Elle

Summer is finally here in the UK, we've had some beautiful, sunny days. One of my favourite things to do in the summer is to play with bright and beautiful lip colours and so I thought I would compile a short list some of my favourite, affordable lipsticks to brighten your days over the coming months. PS - my camera wasn't showing the colour of the swatches very well so I had to use my iPad to take picture swatches so the quality isn't great. PPS - the pictures were taken after 12 hrs of make up wearing so it's not looking great but my eye make up is a combination of Trick, Liar and Factory from the Urban Decay Naked 3 palette combined with the Too Faced Better than Sex mascara. I could've picked so many but I tried to pick a small representation so it's not too overwhelming: From left: NYX Cosmic Metals Speed of Light, Colorpop Poppin', Revlon Lip Butter 'Tutti Frutti', Avon 'Rapid Rose', NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream 'Sydney'  ...

First things first immarealist.... No? Hello again! The sudden surge of activity on here and my YouTube channel may surprise you - for those that have stuck around, thank you for being patient and for those that are new (I've been using my fancy Google statistics thing) welcome! I hope you enjoy reading through this blog and watching my videos as much as I like making them, this is a place where I really like to de-stress and have fun! Side note: Don't forget to subscribe/ add me on Twitter and Instagram or enter your email in the little box to the right so you get email alerts if there is a new post/video (don't worry, I can't see your email if you do) Wow, it's raining hard outside. Welcome to the Great British summer! Anyway. I thought I would give you a little update on why I've been away and just let you know the stuff that's been going on in Elle world! The biggest thing has been my GCSEs. That was stressful. I had 19 exams spread over a...

Hello all, hope everybody is enjoying the summer! As many of you may know, I am exceptionally pale (which I still cannot find the reason for as the rest of my family tan easily) and after spending a fortnight lying n a beach I will still only have the smallest tan ever - forget tanning in the UK, I'll just burn. But Elle, I hear you say, just fake it? My problems is, even the 'no streaks' fake tans that I have tried have gone streaky, clearly due to user error but I simply cannot apply the stuff - even gradual tan body lotions. UNTIL NOW I don't think I can rave enough about this product. The St.Tropez Gradual Tan In Shower Lotion (that's a mouthful) is so easy and quick to use; just hop in the shower, apply the lotion (with the shower off) and wait 3 minutes (I clean my teeth or take off my make up) then rinse off! Despite using this about 9 times so far, I have still never experienced streaks and my tan is still very natural looking. It also leaves your ...