Apologies for slightly drunken post

But i am just so happy. i went dancing to my favourite club and it was good! It hasn't been good in over a year now. And i had so much fun and now i am just so happy.
And ireally can't thank you guys enough for being my friends. Cliched and silly as it sounds but just meeting all of you has really helped my self esteem.
xxxx

Haiti Appeal

Here's the link to donate to the (Disasters Emergency Committee) DEC:
http://www.justgiving.com/youtubersforhaiti

You can read about the DEC here:
http://www.dec.org.uk/

Here's the link to donate to Doctors without Borders:
http://www.firstgiving.com/youtubersforhaiti

You can read about them here:
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

ALL money raised will be donated to the charities directly.

Please give anything you can, no matter how small.

I've heard that the public of the UK has already donated over 12 million pounds, which is amazing, but there are so many people who still need help.

I've already donated myself, but as i don't have too much to spare right now i have also decided that as i wanted to do a blog sale anyway i'm going to donate a portion of the proceeds. I can't afford to give it all away but every little helps.
I'm going to try and get that up as soon as possible so i can donate the money we raise together quickly :)

Thank you for reading this and please spread the word when and where you can.
xxx

Giveaways

There are a lot of amazing giveaways around at the moment. I figured i'd share them here for anyone who didn't know about them. I can hardly pretend this is a selfless act, a lot of them give you a second entry for posting a link on your blog, but still, spreading the love is always nice :)

Bicky's prize is a wonderful little mix including lush (the candy cane bubble bar is one of my favourite things ever), barry m, gosh and tasty chocolate! What more could a girl need?
http://tasteslikeglitterr.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-finally-here-my-100-followers.html

Yoetki is doing the l'oreal lash renewal serum challenge and sharing a set with one lucky reader:
http://yoetke.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/doing-the-loreal-lash-boost-4-week-challenge/

Anastasia, one of my favourite bloggers is giving away prizes to 3 people. including Gosh, Sleek and aromaleigh
http://www.lipsticksandlightsabers.com/2009/12/worth-1000-words-christmas-giveaway.html#0

Sabrina at Obsessed is givng away a soap and glory body butter (i love soap and glory, the stuff smells so damn good)
http://a-littleobsessed.blogspot.com/2010/01/soap-glory-giveaway.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FmRNw+%28Obsessed%29

Kelly at Jellyminx is giving away 2 prizes!
First a straight giveaway here:
http://jellyminxthinks.blogspot.com/2010/01/contest-time-contest-number-1.html
and then a contest here:
http://jellyminxthinks.blogspot.com/2010/01/contest-time-contest-number-2.html
i'm really excited trying to figure out a look for it

Krasey beauty is celebrating her blogs first birthday with an INSANE prize worth $1000!
http://www.kraseybeauty.com/2010/01/giveaway-time-krasey-beautys-one-year.html

Jeweled Thumb is having a wonderful giveaway for reaching 50 followers:
http://jeweledthumb.blogspot.com/2010/01/giveaway.html

Dainty Dollymix is celebrating getting 300 followers with a wonderful assortment of prizes:
http://daintydollymix.blogspot.com/2010/01/300-follower-giveaway.html

Leesha-rae has an amazing prize of 2 nars duo eyeshadows here:
http://leesha-rae.blogspot.com/2010/01/contestgiveawayenter-now.html

100th post giveaway at Koala's Life:
http://cheriekoala.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-100th-post-giveaway-updated.html

a wonderful Liz Earle giveaway over at Get Lippie:
http://getlippie.blogspot.com/2010/01/almost-organic-wednesday-liz-earle.html

The Lip print is giving away a marshmallow lip gloss:
http://the-lip-print.blogspot.com/2010/01/win-win-win-mor-marshmallow.html#comment-form

and Jeweled thumb is also having a 100 follower giveaway!:
http://jeweledthumb.blogspot.com/2010/01/giveaway-100.html

Good luck everyone!

Apologies for my lack of knowledge with html. In the past i've got Claire to help put in links with nice titles and things :P

And finally i want to announce i will soon be having a 'christmas in springtime' lush giveaway, to just give an extra present to some people in the gloom of the years early months :) There will not only be a grand prize but lots of little runner up prizes. The reason i'm waiting a little while is because at the moment i'm not actually sure i have the money to ship the prizes internationally, and i want the giveaway to be open to everyone.

xxx

Ha ha, i can see from my last post that i quite need to bleach my moustache :P
I'm a bit fed up, i've made a few videos in the last couple of days, but used my Mum's camera as Claire's was full up. Annoyingly for some reason they transfer as quicktime files, which i can't edit on 'windows movie maker', my amazing editing programme.
Claire thinks she can convert them on her laptop, but it means it will take a while to get them up.
My Dad is hilarious, he's asked to borrow some scarlet nail polish to customise his converse with. He's over 60 years old! XD
Here is my Dog Minnie with my kiss print :)

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tars

I recieved these from my girlfriend as a christmas present. They are one of the greatest lip products i have ever encountered. They're not a gloss, not a lipstick but something really new, basically a runny liquid with the lasting power and opacity of the best lipstick you could imagine. These are really easy to apply with a lipbrush and youonly need a tiny bit to completely cover your lips. These are meant for mixing so you can customise your own shades and basically make any colour you could imagine, i haven't tried this yet because i don't have any jars small enough for testing it out. They're not matte, not shimmery and not glossy, but they do have a tiny amount of shine. They also have a minty smell (reminds me of buttermints) and feel ever so slightly tingly when you apply them. It's really quite nice but i can't see any reason for it, no plumping effects or anything.
Anyway here are some lip swatches of the colours i got. I hope to get about 3 more and as soon as i have some smaller jars i'm going to try mixing them.

