Hello one and all, firstly I have to apologise as I recently I have been a bit MIA. This is due to starting university again, for any that go to uni or have started you will know how busy the first few weeks are just until things start to settle down again!

I have just started my second year and have been bogged down already with work, applying for placements which I will hopefully be doing next year and seeing all of my friends again who I have not seen since summer started.

Now one thing that I think is very important to join while at uni are Societies. Unfortunately due to various circumstances last year I did not join any. This set the tone for what became a very lonely year for me, so one thing you must do is JOIN, JOIN, JOIN anything you can.

One society I have joined is the dance society, with this I have been talking a number of dance classes which are beginner ballet, modern, theatre and street dance. Another aspect of a society is that we have weekly socials the first week we were animals and this week we dressed up to the theme of 80's fashion.

So this is what I want to share with you this week the outfit I came up with when faced with the challenge of 80's fashion.

For my look I took quite a bit of inspiration from early Madonna and fame (as I just love that movie). During the 80s they were really into patterns, bright colours and big hair which were all areas I focused on.

The Outfit:

For my hair I tried to stay true to the big hair of the time. To create this look I applied  L’OREAL Elvive Styliste curl control defining mousse to my hair, everyone needs different amounts of this but I used just slightly less than a palms worth, then scrunched it into my hair. 

Next I flipped my hair upside down and used a diffuser on the cool setting, as if I apply heat to my hair it tends to go very frizzy which was not the look I was going for. When it was halfway dry I applied a little bit more mousse scrunching it in again, and then I continued to dry my hair upside down with a diffuser.

My makeup look was quite simple as I was going for a neutral eye look. From Urban Decays Naked pallet, for the inner corner I used sin mixed with a tiny but of sidecar, for the lid I used toasted and for the crease I used Hustle.

I went on to use Maybelline’s Gel Eyeliner in the colour Black/Gold on the top on my eyelids to define my eye. I applied this using a real techniques brow brush as I find it gives you lots of control, I also applied a little bit of Rimmels soft kohl in jet black to my water line before I applied my Maybelline Falsies mascara.

Two areas which were important when It comes to 80's makeup were bright lips and bright cheeks. So I applied Kate Moss by Rimmel In shade 01 to my lips to give a red lip effect and Max Factor Flawless perfection Blush is shade 221 classic pink. What you have to remember with the blush is to apply it heavily taking it up to the temple as well as applying to your cheek bones.

I hope this helps you to create a 80's style look have you dressed up in this style before if so how did you achieve the look ?

Also do you enjoy this type of post as it is a first for me and I would love some feedback 

Hello all with the start of a new uni year comes a lot of expenses, there are things like storage units and TV cabinets that need to be brought therefore you need to prioritise the things that you buy. This is not something I am claiming to be good at in actual fact I have very little self-control. 

To try and stop myself from buying the various things I want I am creating a wish list, maybe it will stop me obsessing about them J So these are the products in my September wish list:

The first on my list is one that got on it due to seeing many people rave about it. It is the La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo which is an acne treatment, as you all know I at times have quite bad acne every now and then I get another flair up which needs sorting my miracle cream at the moment is sudocrem but I really want to try this product.

Next up is the Urban Decay De-slick Mattifying powder, right now I am using Rimmel stay matte powder and I do find that this really works but I am always looking for something new to try to help keep my oily skin at bay from the reviews I have read this might do the trick.

Now this product is one that I can’t believe I haven’t got round to trying it is the Liz Earl Cleanse and Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser which as we all know is a cult beauty product. At first I was slightly dubious of this item as it is the same for all skin types but after reading a lot about it I have been persuaded that it is something I need to try. According to the Liz Earl twitter team ‘Our Cleanse & Polish is ideal as it helps to reduce sebum levels and limits the amount of spot-causing bacteria.’ They also have a really good returns and refund policy

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As I have said on here before I think that MUA is amazing value for money as they have incredibly pigmented products it is for this reason that when I was browsing through their bush colours that two have made it onto my wish list and at only £1 each I will be buying them very soon.

My final product is one that I have wanted all though summer and it is a MAC eye shadow in the colour cranberry. I am obsessed with this colour for autumn so I will inevitably not be able to resist the urge to purchase this.

I Hoped you enjoyed my wish list have you tried any of these products? If so what did you think? Also what is on your September wish list ? J