College

As use all know, or for those of you who don’t know, I was in college doing an NVQ Level 2 Beauty Therapy course, and I’m so happy to announce (even though I said it before) that I passed with flying colours and I have also been accepted into the NVQ Level 3 Beauty Therapy course, yay!

I will say though that beauty therapy is not what I expected, most people, especially those in university always judge those who do beauty, and class them as drop outs, lazy or just not smart, but let me tell you, the amount of biology and detail that is involved in beauty is really quite shocking, it is very intense, not because it’s hard, but because of the sheer amount that you have to know which is why it’s essential to revise in order to know it because there is no way you could learn it all just off the bat.

I did love it though, as a lover of biology I will say that I was a lot more excited about the biology aspect of the course rather than the actual practical, and I found it a lot more interesting than the others in my class (they thought I was nuts, lol.) But it has been one of my best life choice I could've possibly made, I can't wait to get stuck into Level 3 and who knows what may come after?

It's pretty exciting :)

Where Have I Been?

Yeah… I am a pretty sucky blogger. I know in my last post I had said that I would try to get a post-up every week or so, but clearly that hasn’t happened as of yet… and I know you may think I’m going to make up all these excuses but in all honesty, my laptop broke and I had no motivation really to do them, like, at all.

During that time I had been in college doing my beauty therapy course (which I passed with flying colours, yay!) but it was incredibly intense, with two tests for each unit along with a number of different assessments for each unit and piled on top of that was the interview, exam and skills test in order to get into Level 3 of beauty therapy, plus I’m also working part time, at night, so my days were incredibly full, so I apologise, but I am back now and I have my list of all the blog posts I intend to do, including book reviews… there is quite a list there, it appears I have bought a number of books since my last post, but it will be fun.. so yeah, I hope you stayed tuned

:))))

Sorry! - What I've been up too & Christmas

I honestly can't believe how long I've been away! From the new year I'm hoping to post at least once a week. 

I've been so busy with college with all the exams and assessments I honestly forgot about my wee blog, sad face - but it has been an amazing month and I've passed every exam and assessment with flying colours :) yay. 

I've really missed blogging, which is why I have taken an hour out of my day to write and talk to you guys - because I love doing it :)

So I guess the most important thing is Christmas right? Christmas was awesome, unfortunately it didn't snow but hey, two more months of winter so you never know :) I was spoilt this Christmas, from my family and my boyfriend, I couldn't ask for any more special people in my life, they really did make Christmas. I'm not going to list what I got and from whom I'm just going to name a few things...

Urban Decay Naked2 Palette 

White Water Speaker

Lady Gaga Perfume

Books

Dresses and all that good stuff 

Then it was mine and Lee's two year anniversary on Boxing Day, *aww* so we went out for dinner and exchanged gifts, it was very sweet, I love him lots :)

And for New Years Eve, I don't know what's happening yet, though it will probably involve a lot drinking and dancing - hopefully lol. 

I hope you's all had a wonderful Christmas and have a fab New Years and I'll talk to you guys soon :)

Rachel x

Make-up Removal

I have recently bought two new products to remove my make-up with. As most of you's should know by now, I love using face wipes, especially the Nivea Daily Essentials or Simple - but what I've found, especially with the Nivea, is it leaves my skin feeling very dry and somewhat tight - which would be great for people who love to use soap (which I wouldn't recommend) but it gives you that very squeaky clean feeling, personally I don't like that feeling.

So when I was in Tescos I was looking at all the skincare brands and I noticed a product that I'd never seen before, it was the Garnier Soft Essentials, Comforting Cleansing Lotion. The only other times I have used a lotion to remove make-up is in my Facial class and I loved it. It was very hydrating and didn't leave your skin feeling dry so I had to buy this product. It is enriched with Rose extract and is for dry skin, which I have during the autumn winter months and can be used on the face and eyes.

I've been trying this product out for a few days now and I love it! I use it every night to take off my make-up  with some cotton wool pads and the effect it leaves on my skin is wonderful. It's very moisturising, especially because it's for dry skin, and it keeps my skin hydrated throughout the night and even into the morning. It takes off my make-up really, even waterproof mascara so it's a win win all round! Plus it smells divine :) 

I picked this up on sale for only £2.00

I also picked up Simple's Eye Make-up Remover. I love Simple with a passion, it's my favourite skincare brand EVER. I picked this up because I didn't know how the Garnier Cleanser would do with all of my make-up and as I've used this product before and it was magic, I decided to get it again. 

