Healthy mix foundation

On a dreary wet day last week I popped into my local Superdrug to cheer myself up (buying makeup always makes me happy).
I'm finding it incredibly hard to find a foundation that I like at the moment because my skin seems to keep changing from dry to oily from day to day. With this in mind I headed to the makeup section and covered my hands in various swatches of foundations (my hands were a lovely shade of yellow when I had finished!).
I decided on Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation mainly because it smelled AMAZING (like apricots) and it was the only foundation that matched my colouring so I bought it.
It was £9.99 which is more than I would normally spend (bad I know) but it is a reasonable sized bottle.


The Superdrug store in my town is quite small so there were only three shades to choose from 51, 52 or 53. To be honest they were all very similar so I went for the middle shade. I am actually really impressed by the colour of this foundation - usually foundations make me look slightly yellowy or they are either too pale or too dark. This colour matches my skin perfectly, I don't even need to do too much blending into my neck and chest like I normally do.
The finish is described as semi-matte - I think I would have preferred it to be a bit more dewy looking but it isn't too drying on my face (as I said before my face is being weird at the moment so I can't really tell what the finish is supposed to be like!)
Anyway here is a bad pic but you can see my (pale) face!


I'm quite pleased with the even look it gives me, just need some sunshine to give me some colour! haha.

(This next one is just to show off my sparkly phone case really!)



Can anyone recommend any good foundations that aren't too expensive?
pale and pasty....
Manths xxx

Feeling blue...

Is it spring yet?? I'm bored of the cold and rain so thought I'd brighten myself up with some blue nails!!











This is Miss Sporty (I don't know the name of the colour I'm afraid! But its one of the clubbing colours)
I wasn't sure if blue suited me at first but I actually love how bright this is!
Anyone else tried this or know of any other bright colours for spring?
Bright and beautiful...

Manths xx

Hearty pancakes...

I know its a bit late for pancake day but I thought I'd make pancakes while the boyfriend was watching the football - cute eh? (my mum bought me the frying pan!) it's possibly the best thing you could have in your kitchen!!
Pretty pancakes....

Manths xx

30 day shred: update

I am on day 8 of the 30 day shred (you can read my original post about it here)
I am still on level one because I wanted to do ten days of each level to make up the 30 days but apparently you can move up levels once you find the level your doing gets too easy for you (I'm just sticking with the ten days each).
The first few days were agony!! The first time I did the 20 minute workout I didn't think it was too bad (apart from the press-ups which, even 8 days later I still can't do very well) but I woke up the next morning in so much pain!!! and then you've got to have really good will power to do it again even though your muscles hurt.
So I couldn't really walk for a few days but still did the workout everyday, then I took a day off on Sunday because I was busy at a wedding fayre all day so didn't have time and also had the day off on Monday because I was tired but I think my muscles thanked me for the short break!
Anyway 8 days into the shred and I already feel fitter - I think my muscles look a bit more defined (but it could just be psychological!)
I weighed myself on the machine at Boots this morning and this is what it said:

Weight: 9st 6lb (60.3kg) - down two pounds!!! (may not sound a lot but my weight has stayed the same for ages now so the change is a good step in the right direction, and its only been 8 days)

Height: 5ft 2.2inch  (this is my ACTUAL height - I took my shoes off!!)

BMI: 24.2 (so this is my ACTUAL BMI)

Body Fat: 25.9% - was 26.9% so down quite a bit yay! (very very nearly in the Good range which is 25.7%)

So I am quite pleased with myself so far!

Manths xx

Hair today......

.... hopefully not gone tomorrow!

I'm so excited today because I am (finally) getting more highlights in my hair - it has been months and months since my last highlights and the top of the highlights are nearly down to my ears!! ( I can finally see what my natural hair colour is after years and years of dying - I can tell you it is a lovely shade of....bleurgh). You know the colour, what people call dull mousy brown - its just a boring, bleurgh colour.
The reason it has got this bad is the same old money problems we are all experiencing at the moment — either not eat for two weeks and spend £60/£70 on hair or just put up with it.
BUT a wonderful woman has come to my rescue, her name is Tash she is my friend's brother's girlfriend and she is training to be a hair dresser and said she would give me highlights in exchange for sharing a bottle of wine - not a bad price at all!

A few pics to show you what I am eventually aiming for....

     

Yes I know I'm sorry another picture of Kesha but this is exactly how I would love my hair! As you can probably see I want big wavy hair as well but unfortunately my very thin poker straight hair will not allow it!!

Happy hair days......

Beyoncé - ultimate style icon.....

 I fricking love her!!!

 (Images from Dailymail.co.uk)

I am in total awe of this woman - here she is just shopping in Hollywood after the Grammys as you do in your six inch Christian Laboutins and LBD!

God damn! Loving the new blonde bombshell look as well!

Beyoncé Knowles I salute you .......

  

Look what I found in the post....

I've heard a few people on the blogging circuit talk about Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred and I thought it sounded intriguing (and do-able) so onto Amazon I ventured and bought it brand-new for £4.99 (postage was free).


The DVD contains 3 workout levels increasing in intensity. Each workout is only 20minutes long (so easy to fit in during your day) which contains: • 2 minute warm up • Three 6 minute circuits featuring 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio and 1 minute of abs • 2 minute cool down
The idea is that you do the workouts everyday for 30-days and you should be fitter and look better. You start on level one and once that workout becomes easier to do, you move up a level and so on.
Today was my first day of the 30-day shred and I didn't find it as hard as I thought I might (but I have been going to the gym)
I went for a 2mile run then came home, put the dinner in the oven, did the 20-minute workout and by the time I cooled down, dinner was ready!
After doing the workout I could definitely feel that my muscles had worked hard (even for only 20minutes) I think my muscles are going to hurt in the morning!!!
Anyway thought Id do some before and after pics to show you the difference (if there will be any!)


*embarrassing photos alert*






(excuse the extremely messy room)
I am going to try to do this everyday for 30days probably in the mornings before work. Just to let you know I will be going to the gym as usual aswell - every little helps!
Has anyone else tried this DVD and had results?

Wish me luck!