Guest Post: Top 10 Under £10

Hey guys, its Phoebida. We're doing a guest post here today, which is so exciting! If you don't know us, we are Phoebe and Abida - two best friends who share a blog. Today we'll be sharing with you our top ten under £10 products! We are going to split it and talk about five each. 

Phoebe:

MAKEUP REVOLUTION EYESHADOW PALETTE - ICONIC 3 - £4

This is the most gorgeous palette, made up of different pink toned hues. It was designed as a dupe for the Naked 3 palette, and as this little bargain palette is only £4, it is definitely comparable to Urban Decay.

MAKEUP REVOLUTION ULTRA SCULPT & CONTOUR KIT - ULTRA FAIR C01 - £3.50

I was gifted this by my friend for Christmas, and haven't stopped using it since! I personally am in love with the bronzer and highlight, I haven't used the blush much but it is just as pigmented. The bronzer isn't orange at all and the highlight gives the perfect glow!

MAYBELLINE COLOUR TATTOO - CREAMY BEIGE - £5

I have a couple of Maybelline cream eyeshadows but the shade Creamy Beige is my favourite. It is a basic matte cool toned brown shade which is a great base for a smokey eye, or just a wash of colour. It stays put all day too!

L'ORÉAL COLOR RICHE EXCLUSIVE LIPSTICK - JULIANNE'S NUDE - £7.99

This is more of a spring/summer lipstick but I had to feature it! This shade is a wearable peachy pink with a gorgeous sheen to it. I wore it for the whole of last summer and will probably next summer too!

RIMMEL KATE MOSS LIPSTICK - 08 - £5.49

 Last but definitely not least, is this beautiful mauve lipstick. In the swatch it doesn't come off as mauve, more brown, but in real life it is a dusky mauve. The quality of this lipstick is phenonemal for such a great price!

Abida:

MAYBELLINE FIT ME FOUNDATION - 220 - £7.99

For the price, this is an amazing foundation! It gives you a medium coverage with a really nice fresh look. It isn't dewy but it isn't completely matte either!

MAYBELLINE DREAM FRESH BB CREAM - LIGHT MEDIUM - £7.99

This BB cream gives you a natural glow and a fresh looking face. It hydrates your skin, has SPF 30 and is oil free! It is quite a sheer coverage but compliments your skin tone so nicely.

L'ORÉAL INFALLIBLE FIXING MIST - £7.99

This setting spray really helps make your makeup stay on all day. It smells so good too! The texture is micro-fine so it doesn't show up cakey on your skin too.

RIMMEL KATE MOSS LIPSTICK- 107 - £5.49

This is a deep wine colour. It is a matte lipstick but is so comfortable to wear! Also, it smells absolutely divine. 107 is like an intense velvet colour. It is such a popular, raved about lipstick and I can totally see why!

MAKEUP REVOLUTION AMAZING LIPSTICK - REBEL WITH A CAUSE - £1

Now onto the last product, this lipstick is a vampy purple shade with a slight pink undertone. It is creamy, long lasting, and only one pound!! It is such a bargain.

That was our top 10 under £10! We hope you enjoyed this post and thank you so much Khevana for having us :) 

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Happy New Year: 2016

So 2015 is finally over and 2016 is upon us. And let's be honest, no-one starts a new year without promising themselves they're going to change at least one thing. But I think we've all realised that the pledges you make don't really last much longer than 4 weeks...6 weeks at a (very motivated) push. And yet each year, without fail, people talk, tweet, write Facebook status' or a blog post about their "new year, new me" mindset, and I am one of those :) 

So here's 6 things I'd like to modify:

Stop procrastinating:

This is something that I really really need to improve, with increasing amounts of school work being set everyday I really need to get on with it and leave Instagram alone during my study time.

Be better at updating this blog:

I started this blog at during May last year and only managed to write about 11 posts...that is a disgrace. But lately, I've been feeling more and more passionate about writing blog posts so I want to keep that up and be more (a lot more) consistent with my uploads- which I have been for a couple of weeks so that's a good start! 

Not nap after-school:

I have adopted this really bad habit of coming home from school and immediately going hitting the pillow for an hour. This need to stop, it just stops me from focusing on what I should be doing and then messes up my night time sleep pattern.

Eat proper: 

I don't mean your typical "sugar-free and fat-free" diet, I just want to eat at regular intervals rather than just having one big meal at the end of the day, which is what I currently do. Sure I'd like to cut down the junk food too, but not completely, I just want to time my snacks and meals.

Exercise regularly:

Now this is something that is probably in everyone's resolution list! I want to get back into exercising regularly, I was really good at it during most of last year but near the end I became very unmotivated. I've always wanted to be able to dance too, so hopefully I'll learn to dance which will also count as a bit of cardio! Win-win

Write down the positives:

I saw this picture on Facebook the other day and it suggested that at the start of the new year, you should write down every achievement or anything that made you happy on a piece of paper and put it in a jar. Then at the end of the year, or whenever you're feeling down, just go through it! 

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There's the 6 things I want to be able to keep up throughout the year, I didn't choose too many to keep life simple. Maybe I'll do a post at the end of the year to update you on how good (hopefully not bad) I've been!

Let me know what your new year's resolutions are! 

Happy new year and thank you for reading! 

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