MADVENT DAY 24: Cosy Christmas House

Well, it's the end of Madvent and boy oh boy has it been bants. 

Now, I thought that we need to finish this off with a good one... Something extra christmassy and festive... So what better than a collection of christmassy house decorations?!

I really hope you've enjoyed it... It's been a lot harder to manage than I thought it would be, but I really have kind of loved doing it... 

We might have to make it a festive tradition...

Song of the Day - Jim Carrey // You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch

Until the new year...

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MADVENT DAY 23: Christmas GRWM

I'VE BEEN BOLD TODAY. I've tried a new makeup look, with a half smokey eye. I feel liberated with this. Powerful. Let me show you everything.

I started off with the base the same as I usually do - a little bit of BB cream, bronzer, blush and highlighter - then used the Urban Decay eyeshadow primer on my lids, just to make sure that everything stays in place.

I then used my Naked palette for the whole eye look. I started with Half Baked - a gorgeous bronze gold shade - in the inner third of my lid, and kept packing this on until the colour was really concentrated. I then used Naked, a completely nude shade, to blend this out and act as a transition colour, before going in with Creep, which is the closest colour to black that I own. It's basically a very dark shimmery grey, but it works very well for a smokey eye. I used a diagonal flat brush and drew on a line as if I was using it as eyeliner, before filling in the gap between the nude and the line. Then, using a big fluffy eyeshadow brush, I spent a few years blending it all until it looked soft and there were no hard lines. Then, to add definition to the lash line, I added a thin line of black eyeliner, following the diagonal of the eyeshadow for the wing. Of course, I added tons of mascara to make sure that my eyelashes looked nice and bold. Finally, to finish off the eyes, I took a flat brush and some of the Creep shade, and dabbed this into the inner third of my eye, in the water line. This is something that I'd never done before and made my eyes water like crazy, but it really helps to define the eye and add an extra bit of sexy smokiness.

I then went in to do my eyebrows the same way as ever, but I did make them a little bit darker than I normally would, to match the darkness of my eyes today.

Then, to finish off all of the makeup, I used a little bit of MAC - Velvet Teddy, and slightly over-lined my lips with a liner of the same shade.

To complete the look, I'm wearing a knee length black swing dress with a roll neck. This was a summer purchase from Asos and I haven't found that I've been able to wear it very often, as it's more of an occasion dress, but tonight is an occasion so its pretty perfect! I've also worn these sandal heels from Next, which again, are fairly summery, but I can't wear tights with this dress, as its quite an awkward length and I look a bit nun-like with them, so these shoes work quite well!

Song of the Day - The Kooks // Murderer

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MADVENT DAY 22: Christmas Day Outfit

We usually have the whole family over for Christmas, and it's a big day with a lot of people, and everybody dresses up nice and fancy. Unfortunately, this year we don't have any family coming over, so it's just us, but thats not going to stop me from dressing up and feeling nice and fancy.

Dress - Boohoo

Tights - Topshop

Necklace - Estella Bartlett

Lipstick - Maybelline Velvet Beige

Perfume - Lancôme

This year, I'm planning on wearing this lovely velvet skater dress from Boohoo. This is a dress that I bought very cheaply last year, when I was desperately looking for an outfit for my first real party. It has served me well through many parties since, and hopefully will do me good for another big day.

I reckon I will be wearing these gold sparkly tights with the dress, from Topshop. If Christmas is not an appropriate time for glitter, then I don't know when is... They're a bit scratchy when you rub your legs together but other than that, they are manageable and have much more stretch than I thought a pair of glittery tights would. We are staying in the house all day this year, so I'm probably not going to need shoes, but I might finish off the outfit with this tiny silver necklace, with a little pineapple charm. 

I'll also be wearing my Lancôme perfume, that I love and this Maybelline Velvet Beige lipstick.

Song of the Day - The Wombats // Walking Disasters

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MADVENT DAY 21: Hot Chocolate

Yay! I think we are finally caught up!

Ok, so this post is all about hot chocolate. My family recently travelled down to Cornwall (without me, cri), and brought back eight packets of hot chocolate stirrers, which apparently were amazing and what most of the cafes sold. So, I thought that I'd give one a go!

They are basically just a block of chocolate on a stick, and look like what you can see below...

