Amelia's Allsorts: FOTN

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Thursday, 17 January 2013

OOTN: Curry with the 'grown ups' and a rant about cameras

Major issues with photography at the moment. Silly cameras. My trusty camera, well camera phone, my old old Samsung Pixon 12, that I've kept for use as a camera for years sadly broke over Christmas (at some point during a drunken mosh to Slipknot's 'Spit It Out', which got rather crazy, especially in a tiny pub with limited space and old timber frames!). The camera on that phone could go up to 12 mega pixels and had so many great settings and brilliant macro. It was great for my blog photography, close-ups of products and make-up. But now, it's broken :( I'm a very sad Zo. Dad has borrowed me his digicam but it is rubbish, macro doesn't work, the photos often come out blurred (which I can't tell until I upload them to laptop!) and my current phone, Galaxy S camera is ok, but not for macro, plus it does not have a flash.

So basically, my blog photos are mostly going to be poo at the moment...

I can't rave enough about the Pixon 12 as a camera. I'm desperately trying to locate one for sale. If you know of any, please let me know! Alternatively, a Sony Ericsson Satio.

^Major rant about cameras!^

So, I went out with my parents and their friends tonight. I think they invited me out of pity for me being skint and about to have a lonely night in...

Dad treated me to a curry, my second paid for meal of the day, as my boss treated us all to lunch at a lovely country pub near our future office today.

Well, you'd have thought that I was the parent tonight... I was sober, everyone else was drunk. They then decided to start dancing in the curry house to the old 90's dance songs, then love songs and then...THEN, MEATLOAF CAME ON! Oh, the horror. Most of them were dancing, singing and then Chris, whose birthday it was, decided to start howling over and over, really loud. It was funny but I could see the staff wanted us out, as I'm sure the other customers did...

It was entertaining and cheered me up, as I got a little emotional last night!

Here's (some rubbish photos, boohoo! of) what I wore tonight:

This is what happens when I use dad's camera, extreme flash and blur)

This is my face, beginning and end of night... Also slightly different quality and colour even though both taken in same lighting on my camera phone...
The right photo shows my flaws. My forehead is pretty dry right now BUT my pores are improving :)
First try of Soap & Glory Thick & Fast Mascara and Sexy Mother Pucker 'Punch Bowl' Lipgloss from the Best of All set (Christmas 2012). The mascara is pretty standard, I've used better. The lipgloss is nice, a little sticky though. Whilst I can't fault most Soap & Glory products, I wouldn't re-purchase either of these.

My hair looks so dry in this photo, it really isn't that bad!

I spent ages when I got home, trying to get decent photos of the make-up that I used tonight, only to discover that they are nowhere to be found (the pics, not the products - thankfully!), pretty peed that all the pics are gone and time wasted though. So, I'll just have to list the products used:

Face:

Benefit That Gal Brightening Face Primer

17 Hide & Chic Foundation in 'Natural' (this is too dark for my skin but until I get paid I am having to make-do with old foundation!)

17 Miracle Matte Pressed Powder in 'Silky Beige' (recently purchased, review soon!)

17 Instant Glow Bronzing Pearls in 'Light'

Accessorize Merged Eyeshadow Shade 6 'Cocoa'

Soap & Glory Thick & Fast Mascara (first try with this, from the Best of All set)

Barry M Waterproof Eyeliner 'Black'

Soap & Glory Sexy Mother Pucker 'Punch Bowl' Lipgloss (as with mascara, first try, from Best of All).

Outfit:

Peplum: Primark

Skirt: Primark

Cardi: New Look (yeeears old!)

Tights: Asda

Boots: New Look (love these!)

Bag: Asda (oldie)

Nails:

No7 'Spice', mattified with Rimmel Pro Matte Finish top coat (I love the result!)

The cardi and bag have not been used for probably 2 years or more, so I dug them out tonight.

xXx

Thursday, 31 May 2012

FREE Benefit Product With £2 Glamour Magazine

The July edition of Glamour Magazine came out today, with Benefit FREEBIES.

Yes yes, free Benefit!

Glamour run a Benefit freebie every year and this year is yet another great offer.

On offer are miniature sizes of The Porefessional, That Gal and Bad Gal mascara.

The magazine costs just £2.

Cover Girls: Fearne Cotton (looking stunning!), Eva Longoria and Kylie Minogue.

