Instagrammin' #2

Hey Blogletts,
Here are my recent Instagram posts .... _hollyx

 

No shave novemeber anyone?

Which jacket?

unsure:/

Having fun at Ciao

Playing cards whilst we wait



Tesco has made my life

Lucy's birthday present done

Penguin onesie

   

Scary facemask

 











Hope you enjoyed

Bye for now xx

Oops ....

Hey Blogletts,
So I haven't blogged in a while and for this I am sorry.
I have been uninspired and focussed on my new YouTube channel - HeyUsAgain.
However now I am ready to blog again.
Sorry
Bye for now xx
Check out the beauty blog http://goodgollyitsholly.blogspot.co.uk/

Instagrammin' #1

Hey blogletts,
I've been super busy lately so haven't had the time to blog ... however here are my instagram pictures from this week. My instagram is _hollyx.

Hope you enjoyed.
Don't forget to check out my beauty blog - goodgollyitsholly
Bye for now xx

August Favourites

Hey Blogletts,
So this will be the random things I have been enjoying this month .....

PORK -
I don't know where this has come from but at the moment I eat pork like there is no tomorrow.

Nerds -
My favourite unhealthy thing this month is the wonka nerds.  They are just so sour but sweet and dream like - this is what they eat in sweet heaven

 

 

New Girl -

This has been my favourite tv programme of the month as it just makes me chuckle (and I love Zooey)

 

 

So they have been some random fave's of mine this month, what are yours?

 

P.S for beauty and fashion check out  http://www.goodgollyitsholly.blogspot.co.uk

 

Bye for now xx

WE'VE MOVED - a little reminder

Hello there ,
Just to remind you the beauty and fashion side of this blog has moved to GoodGollyItsHolly.blogspot.
xxx

Mini Spain haul & news ...

Hey Blogletts,
So I am home from the land of the Spanish, well Majorca really, and have decided to do something new aswell.

I didn't pick up too much over there but I did get 3 things.
First of all from Arta market I got this green dress which I love. It is nice and loose, which was good for the heat, and the neckline/collar is quite pretty so I thbuought hey ho its only 11 euros why not.

Sorry about the mess in the background, I was packing.

Then I got a Lola eyebase. I had never heard of the brand Lola but I thought I would give it a go and so far I am really impressed. It was around 10 euros in a makeup shop.

Finally, there was a band playing in a cafe and they were selling cd's for 5 euros so I got one as they .were soooooo good, can't understand a word of it but still it is so relaxing.

Now for the news .... I am starting a new blog! It will still be about beauty and fashion, I just wanted a fresh start as I felt like this blog isn't going anywhere. I will be posting more regularly and I am very excited for this new venture. I hope you will continue to support me however I completely understand if you think it isn't your thing. The new blog is .... GoodGollyIt'sHolly - http://goodgollyitsholly.blogspot.co.uk/ .

I will still be keeping this blog for posts on other things such as cooking and craft projects!
What are your favourite things to buy on holiday?

Bye for now xx

Back !

Hey Blogletts,
Just to let you know I am back from holiday.
I have a few posts written so they will be up in the next few days.
I will be going away again next week for 4 weeks but I will still try and post when I am at a library (as I am going to the middle of nowhere with no internet)
Hope you are all okay and having fun.
Bye for now xx

Chitter chatter

Hey Blogletss,
I have not done a post in ages AGAIN. Rather sorry, I have been a little busy looking at university options eeekk! Time does fly.
Also once again I am ill, jeez you'd think I'd stop being such a sick person but no, so getting out of bed feels not so good. However as soon as I'm feeling chipper, I will rush up to get a post up for you blogletts.
Hope you don't mind too much, if there is anything you want me to do, I will take note and try and fulfill your request.
Bye for now xx

London Haul - Camden Market & Westfields

Hey Blogletts,
So to celebrate no more exams ... till January .... we descided to take a trip to London. We thought it would be nice to go to Camden Market, WOW , I thought it was going to be an up and down market but boy was I wrong. It is HUGE and scattered everywhere, we didn't buy things really from stools but more from the little shops.
First of all I picked up a little headscarf from a retro vintage shop, I have wanted one for a while and loved this pattern so couldn't resist.

Then I have been searching for a Joy Division T-Shirt ever since I saw Jen from 'clothes encounters' wearing one, and finally my quest is over. I love this and think it will look great with leggings.

So it is my Mum's birthday soon and she is into old niknak type things so when I saw this sign I had to get it for her.

Then we moved on to Westfields, the second best place in the world, after Selfridges.
Now I had a traumatic time in Forever 21, my friend takes hours to try things on and look so hot, flustered and sore feet does not = happy Holly no no no. But I did find this jacket which was a bit contraversial. I hated it on the hanger but thought to myself I need a jacket I have none so tried it on and it was love. It is a cross between a jacket and a blazer so can be dressed up or down, sooo versatile.

