The K N I T Edit #1

Hello Gorgeous

Let's not beat around the bush... It's cold in the UK. I find sometimes it is colder in my house than outside but that's another story. Having had a full on flu at the end of 2014 I made a deal with myself that I WILL wrap up warm. 

 

I adore neutral shades and this caramel and mustard scarf and beanie are my new best friends. These match with practically everything in my wardrobe.

 

I find that chunky knits can be difficult to style sometimes but I am now finding ways to make them work.

 

 

 

Beanie: Zara: £5.99

Scarf: Zara: £19.99

 

Keep your eyes peeled for next weeks K N I T Edit.

 

Stay Blessed

 

Jassy

xxx

 

Do you find that some beanies just make your head look weird? Like an alien head!

 

 

One Word Monday's ... #1 FAITH

Hello Gorgeous

I hope you are well and the first few days of the new year have been going well so far.

A little introduction to this Monday series. I totally get that quite a few bloggers do what is called the Sunday strength posts. I myself find this incredibly motivating and inspirational.

As I tend not to follow the crowd this is my take.... A lot of us struggle to find motivation on a Monday. So Every Monday I will post a word that will sew some seeds and enable us to focus on certain aspects in our life/ ourselves.

I am by no means preaching or anything I am merely trying to change negative attitudes into positive ones :).

My first Monday Strength of the new year : FAITH

Picture Courtesy of Google images

"Faith is defined as confidence or trust in a being, object, living organism, deity, view, or in the doctrines or teachings of a religion, as well as confidence based on no scientific, plausible, testable, demonstrable evidence whatsoever. ^[1] The word faith is often^[quantify] used as a synonym for hope,^[2] for trust,^[3] or for belief.^[4]"  

Source: Wikipedia

The above definition of Faith will mean different things to different people. After all we are all unique and certainly direct our lives the way we want. Over the past few years I have grown to love this word Faith. We all have faith in different things... in times of need some of us remember god? or various other things....

No matter what you define as Faith the one entity you should have faith in is YOURSELF!!

From today if you didn't already have the faith that you have the power to make the right decisions in your life believe that you have everything it takes.  Forget what everyone else is doing, have faith in yourself!!

You can do it, you can be what you want when you want because you have faith in yourself.

If you want a new job, boyfriend, husband, cat or dog or even start up a blog then have FAITH in yourself and just do it.

Take that risk in believing in yourself and this week lets have Faith.

Stay Blessed

 

Jassy

xxx

Do you believe in God??? controversial I know but I do :)

UPDATE: Where have you been?....

Hello Gorgeous

So... this is a bit strange.

As I am a straight forward person I will begin by apologising for my absence. For a while I needed time out to sort things out on a personal front. I WAS at a cross roads in my life and had some serious decisions to make, in order to gain some balance in my life some things had to take a back seat. Without going into my whole personal life, I am now back!!

I am hoping to carry on with my passion which is my slice of the web.

Thank you so much for understanding and speak to you real soon :).

Stay Blessed

Jassy

 

Rimmel: Competition Goodies

Hello Gorgeous

 

As with everything in my life a little while ago I randomly entered a competition on Twitter to win some new Rimmel goodies and for the first time in my whole life I actually one! woop woop

 

This is what I recieved.

 

 

 

1. Nailpolish ' Cocktail Colour in a flash 110 Baby Bellini': I am pretty sure I have already stated that Rimmel is one of those drugstore brands that I class as one of my favourites especially for their nailpolishes. I have not tried this colour yet however it is the most beautiful purple with speckles of shimmer in it. I can not say what it is like on the nails but hopefully soon I will be feeling purple and you will see it on a NOTW post.

 

2. Scandaleyes Eyeshadow stick ' 002 BullletProof Beige': This is amazing!! I have been using this and it is the most perfect colour to highlight the inner tear duct. I am obsessed with highlighting because of this as it is so easy to use and compliments my skin tone beautifully. (If you want a swatch just say below).

 

3. Match Perfection SPF 15 Foundatiion '100 Ivory': This is another new foundation that I am yet to try. In all honesty I have to really be in the right sort of mood to try out a foundation so this has been on the back seat. Have you tried it? if so let me know what your thoughts are.

 

4. Exaggerate Undercover Shadow Primer: My holy grail eyeshadow primers are UD primer potion ansd Too faced Eyeshadow primer. This is not bad. It does what it says. I would not say it is as amazing as my Ud primer potion but it does the job. I will put this to the test when I use it with a loose pigment!!

 

5. Apocalips '102 Nova': I have a full review of this already. So thumbs up for two of the same :) lol.

 

6. Accelorator Endless Mascara: This was the first thing I took out and used!! I love it!! Just like the older Accelarator mascara this is a winner for me. I use alot of mascara and layer it like no other. This has extremely small fibres in it to give volume as well as length. Love it

 

 

This was not meant to be a review but I suppose I gave a few first impressions on the way. I am grateful for these goodies and really thank Rimmel for sending me these in such a timely manner.

 

Stay Good

 

Jassy.K

 

xxx

 

P.s. How is your week going so far? Time is flying we are nearly in April!!! 

Revlon: Lip Butters: Mini Review

Hello Gorgeous

 

I know I know everyone and there mum has reviewed these and they have been out for a while, but I blog what I want and today I was feeling these needed to be talked about.

 

So as soon as these were launched I think last year I went out and bought one and then ended up with seven (as you do).

