The Liebster Award Tag

Another Liebster nomination - thanks to Amy (blondeamy.wordpress.com). It's nice knowing that people are actually reading your blog, and that you are getting to know the person behind the screen as well. Also, what a shock, two posts in one day! Hope you enjoy. 

Rules of the Award post:
1. Answer questions that are sent to you
2. Nominate 11 bloggers who have under 200 followers
3. Ask them 11 unique questions
4. Notify them that they have been nominated

Here are my answers to Amy's questions -
1. Who is your biggest style icon at this moment of time?
This is such a hard question cause I am not into fashion that much, at all, but in saying that Karissa Pukas is a beauty vlogger who has a pretty similar style to what I like and some of her lookbooks are really nice. 

2. Would you rather live without eyeliner or lipstick?
I could easily live without eyeliner! 

3. If you could only buy one brands products for the rest of your life what would it be & why?
NYX products - only because they have nice lipsticks and their foundation works really well with my oily skin.

4. What's your biggest guilty pleasure at the moment?
I've been watching a lot, and I mean a lot, of Geordie Shore... I can feel my brain cells dying.

5. If you had to recommend I buy one hair product what would it be and why?
Tresemme hair oil - it makes your hair feel really nice and gives it a bit of a shine.

6. What shop would you say you have spent the most in within 2014?
Priceline - no doubt about it.

7. You go into Boots to buy make-up wipes, what are you also likely to walk out with?
I don't live in the UK so I am struggling to remember what was at Boots from when I was there a few years ago now. From memory, they sell Benefit at Boots so I would probably buy something from that range - perhaps a primer.

8. Who do you think is the sexiest male celeb?
Let me just leave this here...

9. What is your favourite AW14 make-up trend?
I wouldn't say it is my favourite, but the blue liner look is pretty nice - but lets get one thing clear, they have to get rid of the 'invisible brow' thing because that's horrible!

10. You have $20 to spend, how will you most likely spend it?
Hmm, probably on some cheap makeup. 

11. What would you pair up with a little black dress?

I nominate:
Dry Wine and Skittles
Monique
Tilleloves

WNLBlog

Labels and Lipstick

Lucy the Castle

Life of Faye

Hollypops

Hannah Dolled Up

Little World of Rachel

Satinmilk

My questions:

1. Makeup trend that has to stop?
2. Which 1 product could you not live without?

3. Woman Crush Wednesday?
4. Makeup icon?
5. Favourite High End makeup product?
6. Favourite Drugstore brand?
7. Would you rather go without mascara or foundation?
8. Favourite reality tv show?
9. Favourite summer fruit?

10. Bright Pink lipstick or burgundy lips?
11. Manicure or Pedicure?

Comment on this post when you have completed your nomination so I can suss out your answers!
monnii
xx

October Fabs&Drabs

Fab    -    short for fabulous, generally used by teens or young women who are part of the 'in' crowd
Drab    -   totally useless and boring, describing anything lifeless and boring

That basically addresses the gist of this post... October favourites, and the not so favourites - the fabs and drabs! There isn't really much of list but at least there is a few things I can tell you all about.

Firstly, I will start with my absolute favourite product this month and something I need to repurchase soon. The Original  Source Vanilla and Raspberry shower gel! Oh my god. If you have ever been into a Peter Alexander store, this pretty much smells like the store does as soon as you walk in. So perfect and sweet! It's also a vegan product which is pretty dandy. 

This mascara is my go to mascara now. I love it! Maybelline the Falsies BigEye mascara, it has two little spoolie things and the formula is quite volumising. The smaller spoolie is perfect for lower lashes and, obviously, the larger one for the top lashes. The smaller wand is perfect for separating top lashes as well.

  

The nude basics palette from Models Prefer has lasted me such a long time! Given, I mainly use the lightest colour as a highlight and the darker matte brown to line the bottom lash line - but the colours are really great! They are also long lasting and don't crease which is also a mega plus.

NYX matte lipstick - where have you been this entire time?! I am not a fan of lipsticks but this one has been my absolute favourite and I think if I had bought this ages ago, I would be a bit lipstick junkie. Its the MLS06 Summer Breeze lipstick, and the colour is amazingly pink! Almost like a barbie pink? Anyways, amazing colour and lasts a long time too.



 Now, I have a few items that aren't beauty related but that's no big deal, I have been loving these things a lot this past month, or two. Firstly, Yankee candles. I found a place on the Coast that actually sells them and I need to buy more. I currently have the vanilla cupcake one and it smells so good! I find myself burning it all the time, I am obsessed! My last favourite for this month are these beautifully written books by Beau Taplin (beautaplin.com). I finished Hunting Season and The Wild Heart the other week before the latest book, Playing with Fire was released and they are just perfect. I strongly recommend these books.

 I only have one product that I didn't like this month - the Protane Moroccan Argan Oil Hydrating shampoo. I bought it for, like, $4 at Aldi, thinking the moroccan argan oil would do wonders for my hair. Well, was I wrong. Even though it's a hydrating shampoo - it dried out my hair? A little confusing, right? So basically, it made my hair feel horrible, I only used it maybe once or twice before I got rid of it. Although, the conditioner that came with it is really good, and my hairdresser said my hair has been really good since I used it, so I'm not really sure what is going on there.

Do you suggest any products that I can try out this month that could possibly be added to the next fabs&drabs list?

monnii
xx