Beauty 101: How To Deep Clean Your Makeup Brushes

Cleaning your makeup brushes is the most boring part of a beauty routine – but it is also one of the most important! If you could see all of the germs and bacteria on your brushes you would never let them near your face. Using dirty makeup brushes can cause a number of skin issues such as acne, blemishes and skin reactions. To avoid these issues this is how you deep clean your makeup brushes.

1. Wet

Ensuring brushes are faced downwards, submerge the bristles of your brushes in warm water.

2. Cleanse

Using non-alcohol based cleanser and a cleaning glove, lather the bristles and swirl on the glove for a deeper clean.

3. Rinse

Wash brushes off until the water runs clear and squeeze out any excess water to prevent the bristles from fraying.

4. Dry

Allow brushes to air dry on a flat surface ensuring the bristles are hanging over the sink to dry quickly and easily.

I hope this post was helpful! If you have any tips and tricks for cleaning your makeup brushes leave them in the comments section below!

10 Tips For The Perfect Self Tan

If like me you just don’t seem to tan at all in the natural sunlight, fake tan is your best friend! But fake tanning also comes with it’s difficulties, trying to get the perfect shade, have a smooth, natural look and avoid streaks. Here are 10 tips to help you get the perfect self tan.

1. Exfoliate thoroughly, removing dead skin give a smooth surface to apply tan prevent streaks and patches.
2. Do not use moisturiser or deodorant the day you tan, this can cause discolouration.
3. Before tanning take a cold shower to close your pores and prevent them from getting blocked.
4. Use aloe Vera on your hands, elbows, knees and feet – these are places that often change colour.
5. Make sure you use a mitt, you don’t want tanned nails or palms.
6. Bend your fingers into a claw to get an even tan on your knuckles.
7. Attach a tanning mitt to a back brush for easy reach.
8. Apply the tanner to the centre of the mitt and fold the mitt in half for even application.
9. Start slowly, if your tan isn’t dark enough you can apply another layer rather than struggling to remove tan if you have over applied.
10. Exfoliate your palms after tanning to remove excess tan.

I hope this post was helpful! If you have any self tanning tips tell me in the comments section below!

5 Best Dua Lipa Inspired Outfits At Affordable Prices

After releasing her first single in 2016 Dua Lipa has quickly taken over the world. A singer, songwriter and model with an EBBA Public Choice Award and two Brit Awards under her belt, there is nothing Dua Lipa can’t do! On top of this she has a style unlike any other. Here are 5 outfits inspired by Dua Lipa at affordable prices.

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• Black Bralette £4 from boohoo.com – http://www.boohoo.com/megan-basic-v-front-plunge-bralet/DZZ33183.html?color=105
• Black Ponte Blazer £30 from Miss Selfridge – https://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/women/miss-selfridge-petites-black-ponte-blazer/d893674.pd#287428469,q=miss-selfridge-petites-black-ponte-blazer
• Black Pants £8 from boohoo.com – http://www.boohoo.com/eva-crepe-super-stretch-skinny-trousers/DZZ77442.html
• Purse £10 from Missguided.com – https://www.missguided.co.uk/black-faux-leather-pearl-corss-body-bag-10070692

 

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• Gold Satin Crop Top £18 from Missguided.com – https://www.missguided.co.uk/gold-soft-satin-plunge-lace-up-bralet-10091913
• Denim Jeans £17.99 from   H&M – http://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0539723006.html
• Leather Choker £12.99 from Etsy – https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/588074741/black-leather-choker-necklace-black?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=Black%20Leather%20Choker%20Necklace,%20Black%20Choker,%20Mens%20Necklace,%20Unisex%20Jewellery,%20Boho%20Necklace&ref=sr_gallery-1-4
• Cat Eye Sunglasses £12.95 from Fruugo.com – https://www.fruugo.co.uk/exaggerated-oval-cat-eye-sunglasses-slim-metal-arms-55mm/p-13512281-27554202

 

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• Print Dress £25 from PrettyLittleThing.com – https://www.prettylittlething.com/grey-camouflage-lace-up-bodycon-dress.html
• Denim Trench Coat £55 from Fashionworld – https://www.fashionworld.co.uk/shop/denim-trench-coat/vz142/product/details/show.action?pdBoUid=7206#colour:Indigo,size:
• Platform Boots £32 from Silkfred – https://www.silkfred.com/boutiques/spylovebuy/shoes/shotgun-cleated-sole-platform-ankle-boots-black-leather-style

