Lipstick loving

Hiya

Today I felt like a lipstick post was needed as coming close to Christmas I wear more and more darker lipsticks and I just wanted to share my favourites.

Lipstick is a over bought product in my makeup cabinet and box. 

Well here's my Top 5 go to lipsticks for Autumn/Winter 2015...

1) Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution lipstick in Walk of Shame

I absolutely love this shade because it's that perfect edge for that night / evening  makeup look. It suits all skins tones and is gorgeous for that little edge to your autumnal-winter look. 

2) M.A.C in Rebel 

This is a great lipstick for a day out as it lasts really long. It's a cute plum shade which goes well will hazel eyes and will stand out from simple simmer lipsticks. Gorgeous!

3) M.A.C in Bare Again 

This shade isn't particularly dark but is great additions to plain, Laid back makeup for school or work. It will give a shimmer to your lips to make them look fabulous. 

4) Clinique Matte in Suede 

Another simple shade for everyday. I use my mums Lippy for the weekends because it keeps my lips moisturised and gives a good colour to my lips. This was actually my first lipstick that my mum bought for me so I love it to bits.

5) M.A.C in Half and Half 

This colour has a gold shine to it so you can wear it as a day/ night lipstick if you don't have enough time to change your make up look. I was given this lipstick by my cousin who is a massive fan of M.A.C and ever scone she bought it for me I have repurchased it about a thousand times. 

I know for sure that bold and bright lipstick might not be everyone's thing but to add a lighter lipstick to a simple makeup look makes every difference. Lipstick will definitely be my go to makeup product for ever more. I love going out to town in bold reds and dark purples to give my face a bit of character. 

Well thanks for reading this beauty post 

Cleo  xxx

English lessons....

Hiya

I'm currently in a really really boring English lesson.

 We are describing James Bond and his traumatic adventures. Bond girls and villains fill my empty head and boredom takes over.

My English teacher also teaches me drama because school cost don't go as far as too employ a subject specific teachers. Cuts, eh? 

My friends has written loads sitting behind me scribbling into her red A4 English book. How can she have such a big imagination that she has endless ideas. I have a theory : she's superhuman. (Well if that exists) 

Bond films, bond films.... My brain is blank... James Bond? Oh wait the new film? Spectre I think and Skyfall! My brains is slowly waking from it Monday morning blues.

Oh crap! Teachers checking out work... I've only written 3 sentences.... Gotta go!? 

See ya 

Fairy Lights & Cozy Nights  xxx

Pray for Paris

Hiya

I would just like to reach out to all people effected by the Paris attack.

I have my heart out to all the families and friends of the victims of the attack. I was crying all the way through the news report and seeing all the effected people made me want to reach through the television and hug everyone.

I was completely in shock and nervous wreck when I first heard that people would just kill hundreds of innocent people who were just enjoying life on a friday evening.

So far Paris has lost 129 precious heartbeats. Paris and most of the world are in 3 days of mourning for the dead.


Paris ne doit pas couler. Nous sommes solidaires. Uni.

Paris shall not sink. We stand together. United.


I am proud of the world for showing their sorrow, bewilderment and solidarity for Paris. We will be strong for Paris, France.

#prayforparis

#parisattcks 

#peaceforparis

Terrorism shall not win, we shall stand strong.

Thanks and show your support by posting on social media a picture or comment with the hashtag #prayforparis or #parisattcks or #peaceforparis

Thanks again 

Fairy Lights & Cozy Nights xxx

Skirt Style Start

Hiya

Today is more of a fashion post because recently I had bought some clothes from boohoo.com .

I'm not sure about others but my wardrobe is overrun with leggings and jeans, plain coloured tops and sprinkled off with a couple of winter jumpers.

So I took total action and ordered a skirt and two tops. One was a really pretty 'zodiac like' top and the other was more hippie and free flowing.

