Autumn Leaves

I am so, so, so, so, so, annoyingly happy as I am writing this.

I think my family are grateful I've gone away to write.

Anyway.

Autumn is my absolute favourite season. I love it so, so much. If you are around me or meet me in autumn, you will get the best possible version of me!

I love wrapping up toasty with coats and hats and scarves etc.

I just love everything about it!!! I just feel so content and happy in autumn!!

I also weirdly eat a lot better in autumn. All I want to eat is orange things!

I'm constantly finding recipes for sweet potatoes, squashes, PUMPKIN! Loads!!

I love it, and I use a lot of sage and cinnamon too! ( I make a LOT of cinnamon rolls in autumn/winter, so I don't eat all that good... gluten free and vegan though! )

(They taste amazing, trust me.)

Heaven!

I am now officially in autumn mode because today when I went to the shops, my favourite candles of all time were back in!!!

They only sell them around Halloween and then they disappear for a year! I'm stocking up this time!

PUMPKIN SPICE HALLOWEEN CANDLES!!!!!

They used to only do little ones for 69p but this year I've found 18oz jars!!..... for £2.99!!!!!!!!

I am obsessed. They smell so, so good! Normally I find pumpkin spiced things are too heavily spiced with cinnamon or cloves (vom) but these smell good enough to eat!!!!

Also another reason I love autumn...HALLOWEEN!!! I love Halloween, it's very rare I do anything because it always turns out to be a hype then a let down but I love sitting in watching horror movies with Halloween treats and seeing all the kids dressed up trick or treating!!


And I love the all the berry colours that come out to play. I wear them all year round anyway, but I wear them practically every day in autumn!!

I also love cosy nights in with my favourite tea's! 

Cosy, Cosy.

So yes, this is basically a 'WHY I LOVE AUTUMN' post!!

I LOVE it.

I'm going to end it there because I am too excited!!!

Golden Brown #binthebeds with St Moriz

Ok so, I know when I think of fake tan, I dont think of someone with an lovely golden all year round glow, I think of some kind of oompa loompa looking Jeremy Kyle reject

BUT, I am a HUGE fan of fake tan.

When I go on holiday, I dont tan, I mean I literally cant bake in the sun I hate it. I cant sit still, I get so fed up and restless and I dont change colour anyway, I go a nice shade of pink and then end up whiter than before. So when Im on holiday and everyone is sizzling away, Im usually in a one piece or an oversized tee with sunglasses and a big floppy hat with a book under a big umbrella.

Oh, thats after slathering myself in factor 50.

I know vitamin D is important and I do go out out in daylight - Im not a total vampire! I love sitting by the pool, or in the garden, I juat don't like total exposure.

Ive been this way since I was younger and got burned in Greece. It was horrible.

But my main reason for staying out of the sun is because my Dad died of skin cancer when I was 17.
He was diagnosed in November and passed away the following June.
It was the second time he'd had it.

It was down to the damage his skin suffered when he was younger and would go out in the sun and burn, not every time he went out, obviously, but on those odd occasions when his lotion was a lower factor.

It was a horrific thing to witness, as is watching anyone suffer with an illness.

It has made me so, so cautious with my skin and I vowed to never sunbathe or go in the sun without sufficient protection. And I havent.

And along comes fake tan. I really dont mind being pale at all, it suits me because thats just naturally how I am, but sometimes I just want a little bit of colour in my life!!!

I think fake tans have come so far ...(remember those 'tan towels'?!?!)

I remeber begging my mum to buy me some St Tropez when I was a teenager, because that was the best ever according to everyone else but it was more than £20 so she fobbed me off, but my best friends mum bought her it so we helped eachother out....it was a streaky hot mess!!

But these days there are tans by millions of brands and in a load of different forms (mousse, lotion, spray etc.), and to suit every budget.

My all time favourte two are Fake Bake and St Moriz. I only get fake bake when Im feeling flush or ask for it to fill my christmas or birthday list.

But St Moriz is my all time favourite, go to tan. Its so affordable and such great quality!! It doesnt streak on me and never makes me orange!!

Ive used the mousse for years and I love it. But just before christmas I won a christmas set on twitter (woooooo best set ever!!), and this came with the lotion and I fell in love!! I haven't been able to find the lotion in shops near me yet but I WILL hunt it down, its and absolute godsend.

I am so gutted, they just tweeted that theyre giving samples away in Liverpool today and I cant make it down!! I might shed a little tear.

They're giving samples and tips and are spreading the word on fake tanning, rather than using sunbeds. Which are super bad.

I love that theyre getting out there and actually interacting with people.

Definitely my favourite brand.

So run out and get some and #binthebeds !!!!!!

Always Wear...Sunscreen... - Baz Luhrman

Ok, so, this is going to sound REALLY fan girlish, but I once randomly read an interview with Hayley Williams from Paramore and it was about skin care and make up and she has really pale skin and so do I when I don't wear a bit of tan, actually, I'm still mega pale with tan.... Anyway, she said her dermatologist told her to use La Roche-Posay and it turned out to be great for her skin....so yes, I ordered it online, they didn't have it in Boots then, and I loved it!! I got some Hydraphase stuff and some Effaclar because I have horribly dry skin but it also breaks out quite a bit...grim.

She also said she wore total sun block on her face everyday, which I do too, because my dad had skin cancer so I think about sun care a lot more than most people would probably ever realise and she said she doesn't like heavy make up either so she used a tinted moisturiser called ProtecTINT by an american brand called LORAC. It's a tinted moisturiser that comes in different shades and has SPF 30 so I was so excited....until I realised we couldn't get it here. Luckily I have some family in America and my Aunty was going over to visit and she kindly brought me some back.

I am obsessed with it.

I'm not a fan of heavy foundations everyday, mainly because I'm quite lazy and sometimes, I just can't be arsed sitting infront of a mirror making sure my face is perfect...some days I don't even look in the mirror if I don't have to, but this was amazing, it didn't have total coverage, obviously, because it's only a tinted moisturiser, but I didn't need that much coverage after a week or so of wearing it because my skin was able to breath and stayed quite clear, where as when I was piling my love, Double Wear on I'd find my skin would be extra dry or I'd get a spot or something. But this just gave me a healthy kind of fresh faced look.

I am desperate for my Aunty to go back so she can get me some more because I am very, very nearly out and I have been using it super sparingly.

If you can get your hands on any I definitely recommend it!! I love it so much so I just wanted to share it with you before I ran out!!!

P.s Sorry again for the awful pictures, I really need to buy a new camera!!

Hellraiser...

Just a quick little post about one of my favourite lipsticks of all time. Hellraiser by MAC.

I do love a bit of glitter every now and then but if I'm not feeling like I want to go all out and have sparking eyes, I go for this! its kind of a lilac/pink sparkly lipstick. I love it so much!!

I don't even remember what made me look at glittery lipsticks but I saw it out of the corner of my eye and had to have it.

I admit I don't wear it very often and I got it a while back but I do love it and it never fails to make me feel like I'm 5 again, and I will sit alone in my room with it on, not a scrap of other make up but this. It's such a lovely colour, I can't even get a swatch that shows you how cute it is!!

But yeah if you're looking for a sparkle for the festive period, or any party time for that matter Hellraiser is the one!!

p.s please excuse the awful pictures, and my nails. thanks.

Primark A/W 2012 (part one)

So, by now, you know I LOVE Primark, so I'm just going to post a few of  my favourite picks from their Autumn/Winter collection.

Part two to follow soon!!

Primark A/W 2012 (part two)

Part two, here we go.....

I love, love, love this silver sequin clutch sooooo much.