Katy perry inspired look

Hiya everyone, so this is my first make-up tutorial. The quality is not as good as i wanted it to be but i will try and improve it. My channel name is laurensmart1993 and the link is
http://www.youtube.com/user/laurensmart1993?feature=mhum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjtAg6CUIB4

My Experience with Contacts

All my life, i have worn glasses, and i thought i want a change before i go back to college, so i thought i want to get contacts because i hated wearing glasses and i would love to try contacts for a change. So i booked an appointment with my opticians. Then i went to the opticians and i had to take my glasses off. Then i had to put my chin onto this machine thing and she looked at my eyes, it was a microscope for the eyes, so she can see if my eyes were ok. After that she put a dye in my eye, then looked into my eyes via the microscope, to see if there was anything that might not allow the contacts to be on the eyeball. Everything was fine. So she got the contacts out of the container and she did my left eye first, i have to say it wasnt that nice because the contact was cold and i kept flinching because it is natural, so it did take a couple of times to get it in. It was weird cos i had to blink a couple of times when the contact was on my eye and then i could see perfectly. Then she did my other eye and it was the same as my left.

Then she gave me about five minutes to have a look at things around the room with them in. Then it was time to get them out. Getting them out was the hardest bit because you have to pull the contact down into your lashline and grab it and she did that. That was hard, but then it was done. She told me i could try and put a contact in my right eye. I was nervous about it but i got the contact and tried to put it on my eye. That took a little while but i did it. By the way your eyes will run like mad and that was a bit annoying. Then i had to take the contact out by myself. That was hard because i had to pull the contact away form my eye ball bit and i found that hard. Then that was it for that session. I had to wait for my contatcs to be made because my right eye is a bit different to my left, so they have to order special ones for me.Then i got them. I had three months supply this time, I had to put the contatcs in and out of my eyes to see i could do it and i can, so i took them away and now i will start trying them in my own time. Contatcs can give people confidence in themselfs which does help.
 Thanks for reading this post
 Laurenx-x

Hugo Boss - Boss Orange Perfume

This post is about the perfume company Hugo Boss. Hugo Boss released a perfume in the summer called Boss orange. This perfume is for women and comes in 30ml, 50ml, 75 ml and 100 ml and the prices is decided on how bigger bottle you get. The perfume comes in a lovely cute bottle. The subtle heart notes of sandalwood, olive wood and creamy vanilla which combine to create a real sense of depth, adding layers of light intensity. The resulting scent is vivacious, free-spirited and soulful.
This is a perfect scent for women. I might have to go and get this when i nxt go into boots

This is from my other blog in luuux. It is
http://www.luuux.com/mypage/preview/anonymous

My experience on getting my belly Button pierced

This post is about getting my belly button pierced or navel pierced. I wanted to have my belly button pierced because it looks nice and i wanted to have one because there was nice belly bars i could have if i got it pierced. So i decided to have it with my friend. We planned it a month before so we know when we are doing it. However i have a big phobia off needles and injections, so this was a big thing for me because of the needle. I was really nervous on the day i was having it done. I could not eat anything because i was that nervous. I went to my local town and met with my friend at subway. Then we went to a piercing shop that we knew. You should always check that they are clean and use proper equipment to pierce the belly or else you could get nasty infections and even HIV. I knew the place i was going was clean because i went with a friend to have her lip pierced there.
I had to wait a while, which made me worse because i was so nervous of needles. Then we were aloud to go in a room behind the main bit. I went first because i wanted to get it out of the way. First of this man told me to lift up my top to show me my belly button. Then he cleaned the area, to amke sure it was all clean before piercing. Then he drawed two dots on my belly where he is going to pierce the needle through the skin. By that point i was freaking out. I had to lay on a bed thing which was high, so it was hard for me to get up because i am short :L .
Then the man put a clamp on the skin, which did hurt a bit to start, then then it stopped. Then he put numbing spray on to the area, however me and my friend said that it doesnt work. The man started putting the needle through i could feel that and then he put the bar in. To be honest it did hurt a lot, i dont know what hurt though cos it was over in three seconds. I know people say it doesnt hurt, mine did. i have a low pain threshold anyway, so that might be why it hurt more for me. Then the man put a bandage over the piercing, then i was done. It costs me 20 pounds for the piercing and the bar, so it was a good. Then the man gave me an aftercare leaflets which explains on what you have to do to look after it. It has been three days since i had it done and it hasnt got infected yet which is very good.

