It's been a while!

Sorry for my long absence but its been quite a busy week. I have so much stuff I have to share with you so I'm going to do it in sections rather than paragraphs and paragraphs of stuff!

Some of you may be aware that I recently turned 21... I'd just like to share some things with you that have been a little highlight for me :)

My Surprise Birthday Cake :)

My New Laptop

(Finger marks all over it already)

My Birthday Weekend in Kent



My Present to myself :)

My Favourite Picture from the weekend

Thank you for all your birthday messages too <3

Hannah xxx

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It's my Birthdayyyy

Quick post while I wait for my boyfriend to get back :)

21 TODAYYY!

My mum got me a gorgeous special '21' necklace and driving lessons.

And my boyfriend got me a brand new Acer laptop, its amazinggg.

I'll be back on later with updates and pictures xD

Enjoy your day

Hannah xxxxx

What's in my bag...

I seriously love seeing what people have in their bags, I don't know why, and when i see their makeup bags I'm wondering what's in the too.

My Bag- The story behind this bag is that some guy who I used to date bought me a pair of Armani Jeans, they didnt fit properly, so instead of getting a smaller size I just decided to get this bag from there instead.

It has two compartments on the side which have zips, and two of the front with those magnetic clip things. It looks like its collapsed on one side.

This is what was in it today:

Red Makeup Bag which came free with Christina Agulieras perfume.

A clip in cat ear from halloween, I must have shoved it in here and its just got lost in the corners with loose change.

A large hair grip which came with the GHD straighteners.

Black necklace

Keys

Razor (must have been there from when i've stayed out somewhere)

Glamour magazine

Every human being necessity, Ipod, with working headphones!

A brush glitter stick thing from La Senza.

Fuji Digi Cam.

Sunglasses (not that i need them right now)

Deodrant

A Pink Barbie comb, I have had this comb for soooooo many years but i love it and cant let go.

Britney Spears Fantasy Perfume

Tweezers.

Bottle of Tango

And my purse, which is from miss selfridge.

Let me know if you have or are thinking of doing a 'whats in my bag' <3

Hannah xxxxxx

My Last Day...

Today, the 18/7/2011 is officially the last day I will be 20. The big 21 is finally here! I never made a list of things to do before I turn 21 so, I'm giving you lot a chance to list some things and I will do them and take picture proof! Just to make the day fun as I'm pretty sure it's going rain!

I hope being 21 isn't as scary as it sounds!

Love Hannah xxxxxxxxx

Gloomy Day

Oh what a glorious July Sunday we have today! Torrential rain, grey skies, gale force winds. I envy every person who is abroad right now,

On days like this I tend to sit in front of the mirror wondering what makeup to do, watch re-runs of My Name is Earl which I sky plus, or, just sit on my little sisters bed with the laptop and the dog.

So, sat on my little sisters bed I am, wondering what I could post about today. Then i seen this picture of makeup I did a few months ago and thought it kind of describes the whole day.

This isn't photoshopped, I used Picasa to change the add light, highlights and shadows. This is sooo simple, you basically just colour in your eyes with black eyeshadow and red eyeshadow, although I think I used red eyeliner. 

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A Kim Kardashian-esque look

I don't know if it's just me, but as much as I love makeup, I always prefer doing it on other people rather than on myself. Unfortunately for my 13 year old sister she has become my little model. But I have to say, her face takes makeup so beautifully. I don't know if its because of her young skin or what, but when i do the exact same look on myself afterwards, it never photographs the same and I get so jealous!

We did nothing with her hair its naturally very curly, and was tied up so she took her bobble out. 

After doing makeup like this its once I look back at the pictures that I see where I went wrong. Kim Kardashian never seems to wear very heavy fake lashes, but tends to opt for thin naturally long lashes as she doesnt need to put too much emphasis on her eyes as they are already very striking. From pictures I could see that she uses alot of concealer under her eyes and her trademark brown and black smokey eye look. For her lips I actually went over them with white eyeliner, followed by pink eyeshadow followed by the Benefit Lip Gloss which I posted yesterday. I absolutely love the colour on her.

Overall, I will be the first to admit that this is not one of the best looks I have done and I do not feel like I achieved the image I had in my head, but, I was still happy with the overall look and decided to share it.

I would have to say that Kim Kardashian is an Idol of mine, I do love everything about her. She does like to switch it up sometimes and goes for a 40's look and still pulls it off beautifully.

Who would you say was your makeup idol?

Fake Tan of the Year 2011!

I am an avid self tanner. I have been using fake tan since I was 13. Over the years I have found fake tans that I find amazing at the time, but then I always seem to find faults with them after a few applications and then I'm back on the hunt again.

Things I hate about certain self tanning products:

• Some of them just take a ridiculous amount of time to dry, and you feel like most of it is sticking to your sheets
• One L'oreal fake tan is so sticky when it's applied, I couldn't sit on my leather couch afterwards without having to peel myself off it
• Others dry very weirdly and they tend to go a bit "bitty" as if you're rubbing the first layer off when applying your second layer
• Tans that claims to develop within the hour.... but never ever do.
• Awful smelling fake tan. Could look amazing on, but the stench can sometimes take away the overall look. 

In my local shopping centre there is a cosmetic shop that sells really cheap products like nail varnishes, eyelashes, and hair accessories, I'm pretty sure everyone everywhere has one of these type of shops. I needed a new fake tan but had around £10 on me so I decided to go there, I asked the lady who worked there what fake tans are really good, and for her to not be biased just because she worked there, she told me about this new fake tan mist that was instant, but also developed to a darker colour over time. I bought it for £5.99.

I have to say, out of 10, I would give this product a 9.5. It is absolutely excellent. It's actually everything I have ever looked for in a fake tan.

1. Does go on instantly, and does get darker over night.
2. Dries completely within 10 minutes.
3. It does not work like normal instant tans where it is instant application and instant wash off, this one stays on.
4. It fades over time, instead of going blotchy and patchy.
5. It is quite watery so a little bit goes a long way.
6. Doesn't have any form of over powering smell, I don't think there is even any form of smell whatsoever.
7. Doesn't streak.

 The only thing that is wrong about it's advertisement is that its a mist spray. It is misty, but when you apply it you do have to rub it in hense why it didnt get the full 10/10. But that in itself doesn't deter me from the product in any way. I will continue to buy this product unless they realise how under priced it is and start bumping it up!

I don't really know if you can tell colour wise as this is quite a dark picture. But I had applied the Natural Tan about 2 hours before this photo was taken. I have very fair skin with freckles, so although it may not look very brown, it really is alot darker than my natural skin tone. Hope this gives you some sort of idea.