Alton Towers!

Yesterday my boyfriend took me to Alton Towers as a suprise! and I had such a lovely day I thought i'd share a few pics with you, as you've not really seen that much of me apart from extreme close ups of my eyes and lips haha. It wasn't too busy so the queue's weren't ridiculous and we went on most of the rides, including rita queen of speed the newest one - i wish i could show you the photo from that one, I bought a keyring and I look absolutely terrified - which I was!! So here's a photo's which was taken by the alton towers people at the enterance when we went in:


I'm wearing a long jumper from republic, leggings from primark, river island shoes and my bag is from topshop :-) my eye makeup is exactly the same as the autumn inspired look I did a few posts ago, along with mac studiofix fluid in nw15 and mac mineralize skinfinish natural, a touch of the elf warm bronzer and maybelline ambre rose lippy :-)

There was a new sealife centre bit which I loved! the sky looks really grey in this picture but luckily it didn't rain!

and finally, a super cheese pic of me under a daisy haha! I had such a fun time (thankyou Ben!) and if you've never been to Alton Towers before you definately need to go!

Speak soon!

DaisyBee xxx

Product Rave : ELF mineral eyeshadow in celebrity

Hi ladies! Last week I ordered a few things from elf (let me know if you'd like to see what else I got!), and the one product which has really stood out for me, and has even made its way into my handbag makeup bag (a highly prestigious award!) is the mineral eyeshadow in celebrity pictured below:

It is a lovely shimmery light golden brown, such a pretty pretty colour! I'm never really been drawn to mineral eyeshadows before, I find loose powder eye shadows really hard to get on with (I've never been able to get to grips with barry M dazzle dusts or mac pigments!) However i've found applying this shadow really easy. I usually take the shadow from the lid of the pot with my brush which stops me from getting too much. The only downside is that it definately needs an eye primer/base to stick too. I applied it to my mums lids with no base yesterday and the staying power was still good, but it was definately starting to fade a little after a few hours. To me, this shadow looks like a cousin of the MAC woodwinked/satin taupe/all that glitters family! I've been wearing it with all that glitters and it looks lovely!

I'm definately going to try some more mineral shadows so let me know if you have any to recommend!

Speak soon!

DaisyBee xxx

Eyes of the day autumn style! (using mainly MAC)

Hello ladies! I thought I'd do a quick eyes of the day (my first ever!) as I went for a really understated look today, inspired by the lovely colours of autumn. Sorry in advance for the poor picture quality the sun has gone in (boo hoo!) and I didn't use the flash on my camera so i'm not sure my makeup has shown up too well. I've also been wearing this makeup all day so its not really looking its best - but at least demonstrates the products staying power! Right enough moaning from me, here are my eyes of the day! :-)

For this I used pretty much all MAC products, which are pictured below. I once again primed my eyes with the number 7 eye base, and actually used a little bit of the prestige sunbaked mineral bronzing powder in pure shimmer in my inner corner. I have no idea why I randomly popped Creme D'nude into this picture?! lol! gotta love that lippy!

Pictured above is MAC time and space and all that glitters shadows, aswell as a clinique duo in tiger lily (I used the dark brown from this for my outer corner and lower lash line) then MAC eye kohl in phone number and MAC pro longlash mascara. (and of course creme d'nude - what are you doing there?!)

Have a lovely Evening :-)

DaisyBee xxx

REVIEW : Garnier essentials soft and fresh day creams

Hi ladies! I have always been a clinique 3 step skincare girl, and am pretty much convinced clinique was the reason I stayed pretty much 100% spot free during my teenage years. I love both the dramatically different moisturising gel and the moisture surge moisturiser however being a skint uni student the time has come for me to look for cheaper alternatives. The two products which have managed (thus far!) to live up to my clinque expectations are the two cute garnier day creams pictured below.

They are the garnier fresh 24 hour hydrating day cream (green) and the garnier soft 25 hour nourising day cream (pink). Both cost around £5.00 for 50ml.

I have the tiniest little bit of the fresh day cream (I'm not sure if you can tell from the pic!) This is the first one I purchased around April/May so it has lasted me quite a long time! If I had to pick one of the two this would be my favourite. It soaks into the skin really quickly and has the same sort of consistancy as cliniques moisture surge which i absolutely love. It leaves my skin feeling fresh, hydrated and not the slightest bit greasy. I apply it on a morning after cleansing and toning, leave it for about 10 minutes and i'm ready to apply my makeup! I'm so impressed with this moisturiser and i'm definately going to try out some other products from this range.

Next up is the soft 24 hour nourishing day cream. I bought this when my fresh day cream started to get low, as it is geared towards dry and sensitive skin which I have. The nourishing day cream is much thicker and creamier in consistancy, and takes a bit longer to soak in. However once it does, it leaves my skin feeling soothed and non greasy. It contains essence of rose, vitamin E and a UV filter which helps protect your skin. I'm really impressed with this one too, however if i'm in a hurry I tend to reach for the fresh day cream as it sinks in that little bit quicker. If my skin needs a real moisture fix I apply this one, and I've also used it as a night cream!

I can highly recommend these to anyone looking for affordable skin care, and how cute are the little pots!?

DaisyBee xxx

How to jazz up your pony tail (2 easy tips!)

Hi Ladies! I know lots of you have just gone back to school/college/uni so I thought I'd show you two easy ways of ''dressing up'' your pony tail :-) They're both really quick to do and are just fun ways of making your pony tail a bit different from the rest!

