Friendships

Hey guys xo 

So today I have a collab With a really amazing blogger Antonia. I love her blog so definitely go and check it out. I taking a bit of different topic and doing friendships. Making friends and losing them. For a lot of people they can struggle with both so hopefully my advice though I'm an not an expert, I've been through it all.

Making friends for some people can be hard. Being honest the best thing you can do it just wait for the right time. My group we just starting being friends. It wasn't forced, or awkward we just clicked from the start and now we're so close it's unreal. Thinking back to when we were just only 12 or 13 and starting secondary school now we're all 15 a couple almost 16. The thing I can say is BE YOURSELF. That's the most Important thing. Your friends are people who can be yourself around and they won't judge. When starting a new school or moving it can be hard making new friends but just find people with common interests and people who make you feel welcome. I've never struggled with Making friends but I've never had a lot either. I'm not saying I don't talk to people I always do but I'm just an awkward person a lot of the time.

Now on the topic of losing friends. We've all been through this. The one thing you need to remember is that it happens for a reason. I've lost a couple of friends and I feel like it's done me good. One friendship we still talk it's not like we're enemies or anything but we just drifted apart and friends do that all the time it's totally normal. One girl this is a different story, she and my other friend got in a fight and she was Saying it was my fault. She made me feel so bad about my self so many times that I just had end it. They're is a lot more than went on which I'm not going to share as even if I don't particularly like her may aswell be honest I'd never bad mouth her especially on the internet. But as the quote goes everything happens for a reason. Breaking of a friendship may mean the start of another.

And if I could one piece of advice to you guys is to never replace your friends with your boyfriend/girlfriend. Friendships most likely last longer than relationships and are the ones there when your break up.

I hope you liked this as its a bit of a different one.
Antonias blog //  Check it out xx


Love you all
Lauren xx

My favourite bands and singers

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So music. One of my favourite things ever. I probably listen it to a lot of day. It expresses people when words can't. Music has been a big part of my life. From singing around with my friends playing "X-Factor" when I was child  to playing guitar since I've been playing since I was 8. I'm not into music that a lot of people would be into today. Yeah I love singing and dancing around to remixes but I love old music that was maybe out anywhere from 10 years ago to 40. Here's my favourite singers albums and songs.

So my all time favourite band would definitely have to be the 1975. There amazing and if you haven't listened to them I would definitely go and check out there albums. Songs to listen to first are The Sound, Chocolate, And Robbers.

My favourite singer is without a doubt James Bay. He has such an amazing voice and I just love him. He has such a soulful voice. If your into singers like Ed Sheeran I would definitely go and check him out. Songs to listen are Scars and running

Shawn Mendes. Need I say more. He is so talented and his songs are so good. His voice is my favourite thing ever though.

That brings me onto my next favourite singer Ed Sheeran. Who doesn't like Ed Sheeran. He songs are amazing. I love the fact he plays he's own music. Just him and his guitar. I feel we need more singers like him. Today it's just auto tuned remixes. I'm not saying it's bad.i can agree DJing is hard and takes time to perfect, but sometimes all that is needed is a voice and guitar. Songs to listen to are Niña, thinking out loud and give me love. Give me love has been one of my favourite songs since I was around 13. I listened to it on repeat for about a month.


Kodaline and Hozier. Living in such a small country it's hard to make it big but having some big artist
living basically on your doorstep is amazing. I'm sure  you've all heard the song take me to church. It
 was one of the top songs for ages. And Kodaline two on the members grew up in town very near me. Back on track to their music, both artists are amazing, if your into the artists I've mentioned I say you'll love these two.


I'm a big fan of some of imagine dragons including radioactive, demons, it's time and on top of the world. Also I love the songs let it be, hey Jude and here comes the sun by the Beatles. Omg their just so amazing and the songs I just love them. The songs you found me, how to save a life, and never say never the fray have been some of my favourites for years now. Such amazing songs.

Also I love Coldplay. There such a talented band and there songs are amazing.


I also love The calling wherever you go, Kings of Leon's use somebody, The goo goo dolls Iris and Carolina Liar show me what I'm looking for.

Not going to lie every once in a while I have a Little jam to high school musical, hairspray, grease songs and every pop song out there but who doesn't.

Hope you enjoyed this and it inspired you to find new music.
Love yous xo
Lauren

Day time makeup look // Collab with Lexi

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Today I'm doing a Collab with one of blogging besties Lexi. Make sure you go and check out her blog as it's amazing. We're both doing a makeup look using the La pallete Nude in rosé by loreal. I'm doing a day time look and Lexis doing a night time look. It's such a versatile pallete which you can create many different looks with  and I love it. That's why I'm doing a day time and Lexis doing a night time.

