February 2014 on There's something about Alice.

Hello everyone, pinch punch first day of the month! 

February has flown by, but I am so happy it is March; the days will be longer, brighter and warmer- plus the countdown to my birthday can start ;)

Here's a recap of all the posts this moth, plus what you and I have been loving! 

Review: Urban Decay Naked3 palette 

January 2014 favourites 

Trend #12: Gingham Girl

OOTD #37 `Now my life is sweet like cinnamon` 

FOTD #8

Review: Sleek blush by three in CALIFORN.I.A.

Fifi Lapin iPhone case

Celebrity Style #7 :Chloe Moretz

Hair-care and styling: products and appliances 

OOTD #38 `I'll forget you not` 

Life through my lens #6

The blogger made me buy it tag

Charity shop finds #2

Your favourite post- This months most read was my January favorites, I love writing and reading these so I'm glad you enjoyed! I'm not actual doing a favorites for February, as I haven't really been loving anything new. Although I'm sure March will hold lots of new beauty bits for me to adore! 

My favorite post- I really liked sharing how I style my hair and the products I use with you guys, so it's pretty self explanatory what my favorite was! 

My favorite blog- This month I have been loving Amber's blog Lovely Notions. Her posts are always so informative and her photographs to die for. She also seems like a right sweetheart and I am incredibly jealous that she is studying in New York soon! 

Do you have a favourite post of mine this moth? What has been your favourite blog? 

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The blogger made me buy it tag.

Hello loves,

I was tagged by Lydia recently to do the `The blogger made me buy it` tag, and here we are today. Before we begin, Lydia's blog is seriously gorgeous, her photos are stunning and she post really regularly, so head over here an show her some love!  

1. Who are your most influential bloggers? Who are the ones that you really rely on for reviews and swatches?

I love Lily (Lily Pebbles), Vivianna (Vivianna does makeup), Zoe (Zoella) and Bethany (Birds Words) and fully trust their opinions! They always have really clear images and feel like they are fully honest with reviews. 

2. Do you buy a product solely as a result from one review from your favourite bloggers, or do you look for more reviews from others?

I always read lots of reviews when before I part with my cash, so I would always check out more than one blog. 

3. What is your most favourite item that you have ever bought as a consequence of blogs?
Without a doubt, my Naked three palette. I knew as soon as my rose-gold-loving eyes saw it, I had to have it! The fact that it was all over my favorite blogs 100% added to the lusting, but I am so glad that I did by it- defo lived up to the hype! Read my thoughts on it here.

4. What is your least favourite item that you have ever bought as a consequence of blogs?
Just like Lydia, I found the Maybelline Baby lips such a disappointment. I thought with the frankly ridiculous amount of hype they had, they were going to be amazing, but alas, they literally are just a standard lip balm ~cries~

5. Name 5 products you have bought recently as a result of blogs. 
Okeydokey; Kate Moss for Rimmel 107 lipstick, Maybelline BrowDrama, Urban Decay Naked3 palette, Maybelline Baby lips and the Maybelline Rocket volmum' mascara. 

6. Have you ever given into blogger hype? If so, which hype?
I think the list above and photos are pretty self explanatory! I would never buy something just because of the hype, but it definitely has an influence on my spending. 

7. Have you ever avoided blogger hype? If so, which hype? 
Not really, I tend to think is something is hyped up, it is generally worth it. 

8. Is everything you buy based on blogger reviews or are there some items you buy without checking out a review?

Not everything I buy is as a result of a review or a bloggers raving ( I live on the edge- what can I say) I actually quite like it when I find something new and unexpected. If I see somethign in Boots that catches my eye and I haven't seen a review on, I will still add it to my basket!

So, I would like to tag

Charlotte- Sharlotte

Amy- The wonderful world of Amy Rose

Elise- Elise Dopson

What have bloggers made you buy?

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The 2013 christmas tag.

Hello everyone,

 I am a huge lover of all things festive, the food, the lights, the general cosiness and feeling of goodwill in the air, I just can't get enough of it. I am ridiculously excited this year, so I knew I had to get my blog in on the action too. This tag was created by the lovely Georgina When I saw it on Fee's brilliant blog, I couldn't wait to do it!

