Hello!

Welcome to the FINAL day of Blogmas!! I actually can't believe that I managed to blog every single day haha.

To end, I have decided on a scroogey post, and I have done this "anti Christmas" eye makeup look. It's basically just me going back to my emo days and using a load of black eyeshadow.

I also took these photos at like 9am, so please forgive the lighting haha.

First of all, I used my fave of all time, Substitute For Love from the Zoeva Cocoa Blend Palette in my crease. Obviously, I don't want a full black eye look, I wanted a bit of a warmer gradient in the crease.

Then I took Naked 2 from the Naked Basics Palette.

But then I wanted a bit more of a deeper brown, so I took Faint from the same palette. I don't even know what this angle is lol.

I put Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk all over my lid, and blended it around my crease, although I didn't want a particular "cut crease"

Then I put Crave from the Naked Basics Palette and kept blending and blending until I was happy.

I did a wing, of course, and then lined my water line. Then to smoke it out, I took Crave and smudged it under my lashline.

I used Primark Pink In Excess Liquid Lipstick.

And there we have it! I'm super annoyed at the blending in this, I dunno, the black was just so hard to work with, I literally kept blending it all through the day because it just kept going back into a block...

But this is it! The end of Blogmas. I hope you have a lovely Christmas, and I will continue with my normal schedule in the new year (Monday, Wednesday and Friday)

Layla x

We've all been there. Today and tomorrow, spent rushing around the local town and/or shopping center in a desperate search for last minute presents that you've either forgotten or just haven't bothered to buy yet. I'm feeling pretty smug, because this is usually me. But this year, I have done the unheard of, and I finished my shopping early. Yes, it felt amazing.

But for those of you who haven't got anything yet, don't worry, I got you. Here are a few ideas, that should be accessible on most high streets/in most shopping centers.

And even though I say these are "last minute" gifts, I still think they're really great ideas, and I love it when I receive them!

You can never go wrong with a good pair of socks. My favourites are always from with New Look or Primark.

Who doesn't love a good bit of choccy? You can either go all out and go to somewhere fancy like Hotel Chocolate or maybe Thornton's, or you can do what my Dad does: he gets me a HUUUGE block of my favourite chocolate and I love it and eat it within like a week haha.

Bath bombs are simple, sweet and relatively cheap if you only want to spend a few pounds but want a nice looking present. Lush also have loads of gift sets too if you wanted something that was a bit more put together, and they come pre wrapped - bonus!

Gift cards are amazing presents, especially if you buy them for the person's favourite store! I picked out 3 of my faves, and a bonus with Amazon is you can email a gift card if you remember someone you forgot at 11:30pm Christmas Eve, or if the person you are buying for lives far away.

Get them some of their fave alcohol! It is Christmas after all.

If you're super duper stuck. then pop some money in a card! That way you know you haven't gone wrong with a present faux pas, and they can buy something they really really want. Like I want a new tattoo.....

Last but not least, you could give them a hug, and hope that you look as cute as these foxes haha.

See you tomorrow for the final day of Blogmas!

Layla x

Hello!

Today I have some Christmas party outfit ideas! I have done 5 ideas from 5 stores, and I hope you like them. Just remember, that I created these to fit my style, so they might not suit everyone or your taste haha! But I tried!

New Look

Dress: http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/dresses/blue-vanilla-black-lace-up-dress-_383662401

Shoes: http://www.newlook.com/shop/shoe-gallery/view-all-shoes/black-suedette-floral-embroidered-triple-strap-heels_509526801

Ring: http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/jewellery-and-hair-accessories/crystal-gem-cocktail-ring_388685290

Bag: http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/bags-and-purses/black-glitter-star-clutch_392670001

H&M

Dress: http://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0444079001.html

Shoes: http://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0417218003.html

Bag: http://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0429387001.html

River Island

Dress: http://www.riverisland.com/women/dresses/t-shirt-dresses/blue-metallic-mesh-t-shirt-dress-697149

Shoes: http://www.riverisland.com/women/shoes--boots/boots/black-patent-block-heel-chelsea-boots-694382

Choker: http://www.riverisland.com/women/jewellery/chokers/black-velvet-choker-686842

Bag: http://www.riverisland.com/women/bags--purses/backpacks/black-leather-look-zip-backpack-691223

I hope you liked these looks!

