Kreativ Blogger Award ♥

Wehey! Thanks to Amiiee from AMIIEELICIOUSXO for awarding me the Kreativ Blogger Award! She has a brill blog about all things girly and great, and definitely needs checking out! Click on her name above to go to her blog, she's lovely!

The rules for the Kreativ Blogger Award are simple.

Post a link of your Kreativ Blogger Award post to the person who awarded you it.

Share seven random facts about yourself.

Pass it on to other bloggers.

My seven random facts about myself are:

1. My real name isn't Tilly, it's short for Natalie but Shhh because I hate it!

2. My job is out of the ordinary as I work for my fiance at his Funeral Directors.

3.  I would love to set up a sideline in Make Up Artistry when I have the money.

4. I have a triple distinction diploma in photography, but don't have enough confidence to use it.

5. I have three tattoos.

6. I have jumped out of a plane at 15,000 feet.

7. I wrote off my Moms car on the first day of driving after passing my test!

So there you have it! I award the Kreativ Blogger Award to:

Rachel from Lipstick and Coffee

Gemma from MUA Gemma

Jess from A Beautiful Secret

Heather from The Glambulance

All well worth a check out including who picked me =)

Ciao for now XxX

Heyy! I have just been awarded the Laine Blogger award by the lovely Amiiee from Amiieeliciousxo, who has a gorgeous blog about all things beauty and girly!! A massive thank you to her because this is my first one - wahoo!! You can check out her blog HERE

The Laine Blogger Award

The rules are simple:

 1) Link back to the blogger who awarded you.

2) Blog about your award.

3) Give the award to five bloggers.

4) Let them know about it

Ok, so it is my turn to award five lovely bloggers! I have picked these five because I always read their blogs and love their stuff! They are as follows...

Emma from The Glittery Details

Katie from Retro Love19

Sarah from Ohh So Glam

Rachel from Lipstick and Coffee

Gemma from MUA Gemma

So there you go! Thanks again to Amiiee for my first award!

Ciao for now XxX

Rainbow Tag Questions ♥

Helloooo, I was a little bit bored so I thought I would do a tag. You can ignore this post if it doesn't interest you, but it gives you a little more of an insight into my life! Also, it battles my boredom a little bit! So I found the questions on Jess Ingle's Tumblr, which you may or may not know of so I will link her Tumblr HERE

Here are the Rainbow questions!

Purple: 10 facts about my room
Blue: 9 facts about my family
Green: 8 facts about my body
Yellow: 7 facts about my childhood
Orange: 6 facts about my home town
Red: 5 facts about my best friend
Pink: 4 facts about my parents
White: 3 facts about my personality
Grey: 2 facts about my favourite things
Black: 1 fact about the person I like

Ok here we go, could be a long'un!

Purple

1. My room is shared with my fiance!
2. It is full of make up.

3. Its a lovely big room with space for 2 double beds!

4. It has pictures of the Eiffel Tower on the walls - where Ed & I got engaged <3

5. There's probably pants on the floor.

6. It is painted cream but has white furniture and black and white bed covers.

7. Our bed is from Ikea.

8. I do my make up on Eds bedside table rather than my dressing table as it has better light!

9. I have a lamp with an Eiffel Tower base.

10. There are 2 wardrobes in there, with only my clothes in! Eds go in the spare room!

Blue

1. It's a big family!

2. Some live in Sutton Coldfield, some live in Leeds and others live in Newcastle.

3. I don't have a full blooded brother or sister...

4. But that doesn't matter because I have 5 siblings, 2 step siblings, and 2 sibling-in-laws!

5. My Mom is a young'un and is more like my sister who I am very close to <3

6. My Nan and Grandad are also young'uns and well with it!

7. I call my Grandad (Moms Dad) Poppa.

8. My other Grandad (Dads Dad) is a Chelsea pensioner in London!

9. I am very close to Eds family, as I am my own.

Green

1. It bugs me.

2. I am trying to do something about it but it's a sure struggle! 1 stone down, plenty to go.

3. I have 9 ear piercings, 2 of which are stretched.

4. I have a double belly piercing.

5. I have a tattoo on my right shoulder on my back of Cherry Blossoms.

6. I have a tattoo of a 'T' on my left wrist for my name (yes in case I forget it =/).

7. I have a tattoo on my left side/ribcage that says 'Love Conquers All' - because it sure does.

8. My hair (if that counts as body) is black and turquoise!

Yellow
1. It was spent in Sutton Coldfield, north Birmingham UK.

2. I spent my early years living with my Mom, Nan and Poppa.

3. As I got older I stopped over at my Nan and Pops every Friday - without fail.
4. I loved Barbies and only stopped playing with them in year 6!

5. The Sims was an addiction.
6, We never had fizzy pop in the house - probably a good thing as my teeth would be more battered!