 

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• Blue Sheer Mesh Top £10 from Boohoo.com – http://www.boohoo.com/plus-tilly-long-sleeve-mesh-crop-top/PZZ82670.html?color=642
• Black Leather Zip Skirt £12.99 from Shein.com – http://www.shein.co.uk/Zip-Front-PU-Skirt-p-415423-cat-1732.html
• Red Sock Boots £31.99 from Ego.com – https://ego.co.uk/search?q=Hayden+Block+Heel+Sock+Boot+In+Red+Lycra

 

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• Black Plunge Bodycon Dress £5 from PrettyLittleThing.com – https://www.prettylittlething.com/black-extreme-plunge-strappy-bodycon-dress.html
• Sheer Kimono £15.71 from Withchic.com – http://www.withchic.com/black-elbow-sleeve-chiffon-cardigan-kimono/
• Nude Platform Heels £28 from PrettyLittleThing.com – https://www.prettylittlething.com/nude-platform-sandal.html
• Black Leather Choker £12.99 from Etsy – https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/588074741/black-leather-choker-necklace-black?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=Black%20Leather%20Choker%20Necklace,%20Black%20Choker,%20Mens%20Necklace,%20Unisex%20Jewellery,%20Boho%20Necklace&ref=sr_gallery-1-5

 

I hope you enjoyed this post! Tell me which celebrity inspired outfits you’d like to see next in the comments section below!

55 Small Tattoo Ideas for Girls Wanting New Ink

Now days you won’t come across many people who don’t have a tattoo. Tattoo’s are a great way to express yourself or memorialise someone or something. If you are like me and are desperate to get inked but don’t  want to get something too drastic or in your face, then this post may be helpful to you. Here I have listed 55 small tattoos for girls looking to get tatted.

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I hope this post helped you to find inspiration for your perfect tattoo. As much as I love tattoo’s I think it is important to bare in mind that tattoo’s are permanent and are a huge commitment. Let me know your thoughts on tattoo’s in the comments section below!

 

Top Jobs In Fashion And How To Get Them

Millions of people around the world are passionate about fashion, but very few pursue their dreams of working in the industry. Fashion is a hard line to get in to, job opportunities are scarce and not a lot of people know how to go about getting into the industry. But what if I told you that you could do it? Here are the top jobs in fashion and how you can get them.

1. Stylist

Being a stylist is so much more than just picking a cute outfit, it’s a fast paced and forever changing role and is definitely not for the faint hearted. As a stylist it is your responsibility to find and cast models, create mood boards to fit the theme and requirements of a shoot, direct hair and make up artists, get the clothes and products needed for a shoot – this may mean working directly with a brand or buying products from stores, merchandising products, providing expert knowledge, taking care of sample stock and props, keeping up to date with designers, brands and trends and providing assistance during a shoot.

If that long list hasn’t put you off then here’s how you can become a stylist. Some employers prefer their stylists to have a degree in a fashion related subject such as:

• Fashion Communicating and Styling
• Fashion Image Making and Styling
• Fashion Product and Promotion
• Fashion Styling and Creative Direction
• Fashion Styling and Production
• Interior Styling and Design

An Internship is also a great way into the industry, being a stylist is a hands on job and there is no better way to learn the ins and outs of the fashion world than first hand experience.

 

2. Fashion Designer

As a Fashion Designer you will more than likely specialise in one area e.g. sportswear or children’s wear. There are also 3 categories of fashion you can work in as a designer:

• High Street – Producing items in mass quantities that fit with the current trend of the general population.
• Ready-to-wear – Producing a small amount of an item, often used for events or photo shoots.
• Haute Coutour – A one of a kind piece that takes a long time to produce often for catwalks and red carpet events.

Your responsibilities as a Fashion Designer are to create a hand drawn or computerised visualisation of your ideas, keeping up to date with trends, planning and developing a product or range, working closely with design and production teams to ensure the product fits with requirements, buying the materials needed to produce the designs, creating samples and negotiating with customers and suppliers.

To become a designer you will need to obtain a degree in either:

• Art and Design
• Clothing Technology
• Fashion Marketing and Buying
• Fashion
• Graphic Design
• Knitwear
• Textiles

Although being a fashion designer requires a lot of hard work that salary does soften the blow with most Senior Designers earning £42-85k a year or more!

