My Morning Routine!

Hello everyone! First off, I'm really quite tired at it's almost 1am, so I apologize if my words get jumbled! Anyways, I've seen quite a few bloggers and youtubers going through their morning and night time routines, so I thought I'd join in the fun! So, today I will be blogging about my morning routine. I will not be reviewing products, but more of less just showing you which ones I am currently using! Tomorrow will be my night time routine! (However, my camera battery died, and neither my boyfriend nor I know where the charger is, so I may need to take cell phone pictures for tomorrow!)

So, here we go - My Morning Routine.

I shower every second morning, and this was shower day. I am currently using the TRESemme 24 HR Body shampoo and conditioner, the Soap & Glory Foam Call Body Wash, and the Sephora brand Purifying Cleansing Gel. On mornings that I don't shower, I usually just use the cleanser!

Next I used my Soap & Glory The Righteous Butter sample that I got from my most recent Sephora haul, which I will hopefully be reviewing in the new future!

I then got dressed! Top: Garage; Sweater: Topshop; Leggings: Lululemon.

Then it's time to brush my teeth! I'm currently using the Crest 3D white collection, because I was not the best tooth brusher when I was younger, so my teeth have a very slight yellow tinge that I'm yearning to get rid of!

Next onto skin care! All of the items are below :)

Currently using the Clinique Clarifying Lotion 3 for Combination/Oily skin for toner!

Another Clinique product I am using is this Clinique All About Eyes Serum, which has a roller ball and is meant to de-puff the under eye area.

I've been having crazy acne over the past few months, and this Clean & Clear Advantage Acne Spot Treatment is my current zit zapper which I only use over my pimples or 'spots'. 

And, as my last post mentions, I've been using the Hydraluron serum to keep my skin nice and moist!

I have been using the Ole Henrikson Express The Truth cream that I got 3 packets of as samples from my last Sephora haul as well.

To give my skin some time to soak in the moisturizer, I applied an anti-frizz product, then blow dried my hair.

I have been using the John Frieda Frizz-Ease formula which (spoiler alert) I absolutely love!

I then applied a bit of Julep Sea Salt Spray, some Julep Invisible Dry Shampoo, and Aussie Sprunch hair spray to the bottom half of my hair and scrunched my hair upwards, as I was planning on having very volumized waves in my hair today.

Then I started my Infiniti hair wand, and put on my pink fly away tamer lululemon headband to keep my hair out of my face for makeup application!

My eyebrows needed some fixing, so I used a comb to comb my eyebrows upwards and then trim any long hairs, and plucked out stray hairs.
BROW GROOMING TIP: If you're afraid of over plucking or you're fairly new to grooming your eyebrows, use a white eyeliner pencil to trace where you would like your eyebrows to be. I find it helps me achieve the exact shape I want! However, not everyone is perfect - your eyebrows will probably more often than not be identical, but don't fret! - that's what an eyebrow pencil is for!
I then wanted to switch up my foundation because I've been using the Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation for quite awhile now, so I switched to the Maybelline Fit Me foundation in 115.
Then I covered up my under eye circles and primed my lids with the Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Concealer in Radiant.
To cover my acne/acne scars I used this Covergirl Smoothers Concealer in 725 Illuminator.
I used the Covergirl Clean Oil Control pressed powder in 510 Classic Ivory.
I then used my Rimmel London Natural Bronzer in 027 Sun Dance to contour my face.

For blush I used my Annabelle blush "48". And to be honest, I have no idea what this body illuminator is - I probably got it as a child. However, it acts as the perfect highlighter on my face right now. I then used this Avon shadow in Gold Frost. Next I used the NYC Waterproof eyeliner pencil in 932 Dark Brown. And then I lined my water line with the Rimmel London Soft Kohl pencil in 071 Pure White. Next I curled my lashes and applied my Maybelline The Mega Plush Volum' Express mascara. And then finally I filled in my brows with the Annabelle Eyebrow Pencil in 010 Taupe. 

Finally, I applied my Body Shop Vanilla Body Mist and my Secret Outlast deodorant.

And there you have it! My full morning routine! Hope you enjoyed it!

xoxox

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Current Trends I'm Loving

Today I thought I would post a few of the current trends that I am loving.

One of the current trends I am loving includes leggings-as-pants which is obvious is you've seen any of my OOTD posts. I wear leggings everywhere and my Lululemon leggings feel like a dream to wear. They are so comfy. I didn't think they deserved their own picture, however I own quite a few pairs.

The next trend I am loving is faux leather in general, and faux leather accents. This is my winter jacket which I bought at Garage. It is my baby. It's called the Whistler coat and has faux fur in the hood and throughout the jacket itself. It keeps me super warm and is super stylish. And the faux leather detailing on the arms and the shoulders as well as the pockets make this jacket super edgy and super chic. They are no longer selling this coat as I bought it at the beginning of the winter season, however, if you check out their other outwear they do have other coats with leather detailing as well that are equally as cute!

