Christmas Wishlist Two

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This wishlist is focusing on the mums, aunts or anyone who loves to cook! 

1. Cath Kidston Hedgehogs Apron

You can't go wrong with a lovely gift from Cath Kidston. The whole store is a wonderland of cute prints and homely items! I'm loving this hedgehog print apron, a pretty apron is a kitchen essential for any lover of cooking! 

2. Jamie Olivers Christmas Cookbook

Jamie Oliver is just one of those people that everyone loves. You really can't go wrong with one of his great cookbooks and a Christmas themed one is just perfect for the holiday season!

3. Hotel Chocolate Mini Chocolate Dipping Adventure

How bloody delicious does this look? You might have to fight against eating it before you gift it but if you do manage it, the recipient will be one happy bunny! It's only £20 but looks so much more expensive! 

4. Kikki.K 2017 Daily Diary

Everyone needs a diary for Christmas. I don't think I've ever had a Christmas and not received one! This particular one from Kikki.K is just beautiful and there are so many other items in the same design you could get to go with it. Wall planners and pens, you name it. 

5. Cath Kidston Merry Christmas Mug 

My boyfriend bought me this a few weeks ago to enjoy over the festive months up until Christmas and I really love it. Makes a great cup of coffee as well! Anyone receiving this would be a lucky lady! 

6. Niomi Smarts Eat Smart

If you're buying for a slightly younger chef, they might have heard of the popular youtuber, Niomi Smart. Her new cookbook focuses on healthy eating, is beautifully designed and the best gift! 

I hope these little gift ideas have been helpful in your Christmas shopping quest! 

Thanks for reading!

Christmas Wishlist One

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The other day I went into Sainsbury's to buy some super boring stuff, milk and bread. But what I actually found was the beginning of my Christmas Spirit 2016, I came across a furry Christmas tree hat that sings and dances and couldn't help but put it on and dance around the aisles singing "All I Want for Christmas" while my boyfriend laughed and filmed me. 

So with my new Christmas Spirit I thought it about time I began my Christmas Wishlists here on EverydayAmy!

This year is like every other in that I am mostly lusting after beauty items. Makeup especially. So where better to start!

These are my must have, ill cry if I don't get, gifts.

1. Makeup Obsession Palette

Makeup Obsession is a new thing that Boots are doing for a limited time over Christmas. They are create your own palettes with an astonishing array of products that can be popped in and moved about. Everything from eyeshadow to cream contour. After a crazy swatch sesh the other day, I have fallen in love with the highlighters because they are crazy pigmented and only £3 each! "Moon" is the most incredible shade and I must have it! Boots are also doing engraving so this little gem of a palette could have my name on it! 

2. Zoella Gingerbread and Bake My Day

I am a huge fan of Zoe and like to get at least one thing from every range she brings out. Usually the scents because they smell devine! This little set contains the new Christmas scent and a body cream. Its a must have. I also bloody love gingerbread.

3. Makeup Revolution Precision Pro Oval Face Brush

Instagram, youtube, you name it is literally crawling with oval makeup brushes and I am dying to try one! I think this one would be a great start because it is cheap but also is sure to be good quality like other brushes from the brand. Cant wait to smother my foundation on with this beauty!

4. Urban Decay Liquid Moondust Eyeshadow

I absolutely love the Moondust shadows, the duo tones slay me. When I heard that Urban Decay were bringing out liquid versions I just knew I needed at least one. I am temped to get the Solstice shade but I do already have that in the powder form so I think ill go for the pink/orange shade in Recharged.

5. Urban Decay Vice Lipstick Palette

Urban Decay lipsticks are my complete favourites but at £15 each I can afford to buy them all. You get 12 shades in this palette for the price of 2 full size lipsticks, I'm so excited to be able to try some crazy colours without splashing the cash on the single lipsticks. The packing is great and the shades are perfect, a good mix of everyday colours and a few more outrageous. I am most excited for this! It is available in two options, the one I have shown is Junkie.