3. Fashion Merchandiser

A Fashion Merchandiser is essential in the retail industry. These are the people who keep shops stocked and up to date with trends. As a fashion merchandiser your job is to plan, prepare and stock ranges, to work closely with everyone in the chain from suppliers to buyers, collect data, create visual displays, budgeting, produce sales forecasts, analyse sales trends, study competitors, negotiate costs and make financial presentations.

For this role you will need qualifications in either:

• Accountancy and Finance
• Business and Management
• Economics
• IT
• Marketing
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Retail Management

The salary for a senior merchandiser is up to £85,000 per year with most companies also offering benefits packages.

I hope you found this post useful, what is your dream job in the fashion industry? Tell me in the comments section below!

 

 

 

25 Styles for Long Hair

Having long hair is brilliant when it comes to styling, the number of styles you can create is endless! But it can be hard to thing of different hair-dos everyday. This is why I have found 25 styles to make your luscious long hair even more fabulous!

 

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I hope this post was helpful! Tell me which hairstyles are your favourites in the comments section below!

35 Inspiring Fashion Quotes for Your Inner Fashionista

Every girl has an inner fashion goddess, some peoples take a little persuading to fully emerge where as others shine brighter than the sun. These quotes are bound to make you want to get dressed up to the nines and hit the streets like it’s a catwalk and so you should! Here are 35 Fashion Quotes for Your Inner Fashionista!

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I hope you enjoyed this post! Tell me who your fashion inspirations are in the comments section below.

 

 

Travel Bucketlist: 100 Places to Visit Before You Die

There is no doubt everyone on the planet has dreamed of visiting another country, experiencing once in a lifetime opportunities and enthralling in another culture. This got me thinking about all the the things I want to see and do and I was inspires to compile a list of 100 places I want to visit before I die.

