Random Favorites October 2015

Hey Guys

Hope you are all well. Today I am doing a random October favorites because I wanted to do a separate blog about the random things I have been loving. This month I have been packing my current apartment up as I move in the middle of November.

Blog

My favorite blog this month is Shull Family (Shull Family) Shay Shull is the author of the blog and has been doing it for absolutely forever, she has a mixture of posts  and they are all really enjoyable to read, I found her last month but this month I have been reading obsessively.  Her three children are adorable, and have such cute names as well, I suggest checking her out.



Books

This month I read three books,

The North American Front Cover..
The one I own

The first book that I read this month was Carrie Hope Fletcher's book All I Know Now, Its a spin of from her blog of the same name. I like watching Carrie's videos on her YouTube channel, and while I don't really read her blog I wanted to read her book. I enjoyed it but didn't love it. What I did like about it was that through out the book I could hear Carrie's voice as I read it. Maybe when I have a bit more time to read it I will re-read it just to see if my opinion changes

Looking for Alaska by John Green, so far it is my favorite John Green book. Looking for Alaska is about friendship, love, loss and boarding school. If you loved The Fault In Our Stars, youll love Looking For Alaska, its completly different. Its so beautifully written, John Green is AMAZING.











The final book I read this month was actually a re-read. Hate List by Jennifer Brown, when I first read it, I loved it. It is defiantly one of the top books that I have read this year. Both times it made me cry. Its one of those books that makes you stop and think. It deals with hard hitting subjects that you wouldn't normally deal with at high school.








Next month  I dout that I will be reading that many books I am moving dead in the middle of the month and I have packed most of my books away in boxes.

TV Shows

Now I own a TV but I don't have cable or satellite because I very rarly watch any TV shows on the TV only DVD's so I lent it to my dad as his is in storage while his house is being built and he is staying at his girlfriends house. I watch my TV shows on YouTube (If they aren't flagged or removed) and most of them are mainly English TV shows. You know the saying "You can take the girl out of England but not the England outta the girl" well that applys to me.

I have been loving Hollyoaks, what with the 20th anniversery week just happened, a new family arriving, extra murders to the glove hand killers long list, finding out who the glove hand killer is, baby going back and forward between parents, you name it, its happened, and I love it.

There is also a channel that has uploaded Hollyoaks episodes since december 2010 i think and I have been catching up with them

I have also loved Casualty, I have loved it for as long as I can remember, and the fact that someone has taken the time to upload it has made my life.


YouTuber

Channon Rose is a YouTuber that I started watching last year and I think that she is a different kind of YouTuber that I never really watched before, and I find that I am always watching her videos when they are in my subscription box. I got her book this year as well, and really enjoyed it, I suggest you read it as well, that girl has gone through a lot in her life. Check Channon's YouTube Here


Music

One of my favorite bands as a teen was Blazin Squad, I have been listening the Now or Never album, and been loving it

My favorite songs from the album are Flip Reverse, Thinking of you and We Just be Dreaming


















So that's all my random favorites for October. Hope you all had a fantastic October. Leave a comment on what you enjoyed this month, and I hope to see you next month for more favorites

Lauren
xoxo

October 2015 Beauty Favorites

Hey 

and welcome back to my blog, and another monthly favorites. How are we at the end of October already is beyond me. It means that its officially Fall and not long until I move. 

Shall we get in to the favorites

Makeup

Maybelline Superstay Better Skin has been my go to foundation this month, and I love it, finding a foundation that lives up to the Wake Me Up Foundation has been hard, and this is right up there with it. It has such a beautiful finish to it when I apply it. 














Kate Moss Masscara by Rimmel London has been a firm favorite this month, it defines my lashes so nicely. I love the brush and how it applies. 

















Lift Me Up by Rimmel is another firm favorite this month. It has a hint of cucumber in it but it isnt over powering. It also makes my lashes look amazing with out clumping


















My favorite concealer this month has been the Ready Set Gorgeous by Cover Girl which surprised me because I find it works well with the foundation I have been using this month rather then the one that goes along with it. I find that using it this month it has blended in well with my foundation and is almost the perfect match to it
















The Real Tequnies collection by Sam and Nic Chapman are my favorite brushes, I love them all, but this month I have been reaching for the Sponge. I love how it has different edges and I can use them all. Its great as well because you can use it dry or wet. Its super inexpensive, I think I got it for around $8 in Walmart











So that's it for my beauty products for this month, I will do a random favorites next.... See you then


Lauren
xoxo

All photos are from google or the brands website. 
All products are brought by myself unless indidicated

