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Thursday 14 March 2013

25 Things About Me ...

Twenty - Five things about moi...



Hey guys, so I thought I'd complete the popular topic on blogs atm myself and give you a little snippet into my life. So here goes numero uno...

1. My home is in Manchester, I was born in Carlisle, but now am currently in student accomodation at Edgehill University (Ormskirk, Sorry where? I hear you ask... Near to Southport/Liverpool)

2. Here I am studying Primary Education in order to achieve my quest to be a Primary school teacher. Obvs.

3. I enjoy going to watch Manchester City Football Club, i enjoy it that much I am the proud owner of a season ticket.

4. Crikey this is difficult. Erm OOOOOhhhhh I know, I'm a little bit obsessed with all things beauty related.

5. My favourite thing in life, and yes it is a hobby/sport is Shopping. Nothing makes you feel better than a little spending spree. 

6. Saying that, I'm very careful with my money, like I have multiple spreadsheets and everything.

7. I have two doggies, a black labrador named Olive and a younger Jack Russel named Penny.

8. I'm one of those people who is super organised APART from when it involves UNI work or school work, always last minute with those things. E.g. right now i should be doing work but here I am....

9. My favourite movies are without a doubt RomComs, If you look through my DVD collection, no word of a lie there all rom coms.

10. I don't know If i have a favourite film. Basically any movie with Hugh Grant in. What a guy. Really want to watch Notting Hill now.

11. I'm a chocoholic. So much so that every year I HAVE to give it up for lent in order to end up looking like an actual whale. So atm I'm 4wks and 1 day in. 

12. My most prized possesion is my Filofax. It travels with me day to day and contains EVERYTHING. I even bought little stickers with like cars and planes on to represent different things!

13. A biggie. I don't drink alcohol. SHOCK. Some people may think I'm boring or whatever, but I have my reasons.

14. There's nothing I love more than staying in and watching T.V. on the sofa. Quiet nights in suit me fine :D

15. I LOVE LONDON. This year I've been down once already, with my wonderful friend Jess (Go read her blog, it's fabbity fab 'Jess's Blog' and I'm going down again in a few weeks, then to see Michael Freaking Buble at the O2 in summer!!!!

16. I can't get drive, at nearly 19, this really isn't acceptable. I've been taking lessons for just over a year now and frankly I'm crap at it! Will keep trying though.

17. Miranda Hart, I would marry her. Now. What a woman, seriously though how can someone be that funny. Bear with.....

18. Nearly there. Ummmm. After a long reluctance to join any form of social media I finally caved in and got Twitter ( follow me at @Aburke94) this was mainly because of moving away to uni and keeping in touch with people etc.

19. One Direction. Need I say more.

20. Me and my mum and Dad have the same initails. AB. Helpful when cashing cheques, hehehehe.

21. My Mum's name is Alexandra Burke. Yes she did win X Factor....... (No, she didn't)

22. I own an INSANE amount Nail Polish. Like a ridiculous amount, I haven't counted recently but about 6 months ago it was at like 70. 

23. I'm constantly watching Beauty video's on youtube to get Buyspiration. My favourites include: Pixiwoo, FleurDeForce, SprinkleOfGlitter, Pixi2woo, ThePersianBabe, EssieButton and Zoella 28039.

24. Really struggling now. I make a bloody good Double Chocolate Chip Brownie. If you'd like to know the recipe/ see what all the chocolatey goodness is all about, leave a comment below.

25. Lastly, My favourite beauty product at the moment, out of ALL my collection would have to be .... dun...dun....dunnnnnnn....... NARS blusher in Lustre, as recommended by Zoella 28039, So thanks Zoe!


Hope you enjoyed this post!

Amy

xxxx

Wednesday 13 March 2013

My Brush Collection : 1

Hey guys,

Firsly I AM SO SORRY! I've not posted for 2/3 weeks (who's counting? shhhhh) so this week I'm aiming to catch up with 3 extra posts. For the last 6 weeks Ive been on placement in a school so it's all been a bit cray cray. Apologies. Moving swiftly on to the good stuff.........

So today I thought I'd introduce you to my brush collection. Although I do love buying a new brush, I dont seem to have many to show for it! Literally itching to pop onto MAC right now. MUST DISTRACT MYSELF. In this post I though I might as well include eye and lip liners as there all kept in the same place... so read on.

So this is all my brushes, and also my eye/lip liners.
 So I love keeping all my make-up in clear acrylic storage mostly from MUJI feel free to check out there website, this pot was super cheap at only £2.25 and they also do a square version too. 
L-R : Bare minerals I.D. Concealer brush. Real techniques shading brush, RT's Stippling  brush, RT's blush brush, MAC 168.
Concealer Brush: (£21)

So we'll go left to right, so first up is the Bare minerals max coverage concealer. To be honest i probably wouldnt reccomend this brush, the only reason I use it is to stop myself from buying the MAC concealer brush 195. The good thing about this brush though is defintly it's size, it's the same length as an Iphone (yeah, I don't have a ruler ..) so perfectly fits in any makeup bag, unlike other brushes pfftt. 

RT's shading brush: (£7.99)

Another brush I have used as a concealer brush in the past. It works really well with MAC's studio finish concealer. It's smaller than most concealer brushes, but it works to it's advantage.

RT's Stippling brush: (£11.99)

Well where do I even begin! The brush is just amazing, brilliant, unfathomable. Literally the best brush in the world. I don't know how it does it but when applying foundation it simply creates the best application and finish. Your probably thinking that perhaps that's only with certain foundations, but i shall prove you wrong! I've tried it with multiple, I'm currently using the YSL touche eclat, and in the past I have used MAC Matchmaster and even M&S foundation (don't judge) and it works great with all.

RT's Blush Brush: (£9.99)

Not as an impressive CV as the stippling brush, this blush brush does exactly what it says, One of the things I don't like is the size of the brush , it's far to long length ways and doesn't need to be. With that in mind, I upgraded to MAC.

MAC 168 - Large angled contoured brush. (£26)

Whilst it's name says its 'large' it isn't it's more medium, although mine is currently covered in NARS blusher, it's normally (who am I kidding..) a lovely snowy white colour. I use this both for contouring and blusher, as it works really well either way. With this brush I find that a lot depends on the way you hold it and position it on your cheeks so work that out beforehand!

So guy's keep your eyes peeled for the next installment of my brush collection! 

If you have any brushes that you recommend I get the PLEASE let me know in the comments box below!!!

Thanks for reading, have a great day 

Love, 

Amy xxxxxx