This or That Tag



Hello,

I'm not going to be able to upload a blog post this weekend so I thought I would write I quick post today instead. Today I am going to be doing the 'This or That' Tag. I've not been tagged to do this but oh well. This isn't the full version as there are loads of questions but it would have been a very long blog post and I didn't just want to write one word answers. I think the tag is originally American so some of the questions would have been pointless anyway, as we don't have some of the shops/ products in the UK. 

 

Makeup:

 

• Lipgloss or Lipstick - I defiantly wear and own more lipsticks, I find that lipglosses can sometimes feel really sticky.
• Eyeliner or Mascara - Mascara! I barely leave the house without it on. As I wear glasses my eyes look really small without it, plus my eyeliner is never even :(
• Neutral or Colour Eye Shadow - My eye shadows are mostly neutral colours; the only colour I wear is purple but even then I don't wear it loads and its not bright purple. So Neutral eye shadows are best. 
• Pressed or Loose Eye Shadows - Pressed, it's just easier.

 

Nails:
 

• Long or Short - I like my nails long but I generally have them shorter for school so they don't break. I think they look better long.
• Acrylic or Natural - Natural. I've never had acrylic nails as my nails grow quite fast; I think acrylics would just get on my nerves.
• Bright or Dark - This really depends on the season. As it's Autumn now I would say dark.
• Flower or No Flower - This again depends on the season. In Summer I would probably say yes to flowers but I never have time to add them. I wouldn't add flowers in the Winter.



Body:

 

• Lotion or Body Butter - Body butter; I don't own many body lotions.
• Body Wash or Soap - The smell definitely lasts longer/ is stronger in Body Washes and they don't run out as much.
• Lush or Other Bath Company - Lush. I love the smell of the products, the shop always smells so good. Lush face masks are my favourite.

Fashion:

 

• Jeans or Sweatpants - Arghh, I can't decide! I own more jeans and wouldn't go out in sweatpants/joggers but there is nothing better than changing into sweatpants/joggers after school in the winter...
• Long Sleeve or Short - Short! The only long sleeve items in my wardrobe are jumpers and hoodies. I just prefer short sleeves.
• Studs or Dangly Earrings - Studs are defiantly more practical but I have recently brought a pair of beautiful dangly earrings. I would probably say I prefer studs overall.
• Necklace or Bracelets - I love both. I feel quite often a necklace completes an outfit, so necklaces.
• Heels or Flats - Flats; I live in my Converse and Vans!

Hair: 

 

• Curly or Straight - My hair is in between these too but I would love naturally straight hair.
• Hairspray or Gel - Hairspray; I don't use either of them often but I would say hairspray.
• Long or Short - I would love long hair but not excessively long.
• Up or Down - I wear my hair down all the time. The only time I wear it up is if my hair is really out of control or if I'm doing sport.

Random:



 

• Rain or Shine -Shine! Though I do love a thunder storm if; only if I'm inside.
• Summer or Winter - I feel more productive in the Summer, I'm not sure why, its probably the good weather (well okay weather when your living in the UK!!) But my birthday and Christmas is in Winter...
• Fall (Autumn) or Spring -  Autumn. I love autumn clothes, darker evenings and when the leaves change colours.

 

Thank you for reading. I have really enjoyed writing this and I like tag type blog posts, so if there are any tag you want me to do either comment below or on Instagram. Even though I wasn't tagged to do this I am still going to tag people. I tag Kate (pinkandmintxo.blogspot.co.uk) and YOU! It's pretty easy to find the questions online. Sorry I didn't do every question, I just feel it would have made the blog post extremely long as I wanted to give reasons for my answers. See you next time, goodbyee.

 

 

Megan♡

 

 



Sweater Weather OOTD

Hello,

You are probably wondering why I am uploading my blog post today, I have a very busy weekend ahead so I wanted to get something up this weekend. Anyway, todays post is my first A/W Outfit of the Day. I LOVE Autumn fashion, it's the season that you can be cosy, comfy and still look good. Most of these items (not the jeans or necklace) I've brought recently so you should still be able to get them.

