My First YouTube Video!

EEEEEK!

Here it is guys - my first EVER YouTube video!





Let me know what you think and if you do the tag, leave a comment below!

Vicky xoxo

OOTN/FOTN: Blue Is The Colour

Long time no speak! I'm finally back with a mammoth list of posts to do - the first of which being an Outfit of the Night from last week which marked my work Christmas party.

Excuse the headless shot... let's just say many alcoholic beverages had been consumed by this stage! Damn you cocktails!

I absolutely adore this Zara dress that I picked up in the summer, everything from the colour to the shape is perfect and this was its first outing of many! I teamed it with black tights (it was fff-reeeezing) in London and black ankle boots after I discovered my beautiful glittery shoes tipped forwards when I walked! Badly balanced shoes + alcohol + cobbled streets + work the next day = accident waiting to happen!

I kept my makeup pretty simple and re-created the look below...

Face

Illamasqua Matte Primer

NARS Sheer Glow in 'Mont Blanc'

Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum in '51'

Chanel Loose Powder in '20 Clair'

MAC blush 'Peaches' and 'Well Dressed' mixed with Illamasqua 'Ambition'

MAC 'Vanilla' Pigment

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MAC e/s 'Brule' (lid)

MAC e/s 'Omega' (crease)

MAC e/s 'Carbon' (through the brows with Omega)

Elizabeth Arden Gel Liner 'Black'

MAC 'Reflects Gold' Pigment (lid)

Illamasqua Medium Pencil 'Vow' (waterline)

Girls Aloud for Eyelure 'Nicola' lashes (cut up and placed in outer corner)

Lips

MAC lipliner 'Dervish'

Revlon Matte Lipstick 'Smoked Peach'

Chanel Rouge Allure Lipgloss in '57' (later in the evening)

Don't forget to enter my giveaway *here* :)

Oh and look out for my first YouTube video, coming your way tomorrow camera permitting!

Have a lovely weekend!

Vicky xoxo

[CLOSED] Christmas OPI Giveaway!

In a bid to find some sort of comfort in front of the camera pre-YouTube debut, I decided to film this giveaway video for you! All details are in the video :) Enjoy! Remember, if you have any YouTube requests, leave them in the post below YouTube: You Choose!

FOTD

Face
Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Foundation
Chanel Loose Powder in 20 Clair
Illamasqua Blush in 'Ambition'

Eyes
MAC Omega and Carbon through the brows
Urban Decay Half-Baked, Smog, Darkhorse and Hustle
Illamasqua Beguile Pigment
Illamasqua Masquara

Lips
YSL Vogue Volupte in 'Lingerie Pink'
Revlon Pink Pop lipgloss

Have a lovely evening!

Vicky xoxo

YouTube: You Choose!

You may remember a few posts ago I said I would have a YouTube video up that week... to cut a long story short I got a new job the next day and didn't think I'd have time to film to I put it off.

It turns out I'm not as busy as anticipated with work and therefore can finally take the plunge and join the YouTube beauty community!

 image from weheartit

I've highlighted the word community because for me, that is one of the key elements and as such, I'd like it if you'd leave me suggestions for the sort of videos you'd like me to do whether they're tutorials, hauls, reviews, vlogs, etc., etc.! Also, if there's a Tag you'd like to see me do - let me know :)

Hopefully I'll have made a decision and have a video filmed and uploaded by the end of the week!

See you all soon!

Vicky xoxo

TAG: Childhood Memories

Can you believe we haven't had a single trick or treater tonight? Well we haven't so I have the unfortunate task of eating the sweets, it's a tough job polishing off this amount of Haribo but someone has to do it!

Anyway, whilst eating my weight in Haribo I came across this tag on Sophie's blog and I knew instantly that I. Had. To. Do. It!!

In Soph's words:

The 'rules' for this tag are fairly simple. State the year you were born and your era and list 10 things you remember from the main bulk of your childhood.

