Its Christmas!

  

Well, sort of, we're into the last hour now.

Everyone in my house is asleep and I'm curled up in bed watching my new Peter Pan blu-ray (definitely thanking the boyfriend's parents for that one) by fairy-light - how else?

Seeing as my new years resolution will be to really get into blogging, because honestly, I am so unorganized, I thought it would make sense just to show you the Christmas presents I received that I think I will use the most and will probably mention at one point or another. I am very grateful for everything I got today but these are just my sneaky faves!

Both of these gifts came from my boyfriend. We have a sort of tradition for buying each other a cuddly toy and for Valentine's day, he bought me Marie, the kitten from the Aristocats, and has seemed to carry on the Disney theme with Simba(!), because I'm such a massive child. 

Secondly, my new Doctor Who t-shirt! Now I am so excited by this, and seeing as my emotions are still running high from the Christmas special, it makes me smile every time I look at it, although every single family member I've seen today has felt it their need to call me a geek at least once.

Since the movie came out, the whole world it seems has been obsessed with The Great Gatsby. My mum bought me an F. Scott Fitzgerald set a while ago and told me I had to wait until Christmas for them, so refrained, with great pain, from seeing the film. Hopefully, once I finish the book it might be my next Blu-Ray investment.

Talking about movies, Peter Pan! My favourite Disney movies when I was younger were The Aristocats, The Lion King, Peter Pan and the Jungle Book. I say when I was younger, they're pretty much still my favourite films and I wasn't expecting to open this today. Yay!

Then, just a mixture of bath and body stuff. My favourite shops are The Body Shop and Lush so my mum bought me a couple of things from The Body Shop, including the Mango Whip Body Lotion in the picture, my brother bought me a big box of things from Lush, and my boyfriend bought me 2 of my favourite bath bomb from Lush, So White, and he also bought me the Katy Perry Killer Queen giftset and the body lotion smells A-Mazing.

After handling all this stuff my room smells delicious, and now I'm off to bed as I'm at work at 8am tomorrow. Sigh. Christmas really is over for another year. That can only mean one thing... January Sales! Payday next week definitely can't come quick enough for me.

Was your Christmas merry? What was your favourite gift to give/receive? Let me know!

My go-to lipsticks

I've noticed a lot of people posting their 'Winter Lipsticks' and I thought I'd do something a bit similar. I don't really use lipstick that much, but I've gone all out and bought 2 new lipsticks (ooh) and I'm using lipstick a lot more this winter so that's something new for me to explore.

The Rimmel Kate Matte 113 lipstick I bought back at the end of summer, and if I'm wearing eyeliner I tend not to go for anything on my lips. This lipstick has just kind of helped me get out of not using anything, but doesn't draw away attention from my eyes. I have been wearing eyeliner a lot less though, because I'm finding it a bit too much with everything else is already so dark - sob.

Then I dragged my boyfriend to Superdrug where I bought my other Rimmel lipstick, but forgot my student card so couldn't get discount - sigh.

This one is the Rimmel Lasting Finish Drop Of Sherry 058. I sort of wanted to buy a Rimmel lipstick that wasn't from the Kate collection because I bought a few over the summer, and this one looked quite similar to a shade I did find in the collection, but I actually preferred the look of this one. I actually like it a lot more than I thought I would. It's a sort of dark pinky/red colour, that can sort of look like a dark pinky/brown when on. I have an awkward skin tone that's really pale, but not pale enough to suit bright reds and I definitely don't suit browns, but this mixture is a subtle enough combination that I think (hope) looks okay ha!

I don't know why but I also find it stays on a lot better than my matte lipstick, but that might just be me and my weird lips.

The last lipstick I got I ordered from Avon. The shade is Plum Intrigue. I reaaaaaally wanted to get a purple-y shade lipstick, but as I mentioned, awkward skin tone restricts me to what I can get. This lipstick is quite dark (for me) when I first put it on but it actually rubs away really quickly so once I've fully done my lips it's a bit lighter than when I start, but I actually prefer it - I actually think it's my favourite overall shade.

All in all this winter, I've pretty much stuck to no eyeliner, not too dark eyes, and the Plum Intrigue and Drop Of Sherry lipsticks. 

Have you tried any of these lipsticks? Did you get on well with them? What lipsticks are your 'go-to' this winter?

Let me know!

N xxx

I'm useless!

So much for consistent posting!
On a serious note, a very close relative of mine has been affected by a sudden illness, so that's thrown me a little bit,  - oops!
Hopefully though I can get a few posts up in the next few days :-)

N xxx