Saturday 14 September 2013

Flower nail art tutorial

I was bored yesterday so I decided to do a bit of nail art because I haven't done any in a while. I turned out to really like them and it was really easy to do!



Clockwise from top left - jewel in the crown, Topshop - Pistachio ice-cream, MUA - Blood orange, BarryM - Papaya, BarryM
 
 
  1. First paint your nails any colour you like
  2. Using a dotting tool/cocktail stick/end of nail varnish brush to create two small red dots next to each other. Repeat this a couple of times on each nail.
  3. This step is the same as number 2 but this time use an orange nail varnish and put two dots around each of the red dots.
  4. Lastly using a dotting tool or cocktail stick make little green lines around the dots.

 
If you try this out show me on Instagram!
See you soon
Caitlin
xxx
Instagram - @Iamcaitx
Song of the day - D is for dangerous - Arctic mokeys
 

Sunday 18 August 2013

17 Wild Metallics Eyes Review

Hello everybody, as you might know from my recent beauty wish I wanted one of the Maybelline colour tattoos but every time I'm in boots or Superdrug I can never see a colour I want so when I saw this cream eye shadow from 17 I couldn't resist.
 
 
 
I got shade wild bronze and it was £3.99 so its definitely affordable. Its really easy to use and smooths out onto my eye lid really easily. However its quite sticky so it would smudge a bit when I opened my eyes when I first put it on and it took quite a while to dry.
I wore this on its own and loved how it looked but I think it would also look nice as a base. Its quite sparkly so if you don't like a bit of sparkle I wouldn't recommend this.
When I came to take of my makeup I was actually quite surprised that it was still on as sometime I find eye shadows can rub off.
I would definitely recommend this and I think I might be going back to boots soon to purchase another one.
Hope this has been helpful to you!
See you soon
Caitlin
xxx
Instagram - @Iamcaitx
Song of the day - Brand new day - Kodaline

Tuesday 13 August 2013

Take me back

Hello everybody, as I said yesterday here is my little holiday post. Its a bit different from my usual posts as this has nothing to do with beauty or fashion I'm just going to show some pictures I took on holiday so here they are,

The lizard that visited us every night

Girona


This was the best ice cream ever!





Begeur




Gaudi's park




The Barcelona cathedral

The view from our villa

If you'd like me to do more posts like this comment below as I love taking pictures and I would happily do so.
Hope you enjoyed!
See you soon
Caitlin
xxx
Instagram - @Iamcaitx
Song of the day - Things that stop you dreaming - Passenger

Monday 12 August 2013

Holiday haul

Hello everybody, as you probably know from my packing blogpost that I've been away on holiday! I went to Spain and today I'm just going to show you some things I got. I plan to do another holiday blog probably tomorrow but just showing some pictures I took because we went to some really beautiful places.


When we went to Girona we popped into Zara and I picked up this little perfume which comes in a little roller bottle. I got it in the rose scent and it smells gorgeous, its just a really summery scent. I've never seen this in a Zara in the UK but its definitely worth having a look to see, it was only 3.99 euros as well which is a huge bonus considering its Zara. I also bought a headband from Zara which is burgundy with a kind of gold chain weaved through it. I'm the type of person who likes having my hair out of my face so I thought this would be really nice in my hair. The last thing I got from Zara was this oversized floral t-shirt. I kind of fell in love with it as soon as I saw it. I just love the pattern on it and its so comfortable. I will definitely get my moneys worth from this.


We also went to Pull and bear in Girona and I got a pair on ankle length jeans. I discovered pull and bear last year when I was in Palma and I loved it so much so when I saw one I couldn't resist going in. There are 4 Pull and bears in the Uk but none near where I live so that's annoying because I love this shop so much. I think these jeans are great for summer, well UK's summers anyway, as they're a really light denim and I think them being ankle length makes them even more summery. They go with loads but I think they looks really nice with cami tops. I'm wearing my bright green one from Topshop.
 
When I was in h&m I got this lip balm and it smells so so good. I don't think they sell these in these in the UK but I might be wrong.  Its nice and hydrating on the lips but the only bad thing is that is huge for a lip balm so its not very good for just having in your bag or something, but that's the only bad thing I can say about it!

 

 When we were in a market I saw this bag and I couldn't not buy it. Its not something I would usually go for but I like it because its just so colourful and it stands out a lot, it would definitely brighten up and dull outfit. Its also a really good size as it can fit quite a lot in but its not to big.


The last thing I got was this nail varnish which is just the brightest green. I don't own a nail varnish like this and I have been loving this colour recently and for my holiday I bought a cami this colour (shown above in the picture on my jeans) I haven't worn it on my nails yet so I can't say if its any good or not and I have never heard of this brand before so hopefully its good!

