PINTEREST: Recent Wedding Pins

Pinterest is literally my best friend right now, I AM ADDICTED!

We are still very much just in the gathering ideas stage and we have no real direction but these are a few things that have caught my eye recently...

We don't currently know what our budget will be but I am a saver at heart and I love to DIY so this wedding itinerary really caught my eye. Liam is a fantastic drawer so I would love for him to hand draw something like this for the big day! He is desperately saving to buy an iPad Pro so when he gets it he would be able to draw something like this so easily, it would be so cheap to have printed and it looks so personal and artistic. 

We love food, I mean, a lot. There is no doubt in our minds that some kind of huge food display will be at the heart of our wedding, we have been considering hiring an ice cream truck but in case our budget doesn't stretch quite that far, there are so many lovely DIY alternatives. How adorable is this cookie bar?! We could maybe even add a big vat of hot chocolate to it for dipping!

Along the same theme, POPCORN BAR! We are big cinema lovers, we go regularly and have a huge film collection at home so this feels very us. The only issue is that personally I think that popcorn you flavour yourself never tastes as good but thats something we could explore and maybe rectify. Adorable though! 

Both our families are massive tea drinkers so when I saw this I fell in love. Also something we could do pretty cheaply, dresser from a second hand store and we have loads of tea pots already so we really would just need the decorations and the tea itself. I really think this would be a hit!

Can you tell I'm loving the vintage furniture? It is such a fresh idea I think, so easy to do but looks so much more personal and quirky. Obviously the sweets cart is very done, we did it for our engagement party but none the less, it is popular and you can't beat the cute factor! 

I have always hated flowers, they die and then thats it but in recent years I've really started to love them and I will certainly have some flowers at our wedding but I really like the idea of alternative materials for my bouquet as ill be able to keep it forever! This one is made entirely on brooches and buttons and isn't it incredible! I'm not sure Liam agrees with me but he'll come around! This particular one is extremely expensive but if it will last forever and can be passed down onto our children one day then surely its worth it?

Bringing me onto paper buttonholes! These are actually much cheaper, at about £10 each via many etsy stores and I may even like to try making them myself as I am pretty handy with this sort of thing! I think I could do it! Might be a nice thing to do with the ladies in my life, wine and buttonhole making evening! 

I just think these are lovely! Still very classic in style but with the quirky edge of the paper! Could even use books that we love or even scripts for our favourite films!

Feel free to head over to my pinterest and have a look at my other pins! 

Tanya Burr Cosmetics Chasing The Sun Illuminator

Purchase Here

When Tanya released the Chasing The Collection and I found out that it included highlighters, there was no doubt in my mind that I needed at least one!

I had intended to get the shade Champagne but every time I looked in store, it was out of stock! Eventually I got fed up of looking and decided to give Bronze a go. 

Now, these are actually skin illuminators but I can't imagine how you would be able to put these all over your face, they are so blinding! I guess you would dust these gently over the skin and they would look great but I think that when layered they are so incredibly shimmery and stunning that it would be a waste not to highlight with it. 

I mean, just look at how lovely and intense that glow is?!?!

Being that this is shade Bronze, I genuinely thought it would be way to dark for my pale skin but actually that is not the case at all, this gives me such a natural yet intense looking glow and I am in love it! 

I have worn this everyday since I bought it!

The packaging is lovely, sturdy, simple and it has a large pan of product so I can imagine this will last a very long time which is of great importance to me as I love it so much that I never want it to run out! 

I actually would go as far as to say that this is my favourite Tanya Burr Cosmetics product to date! A must buy! 

Our Engagement BBQ

After months of planning and excitement our Engagement BBQ is over! We had the most amazing day, everything went so well and fun was had by all! 

Don't get me wrong, planning was stressful but it was all worth it!

I'm so sad that it is all over but now focus can turn to the wedding! 

Hope you enjoy looking through some of our lovely photos...

CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE? W7 The Matte Fixer Setting Spray

For ages I have been using the Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray,  it has lasted me such a long time but sadly, it has come to an end. 

All Nighter is about £10 for the travel sized and most drugstore setting sprays aren't much cheaper so I headed to Amazon in search of a cheaper alternative. I came across this one from W7 for the mini price of £2.27 with free p&p, I have used and been impressed with W7 products before so I thought what the hell and popped it in my basket!

Firstly, I failed to check one very important thing. THE SIZE! This is literally a baby sized bottle of setting spray, the size of a bloody nail polish! It would be great if you were looking for a little one for travel or your handbag though.

On to the product itself though, yeah, I like it. I'll be honest, when this is gone I will just go and buy an Urban Decay one but I will definitely use this and it does work. The spray is really full on, like having a shower on just your face but once I've fanned my face a bit, this bad boy does it's job for sure!

If you're on a budget and want something baby sized, get this! 

Purchase Here

My Top Five Highlighters

One          Two          Three           Four          Five

HIGHTLIGHT! HIGHLIGHT! HIGHLIGHT!

Highlighting is literally my favourite thing to do maybe ever. I live to highlight. I left the house once and realised that I had forgotten highlight and no word of a lie, I went back home to put it on! I felt so weird, like my cheek bones were naked and my face was flat. 

