Louise Kaitlin

Halloween is less than 3 days away now and I don't know about you but my mum only buys our pumpkin a day before Halloween, I know, it's so annoying! However, it does give me plenty of time to decide what I am going to carve into my pumpkin. Ideas are endless and the frustration to find the best one is real, therefore below I have included a list of things you could carve your pumpkin into. I hope this helps some of you.

Design Ideas:

• Scary Faces - as simple as this sounds, it can be the most effective looking thing on a pumpkin, the options for this are endless and the more you let your imagination run the better your pumpkin will look.
• Characters - this can be anything from Disney characters, to typical Halloween including bats and witches. Have fun, pick wicked and wild things, let your imagination take over. 
• Patterns - if you're not into the whole Halloween being scary thing then finding a nice geometric or unusual pattern could be a nice idea, make it simple or make it intricate, it's completely up to you.
• Your own face - it could be quite interesting if you were to carve a portrait of either yourself, a friend or a member of family. Make it fun and interesting by making them look scary or nice, depends what type of person you are:) (i'd make my family look scary!)
• 'Sick' pumpkin - I love this idea, basically what you do is you carve a normal face of a pumpkin, making sure the mouth is open, and then you add the inner of the pumpkin as sick falling out of it's mouth. CLICK TO SEE AN EXAMPLE 

Hello everyone!

Today's post is a collab with the ever so gorgeous Ellie from petiteelliee.blogspot.co.uk so make sure you go check out her post after reading mine. Myself and Ellie decided to do a 'what's in my autumn/winter makeup bag' so we have both included different items.

The first thing i have in my makeup bag is concealer, i like to have 2 different types as i prefer to mix them together to make the perfect colouring. I have the Collection 'lasting perfection' concealer and the Rimmel 'wake me up'.

Next up is the Maybelline 'master sculpt' as i like to try and keep some bronzer and tan on my face throughout winter, because i love summer too much and want to keep it with me the best i can! I love the highlighter in this set as its the perfect glimmer for pale skin.

Now we have the eye makeup, i like to carry round minimal makeup so i tend to stick with the Maybelline 'colour tattoo' as its the perfect gold colour for autumn/winter. I pair this with the Maybelline precise liner and mascara 'great lash'. These compliment each other and make the look. I love using golds and silver eyeshadows within the winter.

Lastly, is lips, now my lips get super dry in the winter months so i head straight towards my Carmex as its a heavy duty lip balm and keeps my lips moisturized throughout the day. For lipstick i like to head towards browny pinks and nudes as i feel it compliments my skin tone much more than brighter colours.

That is all for my winter/autumn makeup bag! make sure you go check out Ellie's post and comment below what you thought!

Until next time, byee!

Jumper // Newlook
Scarf // Primark
Jeans // Topshop (joni)
Boots // Timberland

As we near the end of September i get more and more excited for the autumn. Although the first day of autumn was the other day, it doesn't quite feel right when the sun is still shining. However, i have thought about the different outfits i want wear for those chilly autumnal mornings. In the morning, i automatically head towards a pair of black jeans, it's just my thing and you can create so many amazing outfits with a pair. Completing this outfit is a cosy jumper to keep me warm throughout the day. A tartan scarf because who doesn't love a bit of tartan and finally my ever so beloved timberlands, which save me through the autumn and winter from those frozen toes and at the end of the day you have a perfect autumnal outfit!  

As a lover of all things beauty i'm forever finding new things to try out. However, having sensitive skin does have it's limitations when it comes to face products and skincare, i have to be careful with my choice because unfortunately my skin reacts so easily. So for years and years i have always stuck with the boring, old, cheap makeup wipes that you can pick up for about £1 at nearly every store. After reading and hearing about the Garnier Micellar cleansing water and all it's good reviews, i thought i would bite the bullet and give it a try, at the end of the day i wasn't going to loose much in doing so. 