So that's everything I got in Spain! Tomorrow if I have time I'll do another little holiday blog with just some pictures of where I went.
See you soon!
Caitlin
xxx
Instagram - @Iamcaitx
Song of the day - Curhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7VYBMU5IXgse - Imagine Dragons



Sunday 11 August 2013

A little beauty wishlist


Hello everybody, I've just got back from my holiday so I've had a bit of a mismatched day today therefore seeing as I haven't blogged in about 2 weeks I would do this really simple blogpost which is just my beauty wishlist! I wont go into detail about the products, ill just show the name and price and also ive changed my blogs name to Cait's world in case any of you were wondering why it had changed.


Maybelline - Fit me Foundation Stick - £8.99
http://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-Fit-Me-Foundation-Stick_1365459/

 



Eye Studio® Color Tattoo® 24HR Cream Gel Shadow
Maybelline - colour tattoo - £4.99
http://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-EyeStudio-Color-Tattoo-24hr-Cream-Gel-Eyeshadow_1253778/
 


Bourjois - colour boost - £7.99
http://www.boots.com/en/Bourjois-Paris-Colour-Boost-Lip-Crayon_1359125/
Sleek Shimmer Blush Rose Gold
Sleek - Rose gold blush - £4.49

 
So that's it, its quite small but I really want to try these out as Ive heard such good things about them all. If you want to comment anything beauty products you recommend as I always want to try new things!
See you soon
Caitlin
xxx
Instagram - @iamcaitx
Song of the day - Costume party - Two door cinema club




 

 
 

Wednesday 24 July 2013

Packing - makeup, skincare, bodycare and hair


Hello everybody, first thing I would like to say is sorry I have not blogged in so long! I haven't even got an excuse this time as I haven't even been that busy, but now its the summer holidays I'm going to try and blog a little bit more...
 I'm going on holiday in a couple of days which is super exciting so I thought I would show you some of the things I will be taking with me. I'm not going to go into detail about the products but if you would like me to do a blog post on some of the things just comment below.

Makeup

I would just like to say that I don't really wear makeup on holiday as I just cant be bothered but I'm just bringing these in case.
Face products
  • Nivea - tinted moisturising day cream - natural
  • Benefit - hello flawless oxygen wow - "cheers to me" champagne
  • Rimmel London - Stay Matte powder - pink blosson
  • Benefit - boi-ing concealer - I'm unsure of the shade but its one of the lightest ones

Eyes and cheeks
  • Benefit - Mascara - they're real
  • Collection - eye shadow pencil - vintage blush
  • Technic - high lighter - high lights
Lips
Ok I have quite a lot of lip products... whoops



  • Lush - lip scrub - Bubblegum
  • Models own - lip balm - Bubblegum
  • Miss sporty - lip balm - 03
  • Revlon - lip butter - strawberry shortcake
  • Rimmel London - Kate moss matte lip stick - 110
  • MUA - power pout tint and balm - broken hearted
  • Vaseline - rosy lips
  • Body shop - born lippy lip balm - Satsuma and strawberry
  • Body shop -lip butter - mango
  • Nivea - lip butter - raspberry
  • A-Derma - intense repair lip balm
Tools




  • Models own - blending sponge
  • Real techniques - contour brush
  • Real techniques - buffing brush
Hair


  • Trevor Sorbie - beautiful curls - beach hair
  • Caudalie - divine oil
  • Batiste - dry shampoo - floral and flirty blush 
Skin care and body

  • Ted Baker - body spray
  • Soap&Glory - body spray - Mist you madly
  • Soap&Glory - Body moisturising mist - Girligo
  • Soap&Glory - Hand food
  • Simple - Moisturiser
  • Simple - facial wash
  • Simple - facial toner
  • Body shop - Body butter - Passion fruit
So that looks like quite a lot of stuff and I will probably not take this much but this is just a rough idea.
Hope you enjoyed
See you soon!
Caitlin
xxx
Instagram - @Iamcaitx
Song of the day - Put your records on - Corinne Bailey Rae

Sunday 30 June 2013

Colour show - Chalk dust

Hello everybody, about 3 weeks ago I got a couple of the Maybelline colour show nail varnishes. considering I've had them for that long I've only just tried one of them! So today I thought I would do a little review on it.
Maybelline - colour show - chalk dust - £2.99
I have never seen a nail varnish like this before so it drew me in straight away. When I used it I expected it to be a black nail varnish with white dots in it but it is actually a clear nail varnish with black and white dots in. Because of this I had to paint my nails black then put this on top, but it still looked really good.
 I wore this for a couple of days with a top coat on top and it didn't chip at all as I find quite a lot of nail varnishes chip really easily.
As this is a glitter nail varnish it is a pain in the neck to get off, However if you go to http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT8z80a4ESgO2Y4qajk-iXw she has a video that tells you how to get glittler nail varnish off really easily and it works really easily.
 
 
So overall I would really recommend getting this as its really good, I'm surprised it isn't more expensive!
 
See you soon
Caitlin
xxx
Instagram - @iamcaitx
Song of the day - Brianstorm - Arctic monkeys