My Life Through A Lens: 2014

Thursday 14 August 2014

Summer Makeup Favourites

Who doesn't like having a little nose threw a girls make up bag? I don't know who doesn't.

Here are my most used products, that I've been using threw this summer.

First of, I think this is the cutest makeup bag I have ever purchased. This is a Kipling dark pink small makeup bag. It's the perfect size to get a days worth of make up in. I just couldn't resist it,
Price was around £10.00 (Sale)

As the weather in London has been pretty hot my skins been going oily crazy so to prevent the oil getting to out of hand, I have been using the Pore Fessional by Benefit. This product also keeps my makeup in place all day.
Price - £24.50 www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk

In the summer I don't like to wear anything to heavy on my skin, so I turn to the Clarins BB Skin Perfecting Cream. Which is a really light formula but hides all my imperfections really well.
Price - £30.00 www.clarins.co.uk

To hide my evil imperfections that the Clarins BB cream didn't quite cover enough, I can always turn to the Rimmel Wake Me Up concealer.
Price - £5.49 www.boots.com

To set all my foundation and concealer I use the Laura Mercier control shine powder. I've tried lots of different powders threw the years and I can always count on this one (you can see how much I love this product by the picture hehe), if you have oily skin I would really recommend this product.
Price - £25.00 uk.spacenk.com

I do like to give my face a natural bronze look, so to do that I use the Bourjois bronzing powder. It's a brilliant all round bronzer, its a gorgeous matte brown which gives a great warm tone of colour to your skin and also great for all skin tones.
Price - £7.99 www.boots.com

Now for blush!
I love using the Coralista by Benefit. Its a peachy pink colour that just gives a really natural glow to your cheeks. I've been using this product constantly for months now, as you can see I have hit pan (sad Alice).
Price - £23.50 www.debenhams.com

I do love a bit of highlight for the summer time, to do that I use the body shop shimmer brick. I love all the dark and light pinks in this highlighter, it gives a really gorgeous natural pinky glow.
Price - £16.00 www.thebodyshop.co.uk

To fill in my brows I like to use the Clinique Brow Pencil, It doesn't make my eyebrows look to defined which I think is perfect for summer, so to get that natural eyebrow look this product is for you!
Price - £14.00 www.clinique.co.uk

I love my eyelashes to look as full and long as possible, to acheve that I use the Clinique high impact mascara. My mum bought me this product for easter and I haven't stopped using it since. It lengthens my eyelashes beautifully.
Price - £17.00 www.clinique.co.uk

Lastly,
To give my makeup look a bit of boost of colour I've been loving the Revlon colour burst lip butter in the colour Wild watermelon. If you're a fan of reds this product is perfect for you. It gives a gorgeous red/orange tone to the lips. For summer you want a lipstick which is super moisturizing and really long lasting, well this product is 100% that.
Price - £7.99 www.boots.com

Hope you all enjoyed having a little sneak peek threw my summer make up bag. I would love to know all you're favourite summer make up products.

Monday 28 July 2014

Race For Life

Today is a really exciting day because me and my little cousin Alex are going to be doing a 5K run for Race for Life.

If any of you don't know what Race for Life is, it's a brilliant charity fighting to beat cancers but, woman from all over the country come today to do either 5K or a 10K run to raise money for the charity.

Ever since I was a little girl I've always wanted to do it and now finally i'm going to be doing it today!

We were all set, wearing lots and lots of pink!!!!

I can't even put into words how grateful I am to have had the most amazing family supporting us!

So Me and Alex said our goodbyes to our families and got ready at the Start line, I had no idea that there would be so many people (there was around 15,000 ladies at the 5K race today), It was amazing to see so many people at this amazing event! The buzzer went, the music started playing and off we went!

Everyone who was running in the race had a little note at that back of there tops saying who they were running for, I wrote my Nanny and Nana as they both died of cancer and thought of them the whole way threw the race.

WE FINALLY FINISHED!!!!!

We Managed to do 5K in just less than a hour, I don't know how I could of done it without my little princess. She was absolutely amazing! We both found it really hard but kept supporting each other and kept telling eachother to go go go and finally we saw the finish line, I can't even explain the termination I had to finish the race. On the left before we past the finishing line we could see our families smiling and rooting us which was great support that i'm so grateful for!

Now to celebrate!!

So after my legs nearly falling off we thought a picnic would be perfect so we got our blankets and food out and started nibbling away!

I just wanted to say a MASSIVE MASSIVE MASSIVE Thank you to everyone that sponsored me and Alex and supported us threw the run. Me and Alex are so so grateful and happy to have so many amazing people surrounding and supporting us. We couldn't of done it without you all.

Overall me and Alex raised around £200!!!

If anyone is considering doing Race for Life I would Go for it, It's an amazing experience and lots of fun and a great cause.
I will leave a link to there website for more information -
raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org/index.html

Thank you so much for reading, speak soon!

Love Alice x

Sunday 13 July 2014

Meeting An Old Friend

I can't even put into words how excited I am to see Nazia, We met at Secondary school and from Day 1 we instantly became the best of friends. But unfortunately Nazia moved all the way to Leicester after we finished school, which is like a 2-3 hour train journey. So we try to see each other as much as we can.
So.. my little bundle of joy is coming down for a couple of days to catch up with friends and family. Which means I get to see her! Yaaaaay.

As we both just love London City, we thought we would meet up at our local station and go for a little bit of exploring threw London, Also the weather looked absolutely gorgeous so I think it's defiantly a perfect day to head off to the City.

We decided to go to Covent Garden for some Lunch, So off we went.

The second we got there we thought.. Starbucccccks!

As it was really busy in the shop to eat our lunch, we went and found ourselves somewhere to sit, Yes the floor, It was actually comfier than you think.

For drinks me and Nazia both had Mango and Passion fruit and for Lunch Nazia had a Tuna toastie and I had a Cheese and Ham toastie, which was a good choice.

Having a little walk through Apple Market!

After we finished having a little nose threw Covent Garden we headed to Leicester Square.

We got to Trafalgar Square and our feet were killing us, so we sat down next to the fountain and have a little rest.

Today was absolutely boiling, and the cold water was just perfect, I just wanted to dip my feet in.

I think Nazia agreed..

I can't even put into words how beautiful this girl is!

After our little rest, we thought it would be nice to walk to Victoria Park and get some ice lollies!

We got our lollies and now to find somewhere to sit..

So we found the perfect spot!

Now for a bit of outfit of the day for you all..

Dress is from a little boutique from a place called station road - £18.00

Brown Sandals - Primark £8.00

Rucksack - Cath Kidston £21 (sale)

Trousers - Primark £12

Scarf - Zara £15

Top - River Island £10

Bag - New look £10

Bracelet - New look £4 Ring - Vintage Shop £12

After we had a little walk round Victoria Park we thought it would be nice to find another space to sit and have a natter, the weather was absolutely gorgeous, so we did a little bit of sunbathing.. What a life ay?