Then this is where the damage was done, Zara. I love Zara, it is my favourite shop and I want to live in there, the clothes are nice, the layout is nice and the staff are nice - important in my books.
Now there has been a jacket flying round Youtube and the Blogging world and I thought well maybe I should look out for it but in doing this I found something way better, oh yes. It is a denim jacket, which I have wanted for ages, with p-leather sleeves. I am in LOVE. It was £40 but in my eyes well worth it. I may have freaked out the cashier by saying to my friend 'I am going to live in it and even patch it up if it breaks.' She also got a jacket, not the same one, and we were sooo happy.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed this haul.

Anything on your wishlist for this month?

Bye for now xx

Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo - Eternal Gold

Hey Blogletts,
So there has been a huge craze over these products by Maybelline so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and get one, I tried to resist but I couldn't for much longer.
For those of you crazy cats that don't know what these are, they are a gel-cream shadow, quite comparable with MAC paint pots but at a fraction of the price, yay.
So I picked up the colour 05 - Eternal Gold, which is a shimmery gold champagne colour, perfect light colour for summer!

This lasts a long time, suggested by the 24hr in the name. I'm not too sure it would last 24hrs as I don't tend to wear my makeup for longer that 5-6 hours but it lasts pretty well for that time. These are perfect bases for powder shadows or look great on their own. As I'm a bit paranoid that my eyeshadows are going to crease, so I will always set cream products so I am not too sure whether it will crease or not however I have read other reviews and most people say they do not crease.

Overall this is such a good product and I really reccomend these to everyone, also got my eyes on the shade 'on and on bronze'.

I hope this has been helpful and let me know what your favourite cream eyeshadow is.

Bye for now xx

Magazine of the month #2 - Glamour

Hey Blogletts,
So a while a go I did a 'Magazine of the month' post on where you got a free soap and glory mascara with InSyle I think.
Well it is not that time of the year where Glamour teams up with Benefit, last year they had benetint and highbeam, this year there is a choice between 'bad gal lash' mascara, 'that gal' primer or 'the porefessional' primer.

Well I have wanted to try the porefessional for a long time now so of course I jumped at the chance. It is a pretty incy sample however the full size bottle isn't that big anyway so it isn't a big deal.

I may have gone a little crazy and have got 3 ..... but it my defence the magazine is only £2 compared to the product being at £23 ish.

Hope this has been helpful

Bye for now xx

Super quick cooking

Hey Blogletts,
So where I am in the UK it has been rather humid and hot for the past few days, I'm all for a bit of hot but there is no movement of cool air. This just makes people feel lazy and hot food on top of the heat is just a thought that does not want to cross my mind.
So I thought I would share a super quick, light meal I cook on days like this - crab tagliatelle.

First of all, I simply cook some pasta (they didn't have tagliatelle at my local coop so pasta will have to do).
Then whilst this is cooking I chop up half of a yellow pepper. Any pepper would do and any amount, this is just what I prefer.
When the pasta is done, I drain it off, shake it out, letting the water drain off and the pasta to cool down.
I then take a tin of crab, pour the 'juices' over the pasta then distribute the crab throughout.
I then take the pepper and fry it in soy sauce, oh my gosh tastes so goood.
Finally put it all on a plate and hey presto, super quick, easy, yummy dinner.

So I hope this is useful for those humid, 'sweaty' days (nice Holly nice). Also if you're a little lazy in the kitchen like me it doesn't involve much!

What's your perfect food for these muggy days? - found the word I was looking for - muggy.
Bye for now xx

My top 3 perfumes

Hey Blogletts,
So I recently was given a gift set for my favourite perfume which rekindled my love for it and some of my other perfumes. I thought I would just share these with you.
First of all, my favourite perfume is Thierry Mugler 'Angel' perfume. I LOVE THIS. My mum used to wear this all the time so it reminds me of my childhood and good memories, which I like in a perfume. On the debenhams website the descrition is a load of tosh so I won't relay this but I feel it is quite a mature scent but light enough to wear in the day and slightly fruity, not too much though.

This is only 25ml so the bottle looks a little different. The full size price is around £45 a little pricey but when this runs out I will purchase this again.

So my second favourite is another Thierry Mugler and it's 'Alien'. This is more of a night time perfume as it is strong, a little goes a long way. This scent is difficult to describe, it is more mature than angel, the website says zesty, not sure about that.

This is only a sample but as I said a little goes a long way, it can be overpowering so if you put too much on, try flapping about a bit. The full size is again around £45 and I will repurchase, just may take a while.

Finally the wonder which is Ange ou demon by Givenchy. Again more of a mature scent, oriental flower like some may say. I like this but again more for going out as it's a little strong again.

I like this bottle the most, so classy. The price is around £40 so not as pricey as the others.

EXTRA

I thought I would add a runner up. G perfume I loved this then some stuff has gone down with the company who I can't spell the name of (harijuku). This is super fruity and great for the summer. You can still sometimes find this in TKMaxx, the most stressful shop but they do have great beauty baragains!

So that was my top 3 perfumes.

Hope you enjoyed!

What's your favourite perfume?