I absolutely love skirts now and I have dug out a couple more pounds in Sainsburys (yes Sainsburys!) to buy two shorter skirts. One black and one grey.

I have always had a insecurity about my legs, because I  have always been pretty chubby and I thought my legs looked like a big bottle of Evian water but then I got bored of being scared of what people thought about me.

I love skirts even though they show my chubby legs but I don't care.

I believe that everyone should find a new piece of clothing that they were too scared to wear but now learn to love it and flaunt it weather others think you look ridiculous or not.

I have found my new clothing love : Skirts.

If you want to find anything to love anew please check boohoo.com because they show new pieces of clothing from different places. Some of the clothes are edgy, some shy, some hippie/bohemian, some bold, some plain and all of them gorgeous.

Some skirts from boohoo.com ...

A plain black skirt...

A burgundy skater skirt...

A floral printed skater skirt...

A black skirt with sparkly gems...

A long lacy skirt...

Please comment your favourite piece of clothing in the comments <3

Thanks

Fairy Lights & Cozy Nights  xxx

Film Review : Spectre

Hiya

Bit of a different post today, I'm straying away from the lifestyle and kinda fashion/beauty posts. 

WARNING 

if you have not seen Spectre, don't read this. Film Summary is Below!!!!

Today I watched Spectre in my local cinema with my mum and dad, not forgetting my troublesome brother. 

I thought the film was amazing. 

There we go, film review over...

Seriously though, I thought of the film as a goodbye for Daniel Craig as Bond because it involved all the previously dead characters from some of the older films Daniel has done. 

I felt like the film was a emotional, yet action packed film with enough romance to last a year!

James had a humour back to him and Miss Moneypenny is back with her knowledge and style.

Just a quick summary of the story...

• James Bond is in Mexico where is the festival of the dead. There he shoots 3 men and a building collapses. This story is printed into a thousand newspapers and covers headlines as HQ. Later in the film we find out that the previous M had ordered him todo that after she died.
• James is then suspended by M because of the 'Catastrophe' he caused. 
• James then travels around the and he finds a link to all of the deaths a organisation has caused him to grieve over. 
• While all this is happening a man called C or Max tries to take over the MI6 and MI5 merge by using surveillance to trick them into doing what he needs. 
• James Bond then finds out the organisation is called Spectre and the man behind the hell is like a brother to him because the man's dad brought up James over two winters.
• James meets a girl and they fall in love, not a huge surprise! , well anyway, Bond then blows up a couple of buildings and then the Evil Mans Lair.
• James then finds himself inside the old MI6 building which was blown up at the start of Skyfall. 
• James sees the memorial on the wall and in spray paint Bond's name is written under the last engraved name. 
• James meets his brother like figure Ernst and he's tries to kill by bulletproof glass get in the way of his plans. 
• Ernst then sets a 3 minute time bomb which will destroy the building. He tells James that his lover Madeleine is trapped somewhere in the building.
• He tries to find her and within the last 30 seconds succeeds. He gets out of the building on a boat with 2 second before the building is not more. ]
• The new M then kills C and MI6 is saved. 
• The story then shows us a soft side to Bond to where he lets the Villian live and goes off with the Bond girl to live his life normally. But before Bond exits he says bye to his Quarter Master, Q. 
• Q gives him a flash car and James and Madeleine ride off into the distance together. 

Well overall I did think this was one of the best 007 films I have seen, shortly followed by Casino Royale (which also stars Daniel Craig as Bond).

Fairy Lights & Cozy Nights xxx

Anxiety & Panic Attacks

Hiya

I have panic attacks and I suffer from anxiety.

It sounds all a bit cliché, a British blogger who has anxiety and panic attacks, remind you of anyone?

Well anyway, I had a really bad panic attack at school. I had to describe this panic attack to a bunch of teachers and I found that hard  to talk and describe what I felt so instead I typed it. I found it easier and it hoped it was easier to explain to about 5 teachers who at the time made me more anxious.