1. Visit the Lost City of Petra, Jordan

2. The Trevi Fountain, Rome Italy

3. Go to Universal Studios, Orlando Florida

4. Visit Ireland

5. Sydney, Australia

6. Santorini, Greece

7. Tokyo, Japan

8. Paris, France

9. Cinque Terre, Italy

10. Glowworm Cave, New Zealand

11. Maldives

12. Big Ben, London England

13. Statue of Liberty, New York

14. Walk of Fame, Hollywood

15. Floating Lantern Festival, Hawaii

16. Jamaica

17. Go on a cruise

18. Rio De Janeiro Carnival

19. Disneyworld, Orlando Florida

20. Las Vegas, Nevada

21. Great Wall of China

22. Tower of Pisa, Italy

23. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

24. Fiji

25. Visit the Titanic in a submarine

26. Louvre, Paris France

27. Neuschwanstein Castle

28. Visit the house from “Up”

29. Sleep in a glass igloo, Finland

30. Lake Hillier (the pink lake), Australia

31. Cape Town, South Africa

32. St Lucia

33. Athens, Greece

34. Monte Carlo

35. Virgin Islands

36. Juliet’s House, Verona

37. Barcelona, Spain

38. Anne Frank’s House, Amsterdam

39. Santa Monica Pier

40. Bora Bora

41. Stay at the Burj Khalifa, Dubai

42. Taj Mahal, India

43. Go on a Safari, Africa

44. India during Diwali

45. Vist Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales

46. Underwater River, Philippines

47. See the Northern Lights, Finland

48. Galapagos Islands

49. Machu Picchu, Peru

50. Temples of Angkor, Cambodia

51. Salem Witch House

52. Road Trip Route 66

53. Easter Island

54. Grand Canyon, Arizona

55. Sistine Chapel, Vatican City Italy

56. Visit an endangered tribe, Ecuador

57. Climb Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

58. Havana, Cuba

59. Ride the Trans-Serbian, Russia-China

60. Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

61. Prada Store, Marfa Texas

62. Aero Island, Denmark

63. Wine Tasting, Napa Valley California

64. Isla Holbox, Mexico

65. Chefchaouen, Morocco

66. Kyoto, Japan

67. Bocas Del Toro, Panama

68. Busan, South Korea

69. Berlin, Germany

70. Santa Barbara, California

71. Galle, Sri Lanka

72. Tunis, Tunisia

73. Stay at a ranch in Texas

74. Cruise the Phi Phi Island, Thailand

75. Watch wild Orangutans, Borneo Malaysia

76. Tokyo during Cherry Blossom Season

77. See Elephants in the wild, Thailand

78. Stonehenge, England

79. Outdoor Bath, Budapest

80. Pompeii, Rome

81. Absintherie, Prague

82. Great Barrier Reef, Australia

83. Thanksgiving Parade, New York

84. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

85. Zak Bagans Haunted Museum, Las Vegas Nevada

86. Float on the Dead Sea

87. Blue Lagoon, Iceland

88. Swim with Whale-Sharks, Ninagloo Reef Australia

89. Ride a Gondala, Venice Italy

90. Marrakech Souks, Morroco

91. Red Square, Moscow

92. Festival of Colours, India

93. Christmas Market, Germany

94. Go to the Burning Man Festival

95. Scale Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii

96. Stay in a Japanese capsule hotel

97. Swim with Pink Dolphins, Bolivian Amazon

98. Snorkel in the South Pacific

99. Hot air balloon over Cappadocia, Turkey

100. Visit Patan Durbar Square, Nepal

 

I has so much fun writing this post and I hope it has inspired you to make one of your own. Let me know what would be on your Travel Bucketlist in the comment section below!

 

 

15 Ways You Should Be Using Coconut Oil In Your Beauty Routine

Coconut oil has long been known as a holy grail beauty item. It is used in hundreds of beauty products, but not many people know just how many ways coconut oil can be used in your beauty routine – here are 15 ways coconut oil can take your beauty routine to the next level.

1. Makeup Remover

Coconut oil is hands down the best makeup remover you can find. Use a cotton pad to apply the oil to your face and watch the makeup wash away – it will even easily remove waterproof mascara!

2. Makeup Brush Cleaner

Mix together one part coconut oil and two parts anti-bacterial soap to make a makeup brush cleaner that will leave your brushes looking and feeling brand new.

3. Tooth Whitener

Baking soda and coconut oil mixed in a jar and used as a normal toothpaste will remove the most stubborn stains from your teeth leaving you with a Hollywood smile.

4. Deep Hair Conditioner

Heat a cup of coconut oil and massage into your hair, leave in for one hour and wash off with shampoo and conditioner to repair dry or damaged hair.

5. To Stimulate Eyelash Growth

Mix together 1 drop of lemon essential oil, 1 drop of lavender oil and 1 tablespoon of coconut oil. Apply to eyelashes using a q-tip or clean mascara wand and watch how quickly your eyelashes grow gorgeously long and thick.

6. As A Shaving Cream

Coconut oil will give you the smoothest, closest shave you have ever had! Leaving your legs hairless, hydrated and the smell is amazing!

7. As A Hair Protectant

Before stepping out into the sun for your day at the beach run a small amount of coconut oil through your hair to protect from the sun and after a dip in the sea or pool you will come out with luscious smooth hair instead of the dry, crusty mess you’re usually left with.

8. As A Makeup Primer

Apply as a base before starting your makeup routine to keep your skin hydrated and a smooth finish to your makeup.

9. To Reduce Cellulite

Cover the effected area in coconut oil, wrap in bandages and wash off after 45 minutes to smooth the texture of your skin.

10. As A Body Scrub

Mix together half a cup of brown sugar, half a cup of salt, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, honey and coconut oil to make a honey-lemon sugar scrub for the smoothest skin of your life!

11. As A Nail And Cuticle Cream

A small amount of coconut oil rubbed into the cuticles and fingertips will strengthen nails and prevent hangnail.

12. Acne Cure

Mix coconut oil with nutmeg and apply to the effected areas – wash off after 15-20 minutes and watch how fast your acne disappears!

13. As An Under  Eye Cream

Coconut oils moisturising properties make it an amazing under eye cream, prevent and smoothing wrinkles and helping to brighten dark under eyes.

14. Natural Lip Balm

Rub a small amount of coconut oil onto your lips to prevent or cure cracked lips for the perfect pout.

15. As A Breath Freshener

Coconut oil has great anti-bacterial properties killing the bad bacteria living in your mouth. Gargle a cup of coconut oil for clean, fresh breath.

 

I hope this post has helped you to find the remedy to your beauty nightmare. Tell me what your favourite use for coconut oil is in the comments section below!