So, onto the questions;

1.  Do you prefer a real Christmas tree or synthetic?

We always have a real tree, I don't think it would feel right having a synthetic one. I love the natural, wild aspect of  a real fir and the way it feels my house with the smell of pine :)

2.  You're in a coffee shop, it's December, what do you pick?

Without a doubt some kind of hot chocolate, Costa's honeycomb one is heavenly. Shock horror, I am yet to try the Starbucks salted caramel offering, but I will definitely do so before christmas! 

3.  Whats your favourite colour scheme for decorating the tree?

I much prefer a jumble of decorations on a christmas tree, I can't stand the designery `all one colour` way of doing things. We have baubles from my great grandmother and ones my sister and I when we were tiny; it's so homely! 

4.  Giving or receiving?

There is nothing better than planning a present for someone and then having them really love it, but of course I am partial to a parcel in the post ;)

5.  To mince pie or not to?

100% to mince pie. 

6.  What's your traditional Sunday lunch?
We have turkey, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, carrots, sprouts, parsnips... I'm getting hungry just typing this!

7.  Christmas day fashion

My christmas day outfits go as follows; most of the morning is spent in new christmas pj from the night before, then I'll change into something dressy for christmas dinner, and then into a christmas jumper and leggings :) 

8.  What's your favourite Christmas song?

`Last Christmas` is always a winner, as well as `White Christmas`. 

9.  What's your favourite Christmas film?

I have two; Elf and the Grinch, we watch these two without fail every Christmas, and are often found quoting the two all year round, for example; "Does someone need a hug?" "Cindy lou, what are you doing up there?!"

10.  Open presents before or after lunch?

We have our presents from `Santa` before lunch, and then the rest afterwards.

I would like to tag Lydia, Annie, Lauren and Alex!

Are you excited for Christmas?

My first time tag.

Hiya everyone,

 I feel like I haven't done a tag in forever, so when the lovely Elise tagged me I was really looking forward to doing it! The whole `my first time` thing was started by the gorgeous Louise who I'm sure needs no introduction, so that made me even more excited to do it :) 

First bestfriend- My first ever best friend was a boy called Troy who went to the same  nursery as me, we used to play cinderella, him being my prince charming obviously hehe. My first bestfriend in school was a girl called Tegen, I introduced myself by tapping her on the shoulder and simply asking is she wanted to be my best friend and we have been ever since. If only everything was that simple eh? 

First concert- My first concert was seeing One Direction last year. They were amazing! I went with my friend Lauren and although we were literally two rows from the back of the o2, we had a fab time!

First celebrity crush- I'm not actually sure for this one! Probably Zac Efron to be honest, I went through the whole High school musical stage and I mean, look at the man.

First word- Pretty much just the generic `muma` `dada`, although my mum told me that `remote` was also one of my first words.  

First job- As I'm a fifteen year old, I obviously haven't really had any jobs, but I do a paper round, and I recently did two weeks work experience in a cafe.

First phone- First phone was so tiny! I had a silver sony ericsson t303 which was one of those slidy phones. Lets just say it wasn't a smart phone by any stretch of the imagination...

First tweet- Right I know I'm like the only person in the entire world, but I don't actually have twitter, not for any reason particularly, I just don't. My first Intagram picture on the other had was this one of me and some of my friends getting ready for my birthday meal.

First makeup item- I think it was a Collection mascara, it was pretty good actually!  How cute this this picture of me from one Chirstmas? I'd cleary been bought one of those cheapy make up sets and had rather a lot of fun with it!

So I would like to tag Jade, Emma and Joni as well as anyone else who would like to do this :) 

Be sure to let me know if you do this and don't forget to enter my MAC lipstick giveaway! 

The seven deadly sins of beauty tag.

Hiya cherubs :)

My lovely blogging buddy Janiecy recently tagged me to do the `seven deadly sins of beauty` tag. I've seen this all over Youtube but not so much on blogs, so I'm excited to do it! 