It takes off my eye make-up easily using cotton wool pads and as there are so many caring vitamins in the Simple products, it didn't leave my eye area feeling dry and it didn't leave it irritated

Love Love Love it. 

I picked this up for £2.00 also :)

I picked up the Large Cotton Pads for 99p in Tescos :)

Halloween Make-up and Outfit

This is my make-up I done :)

This is the outfit I bought - I didn't get any pictures taken of me wearing it so I just thought I'd show you the picture of it. I didn't wear the necklace or ears, and I tucked the straps into the dress because I really didnt like the red :)

I love Halloween, it's my second favourite holiday just for the fact you get to dress up and carve pumpkins and eat a lot of junk food haha and this year was my firt ever year I carved a Pumpkin! I was brill.. what do you think?

For a first attempt, I think it's bloody well good! haha

But for a costume this year, I decided to dress up a little differently - usually I'd sway more towards fairy tale/princesses because I thought they were they best things to dress up as, but they've become so popular it's unreal and I wanted something a little different were I'd get to play around make-up more but still keep it in my comfort zone... So this year I decided to be..

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SCAR (from the Lion King) 

I. Am. So. Excited! I cannot wait to do the make-up for this! I have my lion dress etc. at the ready so I'll more than likely do a post on Saturday showing my entire outfit and make-up look!

Happy Halloween! Hope you's all have a brill day/night whatever you's get up too, stay safe!

xo

Book Review - The Liberator (Dante Walker #2) by Victoria Scott

Bad Boy meet Bad Girl

Dante has been granted a second chance with a shiny new cuff provided by Big Guy himself - he is now, a Liberator - to seal the souls of those who do good things for others and themselves. When Dante is given his first mission as a Liberator so save the soul of 17 year old Aspen, he knows he's got this, but Aspen reminds him of the rebellious life he used to live and is making it difficult to resist sinful temptations.

With Charlie becoming the girl she never was able to be pre-makeover and Aspen showing him how delicious it feels to embrace his inner beast - Dante will have to go somewhere he never thought he'd return to in order to save the girl he's been assigned to and keep the girl he loves.

I honestly wasn't sure whether this book would live up to the first instalment, The Collector - you can check out my review for it here - but I was wrong, it was just as good if not better! Dante is back and he's as incredibly irresistible as ever.

The plot for this book was a bit of a mystery until the last few chapters. No one is telling Dante why Aspen is so important - he only knows it has something to do with Charlie, but what? Throughout his time with Aspen, he learns a few things - she's troubled, she drinks to hid away from it and the people who she thinks are he friends are using her, and Dante has a suspicion it has to do with the assignment itself.
While Dante is away - Charlie is not being herself. She goes out, drinks, does dangerous dares with two guys she hardly even knows but worst of all - she pushes then pulls Dante. First she proclaims her love, then bites his head off. And I'll be honest, I wasn't all that fond of Charlie in this book. Her temperament was driving me insane and I wished Dante had seen that Aspen was basically perfect for him!
But anyway, when you get towards the end and the plot is finally uncovered and you know now why Aspen and Charlie for that matter are so important - you will be in shock. It was a pretty awesome plot and I know the next book will be just as awesome!

Dante was his usual self - cocky, badass and hilarious. It takes a while for him to get into the role of the liberator but when he does, he can feel the difference and he wants to help Aspen anyway he can. He becomes loyal like a brother and will do anything to complete his assignment.
Charlie like I said annoyed me - her mood swings were driving me insane.
Aspen I really liked - she was literally the girl version of Dante. She had a lot of troubles that she kept bottles up and because of that, she expressed herself differently, she was strong mentally and physically but loved with a ferocity that shocked me.
All of the other characters like Red, Max and Annabelle had a lot of input in this book also - they helped Dante and Charlie anyway they could in completing his mission even when he entered back into hell but they stayed true - which is a big thing to ask.

There is also a sneaky like twist which I loved and I guarantee you's will love it too! I was so shocked I honestly thought it was some kind of game and that it would turn out to be a disaster but it didn't.. and I loved it!
Overall a really good sequel to The Collector and I can't wait to read the next instalment! :D