To make one glass, fill up a cup with milk, and either microwave this until it is hot enough to melt the chocolate, or pour the milk into a pan and heat it on the hob. I totally underestimated how long this would take and had to wait for about 10 minutes before mine got warm enough, but once its done, pour it back into the glass and pop in the stirrer. Leave the stick for about 20 seconds to soften, before gently swirling around in the milk until all of the chocolate is melted. It does collect on the top, which doesn't look particularly pretty, but it truly does taste amazing. To finish it off and make it an extra treat, I added a squirt of whipped cream and some marshmallows. Lovely.

Song of the Day - Vampire Weekend // Finger Back

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MADVENT DAY 20: Gift Wrapping Ideas

It's getting incredibly close now, and I'm still very much panicking because I'm very unprepared... I've still got presents ordered that haven't arrived yet...

I thought that I'd show you my favourite quick and easy ways to wrap gifts, especially useful if you are stressing about time and you have limited equipment and funds... I've got three different ways that  are all slightly different, but I feel that they all kind of compliment each other.

The first one is the simplest... This can be done with any paper, but I prefer to use plain papers, with gold and brown being my favourite. All you need to do is wrap the present, like you normally would, before wrapping around several lengths of parcel string and tying in a bow. I've used a classic brown string, mixed with a christmassy red, and black and white striped string. Then to finish the parcel off, I used a black piece of card, which I cut into a label shape, and wrote on a message with a white gel pen.

This next one is very similar, but a sort of step up... I wrapped the present normally, then cut out a triangle stamp shape from some sturdy card. I then dipped it into a blob of white paint, and gently printed this over the gift, just in a random pattern. I repeated with a smaller triangle and gold paint over the top of the white ones.  It might be more useful to paint the paper before you wrap the present, especially if it's an awkward shape or delicate, but for the sake of time saving, I just printed it straight on to the present, and finished it off with a label in the same way as the previous one, and a bow from lots of string folded over.

This one is quite different to anything I've done before and I actually really like it! All I've done is taken a square of fabric (admittedly, festive print fabric would have been more appropriate) and I tied it in a knot around the present, tucking in loose edges to make it look neater. I reckon this would be quite useful for odd shaped presents, like this little mug, but it could definitely work for something sturdy and square, like a book.

I told you they were pretty simple.

I hope you like them!

Song of the Day - Years and Years // Take Shelter

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MADVENT DAY 19: My New Boyfriend!

As a group, we decided to do Secret Santa gift giving this year, as it's always fun. However, with us, and most people I suspect, its quite difficult to keep it a secret, especially as we are all so close and it's totally exciting to know that everybody's got someone different to buy for.

We all ended up knowing who had who, which added an element of pressure, but my santa (thanks Sophia!) did not disappoint.

I might have a bit of a reputation amongst my friends, and this could have slightly influenced her choice of gift, but I do love it, so I totally don't mind. Sophia chose a Grow your Own Boyfriend for me, and a delicious pack of chocolate pretzels. Needless to say that the pretzels are no longer with us...

So here we have it! My new boyfriend! 

I love him.

 The packet says that he will take 3 days to grow to his full manly size... All you have to do is leave him in a glass of water and he'll start to expand into your dream guy within two hours. I can't wait.

I'll keep you updated with our adventures as our relationship develops, don't you worry!

Song of the Day - Troye Sivan // for him. (feat. Allday)

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MADVENT DAY 18: Ice Skating

Firstly, SO MANY APOLOGIES FOR TODAY BEING LATE!

Secondly, let me tell you about my day yesterday... It was wonderful! We had a half day at school, so we took advantage of the extra time and caught the train into Cambridge! Arriving just in time for lunch, we whipped straight to Wagamamas, a group favourite, and enjoyed four lovely Katsu curries (It's the only thing I've ever tried off the menu, and I love it too much to try anything else...)

We then had a little bit of time for some christmas shopping, and amusement rides before the TORMENT. 

You could say that I'm not one for sports... You could definitely say that I'm no good on two feet, so just imagine what I'm like on a pair of blades... Hmmm. 

If you are a hardcore blog reader, you might remember my story about skiing. This went sort of the same way, in that I was absolutely terrified and wobbly. I spent a good 20 minutes hugging the rail and scooting along a few inches at a time, before I finally agreed to let Ellie drag me around the centre of the rink, and get a little bit of confidence up... (Thanks el, love you man) After that, I WAS A NINJA! Whipping around all over the place. 

Nah, I wouldn't say that was 100% true, but I definitely got better and had time for a few decent laps before our 45 minutes was up. I kind of don't want to admit it but I did have a lot of fun on the ice :)

Unfortunetely, we didn't really get a chance to get any good photos of ice skating, but we did manage to get this rather cute selfie, and a few snaps of TERRIFYING rides that Hat and Hol had the guts to brave... 

