Insta-late

I am suuuper late on the Instagram bandwagon, so late that I didn't actually start posting until today.
However,
I am really rather enjoying it!
So far I've posted a picture of Lana Del Rey (mandatory)
A cute animal (also mandatory)
and some Hello Kitty bits and pieces

I do need to get the hang of this whole 'tagging' malarky, or hash tagging, it throws me off a little as basically anything can be hashtagged.
Instagram kind of reminds me of Pinterest, but a little more refined and less ambitious... if that makes sense?

I'll share with you a few little magical treats from my Insta-stream
before I tumble into a long deep sleep, I still have my next installment in my Halloween costume tutorial videos to upload! I'm getting there, give me a chance...

I really think that this place could rival Disneyland (From what I've seen which extends no further than a Google image search)

Now you never have to look at anything cute ever again for the rest of your life and you'd still have cuteness left over

She was the soundtrack to my Summer, and now, accidentally, my life too.

 Isn't it funny how filters make everything look better?

Jumping on the favourites bandwagon - July 2013 Favourites

I don't normally write about 'these are my favorites for this particular month' because it would imply I'd have to have liked and used something for the whole 30 days before I can tell you that I like it, I would rather tell you my favorites of the moment so this is a little mix of both. Some things I have liked all month, some things I have liked for years, some things I've liked since last week, but they're all worthy of a mention so here goes:

First of all, and a non-beauty favourite is Lana Del Rey and her album Born to Die. I am just obsessed with her, watching covers of her songs, watching live performances of her, interviews and everything else between. I just can't get enough of her album and it is all that I listen to!

The next, and a kind of 'beauty' favourite that has become a part of my routine is taking a Zinc supplement ever day, and a vitamin B12 supplement too. Zinc is great for immune system boosting properties, and I am prone to getting sick. Vitamin B12 is great for boosting energy!

Next up is my Boots 'Good things' face mask. Not only does it smell absolutely incredible, like a terrific real fruit smoothie, not synthetic fruit scents. But it has a clay texture which means that as it dries on the skin, you can see and feel the impurities being pulled from the skin, it's perfect for a clogged up T-zone

My Ocean Salt face scrub from Lush is my clarifying shampoo for my face. When I'm feeling thoroughly let down by my horrible, dull, blemished and oily skin. One dose of this has it sparkling looking fresh and feeling crisp and clean. It is very gritty, smells of the sea air and feels very 'real' like nature doing good things to your skin. (Not suitable for dry skin!)

Burts Bees hand cream is my old favourite. I still have 2 pots of the stuff in my backup stock. The isntructions suggest using it after every hand wash, but my skin is generaly very oily anyway, so I find it can take more than 30 minutes to skin in to my hands and sometimes elbows, so I prefer to use it before I go to sleep. More than the moisturising element is the sensational scent. It is mind blowing, cramy banana-vanilla amazingness, and one of my favourite scents in the entire world

This is a non beauty favorite but just the other day I caught my first episode Extreme Couponer and I had to pick my jaw up from the floor. Those couponers are amazing and now I always catch an episode when I have a few minutes getting ready or something. I did not know shopping like that existed although I did read somewhere that it is fake, but I hope not!

My mum got me a Hello Kitty pink fluffy Light up Pen which I now keep with my diary, and it has got me back into writing my diary on a regular basis again.

Bobby Brown Shimmer Bronzing brick in shade Bronze is my new bronzer of choice. I usually preach that good bronzers can only be matte but maybe I've been convinced otherwise by this one. It gives my skin a 'glowy' element rather than just contouring which I adore for the summertime.

Wearing my Blue Jeans Off To The Races While playing Video Games listening to the Radio playing the National Anthem drinking Diet Mountain Dew

I already know hat my soundtrack for summer is and it's like an infectious disease that I can't get out of my brain, Lana Del Rey - Born To Die is one of the best albums that I have heard in a long time, I know that it was probably many peoples soundtrack to last summer, and I'm the last one on the bandwagon but there's something about it that just makes me want to listen to it all day every day, it has an addictive quality to it. I really love Lana's bluesy, slow and sometimes troubled voice, it's very endearing and makes you want to listen to every lyric!

My overall favorite is Summertime Sadness which has a quality to it that everyone can relate to I think, I find it really special, and was especially relevant to my 'post holiday blues' that I was feeling.

I also love Carmen, although it is very sinister and eerie in it's tone, but I just love it!

Ahh, I just can't get enough of it, it's like constantly being thirsty, I just constantly want to listen to it, I have Lana fever! I've bought a couple copies of the CD to give to some of my friends who I think will like her too, to spread the Lana love!

How to look like Lana Del Rey - Makeup Tutorial

My newest video and addition to the celebrity looks I have been trying out as of late:

Just add long brown sleek parted hair, maybe a crown of roses, plumped up lips and some 'edgy' clothing