Elizabeth Arden High Shine Gloss in Berrylicious

Elizabeth Arden is a brand which, I must admit, had never really caught my eye before now. I've always thought of it as a bit 'old lady-ish' I think, but I've discovered that, if this is anything to go by, their products are of really good quality!

I bought this lipgloss from cheapsmells.com for £6.50, but there is a very limited range of colours. As I'm sure you know however, Elizabeth Arden products can be found in most department stores, and retail at around £14.

Now on to the actual product! I put it on this morning, around 4 hours ago, and since then have been out and about, talking, eating and drinking. I can't tell you that it has stayed put 100% and looks freshly applied, but I can safely say that it lasted a good couple of hours before wearing off, which is no less than what I would have expected from a gloss. The consistency is nice, not too thick and not too 'nothing'. It does look a bit scary when you take the wand out of the tube, quite gloopy and hard to work with, but it's really not! 

The colour is gorgeous! A deep pinky/red that in my opinion would look great on all skin tones. I have kind of pale/medium skin, and I think it would suit my mum, who has medium skin, as well as it does me.

Pros

• Gorgeous colour
• Feels nice on the lips
• Reasonably long lasting

Cons

• Needs to be reapplied within a couple of hours (not a major problem)
• Value doesn't meet price, although I really like this lip gloss, I'm glad I bought it for less than the RRP of £14

Have you tried one of these glosses before if so what did you think? Can you recommend some lip glosses for me to try?

Evie x

What's going on?

It's been a month since I last posted anything - I haven't had my memory card since before Christmas so I had to make do with a 'snipping tool' of 8tracks featured in my last post! Thank god I have my camera back now, it's like I was missing an arm! I didn't have any pictures for proper posts lined up (although I do have lots planned!) so I thought I'd take a few snaps of things that have been occupying my recently for a bit of an update/catch up, I hope you don't mind!

1. After 5 hours worth of exams today I was pretty stressed, so I bought myself some chocolate because let's face it, chocolate makes everything better. I really wanted the peanut butter version because it sounds amazing, but there was none left so I had to get the orange instead. Peanut butter is obviously pretty good if it was sold out!

2. Q Radio. Complete live saver. Couldn't live without it!

3. Revision. Revision. Revision. So glad I got two exams out of the way today, if not a little stressy..

4. UCAS. I hate you.

5. Bought this little gem after seeing it on a few blogs. So far it seems to be working well, I'll be writing a more detailed post on this soon.

6. Yankee Candles are just... mmmmmm! Macintosh Spice is gorgeous. This one is often burning in the living room, while I have the Christmas Eve tart burning in my bedroom. Lush.

7. I went to my first proper Burns Supper last week. It was so good! Love a wee but haggis;)

8. Some of the things I am yet to blog about. This being without my camera malarky has caused a load of posts that will most likely be published pretty close together, sorry about that!

So that was pretty much my past week. Hope you don't mind the hashed together post, I was just excited to get something up! I'll hopefully have some 'proper' posts up by the beginning of next week. 

Evie x

8tracks.com

Hiyaaaaa! Wow it's been ages, sorry about that! This is just a quick post to tell you about something I thought was too good to share. It's different to my usual types of posts in that it's not product related, more of a service. Some of you may have heard of this already, but if not, it's http://8tracks.com

This website is amaaaazing and I'm so grateful to the person who told me about it. Basically, it's like Spotify in that you stream music, but there are NO adverts and instead of streaming one album/artist, you stream mixes that have been made by other people by searching tags, artists or descriptions. For example, you could search for dubstep, mashup, r&b, acoustic, indie, rock etc. Trust me, if you want it, it will be there.
You can also follow members who create mixes in order to keep up to date with their newest additions to the website, and like individual tracks of mixes to make them easier to find in the future.
I have literally started using this website today, and already a few of my 'favourited' tracks/mixes are:

8tracks.com/icerpa/mashups-remixes
8tracks.com/franki33d/hip-hop-to-chill-out
8tracks.com/hanif_92/drake-october-s-very-own

I hope you give this a go and enjoy it! If you do make sure to let me know, I'd love to hear what you think!

Evie x

Graze - nature delivered

I'm writing this at twenty to three on a Saturday morning, so if you find any spelling mistakes I apologize! I can't sleep so I thought I may as well get something done, and saw my laptop staring at me from across the room so here I am: cold, ill, and in that mood where I'm really tired but however much I try, unable to sleep. But I'm not alone, oh no, I have my good friends - Elton John, Dean Martin, Nancy Wilson, The Ronettes and Bing Crosby to name a few - keeping me company and serenading me with the joyfulness that is Christmas. So far it isn't working, but there's still time I guess...
Anyway, on to the bulk (of sorts) of this post... My Graze box!