To me taking makeup off after a long day is the single most boring chore ever, so i wanted to find something quick and efficient in removing that long lasting lipstick along with the mascara that has dried like cement to your lashes. So i picked up this bottle from my local Boots and it was on deal, so hello bonus! it cost me about £4? maybe a bit less and later that day i decided to try it. 

This is what it looks like to remove the makeup(SEE BELOW). The build up of foundation and dirt along with some bronzer and those on fleek eyebrows can be clearly seen to be removed. I was amazed at how quickly it did its job, i mean at the end of the day its 'water' right? Eye makeup is probably the hardest thing to remove, as i said before, mascara is like cement at the end of the day. And as you can see from the image below it was removed so easily and completely. I did give it 2 cleans but the second time there was hardly any there.

Left is the removal of EYE MAKEUP Right is the removal of FACE/BASE MAKEUP

At the end of the day, the main purpose is to remove your makeup, which it does really well, other than that it really does just seem like water in a bottle (which by all means is NOT a bad thing) but actually quite good.

This post was not part of a collaboration nor was this product sent to me by a company, all products in this post were brought with my own money, and all reviews as always are my own opinions.

I hope you enjoyed this post, and i will speak to you all soon.

Hello everyone, so i know i haven't posted in a while and that's because i've been away on holiday. If you can't tell from the title, i went to Turkey. I went for a week with my family where we stayed in a Holiday Village and if you're unsure as to what that is, it is basically an all inclusive hotel where there's unlimited food and drink and it includes daytime entertainment and evening entertainment. (basically it's a package holiday).

I thought i would share with you some images i took, i didn't take too many as the hotel was kid heaven so there was hundreds of children around and obviously you have to be super careful when taking photos. We also didn't adventure out of the hotel because of the fighting and terrorism within turkey/syria at the moment, so it was advised to stay within the resort. 

We (meaning myself and my family) have been to turkey before but it was a few years ago so we decided to return and luckily for some i guess, Turkey was experiencing a heatwave at the time of our travels which meant the temperature was extremely hot basically an average of 38 degrees. Anyway so even though we didn't get to experience any of the Turkish culture outside the hotel, the hotel did really well with bringing it to us. There was lots of amazing Turkish food, for breakfast they had these Turkish doughnuts and oh my they were so nice. So to be honest this holiday wasn't the most adventurous but I still had a really good time chilling by the pool and meeting some lovely people both English and Turkish.

Thankyou to those of you who have actually read all that above, i do appreciate and i will have normal blog posts back next week (maybe this saturday). Please comment down below your favourite holiday destination as i'd love to know and maybe see about travelling places you guys recommend.

See you soooooon my lovees!

Hello again, so a few days ago i was looking through my audience stats and noticed that one of my most popular blog posts EVER was my 'current fotd' which i posted a few months ago. So i thought why not do another one for you, as it has changed slightly for the summer.

Products Used:

NYC 'BB cream' in light.
Rimmel London 'Wake me up' concealer in ivory.
Rimmel London 'Natural bronzer' in sunny bronze.
Collection 'Volumising mascara' in black.
Maybelline 'Colour tattoo' in Eternal Gold.
Essence lip liner.
Essence lipstick in natural.
Maybelline colour drama.

Explanation:

I usually prefer to use a light coverage for my base in the summer because of the warm weather. That's why i use a BB cream over a foundation. I like to use a bit of concealer to cover any blemishes or unevenness in my skin. Where i will then bronze up, i tend to use a bronzer over blusher as i feel it looks better under direct sunlight. I like to use a basic eyeshadow which is brightening, i head more towards golds and pinkey/champagne colours. Where i will top it all off with some mascara that will make my lashes look natural and long. For lips i like to go with pink/nude colours as it isn't too much of a statement and can look a little more natural. I have chosen 3 which are listed and pictured above, i will have swatches on my instagram soon, if you like to see.

Thankyou for reading and i really hope you guys like this post as much as my previous FOTD. Leave some comments on your favourite products for summer, or what you like the look of from my selection. Speak to you all soon xxx