Hello and welcome!
So I know I'm rather late to the bandwaggon, but its taken me a while to think about what I really want to achieve this year. This year is going to be one of the biggest of my life so far, as I'm not only turning 20, but I'm also (hopefully) going to be starting university in September doing a subject I love, something which just two years go I never thought would be possible.
2015 was a strange year for me. I faced many personal challenges but I overcame them, and I plan to carry on in 2016 being stronger and better than ever. So without further ado, here are my 2016 goals.

• Exercise more
• Drink less alcohol
• Eat less rubbish
• Work on my butt
• Look after my skin
• Take more photos
• Go on more trips/adventures
• Try yoga
• Take more baths
• Get more tattoos
• Remember to take my tablets
• Blog more
• Do more things for myself
• Meditate more regularly
• Smile!
• And maybe possibly stop wearing so much black. Maybe.

I plan to regularly update on these things as the year progresses and see where it takes me

Thanks for reading

Layla x

Hello, and welcome to 2016! It's been a while but I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and New Year!
Last night I went to a party, and I thought I would share the makeup look. It seems rushed at the end but unfortunately my camera battery died at the end of me doing this (boo). But it gave me chance to test out my new 50mm lens (thanks Mum!).
Hope you enjoy :)

Firstly I primed as always with my MUA concealer in Fair and set this with a mix of Foxy and Walk of Shame from the Naked Basics palette.

Then I went in with Substitute For Love from the Zoeva Cocoa Blends palette and just put this in my crease. (Excuse my awful brows)

I then put Infusion from the same palette on my lid for no apparent reason, I just love the colour.

Then I added Freshly Toasted to my crease just to deepen it a tad more.

Now for my favourite part (and colour), the purple! I used my Kiko Colour Sphere in the number 41, and applied it with a wet, flat brush to pack the colour on. I feel that this didn't work as well as when I used my other Colour Sphere which is the colour 16, a beautiful metallic gold, although this may have been because of the darker shad i had on underneath. I also added Sweeter End from the Cocoa Blends palette in my inner corner, but later blended it out.

To darken, I put Crave from the Naked Basics palette in my outer corner and lightly into my crease.

Then I did my face makeup and added eyeliner. (what an awful photo oops)

This is where my camera was dying, so I will just explain what I did. I used my Collection Fast Stroke eyeliner for my wing and my MUA eyeliner pencil in Jet for my lower lash line. Then I used the Kiko Star Volume Mascara and added my Ardell Wispies (using my new favourite lash glue from duo, seriously my lashes stick on through anything with this). I then used a brown matte lipstain that I got from EBay (although in the first picture I have Mulberry by Collection on but then I changed my mind) and voila!

Can we just appreciate my lower lashes

from this mascara pls???

Thank you for reading, hopefully next time my camera won't die </3

Layla x

Just some random, unedited photos of mine.

I've heard about Zoeva for a while, and I've been eager to try out a palette for a long time, so when I was on Beauty Bay the other day Christmas shopping, I couldn't help but treat myself.

First of all, can we just take a moment to appreciate the packaging? It's absolutely gorgeous. The palette comes in a cardboard sleeve, and both are brown with gold detailing.

When you open the palette, you are greeted by ten gorgeous shades, all of which are highly pigmented. The only fault I have with this is there isn't a mirror, but that's not a major issue.

There is a mix of four matte shades and six shimmer. 

Bitter Start is a matte cream colour, perfects for days when you don't want a shimmer highlight. Sweeter End reminds me of a subtle version of Sin for the Naked palette. Pure Ganache is a golden colour, and I think mixed with Substitute For Love which is more orangey, it will make a perfect holiday look. While I would class Substitute For Love as a matte shade, it does have subtle flecks of gold glitter in it.

Warm Notes, a gorgeous cranberry shade, and Infusion, a gold glittery brown shade, are my two favourite colours from this palette. Subtle Blend is the perfect bronze shade, while Freshly Toasted is a nice reddy-brown, a shade which I think is quite unusual.

Finally, we have Beans Are White, a brown almost black shade, that appears to have a purple sheen to it, which is so unusual. And Delicate Acidity is a perfect shimmer purple shade.

Overall, I am thoroughly impressed with this palette, and I can't wait to create many looks with it. The shades are all highly pigmented, and at £15.50, I don't think it is a bad price at all for the product you get, and it would make the perfect gift for any makeup lover at this time of the year.

Thanks for reading!

Layla x

Anyone who knows me will know just how obsessed with unicorns I am, so when I saw that Makeup Revolution had a lipstick collection out called Unicorns Unite I just HAD to have it. (Er hello, two of my favourite things combined). At just £1 each, you really can't complain at this utter bargain, especially when all 5 colours are only £4 when bought together on their website. And if it couldn't get any better, the main colour scheme is purple, my fave.

When I first opened the package, I was a little disappointed as I thought the shades Throne and Legend were quite similar.

But actually, Legend is darker than Throne, I think it was just my eyesight playing up.

Magical is the first shade I opened. In the packaging it kind of looked like a dark blue, but it's actually a nice rich purple. However, the pigmentation of this lipstick is probably the worst out of the collection although I think this could be fixed with a liner underneath.

Next came Pink Myth, probably the most wearable shade of the group. It's a bright pink with a subtle hint of shimmer, and somewhat reminds me of Barbie maybe?

Next is Horn Of Magic, and absolutely gorgeous shade that reminds me of Frozen and just snow in general. It's also a very unusual shade, I don't actually think I've seen it before.

Legend I think is my favourite shade. It's an in between shade of Magical and Throne. I can see myself wearing this a lot with dark outfits (which is all I ever wear). I also think that it was the easiest to apply and longest wearing.

And finally we have Throne, the iciest purple shade I have ever seen. I'm thinking of working on a look with this as it has given me some ideas for a tutorial, so watch this space!

Thanks for reading

Layla x