rebecca

Hello you lovely lot!

So I know this album has been out for a few days now but I wanted to spread my two reviews apart a bit.

I've been a fan of Busted for such a long time (as you will know if you're a long term reader of this blog) and so when I heard they were doing a new album I was SO excited. I'd heard a few of these songs before the album came out, Coming Home was obviously a single and then I heard a few when I went to see them live but either way...

Coming Home

Now, as I've said, I'd heard this before. This was the first new song by Busted that I heard and the first time I listened to it I wasn't sure. It's just not what Busted sounded like but that's totally fine. I've got used to it now because people grow and their music taste changes. I am in love with this song now and I think I might have even cried when I heard it live for the first time. I feel homesick quite a lot and obviously this is a song about coming home. I was just so excited and I think that it lived up to it's expectations.

Favourite Lyric : 'I miss my family, I'm coming home'

Night Driver

Now obviously this is the name sake of the album but it's not one I've really listened to the most. I think listening to it now is the first time I've listened to it all the way through. I just think songs like this bring me up so much. It's a song I can really dance around my room to I think so I'm going to have to start doing that because I need more dancing in my life. Normally I wouldn't like stuff like this but I actually love this!

Favourite Lyric : 'With nothing but you and the beat of your heart'

On What You're On

This was obviously the single and was also in my October playlist! I really loved this when it first came out and I still quite like it now, I just don't listen to as much. When they performed this on xfactor my Dad said he really didn't like the song but I feel like he was expecting rock and it's so far from it. I can't wait to hear this live because I feel like everyone will just dance to it and it'll create such a good vibe

Favourite Lyric : 'You're a wild heart'

New York

I've listened to bits of this one but I'm pretty sure it's another one I've never listened to all the way through. Now I am listening to it I'm quite enjoying it. It's a bit more slow than the others and we all know a slow song is what I love the most. I think it really shows off the boys' voices.

Thinking of You

This is another one that I've heard in bit but I love the first bit of it. It's another slowish one which I really like because even though it's slow it's still upbeat? is that even possible? I think people really ought to give this album more credit because this is such a beautiful song and the lyrics are like the old busted ones, just to a lovely tune (not that old busted wasn't lovely because 3AM makes me sob)

Favourite Lyric : 'It's always been you, you, you, I keep thinking of you'

Without It

Now is the moment I'm realising that I haven't listened to as much of this album as I thought I had. The lyrics to this are so beautiful and the chorus is a bit more rocky. It's still got the electronic feel to it but even the way Charlie sings just makes it a bit more edgy. I think this will definitely become a new favourite so watch out for the December playlist because this could well be all over it.

Favourite Lyric : 'If I have just been a fool who's let you down, what now?'

One of a Kind

I saw this live and I thought it was incredible. They stood in light up boxes and it was all a bit 1975 but I loved the song. Then I forgot about it and all of a sudden here it is again! My love has not gone away for this song. It's lyrics are just so lovely and I also love the electronic bits. I've never been a person for this kind of music because I was brought up on rock and never even pop. So the fact I love songs like this so much kind of shocks me a bit I guess?! But what I do know is that this is one of the best songs on the album

Favourite Lyric : 'In my mind, you're one of a kind'

I Will Break Your Heart

I think I listened to this all the way through by accident because I couldn't be bothered to grab my phone to change it but thank god I did. This is possibly my favourite song on the album (but it has competition which I will tell you later). I hope they play this live because I just think it's incredible! I love the drums, the guitar, the vocals, EVERYTHING. The subject matter itself is quite sad but ignoring that, it's a funky little number (oooer sounded like my grandma or something then)

Favourite Lyric : 'I hope your oxbridge education serves you well'

Kids with Computers

This is another one that has such a positive beat but quite sad lyrics really. I love the chorus to this and that shocks me. Like I said, I've never been the person to listen to this sort of music but Busted have made me fall in LOVE with it. This is another one of my favourites from the album and is one I listened to in full a few times before I sat down to write the blog post so that's always a good sign I guess. I just think Charlie sounds amazing in this (and also the other songs obviously) too so that's a positive.

