MAC PREP + PRIME REVIEW

 MAC PREP + PRIME- £19.50

I wanted to write a quick review on this MAC primer. I must admit this was the first and only ever primer I have purchased and used. I bought it around August time last year and I wasn’t really educated in the primer section of makeup, I had only recently heard of using a primer a few months before hand from reading blogs and didn’t really know how important it was.

I didn’t really intend to buy a primer when heading into MAC, also for the first time last year but I was convinced I needed something to help my makeup apply better and that would keep it in place all day. I must say I feel I was a little tricked into buying this after telling the lady at MAC I didn’t want anything on that involved a shimmer and when I was in the shop having my ‘makeover’ I didn’t notice any shimmer on my face UNTIL… (dun dun dun) I got the bottle home and the bottle was covered in glitter! I almost cried after spending £19.50 on this and was praying it wasn’t shimmery, I felt so naive purchasing it.

Anyway it was too late; I had already brought it home! I did consider eBaying it but never got round to it so I thought I may as well just start using it. I must say the only thing I dislike about the product is the shimmer- it’s definitely not for me so I wouldn’t be rushing out to purchase this again. The thing I do like about this MAC PREP + PRIME is that I have oily combination skin and I have found that it dramatically helped my makeup from sliding across my face in the daytime and takes away a lot of oiliness on the skin. It doesn’t last all day however, if I apply it in the morning I find it will last until early evening then I need a good touch up! 

This primer bottle is a 30ML and it has lasted me foreverrrrr, I purchased this last August, I use a small amount to cover my face every day and I'm still using the very same bottle today (that’s 9 months!!). I would say if you don’t mind a touch of shimmer then this MAC product could quite possibly be for you, but if, like me you have a pet hate for shine and shimmer I would avoid… my foundation does hide most of the shimmer but I just can’t stand having it on my face at all. 

Can anyone recommend a good primer, shimmer free, of courseee and that is perfect for oily combination skin? Would greatly appreciate :)

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The Intern Diaries!

I started interning for an e-commerce company last week who are involved in photographing and styling products for some very well known brands such as Ben Sherman, New Look, Matalan and Harrods (to name a few). Last week was a bank holiday so I started on the Tuesday and I was very excited to get stuck in. I’ve interned once before at a PR Company and I had an amazing experience there, I'm not sure any other internship will match how great that one was but I hope any internship I do is similar! The company I'm interning with at the moment is very different to my last internship, they have lots of people working for them including stylists, photographers, retouchers, models… the list goes on… whereas my last internship there were three ladies I was working with so it was much more personal and I learnt so much.

Anyway, on Tuesday I basically felt like I had been chucked head first in the deep end, I was given no direction on what to do at the start of the day and wasn’t even sure who to speak to about anything. Another intern had to ‘show me the ropes’ in a sense. To find a task to do, I basically had to walk round the extremely big studio and ask all the stylists and photographers if they needed any help with anything, I hadn’t been introduced to any of them and I was a little nervous at this stage, I was wondering around aimlessly. I was then given the task of steaming for a stylist which is what you can expect to do as an intern. After finishing steaming and soon realising there was no more tasks for me to get on with, I actually didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, how do you make yourself look keen to intern when you don’t know anyone and no one has anything for you to do? For the rest of the day I managed to find a few tasks to get on with and I went home at the end of the day feeling pretty shitty and I wanted to have a little cry but I thought, no I will stick at this, it can only get better, right?

Well one week on, and on more of a positive note, I'm glad I didn’t run for the hills. Once I had been there for a few days people started to recognise me more and once you’ve helped out a stylist once they know they can trust you to do things correctly and they’re more likely to let you help them out on the next shoot. I’ve only been there a week and a couple of days and I’ve learnt a pretty good amount, I’ve assisted on body model shoots, a little awkward I must say when the male models are stripping off in front of you… I literally didn’t know where the hell to look!! I’ve also helped with styling shoes, accessories and clothing for mannequin shots, there are some lovely girls there who always let me help out on their shoot and I'm learning lots from them so far. My time there has got a whole lot better since I started last week, I think once you know that you have to ask around for tasks it’s not so scary and you just get on with it! I'm looking forward to learning more at the moment and will be doing weekly blog post for my intern diaries for the next 4 weeks! (I promise next week I won’t talk so much, I get carried away when I'm typing).

