Beauty wishlist

My final wishlist for my little wishlist spurt is a Beauty and make-up wishlist; as someone who doesn't wear much make up very often this is more of a wanting to try products list and will probably take me an age to purchase everything on here in the future! Again I chose 5 items just like in my clothing and randoms wishlists;

1- Pro-Base Makeup Fixing Mist- I've heard a lot about this and read a lot about this one, its reasonably priced and loads of people have said it keeps your make up in place a lot longer! I think I shall definitely be giving it a go!

2- Mac Lipstick, in Pink Pearl Pop- Again I've heard a lot about Mac and their ranges, especially their lipsticks. I love this colour and think It'd be lovely for both casual and formal events and outfits. I'd love to give this one a go!

3- Soap and Glory, Butter Yourself body moisturizer- I have very sensitive skin so there's very few body butters and things I can actually use, especially on my face, that don't turn me puffy and red but this one is definitely my favourite and my current pot is getting close to empty so I'm really hoping to purchase some more soon! At £10.50 its not that cheap but its definitely worth it. Plus, it smells amazing!

4- Models Own Fruit Pastel Nail Polish, in Grape Juice- This one is slightly random considering I'm a nail biter so hardly ever paint my nails, but I love the colour and finish the models own polishes give and I've heard some very good things about this one! 

5- H&M make up brushes- This is another one which I have seen a few others bloggers talk about. I hate how expensive make up brushes are and I'm in desperate need of some new ones. The whole range, which includes foundation, eye shadow and blush brushes is reasonably priced and all seem to have had good reviews, so I shall defiantly be giving these ago! Unless anyone knows of any other really good yet reasonably priced brushes?

That's all my current beauty wishes! I did just realise that all of them are recommendations or things which I've heard so much about; I suppose that goes to show I'm not usually one to buy things that I'm unsure of or haven't heard anything about. 

Hope you enjoyed and thanks for reading!

@HanMcFly

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Week update

So I've only got 5 more days till its back to early mornings and college days! With me not knowing how my timetables going to look and how busy I'm going to be yet I thought I might start just doing a weekly update post with pictures and things about my week, rather than other types of posts until I get used to a new timetable!

I thought I'd just do a little introduction post to it and post my first week update on Sunday this week; as a little practice; plus I haven't done a post about my holidays in a while!

I'm leaving for York in a few hours with my mum for a few days away, shopping and university visiting. I always love shopping trips and visiting different places; especially with my mum! So that should be fun and I'm sure will be included in my week in pictures on Sunday!

Let me know any other blog suggestions(little or big type posts I could do); they'd be much appreciated!
Hope everyone has a lovely week and enjoys the last bit of freedom before work/school/college/university!

@HanMcFly
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Randoms wishlist

I enjoyed doing my clothing wishlist last week so much I thought I'd do another one but with random bits and bobs which I'm lusting after!

I again haven't done much shopping and spending but there's still bits and bobs I really do want to buy when I get the chance! Just like my clothing wishlist I chose 5 items;

1- Warm Bodies, DVD- My first item is a DVD of Warm Bodies which is one of my favourite films and that's not just because I'm a huge fan of Nicholas Hoult! I've just not got round to buying it yet and I really need to own a copy! If you've not seen it, I recommend it; unless you don't like the whole 'Twilight love story' story-line but with zombies. 

2-Scouting For Girls, Greatest Hits album- Scouting For Girls have always made some of my favourite music! I've been lucky enough to be able to get a ticket to see them in Manchester later this year with a couple of friends. I normally listen to all my music using Spotify or on YouTube but I really want a hard copy of their Greatest Hits album; brilliant to put in my mums car for travelling!

3- Billy and Me, book by Giovanna Fletcher-  I'm a bit of a reader, although I am a slow one. Billy and Me was written by the Lovely Giovanna Fletcher(Tom Fletcher from McFly's wife) and I've heard some wonderful things about it so I'd absolutely love to read it! But because I'm slow with my reading and currently reading The Mortal Instruments series I haven't bought it yet! 

4- The Nikon One- I'm not very clued up on camera knowledge and technical stuff like that. However my digital camera is a Nikon and I'd definitely buy another Nikon when I finally make the move to a SLR or bridge or something of the sought. I've read good things about the Nikon One and I like the idea of the changeable lenses. I also think it looks quite funky.

5- Snow fairy shower gel, Lush- I'm a major lover of Lush and love pretty much all of their bath and shower products. However my absolute favourite is their Snow Fairy range, and I mean all the range. But they only sell it at Christmas so I'm going to have to carry on wishing for this one for another few months, boo!

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed! 

@HanMcFly

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YouTube!

So this evening has been very productive! With a few of my friends we have decided to create a little YouTube channel to document our lives, funny times and hopefully to weekly vlog! 

I'd love it if you checked out our first video, our channel and our twitter(I'll leave all the links at the end of the page!) 

It Would mean a lot; we're just four idiots wanting to share our lives! 