Edited by me, orginal image found here.

The idea of this tag is that you are asked a question that corresponds with one of the `7 deadly sins`. Lets get started :) 

1. Greed: What is your most expensive beauty item?

I'm not a high end makeup girl at all, it's not that I wouldn't like to be (believe me) it's just my paper- round doesn't get me very far in a beauty hall! I do however have one MAC lipstick so that I think. On a side note, why have they put the lipsticks up by a pound? as is £14 wasn't enough! 

2. Gluttony: Which brand makes up the most of your collection?

I'm not particularly faithful to one brand, I like a bit of everything but overall I think either Rimmel or Maybelline. *Runs upstairs to check*

3. Wraith: Which beauty item do you have the biggest love hate relationship with?

I had to think quite hard about this one, but I reckon its the Rimmel Apocolips. I absolutely love the intensity of the colours and the finish they have, however I find they can be a bit of a pain to actually apply and I am not a fan of the taste at all . So I wouldn't necessarily say  it's a love hate relationship, more of a love/find- it-slightly-annoying relationship :)

4. Sloth: Which beauty product do you neglect due to laziness?

Like Janiecy, I don't always use my eyelash curlers, yep, guilty as charged on that one.  

5. Pride: Which beauty item gives you the most self-confidence?

Probably a nice bold lip, I feel a slick of lipstick can really brighten up a dull outfit and my mood!

6. Lust: Which item is at the top of your beauty wish list?

So many! I'm always seeing things I fancy adding to the old collection. At the moment though is a MAC pro eyeshadow palette, a YSL Rouge volupte lipstick and the Nars Laguna bronzer. Well a girl can dream!

7. Envy: Which make up product or look do you think looks great on others but not on yourself?

Without a doubt, Nude lipstick. It  completely washes me out and just makes me look ill! I'm not sure if this is something I've just got into my head but from past experience a nude lip is a `no`. Let me know if you struggle with nude lipstick as well! 

I really enjoyed this tag! Now I would like to tag...

1.Emma

2. Kia

3.Lydia

4.Alex

5.Ellie

If I haven't tagged you specifically please still do this tag! I would love to read your answers :) 

13 personal questions tag.

Hello everyone, I do love a good tag, don't you! So when the lovely Valeriya tagged me, I couldn't wait to do it! I've not actually seen this tag before, but it was a very nice surprise :)

I just made this, feel free to use it if you do the tag!

So the questions are...

1. What do you order from Starbucks?

Oh Starbucks.Best thing ever. I usually go for the strawberries and cream drink, which is heavenly :) although I tried the raspberry and white chocolate cooler from Costa the other day, and I think it was better...

2.Whats the one thing in your closet you can't live without?

I think I would have to say my republic `Lexi` jeans. They are just so comfy and the perfect shade of blue. I wear them so much out of school it's crazy! Either them or my faithful skater skits :)

3.What's one thing people don't know about you?

This is a hard question, I think most people know everything about me! Probably that when I was born, my feet both turned in, so one of my knees is now slightly turned it, not that you can tell!

4.Whats the one thing you want to do before you die.

Travel. I am eager to see the world and just explore! I would love to say `yep, I've been there` to a lot more places. Top of the list are the states and Europe. 

5.Whats one food you can't live without?

This is so hard! I just love food way to much :p, probably the entire Italian cusine, chicken, and chocolate.100% chocolate. 

6.What's one quote you live buy?

I'm with Valeriya on this one, I don't really have a quote, but I think that you should never judge anyone, becuse you don't know what they've been through or what they have done, basically, `don't judge a book by its cover.`

7.What do you like and dislike about the blogging community?

I love that I can share the things I love with other, like minded people, and that everyone I have ever encountered here on my little slice of the web has been nothing but absolutely lovely.  But just like Valeriya, I think smaller blogs deserve more recognition, most of the blogs I follow don't have a zillion followers, but are just as brilliant!

8.Whats your number one song on you iPod/iTunes?