Song of the Day - Catfish and the Bottlemen // Pacifier

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MADVENT DAY 17: What's on my face?

Festive edition! Here's everything that will be on my face this weekend... (only 8 more days what????)

I know that I've showed most of this before, so I'll stick to what's new. 

For a lovely glittery eye, I love Bourjois' Intense eyeshadow in shade 01 - It's a gorgeous gold shimmer shade that's kind of translucent, so it adds a pretty hint of colour if you don't want to go all out. But, it's also great because you can keep packing on layers to make it more opaque or bold, if that's the look you're going for...

Next, onto bronzer. I've recently been using No.7 Perfectly Bronzed Dual Bronzer. Mmmm I love this. One half of the compact is shimmery and more of a highlighter, and the other half is much more matte and more of a dark terracotta colour. When you swirl them together on a massive face and body brush, it adds a beautiful glow to your skin, or you can be more precise with an angled brush to create a banging contour... It really is perfect for either!

Another few products that I have been loving are the Loreal Volume Million Lashes mascara and Super Liner. These bad boys came as a set, and they really work fab together. I wear eyeliner almost everyday, so mine tend to dry out pretty quickly and I was in dire need of a replacement. Luckily, I stumbled across the set. Being completely honest, it has taken some time to get used to them. I found that the eyeliner tip was a lot shorter than my previous one, so it was a bit harder to control, but it really stays in place all day, and the colour stays well, which is all you really need in an eyeliner. The mascara was a lot harder to get used to... The brush is curved and plastic, and I just didn't get on with it at first. I used to get it all over my eyelids and I didn't really have any control. I ended up sticking a lot of eyelashes together with this stuff. But, I have learned from my experiences! Now I know the best way to use it to work for me, and we're doing just fine.

The last product that I need to tell you about is the Maybelline Brow Drama eyebrow mascara. This stuff is magical. It is exactly what it says, being a tiny mascara brush for your eyebrows! All I do is sweep this through my brows, sculpting them into the shape that I want, and thats all they need! I have the gel in medium brown, but I think it's also available in a blonde, dark brown and transparent shade.  Personally, I think the best thing about the gel is that it actually manages to make your brows look thicker, by catching all of the tiny, invisible hairs around the brow, that you probably didn't even know where there...

I hope you enjoy posts like this! I know that I could talk for weeks about some of these bits :)

Song of the Day - Hozier // Cherry Wine

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MADVENT DAY 16: More Than This

This is a book that changed my life. Only in a small way, but still, this changed my outlook on life quite considerably. 

Patrick Ness - More Than This

I always look for a good book or two before a holiday, and this just happened to be one of the recommended ones in Waterstones a few years ago when I looked. I though it seemed like a good story when I read the blurb, and I know you shouldn't, but I totally judged this book by it's cover. I just thought that it looks so pretty, which is most of the reason that I picked it up.

Anyway, fast forward a few weeks and there I am, sat on a sun bed in Morocco, feeling all of the emotions that it is humanly possible to feel. All because of this bloody brilliant book.

I don't want to explain too much because nobody likes spoilers, but I'll give you a little bit of the blurb...

"A boy drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments. He dies. 

Then he wakes, naked and bruised and thirsty, but alive.

How can this be? And what is this strange deserted place?

As he struggles to understand what is happening, the boy dares to hope.

Might this not be the end? Might there be more to this life, or perhaps this afterlife?"

I cannot express to you how beautiful this book is. If I can recommend only one thing, I would ask that you pick up and read this book. 

I'll leave you with just this, because I don't really know how to put my admiration into words.

Please, take Mister John Green's advice, and 'just read it'

Song of the Day - Bombay Bicycle Club // Lights Out, Words Gone

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MADVENT DAY 15: Christmas Lipsticks

I love lipstick. I don't know whether I've expressed this enough. I just love them, and I love winter even more because it gives an excuse to wear much bolder colours more confidently. Here I have three lovely bold colours that I know I'll be wearing over the festive period. Let me show you...

We'll start with a classic. Pure red. I use this Ted Baker red and it is literally the most red red I've ever swatched. I've never found any lip product that matches its redness. It is just the reddest. It's quite a bold red, meaning that you need to be extra careful when you apply it. Any tiny mistake will show with this, but I find that if you just take a little bit of concealer on a tiny detailer brush, you can normally hide any slips!

