Easter Nails!

Here are some cute, simple to do nails that are perfect for Easter! 

Paint nails pastel colours with one nail yellow (or all yellow depending on how many chicks you want!) the yellow nails will be chicks! 

Paint the shell using white or a very light pastel and add spots or a pattern to the other nails if you'd like to!

Add two black dots with a white dot in each for eyes and a red or orange triangle as the beak! Finish off with a topcoat to ensure your nail design lasts as long as it can!

And then you're finished! Enjoy your cute nails! 

I really want to do some baking, however I'm not sure what to bake! What would you like me to bake and do a blogpost on? Leave me a comment below!

I hope you enjoyed this quick post!

Lots of love,

Emma xxx

Recent Purchases || February & March

Hello!

In January, I did a little round up of some of the things I'd bought and you seemed to enjoy it so I'm doing another one now for things I've bought during February and March.

Real Techniques brushes

You will have seen these in the review I did last month (click here to read it!) so I won't write much about them, all I'll say is I'm still loving them!

Makeup Revolution Essential Mattes Palette

I bought this at the same time as I bought the Real Techniques brushes I just mentioned, although I'm not sure if I've mentioned it! Its full of neutral, matte shades which are all insanely pigmented and easy to blend. All this for only £4?! I definitely recommend having a look at some of Makeup Revolution's palettes!

L'Oreal CC Cream

I bought this as it seems slightly magical - a green cream that turns to the colour of your skin and corrects redness. I have to say that I really like using it, It's light and perfect to just put on in the morning. It has a very warm undertone so if you have a cool, pink undertone to your skin then I wouldn't recommend it, the same with if you are very pale!

L'Oreal BB Powder

I bought this as I'd run out of powder and remembered how much I liked it when I bought it last year to try out! I use it to set my base everyday and it never lets me down!

L'Oreal Brow gel

I bought this because I wanted to be able to add some definition to my brows without filling them in, and it does just that as well as keeping your brows in place all day! There is one for blonde/light brown brows, a medium/dark one and a clear one too.

Barry M Top Coat

An essential really, it helps to keep you nail polish on longer and give it an amazing shine!

Statement Necklace

My mum bought this in the Matalan sale for a murder mystery evening and I have since claimed it as my own *insert evil laugh here*. I mean it's gorgeous, I couldn't just let it go unloved;)

Pastel Bag

Matalan is heaven for pastels at the moment, I chose a baby blue bag which cost only £16 and I take it everywhere (apart from school obviously) it fits so much in! I took it to work with a purse, a bottle of water, two packets of Soothers, a box of Strepsils (yes, I was getting ill), a sandwich, and probably a lot more things I didn't really need but it still had plenty of room and actually closed!

Collection Eyes Uncovered Palette

I have the Nude Bronze shade of this little palette costing only about £4. The shades are beautiful and so pigmented too!

L'oreal Lipstick Shade 228

This is the perfect pinky-red, matte lipstick and I am totally in love with it! I'm trying to break out of my comfort zone with lipsticks and delve into bright shades for summer so I will get plenty of use out of this!

Stripy Top

I bought this top earlier as a little treat for myself, it's not from a kids section and it wasn't in the sale (I only buy Topshop things in the sale, anyone else?) and I'll definitely be wearing it a lot!

I bought a dress and shoes for my prom today and I can't wait to show you, but you're going to have to wait until I've bought everything else, sorry;)

I hope you enjoyed this post, as always, I bought everything with my own money unless I've said otherwise!
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Have a lovely day,
Lots of love,
Emma xxx

Blush || Is it Worth Paying More?

Hello everyone!

Sorry for not posting last weekend, I had a post planned but I didn't have time to put it together and I couldn't remember the order of the photos as I'd taken them a few weeks before! 

Today's blogpost is a collab with two of my favourite bloggers, Chloe  (click here to go to her blog) and Gabriella (click here to go to her blog). I would explain more about the post, like I usually do with a little intro, but if I'm honest I think I'll just confuse you, so let's get straight into it!

Low priced - MUA Mosaic Blush. 

At only £1 this blush is perfect for someone on a budget, I bought this a couple of years ago after seeing it on Instagram extremely regularly, and I definitely got a lot of use out of it at first, I used it for a dance show, and just to add a bit of colour to my cheeks when I needed it! It's quite shimmery, so if you put too much on you will look like you've bathed in glitter which is something you might want to watch out for! The purple in it looks quite intimidating - why have purple in a blush? I don't know the answer to that but when you apply the blush using a bit of all the colours you can't tell there's purple in there and it looks lovely. Not bad for a £1 blush is it?!

Middle priced - Sleek Blush by Three in Lace.

Sleek is known for blushes that rival Nars, with a price point of £9.99 for this palette of three intensely pigmented blushes, who's winning? 'That's very bright!' My mum pointed out when I showed her it after buying it, it is very bright and pigmented but you can apply it lightly and get just the right amount of colour on! Two of the colours are matte, the other is not, but it's not overly shimmery. I think the quality of sleek blushes is fantastic especially at that price!