Favourite Lyric : 'Find another day that breaks my heart'

Easy

This was the other song that I heard live and I remember them being on the B-Stage and there was a chandelier made of like lightbulbs? It was all very pretty whatever it was and I think I might have even cried? To be honest I think i cried all the way through the concert so the songs sort of blur in to one. Here is where it lulls back down in to more of a sad tone with the lyrics and the music to match it. I feel like I've really overlooked this song and I should listen to it more often considering I cried when I first heard it (proper wimp, me).

Favourite Lyric : 'Love drunk when the other's sober' OR 'Maybe in another life you and I would get it right'

Out of Our Minds

After the short interlude of sadness we're back to the happier songs. Surprise, surprise this is another one I hadn't listened to all the way through but now I do listen to (surprise, surprise again) I actually quite like it! It just didn't jump out to me, maybe that's because I guess it sounds quite similar to other songs on the album? I don't know what it is about it! I think if I listened to it again and again and gave it a chance I would really start to love it and appreciate it much more so maybe I'kl get back to you on this one in a month or two!

Favourite Lyric : 'We are...out of our minds'

Those Days Are Gone

This is the other song that's competing for top spot and I think it does just take it! I remember Busted posted a link to this and when it starts it sounds so much like old Busted that I nearly cried. I presumed it would stay like that but nope, it changes completely. However, at the start it does sound like it's going to be a bit of a sad ballad (imagine the happiness that spread through me when I thought that). However, to be honest I'm quite glad it changes! I think it just makes it all a bit more positive even though the lyrics are super sad!

Favourite Lyric : 'Sooner or later when the winter comes I will picture us together' just because I thought it said 'when the wizard comes' when I first heard it and it really made me laugh


So there you have it everyone! I really do like this album and I've seen some bad reviews for it just because it doesn't sound like what people would expect from Busted. However, I ignore them because the lads have grown and so have I and as much as I would love some music like that again I also loev this!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So, I know I've been away for a while and I'm really sorry about that! Those of you who are really savvy and subscribe to me on YouTube too will also have been able to see (unless you don't care) that I haven't uploaded on there in a while either and it's not like I even have an excuse.

However, in an attempt to make it up to you, I am going to *try* and do Blogmas again! Last year I think I missed one day but all in all I did pretty well! So, I thought I would give it another go. I am a lot busier this year so some posts might be more like short updates or things like that but I love writing my blog so much that I figured I would challenge myself once again.

For my first post I thought I would do a review (there will also be one of the Busted album coming up soon so prepare yourselves), and what better way to start than with the new Little Mix album? This album has been out for maybe a week or two now and I just thought I would give my honest verdict so you all know how I feel about it!

Shout Out to My Ex

Now, obviously I heard this before the album came out and that's the case with a few of these songs. I heard it first on X-Factor when they first performed it and I was OBSESSED and I mean I played it like every single day. I play it a lot less now but I still love it. I don't have an ex to be angry about but this song makes me feel like I do. It makes me feel so empowered and just brilliant. The perfect breakup song in my opinion. I also played it to my 7 year old cousin Ella in the car and we sang and danced along (I wasn't driving by the way) and now she's obsessed with it too, so there you have it.

Favourite Lyric : 'Oh Baby, I'm cool....by the way'

Touch

So this is the first song on the album that I hadn't really listened to before it came out although i think it did come out before the rest of the album? I can't remember now but I think I was just so busy that I didn't find the time to sit down and listen to it. I haven't really listened to it that much since the album came out either to be honest but it could be one of those songs that just doesn't hit me at first and then all of a sudden it's all I listen to for a month. I just think it doesn't knock me off my feet? When I do listen to it however I like it! Maybe I should give it more credit.

Favourite Lyric : 'Just a touch of your lo-ove, Just a touch of your lo-ove'

F.U.

