Hello!

Today I have a post on the NYX Tame and Frame Brow Pomade. I've been wanting to try this FOREVERRR and during the hot weather recently, powder just hasn't been making the cut and my brows were wiping off, which wasn't ideal. So I bought this in the hope of it staying on, and creating a bit more of a defined brow.

The pot is really cute and small, which will help me as I won't have to transport a palette around for just one colour now.

I bought the colour Chocolate. While my natural hair colour is blonde, my eyebrows are actually quite dark, so I wasn't sure which shade to get. I did a lot of research online, and found that this shade is a dupe for Anastasia Beverly Hills Auburn, which is the shade I would get was I to buy that. I definitely haven't been disappointed by this shade, it is just right for my skin tone as well as my hair colour. Red hair is really hard to match, especially when it is as bright as mine. I don't really have the confidence to do actual red brows, so I've been searching for a while for the perfect brown, and I think I've found it.

I just use this New Look eyeliner brush to do my brows, as it is angled and the bristles are really close together so it's easy to get a precise line.

This is after just one layer of the product.

Once I build it up, it becomes the perfect shade for me. It's incredibly smooth to apply, and you only need a little bit at a time as it builds up really easily. I don't think I'll ever go back to a powder again, as they are so difficult to work with!

If you're in search of a new brow product, then I definitely recommend this! You can grab it from Boots for £5.50, and there is a variety of shades for everyone!

Thanks for reading!

Layla x

Hi!

Today I am bringing you a really simple, but effective, DIY.

You'll need an old bottle (I really liked the shape of this one, and it has a proper cork in the top)

A string of fairy lights, battery powered would be more ideal. I got these from Primark last year, but they always have some in.

And you'll also need batteries if they are battery powered.

Start feeding the lights into the top of the bottle. Because these ones are copper wired, it was easier for me to bend and shape them as they stayed in place. However, I reckon a fuller string of fairy lights would look pretty cool too.

Switch the lights on and voila! I know this is so super easy, but I think it's a great idea and adds a very simple but different look to just regular fairy lights.

I keep mine on my cabinet alongside some other things and I think it looks really cute!

Thanks for reading!

Layla x

Hey there!

Last week, my boyfriend and I took a trip to Thorpe Park. We went last Tuesday, which as you may know if you're British, it was the hottest day of the year! And it showed.

We left really early, and I was perfectly fine in shorts, a tank and a very thin cardigan.

And it only got hotter.

When we first arrived, we were warned that it was going to be very busy because of the weather, but we'd driven the whole way there so it would have been a waste. We also had a two for one ticket, which made it a bit cheaper, but it also cost £6 for parking.

The first ride we went on was Colossus. And boy was I scared. I am one of those people who is petrified when I first get on a roller-coaster, and then once I get off I wanna go on again.

Colossus was pretty fast, it had a loop and a barrel roll at the end. It was definitely a loopy ride, but it wasn't very fast... well it was, but it seemed to take a while to get round. It's hard to explain.

Then we queued up for nemesis Inferno. Only I ended up getting heatstroke and had to leave the queue. I told my boyfriend to carry on waiting, as we'd waited for ages and I didn't want him to miss out. I went and sat in the shade and had some water and all was fine.

After we'd eaten, the queues had gotten HUGE. I'm talking an hour's wait time or more. And barely any queue had shade, which might have resulted in another heatstroke incident. We ended up going on the Rapids as they had a pretty short wait time, considering that there was lots of rings and you could fit in 8 people at a time.

Then we decided that it was getting pretty ridiculous, so we bought a fast track ticket for £6 each to go on Nemesis Inferno, as I was gutted I'd missed out.

Nemesis is a very cool ride. The track is on the outside of the car, so you're kinda hanging off in the seat? Very bad, and somewhat terrifying explanation, I know. But it means you don't really feel any of the drops or twists or turns, I didn't even scream once. If you've been to Alton Towers, I'd describe it as similar to Air.

Then we decided to check out Saw as Matt wanted to go on it (not for me). But the wait time was probably the longest, which was a huuuuge queue. So after that, we decided to leave and go to the hotel.

We stayed at a Premier Inn just 20 minutes from the park. We were so tired, we ended up napping for two hours as it had been a long day.