This post probably won't be helpful if you are looking for lovely everyday highlighter because I really love a unique glow! An unusual colour is my favourite!

From Left: Jeffree Star Skin Frost in Mint Condition, Technic Get Gorgeous in Champagne, Makeup Obsession in Moon, Urban Decay Afterglow in Fireball, Primark Mermaid Glow

1. Jeffree Star Skin Frost - Mint Condition

Jeffree Star is known for his incredible highlights and Mint Condition is probably they most out there one of the bunch! It is a beautifully pigmented mint green colour and it is so incredible unique that I just had to have it! You can use a very light hand to create a subtle mint hue or you can go full alien and glow crazy! I love this for a statement highlight!

2. Technic Get Gorgeous in Champagne

This highlight is so affordable! I got mine of Amazon for about £2 and I am in love with it! I like this for lazy days when I want to look natural but still glow! It is a finely milled formula and is very long lasting.

3. Makeup Obsession in Moon

Moon is amazing! I'm sure you have seen it all over youtube via SophDoesNails or Sophie Louise, it is a blinding purple toned highlight and it literally so cheap that you just can't go wrong with it. Everyone should own this!

4. Urban Decay Afterglow in Fireball

This one has a special place in my heart as it is the first high end highlighter I have ever bought and it does not disappoint! It looks quite orange in the swatch but on the skin it is more of a duo chrome pink, I love how feminine it looks but it also packs a punch!

5. Primark Mermaid Glow

I had to buy this! It was just too beautiful to leave behind and I am so glad that I did. It is the most intense blinding white/silver highlight that can look really natural if you careful but with a loaded brush and a cream strobe underneath it literally makes your face looked mirrored! This is the true glazed doughnut glow!

UPDATE: Since writing this post I had fallen in love with so many more highlighters! So if you would like a part two to this post, do let me know!

PINTEREST: Engagement Party Decor

Our Engagement BBQ/Party is now just a few weeks away so all decorations have been bought/made and all decorative decisions have been finalised!

I'm not going to show you the things I have because I will do a whole photo based post after the party showing absolutely everything! But these are the Pinterest posts that have inspired me!

We originally wanted a gold, white and brown theme but that has somehow changed. My fiancé, Liam, wanted the day to be more colourful and cheerful so we agreed to research some other themes and we eventually after much searching, we decided to go for a very colourful, pastel look!

We have a huge amount of white bunting to break up the colours but everything else is beautifully bright! We have pom poms in every shade and all the food will be colourful to match!

I had been eyeing up donut walls for ages, they are such a big thing at the moment and for good reason! So playful and most importantly, delicious! My dad is also a donut fiend so he will love it! 

I researched a lot but felt that it was just out of our price range, too extravagant and just not realistic but then I came across this little DIY lovely on Pinterest and decided that it could be done smaller and cheaper! So we have made one! I cannot wait to show you all!

This is the cake that I wanted. It is so lovely and colourful and just adorable but also too expensive! I have no baking skills so it just felt like a pipe dream. But, I have taken inspiration and I think we have figured out something equally as cute!

Liams one demand for this party was a Pick N Pick table, it was literally the first thing he said he wanted! And he is VERY passionate about it! We have taken inspiration with the candy striped bags, adorable jars and pastel coloured sweets but made something a little more us. I'm sure it'll be a hit!

I'll admit, I have gone a little crazy on the pom pom purchasing but how bloody lovely do they look!?! 

I am very very excited for our impending BBQ/Party but I am also really nervous! I have never thrown a party myself! If you have any party planning/throwing advice for me, let me know!

MakeUp Revolution Rainbow Highlighter

I've been dying to get my hands on a rainbow highlighter for literally ages! I feel like they are all over the internet but never in store and I'm really not a fan of online shopping so I never managed to get one until now. 

I'd seen the new released from Makeup Revolution all over youtube and mostly Instagram but often those new released take forever to get to store and then they sell out anyway. I was so pleased when I saw this little lovely on a fully stocked stand in Superdrug!

Let's start with the packaging, I'm a fan but I'm not all at the same time, you get a lovely huge pan of product making the highlight great cost wise but also easy to use and be able to pick up shades separately or swirled all together. I also like how thin the compact is, it is very sleek and easy to store.

What I don't like however is the holographic details because firstly holographic and rainbow are not related so it doesn't make sense and also you cant read the writing because the holographic details are so overpowering. 

I think in general the packaging looks cheap but it is sturdy and easy to use so it isn't entirely a fail.

The wow comes when with the product itself though! Look at these swatches! They are literally mesmerising! 

You can easy pick out each shade separately with a small brush especially meaning that you get 5 different colour highlighters or 6 if you swirl them all together to make the beautiful blue grey swatched below. 

All 5 colours make lovely highlighters, all highly pigmented, smooth and blendable. 

The easiest way to use this highlighter is to just swirl them all together, the highlight shade you are left with is a blue tones grey/silver but I do think you can see slight shimmers of the other colours if you look close enough. I personally really like using it this way as it is the most wearable way but it is still a stand out/unique shade. 

Overall, I really like this highlight! I can't imagine it become a new favourite or something ill wear every day but I can see myself reaching for it from time to time when I fancy something unique! 

Have you tried any rainbow highlighters? Should I try some others or are they all the same?