14 December 2014

YouTube: Christmas Day Makeup Look Tutorial



I have been wearing this makeup look a lot recently, especially when I have been out and about doing Christmasy things! Which made me think... This is the perfect makeup look that I'd like to wear on Christmas day. Now that I have worn this makeup look a few times I know that I can count on it lasting all day! Perfect for having your photo taken and for sticking around after Christmas dinner!

What do you think?

Love, Laura 
xoxo

11 December 2014

Hull Bloggers Meet!

On Sunday I attended the Hull blogger meet up that was held at Fudge, an awesome cafe, restaurant, bakery down Princes Avenue in Hull. It seriously has all kinds of yumminess! The event was very well organised, when we arrived there were these huge goody bags, each labelled with our names scattered around the seated tables. 
I wore my Christmas jumper from Matalan that says "Ho, Ho, Ho" and to match the red theme I brought out my Ruby Woo lipstick by MAC. This was the perfect lipstick to wear because I knew that it would stick around even after food and drink!
Later on the staff from Fudge brought us out a lovely selection of afternoon tea goodies. Along with some very pretty china cups and saucers for a nice cup of English tea! They also brought out each table a bowl of nacho's which were also incredible! They do nacho's GOOD!
The food was presented very nicely and now for the scones...
The perfect amount of cream and jam (spilling out the sides, just the way I like it!!).
I ate mine burger style... Honestly I couldn't find a fork!!
Now I wanna talk about one of my favourite brands that were involved in the meet up. Some lovely girls from the company, Arbonne joined us to talk about their skincare brand. I was so impressed with their products but mostly at how passionate and knowledgable they were about their products. We had the chance to test out a selection of products from a few of their skincare collections! One of my favourites was their SeaSource Renewing Body GelĂ©e.  
This product was so refreshing and cooling, I particularly loved the way it sank into my skin 
so quickly and how it left my skin feeling super moisturised! With it's calming scent it 
really  reminded me of something you would pick up in a luxurious spa.
Towards the end of the day their was a fabulous raffle! Unfortunately I had to leave early because me and Scott had previously made plans to go to the panto! Before leaving I bought some raffle tickets and I was lucky enough to win some great prizes that my friend has kept safe for me. 
Before leaving we were all given an extra little goody bag wrapped up as a Christmas gift. The whole day was fantastic and I can't wait to attend more events like this. The event was very informal and friendly and the atmosphere throughout the day left me feeling super happy and excited about blogging in the future! 

If you'd like me to do a more detailed post to show you exactly what I got in my goody bag, please let me know because when I opened up all the wonderful things it made me extremely giddy!

Thank you Alex & Jaye for organising such a great meet up! :)

Love, Laura 
xoxo

7 December 2014

YouTube: Drugstore & High End Beauty Haul



Hi there! Today I have for you a big old beauty haul over on my channel! Last weekend I went to York to do my Christmas shopping but I also ended up picking up a lot of beauty bits! A lot of these products I have been getting on with so well in the last week & I can already see some of them being in my monthly favourites!

Let me know if you've tried any of these products & what you think!

Love, Laura 
xoxo

4 December 2014

Thursday's Thoughts #4


Right now I am in the perfect scenario to reflect... Zara on one side curled up asleep (basically being a normal dog for once!) and a cup of tea on the other side. Oh and of course I'm sat in bed in my onesie and for the Dodds household it's actually pretty quiet. Oh and by quiet I mean normal... Nobody shouting and people just generally speaking at a normal noise level for half nine at night! 

Anyway, as you can tell from the photo's I am feeling pretty damn festive! The last couple of weeks I have been gradually trying out all the Costa Christmas drinks and so far the orange hot chocolate and gingerbread latte are by far my favourites! Last night we put our Christmas tree up and for those of you wondering what the heck the third photo is (Queue story)... When I was three years old at nursery I made some of my own kind of "special" tinsel made from dried pasta and milk bottle tops! I was a very creative child (haha) and every year it makes an appearance towards the back of the tree! 

I also wanna talk spots. The last couple of months my skin has been really playing up! I was getting really down about them and because I wasn't seeing any improvements they were starting to stress me out! Every morning and night I was cleansing, toning and moisturising and I really couldn't see where I was going wrong! It was driving me insane! You would think having a strict skincare routine that my skin would be beautifully clear. BUT recently I have seen some pretty good improvements on my face, I have had no new mean spots and the redness has definitely reduced dramatically! I have started using something that I am calling "the magic serum". I am using it every night before bed and I am finally seeing a difference!!!! God, please don't jinx me *touches wood*. I have only been using this a week but I am so happy with the improvements so far! It is the Pai Copaiba & Zinc perfect balance blemish serum that I saw Estee write about on her blog! After being so fed up with my skin I instantly bought this after reading her blog post, now I am so glad I have made the splurge and fingers crossed the improvements will keep on coming in week 2. I also have a 'before' photo of my skin, so I am hoping to do take an incredible 'after' photo to show you just how great this stuff is. Watch this space for an excitable review!

Please let me know in the comments if you've tried any other Pai products! :)

I also discovered this week that my boyfriend has never seen the movie, Elf?! How can anyone not have seen this movie! So tomorrow, I have made some really lovely Christmas plans. Me, Scott, my mum and my little brother are going to stay in and watch Elf, order takeaway and make Bailey's hot chocolates. Having cosy nights in with the people I love is one of my favourite things to do and that combined with Christmas I just don't know how my Friday night plans could get any better?!

On that note I am going to cosy up in bed and scroll through twitter and Instagram until I fall asleep!

Only 21 sleeps till Christmas!!!

Love, Laura 
xoxo

3 December 2014

YouTube: York Christmas Shopping Vlog!



On Sunday me and my friend Hannah spent the day in York doing our Christmas shopping! I thought i'd take the opportunity to experiment by filming a little daily vlog. Though I found it pretty nerve racking vlogging in public, I thoroughly enjoyed putting all these clips together to create this masterpiece (I joke!). But I have definitely exceeded my own expectations with the fancy background music and annotations! I hope you enjoy this kind of video because I will be filming a lot more around Christmas time! Fingers crossed I can learn how to talk in public with a camera as much as I can ramble in my usual video's! ;) Let me know what you think in the comments!

Love, Laura
xoxo

1 December 2014

YouTube: November Favourites!


Hello!

My usual Sunday video went live on Sunday (duh!). Head over to my chanel if you'd like to see all the things I have been loving in the month of November! I get a little over excited about food, who am I kidding? You can't get OVER excited about food! I've also discovered some winter skincare must haves! Be sure to leave me a message in the comments section, I love reading & replying to them all!!

Have a lovely week & remember only 24 sleeps untill Christmas!!!!

Love, Laura
xoxo