lilypad: January 2015

I spotted urban decay's latest launch just before Christmas, there were a lot of posts popping up on my bloglovin', and i was seeing this little box of wonder everywhere.

After having the urban decay's naked 2 pallet for my birthday, i fell in love with the brand very quickly and when i spotted it in my local Debenhams, pride of place easily spotted when you walked though the doors, i fell in love, and i knew i just had to have it. So it turns out that on Christmas morning as well as a tone of other urban decay items me and my mum both got this wonderful thing.

The thing i love about this palette is that their is basically a full face of makeup in once place (apart from base products). The palette includes 6 neutral eye shadows, bronzer, blush, eyeliner, mascara and lipgloss. I personally think the box is so cute, its a big box but is also light weight at the same time, and the magnetic seal makes it feel secure when its closed. I guess this is so when you do take it on the go, that it will stay shut in your handbag. Not to mention the actually casing.. Rose gold? just makes the packaging even better. Who doesn't love rose gold?

The one thing i have always loved about urban decay is the shadows, simply because of how amazing pigmented they all are. I love to be able to blend my shadows well, and some eye shadows i have tried before simply haven't done that for me. Not to mention that these 6 shades are brand new, for this limited addition on the go palette, so they have never been put in any of the other naked palettes. There are 3 amazing shimmer shades, and 3 matte shades so you have everything you need to create a tone of different eye looks, both for day and night. You can also use them for your brows, i have, in fact when ever i use this i will always use 'fix' for my brows. My favorite shade is dixie (on the left) its a rose gold kind of shimmer and i just adore it.

lets not forget about the bronzer and blush, i honestly love using bronzer for my contour and this one is my go to at the moment. The bronzer can look a bit orange, but i don't use a hell of a lot, and once blended out with the blush brush i have, i think it looks really nice. Also the same with the blush, when blended out it creates this beautiful soft pink flush.

Including: Glide on eye pencil, Gesso lip-gloss, perversion mascara, Dixie, fix, resist, dare, stun, bronzer, blush, 5050 eye shadow / highlighter

Next is the 24/7 glide-on eye pencil in the shade 'stag', the perversion mascara and NAKED lipgloss which all slot perfectly into the top the the palette. Both the eye pencil and mascara are both generous travel sizes and the lip gloss is full size. I had never tried any of these products before, but i am pretty happy with them. The perversion mascara has been hyped about a hell of a lot, and i agree with most people when they say that it is such a nice mascara, my lashes look longer and thicker than ever. The naked lipgloss is also something i have heard a lot about but had not yet tried. The packaging is so pretty, the gloss is so lovely too, it not sticky like most and is a lovely pink shade.

Overall I am a huge fan of this palette and i am just in love with the colours. Yes i got this as a present, but you can get it online at feel unique for just £37 which i find is a really good deal, considering that just the lipgloss by its self is £14. Such a bargain!

What do you think? would you use it?

Lilypad xo

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forget the rules if you like it wear it, quote poster print, Typography Posters, Home wall decor, Motto, graphic design, fashion

I'm not going to lie to you i had no idea what to write about today. Most weeks i have it all done and ready to upload in the morning, but not today. In fact i have put about 3 different quotes on this page before i decided on this one.
I wanted to show you this quote and write about it because it kind of hit me hard (metaphorically).

I have been interested in fashion all my life, when i was just 12 i wanted to be a fashion designer, and that goal hasn't been forgotten, but just thought of unreachable. I have been following lots of different fashion blogs for over the last year and honestly i have never felt more inspired to want to dress and style my clothes in different ways i have never thought of before.

I am a plus size girl, most people know that.. and i have been struggling with my weight all my life. That is not why i am writing about this quote though, i am writing about this quote because being plus size i have always hated my clothes. I have hated going shopping with friends, buying clothes, and wearing them.
When ever i do go shopping (alone) and i find something i like i always think "I'm not skinny enough to wear that" why is that? why should i be thinking like that? I shouldn't!!
I have always hated my body image, and not in a no confidence way, it a way that it has made me very very depressed. but why should this be okay? its the same as girls sized 4, 6, 8 or 10 being made to feel ashamed for being that size, or looking the way they do. It's not that i just don't agree with the way girls are being treated, its the fact that girls are being miss treated by them selves because of these "rules" when in fact there isn't really any rules when it comes to fashion apart from this one...

IF YOU LIKE IT, WEAR IT.

Why would it matter if someone else doesn't like what you are wearing? it is after all your body, as long as you love it, nothing else should matter. So this week, when i go shopping i am setting myself the goal of forgetting what other people might think, and if i LOVE it i will buy it and i will wear it with confidence. That is all.

Sorry for kind of ranting on a lot!!

Lilypad x

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So apparently i have this genuinely rare and amazing talent called 'procrastinating'
Its even got to a point where i genuinely even procrastinate from doing things that i enjoy doing. so my aim for this year is to try and so a lot more of the things i enjoy.

1. Reading - I love to read as much as i love to write. Honestly its not like i haven't done a load of reading this year, but i don't think i have done enough. I love to read, because it gives me a lot of different ideas for my own writing, so my aim for 2015 is to read a min of 100.

2. Smiling more - My genuine smile makes my face all squishy and look gross, but I've decided i want to look gross. at least then i am happy to.
I never seem to smile, not in real life anyways, only in photos. So ill be giving that ago and looking gross at the same time.

3. Taking care of myself - My main problem has been my mental health, and even thought this year has not been the best, i got help for a problem that I've had for a long time. This year I'm going to try my best to help myself, take my meds and focus on the positives.

4. Staying fit - I'm a young female who is unhappy with her body image 'Shock horror'
I've been unhappy with the way I've looked since i can remember. Millions of times I've lost weight, or tried to eat healthy or started at the gym but i never follow though and always end up giving up. Well this year I've decided that I'm not going to set any more goals like these as such. Just that I'm going to stay fit, eat well and exercise enough to just feel good. Because what girl doesn't want to feel good about her self?

5. Just say yes - I have lost out on a lot of different opportunities in the last year, simply because i have been to scared or to lazy to do it. So this year will be full of lots and lots of the YES word. That way i wont ever have to think 'what if' I need to make time for doing things i want to do.

These are only 5 things that i aim to do in 2015, what goals have you set yourself?

Lilypad x

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