At the moment, I would probably say, Ellie Goulding `Figure 8` and Bastille `Oblivion` LOVE these songs!

9.What kind of style would you describe yourself as having?

I would say pretty girly and fun! I love my skirts and dresses and think experimenting with my look is one of the best parts of fashion and makeup. 

10. Favourite number?

For some reason, all my life, I have said eight, so yeas, eight!

11. Two hobbies?

Umm, I don't really do any activities as such, but I love cooking and reading (In fact I'm currently looking for some new material, any suggestions?)

12. Two pet peeves? 

Number one has to be rudeness, I just can't stand it when I smile at someone (I'm looking at you generic girl in Topshop) and they look at me like I have just insulted them, I just don't understand it! I have to also say, dirty nails, they just make me feel all horrible. Yuk. 

13. Guilty pleasure?

Watching really awful TV when I have time, Real housewives anyone!

I hope you got to know me a bit better through that! I must say I really enjoyed these questions :) Thank you for tagging me Valeryia! 

So, I want to tag everyone who reads this, yes YOU! Make sure you let me know if you do this post, I will defo check out your blog!

Alice

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The this and that tag.

I've loved reading this tag and watching videos of it on YouTube, so I though I would give it a go myself :) 

Makeup

Blush or bronzer-

I like to wear both at the same time, but I would have to say blusher, particularly cream :)

Lipgloss or lipstick- 

Defo lipstick, I don't really like the texture of lipgloss and much prefer a matte lip. 

Eyeliner or mascara- 

Liner I guess, but then it would look weird without mascara... I don't know! 

Foundation or concealer- 

You can't cover your whole face in concealer! I would always so foundation. 

Neutral or colour eyeshadow-

Neutral, never been a fan of brightly coloured eyes. 

Pressed or loose eyeshadow- 

Pressed, loose eyeshadow is far to messy for me! 

Brushes or sponges-

Brushes; I find they give a more flawless finish. 

Nails

Opi or china glaze- 

I don't actually own either (I know!) but I love the names and colours of Opi.

Long or short- 

Long, but not overly. 

Acrylic or natural- 

Eau naturel is more my thing :) 

Brights or darks- 

Well as its almost summer (ha!), I have to say brights.

Flower or no flower- 

Bit confused by this one! Um, no flower! 

Body

Perfume or body splash-
Perfume, lasts much longer :)

Lotion or body butter-
Body butter, nothing beats it on my legs :)

Lush or other bath company-
Lush; just saying that makes me want to have a bath!

Fashion
Jeans or sweat pants-
Defo jeans.

Long or short sleeves-
Short, I never go for long.

Dresses or skirts-
That's a hard one! I'll have to say skirts; you can wear them in more ways.

Stripes or plaid-
Stripes!

Flip flops or sandals-
Sandals, I do like a tan pair :)

Studs or dangly earrings-
Studs all the way.

Necklaces or braclets-
Bracelets, I love to layer them up :)

Cowboy or riding boots-
Riding, I'm not cool enough to be a cowboy :)

Jacket or hoodie-
Jacket, I think a nice one can totally change an outfit :)

Forever 21 or Charlotte Russe-
I've never been into forever 21, but I've never heard of Charlotte Russe! For forever 21.

Abercrombie or Hollister-
Not major on either, but Hollister.

Saks 5th or Nordstrom-
Don't know what either are...

Hair
Curly or straight-
Curly!

Bobby pins or butterfly clips-
Bobby pins, although I always run out :)

Hairspray or gel-
Hairspray, the idea of putting gel in my hair makes me feel all weird!

Long or short-
Long, long, long...

Light or dark-
Light, but it depends on skin tone :)

Side or full fringe-
Side I reckon.

Up or down-
Down :)

Random
Rain or shine-
shine! defo need some at the moment!

Summer or winter-
SUMMER!

fall or spring-
I love transitional seasons, both!

Chocolate or vanilla-
Vanilla :)

East or west coast-
Never visited the States, so I couldn't stay!

There we go, I hope you enjoyed this :) I tag anyone who reads this to do it, feel free to leave your blog link below!
Alice
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