Emily's Blog

Hello!
Sorry I haven't posted in over a month, I have been quite busy but I could have posted to be fair ha ha, ops! I have been training for my new job and I was on holiday for a week, but that's no excuse really... I should've found the time. (To make up for it I will post quite a few within the next couple of weeks, as I have my birthday so I'll be doing a blog post on that. I also might do one from my holiday in Wales (even though we got back a while ago now) and I have a couple of beauty ones).
(I wrote this post on the 7th September, but I didn't post it; blogger would not let me upload any photos!!!!)
Anyway today I have a few snack/ breakfast/ lunch ideas for you.
I'm thinking of doing more posts like this in the future; I love trying out new things. (Especially if it's to do with healthy foods!)

Avocado with poached egg

I have seen quite a few people do this & when Niomi posted her breakfast ideas YouTube video she obviously said what she did step by step, so therefore I followed her instructions! At home we do have a special pan thing to poach eggs with, but I did it the way Niomi did in her video, the way most people do it I believe.



I boiled the kettle and poured the water into a average sized pan, I then turned the gas on and began to stir the water, the purpose of this is to move the water particles and to create a little dip in the middle where you crack your egg and put it in. You then leave it for around 3 minutes. Whilst the egg was doing it's thing I scooped out my avocado and mashed it up with a fork on a rivita, I then put a pinch of salt and pepper on top.
I then took the poached egg out of the pan with a large spoon with holes in to drain the water. I finally placed the egg on top of my rivita and avocado and added a tiny bit more pepper and ate my yummy lunch.

Mixed berry smoothie

To make my smoothie I used some frozen berries, which where blueberries, blackberries and cranberries. I put them in the blender and then added a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a cup and a half of milk and blended it! I then tipped it into a cute glass and put a bit of ice cream and a little cranberry on the top to make it look pretty.
Making smoothies is very quick and easy, so they're great if you haven't got time to eat a bowl of cereal or whatever; you can put it into one of those nice take out cups.

Hello everyone
So the other day I went on a skincare haul; I was totally out of everything and so I decided to try a lot of new products!

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water

I went to Boots to purchase these items (minus this item - I purchased it in Tesco)
Firstly I'm going to talk about Garnier's Micellar cleansing water; I've heard such good things about it recently. You put a little bit on a cotton pad and wipe off your makeup. You can use it anywhere on your face inc. lips and eyes and you don't need to rinse afterwards. It is very good and I'd give it a 10/10; it gets your makeup completely off really fast and you don't have to use very much at all either. It is also so much easier and quicker than using wipes, although many people think wipes are the fast option if you're tired (for example). I am not kidding, if you use this product, it is 10x quicker (trust me). The bottle is huge, so it would last you forever! It is defiantly worth the £4 I paid for it. On the package also it says it has around 200 uses. Also - it feels so nice and cool on your skin when you apply it, which really freshens you up.

No7 Gentle toner

Boots sometimes give you little vouchers (especially for No7 products). My mum had two and gave one to me and one to my sister. So with the voucher I bought the No7 Soft & Soothed gentle toner. In the past I have used the Body Shop tea tree one which is just as good as this one in my opinion. However, with the Body Shop one, as it's tea tree, you can really feel as soon as you apply it to your skin that it's already working it's magic but with this one you can't, which is one disadvantage. This toner is £8, which is a fairly reasonable price (but I had £5 off) so I only had to pay £3 which was great. I never really buy No7 products, but after purchasing this product and realising how everything isn't that expensive I will be purchasing more products from them in the near future. This toner comes in a lovely long bottle, which means it should last a while. Overall it is a great product which does work and as it says on the packaging it is very gentle - so it should be ok for a lot of people with sensitive skin. Also it is really light on your skin when you apply it on a cotton pad, it hydrates your skin as it's very cool and it gets off any of the makeup you may have missed.