Thanks guys! 

@HamsPackedLunch -on twitter and

YouTube.com/user/HamsPackedLunch

What's in my make-up bag

Whilst brain storming ideas for my blog I thought about doing a post about my 'make-up bag', which isn't actually a bag but hey who cares. So I thought i'd let you all in on my little beauty bag(well box).

As i've said hundreds of time on this blog before I'm not a massive make up wearer because I'm usually busy, working or too lazy to put it on, but I don't half have a lot of stuff in my box!

My box is very unorganized and filled with things which I use regularly and things which I hardly ever use. The box itself is from a soap and glory gift set I received at Christmas, but I kept it because its a very good storage size; I'm all for reusing and saving the planet! 

I have very sensitive skin so wearing foundation and powder is tricky for me because it either make me red and puffy or brings my skin out in rashes and awful spot breakouts. When I do wear liquid foundation I use Clinique even better make up, SPF 15 in 02 Fair for liquid foundation, which was £24. Powder wise I use Clinique Stay-matte sheer pressed powder, oil-free in 101 invisible matte, which was £23. I wear the liquid foundation very rarely but I use the powder most days and although its supposedly invisible I find that it gives my skin a natural look and smoothness. 

My blush and brush collection is very minimal. I tend not to use blusher but if I do its one of these three, which are all pretty similar colours.  My two brushes are both the same brand and were reasonable at about £4 each. I do find that the foundation brush gets misshaped and unusable really easily though. I rally want to purchase some better blushers and brushes!

I clearly only buy mascara in a yellow or purple container. My absolute favourite mascaras are the Maybelline New York, The Colossal Volum' Express and The Falsies Volum' Express mascaras. Both give completely different volume, and both have different shaped wands. I'm just a massive Maybelline New York mascara lover!! The Volume Lash mascara from George at ASDA is my spare mascara which I tend to put in my bag for college or emergencies. It was really cheap yet gives great volume! The last purple mascara on the right is yet to be tried! 

My lips collection in my box is rather lacking. On the left is my Avon colour lipstick in Pink, and next to that is my Collection 2000, C2000 True Glossy 6 which is my absolute favourite! Being a massive fan of The Body Shop and their Born Lippy range its obligatory to keep my strawberry lip balm in there, obviously!

With being one of those people who on-off diet and go through stages of health kicks I always have a stash of vitamins and 'healthy' things. I love Berocca and find it quite refreshing yet energizing! I also take Evening Primrose Oil for hormones and my skin and is definitely one of the best tablets to take! Its also brilliant to put on healing scars! And of course no make up bag/box is complete without a stash of Beechams cold and flue, all in one tablets! 

Obviously there's some other random objects in my box like the Simple, kind to skin eye makeup correction pen, which I have mixed opinions about; its a good product but if you're like me and make a lot of mistakes with your makeup it doesn't stay clean and in great working condition for long. A whole collection of bobbles and bobby pins; as all girls know they are a must! My tweezers, The Body Shop strawberry body butter, nail file, 'Let 'em grow' nail varnish', Clearasil cream and an Avon concealer for oily skin. 

It's a pretty full box! Thanks for reading!

@HanMcFly

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Liebster Award

As some of you may or may not know I've only been blogging for a few months and lets be honest over the past few months I've not really taken it too seriously; especially with my whole month of not blogging and my spout of bloggers block! But after coming home from a night away in Nottingham I was chuffed to find that I had been nominated for the Liebster award by the lovely Jamie of College, a Toddler, and Fashion? Oh My! and for this I Thank You (you have a beautiful blog!)!

Basically the Liebster Award is given to a blogger who has under 200 followers who has been nominated by other bloggers. Liebster is German for sweetheart, beloved person and darling. That in itself makes the awards so lovely, with such a kind and sweet word being chosen for its name. The award is also a great way to get blogs noticed and read by more people as well as giving bloggers a chance to find new blogs and follow them!

There are a few rules to this award; Once you and your blog have been nominated, you should follow these rules if you choose to accept the award nomination, and of course you would...I'd hope!!

You need to create a blog post with the following:

1- Accepting the award
2- Answer the questions set by the blogger who nominated you
3- Nominate 11 other bloggers (try and avoid repeats) for the award (don't forget to commonet on their blog letting them know you've nominated them!)
4- Set 11 questions of your own for the nominees to answer
5- Please place the Liebster Badge on your post

And that's it!

The questions jamiesessions11 set;

1-What got you started on blogging?
Originally it was from reading blogs such as Sprinkle of Glitter and Zoella, and wanting to have my own space to write about life, things that interest me and to be a bit more creative!
2- What is your favorite animal?
I'm not too sure about this; I'm a huge animal lover so there's too many to choose from! If I had to choose though It'd probably be a monkey.
3- If you could only use one beauty product the rest of your life, what would it be?
Such a tough question; completely unfair! I'd probably choose Maybelline New York, Falsies Volum' express mascara; purely so then I didn't look completely dead without my other beauty products!
4- What is the number one place you would like to travel to?