High priced - Urban Decay Naked Flushed. 

If you haven't heard me mention this before, where have you been?! I bought this palette in January and I've used it nearly every day since. The pigmentation is amazing, it's easy to blend and the packaging is sleek and luxurious. The bronzer/contour colour is good for my skin tone, it doesn't look muddy when applied as I've heard some people have that problem with bronzers. The highlight is quite intense, so a light hand is needed for that and the blush really helps to brighten your complexion! This palette costs £22.50, so it's not cheap but is something worth investing in if you are  a makeup lover like me!

In my opinion, you can get a good blush on whatever budget you have, whether you can't spend much, or are willing to pay more for the brand.

I hope you found this post interesting, make sure you've checked out Chloe and Gabriella's blogposts as I'm sure they'll be amazing, they are both such good bloggers and friends too, so thank you girls for inviting me to join your collab!

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Lots of love,
Emma xxx

Orange and chocolate cookies|Ella

Hello everyone, today I have a baking post for you! 

It's a cookie recipie with a twist☺️ 

They look like chocolate chip, however when you bite into them they are orange! I made these last week for Mothering Sunday, and another batch is in the oven now as I'm writing this.. Here's how you make them...

Ingredients:

• •150g salted butter, softened
• •80g light brown muscovado sugar
• •80g granulated sugar
• •2 tsp orange extract
• •1 large egg
• •225g plain flour
• •¼ tsp salt
• •200g plain chocolate chips or chunks
• • 70g dark chocolate for decoration
• Method:
• Preheat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5, and line two baking trays with parchment paper.
• Put the butter and sugars into a bowl and beat until creamy with a mixer or wooden spoon. 
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• Add in the orange extract and an egg. Sieve the flour, and salt over the mixture and mix in with a wooden spoon.
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• Add in your chocolate chips and stir. I cut up a chocolate bar for this step, so if you are doing the same, chop into small chunks on a chopping board.
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• Mix together and if like me you want to save some, split into two balls and put in a bag for the freezer ( if you want to cook them later leave to defrost for 2 hours then cook like normal) 
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• place small mounds of the mixture well apart on the baking trays and press lightly down. 
• Bake in the oven for 8–10 mins until light brown on the edges and still slightly soft in the centre. I recommend 9 minutes for the perfect cookies☺️
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• Finally i drizzled dark chocolate orange on them, this is messy but worth it! enjoy!
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Happy baking 

Love Ella x

Review| Benefit Roller Lash

Hey everyone!

I purchased Elle magazine the other week as I was keen to try to new mascara by benefit! The magazine was £4 and you got a free benefit mascara testing out the roller lash. The tester is usually £10. 

I LOVE this mascara and it is my new favourite thing. Ive worn it everyday for the past month, and my eyelashes have been so long. It hooks and curls so you don't need a curler. My eyelashes are VERY short so this has made a lot of difference! Here's a photo, you can clearly tell the difference ! My normal mascara vs. Rollerlash...

The mascara is ALOT easy to wipe off than any other mascara, it nearly comes off with water, I just have to go over my water line with a wipe to remove any black.

Overall I really think this mascara is defiantly worth purchasing. It definatly beats they're real, and they are both priced at £19.50. The packaging is a lot nicer too, including the wand. The mini version is adorable too, and small enough to carry in your purse or makeup bag for school, it still contains a lot of product. 

Here's a photo of me with my makeup and the mascara! I think it makes a lot of difference! 

Q: what recipies do you you want me to post? 

Love Ella xx

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Makeup Revolution 'Iconic 3' Review

Hello Everyone!

Today I've got a review post for you. I've tried to be a little more regular with posts recently so I hope you enjoy :)

Recently I bought a new palette the makeup revolution palette in 'Iconic 3'. I bought this as I really wanted the Naked 3 but was looking for a cheaper alternative and I have heard such great things about Makeup Revolution palettes so this ticked all the boxes for me.

As I mentioned this is a great dupe for the Naked 3 palette by Urban Decay, but this is a fraction of the price!

As I haven't got the Naked 3 I can't compare the quality between them, but I can compare the quality between this palette and the Naked 2 palette and asides from the colours being a little different between this and the Naked 2, the quality is actually outstanding and extremely similar!

The lasting power is amazing. I wore these shadows every day for 1 week for school, testing them out and when I got home my eyeshadow hadn't budged.

The eyeshadow shades are all extremely versatile. From rose/pinks to purples/berries. You can create so many looks with these shadows. The pigmentation is also incredible.

The price for this palette is £4.00 and you can purchase it here.

Have you tried anything from Makeup  Revolution?

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Twitter: @gabriellalovesx
Blog; www.gabriellalovesxo.blogspot.com

Gabriella xx