Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts

Monday, 30 March 2015

Person of the week: Zoe Sugg



Zoe Sugg (Otherwise known on Youtube as Zoella) has been a favourite youtuber of mine over the last two years. She's a 25 year old blogger/vlogger who lives in Brighton with her boyfriend Alfie Deyes (Otherwise known on Youtube as PointlessBlog - but it is under no circumstances pointless!)

Yesterday on the 29th of March, she won UK's Favourite Vlogger on the Kids' Choice Awards and for good reason. Her bubbly personality reaches out to her audience with her contagious smile and laugh accompanied with her lovely graceful voice and adorable accent. She vlogs and blogs about beauty and fashion mostly and also throws in some hairstyle tutorials and makeup tutorials from time to time. She also has a great eye to fashion and you can see that in many of her shopping haul videos. I like the way she shops because when she sees an item, she plans outfits with it, instead of buying something because you want it and discovering you have nothing to wear it with (Let’s all just say is our worst nightmare!). She shows potential in pieces that you'd normally overlook in shops which I always find to be a rare skill in people. She normally bags things at a great bargain so her advice is good for your pocket too!



This video above is an example of her great eye in fashion. She also doesn't limit her audience by talking about designer products which makes her a student-funding-friendly individual - my kind of people! In this video she does a haul in Primark, here in Ireland known as Penneys. It's perfect for spring so take a look and get inspired.


She's very active on social media, updating her followers on twitter with updates and ideas for new videos. Her instagram just radiates her positive, bubbly personality (She's worth the follow trust me, her Instagram is divine! - @zozeebo) and makes me want every outfit she wears ever. They're all so gorgeous!

She also does daily vlogs although I don't think they're as daily as they used to be but she's great sharing her personal life on youtube which features her adorable pug Nala but also her even more adorable boyfriend Alfie. They make the perfect couple I mean look!
<--- Aren't they just beautiful? *cries*

Her most recent vlog I saw was her birthday vlog which featured her adorable friends, family and boyfriend giving her a perfect day of celebration and you can see how humble she is as she's genuinely shocked throughout the whole video!
She also did a lookbook on the Spring collection in boohoo and the outfits she put together are absolutely stunning and I want all of them… even the yellow coat!! (Yellow definitely isn’t my colour!)

In November of 2014, Zoe released her own book called "Girl Online". It was a huge success and everyone was talking about it! I bought it over Christmas on the google book store on my smartphone and fell in love with it. I thought it was such a cute little story inspired from her own life but with a twist of fiction and different characters.

This gives you a gist of what it's all about: "Penny has a secret. Under the alias Girl Online, Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship, boys, high school drama, her crazy family, and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse, her family whisks her away to New York, where she meets Noah, a gorgeous, guitar-strumming American. Suddenly Penny is falling in love - and capturing every moment of it on her blog. But Noah has a secret, too, one that threatens to ruin Penny's cover - and her closest friendship - forever."
 I'd give the book 8/10 - It was really good. Get it. get it now.

She's just an all round amazing person and it shows how successful you can be with doing what you love. She's an inspiration to many!

Last but not least, Zoe if you are reading this you are truly amazing and I hope you enjoyed my words of praise to you! 

Subscribe to her channel if you haven't she's great! (Click right here to view Zoe's channel)
Have a great day everyone!

Here's the outfit ideas she had from boohoo, I loved them all!



Saturday, 14 March 2015

Latest MAC Range: Disney Cinerella Theme

I think this is my first blog post about make up which is kind of strange because if anyone saw my collection of makeup it would be very easy to realise my passion for it. It's kind of funny because if I hadn't gotten into my Journalism course I was actually prepared to go to a beautician school to become a make up artist. However, I would love to do columns on reviews of makeup ranges, that is my dream.

I think most people will agree with me when I say that MAC's latest range inspired by the new real life disney film "Cinderella" - debuting this month - is absolutely gorgeous. The packaging is absolutely stunning, depicting the infamous blue from Cinderella's dress when she attends the ball. If I could I would take a loan out of the bank to buy all of it - too cute!

It's not a huge collection but most of it is natural/ neutral colours that are suitable to all skin types and looks which reflects MAC's motto ("All ages, all races, all sexes"). I'm a high supporter of natural beauty and wearing make up that enhances my features. The nude lip shades from their lipsticks and lipglass (lipgloss) and the "Stroke of Midnight" eyeshadow pallet with 6 shades perfect for smokey eyes would certainly make that look achieveable.



It really does reflect the natural beauty that Cinderella is supposed to have in the story, that she's pure and beautiful on the inside and out with her selflessness and with her angelic, pure appearance. All of the shades have an element to the story like "Evil Stepmother" which is a plum shade pigment with plum pearl shimmer in it and "Glass Slipper" which is a very light, nude lipgloss shade. There's also other shade names which depict a princess story like "Happily Ever after", "Royal Ball" (Lipstick shade I really want!), "Mystery Princess" and so many more.

I'm incredibly excited for the movie, it'll be a brilliant throwback and I hope they don't tear away from the story to add loads of effects like Tim Burton did with Alice In Wonderland. The cast look brilliant so cannot wait to go to the cinema to watch it. This is the poster for the movie. I know what you're thinking the dress is absolutely stunning - am I right?



MAC seems to be continuing this disney themed range after their successful Malificent range which promoted the dark, sinister colours (like my soul) from Malificent's clothing and look.


Hopefully they will do a range for "Beauty and the Beast" starring Emma Watson, I can only imagine what beautiful shades they'll come up with for that, perhaps even some lovely golden shades from Belle's dress?

Anyway if you love neutral shades or know someone who likes neutral shades or have have a girlfriend who wears natural makeup then this Cinderella collection is for you/ them. Definitely going to be raiding the Mac counter for these beauties!

Until next time! If you like these reviews and want more, let me know!