I've never been outside of Europe, so there's so many places I'd like to visit; but probably my number one would be Australia!

5- What is your favorite food?

These are really tough questions! I'd choose pizza!

6- Summer or winter?

Summer; without a doubt! Although winter does have Christmas...hmmm

7- What is one expensive item you wish you could own?

There's a few, dam you poor wages! But it has to be a Mac book pro!

8- Are you a student?

I am indeed, I'll be starting my second and final year of sixth form in September, before University in September 2014, hopefully studying to become a childrens nurse!

9- What do you hope to achieve by blogging?

I've never really thought about this, but I guess it'd be just a space that I can chat with other bloggers about life and just be able to express myself!

10- What is a main pet peeve for you?

I hate hate hate when people just don't use manors and are completely rude, it costs nothing to be polite!

11- What is your favorite artist/band? 

I have a very varied music taste and I'll listen to mostly anything. But my all time favorite band are McFly!

I nominate;

1- Touch of Crimson

2- Girl About Town

3- Whips and Furs

4- Dreaming Again

5- Ring-a-Round a Rosey

6- Megs Says

7- A Bit Graceful

8- Charlotte Havs

9- lameyy

10- The Halfway Point

11- BethMayBlogs

I put these in no particular order, I love all these blogs, they're so lovely to read! I'm sorry if you have more than 200 followers; I mean no offence(to those with both more and less followers!!); I might have miss read or missed your follower count!

My questions for you; 

1- What is your favorite thing about blogging?
2- What would you do with a million pounds/euros/dollars?
3- Trainers/flats or heels? 
4- Have you ever died your hair?
5- Whats your favorite film?
6- Is there anything you find difficult about blogging?
7- Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?
8- Can you/do you drive?
9- You have 5 minutes to leave your house forever, which 5 items do you take with you?
10- Pepsi or Coca Cola?
11- What's your biggest regret in life?

If I've nominated you I'd love to hear your answers, if you accept, so don't forget to comment with a link to your post! And Thank You SO SO much to College, a Toddler, and Fashion? Oh My! for the nomination again! 

Thanks for reading lovelies!

@HanMcFly

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Future worries

I'm one of those people who hates change, being forced to do things, making tough decisions, uncertainty and gaining responsibility which I'm not sure I can handle. So the whole looking for a University and the whole applying process has sort of been a mini nightmare for me.

From the day I started secondary school up until a few months ago I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life; I changed my mind so many times! I originally wanted to be a Vet and then a social worker and then a child psychologist and then a nurse and then a vulconologist; each idea being shot down instantly by me not having the right subject choices, patience or funding for university. When I started college though I narrowed my options down by narrowing my university course options down to two; Nursing or Geography. Both subject areas which I'm passionate about!

Quite a few university's want very high grades and science based subjects(which I don't have at A level) so they were instantly out of the picture. For the whole of the year I've been completely torn between the two subjects, as some universities looked promising for both subjects. When I started doing my personal statement in June I was told I couldn't apply for both subject areas, which in all honesty was a major blow because I'd hoped if one 'passion filled plan' failed I'd have my other 'passion plan' to fall back on!

To me the whole deciding at the age of 14 upwards what you want to do with the rest of your life is stupid; I have no idea what I want to do in the future, or even if I'll be able to achieve it; and I'm nearly 18! Supposedly by now we're supposed to know what we want to do, aim for that and live that life. In my opinion we're too young for all the responsibility of choosing our future careers at such a young age; it feels forced and too pressured. We should just be allowed to enjoy the education we receive and if you know what you want to do strive for that but the whole world shouldn't be forced into choosing if they aren't ready to!

As it happens I've got the most supportive parents, friends and family so any choice I make I'm supported with. This does mean that I've had to make the decision and choice between my two passions pretty much on my own because they're behind me whatever I choose; Nursing or Geography.
I'm very practical so from university I want a degree I can use, I want to work and earn a living, I also want to travel and work abroad, which is why my option was to choose nursing over geography. So I've been planning my university research and visits around nursing. Don't get me wrong I can't wait to start in 2014(as long as I can get into a uni) but a part of me does feel like the whole decision has been forced and rushed; I still think I'm too young to choose all this now!

Basically I just wanted to write about how decisions we make now that supposedly determine the rest of our life do seem forced, rushed and even made too early on in life but they're not set in stone forever. You can always go back into education in the future(I'm hoping to do just that after a nursing career and get back into geography) ! It's okay to change your mind and be unsure! I still have days where I want to sack off nursing research and go for the Geography but then Little Miss Practical Hannah kicks in and I'm back to reality to make a more practical life decision and I'm applying for university in a few months.

Let me know your thoughts on university and choosing careers and all that in the comments; I'd love to read them!

Nice and ranty blog post- sorrrrrrrry but its always good to get this stuff off my chest!

@HanMcFly
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