Best Christmas Present Ever: Mulberry Bayswater

I can't believe I'm typing this, but for Christmas this year my sister and I got a Mulberry Bayswater!! On Christmas morning (7am to be exact), my Mum & Dad told us they had gotten us an extra special present as we had both graduated form Uni this year. We sat on the couch and closed our eyes while my Mum went to get the presents, we had no idea what it could be. We felt a massive weight on our knees and as soon as we opened our eyes and saw the 'Mulberry' logo we started screaming and hugging eachother before we had even opened the bag! Inside were two amazing Bayswater's, I got the Oak and Rebekah got the Black.

I think I've been asking for this bag every birthday/Christmas since I was 16, it was my dream bag and I never, ever thought I'd own one. The Bayswater is Mulberry's most iconic bag, it's such a timeless style and colour so i'll be able to use it forever! It features a Postman's lock closure and has two internal slip pockets and an internal zip pocket as you can see in the photos above. The interior is lined with gorgeous suede and as soon as you open it, you can smell the amazing leather. It also has belted sides that can be adjusted to give it more room inside.

This is the most amazing item I have ever owned, thank you so much Mum and Dad!! The last photo is of me and my sister wearing our Christmas jumpers and holding our gorgeous new bags, definitely my favourite.
Hope everyone had an amazing Christmas and got spoiled!

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas everyone! I can't believe it's Christmas Eve already, this years flew in. I thought I'd share some photos of some of the Christmas decorations I have around my house. Tonight I'm spending the night with my mum and sister having a pamper and a wee glass of bubbly. We've got our rollers in, Christmas Eve pyjamas on (we get new ones every Christmas Eve, its tradition) and we're watching loads of Christmas films. I'm painting my toes with my gorgeous Rimmel precious stones nail polish and sticking on my amazing Santa fake nails Fantastic, Fun, Fashion sent me! I'm so excited for tomorrow, especially my dinner. I hope everyone has an amazing day tomorrow and Santa's good to you all!

New Year's Eve Dresses

Since everyone's probably got their Christmas dresses sorted, I thought I'd do a post on some of my favourite picks for New Years Eve. I chose dresses for every budget and that will flatter all different shapes, so there should be something for everyone.

• French Connection - While browsing the French Connection website, I came across this gorgeous gold bodycon dress - very Herve Leger! The stretch-knit sculpts the body and shows off your curves. It's such a festive colour and it's in the sale!

• River Island - I've actually tried this dress on in the store and I loved it! A maxi dress always makes such a statement at a party and the gold detail gives it more of an edge. I also think £45 is a very reasonable price for a River Island dress.

• New Look - Nothing says NYE Party like some sparkle. This embellished dress is perfect for the party season and is such a bargain at £30. Wear your hair up to show off that gorgeous decolletage - don't forget to add some highlighter to your collar bones!

• Miss Selfridge - You can never go wrong with an LBD. The prom style is so flattering and the feathers and sequins add a little something special to it. A bit on the pricey side, but its worth it!

• Topshop - If you're not sure of what style to go for, lace is so classic and elegant. Add a berry lip and you'll be good to go!

I hope this has given you some ideas, I think my favourite has to be the Miss Selfridge feather prom dress. Have you found your perfect New Year's Eve dress yet?

Festive Makeup Look

Sorry I haven't been blogging as much as I usually do, I've not had much time recently. Since I've got a day off today I decided to do a post on a festive makeup look that's perfect for any parties you've got over Christmas and New Year. I decided to go for sparkly, smoky eyes and a classic red lip - such a festive combo!

Products I used:

Face

Giorgio Armani Lumious Silk Foundation

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder

Chanel Tan De Soleil

NARS Orgasm Blush

Dior Amber Diamond

Eyes

Benefit Brow Zings

Chanel Illusion D'Ombre - Illusoire 

MAC Silver Pigment

MAC Carbon

Barry M Silver Glitter Dust

Maybelline Gel Liner

MAC Feline Kohl Liner

Benefit They're Real! Mascara

Eylure 140 False Lashes

Lips

MAC Lip Liner Brick

MAC Russian Red Lipstick

I hope you like the look I created! What makeup will you be wearing over the party season?

The Christmas Tag

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I've seen this tag on a couple of blogs recently and have really enjoyed reading them. Since I'm not feeling very Christmassy at the moment, I thought i'd do it to get me in the mood!

1. What is your favourite thing about Christmas?
My favourite thing about Christmas is Christmas day, all my family get together and go to my Gran and Grampa's for dinner. It's so nice having all the family together at once, there's usually about 14 of us all round the table!

2. What is your favourite makeup look for the festive season?
I love the usual bright red lips at Christmas time, its so festive! However, recently I tried a smoky eye makeup look Tanya Burr did a tutorial on using MAC's Club and Cranberry eye shadows and I absolutely loved it, its my new favourite! You can watch the tutorial here.

3. Real or fake tree?
This year we have a fake tree, but we've had a real tree before and I prefer them because they're more traditional. The only downside is that they're a bit of a pain when all the needles fall everywhere!