 

They are promoted as lip butters and I do still believe that they deserve this name. I must say though it depends on what colour you have though.

 

 

 

 

 

Due to my ever increasing lipstick collection these do not get as much attention as they used to however out of everything I own these are the ones getting used up the quickest. I have the colours:

 

1. Strawberry Cupcake

2. Sweet Tart

3. Rasberry Pie

4. Berry Smoothie

5. Lollipop

6. Peach Parfait

7. Candy Apple

 

I will keep it short and sweet my favourites are Sweet Tart, Rasberry Pie, Berry Smoothie, Lollipop. the rest for me are a bit mehhh. The ones I have mentioned as my favourites are probably the most pigmented and lipstick like. I cannot say that you can apply these without a mirror as they have the pigmentation of a lipstick and consistency of a lip balm. Bloody perfect for my lips that dry out in the cold.

 

Overall I think when these were launched they were incredibly innovative and I love that. Just like technology, the cosmetic industry is constantly updating their portfolio for us the consumers with something new. Overall, after I got these I really got into Revlon Lippies that I had never even tried before.

 

Would I recommend: Yes. but please swatch before you buy as not all the colours are amaze.

 

 

Stay Good

 

Jassy.K

 

xxx

 

Do you still reach for your Lip Butters? Is there any thing better than these bad boys that I need to try??

 

ELF Haul: Mini Review



Hello Gorgeous

 

So a little while ago I placed a very small order on the ELF website. There was obviously some sort of deal going on, maybe the 50% off one but it was a while ago. I ordered four things one of which has dissapeared.

 

 

 

1. H.D Blush in 'Superstar': This is identical to the Makeup Forever HD blush. If you do not want to spend an arm and a leg on high end blushers then I would certainly recommend this. With 10 ml of product this stuff will last a very very long time. I apply this with a small stippling brush by putting a little dot on the back of my hand first. I would not recommend applying this directly to the face, firstly it dries very quickly therefore you need to be quick with your blending and secondly a little goes a very long way. I would say it lasts all day for me but to be honest if it didn't it does not bother me.

 

Would I recommend? : YES, and I want all the rest too.

 

2. Maximum coverage Concealer (oil free): Anything that says maximum coverage I am on to it straight away. As I am getting older I am finding that I have more areas to cover i.e under eye shadows. I have the colour in 'Sand'. I must say I do like the packing of this, in a tube style with 20 ml of product it is hygienic with a thumbs up. In terms of the product it is actually ok. I haven't fallen in love with it instantly however I have got around 7 concealers on the go at any one time. (this does not mean I use all 7 at once!!). I am reaching for this more and more and do find that it is pretty full coverage but for me it just doesn't last all day. Now that is my key issue if my dark circles are out of sight I don't really care about the rest of my face. I need to play with this more and maybe need to find another setting powder for this bad boy.

 

Would I recommend?: Yes, but I need to use it more to find a happy medium.

 

3. Baked Blush 'Passion Pink': So E.L.F has jumped on to the whole baking makeup bandwagon, and to be brutally honest this is a winner for me. I would like to say before I go on to never go by the swatches that ELF provide on the website as they are totally way off from the actual product. Ok so lets move on. I usually use the small ELF stippling brush to apply this to the apples of my cheeks and can say that along with a few others this goes where ever I do. It leaves the most beautiful glow to the cheeks and certainly does not look like a cheap product. The lasting power of this is perfect as I am quite heavy with my blusher I always end up with a little bit more on the cheeks at the start of the day.

 

Would I recommend?: YES, YES, YES

 

4. Studio Line Concealer Brush: I thought I would mention the missing product of this order. The concealer brush in the studio line. This brush is amazeballs, infact so amazing that I left it in some hotel on a business trip :(. This 'was' my go to concealer brush, and I will be ordering another one.

 

 

That's it for now

 

Stay Good

 

Jassy.K

 

xxx

 

Have you got any of the above items in any other colours? if so do share so I can make another wishlist :)

 

Nailpolish Review: A Bargain

Hello Gorgeous

 

So if you read my last NOTW post I mentioned that I do not like to spend too much on nail polishes. Now this statement is coming from a woman with a shit load of nail polishes. I mean that many to an extent that I forget I have some if I cannot see them. The whole out of sight out of mind situation.

 

So I love Poundland! I love a bargain but who doesn't. I get a kick out of getting stuff really cheap, I kind of feel a real sense of achievement and can begin to justify my shopping habits!!

 

One thing that I do not like are glitter nail polishes!! for the life of me I do not have the patience to sit their for half my life pain stakingly rubbing my nails to death. Ok as you can tell I am in an over exaggerating state of mind.

 

However when I saw these bad boys I nearly fainted and obviously parted with £3 for 3 nail polishes!!

 

 

Left to Right: Violet, Rio, Pink

Chit Chat are a Poundland brand and when I saw these polishes I was extremley impressed. For a £1 each this is such a good buy. The bottles actually feel pretty high end. I swatched these and feel these are incredibly comparable to any other glitter polish.

 

I am totally in love with these polishes and would recommend you go get them. There were a few other colours however I was drawn to these.

 

Moving forward you will never see me wearing these on all me little fingers no no no. One nail would be enough!!! as I still stand firm on the taking off stage!

Stay good

 

Jassy.K

 

xxx

 

What do you think of these little beautes?