Another single that came out before the album and one that I did actually listen to. I had to listen to this one a few times before I started to like it and even now it's not one of my favouirte songs but I absoloutely LOVE the chorus. I think if the chorus was maybe different it would be one I didn't really listen to? Especially the last chorus, don't know what it is about it but it just grabs me! I don't really have anyone to relate this song to either but I still feel like it gets a weight off my chest when I sing the 'A B C D E E EEEE...F...U' bit, so that's nice

Favourite Lyric : 'I don't wanna be friends no'

Oops - ft Charlie Puth

When I first heard this I remember thinking that it was nothing like i'd ever heard from Little Mix. However, I haven't really listened to it since that time and now I'm listening to it again I really love it! I quite like what I've heard from Charlie Puth in the past and I feel like he;s juts a really nice addition to this song! It's probably one that I'll become obsessed with in the next few weeks so keep your eyes peeled for Decembers playlist!

Favourite Lyric : 'Oops baby, I love you'

You Gotta Not

I think this might have been the third song to come out after 'Shout Out to My Ex' and 'F.U.' or maybe I'm dreaming but I think after 'F.U.' I was kind of waiting for something to bring my hopes back up a bit for the album? I think this kind of did half the job for me. Apparently this song was written by Meghan Trainor which is so believable because it sounds just like something she would sing. I think this whole album is about feelimg empowered because this song does that job perfectly too! Not a favourite but I do like it quite a lot

Favourite Lyric : 'Is that what you call flirting?'

Down & Dirty

Now, I hate to do this but I really really don't like this song. I think it's just because it's not my kind of music at all and I can't listen to it. I'm not sure what else to say about it really. I think I'll just have to hope they don't play it live?

Favourite Lyric : 'Glad I didn't listen to my teachers, teachers teach you not to be a dreamer

Power

I absoloutely LOVE this song and think it's the shining star of the whole album. When I first heard it I was just so amazed by how brilliant Perrie sounds in this number. It's just unlike anything I think Little Mix have done before and it is definitely my favourite song from the album. I've been listeneing to to non-stop stop since the album came out. I love the fact it's got a rocky feel because rock music is what I grew up listening to and I feel like it's what I always go back to.

Favourite Lyric : 'Just cause you're packing packing *insert that 'whoop' noise* down South..' AND 'HOOOOOLD UP......my turn'

Your Love

I haven't really listened to this one much just because it didn't grab me when I first listened to it. I like the fact it's a bit more calm than the other songs in the album and it's nice to come down for a bit I guess. I feel like some of these songs are just missing something but I think that's because everything on this album is a bit more like chart music whereas 'Salute' was a bit more rock almost? Then 'Get Weird' was just incredible all over! I don't know what it is about this album, I really don't dislike this song, it's actually quite pleasant but it doesn't make me want to sing it again and again?

Favourite Lyric : ' If I aint got nothing, least I got you'

Nobody Like You

If you've read my blog posts before you might know that I'm a sucker for a slow song and a ballad and so when I found out that this was the only slow song on the album I was gutted. little Mix write such incredible slow songs (if you need some proof listen to 'Love Me or Leave Me' and 'These Four Walls') and this is no exception. I haven't listened to it too much which is funny because I feel like if I gave it the chance it would quickly become my favourite song. However, I have listened to it a few times and I know that the lyrics are beautiful and if I was in the right mood I would definitely cry at it.

Favourite Lyric : 'I've tried 'goodbye' a hundered times, not one of them true'

No More Sad Songs

This is another one of my favourites. When I saw the tracklist I thought that this might be the slow song and it would be ironic but it isn't. It is a somg that I love though and the fact it's after 'Nobody Like You' is quite clever when I think about it. It's kind of a song about picking yourself up and not letting yourself stay down in the dumps which is a reminder we all need ever now and again.

Favourite Lyric : 'For tonight I'm gonna get my mind off it'

Private Show

I wasn't a big fan of this to begin with but the other week it came on and I couldn't be bothered to hunt for my phone to change the song and I listened to the whole thing and now I love it! I think it's so funky and I love the trumpet (is it even a trumpet?) in the background! I will definitely be listening to this more.