4. Giving or receiving presents?
Giving! I love Christmas shopping for my family and friends and seeing how excited they get when they open their gifts. Receiving gifts isn't too bad either though ;)

5. Do you open your presents in the morning or evening?
I open presents from my mum, dad & sister in the morning and I usually get dragged out of bed at 7am because my mum's so excited!! Then later on, after dinner we open presents from the rest of the family when we're all together.

6. Handmade or bought Christmas cards?
 I'm not really a fan of cards, but homemade ones are much more thoughtful. I'm so bad - I don't give out Christmas cards to anyone!

7. What is your favourite Christmas film?
Since I was a wee girl my favourite Christmas film has always been Miracle on 34th Street, I still think that's the real Santa in it.

8. What is your favourite Christmas food?
There's so many Christmas food's I like! I love anything that has brie and cranberry on it and on Christmas Day my Grampa makes an amazing paté that I love eating with Cranberry sauce. Ok, I'd say Cranberry sauce is my favourite Christmas food!

I tag everyone! If you do/have done this tag please link me it below :)

How To: My Weekend Hair

A few people have been asking me how I do my hair for a night out and if I could do a blog post on it, so I've finally decided to do it. It was quite hard to show you in photos but if there's any questions just ask in the comments - it's actually really simple!

What I use:

• Velcro rollers
• Clip in hair extensions
• Dust it/Plumping Powder
• GHD straighteners 
• Denman backcombing brush
• Volumising Hairspray

Step 1: I start by sectioning my hair and putting in velcro rollers and if I have time I'll put them all over my head but if I'm in a rush I'll just put them at my crown to add volume. I then heat them up with the hair dryer and spray in some hairspray to set it. I usually do my makeup and things while my rollers are in then take them out about an hour (ish) later.

Step 2: Once I take my rollers out, I start clipping in my extensions. I have 10 pieces so I just start from the bottom and clip 2 in each layer of hair. My hair is only a couple of inches shorter than my extensions and I mainly use them to add thickness to it as it's quite thin.

Step 3: Once my extensions are in I curl them using my GHD straighteners. You can also use curling tongs but I feel like my curls last longer using straighteners, they tend to fall out if I use tongs. My extensions are usually still curly from the last time so sometimes I don't need to do much to them.

Step 4: Once my hair is all curled, I like to add some Osis Dust It or TRESemme Plumping Powder to my crown as it helps give my hair volume and also helps the backcombing stay in.

Step 5: I use my Denman backcombing brush (which is amazing) to backcomb my hair at the crown in sections. I then smooth my hair over the top of the backcombing to hide the birds nest!! 

Step 6: I finish off my hair with loads of hairspray to hold it in place then use my hands to mess it up a bit.

So there you go, that's how I do my hair when I'm going out and as you can see it's actually really easy. Hope this post helped the girls that asked how I do my hair :)

Rimmel Precious Stones: Diamond Dust

Today I decided to play about with my Mum's DSLR she uses for work and also her Christmas decorations (she's definitely going to notice I touched the tree) and do a pretty, Christmassy post.

At Christmas time my favourite nail polish to wear is definitely glitter, its so festive! I have so many glitter nail polishes in my collection but could never seem to find one that was opaque enough to wear on it's own, until I discovered the Rimmel Precious Stones collection.

Precious Stones comes in two colours; Diamond Dust and Ruby Crush. I decided to go for Diamond Dust as I think it would go with more outfits during the party season. Rimmel describes this as a 'high coverage glitter nail polish' and I definitely agree it has high coverage. I only needed two coats for it to become completely opaque - amazing! I usually use glitter polish as a top coat as it takes so many layers to build it up, but this has really surprised me. It dries to a matte finish which doesn't bother me as I always put a shiny top coat over my nail polish anyway.

Precious Stones is a bargain at £3.99 and can be bought in Boots or Superdrug. It's definitely my new favourite glitter polish and I'll be picking up Ruby Crush asap.

Have you tried these nail polishes?

Weekend Face: Before & After

I wasn't sure if I was brave enough to do this post but I thought I would suck it up and show you what I look like before (so bad) and after I do my makeup for a night out - excuse the rollers!! In the first photo I've got no makeup or fake tan on at all, then there's the after photo which shows you how much a little bit a lot of makeup can transform you.

Face

St Moriz Dark Tan

Armani Luminous Silk Foundation

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

Chanel Tan De Soleil (Universal Bronzer)

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder

NARS Orgasm Blush

Dior Amber Diamond Highlighter

Eyes

Benefit Brow Zings

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MAC Club Shadow

MAC Cranberry Shadow

MUA Heaven & Earth Palette

MAC Feline Kohl Liner 

Benefit They're Real! Mascara

Eylure 140 Lashes

Lips

MAC Angel

So there you go, it takes a lot of makeup for me to look decent for a night out, but it's totally worth it!! I had two Christmas nights out this weekend so I thought I'd also share some photos...

                                      Dress: Topshop                                        Dress: New Look
                                      Belt: New Look                                       Shoes: Kurt Geiger
                                      Shoes: New Look                                    Jewellery: Oasis

Hope everyone had a good weekend!