I will give you an update on it in a few months time, to see how it is going.
 Thanks for reading this and i hope this has helped :)
Lauren

Nation collection haul

Hiya everyone, this next post will be a little haul from the natural collection range. Natural collection is a very cheap brand of make-up in boots. I know its cheap and people usually think that they are crap because its cheap. However cheap make-up products can be good as well as the expensive drugstore brands. I like natural collection because it is cheap and they do some nice products. I do own a few natural collection products like loose powder. They do eyeshadows and i never tried them out. i tried two of them and they are quite good. They are not as pigmented as mac eyeshadows but what do u expect for a cheap eyeshadow. I thought they were good.
I got two eyeshadows. One in willow and one is barley. they are single eyeshadows but i cant tell u what weight they are because it doesnt say on the package.

(By the way, sorry about the picture, my camera has broken and used my webcam which aint that good anyway, but this is just to show you what the colour is)
This one is called willow. It is a mushroom colour. i think it is light brown/silver, im not to sure. From the picture it is not white, its sort of light brown/mushroom colour. When i swatch it on my hand, it is quite nice and quite pigmented. I would wear that everyday because it is a neutral colour.

The next one is called Barley. Barley is a gold colour which is really nice. Also this is quite pigmented like the willow. Barley is a lovely gold colour which could be worn everyday.

These two eyeshadows are really nice. There are a a load more eyeshadows there and i would like to get more of them. Thanks for reading this post and there will be more posts coming up.
Laurenx-x

Johnson's Holiday skin body lotion review

I know this is a bit too late but i wanted to give you my view on it. Right this product is meant to tan your legs or any part of the body day by day. it is a slow tanner that works everyday. It is meant to be streak free and tan will develop after 3-4 days.

My view on this product is not good. This product is rubbish. It smells horrible and it made me look orange after 3 days after a applied it everyday. The orange look is not a good look. It makes streaks on my legs, it says it doesnt but it does and i couldnt get rid of it, so i had streaky orange looking legs whcih wasnt nice because i had a party quite soon after that.
This was my quick review on this product and dont be fooled in what it says on the package because it is not true. Thanks for reading this post, bye
Laurenx-x

My Top 10 songs i like at the moment

I decided to do a post like this because i want to show people these amazings singers and bands because they are good to listen to. These are in no particular order
1. Alexandra Burke - All night long - Loved this song when i first heard it

2. The Wanted - All Time Low - This is a new band and this is their first single

3. JLS - The Club Is Alive - I didnt like this song at first but it grew on me

4. Ne-yo - Beautiful Monster - Love this song

5. Katy Perry - California Gurls - Very good song to listen to, so catchy

6. The Saturdays - Missing You - Also love this song, got a good beat

7. Enrique Iglesias - I like It -  Love it
 
8. Basshunter - Saturday - Didnt like it at first but love it now

9. Basshunter - I Can't Deny - This is sort of an old song but still love it

10. Inna - Amazing - Always liked it qhen it came out

That is my top 10 songs i like at the moment. I will do this often to show you what music i like to listen to. Thanks for readin this post,
 Lauren x-x

Benefit Pencils

Hiya everyone. A little while ago, glamour mag was offering free benefit pencils with their mags. There was three types. There was Eye Bright, It Stick and Bad Gal. There was one pencil with every mag. So i got two of them. I got Eye Bright and It Stick. I wasnt keen on the Bad Gal because i am not a eyeliner person and i dont wear eyeliner much. The mag cost 2 pounds each. I looked through the magazine and i didnt like it because on every page there was a advert. Basically there was a lot of adverts and very little writing, so i didnt like the mag. This post is a little review on both of the pencils. I know it is late but i didnt make a blog that long ago. So here we go....

 The Eye Bright is the best pencil i think. The pencil is too brighten the eyes to make the eyes look more wake and more refresh. The pencil is a light pale pink colour and it is a nice colour for the eyes to make them wake. I would put this in the inner corner of the eye and i might use this as a highlighter under my brows. Also i would use this under my eyes to make my skin look brighter and look more healthy. The texture of the pencil is very creamy and it glides onto the skin easily.Also it is very blendable. Its not cakey, its just looks nice of tired skin. So i would recommend this for anyone because it is a nice pencil to have in your make-up kit.

The It Stick is a concealer. The concealer is too conceal spots etc. There was only one colour it came in. The colour was a light colour. This will not be good for people with darker skin tones but it is good for me because i have a light colour skintone and it suits me very well. The concealer is a basic tool for the make-up kit. The texture is the same as the Eye Bright. It is very creamy and easily blendable, so you dont need to rub away to blend in with the skin. This is also i good pencil to have.