The list of makeup id like for Christmas truly is endless but these are the ones that have my all excited and the boyfriend has been instructed to get! What beauty products are you desperate for this Christmas? 

It's Hard Being A Girl

Us girls have it hard in many ways but id like to talk about the little everyday things that make me want to scream and throw things! Ever had a melt down in a clothes store because everything is ugly, doesn't fit and is too expensive? Me too. Many times actually. 

These are trivial things but they make my bloody boil!

1. Perfume/deodorant Marks

You spend an hour getting ready, coordinate your eyeshadow to your top, paint your nails to match. You are all ready to go. Spray some perfume, ready to walk out the door when your boyfriend points out that you have a greasy body spray mark on your top and you definitely can't hide it. Start from square one.

2. Crusty Lipstick 

I hate wearing lipstick, sure it looks great for the first five minutes until you eat something, have a drink then its smudged across your face and flaking off onto your straw. So, you end up reapplying constantly and its the most annoying thing in the world! Your other option is to not eat or drink to make it last longer but you still can't win because instead you'll end up with the dreaded crusty inner lip. I give up. 

3. Periods In General

I'm sure there are some lucky girls who have perfectly timed periods and always know when they are coming but I am not one of them. Sometimes they come weeks early, sometimes weeks late and sometime they come out of the blue and leak through while your on holiday at Center Parcs and ruins the sheets that aren't even yours! 

4. Hair

I love my hair, its a safety blanket and an accessory but its also a pain in the arse. Wash it, dry it, style it, repeat. It takes forever! The one day you decide to leave the house wth wet hair, it dries to an afro and you end up looking homeless.

5. Makeup Skills

I spend hours watching youtube and surfing the web looking at my makeup products and techniques. Off to Wilkinsons to buy dog food and I will be able to do a whole face of flawless movie star makeup. But if I have something important on like a wedding and i end up with patchy foundation and mascara on my eyelids. 

6. Ironing

So many womens clothes are made from the wrinkliest fabric! Men can get away with ironing almost never but everything I own whether it has been hung up or not looks like a dirty snot rag. I hate ironing! 

7. Heels

I don't wear heels much, only for special occasions but sometimes its nice to wear a heeled boot for an easy day. Just visiting family or the cinema. But then you finish at the cinema and you end up on a trek round the local shopping centre in your sky high heels feeling like your feet are on fire. I didn't plan for this! Heels are not made for spontaneity!

8. "Thanks Love"

At work especially, I can't count the amount of men that call me love, babe, dear, young lady. It's so patronising! Ill scratch your eyes out mate!

9. Nails

Having freshly painted, shiny nails is the best. I feel so put together with my nails on point but without fail, a few hours later they will be chipped. I just can't take the stress. Plain nails will have to do.

10. Bras

Wearing a bra is uncomfortable. Under boob sweat is disgusting but inevitable and it is almost impossible to find one that fits perfectly. I hate everything about them but without them I would get knocked out when I walked and end up with tits down to my knees by the time in 40. Although, taking your bra off after a long day is the best feeling ever!

Im sure I could reel off a load more girl problems but id like to know yours? Or if your a boy, what annoys you?

Thanks for reading! 

Adding to the collection: Freedom ProArtist Palette

Freedom is apart of the TamBeauty family along with Revolution and IHeartMakeUp. All fabulous and affordable makeup brands. I love them all. 

When Freedom announced the new magnetic refillable palettes I knew I had to buy one. It is just so enticing to be able to create you own palette and be able to customise whats inside, I don't know why but it is. It just is.

The palette itself is a large black palette with a huge mirror and a magnetic base. I like that the mirror is perfectly big enough to actually use rather than a useless midget mirror you can barely see your own eye in. I also like that the magnetic bit is able to fit different size pans and even pans from other brands which makes this such a versatile useful palette.