Favourite Lyric : 'Can't wait to get in my zone, Houston we gotta go slow'

Nothing Else Matters

I've only started to really like this song recently, I listened to it when I was hanging out my washing (too much information?) yesterday and found myself really enjoying it! I think the lyrics to this are a bit funny though? The way I take it is forgetting about everything else and just concentrating on your relationship but I think it's meant to be like don't listen to what other people think as long as you're happy!

Favourite Lyric : 'We've come, we've come so far now baby'

Beep Beep

This is SUCH a funky song and definitely shows that Little Mix have grown up quite a lot. I haven't listened to this one too much even though it does really grab me. The few times I have listened to it all the way through I've loved it so I ought to add it to my playlist! Definitely one of the best songs on the album

Favourite Lyric : 'Cause I love, love, love making love to you'

Freak

This is another one I just don't like. Again I think it's just my taste in music and this is just my cup of tea. The girls sound amazing in it though and I can't even deny that. I don't mind the bit right before the chorus but it's just the rest of it that doesn't appeal to me and obviously I can't just listen to that bit of the song!

Favourite Lyric : 'You'll be sleeping in the bed alone'

Touch - Acoustic

Obviously this is just the same as 'Touch' but it's with a piano which i think turns it in to more of a ballad (which I LOVE as we know). I think I love this so much more than the normal version but I genuinely just think that's because I love a slow song. I think it's so beautiful.

(my favourite lyric is obviously the same as the other one)

SO, there you have it! My first post of Blogmas! Sorry it's so late but I've been in Uni all day then travelling home! I hope you're excited about the month to come and I'll see you again tomorrow!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

If you didn't already know, I LOVE Meghan Trainor. Her last album just reminds me so much of last summer and I think this album will be a reminder for this summer. I've had the album for a few days because it came out on Apple Music a few days early but since it's just been released everywhere else I thought I would write a little review!


Watch Me Do

This song was released quite a while ago now long with a few others but I still love it. I think it took me a while to come round to it and I wasn't sure when I first heard it. However, there was a time where I would just play it over and over again. I think it's such a good way to start the album and is one of the catchiest songs on the album.

Favourite Lyric : 'Im the shh, be quiet, I've been on a low hater diet'

Me Too

I LOVE this song even though it only came out a few days before the album. I have not stopped listening to it yet. I've seen a few people on twitter bash this song but it just makes me feel so great? I also love the video and the fact that Meghan took it down because it was photoshopped, what a lady. It's not what I expected from Meghan I have to say but I think I love the change!

Favourite Lyric : 'If I was you, I'd wanna be me too'

NO

Now obviously everyone knows this. Natalie was the person who told me about it so I've been listening to it for ages. I think it's just such an empowering song and also another super catchy one. I think Kayleigh must have been sick of this when it first came out because I would literally play it on repeat..

Favourite Lyric : 'Call me beautiful, so original'

Better ft Yo Gotti

I know that Natalie loves this one but I'm not so fond. I think it's just not the kind of music I would normally listen to. I don't even think I've listened to it all the way through, is that bad? I can still appreciate that it's a good song and I do like it, it just doesn't jump out to me as much as the other songs do!

Favourite Lyric : 'Tell em' what they already know, I deserve better'

Hopeless Romantic 

This is one that I haven't really listened to I have to admit but I still like it! I guess I just don't like it as much as the others. I think it's nice to break up all the fast upbeat songs though . I think that if I listen to it a few times I'll start to really love it and it will be one of those songs that I just can't stop playing!

Favourite Lyric : 'Ever After comes after we meet'

I Love Me ft Lunchmoney Lewis

This is another one that came before the actual album and another one that I love! I think this album has a running theme of self love which is totally fine by me. This one just makes me want to dance to be honest and I love the beginning where the song just suddenly cuts in! Another amazing song, well done Meghan!