I thought I would finish the post with what I wore for my first day! It’s always scary knowing what to wear on your first day of anything; you need to dress appropriate to the workplace because you can’t mirror other people’s image until you’ve been there.

Top | Topshop

Trousers | H&M £5 (sale)

Jacket | Primark £12 (sale)

Boots | Topshop £45

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'ALL BLACK EVERYTHING'

Top | TOPSHOP (around £36)

Shorts | Levi Vintage £15 (random vintage stall)

Belt | Urban Outfitters (sale)

Socks | TOPSHOP

Boots | Schuh £79.99

I know the sun is shining and that’s usually an excuse to dress all summery and show off your legs, and not wear this dark outfit but I don’t always like dressing summery, well I actually do love it but it’s just a bit time consuming sometimes. I have to make sure I’ve faked tanned in preparation and have summer legs, all a bit much in this unpredictable weather I must say. So I opted for this all black look with tights, yes well hiding the legs! I got these little black vintage Levi shorts last August at V-Festival from a little vintage stall they had set up there, it was the last day and at just £15 I couldn’t resist buying them, they’re prefect to create a grunge look or to wear in the summer with a pair of converse! They actually go pretty well with everything. 

I feel like I need to do some serious summer/holiday clothes shopping for this hot weather, but I'm just so unprepared this year with what to wear. There is so much nice summery clothing that I’ve seen around but I just can’t seem to part with my money too much at the moment, is there anywhere you would recommend me to have a browse for some on trend summer clothes, reasonably (cheaply) priced?

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HOW TO: DIY Crop Top!

Trousers | Topshop (old)

Shoes | Urban Outfitters £55

Bag | Zara £40

Knitted Jumper | Topshop (old)

I picked up this plain white men’s t-shirt from Primark for just £2 so I could give myself a little DIY task. I find these are so cheap you can just experiment with them however you want to and it doesn’t matter if they go wrong. Luckily for me I really like how this DIY CROP TOP turned out. I wanted to go for an off the shoulder look but I also wanted to make it cropped so decided to do so with a secure knot in the centre, this top was pretty oversized before I altered it but tying a small knot is just so simple and really gives the garment a more defined shape. I also love the look of the knotted centre.

I hope it’s pretty straightforward to follow the steps I’ve given you if you do want to try this out for yourself. I wanted to get a top that was big on me so opted for this men’s one in a small but you might want to get it bigger or smaller depending on the style you’re aiming for. This makes a perfect little summer top and goes great with trouser or even a nice midi skirt :) I wore mine with my pale blue polka dot trousers when I went to the beach with Ashley last week.

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OOTD: ASOS POLO NECK CROP TOP!

Top | ASOS £8

Skirt | Miss Selfridge £22

Coat | NEXT £30 (sale)

Belt | Vintage

Necklace | Forever 21 £3.99

Clutch | Urban Outfitters (sale)

Shoes | New Look

I ordered this little polo neck crop top a while ago now from ASOS but haven’t got round to wearing it with an outfit for the daytime, well actually, ever! It’s quite hard to find something that it looks good with without having to have my stomach on show, something I wanted to avoid but I quite liked the idea of wearing it with this black velvet skater skirt because it sits high waist so it’s perfect. I added a few simple accessories, this clutch bag was just under £20 from Urban Outfitters in the sale around Christmas time and it’s a very versatile little black bag, looks great with everything. 

Ok, so enough about the less important things… I just want to shout about the fact that these shoes were only £8! A total bargain if I do say so myself, when I saw these on the NEW LOOK website I thought I was taking a risk ordering them as I thought they’d get to me and be really short or have an awkward heel style but when I received them I just fell in love, they’re perfect… they also go really well with Topshop JONI JEANS girls! NEW LOOK has had some amazing sale shoes lately, have anyone else managed to find a bargain pair that I may need to know about? :)

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