I first ordered one of these a few months ago and recently, on a similar night to this in fact (late/feeling sorry for myself, about the time I do most of my online shopping actually, oops) decided that the one thing I needed in my life was not driving lessons, nor a ticket to my Christmas Dance, but in fact a box full of healthy snacks. Yes, it seemed like a fabulous idea at half one in the morning..

I can't moan though, these boxes are great. If you're not aware of them, the general idea is that you create an account on www.graze.com, and the contents of your box is pretty much in your own hands. You sign up, let them know what products in their range you like, or dislike, and they package your box with this information in mind before sending it to you first class - you can even pick which day you want it to be delivered.

The honeycomb flapjack is so nice! Probably not the healthiest though... Oh well!

I think these boxes are really worth it, they cost under £4, and with the code Q2LMB9Y3 you can get one box for free and your next half price. You can always do what I did at first and cancel your deliveries after your free/half price boxes!;)
Again, sorry for the (probable) poor quality of this post, it's now 2.53am and I'm so sleeeepy! Have any of you tried this service before? Did you like what was in your box?Evie x*I saw an advert for graze.com on TV today! 22nd Jan*

Hello Hola Bonjour

I've been blogging for a few months now, and felt that it was time that I properly introduces myself. I did a (sort of) introductory post a while ago but it was a bit rubbish if I'm honest and didn't really gibe any information about me at all, so this post will aim to do that!
I thought the best way to do this was so find a few questions that I could answer, in a similar way to the 'TAG' videos that are all over YouTube. (This is actually the '50 random questions tag')




Where were you 3 hours ago? embarrassingly, in much the same position that I'm in now..
Who are you in love with? hahah, i'll say my mum!
Have you ever eaten a crayon? yeah i eat crayons all the time.. breakfast lunch and tea
Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you? noooope
When is the last time you went to the mall? there's not really any 'malls' or shopping centres near me, but the last time I went shopping was probably two weeks ago
Are you wearing socks right now? yessss it's freezing!
When was the last time you drove out of town? in my driving lesson last week ;)
Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days? I went to see Twilight recently but I can't actually remember when..
Are you hot? freezing. 
What was the last thing you had to drink? coffee
What are you wearing right now? jammies, hoodie and fluffy socks
Do you wash your car or let the car wash do it? I don't have my own car, but my mum takes hers to the car wash
Last food that you ate? McVities digestive - best biscuits ever
Where were you last week at this time? at my dad's, in Edinburgh
Have you bought any clothing items in the last week? nope
When is the last time you ran? god, I can't rememeber.. it was probably in the direction of some sort of food
What's the last sporting event you watched? school rugby team?
What is your favorite animal? i like dogs. but leopards and other big cats are pretty
Your dream vacation? ooohhh.. somewhere hot, with good clubs, good food, amazing beaches and in a beautiful hotel with my friends:)
Last person's house you were in? my grandparent's house
Worst injury you've ever had? I've never really had a bad injury.. I broke my nose a few years ago
Have you been in love? no
Do you miss anyone right now? definitely, yeah
Last play you saw? I saw Mary Poppins like, two years ago, hahaha
What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex? I carry 5 guns at all times
What are your plans for tonight? I don't have any for tonight.. sleeping? 
What do you want to know about the future? that everything will work out
Are you wearing any perfume or cologne? not today, I've not been out
Where is your best friend? presumably in her house
How is your best friend? well I hope?
Do you have a tan? not really, I'm not really pale but I wouldn't say my skin is particularly tanned
What are you listening to right now? a hip-hop programme on BBC. dawwwwg.
Do you collect anything? LOOK magazines
Who is the biggest gossiper you know? hahaha, one of my closest friends! love her though so it's okay
Have you ever drink your soda from a straw? if I can have a straw I do, I try to save my teeth!
What does your last text message say? 'Yeah:) aww haha. i haven't got a clue where you could get something like that:/ when do they have to be in again?xxx'
Do you like hot sauce? nandos?! yeaaaaah buddy
Last time you took a shower? last night
Do you need to do laundry? mum generally does it. classic lazy teenager.
What is your heritage? scottish, irish. and according to my optician, asian.
Are you someone's best friend? yeah, I think so anyway!
Are you rich? I wish!
What were you doing at 12AM last night? listening to my ipod trying to get to sleep

-Couple of mugshots to put a face to the blog-

Okay, if you made it this far then props to you! This is a really long post that most people won't read to love yaaa if you do!;) Also, I'm sorry about the ugly writing, I couldn't work out how to change it so yeah, I'm aware it looks horrible! I'm also aware that this hasn't really given you an insight into 'me', but hopefully a bit of my personality will have come through so you can 'get' me a bit better? If not, that was a waste of 20 minutes, haha!

Hope you enjoyed this/didn't get too bored with it! I'll try to get back to normal posts soon!