Favourite Lyric : 'I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast, I love all of y'all, but I love me the most'

Kindly Calm Me Down

I loved this when I firs listened to it but I haven't really listened to it since then I have to say. However, as I listen to it now I'm realising just how much I love it. The people who read my blog all the time (is there even anyone who does that?) will know I love a ballad. This song is just that and it is so beautiful and I think it really shows off what a gorgeous voice Meghan has.

Favourite Lyric : 'If I need you now, would you kindly calm me down?'

Woman Up

This is an AMAZING song and if I had to pick a top three it would most definitely be there, maybe even be at number one?! The minute I heard it I knew it was something that would be stuck in my head for the next few weeks. I've listened to it a good five times already today which I think is slightly excessive but I just love it. It has the same kind of feel as 'Salute' by Little Mix in the fact tht it's about not needing a man to do anything.

Favourite Lyric : 'All my girls, raise your hands if you don't need a man'

Just A Friend To You

As a Ukulele player myself, the second I heard this I knew I would like it. It kind of reminds me of that bit in Glee when Sam and Quinn sing 'Lucky' (which is also a lovely song can I say). It's just a sweet little song and so easy to listen to as well! Probably not on my top five but it is a great song and it might grow on me!

Favourite Lyric 'Everybody knows you love me too'

I Won't Let You Down

This is such a summer song and I know that when I listen to it come winter it will be a song that reminds me of driving in my car with my friends. I listened to it the other day on the way to the shops and it just made me feel so happy! Right from the beginning it sounds so cheerful and just such a feel good song!

Favourite Lyric : 'You can't dance to the beat of a heart that's broken'

Dance Like Yo Daddy

I'm not too sure how I feel about this. What I know for certain is that I like it but it's whether I love it and whether I would class it as one of my favourites. I think that maybe I would put it in my top five but maybe not a top three. It is so catchy though and easy to dance too (although I think you can guess that from the title to be honest...)

Favourite Lyric : 'Simon says go touch your nose, but Meghan says touch your toes...but like, I still can't touch my toes'

Champagne Problems

I knew the minute I heard this that I would love it. It's just up my street and I loved it even more when I actually listened to the lyrics. It's basically about first world problems which I always complain about and about sucking it all up and realising that other people have it worse. I think that it's an important message to be honest and it's done in such a light-heart way! Definitely one of my favourites from the whole album.

Favourite Lyric : 'My new iPhone doesn't seem to work, no internet that's the worst'

Mom ft Kelli Trainor

This is the cutest song ever! It's another one that came out before the album and I was in love straight away/ I think everyone thinks they have the best mum but you know, we can't all write a song about our mums so I think Meghan wins here to be honest. The phone call between her and her um breaks my heart sometimes when I miss my mum. This is not a song you should listen to if you miss your mum by the way, it makes me feel even worse...

Favourite Lyric : 'She love-a me, love-a me, love-a me, love-a me, love, she love me like nobody else'

Friends

This is one that I think I've only listened to once or twice but I think I should maybe listen to it more. It's another slower one which I think just get lost in albums for me because when I first hear an album I'm all excited for the upbeat ones. Then after a while I start to love the slow ones when Ive played the fast ones too many times. This is such a lovely song with lovely lyrics though.

Favourite Lyric : 'Cause I got all my friends with me'

Thank You

Another one that I've only listened to once when I listened to the album for the first time. I'm that person that will just listen to the songs they love and hardly ever listen to new music because I know what I like and what I don't.  I also feel like this song is everything I need to say to friends that I haven't said! Saying 'Thank You' is important and I don't do it enough!

Favourite Lyrics : 'I got nothin' without you'

So there we have it everyone! I love this album so much and I was certainly not disappointed. So many of the songs are so catchy and have brilliant messages. I really hate the stick that Meghan gets but I personally think she's incredible so, whatever.