Repurchase or Release: CONCEALERS

Hey 

and welcome back to my blog, Today is the Concealers of my Repurchase or Release series, I am always on the hunt for a good concealer. I have sometimes found that some concealers that go along with a foundation - as in they have the same name but a foundation/concealer - haven't worked well with the foundation and vice versa


 Repurchase


Mayelline Instant Age Rewind is a fantastic concealer, It is one of the ones that shocked me and goes really well with the foundation. I love how it is so different then other concealers that are out there,
















Maybelline Fit Me Concealer is another one that I found works with the older formula foundation. I haven't brought one in a while to try it out with the newer formula, but I would repurchase this. I love the texture of the concealer.
The price of this concealer is around the $9,99 mark
















Another Mayelline concealer, this one is a new one that I recently got, and again it is one that I would go out and buy again. Its another one that comes along with a foundation, and if I am honest out of the three concealers that I would rebuy this one would be the one that I would go for first. It is a pricey at $10.99 but I really like it so far. Just a side note, The Better skin foundation isnt in my Foundation Repurchase or Release as that has been out a lot longer then I have had the foundation














Now on to Rimmel London with Hide The Blemish, It the concealer that I have been buying and using for years and years, in fact I think I have been buying and using it for over 10 years, and it is a staple in my makeup storage, and makeup bag. I have lots of them because they are really inexpensive and always have been. They are my favorite concealer ever












The Ready Set Gorgeous concealer is a lot better then the foundation. Like the maybelline concealers it has the texture that i really do like. I think this is the only cover girl product in recent years that I have gotten that I really like. I would  bu it again, but i don't reach for it as much as my other concealers

Just like in the Foundations I am adding another section in to this one that is of the Repurchase or Release that I am doing. This is the Love/Hate relationship section. 

Rimmel Match Perfection, while I love Rimmel Products a lot, I find that the Match Perfection is a product that I really love and hate, I love that its different then most and some days I really enjoy the fact that it goes on and blends out really well and other days it seems like its dried up an doesn't want to work at all. And because its different then the others and in the squeezable tube the last bit to get out is always hard

Release


e.l.f Lifting Concealer is 100% one I would never buy again. I got the lightest one available and it is like the foundation far to dark for being the lightest shade, also there really wasn't that much variety in the shades, 3 to be exact. The only thing I did like about this concealer is the price. It is one of the cheapest concealer that I have got at $4 (I know in america its like a dollar, but here in Canada its $4). It is far to dark for my skin tone and really disappointing


Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Spot, is one that i would release, for the fact that I  cant for the life of me remember how i liked it when i got it, and if I cant remember then it must not be that good

Rimmel London Wake Me Up Concealer, is awful. It doesn't match my skin tone, I have brought two or three different shades thinking each one would work because the last one hadn't, and non do, even with the foundation (which if you read my favorites you know I love). I did also have to buy one because other concealers that I like more then the wake me up were not in stock in my shade. I also found that the concealer isn't as smooth going on as the foundation. When wearing both the Wake me up foundation and concealer the concealer just seems really noticeable. I have also found that when I put it on my dark circles under my eyes, my skin goes really crusty and yucky




Thats it for this post, please leave a comment if you are enjoying this series of Repurchase or Release, my next one will be on Mascara's. 

Love
Lauren xoxo

All pictures are from google or the product website, and i brought all products with my own money unless sated. Lxoxo

Thanksgiving 2015

Hey 

and welcome back. Today in Canada is Thanksgiving, Canada's Thanksgiving is a month before the American one, which I think is great because you can stuff your face full of food and when you get over how much you have eaten it not long before Christmas.

This year just like last year I went to my dads girlfriends house, the only difference this year is my dad is now living there and its just a little over an hour away, so my dad being the most amazing man that he is, drove down the most boring road in all the world to pick me up. I wasn't staying the night, for 2 reasons, I have been ill the last week and I like my bed to much, and the fact that I have a cat that needs feeding in the morning. So around 7pm my dad drove me home.

Things I am Thankful For

The biggest thing I am thankful for is my dad. He is such an amazing person, not only did he by me my apartment 3 years ago when I moved out but he is going to be paying for my rent when I move to the same city, but he is the most inspiring man that I have ever known.

One of the things my dad wanted to do when we moved to Canada back in October 2007 (dad) and April 2008 (Mum and I) was to get a Harley Davidson motorbike, which he did, a 1996 Hunter Green Road King, and my goodness was it a really nice bike. We named it Harleene, In June 2009 my parents were involed in a road crash while out on Harleene, my mum passed away and my dad was in

My Dad

critical condition, it was so bad that his body went in to shock and he had two epileptic type seizures. One while in our local hospital and one while being airlifted to the hospital in London Ontario Canada, His body had so much trauma that it put him in to a coma. At aged 20 I had to listen to doctors tell me what damage was caused to my dad's body (pretty much every bone in his body) I had to sign forms so that they could do surgeries that lasted for hours on end, he had less then 30% of surviving.