Dark berry colours seem to be hard to come by unless you want to spend some serious dollar, but recently, I've seen them cropping up a lot more often. This is good, as I love a good berry lip. I use another Ted Baker lip product for this look, as shown above. I feel like the kiss print really shows how much bigger my lower lip is than the top. Oops. Oh well. 

I think that for me, a colour like this is easier to wear out with confidence than a red, but I'm still trying and one day I'll be able to leave the house with no doubts about my lip choice.

 This is by far the most far out colour. Here we have a gold shimmery shade that I bought a few years ago from Avon. I was slightly mislead when purchasing this, because the name 'Cafe Au Lait' sort of made me think it would be a nice nude shade. Needless to say, I was a tad shocked when it arrived, but I think I've found a way to make it work...

It's definitely easier to wear this shade closer to Christmas, especially if you are wearing it as just pure gold. However, an easier and more casual way of wearing it that I have found is to create a sort of ombre effect by dabbing it in the centre of your lips with the red lipstick underneath. If you get it to blend nicely, it actually looks really pretty!

Song of the Day - Our Last Night // Habits (Stay High)

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MADVENT DAY 14: Christmas Jumper!

At our school, every year we host Charities Week, three days of fun, with mock TV game shows featuring the schools favourite teachers and sixth formers basically having a few lols and making fools of themselves for the student's amusement. It's totally great, an excuse to laugh at and poke fun at teachers,remaining in quite a friendly way. The best bit? All of the money that the school makes goes towards a charity that each year gets to choose.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, it takes a step up once you reach sixth form. This year, we have a theme for each of the three Charities Week days. Wednesday is Christmas Jumper Day, Thursday requires fancy dress and on Friday, we are dressing smartly as we are saying farewell to our Headteacher.

This has led to a great load of panic on my behalf, because before today, I didn't own a Christmas jumper. I took to the internet on a hunt for the perfect jumper, and I found one!

This one is from Next, and it's from the men's section. It was pretty pricey, considering its a seasonal jumper and you're probably not going to wear it any other time of the year. But anyway, I love it. It's got different stripes of pattern featuring different christmas dinner themes, such as turkeys, brussel sprouts, and quite literally, pigs in blankets.

I've been having some troubles trying to explain to my mum that Christmas jumpers are meant to be ugly, like, you don't buy a Christmas jumper for cuteness? They're supposed to be hideously ugly and cheesy? Or is that just me?

Please help me and let me know...

Song of the Day - Mumm Ra // She's Got You High 

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MADVENT DAY 13: Favourite Christmassy Lunch

This is definitely one of the stranger Madvents... Today I thought I'd show you a typical christmassy lunch in the Harper household. Christmas is the time for cheese and we tend to stock up and basically just eat it everyday. 

My personal favourite christmassy lunch is a brie and redcurrant jelly toastie. Fabulously easy to make, literally all you have to do is slice up the brie and whack some redcurrant jelly onto two slices of bread.

We use a toasty maker that we've had for a few years, and all it takes is a few minutes sizzling away in there. If you don't have a special machine or anything, I'm pretty sure this can be done on the grill, but might take a little longer.

Being a bit of a cheese fiend, I love this meal, especially when the brie is really gooey and lovely... Thats the best.

Our Sunday lunches are always pretty hectic and mis-matchy, and nobody ever has the same as anybody else. You can see my lil bro with his tuna melt in the background, and a bowl of bacon rasher crisps... Crisps are the one thing we all love, so most weekends there'll be a bowl out during lunch with various different flavours each week.

What's your favourite lunch? I'd love to know!

Song of the Day - Ady Suleiman // State of Mind

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MADVENT DAY 12: Winter Look

I'm back with another seasonal look for your lovely little eyes! Obviously, we've gone for a winter look this time... So, on we plop.

Zara - Striped T-Shirt

Boohoo - Velvet Boots

I recently discovered Zara. I mean, I've always known that it existed, I just always assumed that it was super expensive clothes made in smaller sizes. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find this lovely t-shirt for only £7.99?! I had no idea they sold actual affordable stuff! Anyway, this is soooo soft and cosy and perfect for winter, especially as it has long sleeves. I'm not normally one for a long sleeve, and sometimes it feels like I can't move my arms properly with long sleeves, but these ones are slightly baggier and soooo comfortable!

These gorgeous boots are also a new purchase and I'm completely and utterly in love with them! They are velvet all over and they're just one of those things that you can't help but stroke. I reckon they go with everything, but I've been loving to wear them with a pair of black skinny jeans and the stripey top.