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So a while ago I went internet shopping mad and bought a load of things i really didn't need so I thought I would give you a first impression of a few of the things! There will be different blog posts on the other things I bought. I have grouped these three things together because I used all of them to create one look which you can see if you head on over to my youtube channel :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78n3WZB99As

Contrary to the title, I started with the MAC brush to apply my foundation so my first review will be that (I really should have planned the title out better lets be honest)

MAC Oval 6 Brush

I wasn't sure about this (although it did come in lovely packaging) to begin with. I think it just felt weird putting my foundation on with this kind of brush when I'm so used to using a beauty blender? But it's definitely something I could get used to! As I mention in the video, one positive to it is that you won't have to keep repurchasing it like you have to keep repurchasing beauty blenders. I don't know about you lot but I buy beauty blenders so often and I don't know whether that's everyone that does that or just me?! It could be the way I wash them or the way I use them, I don't know, they just seem to give out on me so fast! This however, just needs washing after you use it (which I do with a beauty blender anyway) so I guess it could be seen as a bit of a hassle. I think that you need to wash it between every use because otherwise my fear would be brush marks and that is one makeup faux pas! The bristles didn't feel like I expected them to at all, they were so soft and densely packed. I don't know whether this does any better than a beauty blender but obviously, as I've mentioned, there is the money you save. Overall I am really glad I bought this because it left a nice finish and it was just so quick to use whereas with a beauty blender I feel like I have to just keep going to get it perfect. I would totally recommend this brush but if you're not sure you can just go in to your local MAC store and just ask them about it!

Makeup Revolution Ultra Cream Contour Palette

I didn't get on with this at all but I think that might have just been down to the fact that it's the first time I've ever tried cream contouring. I wasn't really sure what brush I should use so I used my Real Techniques Rose Gold Contour Brush which I think may have been my first mistake to be honest. It left a really thick line that just didn't look great. The lightest colour, I used a concealer and under my eyes it worked a charm but not so much on my spots but I'm not judging it on it's concealing powers since it's not meant to be a concealer! I think I just need more practice on this is I'm honest but if anyone has any tips please feel free to let me know!

Makeup Revolution Ultra Blush Golen Sugar 2, Rose Gold Palette

I have another ultra blush palette which is sugar and spice and I am in love with that so I thought I would just buy another one but I think that could have been a bad decision because now I want them all? This palette is meant to be for bronzing and highlighting but I have yet to use it as that! I used it as eyeshadow in the YouTube video and it worked a charm! The other palette I have is also something I use for eyeshadow but it looks beautiful on the cheeks too because i have used that one for it's actual purpose. The fact that these are multi-purpose, whether they meant it to be or not, makes me so happy. These are so easy to blend and so pigmented. They're incredible for the price they are and I would highly recommend it to anyone!


Overall the only product I wouldn't recommend would be the cream contour but that could change so fast if I actually work out how to use it so I just need to play around with it a bit more because I can properly say how I feel about it! However, for the price it was I think it's great and I'm a massive fan or Makeup Revolution for this reason!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

I feel like it's been ages since I last wrote a blog post and I really have missed it! It's also been ages since I did a review so I thought I would grace you all with my words of wisdom (I'm not actually very wise...sorry).

So, the last review I did was also on a NARS makeup product but I can't help it that they're all so amazing! I have also mentioned this product before in a favourites but I think that it deserves a whole review of it's own. I have used it every single day since it arrived on my doorstop and I just thought I sing it's praises in a little blog post!

Of course I am talking about the...

NARS Copacabana Illuminator




I bought this product a few months ago and I was really anxious about spending that much money on a highlighter. This product is retailed at £23.00 on feelunique.com however I think I bought mine from ASOS. (I KNOW, ASOS DOES MAEKEUP...WOAH, RIGHT?!). I have heard SO many people hype and rave about this product and I'm sure you have too.

Before this highlighter I had only just started using the Sleek highlighter that came in the contour palette. Highlighting is a relatively new thing for me and I only started to do it because I started contouring and it came with the palette that I bought. However, I will now never be able to go back to not using a highlighter.

I have the liquid version and not the multiple stick. I haven't tried the multiple but I feel like it would just push my foundation around. If you've got the multiple of tried it feel free to let me know how you find it because I wanted to buy one that I could use as a blusher!