But I knew he would, and 6 years later he is still here and he survived, It was one of the most difficult times of my entire life.

As a teenager my mum said the hardest time she went through was loosing her mum and grandma in the space of a year, and she didn't know how she ever coped through that time. I know how she felt, because November 2008 my granddad past away and even though I knew he was ill it was still a shock, then my mum died 7 months later, and then my gran on my dads side died about 13 months later, and I finally understood what she meant.

So I am thankful that my dad survived the accident.


I am also thankful that I live in amazing contrary like Canada. The fact that you can fit England in to Canada 40 times kinda still blows my mind away, and there is still room to spare. MIND BLOWN. I consider both England and Canada home. One of my favorite places in Canada is Niagara Falls, and if you ever get the chance to go there go. The first ever time that I went to Niagara Falls my mouth dropped and didn't shut until we left. Its about 3 hours away from where I currently live, but is without a doubt my favorite place in Canada


Hope you had a brilliant thanksgiving or Monday.

See you in my next blog

Lauren
xo

October Beauty, Hair and More Haul

Hey Guys

Today I did some grocery shopping, I had to pick up some hair products which isnt bad in its self but I had to look at the makeup which is bad because I am moving soon and I have packed away my makeup that I dont use as much but then I spend money on new items that maybe I really dont need but cant help myself. I did good though as I nearly brought an extra two products but saved myself because they were a bit to much money, So that being said lets get in to the Haul


Makeup


Stay Matte Primer by Rimmel London has been a favorite of mine for what seems like forever, I had brought a lot of primers which I have liked but I really like this and havent picked it up for a while. Its the cheaper out of the two primers that I have got at $9.99.














Rimmel London Lasting Finish Primer is one that I had only started using last month and while I liked it I wanted to try it with the foundation that is always sat next to it in the store. It is quite an expensive primer but makeup at the store that I get my makeup from is one of the most expensive. it cost $10.99









Rimmel London Lasting Finish 25 HR. I am in shade 091 Light Ivory. It claims to be Skin Perfecting, Full coverage. It has been out for quite a while but I have never picked it up before just because it has never really intrested me as I have my favorite products, but today I decided I wanted to try it out. What I like about Rimmel products which you cant really see in the picture is the angle of the lids are slightly angled. Is it just me that likes that? The other selling factor that made me pick it up is the fact that it is a pump foundation and it is in a glass bottle, which for me  I always find that the foundation works better for me if it is a pump and in glass. I was surprised when I checked out and saw that it was cheaper then my Lasting Finish Primer at $9.99





Maybelline Super Stay Better Skin  in shade 10 Porcelain Ivory, is  a product that is quite new to the maybelline line and to the drugstores here in Canada and I saw Judy from itsjudytime do a review on it and when I saw it in the store I had to pick one up to try. For a drugstore foundation it is a bit more expensive then any other product at $14.99, again where I get my beauty products are  more expensive but also I live in Canada and most things are expensive










Maybelline Better Skin Concealer in shade 10 Ivory is the next product that I picked up. I am one of those people who like to pick up the concealer to go with the foundations, and sometimes the foundations work better then the concealer on me or the concealer works better then the foundation, I havent tried either out yet but I will let you know how it works. Its quite expensive for a concealer at $10.99 but I just hope that it works well with the foundation












Hair Care

I love L'Oreal shampoo and conditioner. I have super thick hair that I have to cut every 6-8 weeks just for it to look decent and I haven't found a shampoo or conditioner that works as well as the L'Oreal. I have used other shampoo and conditioner but none have worked as well as L'Oreal. I have always said that my hair is my favorite feature so good hair care is always a must for me. Its a relativley good price at $9.49 a bottle and I tend to get the largest bottles of both

Marc Anthony Deep Conditioners have been a new product in my hair care routine over the last month or two and they are relatively cheap for just the sashays at $2.97

Extras

Colgate Optic White Toothpaste is a wonderful toothpaste. I have a big proplem with mint/Mint tasting products like toothpaste but Optic White is brilliant and I can stand it and it has made my teeth feel really clean.

Veet Face Precision wax & care is a product that I have been seeing on adverts on some youtube videos and wanted to try because I hate going to get my eyebrows waxed all the time. I have a medical condition that makes hair grow really fast and thick so I hope this will work rather then having to get my eyebrows waxed a lot

There we have it, a recent beauty haul, hope you enjoyed it, if there is a drugstore product you think i should try let me know. and I will be doing reviews on some of the products that I have spoken about in this post soon.

Lauren xo