7. I met the love of my life when I was 14, online!

Orange

1. It's a bit dull really.

2. Most of the shops have shut down, so I never shop there.

3. It used to be a posh area, but now it is ridden with Hooded boys and skateboards.

4. There is only 1 club for a decent night out, the others aren't worth the look - I don't bother at all.

5. It does have a decent selection of restaurants, and the best curry in the world!

6. It has a big park.

Red

1. He is a He.

2. I am engaged to him.

3. He knows every morsel detail about me.

4. I met him on MSN - long story.

5. We are getting married in 2014 in the Lake District!

Pink

1. My Mom lives not far from me, and my Dad lives in Leeds.

2. I only met my Dad when I was 18 - another long story.

3. I can talk to my Mom about literally ANYTHING.

4. Although I haven't known my Dad all my life, we have some similar traits!

White

1. I am an adrenaline junkie!

2. I try and always put others before myself, even if it leaves me outta pocket.
3. I'm a bubbly character who loves a good old chinwag.

Grey 

1. He's 22 and a Funeral Director.

2. My engagement ring is one of my favourite things - only one in the world designed by Ed and I!

Black

1. He's the best in the whole wide world <3

So there you go, some waffley facts for you! I tag everyone! Please do it if you want even if to conquer your own boredom, I would love to see other peoples responses!

Ciao for now XxX

Mini Make Up Haul ♥

Bonjour mes amis! Over the weekend I had the pleasure of meeting up with my very lovely friend Sarah, and we had a little mooch around Birmingham. I was going in with pretty much empty pockets, but of course I just can't come out with nothing; why break the habit of a lifetime?

I got the train into Birmingham for the first time in ages! I usually hate hate hate public transport, but this time around I felt that it was actually much easier than battling through the Sunday traffic, losing my car in Selfridges as I do every single time, and it gives me a good walk either side of the journey. Win win situation.

SO, onto the bedlam of the every burning hole in my pocket!

This is what my hand looked like after we decided to venture into Selfridges at the end of our trip. I told myself not to go in there and risk buying anything, but I can't actually do it. Anyone else suffer with the same issue?

Ok, so first I headed into Boots, and after recently trying out Models Own nail polish in Tropical Sun, I was very impressed! So of course I went back, and they are currently on offer at Boots 2 for £8.00. I had seen on a few beauty bloggers/vloggers channels that Indian Ocean is one that is majorly sought after, and I can see why! Oh my life it is absolutely stunning! I found it and there were only about 2 bottles left on the shelf, so I snapped me one right up!!! It is a beautiful iridescent pale blue with an added pink tone running through it. It dries super quick in seconds, and here's what it looks like with two coats, and what I currently have on! 

(Used with Boots falsies)

I also got the Models Own nail polish in Aqua Violet, which is part of the Beetlejuice collection. I always go for colours like this because my favourite colour in the whole world is Turquoise, and my hair is this colour so it's great to match! Aqua violet is quite a deep teal colour, and is a duotone with purple running through it.  I haven't tried it out yet, but I can't wait to! Also as you can see there, is another duotone iridescent colour from Barry M called Silvery Purple. In the light you can see purples, greens, blues and silver flecks in the bottle. I have only done a little test coat on my natural nails and it is quite sheer, but I think after two coats it would be perfecto. It's another gorgeous colour from Barry M and for £2.99 it's another bargainous buy. 

I also got the magnetic varnish in the black shade from Barry M, but I need to have a proper fiddle about with it first!

I finally got my first Illamasqua product! And my gosh I am excited about it! Sarah and I spent a good old while rummaging through their collection, with plenty of 'Ooo's' and 'Aaah's'. I actually couldn't come out of there empty handed, I think it is my new lust brand. I always love bright and wacky make up and they fit my every need! I think I am going to find myself going there every week getting a new product. This is a pure pigment, which is priced at £15.50 which I don't think is too bad as I think this will be a product that lasts a hell of a long time. This shade is called Static, and is a glittery iridescent (can you feel a theme here?) pinky purple. It is amazing and looks just like fairy dust! It can be used on the eyes, cheeks or mixed with an existing product. I can't wait to have a go with it!

Then we headed into Primark because we had heard they were doing nail art pens, but unfortunately ours had ran out! However they are doing a few beauty products so I picked up one of their lipsticks. They aren't named or numbered but it is the spotty one in the picture below, and is priced at £1.00. It is a light muted pink, and actually isn't the best product in the world and smells a bit like playdough. It's quite drying, but over lip balm it's actually a nice colour on the lips. For a pound I guess I can't grumble, but I doubt I would re-purchase.

Next was MUA at Superdrug which you know I love, and for a pound each these lipsticks are no comparison to the Primark one. They are just great! So moisturising and glossy with such a great range of shades! The colours don't pick up too well on my Iphone camera but it gives you an idea. The second from the left is 'Shade 12' and is a shimmery pink (not coral like it looks here), the next is 'Shade 5' and is a shimmery very light pink (gorgeous for everyday wear!) and the last is a deep pink with bluey undertones, and is 'Shade 3'. All gorgeous and I don't ever have a bad word to say about MUA really!

Swatched from top to bottom: Shade 3, Shade 12, Shade 5 and the Primark muted pink.

So here we are in Birmingham Bullring after we got attacked by Illamasqua! It was a lovely day and nice to see Sarah and I look forward to catching up again soon!

Have you bought anything new recently? Anything I should try? I would love to know!

Ciao for now XxX