 



Jumper | New Look £14.99

 

Jeans | Next £24

 

Scarf | Primark £5

 

Shoes | New Look £24.99

 

Necklace | H&M £5.99

 

 

I am very obsessed with Autumn this year - I love the colours and feel this scarf has nearly all the colours in... It was such a bargain for only £5 and its huge! If your looking to buy a tartan scarf Primark is defiantly where to look, it's so cosy and I feel mine is bit different to the traditional red tartan. The cropped jumper I am wearing is from New Look, it's so warm and will go with so many of my A/W clothes. My boots are also from New Look and again will go with loads of my clothes - I know I will wear these a lot this year. I brought my jeans from Next and they are so comfy. To finish the outfit I wore a triangle design necklace. The only downside with the necklace is that the colour as changed, it used to be gold - I wouldn't recommend H&M jewellery but a statement necklace would look great with this outfit.

 

Thank you for reading. I am holding an umbrella, that's why my arm is in the air in some of the photos. I would like to thank my sister for taking the photos (she takes most of my outfit photos) and for locking me outside in the rain afterwards... See you next time, goodbye.

 

 

Megan♡

 

 





Maybelline - Review #2





Hello,

So, today I'm back with the second part of my Maybelline review. So far I have reviewed three Maybelline products; click here to see that if you haven't already.

 

I had been wanting to try out "Brow Drama" for a while, I had seen a YouTuber talk about it and it sounded like a really good product. It didn't disappoint! I have never really used a product like this and didn't do anything to my eyebrows before. For the price of £4.99, "Brow Drama" is a sculpting brow mascara. The applicator is similar to a normal eyelash mascara but has a slightly different shape. I wanted to get this to help even up my eyebrows and this product leaves your brows looking natural and is also quick to do. It works by combing through your eyebrows, helping them stay in place and adds colour. I purchased this is the shade 'Dark Blond' but there are only three different shades  to choose from. I think Maybelline should add some more colours to suit everyone. This lasts the whole day and doesn't smudge, so you can apply in the morning and forget about you brows throughout the day. I have loved this product so far and I has lasted quite a long time. I would highly recommend this product to everyone even if you are new to  doing anything to your eyebrows as I feel this is easy for beginners.

Superdrug & Boots

 

I have already separately reviewed the Maybelline "Colour Show" nail polishes (£2.99) so click here to read that review. I basically said that they are my favourite nail polishes as they are long lasting and you only need one coat.

 

Superdrug & Boots

 

 

The Maybelline's "Baby Lips" range retail at £2.99. These were introduced in the UK a while back and everyone went crazy for them. Of course the first thing you are drawn to are the brightly coloured packaging and because of this they are really cute to display in your bedroom.

 

"Pink Punch" (Pink and Yellow Packaging) and "Cherry Me" (Orange and Red) are the two lip balms that have a colour (shown in the image above). However I don't find these to be very bright, but are a good alternative to a lipstick if you are looking for a small amount of colour - ideal for school. "Peach Kiss" (Purple and Nude) has a slight shimmer in it but I find this barely visible. "Mint Fresh" (Green and Purple) is one of the scented Baby Lips, along with the ones I mentioned above, I love the mint scent this has - a bit like After Eights?! "Mint Fresh", "Intense Care" (Yellow and Orange) and "Hydrate" (Blue and Pink) are all colourless Baby Lips. I don't really like "Intense Care" as I don't really feel it does much nor is tinted - this would have to be my least favourite. "Hydrate" is the only one that does anything to my lips, leaving them hydrated and smooth - but not as much as other lip balms do. 

 

Overall I don't think these are the best lip balm products and I would only re-purchase "Mint Fresh".

 

Superdrug & Boots

 

 

I think Maybelline is my favourite make up brand. Thank you for reading. If you recommend any other Maybelline product I haven't mentioned in the two blog posts feel free to leave a comment below and I will check that out. Thanks again, Goodbyeee

 

 

Megan♡

 

 



Big Gig with the Girls



Hello,

On Sunday I went to the Big Gig. For those of you who haven't heard of Big Gig, it is a concert exclusively for Girl guiding members. I volunteer as a young leader for a guide group and we all travelled to The SSE Area Wembley. It was an amazing day, experienced with some amazing friends.