Panic attacks can be different for everybody to has had them. Some are mild and overs are like a living nightmare.

I had a living nightmare panic attack today.
Everything went dark and cold.
My vision was blurry and my mind black and blank.
My senses increased to ultra, I could hear everything really well and really loud for 5 seconds; then everything went quiet and only mouths were moving but no sound could be heard.

I felt like I couldn't breathe and I started to hyperventilate (breathe really quick) but that made my head spin. I cried and wanted to get out but my feet were rooted to the spot.

My legs and hands went all shaky and I just couldn't see a way to calm down.

My friends helped me get outside but that made me get worse and then slowly I started to feel less and less trapped under the spell of anxiety.

But my panic attacks didn't stop there. I had a BIG tidal wave followed by little waves of panic. My big panic attack lasted for about 15 minutes and then I was caught by 6 or 7 little panic attacks of unnecessary panic which made me feel worse.

But after a panic attack I find it hard to eat, drink and talk or just to feel normal again.

I don't blame anyone for my panic attacks, just myself because my brain loses it and goes into 'protect mode' and shuts everything down.

The one tip I get all the time is to "Calm Down" and that is very easy to say but hard to do.

one tip I would give to anyone who is experiencing panic attacks is try to remember a happy memory or place and think of that because it will help you get to a normal state again.

If anyone reading this suffers from panic attacks or anxiety please let me know so I know I am not the only one.

Thanks for reading this

Fairy Lights & Cozy Nights  xxx

Internet kids don't sleep

Hiya

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Our phones always keep buzzing from social media, text messages from Mum or from friends and phone calls.

My Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat pull me into an alternate universe of photos, comments and likes. I have been sucked into the internet sensation frenzy where more likes = more friends = popularity.

The 'Selfie Rampage'!  Yes, I do post selfies of me trying to look gorgeous (Teenage Struggles)  but it never really works out well with my double chin and big forehead. I comment 'slang' word like 'Buff', 'Beauts' and 'gorg' AND to prove what I mean I add little emoji hearts and yellow faces.

It's easy to understand I have fallen under the terrible illness of FOBO.
Fear .
Of .
Being .
Offline.

What the hell has happened to me?!

I have searched throughly to find out the conditions...
1) You always ask if there is WiFi, everywhere you go.
2) You go to sleep with your phone or laptop or tablet under your pillow or next to your bed.
3) You treat your phone like its a human being
4) You would rather play with your phone than see your BF
5) When you wake up and before you go to bed you check Insta, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter
6) you bring your laptop, tablet to places they shouldn't really be like a night club or party
7) You think to yourself 'Why meet up when I can FaceTime?'
8) you would rather walk back to home to collect you phone than leave it for one or two hours.
9) You get annoyed because to different country service charges
10) When you have no battery you NEED to find a way to charge or phone or you might as well die.

Well, I can definitely say I am a full carrier of FOBO. I tick the 'YES' box to every single statement!

I am a contant social media checker. I have checked Insta about 12 times while trying to write this post.
Saying that social media has given me advantages that I wouldn't normally have, I can now speak to a person from the USA when I'm sitting in my bed surrounded by my duvet cover in London.

But social media can be rude and hurtful because of people I like to call "twats" because the definition of 'Twat' is 'a person regarded as stupid or obnoxious.' (Google definitions) 

Well anyway, social media can connect us but also disconnect us. 

While we are all on our phones thinking that were have thousands of friends on Facebook ,who many of those people we don't actually know, can you imagine that only one or two would actually save your back. 

I have lost count of how many times I am out with my friends and we are sitting around a table in McDonalds. We ALL have our phones out checking how many likes we got on our Instagram post. we are surrounded in a world of fake connection when truly we are all disconnected. 

Please make a connection real by talking to someone face to face and not through a computer screen. 

Thanks my darlings 

Fairy Lights & Cozy Nights  xxx