Monday 18 September 2017

My Go To Autumn Lips!



So, it's FINALLY that time of year where you need to dig out your jumpers, scarfs, gloves and what not. If you haven't already guessed then yes, I love the Autumn weather! 

One of my favourite things about this season is the make up and fashion trends. I love wearing oversized warm, cosy clothing, but what do I love more? AUTUMN LIPS! I love this trend as you can really experiment with different colours and they always make your appearance 100 X better! 

Personally, I'm not that into bold colours so going for a really really dark lipstick isn't my thing. However, this doesn't mean I can't make an Autumn lip look! When I think of make up to do with this season I think of brown-nudes, maybe with a slightly orange undertone. This look is so so easy to do because a simple nude lipstick can easily do the trick!

The three lipsticks that I go for if I want an Autumn lips look are: Kylie Cosmetics matte liquid lipstick in the shade Dolce K, Bare Minerals marvelous Moxie lipgloss in the shade Maverick, and NYX soft matte lip cream in the shade Stockholm. Each of these have a dark, but not too dark, brown or berry colour to them. 

The Kylie lipstick is more expensive, followed by Bare Minerals then NYX. If I'm being completely honest, the NYX one is my all time favourite! So, even if you don't have £20 to splash out on Kylie Cosmetics, that definitely won't stop you from being able to create this look!

I hope you enjoyed reading this post!

- Amy x

Tuesday 12 September 2017

About me and my anxiety..

Hi everyone and welcome back to another blog post! This one is going to be a bit more on the serious side. I'm going to be writing about my anxiety- how it started, what I get anxious about, how it's changed my life and how I deal with it!

How it all started-

I've never known the true cause of my anxiety. All I can remember is one night in 2015 I was on a metro (kind of like the tube in London) coming back from a concert. I started to feel really sick and panicky. A few days later I started to experience panic attacks which are, in my opinion, the worst things ever. I went to the doctors about it and I got diagnosed with Anxiety and Panic disorder. It used to be so bad that I wouldn't be able to leave my room without being so anxious. This all happened as I was about to start my last year of secondary school (year 11). As you can imagine, it had a very bad impact on me and things such as my GCSE results.

2 years later and I'm still not 'cured' or anywhere close to being. However, I have had such a change in mindset and decided that I will not let it beat me. I will not let the bad thoughts that invade my head constantly take over the positive ones. Do I still have bad days? Yes, regularly. But I am so much better at dealing with this now! I am on medication for my anxiety but to be completely honest I don't think this helps me at all. I deal with my anxiety by doing calming things such as listening to music, concentrating on my breathing, taking a bubble bath, pr just talking to someone about what I'm anxious about etc. Of course these things don't always work but they do help to bring back the positive mindset- or they do for me! 

Right now it's 2017 and there are still many things I'm anxious about. For example, I find it very hard to go in shops which is such a shame for me seen as shopping used to be my most favourite thing! If anyone has any advice on how to overcome this I would be more than grateful. I'm also finding it very hard to get a job that I feel comfortable with as I hate busy, fast paced environments!

Anxiety is one of the most cruel things I have ever had to experience in my life and I wouldn't wish it upon anybody. 

If anyone has any advice for me, or even wants some more advice from me, please feel free to comment below!

- Amy x