Evie x

Viva Barcelona

As a few of you might know, I went to Barcelona on October for a week with school. It was such a good week and I was so glad I got to spend my birthday with my two favourite girls in the SUN!
It was an art trip so, as expected, we did all the artsy stuff - museums, galleries, sketching etc. But we also had time to ourselves where we could explore the city and shop, eat, sunbathe, whatever we wanted. The weather was SO hot, definitely hotter than everyone was expecting - being on a full coach in 37 degrees for 2/3 hours a day isn't exactly my idea of fun, but we had such a laugh!
I totally forgot to do a post about this trip, I guess because it's a bit different to what I usually blog about. However seeing as I've had no blogging material whatsoever recenly - don't get me wrong I've been shopping, but I always forget to take pictures etc, and I've had no time - I thought I'd let you know about my time in Barcelona!
Here are just a few pictures of what we got up to while we were there!

I absolutely loved Barcelona! Have any of you been? What did you think?

Evie x

My every-day make up bag & update

Yet another post starting with an apology for being a rubbish blogger - sorry! I've had so much school work recently, if you follow me on twitter you'll have seen me moaning about the millions of history essays and reports I've been set - love it... Along with that it's the time of year when everyone who is getting ready to apply for university has to fill in their UCAS applications or, if you're like me and totally forgot about it (doss!), then it's the time of year when you go into blind panic about what you're going to do with your life when all the uni's realise that you'd forget your own head if it wasn't screwed on!
The most recent social event has been the S6 social which was interesting to say the least... I spent the night looking after my poorly (through alcohol, don't give too much sympathy!) friend so I didn't have to worry about my picture being in the cringiest album EVER on facebook - oh.my.god. it's the worst thing I've ever seen in my life, although quite funny for me because I'm not in it;)


Tomorrow I'm going to my friend's fundraising ceilidh - she's going on a gap year to Guyana! I bought a new dress today although lace sleeves + someone as clumsy as me = disaster, I've ripped it already! Hopefully it will be okay though:( I'll try and do a FOTD/OOTD before I leave although I don't have my memory card at the moment so I'll try and use my mum's!


Okay, I've probably bored you to death with that ramble, which by the look of it talks about a lot... it actually only covers about 3 points... oh well!
On to the actual substance of this post - what's in my every-day make up bag?
The bag that I use is actually something I got for my birthday which contained shower gel and a body scrub/sponge thing. It's from Elle MacPherson's 'The Body' collection and is the perfect size to fit all the make up I use on a daily basis.

Eyes/face: As always, I use No7 Triple Protection tinted moisturiser in fair. It's fab, I absolutely love this and would definitely recommend it if you have okay skin and just want a light/medium coverage.
For concealer I use Benefit's Erase Paste on any blemishes and Collection 2000's concealer under my eyes and on any red areas that I'm particularly bothered about. The colour's for both these products are 1 Fair.
My eye makeup is always pretty simple, and it's been the same for the past two years - I got a compliment on it yesterday though which keeps me believing that it's not getting old! I use Rimmel's Exaggerate liquid liner to create a winged line and then Collection 2000's brown pencil liner just under my bottom lashes. To define my eye a bit more I use a black kohl pencil by Rimmel - I'm not sure on the name as it's rubbed off!
My lovely lovely lovely mascara is No7 Intense Volume! I'm sure you've read me rambling about this before but it's just grrrreat! Honestly, all the No7 mascaras I've tried have been really good, so if you've not tried one and aren't too sure about the £12 price tag, use a £5 voucher and trust me - you'll love it!

Lips: I don't wear lipstick during the week unless I'm out at night, because it's not really the 'done thing' at my school. I really like the toffee Fat Balm by Eyeko - it's a really nice neutral colour that just warms up the rest of your complexion.
I bought Revlon's Va Va Violet for a fancy dress party I was going to dressed as a punk! I've discovered that if I dab it on lightly it makes a gorgeous berry colour, not purple in the slightest (although the swatch below is probably the worst example I could have given, sorry!)
No3 by Kate Moss for Rimmel London (mouthful?!?!) isn't my favourite shade to wear, but it's nice if I want that feeling that I've made an effort by wearing lipstick, without it obviously looking like I'm wearing any.. just read that mack and it makes NO sense what so ever! If you understand what I mean let me know, hahaha!
MAC Fanfare is fab. Read my post on it here.

Below are swatches of the lipsticks mentioned.

Clockwise from top left: Va Va Violet, Fanfare, Shade 3

Again, sorry for being to rubbish with keeping up with my blog recently! As ever I'll end by saying that I'm going to keep a steady flow of posts from now on but if I'm 100% honest I don't know if that's going to work.. I have NABs, essays, tests, etc coming up but I WILL try! I promise!

Have you used any of these products? Any nights out where you've been the baby sitter?!;)

Evie x