I got The Porefessional (7.5ml), as I have been wanting to try this for SO long, so was very happy to hear this was on offer! and how cute the mini box is!

I heard about this on Martin's Money Tips email when I got in to work this morning, so at lunch I was straight to Asda to grab a copy!

If you plan to get this, be very quick! These will fly out the shops like hot cakes!

I couldn't wait to try The Porefessional and as I decided to go last minute late-night shopping after work, I put it to use :) From just one use, I can tell you that I WILL most definitely be going out to purchase a full size The Porefessional! I love it.

Here's a FOTN with Benefit's The Porefessional as a primer under my makeup:

(Please excuse wet hair, I was in such a rush! My makeup was rushed too! After a 15 mile drive we only had 45 minutes before the shopping centre closed, so I had to go with wet hair! We only had time for Primark and I got 4 items, one of which is VERY exciting and I will post tomorrow, yay!)

and here is what my FOTN was made of:

Yes, I am wearing Topshop's Lip Stick in Powder Room!

- I was asked about this by a few girlies on a recent post, so now you can see what it looks like.

I love the shade but find it very drying/horrible feeling on and I personally would not recommend this.

I apply a lip balm before applying but even then it is still dry.

I do regret buying it, to be honest, at £7 it was a lot for something that I am not happy with. I will use it, as I refuse to waste. Maybe mixing some in a pot with Vaseline to make a tinted balm would be better??

^Quick review there, for those who requested^

Have you picked up Glamour Magazine?

Will you be going to buy this, if so, which will you be looking for?

xXx

Monday, 2 April 2012

OOTN: Tonight We're Gonna Live Forever

*PIC HEAVY*

Last night I went to Birmingham to watch one of my favourite bands, Kids in Glass Houses <3

The guys were supporting You Me at Six, along with Mayday Parade and The Skints (we missed The Skints!).

The gig was awesome.

KIGH absolutely smashed it, as always.

I have seen them 9 times now over the past 5 years and still get excited like it's Christmas every time I see them.

One of the best bands live. So much energy, charisma, entertaining, great musicians and Aled is one of the greatest frontmen, EVER.

Sadly, we didn't get to meet the guys this time :-( I dislike seeing them live and not meeting them, so used to meeting them now! Boo.

Anyway, as you can tell, I am still on a KIGH...sorry, I just had to!

I am still on a high from the gig, even though I didn't get home til 2:30am, was in agony from wearing 5 inch heels at the gig, had 3 hours sleep and then (I don't know how) I walked a good couple of miles to work this morning!...must have been the excitement and listening to some great tunes on my journey to work (KIGH included, of course!).

Here's what I wore:

Top: River Island

Skirt: The Infamous Faux Leather, Primark

Tights: Asda

Shoes: Primark (year or so ago!)

Bag: Birthday present off Kelly a couple of years ago, New Look

The Shoes:

Gig shoes - Driving shoes

The heels killed, but I felt older and was taller and had a 5 inch height advantage so could actually see the stage! I only noticed one other girl wearing heels there, everyone else was in Vans, Converse or military boots...

The Nails:

Lefty: Barry M Black, Rio white nail art pen and Models Own Hedkandi Ibiza Mix on the thumb.

Righty: Barry M Black with Models Own Hedkandi Ibiza Mix

The Face:

Had the dramatic eye going on.

My hair is so shiny after using my new shampoo and conditioner (post very soon!)

The face consists of the usual foundation and powder, Accesorize Diva blush, some charcoal eyeshadow from 17, L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes mascara, Barry M Waterproof eyeliner and Vivo Frosted Pink lipgloss.

The Photos:

Some (a load!) of photos from the night...

The venue from the car park.

Tickets and nails :)

Outside the venue, where we joined the tiny Box Office queue, as the kind security said it was ok :)

Few minutes later, we were in!

The main queue was down the road, round the block, thousands of people back!!

Kind security! Makes a change for security and staff to actually be friendly and chatty, that was nice.

Mayday Parade.

Kelly and I, living the KIGH life :)

Kids in Glass Houses.

You Me at Six.

Kelly revealed she is a proper geek and had a mission of finding £1 in change on the floor...she had 30p, then I spotted a whole £1 coin, so she picked it up and was very happy...BLESS.