Make-up vs No Make-up

Hi beauty lovers,

I wanted to share some photos with you all, I ended up putting make-up on half of my face and left the other half bare. It was actually quite interesting to see the comparison between the two. I love doing my make-up, its like painting on your face, you can be as creative as you like and yes you can truly change the way your face looks. I am very self conscious of my skin, I stopped the pill for about two months and as soon as i stopped I was hit with a lot of acne :( this was a big change for me as growing up I really never had acne at all, I would have the odd spot but nothing compared to this. So when I don't wear make-up and those blemishes are not covered it does make me self conscious. In saying this I cant express how important it is to give your skin a break!! Make-up is very heavy and it can be very harsh on your skin, this is why I try give it a break from make-up as much as I can and wash my face thoroughly every night. Don't sleep with your make-up on girls, its so bad for your skin!!

Here is a picture of half my face bare and half my face with make-up!

You can clearly see the difference, it was actually very interesting for myself to see the difference as well! On this topic I am thinking about doing a beginners guide to make-up, consisting of everything a beginner should know about make-up and how to apply it! I really hope I can teach a thing or two to some of my readers and I am going to start out with a tutorial on how to fill in your eyebrows, something that I think is very important to finishing off your make-up look!!

Until next time :)

xoxo
Ash

My favourite websites for buying 'beauty' from New Zealand

Ok girls, so if you are a fellow kiwi like me, then you all know how ridiculously over priced make-up etc is here and not only that but if we find a good website to buy off they usually don't ship to New Zealand, or shipping is so overly priced it just makes you not want to buy from there! :( Having this problem i searched around and found some great websites, free shipping, cheap prices and massive sales! I have purchased from all of these websites and they ship fast and everything went smoothly (took about a week to get my parcels, so quick!) These websites are not only for kiwis either so I hope you enjoy some of them just like I do :)

First up is :
http://www.feelunique.com/
This website has free shipping worldwide, super great sales (sign up to the email to get emails about discounts) and cheap prices on things you will love!

http://www.asos.com/?r=2
Another great website! Free shipping worldwide, cheap prices not only on beauty related items but clothes and accesories too. This website has so many sales on Rimmel products, I got my stay matte powder for $4.99 !

http://buy.ilovebeauty.co.nz/
This is a fairly new New Zealand website, it doesn't have free shipping but you can find some good bargains

http://www.makeupclearance.co.nz/
Another New Zealand website, this website has some crazy deals on make-up, so cheap!

I hope you love these websites as much as I do, I love sharing my great finds with my readers! Enjoy :)

xoxo
Ash

Winged Eyeliner Tutorial?

Hi beauty lovers,

While I'm here I wanted to ask all of you if you would like a tutorial on how to do winged eye-liner? I have never been a pro at doing it but I have been playing around recently and found a way that is super easy to achieve this look.
So let me know if you would like me to post a tutorial on this look. ( excuse the no eye-shadow or mascara haha)

Leave some comments on this post if you would like to see a in depth tutorial on my easy way of achieving this look :)

Talk to you soon

Ash
xoxo

20 amazing beauty tips you need too know!

Hi beauty lovers,

So today i thought i would give you all some of my favourite beauty tips that work!
Try some out and let me know how it goes :)

1. Mix a tiny amount of tanning lotion in with your day cream to give your skin a radiant glow.

2. Best way to style curly hair? Apply a bit of conditioner while hair is still wet and twist it into big sections. This enhances natural curl and controls flyaways.

3. Eye shadow doesnt stay on long? Apply a cream shadow as a base, the slightly tacky texture will ensure that powders adhere better to your eyelid.

4. After you apply your lipstick, put your finger in your mouth and suck on it as you withdraw it. This gets rid of excess lipstick.

5. Favourite lipgloss is too sticky? Run an ice cube along your lips after applying, this should help dilute some of that gloop!

6. Greasy hair? For a quick fix you can use facial blotting papers on the hair. They will absorb the oil.

7. When applying foundation start at the centre of the face then blend out and down.

8. When selecting a foundation shade, test it on your chest rather than your face as this provides the best indicator of your true colouring.

9. Heat will cause a perfume to deteriate so store it in the fridge.

9. If you like a dewy foundation finish apply it with a sponge.

10.  Always blink into your mascara wand for extra curl.

11. To find the ideal blush shade for you, bend over for 30 seconds then see what colour your cheeks turn.

12. For the ultimate blow dry use a round natural bristly brush.

13. When using false lashes the golden rule is to always let the glue go tacky for 10-15 seconds before you apply the lashes.

