Miss Manga Mascara review

Now I have to say I'm a little bit of a sucker for the cute Japanese kind of style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLPBGOIdswU

And I can tell you I was certainly suckered into buying this after seeing the adverts..

Suckered, I tell you. I have to say this was a pretty disappointing purchase and I'm glad I only bought it at it's offer price.

It didn't do a whole lot for my lashes as mascaras go it was pretty poor I didn't feel it made them any fuller in the slightest.

It has a bendy head too, for what reason, I do not know..? In the advert it looks like the bendyness is used to help create bottom lashes, completely irrelevant as far as I'm concerned. It didn't bend once and unless your lashes are made of steel I don't see how the wand is meant to bend.

I really like loreal especially their eyeliners so I was very disappointed by this gimmicky edition..

Pretty Planters

 Hey there Glitter Pixie's,

Well Spring is here..hard to believe with all of the rain but I've made up a couple of spring like planters, in the hope of hurrying it along a little.

It's hard to compete sometimes with the supermarkets who do often have some quite nice planters..so I've gone a 'lil' upcycle by using a sundae glass, which I think looks really quirky.

I seem to have a thing for incorporating flowers and desserts O_O

Let me know what you think!

A belated Happy New Year!

Onwards to 2014 y'all

I hope that 2014 brings more opportunities new friends and travel!

I've a fair few weddings to get my floristry teeth into, and will hopefully do a few more makeup inspired looks too.

Thank you to all who have followed my little blog on Bloglovin, cheers me dears!

K xxxxx

Disney inspired Make up look 1: Tinkerbell

Hey there glitter pixie's!

True to form was having a browse on tinternet and couldn't resist doing a Disney inspired make up looks.

Ohhhh Yeah and to kick off my fav: Tinkerbell <3

How did I acheive this look, well I'll tell ya!

EYES:

I started off with a a primer, then a very white eye shadow from my Sleek Make up au natural pallete.

Which I did all around the eye right up to the brow bone.

I then used a dark olive green shade from the same pallete, for the crease and under my eyes.

I then lined my eyes with my normal every day collection 2000 liquid eyeliner in black making sure not to miss some pixie flix at the outer corners!

I also used Loreal infalible colour eyeshadow over the lids

I then lined my eyes  just above the black with the simply freakin awesome Urban Decay 247 water proof liquid liner, in Eldorado  (OH MY GAH this is thick pretty GOLD and longlasting) also putting it underneath my eyes, and right up to the tear duct.

I then lined my eyes underneath again with black liner and was careful to draw out a few lower lashes in the liner.

I then used a pencil for the inside water line in white using a white natural collection pencil.

Gives your eyes a bigger anime look!! ^^

Then wacked on loads of Mascara I used the elizabeth Arden lash extending mascara
FACE: (Use water foundation will give you a pale refreashing glow) I used concealer the collection 2000 variety underneath my eyes, and the simply freakin awesome Sleek make up Blush in rose gold. Oh it's a beauty and I did wack this on a fair bit. (Hey a pixie's gotta sparkle ya know!)

LIPS:

I lined my lips with a bubble gum pink lip liner pencil i belive its in the shade 12. Holy Mackeral, this is leterally a bit neon, but great for a Disney cute look. I then blended it with my shimmery gorgeousness lipstick by INGLOT in the shade 187

SO there you have it I hope Tink would be pleased.. And just a disclaimer I don't own any rights to the pictures of Tink they belong to Disney this is Disney INSPIRED ;)

If anyone wants to start a tag for this, and do your own I WANNNA SEE!

From Design to Reality Floristry

As a Florist I often find it's really important to personally design things for your client.

Particularly when working on a wedding the client will often want something visual they can see.

Sometimes people ask for a mock up of the design, which you would then make for them. Obviously due to workmanship this is not always possible with any kind of shower bouquet, but works well with a posy design

Having a background in illustration and the fact that you may not have an exact example of a  bouquet or arrangement that someone would like, I often design and draw images for clients.

I often find that people who quite often live abroad and are only visiting Cambridge again, to get married and may not be able to visit a florist inbetween, appreciate this.

 I also find as a florist it's nice to have an image to work from so you're not just designing as you go.

It's not always possible due to time but I like to provide people with this if I can, as it's part of my skill set also.

Here's an example of some of mine

                           Let me know if you would like to see more of my design sheets!

Great Christmas Finds

Hey guys!

Just a quick blog post to share with you some great Christmassy findz! Rather then wait till the end of the month, and squeeze everything into a monthly favourites post. I'd thought it best to share some now, so you can get your paws on some!

1. Check out this little beauty. Best Christmas jumper ever in my opinion can't wait to er..test it's little slogan either ;) hehe!
This is from Asda at about £14.00 I do believe!

2. These are finger less leather gloves I got from Boohoo.com, They're real leather with some lace detail on them.
These are great especially if you work in a cold environment and can't be bothered faffing about taking your gloves off all the freakin time, and then losing them, especially if you're me! I do feel when I wear these in the car, like I'm about to fly a plane or something, or in one of those old fashioned movies, 'Hang on Mi lady! I've got to put my driving gloves on!' LOLZ!

3. Ella Boots

Now I know I know what you're thinking, they are of a similar style to Uggs. But I can assure you due to the solid heel you want get that horrific saggy heel look.

These I think look so much better then Uggs anyway they're furry and have little pom poms on the side which kinda dangle along when you walk! I feel like Santa's helper when I wear them and they're very warm. I think you can wear them without socks if you wish, as they are all furry inside. I wear them with socks and they didn't make my feet overheat or anything!!
These ones are called Katrina Pom They won't break the bank either and are mainly available from what I've seen online, and prices tend to vary a bit!

4. Sparkly Handbag Tree decorations,
Now I couldn't very well walk past these and not buy them now could I?!
These are from B&M £1.49 for a pack of three! Give yer tree a lil'
glam makeover! They always sell out of these quite fast so get in there quick!

EEeek Christmas is coming..! Happy December 1st you guys!

Glittery Gold Nails

Feeling quite Christmassy, and as I've said before, love a bit 'o' sparkle.

I'm also quite impatient for things to dry, so if your pushed for time and want a quick glam look, I think this is a good option!

So as always make sure your nails are clean and filled ready to rock and roll.

I didn't apply a base coat simply because I used Nailsinc Kate spade nail varnish range in Uptown glamour, I've used it with a base coat before, and it was quite streaky and took much longer to dry.. without a base coat it has a much nicer Matt finish. No idea why..?

I have to say I've never really been overly impressed with Nails inc and having been to there salon in London and coming back with not the nicest manicure in the world, I was hoping to be proved wrong.
Needless to say for the look I'm going for this shade works well.
The great thing is it drys very quickly, but if wearing it by itself it does chip quite easily if you don't apply a top coat. (Jus sayin)

Next step  I was then ready to apply ORLY sparkly gold polish. If applying this without a base colour behind it, you'll get a clear varnish with a bit of a glitter effect.
With a base colour behind it you get a much more intense look and sparkle!

Then to finish the look I used Barry M 3 in 1 product Base coat, Top coat and Nail Hardener in one.

Really great for finishing off the look, and also so you don't get that grainy texture from glitter polish :)

I've seen some amazing nail designs of late snowflakes and all would love to see some of yours!