There are a whole lot of pans available. You can get eyeshadows, blushers, highlighters and contour shades. I'm sure you could even find shades that would work for your eyebrows. It is a truly personalisable palette perfect for keeping your whole face in one place and for travelling. 

I do have a few complaints though, the shiny packaging is awful, instantly covered in finger prints and dust. A matte finish would have been much more appreciated. Take note Freedom!

Adding to the collection: Urban Decay Razor Sharp Liquid Eyeliner in Intergalactic

One of the newest releases from Urban Decay are the Razor Sharp Liquid Liners, the come in an array of incredible bright and more wearable colours and I've been eyeing them on social media for a while. I am partial to a coloured liner so I was really excited for these!

I hadn't even realised they were out yet so I nearly died of excitement when I saw them at my local counter. I knew I had to buy one because I have been lusting for so long but I will admit that I felt a little let down on first look...

Firstly, the counter didn't seem to have all the shades.

Secondly, I felt they were over priced at £16 for such a small amount of product.

Thirdly, the colour that I had most wanted (Fireball) was out of stock.

I perceived, I watched them all and found that many of the shades weren't very pigmented and some even bled into the lines of my skin which is not at all what you want it an eyeliner. 

Intergalactic though, didn't bleed and seemed very pigmented so I chose this one.

The packaging is really lovely, very sturdy with a coloured handle which makes it super easy to tell the different liners apart. I also love the lilac packaging, its just so pretty. 

The product itself is in the smaller silver end, I would have liked to get more product that this for £16 but I can't judge too soon because it may last longer than I'm thinking it will. Who knows. The liner tip looked rubbish to me at first because it is a thin hair brush which I usually find hard to use but actually, it has proven never easy to use. It is thin and precise, depositing colour in a really delicate yet opaque way. 

Overall, I am impressed but I'm not also. It is nice, the product is good, the packaging is grid but I just can't help but feel that you can find something similar from other brands for a lost less money such as the NYX Vivid Brights. 

What do you guys think? Have you tried them or can you recommend another brand of coloured liners? 

Adding to the collection: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Lovelight (Sheer Shimmer)

Recently, I've bought a few new additions to my makeup collection so my next few posts will be showing you those items! 

Starting with this gorgeous Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Lovelight...

I've been eyeing up the Vice lipsticks for a while, there are 100 to choose from, in every colour and finish you could possible think of or need. I've been putting off buying any because how could you possibly decided with that much variety?! 

So the other day I went into House of Frasier, darted to the Urban Decay counter and proceeded to cover my whole arm in swatches. I've done this a few times and just not bought one because I couldn't decided so this time I just swatched loads and made an impulse decision and bought Lovelight. 

Lovelight is a sheer shimmer formula in a peachy nude with golden shimmers. It is a unique shade but it is also very wearable and because it is a sheer formula, it wears away evenly and is super easy to wear. No need for constant touch ups, you won't get the dreaded crusty inner lip and your lips will look like a shimmery delicious dream. 

The packaging for these Vice lipsticks makes me melt, gold base with a gun-metal silver tube. They are shiny and beautiful, the lipstick looks far more expensive than its reasonable £15 price tag. The lid also pops in really securely so I can't imagine that the lid would fall off in your handbag and get ruined! This is a real issue with cheaper lipsticks and it drives me mad, the inside of my handbag is a rainbow of lip products all over the lining! 

I am really pleases with Lovelight and it has definitely spurred me on to buy another sometime soon!

Oh My God though, have you all seen the lipstick palette Urban Decay are bringing out? I need it! 

Devon 2016

Myself, my partner and our puppy, Watson, have recently returned from a wonderful week and in glorious Devon. We stayed in Woolacombe which in recent years has become our most favourite place to visit, it is one of the most beautiful places in England in my opinion with its vast sandy white beaches, crystal clear waves and countryside. We devoured cream tea after cream tea, eat ice cream on the beach and watched our pup encounter the sea and the sand for the very first time! He loved every minute! (head to my instagram for a video!) 

These are our holiday snaps!