Benefit - Get Figgy cream eyeshadow

Dark wintery days mean dark wintery eye makeup. I love this shadow! Its the perfect shade to match my eye colour and I've really liked wearing it this winter. I feel like it goes perfectly with this darker outfit.

Topshop - Set of 3 Hoops

I really need more ear piercings. At the moment I've only got one, and I'm desperate to get a second piercing. I bought this set of three hoops from Topshop and I just love them. Theres a gold, silver and black pair, and I've been alternating them every single day. One day I'll be able to wear them all at once. That is the goal. Just you wait.

And finally, no outfit is complete without a scent! Hats off to fellow blogger Zoella, as her body mist has been my scent of choice recently. It's a lovely fruity smell that's probably more suited to spring and summer, but I've never really been a fan of dark smells, like the ones that are really heavy. I just can't hack em. Lighter smells are what I tend to stick to, so this lil guy is perfect for me.

So thats what I've been loving to wear this winter. Of course, its not warm enough to actually leave the house in, so I normally pair it with my lovely coat and a scarf to keep cosy! 

Song of the Day - Arctic Monkeys // Still Take You Home

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MADVENT DAY 11: Treat Yo Self

I think we all know that Christmas is the time for treats, but you may not know that it can be a really bad time for people suffering with depression and mental health issues. This is why I think that it is important to be kind to yourself and do the things that you love. 

Take that bath that you know relaxes you to your very core. 

Eat the cake that you've been craving. 

Google pictures of cute dogs.

Light that candle and relax. 

Take the time to make yourself happy. 

This is definitely something that I don't do enough of, and recently it's caught up on me and I just haven't been feeling whole. It's easy to forget about yourself and work on helping other people and other things. Although it is lovely to see other people happy, it's important for you to be happy as well.

To try and demonstrate this, I've lit my favourite candle, got myself a nice plate with a chunk of rocky road and I've whacked on the TV (Misfits, if you're interested!) Please join me today, whenever you read this, and do something that makes you happy. 

:)

Song of the Day - Justin Bieber // Love Yourself

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MADVENT DAY 10: Coat!

Yay! The cold weather has finally arrived! You know what that means... Time to crack out the winter coat! This year (finally) I was able to choose a new winter coat, and I went slightly mad with choice. For several years I had been stuck wearing a bright red duffel coat, which seemed like the perfect choice for 12 year old mol, but I soon grew to hate it and would rather freeze all winter than wear it out. 

Thankfully, this year I've gone for something that (I hope) will never get old. It's from Asos and I'll add a link below, because I'm not really sure that my pictures actually show it properly, but basically, it's around knee length, with double breasted buttons, and it's an oversized fit. It's lovely and thick and comes in a choice of green or grey, and you can probably tell that I went for the green option. Shake things up a bit, yano? The only thing that I'm not overly keen on is the fluffiness and that it sort of malts if you rub it against things, but overall, not bad!

The coat is super warm and cosy, and surprisingly, not at all itchy! It looks as though it would be one of those itchy ones, but it's just not at all! I don't often wear it with the buttons done up because they're kind of at an awkward height and it looks a bit weird. I don't know whether its my tiny height, but it just seems to do up a little low, and I can't get on with it. However, I still love it and I reckon i'll be wearing it for years!

Heres the link... Asos Pea Coat

Song of the Day - The Kooks // Dreams

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MADVENT DAY 9: Lipstick Love

I know, I know, I'm incredibly late on the MAC lipstick bandwagon. I've heard many great things about MAC lipsticks, and Velvet Teddy in particular. After months of watching YouTubers obsess over the beauty of the little guy, I've finally got my hands on one. 

I am not disappointed.

It's so beautiful! I never expected to get so much satisfaction out of makeup, but recently, I've fallen deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole of beauty bloggers and vloggers, and I can literally spend hours in the makeup stands in Boots, swatching every thing I can find. I realise that I've taken a particular liking to gold metallics and lipsticks. Oh lipsticks...

You can imagine my reaction when my dad came home from duty free at the airport with this little tube. True excitement.

It's such a beautiful colour - my perfect nude. It's pink enough to add a bit of pretty pop, but still has those browny undertones that make it look natural and luscious. Its so velvety as well, although I suppose that's a given... It glides on like magic, matches most of my lipliners and I am just basically in love. There's nothing negative that I can say about it!

10/10 good work MAC!

Song of the Day - Years and Years // Foundation

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MADVENT DAY 8: Christmas Gift Guide

Ahhh, ok I know that I'm really not very organised this year, and that I probably should have bought most of my presents already, but... well I just haven't...