 

 

I wore a monochrome dress with a daisy pattern (New Look); paired with black leather Converse and black frilly Topshop socks. (sorry for the bad lighting in the photo) For Makeup I wore the Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Pink-Gold all over my eyelids with a thick eyeliner and curled my lashes with my Primark eyelash curlers (they are really good by the way) before applying my Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express mascara in Smoky eye. On my lips I wore a Revlon Lip Butter in Cotton Candy and for my eyebrows I applied the Maybelline Brow Drama. 

 

 

We got a starbucks and entered the area. We had really good seats rows 1-4 in block B - although the camera always make it seem further away. Kimberly Wyatt was our presenter and we saw: Little Mix, Union J, Neon Jungle, Mike Dignam, Diversity, Kingsland Road and the surprise acts were Stooshe and Stacey Solomon. I took lots of photos and videos, some of which I am about to share with you. (I'm not going to bother with the videos as they never seam to work on smartphones or tablets.) My favourite performances were from Little Mix (I'm a huge fan), Diversity and Mike Dignam - His song Great Escape is now my favourite song.

 

 

Thankyou for reading, did any of you go to Big Gig or have done in the past? I said this briefly at the beginning but I have such a great day with some of the nicest people I know, love you <3 (If you liked this style of post click here) Byee

 

 

Megan♡

 

 



Maybelline - Review #1



Hello,

Welcome back to my blog. Today I am going to review the Maybelline products I own.

 

 

The first product I am reviewing is "The Colossal Volum' Express Mascara". This range, I believe, has four different mascaras: Smoky Eyes, Cat Eye, Black and Black Waterproof. I own Smoky Eyes, costing £7.99. Maybelline mascaras are rated quite high by many bloggers and Youtubers, because of this when I went to buy a new mascara I had this is mind. I find this mascara does not go clumpy on my lashes and I can apply as much or as little as I need, depending on how I want my lashes to look that day. The smell of this mascara is quite strong when you are applying it, however this doesn't last long, I'm really struggling to identify the smell as it seems very familiar - if you've tried it what smell does it remind you of?!? It feels like a good quality mascara, if that makes sense, and I would recommend buying this. This is definitely one of my favourite Maybelline products. I hope to maybe try out some of the other mascaras Maybelline have to offer in the future.

 

Superdrug & Boots

 

 

The next product is the "Colour Tattoo" cream eye shadows. I currently own three of these: a bronze shade in 'On and on Bronze', 'Permanent Taupe' and in 'Pink-Gold' (however it seems to be called 'Eternal Pink' on the Superdrug website, unless this is a very similar colour). These retail at £4.99. (I have only photographed 'Pink-Gold' and On and on Bronze'.) I own three of the more natural shades, however Maybelline offer a range of colours to suit everyone's style. They claim to last 24hrs - I don't think they last the whole day; but they do last longer than a normal eye shadow. I find these super easy to apply and blend, and it barely feels as if you are wearing a lot of eye makeup. They are my go to eye shadow product and I find that I wear one of these almost every time I apply full eye makeup. Again like the mascara I would love to expand my collection of these.

 

Superdrug & Boots 

 

 

I purchased the "Master Precise" liquid eyeliner for £5.99. I didn't like the last liquid eyeliner I had as I found it difficult to get a thin line as the brush applicator (don't know what to call it...haha) was too thick. Because of this I intended on buying one with a thinner brush tip. This liquid eyeliner is perfect for this, it has a 0.4mm brush tip and I find it incredibly easy to get the thin eyeliner line I had been look for. I have tried to show you the type of line it creates on the side of my hand (image above), but taking this picture proved very tricky as I tried to get a clear image to show you how thin it was, the line on my hand and the packaging while trying not to drop the eyeliner on my bed or drop the camera (oh dear...) this is something I need to improve on. Anyway as you can hopefully see the line created is perfect and I also feel that it is super easy and quick to use. This product does last the whole day. I've had it for a while now and it hasn't dried out. I am still not the best at applying eyeliner but this has made it a lot easier.

 

Superdrug

 

 

I have decided to split this review into two parts as I feel this is already a very long blog post; and if you're anything like me you probably get bored when reading a very long post and I don't want that to happen here. So, thank you for reading and come back next Sunday for the second half of my Maybelline Review. Goodbyeee :)

 

 

Megan♡