Garnier Moisturiser 

Skincare routine

Wake me up concealer

 BB Cream

I purchased Rimmels BB Cream in 'Light'. It is amazing and makes your skin look flawless. It is quite thick but feels light on your skin. It blends so well and you don't need to apply that much, unless you want a higher coverage of course. The cream overall gives a medium coverage which is perfect for the summer. It also smells of summer / sun cream but nicer than sun cream, if that made sense! I would also probably wear this in the winter too, but not everyday just now and again; during those months I'd be wearing a higher coverage foundation. It is not patchy in the slightest or it doesn't leave a foundation line (but obviously if you get the wrong shade then that's what you'll be left with!) It has SPF 25 as well, which is great; that means you don't have to apply any yuky sun cream to your face. It's a '9 in 1' product, like I said earlier. It primes, moisturises, minimizes pores, conceals, covers, smoothes, mattifies, brightens, and helps protect which is amazing.
The packaging is ok, as you can see it is quite simple but it is a decent size tube.
It's a fab product that I will definitely be repurchasing in the future.

Hello everyone!
I saw my friend Briony had quite recently posted the 'Summer tag' so I thought I'd do it as well :)



1. What's your favourite thing about summer?

I love just relaxing, bbqs and just hanging out with friends and family

 2. Do you have a favourite summer drink?

I love crushed berry and lime Bulmers. But I also love orange soda :)

 3. Is there a location you like to go to each summer?

No, when we go abroad myself and my family go to a different place most of the time. In the UK though I enjoy going to Clevedon, Weston-Super-Mare, Yorkshire and Wales

 4. Favourite make up look for summer?

Bright eye shadows, cat eye or just mascara  by itself (nice and natural), light coverage of foundation,  concealer, bronzer and blusher and a brightly coloured lipstick sometimes

 5. Dresses or skirts?

Skirts probably

 6. Sandals or ballet pumps?

Sandals

7. Do you prefer to wear your hair up or down for summer?

Down and wavy or up in a high ponytail

 8. Deep smoky eyes or bold lips?

Bold lips for summer, defiantly

 9. Favourite perfume for summer?

DKNY Be Delicious eau de Parfum

 10. Last but not least, favourite music for summer?

Oh god, I don't know! Anything upbeat really. Specific artists/bands: Calvin Harris, Bastille, Lily Allen, Disclosure, Ellie Goulding, Jessie J, Rihanna, Iggy, Macklemore and Katy Perry.

 I tag any of you to do it :)

Finally... THE SMELL. I literally cannot get over how good this lip-gloss smells. It smells of sweets, which is obviously such a lovely smell which loads of girls love. I could quite happily sit down and smell the lip-gloss for ages. It's by far the best smelling makeup product I have ever owned. (2nd is Bourjois' healthy mix serum).



To summarise... this is a great affordable product which I'd recommend to anyone. It is one of my favourite lip products I have owned and I haven't had it for long at all... so that's got to be good, right?!

PS... I just want to say well done to Tanya on making such lovely products and good luck with your makeup line and the future (inc. your YouTube channel of course!) I can't wait for more products. I also will defiantly be purchasing a nail polish soon and more lip-glosses as ALL the shades are gorgeous (and have super cute and creative names).

Hello everyone! On Saturday our new puppy came home! We (myself, my mum, dad and sister) went over to Wales 3 weeks ago to see her and decided then that we would get her. Her full name, given by the Dog breeders, is 'Curly Wurly' and we decided to keep the name as we think it is very cute and it really suits her. She has settled in very well and has been very good (and slightly cheeky and of course playful!) She slept around 6 hours last night, which is amazing. You'll be able to see why they named her 'Curly' Wurly by the images I have inserted below:
(This is basically going to be a picture post!)



                                                      
     


          

Hello!
This blog post is going to be about what makeup I wear on a normal day, like going to school etc. The post is going to be quite photo heavy, but I am going to list and link the products so you know how much they are etc and briefly describe what I am doing in each photo.

Products I use:

• Bourjois healthy mix serum in light vanilla (51)
• Soap and Glory 'thick and fast' mascara
• Benefit 'they're real' mascara
• POREfessional by Benefit
• Benefits boe-ing concealer in 02 and 01
• Natural collection eyeliner (black)
• Baby lips in 'Cherry me'
• Benefit "me vein" powder in champagne
• Bourjois chocolate bronzer in 52
• Benefits 'hoola' brozer
• Sleek blush by 3 'Pumpkin' palette or Natural collections blush in 'pink cloud' (a pale pink colour)
• MUA pallet in 'Heaven and Earth' (Which apparently they no longer stock...)

Face

Eyes 

                        
Also... today I attempted the Milkmaid braid after watching +Zoella's video on it. It didn't turn out great (oh well, practice makes perfect!) but I did really like it all the same.