Review on Charlotte Tilbury's Lipstick: K.I.S.S.I.N.G Coachella Coral

With all the hype surrounding Charlotte Tilbury's range of makeup I felt as though I had to take a look myself. After browsing the internet and trying the products out at the counter, I really liked the look of some of the products! So as the line is a little pricey I have decide to  to start my collection off slowly with a lipstick from her K.I.S.S.I.N.G range. 

At £23 the lipstick is up there on the scale of high end luxury makeup, but I must say that I feel the price reflects the product as I absolutely love it!

The finish is matte and has a lovley creamy feeling when applied, after testing it out I found that it lasts pretty well too! The colour is a medium coral shade and has an opaque colour coverage. 

I'd love to try some more of her products as I really recommend this lipstick especially this colour if you are looking for a fresh pretty look. However if you feel this is a little to pricey I found that MAC's elegant accent is very similar! And a little cheaper!

Let me know if you've tried anything else from Charlotte Tillbury's line! 

Olivia Grace x

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My Trip to South Africa

A few of months ago I had the most amazing opportunity to travel to South Africa to visit a primary school In Swaziland called Ncemeneni. It was honestly an unforgettable experience, admittedly before going there, I expected South Africa to be a huge dried up waste land within which the primary school would be situated, I really had no idea that visiting the school would effect me the way it did. I honestly believe the experience has changed me for the better, plus South Africa is a beautiful country! 

Decided to go for a safari themed outfit, with some Khaki shorts and my ray bands I was ready to face the sweltering South African heat! 

Ncemeneni school 

Olivia Grace x

"Yes I like Pina colada's and trips to Spain"

I've got to admit this is a pretty late post, but I figured I'd put it up anyway. With GCSE'S over and at least 11 weeks to do whatever we wanted, the girls and I jetted off to the little town of Moraira in spain. It was such an amazing week, a big thanks must go out to kerry and her parents for letting us gate crash their apartment!
So Instead of listening to me go on, I figured I would just spam this post with a bunch of pictures!
Enjoy!

(model life)

(lol)

(time to go…*cries*)

Olivia Grace x

Review on Rimmel's Wake me up foundation

I thought i'd give you guys a quick review, I know that the Rimmel wake me up foundation isn't exactly new, however, coming from a girl who has always tried to steer of foundation, and usually sticks to tinted moisturises, I have found the colder months are not being kind to my skin and unfortunately my beloved clarins tinted moisturiser just wont make the cut anymore. Therefore I hope some of you might find this useful if your looking to change your foundation, now that we are in the colder months!

So, I had heard great things about this foundation and I wanted something that was natural looking as I'm not a great fan of looking like an orange (if you know what I mean). I picked this up from my nearest Boots for £8.99 which I think is fairly reasonable, In my opinion foundation is the one thing you should invest in, as cheap ones can often wreck your skin, so as this is a drug store product I did have my quires to begin with....

The foundation comes in six shades, as I am quite fair, I went for the lightest shade which is ivory, I have to say it is a perfect match for me. The coverage is good, it is quite light and I used about 2 pumps on my whole face. As for the shimmer I found it just leaves your face with a nice glow rather than being sparkly! I usually have quite oily skin but in the winter I tend to get some dry patches and thankfully this foundation doesn't cling! Overall I'd say this was a very good alternative to your high end foundations, is it better than Mac, or Bobbi brown? hmmm... probably not, however I think it could certainly give them a run for their money!

anyone else tried it?

Olivia Grace x

There's something about the red sole

I know I may be a little early but I couldn't help getting into the festive mood when I dug out this little black, knitted sparkly number, and of course to get even more into the festive spirit I 'borrowed' my mum's Louboutin's to pair with the dress, there really is something so irresistible about the red sole, not only that but it certainly adds to the festive party theme I was going for. 

I kept the make up relatively fresh and simple, so not to detract from the shoes and sparkly dress, also a lot of people tend to go quite OTT with their makeup during the festive season, so I thought it would be quite refreshing to go for beautiful clear skin (not cakey) and simple eyes. 

Dress- Jesire, Shoes and purse- Christian Louboutin, Bracelet- purchased from a boutique abroad however you can find many similar in most costume jewellers. 

liv xox

From school girls to sixth formers

Last Friday was the day my friends and I had been quietly looking forward too, it was what my school calls 'sixth form experience' so we were able to put on our fancy sixth form gear, I must admit I felt  slightly like a business woman with my pencil skirt, and blazer! Then go on to try some A level taster lessons, this meant going to lessons we actually enjoy! After all that, we got to go to our rather fancy 'candle light supper' as my headmistress called it. Yay! We got to put on our beautiful dresses we had been waiting to wear (well I had been waiting anyway). The day was actually quite useful in helping me decide on what options to take, and also gave me a wake up call to the fact i'll hopefully be going to university in a couple of years....that's a scary thought. With university in mind it's meant I've woken up to the fact I really need to start 'buckling down'. I'm the kind of person who puts in about 90% of the effort I should do. So now Liv, it's time to put in 100% it might feel tough now, but it will be worth it! (Hopefully). 

Sorry, giving myself a little pep talk there!

Here are some photos from the evening meal.

 

  The dress I'm wearing is from American apparel 

What are you guys hoping to do in the future? 

Liv xox

Party like a smurf

 So Halloween was last thursday, so I thought 'hey! why not have a party!?' And so that is exactly what I did. Admittedly clearing up the next day wasn't great... But you can only get away with looking like a smurf once a year! (as you can see above we went slightly mad with the face paint) So it was worth it. Here are some pictures from the night!
Enjoy!

What did you guys get up too this Halloween?

Liv xox