Layla x

Hello!

Today I'm sharing some of my favourite Christmas films with you!

Unlike my Top 10 Christmas Songs post, I'm not going to order these because I just can't pick my favourites! So the order is totally random this time.

1.

Elf

2.

The Santa Clause

3,

The Night Before

4.

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

5.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

6.

Cool Runnings

7.

Love Actually

8.

The Muppet Christmas Carol

9.

Home Alone

10.

A Christmas Carol

Layla x

Hello hello hello!

Welcome to day 20!!! Only 5 days until Christmas, and I am totally in the party mood, so I came up with this look! I literally didn't even go to a party though, I just went to the pub with my friends and i felt so extra but I LOVED it. And I've been doing pretty simple makeup the past few days so I wanted to do something a lil bit more.

Firstly, I took Buon Fresco from the Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance palette and put it in my crease.

Then I took Red Ochre (which I've been dying to use) and put it in my crease line and blended it up.

I took a pencil brush and put Love Letter through my crease. Even though some got on my lid, it's okay because...

I cleaned it up with the Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk. I used this to give a nice light base to the lid shades.

I took Pretty In Paris from the Sleek Vintage Romance palette on my finger and put it in the inner half of my eyelid.

Then I took the Nyx Hot Singles in Hot Red and buffed it into my outer corner. This came out a lot pinker than I thought it would, I think this was because of the white underneath, I intended it to be a bit redder haha, but I liked it! I then blended it out a bit more than in this photo, and also blended the crease in until I was happy with it,

I put some black liner in my waterline. Then I took Red Ochre and drew it under my lower lash line and then sort of flicked it out and down my inner corner. You can see in the picture haha, I'm so bad at explaining, and it was literally a split second decision haha.

Then I took the Nyx Face and Body Glitter in Ice and filled in the gap between my lashes and the red line, you can't see it so well here :(

I then used Charmed from the Nyx Velvet Matte range on my lips to continue with the red/berry theme.

Also, I got this top from H&M and I love it so much!! It's given me some serious 90s vibes haha.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoyed this look. I will see you tomorrow!

Layla x

Hey!

Today I am going to show you some reeeaaallllyyyy easy Christmas nail designs. Like I mean, so easy. They're just for if you're feeling a bit of extra nail art for the festive season, but you're like me and very bad at nails haha. I've done 5 designs for 5 fingers on each hand lol. I haven't put which nail varnishes I used because they're all pretty common colours, but most of them are probably Kiko or Barry M.

First up is Santa's Belly (yo Lush what's up?)

So I painted my whole nail red, and then drew a black line across the middle of my nail to make the belt.

Then I took this light gold shade, but any gold or yellow will work, to make the buckle of the belt.

Then I put a tiny bit of black in the center of this to finish off the buckle/belt situation.

The second nail I painted white.

Then I took some gold sequins (or you could use glitter, I just like the chunkiness of the sequins) I put some clear varnish all over my nail, and then pressed the sequins on top with my finger, and made sure they were nice and flat.

On the next nail, I painted it a dark blue.

Then I took a silver glitter varnish and first put it onto a wedge makeup sponge, like one of those you can get in a pack from Superdrug, and then dabbed the sponge onto my nail. This means you get waaaay more glitter payoff! I kept the glitter to just at the bottom by the cuticle, so you can still see the blue at the top. If you're wondering, I put PVA glue around my nail and waited for it to dry so when the varnish/glitter went outside of my nail, I could just peel it off.

The fourth nail I did, i took a very vey pale blue, like it looks almost white tbh, which would also work. I then just painted some red stripes to look kind of like a candy cane effect.

Last but not least, on my pinky finger, I used a pinky/rose gold metallic nail varnish. Then I just took a metallic silver and put some dots on there. I think this is the most simple one, but it still looks christmassy cause of the metallic colours.

I hope you enjoyed these, they are really easy, trust me because I am the worst at this stuff. I actually ended up doing all my nails in the blue with silver glitter because I fell in love with it haha.

See you tomorrow!

Layla x