getting even chiller and leaves beginning to fly around that gets us all in a Hocus Pocus trance drinking all things cinnamon flavoured and wearing all shades or orange possible.

I have so many high hopes for Autumn/October, and every year it never lets me down. Because I love this season so much I push myself to get out and enjoy it as much as possible, and so here are my goals set for my Autumn Bucket List.....

1. Bake a Warm Apple Pie (extra cinnamon)

2. Go on a Nature Walk 

3. Have a picnic in the park

4. Try my first ever Starbucks (must be cinnamon)

5. Go to an Artisan Market (for fresh local vegetables)

6. Make autumn/Halloween crafts

7. Have a Halloween movie marathon

8. Carve Pumpkins 

9.Decorate for Halloween 

10. Go Trick & Treating 

(or not because we're too old, so buy ourselves loads of sweets) 

Have you any plans or goals for Autumn? I would love to hear your stories let me know in the comments below. I look forward to updating this at the end of the month and see how I did ticking them off the list.