The next trend I've been loving is crop tops! Here are four of the many crop tops that I own. The first second and fourth are from Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters had so many cute crop tops on sale during their college sale (50% off sale items with a valid student card, yesss) so I took advantage of that. The first looks super cute with the Zara skater skirt I will be showing later, and the 2nd and fourth look cute with the American Apparel maxi skirt I will be showing later. The third I got second hand, and I'm not sure where it's from, but the tag says 'Jerry Hall', and looks cute with a pair of high-waisted leggings or even just a pair of skinny jeans (or high-waisted skinny jeans!).

Another trend I'm loving is skater skirts, and I especially love this cute little red number from Zara. It has gold buttons on the side, and it can be dressed up or worn casually. I wish I had more!

Another trendy skirt I'm loving is maxi skirts. I especially love this one from American Apparel. You can purchase it and the same skirt in many other cute colours here.

This is part of the outfit I am wearing today, and that's destroyed jeans. My shape doesn't allow me to wear boyfriend jeans at the moment but destroyed boyfriend jeans just have this cute, chic edge to them that I love. These are my light wash destroyed skinny jeans from American Eagle.

I am also loving scrunchies. I remember growing up and always hating when all the 'cool' girls were wearing the small elastic hair ties and I was stuck wearing ugly scrunchies, but now I LOVE them. I think they're so cute! I got these ones from American Apparel.

These photos represent two of my current favourite trends, and that is comfy grandpa sweaters/any sort of warm knit sweater, and unexpected studding detail. Firstly, it is FREEZING outside right now, and so warm sweaters are a MUST and they are perfect and often quite cute. And this particularly studding really surprised me, but gives a comfy casual sweater an edge. You'd never expect to find wool and studs together, and that's what I love about it! This particular sweater is from Topshop.

I am also IN LOVE with sheer blouses. This is one of the many that I have, and this particular one is from H&M. They're really dressy and can be dressed up, but certain ones can also make a hot & scandalous clubbing outfit.

The last trend I'm loving is statement necklaces but unfortunately I don't own any yet! I found this image with a Google search. I really especially love the ones like number two and number eight in the photo. Triangles are such a hip and trendy shape right now, and I'm all on board!

Anyways, that's all for today, and I hope you enjoyed this post! Talk to you tomorrow.

xoxox

Room Tour + Makeup of the Day + Outfit of the Day

Hello everyone. So, as promised, here is my new room as well as my makeup of the day, and my outfit of the day. So, here we go. My new room.

This is my desk area. Nothing too exciting other than my kitty :)

This is some of my shelving (the rest is in my closet) with all my sticky note reminders and the books I have yet to read and my DVD collection. Plus obligatory boxes for my kitty.

Candles + Kinder Surprise Disney princesses ;) Excited to give Jane Austen a read, never have before.

My DVD collections! A few of my favourites: Date Night, ALL of my Audrey Hepburn collection movies, Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason, PS I Love You, both Sex and The City's, The Devil Wears Prada.

The outside of my closet (the boring part).

 The inside of my closet!

Clothes :)

And some shoes and shelving :)

My Makeup/Beauty Station. Still in the works.

Lauren Conrad, Sephora, How to Be Interesting, Whitney Port..... Just a few essential books. My lovely Urban Outfitters Journal, some rings and bracelets.

My daily essentials, including my Julep sea salt spray, my John Frieda anti-frizz serum, my Hydraluron face cream, and my go to scent at the moment: the vanilla body spray from Bath & Body Works.

Assorted makeup things.

Audrey and Marilyn ^.^

My couch covered with a pink blanket to prevent my kitty from thinking it's a scratching post + The Bling Ring which I am almost finished and my snuggy!

Queen sized bed for the first time in my life. The best.

My makeup! I took a few more shots on my cell phone later in better lighting which I will include now.

Products I used: Rimmel London Stay Matte pressed powder (005 Silky Beige), Annabelle Biggy Bronzer, Annabelle blush (48), Rimmel London Wake Me Up Foundation (100 Ivory), Rimmel London Wake Me Up concealer in the lightest colour, Revlon Colour Stay Liquid liner pen (black), Maybelline The Rocket Xpress mascara (blackest black), and my Urban Deay Naked 2 palette.

I used Verve all over my lid and Pistol in the corner of my eye and my crease.

And here is my outfit of the day! Sweater from H&M, Leggings from Lululemon, tank from Garage. Also, you can see my pink phone case which I bought over the holidays, and am in LOVE with :)

My necklace today. From Urban Outfitters.

Second hand ring and American Eagle watch.

And that's all for today! Not sure what I will post yet tomorrow, but I'll talk to you tomorrow!

xoxox