Anyway, here are a few gift ideas that may be useful to you, if you're a tad crazy and left it to the middle of advent like me...

Lush - Golden Wonder gift box

I'v pretty much just picked out stuff that I know I would love to receive, but never the less, this Lush gift box would be perfect as a gift for anybody, young or old. It contains two fabulous smelling bath bombs: Golden Wonder and Star Dust, which are pretty much the most magical and low key christmassy bath bombs available at Lush.

 I reckon this is a pretty affordable present... I have very little dollar and so parting with my pounds can be quite difficult for me to cope with, but for something as pretty as this, I don't even care. Especially if it's going to somebody that you love.

Sainsbury's - Copper Pineapple Pot

This is a fab present for anybody that isn't really into makeup or beauty, or equally, anybody that loves home decor or just copper things. I know that I love copper, and although I literally have nowhere to put it, I would just love to get a beautiful copper pineapple. I feel like this would be perfect for anybody that has recently moved house, or maybe uni students? Having said that, I reckon this would be a pretty lovely gift for anybody, of any age, to receive.  It's the kind of unneccesary product that makes everything seem more homely. Plus, it doubles as a little yet roomy pot, which would be awesome for storing jewellery, makeup bits or even secret snacks...

 This is also a pretty affordable gift, and I think it cost around £18... Great stuff.

Seventeen - 'Easy on the Eye' Eyeshadow Palette

I kind of love this palette... It consists of 8 smoky powder shadows, 3 cream shadows and a primer. It even comes with a little brush! I have actually used this palette, and I would 100% not recommend the primer, however all of the shadows are lovely. I just think that compared to other primers, it's really slimy and kind of just doesn't prime... I put it on before trying the eyeshadow on top, and it all just smeared around, not pretty. I think this would be the perfect gift for somebody thats fairly new to makeup, as it is fairly cheap (around £7.99) and it includes a lovely range of colours, including all of the pretty basics that are easiest to master. It also comes with a little leaflet explaining the best ways to use the colours, which would have been totally useful for me when I first started using eyeshadows...

There's even another variation of this palette available that contains more golden and warm colours, which may be even more useful for beginners. Although, I probably wouldn't think that this palette is much use if you already have a few good quality palettes, because although this is great quality and affordable, there are definitely better shadows on offer...

Benefit - Pump up the Party! gift set

Now, I got very excited when this arrived in the post! For one, its incredibly beautiful, and just looking at the way all the products fit in the tin is magical, but also, everybody knows benefit products are amazing quality and feel great when you wear them. This lovely set includes:

High Beam highlighter

Benetint cheek and lip stain

Rockateur blush

Roller Lash mascara

POREfessional primer

Eyeshadows in shades: milk it!, nude swings, it's complicated, and kiss me, I'm tipsy

So you see, a wonderful collection of stuff! I honestly believe that this would be a lovely present for anybody that's even remotely interested in makeup. It includes everything you'd need for a basic look, and even comes with a brush for the eyeshadows and blush! Perfect!

Now, this is a little more pricey than any of the others, and costs £29.50, but I reckon, its most definitely worth it, for the look on the recipients face, if not for the quality of the products.

Disaronno 

Ok! Woah, it's got WILD all of a sudden! PLEASE don't buy this for anybody that's underage, or attempt to buy if you are underage! DONT DO IT!

However, if you are buying responsibly, I know that this would be a lovely present for somebody that enjoys a nice drink... My mum loves Disaronno, and this was actually her Christmas present last year, with the limited edition Versace packaging. She loves it.

This is definitely a gift for somebody that enjoys the drink, and it's worth knowing this about the person before you go on to buy it for them, but definitely a lovely gift to enjoy on Christmas Day!

(Pleased drink responsibly)

Dior - Miss Dior eau de parfum

Again, this is a gift that is more costly, and you probably want to know what kind of scents your recipient likes before buying a gift like this... But, perfume is always a winner! For me, perfume lasts forever, so it's a gift that keeps on giving and that you can appreciate all through the year, lovely. There are quite literally millions of perfumes available out there, and once you've found the one you love, it can be difficult to branch out and try a new scent, and you might tend to stick to similarly smelling scents. (Don't get me wrong, theres nothing wrong with that!) My mum is one of those people. She's found the perfume she loves and keeps repurchasing it over and over. However, this is a new one that my dad bought for her at duty free (yassss) and she loves it! I haven't actually had a whiff of this one to recommend it to you, but it's just an idea...

Song of the Day - Vampire Weekend // A-Punk

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