NSFW:


Safety Orange:


Traffic:


Botanic:


RX:


Pageant:


Katricia:


Tarred:


Feathered:
  
Hoochie:

 

(this is more pink and less blue toned in real life)

Anime:

Grandma:

Vapid:

 

(this is more pink and less blue toned in real life)

As you can see these are so opaque they all completely block out my natural lip colour (with the exception of feathered which applies a little more patchy than the others).

Would i recommend these? Absolutely. In fact i would recommend them to everyone everywear who likes wearing lipsticks. Even if you would never wear a bright colour like the blues, greens and so on i have, there are many many other colours to try, like nudes and light pinks and as they are mixable you could add other colours to them to create your perfect colour. For instance if you wanted a more cool toned pink you could add a tiny bit of RX to 'Hush' (a very light pink). There is also a clear lip tar to sheer out the colours. And if like me you love an unconventional lip colour, with these the world is your oyster! Imagine all of the different colours you could make! A pastel turquoise, blackened purple, acid yellow! And the finish is just amazing.

Any negatives? The only one i can think of is that these do tend to feather or bleed around my lips, but then i often have this problem with lipsticks or glosses.

Available from here: http://www.occmakeup.com/liptar.html for $12.50 which i think is a great bargain!

Haute Mess Award

I wasn't exactly tagged for this, but Lulu over at Makeuploveer (http://lmdpassion.blogspot.com) tagged all her followers and I wanted to do it :P
7 facts about myself..

1. When i was very little i wanted to be a Lady farmer like my favourite character in a book, Sophie (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sophies-Adventures-Snail-Sophie-Hits/dp/1844289915/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263344715&sr=8-1) before i realised Farmers usually have to raise animals for meat.

2. i have been a vegetarian since i was 7 years old.

3. I haven't worn a pair of trousers (excusing pajamas) in over 5 years

4. The first people i can remember fancying were Vivyan from the Young Ones:

and Dennis Pennis:


5. Last year I Won first prize in a kareoke competition singing one of my all time favourite songs, Sparks This Town aint big enough for the both of us. It was a special kareoke run by my friend Martin where comedians sing and then some of the audeince gets to as well. My friend Foz plays the guitar in the band.
you can see me here:
i was very, very drunk. Oh god the horror D: But still somehow i won!

6. I collect Mickey Mouse Ears. At the moment i have about 15.

7. My favourite artists are Peter Blake, Klimt, David Hockney, Lucian Freud and Dr Seuss.

Now i'm meant to tag 7 people, but seeing as i wasn't properly tag i feel it would be a bit unfair, so again i invite all of you to do this :):

Another Look from last year

I think this was probably the best i looked in the whole of 2009

Frenchy french

another look from last year. I am a big french stereotype :P You can't see very well but i'm wearing a tiny mini beret my girlfriend made.

Feminine hygiene!

So this morning i started my special magical lady time (i.e. my period) and while this is a bit of a strange post i thought i'd share with you my favourite feminine hygiene manufacturer, Moxie.

They have a really pretty website you can see here: http://www.moxieproducts.co.uk
as well as plugging the product they have some really nice little sections such as '10 ways to help with the moods and blues' and things like that.

Moxie's mission statement is to make women feel more feminine and stylish during the time of the month women often feel at their most unattractive (i know i do) and while there's not much a box of tampons can do to make you feel better, Moxie seem to have succeeded by covering the products in the worlds most gorgeous, girly packaging. The boxes the products come in are just gorgeous and look like luxuriant, mini hatboxes and inside each you as well as the tampons/pads/panty liners you get a beautiful metal tin to keep the products in when you're out and about (though refills without the tin are also available, at least with the non-applicator tampons). The pads and liners are embossed little bows to make them even cuter, the wrapper of the non-applicator tampons has a little black bow printed on and the applicator tampons have a colour-coordinated plastic applicator. The product range includes panty liners, 'slender' pads, 'regular' pads and 'nighttime' pads and both non-applicator and applicator tampons (available in regular and super). All the products are colour-coordinated in beautiful, vintagey feminine shades of pink, peach and blue. I just really love them and am proud to show them off on my dresser.

How do they work? Well they're basically exactly the same as any other tampons/panty liners/ sanitary towels i've used, no better but certainly no worse. The one thing i don't like is that the tampons are not available in super-plus strength for heavy flow days and that the applicators are made of plastic which of course is bad for the environment. Otherwise though i seriously would be sad if i was unable to pick up Moxie and had to settle for another brand. Oh and the price seems much the same as other brands too, under £2 for a box of 12 applicator tampons or pads or 24 panty liners or 16 non-applicator tampons.

And now some photos:

this is the tin the panty liners come in. You can't see too well in the photo but the background is pale pinkey lilac with greeny blue polka dots.


this is the regular pads box. The tin inside is the same as the panty liners tin but bigger and striped instead of dotted.


applicator tampons box


and finally the beautiful tampon tin.

Phew, i've just finished commenting on all your replies to my recent entries, so if you've left anything please check out the posts. I'm so sorry it took me so long, i hate not replying to people right away, i was just so busy i decided to make new posts instead of commenting on the old ones. I think things have calmed down enough now that i won't have to choose between the two anymore!

Now off i go to comment on all your interesting posts and decrease my insane number of saved tabs XD