On Tuesday evening I took myself off to Space NK in windy old Brighton, for an evening full of beauty talk, champagne, sweet treats and two of the loveliest ladies in YouTube.
Bloggers & YouTubers, Lily Pebbles & Vivianna Does Make Up, took their popular 'Beauty Chat' videos on tour in Space NK's across the UK. It seemed to be a massive success if you ask me! It was so lovely to have a browse through all the fabulous skincare, make up and haircare, chat to beauty experts and talk to Anna and Lily in a lovely relaxed environment.
Of course, I took my camera to take a few snaps for a blog post. I also spent a little more money than planned... but I'll get onto that in a bit!
The girls started off the evening with a Q&A from Twitter and a few questions from us there. In response to 'How did you manage beauty blogging and university' the answer is... 'Just don't buy books!' Anna's words... not mine! We all had a laugh and she took her words back pretty quickly when the girl who asked was an English Student! (But seriously, she's totally right, in most cases, they're all in the library!)
I had a lovely chat with Anna & Lily, it was so nice to meet them. We talked singing, BIMM, skincare and their Teenage Throwback playlist, which sounds right up my street. Anything that contains 'Thong Song' - Sisqo has gotta be good, right? They said they wanted to hear me sing... so if you're reading this, this is my YouTube channel!
Beauty experts were dotted around the whole store ready to help with any questions you had about products. I was helped by a lovely lady called Lesley on the Space NK Pro Team who found me the perfect products, with recommendations from Lily too.
On to the spending.
I went with the intention to spend £10, as our £15 ticket was redeemable on a product we purchased, so I'd be getting a nice £25 product. I actually ended up spending £37... just to get this incredible goody bag. I regret nothing. The goody bag must be worth a hell of a lot, there's so many amazing products in there. I'll start with the bits I picked out first...
Dark under-eye circles are pretty much the bane of my life. I know they're not the end of the world, but I'm super conscious of them so I want to try and get rid of them. I picked up the Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado & the Nars Creamy Radiant Concealer in Custard to bust those bad boys! I then grabbed Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat... One - to get me over the spending limit for the goody bag... and Two - because who doesn't love 'fast dry' when it comes to nails!
Now onto the goody bag. Just look at the contents of it. There was no way I could say no to this, so many products I've only dreamed of owning on my student budget! This also means I now have lots of new lovely products, big and small, to review on here!
From Top left to Bottom Right :: Tangle Teaser / Nuxe Dry Oil / Living Proof Hair Serum / Yu Be Moisturising Skin Cream / WOW Styling Cream / REN Gel Serum / Wei Anti Wrinkle Mask / Laura Mercier Eye Basics in 'Tawny' / Becca Primer / NudeStix Lip Pen / Caudlie The Elixir / Antony Facial Cleanser / He-shi Tanning Gel / Glam Glow Supermud Cleansing Treatment / Mio Workout Wonder / Diptyque Perfume / Arometherapy Associates Rose Body Cream / Radical Extreme Repair / Nude Pro. Genius Oil / Sunday Riley 'Start Over' Eye Cream / Goldfaden Scrub / Cool Fix Targeted Gel Lotion / Kiehls Ultra Facial Moisturiser / Jurlique Balancing Mist /Eve Lom Rescue Mask / Oskia Renaissance Mask
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A huge thank you to Anna and Lily for such a great night and also to Space NK for hosting it. A fantastic night with fabulous people!
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I've come to realise it's time to let loose and live a little!
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I was always the person who people were shocked to see drinking, swearing or doing something a little bit astray of the 'goody two shoes' image. This was especially the case whilst I was at school and I have to say I got a little sick of it.
I'm a worrier and I over think everything. Recently I've realised that there is no joy or happiness to come from that, in fact it makes me upset, sad, worried and angry. Why can't I just live in the moment and enjoy what's happening rather then worrying what might happen the next day?
I want to start feeling happy in the moment. I want to not worry about getting in a little bit of trouble. I want to laugh more. I want to be more positive. I want to look back at my years as a young adult and think 'wow you had the best time' rather 'why did you sit there worrying so much?'
Don't worry, I'm not off to do loads of drugs, steal from a few shops and start fights with strangers... I will never be that person! By 'trouble' I don't mean with the police or any of that nonsense, I just mean the lighthearted saying that 'rules are made to be broken'.
I am not an unhappy person at all. I'm really happy, but I have these moments where worrying just takes over. I've found it effects me when writing blog posts and even more so filming youtube videos. I film a video, edit it all, uploaded it to youtube, go to post to twitter and suddenly think 'but what if that person who I went to school with, who I haven't spoken to in a year and who lives half way across the country makes a mean comment about it?' Well, I have come to realise (please do excuse my french, but this blog post calls for it!)... 'Who gives a sh*t if they do?!'
Just ignore that fact I've had a little to drink in both of these photographs... but this is the 'me' I want to see more of: I'm happy, I'm laughing, I'm singing my heart out, I'm hugging a plastic fish and I'm loving life, in the moment, with not a care in the world.
So here's to the new G!
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