It was a very nice hotel, and they also cooked me vegetarian sausages in the morning which was super cool! 

Overall, I enjoyed Thorpe Park, the few rides we managed to get on. If we go again, we'll probably go on a drizzly day in term time so we don't end up getting caught up in a load of kids!

Thanks for reading!

Layla x

Hello!

Today I have a post on my lipstick collection.

This is just a post showing all of the lipsticks I own and what they look like. Some of these swatches are AWFUL because it really does take a lot of time to apply some of my lipsticks, but I just wanted to do this post to show you the colours, so don't judge me on my application, it's usually a lot better! These are in no particular order by the way.

L'Oreal: 302 Bois de Rose

Makeup Revolution: Scandalous Depraved

Makeup Revolution Unicorns Unite: Legend

Makeup Revolution Unicorns Unite: Magical

Makeup Revolution Unicorns Unite: Throne

Makeup Revolution Unicorns Unite: Horn of Magic

Makeup Revolution Unicorns Unite: Pink Myth

Essence: Come Naturally

New CID: Belle

Kiko: 05 (from a Valentine's Collection)

Kiko: 14

Collection: Mango Crush

Collection Deluxe: 05

L'Oreal: 005 Silencio

Sleek Matte Me: Birthday Suit

MUA Luxe: Luster

Colourpop: Marshmallow

NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream: Transylvania (I hate the application of this, very streaky)

Makeup Revolution Salvation:

Makeup Revolution Salvation: Velvet Vamp

NYX Liquid Suede: Stone Fox

PS Velvet Matte Crayon: I don't know the shade and I've never found it in Primark since, so annoying!

Jeffree Star: Posh Spice

NYX Lingerie: Teddy

Colourpop: Rooch

I hope you enjoyed this post, and that it has given you an idea on some shades you might be interested in,

Thank you for reading!

Layla x

Hello!

Today I wanted to talk about becoming vegetarian, and share a few things about what I've been eating since I made the change.
Before I start, I want to point out that I am in no way saying that you MUST become vegetarian/vegan, nor am I condemning meat eaters, I ate meat for 20 years so I can't really say anything. I just want to talk about why I made the switch and my personal choice.

So, about 4 months ago now, I was eating a piece of steak, and halfway through my meal I began to feel sick. Not in a food poisoning type of way, but in a "I am eating a dead animal" kind of way. This wasn't the first time it had happened, but on that particular occasion, it really did affect me. I was just chewing and chewing and it was vile, I didn't want to swallow any of the steak. And then that was when I realised that it just wasn't for me. I felt disgusted that I was eating animals, and I didn't know how up until that point I had differentiated from eating a cow but not eating my pet dogs. They're all animals who can see, feel, live.

So that night, I sat down with my grandparents and told them my decision, and they fully supported it. A few of my friends did have a giggle, but I can't blame them. I ate meat for two meals a day, everyday, and I was going to go cold turkey (But not literally, Haha. No?).

It was actually a lot easier to make the change than I thought it would be. At first, it was hit and miss. I'm not really a huge fan of vegetables, which I get is my main food source as a veggie. But when they're combined, such as in vegetable lasagna, I don't mind them so much. But as the months have gone on, I have discovered more and more things that I like to eat!

Some of my favourite things are cheesy pasta, Linda McCartney sausages and sausage rolls (really, the sausage rolls are such a great snack!), vegetable lasagna, Quorn beef curry, Quorn beed chilli and eggs with waffles. A few other things I like to have as snacks are cheese toasties, super noodles (the bacon ones are veggie, guys!) I also love these fries that you can get from Makro, seriously good. Then there are also the typical, carrots, grapes, apples, bananas etc, but I thought that would be pretty obvious!

A lot more things are vegetarian than you would expect, for instance, beef and tomato pot noodles haha. But there are other things that aren't vegetarian that surprised me, such as Moams and Milky Bar Yoghurts.

At the moment, I'm still in a learning curve. I'm discovering what is veggie, what isn't, what I do and don't like. But every single day I'm getting a step further away from eating meat. Like I said before, this isn't a post to make you feel guilty if you do eat meat, it's a post to just share my journey, and the happy life change I have made.

Thanks for reading,

Layla x