 I never had anything from benefit, so this was very good for me. Benefit products are expensive for me because i like to save my money and i rather buy benefit products when i get a proper job. The pencils come in a little box with the name on it. I thought it was nice to have it in a box. So this is my sort of review on the benefit pencils i got in the glamour mag. Thanks for reading this post, any suggestions on what i can do, please leave a comment on this post or any posts i have done. Thanks
Laurenx-x

Review - Simple Skincare

Hi everyone, this next post is a review on the simple skincare products i recently got and is in my previous skincare haul. I will be reviewing the kind to skin smoothing facial scrub, kind to skin replenishing rich moisturiser and kind to skin moisturising facial wash. Lets gets started...

The first product i will be reviewing is the kind to skin smoothing facial scrub. Bascially this product is a facial scrub and is meant to remove dead skin cells which is good to get good skin. I have used this a couple of times.It comes in a plastic bottle and it squirts out. When i opened it, i could not smell the product because their was no scent to it and that is the way it is meant to be. I like having a bit of a smell in products like this for some reason, so i was ok with having no scent to it. When i squeezed a bit on my palm, i rubbed it around in my palm and there is def little scrub balls in there. There was a lot of scrub balls which is a good thing because at least you know that there is little scrub balls in there and will remove dead skin cells. When i put it on my face, i could not spread it around because it would not let me. So you have to work quiet hard to move it around but it does work. It didnt leave my skin feeling dry and tight, it felt really nice afterwards. So thats a good product to have.

The next product is the kind to skin moisturising facial wash. This is a basic wash for the face. It is meant to clean the skin. This product also comes in a plastic bottle and it squirts out. When i first open this product, there was a slight smell to the product which is nice because the smell is not overpowering. It is just a nice smell to have. When i put it in my palm, the colour was clear like a gel but it wasnt a gel. I am used to white coloured face washs, so it was a bit strange. When i put it on my face, it was a bit difficult again but soon it got easier and it lathers on the face alright. So this is another good product from simple.

The last product is the kind to skin replenishing rich moisturiser. This is basically a moisturiser but richer than normal ones because they did have normal moisturisers but i wanted this one because my skin can become dry in some places. The product comes in a box with the name on it. Then i took it out of the box, it comes in a plastic bottles like the others. To get product out of the bottle, you have to squeeze it hard to get it out. When it comes out, the colour is white and is sort of a liquid. when put it on the face, it is easy to apply and is very blendable. It feels really nice on the skin, doesnt make it too heavy, its quite light which is nice. Also after 10 mins or so, it sinks in and you can feel it and is completey dry, so that good when you want to apply make-up or want to go to sleep.  

Overall these three simple skincare products are good, some of them have bad points but can easily get around them. These are good skincare products and i would recommend them to anyone and they are super cheap. Also it is sold around the uk, i dont know about other parts of the world. Thanks for reading this post, any suggestions on what i can review, please leave a comment to any of my posts i have done, Thanks
Laurenx-x

Simple Skincare Haul

This is a haul on the skincare brand called simple. I bought these the same time i bought my make-up products in my last haul. I didnt want to put it in their because i was just going to have that as a beauty products haul. I have three products i would like to show you. But first off, i have spot prone skin and i did have problems with my skin last year and i had to use the clean and clear advantage face wash, clean and clear dual action moisturiser and the clearasil skin perfecting wash. I used them for over a year and it did clear up my skin very good but the clean and clear face wash did make my skin dry, so i stopped using it for a couple of weeks to see how my skin would cope. My skin was very good and i did get a few spots but not as bad as i was, so then i wanted to try something else and went to my local boots and got three simple skincare things.

 The first one is the Kind to skin moisturising facial wash

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 The next one is the Kind to skin smoothing facial scrub.

 The last one is Kind to skin Rich moisturiser.