For my face I did my everyday makeup which I have a post on coming up on soon?

I forgot to take pictures of the look but I'll show you the colours I used.

I used the the white as base colour. As you can see I've gotten a lot of use out of it. It's so pigmented I sometimes when use it as a high lighter. 

I them took the shimmery pink and put it all over my lid. I then took the fourth colour In the pallete which is the third one in this picture. I put that in my crease and blended it up

  

I then put a bit of purple in my outer corner. I blended it out a bit to make a bit less harsh as it is a day time look.

I finished the look off with some mascara. I used a little Chanel tester my mum got. 

 And her we have the finished look. It's so quick and easy. This look is  lovely for spring. It's pink with a bit of purple.

Make sure you go and check out lexi's post 

Lexi's night time look

I hope you enjoyed it. I really enjoyed collabing with lexi. Her blog is amazing so make sure you go and check it out. 

Love you all xo

Lauren 

A spring evening makeup up

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So the other night I was going to a friends house and it was a lovely spring evening so I decided to a little post of my makeup and what I used.

The products I used are 

For my face

Benefit porefessional

No7 instant radiance foundation in calico

Rimmel wake me up foundation in Ivory

Natural collection powder

I used the white shimmery eye shadow from the loreal La Pallete nude in rosé

Clinique blush.

For my eyes

Maybelline 24 hour colour tattoo in on and on bronze

Maybelline the nudes. I used a brown gold and black from this.

Benefit roller lash

On my lips 

Maybelline colour sensational in shade Hollywood Red

Soap and glorly MotherPucker

So heres the finished look. It's so quick and simple. It's so nice for a sunny spring evening with friends or a nice dinner. 

I hope you liked it. Leave a comment telling me your favourite products.

Love you all

Lauren xo

It's okay not to feel okay

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So this week In my school we had a well being week. The main thing they told us that is it's okay not to feel okay and it's okay to ask for help. I know a lot of people are effected by a mental illness. 1 in 4 people will be effected at one point in their lifetime. Everybody goes through a stage in their lifetime where they feel their not okay and that's totally okay. We all have a day where we just want to sit around in our pyjamas doing noting. We all need a day like that once in a while or we would breakdown. People carry on when they need to stop and just take a break. Your mental health is the most important thing. If you feel that school or work has gotten to much, take a day off.

My teacher told us about the 7/11 breathing technique. You breath in for seven seconds and out for eleven. It helps dealing with panic attacks and anxiety.

As the title says its okay not to feel okay. We all have has sometime in our life were we felt nothing was going right and everything was falling apart. But everything happens for reason. Remember that . Maybe you has a though breakup, but maybe that will lead to the one, or maybe your fails exams that will push you to go even better. Whatever it is it will lead to something even better.

Just some quotes to keep you going.

Everybody wants happiness no one wants pain but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.

Don't worry little fighter soon things will get brighter.

Everything happens for a reason

Whatever you decide to do make sure it makes you happy.

I hope you enjoyed this post. I know I'm not a expert but it is something I feel strongly about.

Lobe you lots xo

Lauren 

What blogging has taught me

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So today's post is a little different. It's about what I've learnt since I starting blogging. And I've learnt a lot.

I have changed a lot since I've started blogging. Giving my opinion to others online has given me the confidence to do in person. I use to be such a shy person. I've become far more confident in real life because of blogging. I was very hesitant about starting a blog but I thought why not go for it.

The biggest thing I've learnt is that people don't care about what you look like or how many followers you have. They care about what you have too say. I mean I've had girls message me saying that I'm a inspiration to them and one girl back when I started compared me to zoella. I learnt you can't make everyone happy. But if you just one person happy that's all that matters.

Numbers aren't that big of a deal if you enjoy doing what your doing. I mean why should it matter. I would rather have good content and a small following than very few uploads a a a huge following.

I've learnt that the friends you can make our some of the best friends you can have. I never really had a proper friendship with some of my friends online before ,but the friends I made through blogging are some of the best people I know. Just because we're divided by sea or in some cases across the country doesn't mean they don't mean as much as your friends offline.

That sometimes the ideas that come to us at random times turn out to be better than the ones we spend hours planning out making perfect. I do plan my blogposts but I prefer to let it flow and come naturally.

I'm a big perfectionist and I wouldn't really mind if they're was a spelling and grammar mistake. But if it wasn't laid out how I wanted that would annoy me. But what I realised was that I would never look at a blog and judge the layout so why would someone do the same to me.