14. For dehydrated skin, press a hot wet cloth gently on your face for a couple of minutes, follow with moisturiser.

15. When blow drying, insure hair is totally dry before styling, otherwise it wont hold for long.

16. If you need to clean up eyeshadow fallout, do it with a fan brush.

17. You can use perfume on a cotton bud to remove hair dye from around the hairline.

18. To prevent folish from chipping, seal each coat by brushing the tip of the nail.

19. Pop on a shower cap for five minutes to help maximise the effectivness of conditioning products. Then rinse out.

20. Between testing fragrances sniff the inside of your elbow as this area is odour neutral.

So thats 20 tips for you guys, i hope you enjoyed this post :)
Talk too you soon

xoxo
Ash

Get to know me tag :)

Hi beauty lovers :)

This is going to be a quick post but i am so insanly bored and i wanted to upload a little something for you guys to read. I was having a little think and i thought to myself, you guys dont know much about me, at all!! :0

So an idea popped into my head and im going to answer a few questions so you can all get to know me a bit better, I hope you enjoy reading it and feel free to leave comments and ask me more questions :)

1. Are you named after anyone?
No i cant say i am, i think it would be awsome to be though, give you a little bit of history to your name!

2. When was the last time you cried?
Ooo this is a hard one!! It was probably when i said goodbye to my sister and moved 8 hours away. Was a pretty hard goodbye since we are so close!!

3. Do you have children?
Nope, not at the moment but definatly want some in the future

4. If you were another person, would you be friends with yourself?
I think so

5. Do you use sarcasm alot?
Haha yes i do actually, i dont really know why it just happens :P

6. Would you ever bungee jump?
YES YES YES, saving up too go later this year and can not wait, i think it would be an amazing experience, scary yes but amazing haha

7. What is your favourite cereal?
Cant say i really eat cereal, i dont like milk and its so plain without it.

8. What's the first thing you notice about people?
This is a hard one, i would probably say what someone is wearing haha.

9. What is your eye colour?
Blue, light blue to be exact. I always get comments about how 'buzzy' my eyes are haha

10. Scary films or happy endings?
Happy endings definatly, I can never watch a scary movie by myself they scare me so much haha

11. Favourite smells?
Hmm i cant really say my 'favourite smells' but i always have a thing with smelling candels and soaps haha, Have you ever been to the store LUSH? It is heaven i literally just go around smelling everything. Weird i know :P

12. Summer or winter?
They both have there positives and negitives, winter because i love wrapping up warm and getting snuggles from the boyfriend :P, but then i also like summer for getting tan, swimming, the heat!

13. Computer or Tv?
Ahh i cant choose haha too hard there both equal!

14. What was the furthest away you have been from home?
I went to singapore 2 years ago, and it was amazing !

15. Do you have any special talents?
Mmm i wouldnt call it a talent to be exact but when i extended my arm on a table people say it looks like its broken, yes i know its really weird haha

16. Where were you born?
Auckland, New zealand

17. What are your hobbies?
Hanging with friends, make-up, anything beauty related, animals, drawing, blogging

18. Do you have any pets?
Back home i have the two cutest cats, one of them even has three legs :) I miss them :( but hopefully when me and my boyfriend get our new place i will get a new little kitten :)

19. What is your favourite film?
Titanic, Hands down favourite movie haha

20: Do you have any siblings?
One older sister, who is amazing :) 1 step brother and 3 step sisters.

21: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Well this is difficult because i change my mind alot, ive studied hairdressing, make-up and now im studying interior design so something in one of those fields i reckon :)

22: How old are you?
Im 18, nearly 19

23: Do you have a partner?
Yes i do :) A boyfriend of two years who i love to bits <3

Hope you all liked getting to know me a bit better, i enjoyed answering the questions haha.

Until next time!

xoxo
Ash

Welcome to my new blog

Hi Beauty Lovers :)

This is just a short post explaining what this whole blog will be about and a little preview of what i will be doing for my first blog post.

I will be doing a bunch of different things and will be uploading new blogs frequently all depending how popular this blog gets. I made this blog as i have always been in love with make-up, beauty and hair. I completed both a hairdressing and make up course so am excited to share my knowledge with all of you.

I was going to start a beauty channel on you tube since i was so inspired with two beauty gurus in particular that you may have already heard of.

The first is Shannon i watch her videos religiously and recommend checking her out if you haven't already, here's her link to her you tube channel:
 http://www.youtube.com/user/shaaanxo
 or her twitter: https://twitter.com/xoshaaan

And the second is Karissa i found her page through shaanxo and now fell in love with her videos as well she is so sweet and down to earth and you will defiantly love her videos as much as i do. Her link is : http://www.youtube.com/user/saturdaynightsalrite
or her twitter :https://twitter.com/satnightalrite

Anyways i decided to do something a little different as there is so many beauty gurus on YouTube already i decided to make a beauty blog and basically that is how this whole blog started :)

I will be including things such as - Make up and hair product reviews, Hauls, Tutorials either through pictures or videos, blogging about what i am getting up too, question and answer blogs and much much more :)

My very first post (after this one haha) will be a product review of the Stilla natural eye shadow palette. I just received this and am so so glad i decided to purchase it.

So stay tuned for the review and i may even chuck in a tutorial using the palette as well.

I hope you all have a fab rest of your day and will talk to you all in my next post !!

xoxo
Ash