This highlighter just gives you such a glowy look without making you look like Edward Cullen (I don't know how many times I've made that joke but it's too many and that's all I know). However, I do think it's easy to put too much on. It is really build-able though so I just put a really small bit on and then add more until I'm satisfied. The fact that you only have to use a little bit means that it it going to last you a long time. If you want to see me using it then I made a 'Daily Makeup Routine' video for my YouTube which you can watch here. Considering I use mine every single day that I wear makeup, I've hardly made a dint in it. As a student, I know that money is a precious thing but I can promise you that this is worth the investment. My skin just looks so much healthier and dewey when I use it.

Hopefully you enjoyed this review and maybe even go and buy the product yourself. If you have a Space N.K Apothecary near you then I know that they stock NARS so you could even go in and ask for them to try it on you. Same with any Harvery Nichols and I'm sure there are other places that stock NARS!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

Ok. As you can all see from the title of this post, I bought more makeup. I think I have a problem!

So last time I went on a night out my MAC foundation ran out on me so I endeavoured to buy a new one! However, once I saw that ASOS sold NARS and I knew I got student discount I decided to give Sheer Glow another try! A few years ago I bought Nars Sheer Glow. The woman that helped me gave me completely the wrong colour and I just think I didn't know enough about makeup yet because it just kept sliding off my face and nothing could stop it!

So I went to Harvey Nichols in Liverpool and was served by a lovely woman who helped me test out three different colours and spoke to me about my skin so that she knew what kind of thing I was looking for! If you're living in Liverpool then I would highly recommend Harvey Nichols because the woman was just so helpful and yes, I know that that's their job but bloody hell was she good at it! Eventually we decided that the right shade for me was Mont Blanc.


Apparently this is a highly popular shade (and is also the shade Zoella uses if anyone cares or thinks they might be similar skin tone to her...)


I wore this when my friend Amy came to stay (which I will write a whole other blog post on) and we went on a night out in Liverpool!

I'll save all the details for my next blog post but I put on my foundation, got my flat mate to do me a smokey eye *all hail Nicole* and voila (also wore lots of other makeup but nobody cares about that do they, lets be honest)! We went out around 1am and came back in at 5am but then I was too tired to take my makeup off so slept in it till about 2 then finally took it off at 3ish (how gross is that) so all in all I had it on for about 14 hours!


First of all it was super easy to apply. People say that Nars Sheers Glow can be hard to blend but I used a damp Real Techniques sponge and it worked a treat. I had my foundation on and blended in a couple of minutes! It felt super lightweight, the woman in Harvey Nichols told me that the creator of Nars wanted all the makeup to still look, and feel, like skin. I'm not so sure I can say that it looked like my own skin since my skin is all spotty and gross but it did feel lovely.

The coverage was great. I would say it's maybe better than MAC coverage? I couldn't see any redness or blemishes once I had it all on. As for lasting power, it stayed perfect until I took it off. I did even debate going out the next day with it still on because it looked fine but me and Amy decided that was a bit disgusting so I washed it all off. I did wear NARS Oil Free Primer with it and then Urban Decay setting spray on top so that also may have had something to do with it!

All in all I would highly recommend this product to anyone looking for a high end one. It is a bit more expensive than the MAC one but I think it's worth the price you pay. I think you kind of have to know what you're doing with this foundation because when i first bought it I'd only just got in to makeup properly, at that time I was just wearing foundation, mascara and eyeliner to school. When I used to wear it it was the wrong colour and just slid off my face. Now, I know all about the wonders of primer and setting spray! I've heard rumours that over time this foundation can change colour so I'll have to get back to you on that one as I've only had it for a few weeks now. I will most definitely be repurchasing this when it runs out if I have enough money, I am a student after all!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

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So, I have been a big fan of The Vamps for a few years now. I don't love them as much as I love my beloved One Direction boys or the McFly lads. However, I enjoy their music a lot and so I thought I would make a blog post about their new album!