Bye for now xx

What's in my bag? #2 mini pouch of wonder

Hey Blogletts,
I wasn't expecting to do the second part of 'what's in my bag' so soon, but I thought I am on study leave at the moment so procrastination has lead me here ( I would also start to forget).
So if you didn't read my last post, I am doing a series of 'what's in my bag.' I don't want to do a mamoth long post so I am sectioning it up. Plus my bag contents generally stays the same, they just get shifted from bag to bag.
You may notice a theme of pouches or mini bags appearing and that is because I like to keep my bag organised and know where to find things there and then.
This pouch just contains random bits and pieces that are useful but don't really fit in anywhere else.
Here it is, with cute little cupcakes on. Not sure where it is from as it was a gift, sorry.

Okay so next, I have a fear of smelling bad so I generally will have a body spray on me at all times (I don't smell a lot I just want to smell nice). This is a Ted Baker one I got in a set for Christmas and I adore this smell plus it tends to last a little longer than the usual body spray

Then I am a bit of a germ freak so have a bottle of hand sanitizer (along with about 3 others in different places in the bag). I am really a fan of this one, it has a nice lemony smell, kind of like toilet cleaner, but it makes me feel clean and sanitized



I will also carry a hand cream as I like to have softy softy hands, there is nothing worse than dry feeling hands, dry feelings make me cringe . This is a small version of the infamous Loccitaine hand cream, love it! A cheaper alternative is the soap and glory hand food which smells amazing.



 I carry around a moisturiser, just because when I have a cold and blow my nose (gross but it happend) my skin can tend to get a little dry so I depotted some Loreal Revitalift in a clarins sample pot. I have no opinion on this moisturiser, its good for dry skin but as I have oily I only use it for this purpose.



Next I carry a mini nail file. My nails are weak and bendy so tend to rip, that means they usually get caught on things like clothing, so having a file just means I can get rid of the rough edges.



Then just some random bits, some change and safety pins.

So I hope you enjoyed this and keep an eye out for the next post!

Do you keep pouches or not? let me know

Bye for now xx



What's in my bag? #1 makeup bag

Hey Blogletts,
So I thought I would do a what's in my bag post, however instead of boring you with everything in one big go I am going to break it up into sections. My bag may constantly change but the contents is pretty much the same so this series will show you what is in there you nosy lot.
First of all my makeup bag. I don't tend to carry tooo much around with me but some products are my bag staples for throughout the day.
The bag itself I got from a valentines day blog swap. It has pretty bows on and is a good size although there is a lot of spare room ....

Now for the contents :

 Maybelline dream matte powder, sadly have hit pan on this. This is my staple powder and as I have OILY skin I carry it around everywhere to powder throughout the day

To apply this I use the Bourjois kabuki  , wouldn't really reccomend this, its scratchy and not great to wash, I am considering getting the body shop one

Then I have my Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer. I am not the greatest fan of this and have a pretty love hate relationship with this. I carry it around as it is a spare concealer which is good if mine wears throughout the day, washes by rain or a spot pops up from nowhere, grrr I hate those







 Next an eyebrow pencil from Rimmel, I can't find the shade (hazel maybe) but it's a mid brown although my hair is blonde, my eyebrows are dark. I don't tend to fill in my brows, mine are pretty thick anyway and usually I forget but if I'm on the go and feel they look a little sparse of are unrully I quicly whip it through and can use the little brush on the end

A few lip products now. First of all my favourite lip balm, the rose petal salve. Love the texture and taste

Then the 17 mirror shine in beehive, I wear this everyday and I never go anywhere without it

So that's it, I told you it wasn't much but I always carry it everywhere.

I hope you enjoyed this and let me know what makeup you carry around with you if any!

(keep a little eye out for the next whats in my bag)

Bye for now xx





brb exams :(

Hey Blogletts,

That time of the year again, exams.
I am going to have to knuckle down and revise for a few weeks so that means taking a break from blogging.
I am very sorry but my grades have to come first right now :\ gosh look at me being serious.
Anyway I hope you are all having a great time right now
Bye for now xx

4 from /04 - April favourites

Hey Blogletts,
So I thought I would do a little post on what I had been loving lately.

No1. Stila convertible colour - petunia

This colour is perfect for my skin tone aka pale and ghost like. It is quite a bright pink but can be sheered out when blended, which you have to do pretty quickly before it sets but once it sets its there for good.

No2. Collection 2000 extreme 24 hour felt tip liner

I normally use Loreal super liner however that is running low so I remembered that I used to love this and yes I have rekindeld that love. It is easy to use, pigmented and just great. I also find this easier to wing out compared to the Loreal one. I absolutely love it and the cheap price tag.

No3. MAC All that glitters

This is such a lovely goldy, nudey shimmery colour I have loved wearing all over the lid with a darker brown in the crease. I absolutely love this, not the price though tad on the pricey side but well worth it.

SWATCHES -

Left to right: All that glitters, Collection 2000 felt tip liner and stila convertible colour

No4. Miss sporty liquid concealer

I got this for free a little while ago when I got 2 nail polishes so I wasn't expecting much from this. However I was so suprised to find that I love this! I find the collection 2000 one too difficult to blend although I love the coverage, whereas this is creamy and has medium but buildable coverage. I absolutely love this and it claims it has vitamins E and C. Not sure what this does but hey ho sounds good haha.

So those were my favourites of last month, hope you enjoyed.

Bye for now xx