Just because I'm a teen blogger doesn't mean I won't get taken as seriously as a older blogger. I thought that people wouldn't respect my opinion. But just because I'm only fifteen doesn't mean that people wouldn't read it.


I have learnt so much more and I know it's a bit of a ramble but honesty its the type of post in my opinion that you can get to your point.


Love you all xo
Lauren

The 40 questions tag

Hey guys xo 

Today I have a tag for you which is all about beauty. Let's get to it 

SKIN CARE

How mine times do you wash your face daily?

I wash it twice at morning and night.

What skin type do you have? 

I have combination I mean sometimes it looks oily but it feels really dry.

What is your current face wash?

Garnier

What brand do you use?

I use Garnier as it's gentle on my skin.

Do you exfoliate?

Yes and I use Garnier 3 in 1 one.

What moisturiser do you use?

I use a Garnier matifying ones and it's so good as I don't wear makeup on school days so instead of having to wear powder this does the job.

Do you have freckles?

Yes I love having freckles they give a lot more colour to my face.

Do you use eye cream?

No but I might start as it will be way better for later on in Life.

Did you or do you have acne prone skin?
Yes I've had acne since I was around eleven and I'm fifteen and it's still here. I do go through fasces of reasonably good skin. At the moment it's bad due to stress.

Did you ever have to use pro-activ?
I'm using a garnier pro-activ face wash at the moment.It's not doing much though.

MAKE-UP

What foundation do you use?
I use Rimmel match perfection in shade 010

How about concealer?
Rimmel wake me up. It's not the best for me though. I might have to try a new one.

Do you know your undertone colour?
No but I know it's a cool undertone.

What do you think of fake lashes?
I never really have a place to wear them but if you like wearing them then go for it.

Did you know your suppose to change to mascara every three month?
Yes but I don't do it anyway. I really should though?


What brand of mascara do you use?
I use benefit or Maybelline.

Sephora or Mac?
We don't have sephora in Ireland. So Mac

Do you have a Mac Pro card?
No but I would like one.

What makeup tools do you use in makeup application?
I use real techniques the core collection, the eye set and there beauty blender

Do you use makeup base/primer for the eyes?
Yes because I have hooded eyes and it just falls off or mixes together if I don't.

For the face?
Sometimes I do sometimes I don't depends on the occasion.

What is your favourite eyeshadow?
I have to many but probably  the Maybelline blushed nudes.

Do you use pencil or liquid eyeliner?
Neither I have very small eyes and it just takes up too much space or goes away. But if I do I use liquid.

How often do you poke your eye with an eyeliner pencil?
A lot.

What do you think of pigment eye shadows?
I've never used it before? Looks to messy for me.

Do you use mineral makeup?
No I don't my I really want to try it.

What is your favourite lipstick?
Maybelline 152 feel pink.

What about lipgloss?
I hate wearing lipgloss. It's too sticky and my hair always blows in it.

What is your favourite blush to use?
I don't know. I don't wear it that often.

Do you buy your makeup on eBay?
No. I don't think I'd trust it enough.

Do you like drugstore makeup?
Yes, most of makeup is from there.

Do you go to CCO'?
No

Did you ever consider taking makeup classes?
Yes I want to as I think it would help massively.

Are you clumsy at putting on makeup?
Yes I always accident my touch the mascara wand on my face. I also spill makeup and get it everywhere.

Name a makeup crime you hate?
I think filled in eyebrows are so nice but when girls go overboard. Omg I hate that. They  almost look black.

Do you like colourful shade of Makeup or neutral?
Neutral. I think with my hair eye and skin colour it looks way better.


Which celeb always has great makeup?
Cara delevigne. Or Sarah hyland. I love both of them.

If could leave the house using just one makeup item, what would you use?
Mascara as I look weird when I've done foundation and not my eyes.

Could you ever leave the house without makeup?
Yes I never wear makeup to school as the effort.

Do you think you look good without makeup?
No I look around twelve and my skin looks grey. I do go out without it as I don't care what people think.

In you opinion what is the best makeup line?
I could never pick a best as different brands are better for different things.

What do you think of makeup?
That it's not something we should hide behind. Makeup should be worn so other people think you look good it should be worn so you think you look good. If you want to wear do. No ones stopping you, but don't feel you have to. No one will judge you if your not wearing it.


Hope you guys enjoyed this. I know it's only a tag but don't worry there's lots more coming.
Love you Lots
Lauren xo