Ok, so the first one is the hair wrap pictured below :

I always seem to get lots of compliments when I do my hair like this (which is nice!) and its sooooo easy to do! People also always say ''wow how have you tied your hair up with your hair!?'' well truth is - I havn't lol. To do this I just do a pony tail as normal, its best to use a hair tie the same colour as your hair and also tie it quite tightly. I then take about a 1cm thick piece of hair from the side of my pony tail and wrap it all the way around the hair tie (my hair is quite long and it normally goes round about 3-4 times. Once I've got to the bottom of this piece of hair, I secure it using two hair grips underneath my pony tail one going to the left and one going to the right, spray it with a little hairspray and volia! This also looks really nice if you do it on a loose side pony tail, and you can plait the piece of hair before you wrap it round if you fancy doing something different too :-)

The second way is even easier and super cute! all you do it tie a bit of ribbon around your hair tie into a cute little bow!

I have quite a collection of ribbons (to match different outfits!) but I really love this black polka dot one. This is such an easy way of adding a little extra something to an everyday hairstyle, and with all the different colours/types of ribbon - the possibilites are endless!

I hope you enjoyed this post - I know it was a litttle different! Let me know if you want me to do more things along these lines :-)

I hope you are all enjoying the weekend! did you watch X factor? I loved the guy at the end - did anyone else think he looked like a teenage Gary Barlow?! or was it just me and my mum!

Speak soon

DaisyBee xxx

Simple eye looks using the sleek palettes! :-)

Hiya! Today way my day off work so i've had a great lazy day, and I thought it might me nice to try a couple of makeup looks using my brand spanking new sleek original palette and the storm palette which I already had. I used all sleek shadows in both of these looks (I've put pictures at the bottom of both palettes and numbered the shadows I used from them so you can see exactly which ones i used :-) I also used the sleek eye drama mascara which I bought a few days ago. So here is the first look I went for, its mainly based around the gorgeous purple from the original palette I was lusting about in my last post! I'm sorry there isn't a photo of my lids for some reason I completely forgot to take one and by the time I realised I'd taken all the make-up off - what a goon!

I was really pleased with the way this look turned out, I think its quite a nice colourful twist on the smokey eye, Normally I've shyed away from purple for fear of looking like someone has given me a black eye but i'd definately wear this look on a night out (just need to find a purple dress now!) For this I used the number 7 smoothing and brightning eye base (which i reviewed a few days ago - love it!) The Shadows numbered 1 for inner corner,2 for crease and 3 for outer corner all pictured below from the original sleek palette.

I then used GOSH's liquid eye liner pen in black to across my upper lash line, and MAC's powerpoint liner in engraved on my lower lash line and went over both of these with the purple shadow (number 3) using a really thin liner brush. I finished the look off with a little of the black shadow (number 4) in the sleek storm palette below which i blended up and across from my outer corner and a quick coat of the sleek mascara! :-)

For my next look I went for earthy browns and greens, these colours would look fab with brown and hazel eyes!


For this I again started with the number 7 eye base then used the shadow labelled 5 from the storm pallet for my inner corner, 6 from the original palette for the crease (a gorgeous moss green with gold shimmer!) and 7 and 8 from the storm palette for the outer corner. I then used a number 7 liner in brown to line my lower lash line. Apologies for my lashes in the last picture, I've already grumbled a bit about the sleek eye drama mascara but said I'd give it a fair try, however here you can see how clumpy its made my lashes! *sad face* I think this is mainly due to how hard it is to apply with that silly bendy wand! I don't think i'll be using this one again, nevertheless I think I'll still try the other sleek mascara's as the are so cheap!

These are my first make-up looks so I hope you like them! Let me know what you think and I might try a few more :-)

Hope you're all having a lovely evening!

DaisyBee xxx

A Little Haul :-)

Hi Ladies! I hope you're all having a lovely evening, I've just got back from having dinner out with my friend and i'm completely stuffed! I thought i'd share with you a few things I bought yesterday :-) If you would like me to give you a proper review of anything you see here let me know! Right so first up I went to superdrug and picked up one of the new bastiste dry shampoo scents!

So, there are two new scents Diva and Boho. I decided to go for Diva and I love it already! It has a lovely fresh light smell which I really like. I've had both the original and the tropical batistes before and I've found both of them a little heavy (the smell i mean!) even though I love coconut for me tropical is a little too strong, diva is much more my kind of thing and I can definitely recommend it! (it costs around £2). I find dry shampoo to be a really great styling product, it really helps give my hair a little extra volume!

Next up is the sleek goodies pictured below, I got the original palette (I already have storm and have been really impressed with it!) and the eye drama endless lashes mascara.

So first up, the mascara (I think it cost £3.92). My initial thoughts are a thumbs down I'm afraid :-( and this is mainly due to the brush, it is a plastic bendy brush similar to the maybelline define a lash. I find these brushes really hard work and prefer bigger bristley ones like benefit bad lash, stila major major lash and loreal voluminous. However I have only used it today and I am definately going to give it a good try so I will let you all know how I get on with it! The original palette is gorgeous, I adore sleek eyeshadows the pigmentation is amazing, here are a few swatches of my favourties - How gorgeous is the purple!
These palettes are such a bargain too, they cost just under £5. I might even do some looks with these, I can't wait to try out some of the colours!

and finally one little MAC purchase, I finally got my mits on all that glitters eye shadow. I wanted a neutral shimmery shade for my lids when I start back at uni, and I'm really glad I went for this one I love it!

I was quite literally trying to apply this in the car on the way home (I wasn't driving!) its that lovely!

Right thats everything! Let me know if you'd like a more thorough review of anything you've seen!

Speak soon

DaisyBee xxx

P.s has anyone just seen Derren Brown? How did he do that!?