This is what i got in my Simple skincare haul. I will do a Review on these soon. I hope these products wont break me out in spots, but will have to wait and see. Thanks for reading this post, If you have any ideas on what i can do, then please write a comment to this post. Also if you want me to try and get something and review it for you then i will. Thanks
Laurenx-x

Going away

From the title of this post, i am going away for 11 days on holiday, so i will not be posting a lot of posts because i dont have time and i have limited internet access where i am going. I have drafted a few posts and will be putting them up over the 11 days i am gone. Then after that i will continue doing posts when i come back from holiday. Thanks
Laurenx-x

Ways to relieve stress

In everyday life, we do get stressed by things and when stressed life isnt that good and dont enjoy all the great things we do everyday.Getting stressed is easily done but getting unstressed is not. Everyone gets stressed at something and dont have time to relax and chill to relieve the stress. Stress can be caused by work, home etc. Stress can cause horrible consequences if not delt with. Also stress can cause health problems such as Headaches, high blood pressure and even strokes and heart attacks. So it is important to try and relieve that stress. I will write the ways that can relieve stress...

 1. Walk it off - Walking will relieve stress because getting exercise is good for stress and it gets you away from all the stress aka home etc. It nice to just walk somewhere and forget about all the problems and stress for only 10 minutes. It depends how long you can walk for and how much time you have.

 2. Sleep on it - Sleep will also relieve stress. Sleep is good because it recharges your batteries because stress might be caused by having a long day at the office and you tired, so sleep will help. Try to forget everything when trying to sleep because if you dont then you wont go off to sleep.

 3. Make a list - Make a list of things that need doing and tackle them one at a time, rather than doing them in one shot. This will help because you will only do one thing at a time and it will not stress you out.

 4. Meditate - A lot of people dont have time to meditate because they are too busy with their lives but meditation helps to relax and chill you out in 20 minuts or how ever you want to do it for. Find a quiet place and breath slowly and calmly and listen to the sounds outside like birds singing etc. Also concentrate on your breathing. You can do this for 20 minutes, 30 minutes, it is up to you.

 5. Have a massage - A massage is relaxing and will relieve stress. Get someone to massage you and you will feel great.

 These are some of the ways you can relieve stress from everyday life. I hope you like this post, i have got lots more to come. If you have an idea you want me to do, then just leave a comment to this or my other posts and i can see what i can do. Also follow me if you want, Thanks
 Lauren x-x

Haul and Review

Hiya everyone this is my first ever haul, so please be gentle :)
 I have got these products over a couple of weeks, so i didnt buy them in one big hit. All these products i bought with my own money. There are a total of 6 make-up products, so lets get started...


The first product is a bourjois products. It is a blush in 34 rose d'or. This is such a nice colour. it is a dark pink with a hint of gold it in. when you open the pot, you get a nice sweet smelling scent and it smells really nice like roses. Also with the pot, you get a little brush and i havent used it because i dont like to use the brushes that come with products. I have tried it and it gives a nice pink glow because of the gold hint in it. It is a nice colour for summer.

The second product is the Maybelline colour sensational lipstick in ambre rose( 112). This is a great lipstick. It is a nice pink colour with shimmer in it. the colour is a bit pale but it is nice and pink on the lips. The smell is not that nice and not that bad, so it is average. i could put up with it because the colour is so nice on the lips. I would buy it again.

 The next product is the Rimmel london moisture renew lipstick in soft coral(600). This comes in a purple package. It is a soft coral colour with shimmer it in. The shimmer is not much but you can see it. It is a really nice colour on the lips and it is nicer when i put clear lipgloss over it. It is a summer colour but can be worn anytime of the year. The smell is quite nice, it is not a horrible smell, it is a nice smell and can wear the lipstick on the lips.

The next product is the rimmel london lasting finish intense lipstick in pink blush(006). I couldnt find a picture, sorry. well the lipstick comes in a dark purple package. The colour is a pink colour as it says in the name. it has a bit of shimmer but not too much. It is a quite a pink colour. It is nice on the lips. The smell is really lovely and it is nice to put on the lips because of the smell.


 The next product, is the natural collection green concealer. It is green because it helps to cover red spots which does help. It is a green concealer, i know it looks horrible but it does work, i have tried it out and it was ok. I would use it again.

This is my last product. It is the Rimmel london Sexy curves mascara. So this is a mascara with a weird wand. It has curves on the wand, i think this would be hard to apply it to the lashes. I havent tried it yet but i will try it soon. I got mine in Black.

That is my First haul and review on this blog, i will have more posts to come, so please follow me.thanks

Lauren x-x

My first blog post

Hiya everyone

This is my first ever blog and i just wanted to tell you that i will be posting blogs on beauty products such as hauls, reviews etc. Also i will be posting blogs on skincare products. i will be posting randoms blogs as well such as food recipes etc.


Thanks for reading and don't forget to hit the 'become a follower' button :)

 Lauren x-x