18/11/2013 - outfit of the day

t shirt, uo £10.20; leggings, asos £9.99; creepers, ebay £12.99

ring, part of set, new look £3.99

stacking rings, part of set, new look £3.99

15/11/2013 - gap year

I'm in my final year of college now and I have no aspirations at all. None. Except to travel. I want to be able to work a job that I don't hate to save enough money to be able to travel for a while - and that got me and my partner on to thinking about maybe taking a gap year before I decide what I want to do. Hell, I might even get back and decide to go to university...

I did my research and a friend recommended a charity to me that her daughter is using to go on her gap year to Australia next year. The trips are costly (as is expected) but one particular trip caught my eye. A 5 month trip to China to teach English in either a primary school or a middle school. Evenings and weekends free to do whatever you like and travel as much as you can. I immediately decided this is what I want to do!

I have a love of Asian culture and have always wanted to travel there but was put off by the cost and the fact that, at the moment, I am a travel novice. This would be an amazing opportunity to not only gain confidence in travelling, but also be forced to learn Mandarin from the minute I got there! The prospect of being assigned to a placement where I'm the only volunteer is terrifying, as is being away from my mom and my partner for almost half a year but as long as there's internet at my host apartment (God, I hope there's internet), I can Skype and email everyday. I suppose it's time to start saving then...

And let's face it, it would make this blog a lot more interesting...

14/11/2013 - sick day shopping

I have a cold which seems to not want to quit and, after waking up last night with cold sweats and dizziness, decided I need to treat myself. I sold a few things on eBay last week meaning I had a bit of cash to spend (I'm keeping my Christmas present budget separate...) and went checked a few things of my wishlist.

Faux fur jacket, £29.99, H&M

My lovely lovely partner has ordered this for me as an early Christmas present and I'm a bit overexcited at the thought of wearing it. I've wanted a faux fur jacket for ages but never thought I could pull one off, but fuck it, they look good and I'm wearing it. I resisted the temptation to buy a black one and decided I needed something other than black in my wardrobe.

Tiny gold and black stacking rings, £3.99, New Look

Another present, this time from my mom. For whatever reason my mom randomly bought me these and I love them! They look so cute with a couple on each hand and I'll be wearing the black stone ring everyday! The twist and rope style rings are tiny and I really doubted whether they were going to fit on my fingers but they fit perfectly and look simple and chic. I needed some more toned down jewellery for my collection and I only really own statement rings so these are perfect!

Homies t shirt, £9.00, eBay

I love this T shirt!!! Obviously I need more black T shirts in my life ;) Ever since I saw Miley and co wearing their Homies sweaters all that time ago I've wanted one, and now I've joined the club. Simple and I can pair it with print leggings, which brings me on to my other purchase this week...

Versace inspired chain print leggings, £9.99, ASOS

Something else I've wanted for ages but didn't feel like I could pull off, print leggings! I hope they fit well since leggings always seem to fit strangely on me, probably since I'm 5ft with muscle-y looking legs. Will probably wear with my creepers.

I'll post some photos of these outfits soon! Follow my lookbook (vulpecula), I only have 1 look posted currently but I'll be posting some more over the new few weeks :)

11/11/2013 - make-up post

I get asked a lot what make-up I use, and what my daily make-up routine is. So here ya go.

I'm no pro with make-up so I don't complain if I'm not using a product properly, I just use products in whatever way they suit me.

Foundation and Concealer

Before I apply any make-up at all I use a fragrance-free moisturisier because my skin sucks and I need it. I use Simple Hydrating because it's light and doesn't make me look all greasy for the rest of the day. For my foundation I use 2true (Superdrug's own brand) Matte Foundation in Shade 2. It's so cheap but it works just as well as any other brand I've tried and doesn't look cakey. 

£3.79

£1.99

I use 2true Concealer Cover n Conceal in Shade 2 underneath my eyes and over any blemishes I have. It's easy to blend (I don't have any blending brushes so I just use my finger...)

£1.99

Eyebrows

I've only really just got the hang of getting my eyebrows to look how I want them to, but I used this tutorial and this is basically exactly how I do mine:

Mine are obviously a lot darker and thicker than this, but that's the look I like to go for. I use a Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown and use the same concealer as before to blend.

£2.99

Eyes

This is the bit that takes me the longest. I use the Rimmel Glam Eyes Trio Eyeshadow in Orion. I start by using the smallest brush to coat my eyelid up to the crease in the cream/white shade. Then I take a wider brush and fill the crease and the corners of my eyelid with the darkest brown shade, and then blending.

£6.49

Then I move on the liquid liner.This takes me a while to get both sides symmetrical but I tend to do a huge wing and then use a cotton bud to get them down to the size I want and neaten them up a bit. I use 2true Effortless Eyeliner in No 1 Black. I prefer using wand liquid eyeliners to brushes or pens as I find them a lot easier to use. 

£1.99

I have pretty long, dark eyelashes anyway so using mascara tends to make them look ridiculous. If I'm going to use any mascara (for example if I'm not wearing any other eye make-up) then I'll use 2true Instant Colour Mascara in Shade 3 (clear).

£1.99

Lips

I have a couple of favourite lipsticks that I wear, depending on my outfit. Most of the time I wear Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick in Fatal Red. It's a very bright red (without looking cheap) but also stays on well, I only have to top it up once or twice in the day, usually after eating or drinking. It's a bit expensive for me, who is used to paying £1.99 for 2true products, but going for cheaper red lipsticks never usually works out well. If I'm trying to go for a more natural look I'll use Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick in Rose Pearl, however I've been using that less since I dyed my hair red as they don't really go well together :( 

£7.19

£7.19

My newest lipstick (and new favourite) is the 2true Glossywear Lipstick in Shade 10. It's a gorgeous dark cranberry colour and it looks so good! I wasn't sure how good it would be, as I tend to distrust cheap lipstick, but it's moisturising and the colour lasts for ages! It's very good quality for the price :)

£1.99

Okay so that's my daily make-up routine. If you have any product suggestions that I might like, comment or message me on tumblr!!

*All the prices I've listed are the prices in Superdrug, which is where I buy my make-up!*

11/11/2013 - nail post #1

These nails are all currently for sale in my etsy shop and a few are for sale on my bigcartel store! I love painting nails and I'm selling them to try and raise some money for Christmas presents/tattoo fund/buying more false nails fund :))

Christmas Fairisle nails £5 etsy // bigcartel

Kawaii hearts and bows decoden set £5 etsy // bigcartel

Romantic pastel floral set (in either glossy or matte) £5 etsy

Diamante matte gold £5 etsy // bigcartel

Palm tree gold foil set £3.50 etsy // bigcartel

Hearts and bows gel set £5 etsy // bigcartel

Christmas snowflake set £3.50 etsy

10/11/13 - november

I meant to do this post on the 1st of November, but that didn't happen...

I can't believe it's November already. It's a sort of bittersweet feeling, since I'm so excited for build up to Christmas (the build up is better than the actual day) and not so excited about all the college work I'm supposed to have done by now. But I'm going to procrastinate further and post some cliche autumn photos I took the other day :)

cliche pumpkin photo for autumn

09/11/2013 - outfit of the day

sweatshirt and jeans from primark, secondhand docs

ring part of a set from new look