So here we go...

I was born in September 1990 and here are some of the things I remember from my wonderful 90s childhood!

1. The Spice Girls

Girl Power! Who didn't love the Spice Girls in the 90s?! Sporty, Posh, Scary, Baby and Ginger certainly 'Spiced Up Our Lives' during the 90s and my childhood. My favourite was always Posh Spice, mostly because we share a first name but even to this day, I'm still a huge fan of Victoria Beckham! I spent hours learning the dance moves and words to all the Spice Girls songs and yes, I did dust them off during the reunion tour! 

2. Pokemon Cards

Many a lunch and play time were spent swapping Pokeman cards in between playing games of marbles over the playground drains (ok that sounds more like I lived in the 40s than the 90s...). Charmander was always my favourite, I had about 4 of his cards because I never wanted to swap him <3

3. Dennis Wise and Gianfranco Zola

Chelsea have always been a huge part of my life and growing up, the two men above were a massive part of my childhood. I could go into detail of the players I adored growing up but for me, Zola and Wise were the ultimate.

4. Kids TV

Kids TV was beyond awesome in the 90s! One of my favourite shows was Noah's Island but nobody seems to remember it! It was about animals that were en route to the zoo when their ship got wrecked and they all ended up on an island that was run by a Polar bear named Noah. It was amazing!

Other favourites were: The Queen's Nose, The Snorks, The Smurfs, The Hair Bear Bunch, Wacky Races, Arthur, The Faraway Tree, The Worst Witch, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Power Rangers and SO many more. Seriously, I could list my favourite shows ALL day. Kids TV isn't what it was!

5. Aliens

Aliens. We all had one. We all thought if we stuck them together they'd make a baby. They never did. 

6.  Walkman Cassette Players

These bad boys were the height of cool when I was little and the only way to listen to your cassette tapes of songs you'd recorded off the radio! You couldn't skip tracks, you just had to fast forward and hope for the best. Ah the good days!

 7. Videos

Much like the humble cassette tape, videos were the be all and end all in the days before disks became popular (or were invented - maybe they were invented and we didn't have them?). I'll never forget the days I spent watching my favourite Disney films (classic Disney, none of that remastered nonsense!) on video tape. I still have them all in the loft - heaven knows how I'll ever play them again!

8. Baby Born

Yes I had a Baby Born and yes I thought you fact you could 'feed' it was the best thing ever! Considering I was never much of a baby person, I loved this doll! I think it's still in the loft, I'm such a hoarder! 

9. Aesop's Fables

I loved books when I was little and I learned many of them by heart - most of which were Aesop's Fables. I used to read them with my Great Grandad.

10. The Park

Note: All images taken from Google.

I spent a lot of time in the park and generally playing out when I was a child. The swings were always my favourite even though I hate heights and always have - work that one out! Even now whenever I go past a park I always get the urge to go and play on the swings. I'll grow up one day I'm sure...

So there we have it - some of my childhood memories. I honestly have so many and I'd love to share them all! 

I tag everyone; I'm really interested to see what you all remember from your childhood so please comment below if you decide to do this tag!

Do  you remember any of these things?!

Vicky xoxo

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween lovely people!

I'm not especially big on Halloween but I do like to unleash my inner witch on occasion.

Here's my inner witch hamming it up...

Let me know what Halloween plans you have!

Have a safe Halloween guys!

Vicky xoxo

If I Were A.. Blonde?

*continues singing...* Even just for a day!

I would look like this:

I had some free time this afternoon and a blonde wig crying to be used (because we all have blonde wigs just lying around at home right? Right?!!) so with Halloween tomorrow I decided unleash my inner blondie! Fear not, I've already locked her back in her cage and told her she was NEVER be released again!

If you're wondering, I have Show Orchid lipstick on and I still love it as much as ever.

Hope you've had a lovely weekend!

Vicky xoxo