L’Oreal Glam Shine Stains… My Thoughts

Hello Lovelies!
Just a quick one today – a while ago I received a comment from one of my followers Veronica who also has a blog called “captivatinglifetolive” who asked me to swatch the colours I had for L’Oreal’s dupe of the Glossy Stains. Let me just add in here as a quick side note that I would have loved to have done a full comparison but I can’t justify spending so much money on a souped up lip-stain when an excellent duplicate already exists!

The bottles are so cute! I think they are actually nicer than the YSL ones! And they smell nicer too – win win!

Left hand side is 102 Romy and on the right is 300 Juliet. They have a colour called “Bonnie” too so that’s definitely on my shopping list!
I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this post (especially you, Veronica!).
Love, Bonnie xx

50 Random Facts About Me

Wow, I am really loving doing tags at the moment! I first saw this tag here, so if you want to go and check out Bea’s blog just clicky the linky. Let’s get crack-a-lacking…

1. I am 18 years old
2. In school my candidate number for exams was 6003 and my boyfriend’s was 3006… weird, huh?
3. I can’t stand the smell of tuna fish
4. I’m scared of heights and have panic attacks in tall buildings if I haven’t taken travel sickness tablets which strangely help a lot
5. Having my toes and nails painted the same colour makes me freakishly happy. I cannot explain how happy it makes me.. I think there’s something wrong me
6. My natural hair colour is dark brown but I had the bottom dip-dyed blonde last year. After my last hair cut I have approximately 2 inches left of blonde hair and I really like it… Strangely more than when I had about 8 inches dyed!
7. My feet are a UK size 3
8. I live in a bungalow with two floors (it’s like Inception up in here)
9. My favourite colour is pink
10. My favourite beauty product is cleanser
11. My favourite make-up brand is YSL
12. My favourite cuisines are Spanish and Greek. Ole! Páme!
13. I spend my wages as soon as they touch my bank account. I’m never overdrawn.. but I tend to be a little light of pocket by the middle of the month
14. I have flecks of green and gold in my eyes, and my boyfriend has two flecks of amber on the left side of both his pupils
15. I compulsively watch beauty videos on youtube
16. I can’t sleep with both feet under the covers (unless it’s freezing in winter)
17. I’m afraid of the dark and if I watch a horror movie it will freak me out for weeks on end (something the boy finds absolutely hilarious)
18. I have a soft-toy panda.. called Panda, that I’ve had since I was 2 or 3 years old. I know I’m too old for plush teddies now but I can’t bear to part with him
19. When I was little I used to think my toys came alive when I went to sleep
20. I’ve been scared of china dolls ever since a “friend” told me an old wives tale about them in primary school. They make me shudder every time I see one.
21. I am never happy about the clothes in the my wardrobe. I always think I have nothing to wear
22. My cousin and I would make the greatest political team – he’s a great public speaker but can’t write eloquent speeches and I’m petrified of standing up in public but can write well (or so I’m told.. my D in English AS would beg to differ)
23. I gained 3 B’s in my AS’s last year… and cried all day. How embarrassing.
24. I’ve never been without animals growing up. First we had cats, then dogs.
25. Following on from number 24 – I’m definitely a dog person
26. I’m a hopeless romantic, I tell people I don’t like corny. But oh my goodness I love corny. Rose petals on the bed? I’ll be having some of that thank you. Sappy and soppy texts? Yes perlease.
27. I used to go to air cadets (yes ok, have a little laugh… you done? Right, moving on)
28. My prom dress was from Chanel
29. I only own 6 pairs of high heels (tell me if that’s a lot because I feel like it really isn’t)
30. My fashion tastes change on a daily, maybe even bi-daily basis. I will put an outfit on in the morning thinking I love it, and by the afternoon want to throw the whole god-darn thing in the bin. One of my weirder traits, I think
31. I don’t own a single MAC product (but I would definitely like to change that)
32. Scratching my nose makes me sneeze
33. I have never vomited from being drunk (facts are getting thin on the ground now, guys)
34. I have a mole in the shape of an upside-down heart on my right shoulder blade
35. My right eye is smaller than my left eye and smushes up when I smile.. I hate it so much
36. If I could have surgery on one thing on my face it would be my nose. I broke it when I was 5 or 6, falling down the stairs, it set back but as I grew developed scar tissue and I have a slight bump in the middle now which I’m very conscious about
37. I bite my nails when I’m stressed
38. My mum and I have a thing that when we “borrow” things from each other they very rarely find their way back
39. We moved down the road when I was 8 and carried most of our things down there by ourselves. I remember helping my uncle carry my swing frame!
40. I have a love/hate relationship with body butter. I love how soft it makes my skin but I find it a real faff to apply every time I get out of the shower.. So it rarely happens
41. The only thing I don’t like about my hair is how long it takes to dry. Oh, and also I hate how it is naturally.. I blow dry it straight but it would be in curls if I didn’t. Bleugh

Almost there.. Phew. 

  42. I haven’t fake tanned for 3 years
43. My favourite place to visit is the zoo
44. I always accidentally find Christmas and Birthday presents.. my mum’s hiding places are so bizarre that if I’m hunting for something like tissues/spare buttons I’ll suddenly find pyjamas and perfume. Oopsie
45. My measurements are 38/30/38
46. When I’m eating a meal with lots of different components (e.g. cooked breakfast or a roast) I like to get a bit of everything on my fork. It can get pretty messy at times!
47. I heavily associate music with people and memories, if there’s music playing at certain moments in my life I definitely remember what they are
48. If I buy a pair of shoes and don’t wear them straight away, I never will. Same with lipsticks/clothes etc etc
49. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is my guilty pleasure
50. My dad thought I was going to be called “Katie-Elisabeth” so he thought he’d walked into the wrong delivery room when he was presented with “Bonnie-Georgia”!!

If you’ve made it this far, I salute you, you are a warrior. I hope you enjoyed this extremely random post!
Love, Bonnie xx

Stila In the Know Palette

So a couple of weeks ago I was having a look around on feelunique.com (as you do) and stumbled upon some rather gorgeous palettes by Stila. I clicked on this one and it immediately caught my eye because all of the colours are matte – perfect for contouring and sculpting. I already have quite a lot of shimmery eye shadows in my collection and for my first quite high end palette I thought I’d go for something a little more sophisticated. I had previously (about a week before) bought the MUA Undressed Too palette which everyone had said was a dupe of the much coveted Urban Decay Naked palette. Oh how wrong they were. The colour pay off of the MUA eyeshadows was – excuse my french but there is no other way to say it – shit. Therefore I thought the purchase of this palette was completely justified. Also the MUA palette was only £4 so it’s not like it was a massive disappointment to me.
This Stila palette is fast becoming my go-to place for neutral eyeshadow looks. It comes with a six page look book which I think is a little basic, inspiring but not necessarily very informative. These eyeshadows speak for themselves though – they are just exquisite. If you are looking for a matte range of neutrals, I’d definitely recommend this. At just £25 for 10 eyeshadows (just £2.50 each!!!) they are so worth it.

(Excuse the horrendous pictures, my laptop doesn’t seem to understand the concept or actually being able to read anything. Hope you get the jist though)

Love, Bonnie xx