Re: Red Liptstick

Early this morning I watched a video by two of my favourite YouTubers, Sanne and Leena, talking about wearing red lipstick including the anxiousness you may have upon wearing it as well as their favourite lipsticks. Hence, this post is in response to that video which you can watch here.

I've been wearing red lipstick for quite a long time as I've been dancing since I was five and your conventional 'stage show' make-up basically involves blue eyeshadow and red lipstick. Of course at that age, I only wore it at those opportunities. I think I started wearing it out and about when I was about 14, possibly? I did always have a sense of anxiousness when wearing it out initially (and I still do now), because of what people would think or whether it was too 'ordinary' an occasion to be wearing it. Over time I have started to wear it more, particularly to college and to family gatherings. I do have a small case of anxiety in general though, so that nervousness about wearing red lipstick will always be there I think. 

I on't really have a big enough collection of lipstick to define favourites, so here are my lipsticks in general. I started to develop into buying slightly different darker shades of lipstick when I was about 16 and the photo below was the first lipstick that I bought. It has more of a pink-shade to it so I felt that this was more neutral to be wearing out and about. I'm not a massive fan of Barry M lipsticks in general as they aren't very moisturising, and you have to put a good amount of lip balm on before applying otherwise your lips will look quite chapped.

Barry M 162

The lipstick below is probably my most shameful lipstick purchase...I JUST LOVE ONE DIRECTION OKAY. And I love Harry Styles, it's a nice shade of red and very creamy in general.

1D Lipstick Kiss You, Be Mine Harry

Sanne and Leena also encouraged people to go out wearing red lipstick and send them selfies of them doing so, and I did that today wearing this exact lipstick 

Selfie xoxo

The next lipstick I bought fairly recently and I had my eye on it for a while, because Zoella wears it all the time in her videos and it looked gorgeous. It's really similar to the Barry M lipstick but just a tad darker.

Rimmel London Kate Moss 107

The final lipstick is the first red lipstick that I ever bought, as well as it being the one that I wear for my dance shows as it's the brightest shade I have and pretty much perfect to wear on stage. Also it's from a cheap brand (Miss Sporty) so it's one that can be easily replaceable. And despite it being a cheap, it actually is a pretty decent lipstick and can't particularly fault it.

Miss Sporty Malaga 058

And here are the swatches of all the lipsticks!

Videos I Liked (w/c 2/12/13)

I'm going to get into blogging a hell of a lot more, I have some ideas for posts and I'm going to try to stick to a schedule of posting on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For when I post on Fridays, I'm going to be doing a weekly segment where I share YouTube videos that I've liked this week! Also it's nicer to share content from people I like and give them a bit of a signal boost. 

Boys In Books Are Better - Carrie Hope Fletcher

Meet Your First Black Girlfriend - smoothiefreak

Microwave Olympics - communitychannel

I inspired The Hunger Games - JackHoward

NEW CHRISTMAS SONGS - dailygrace

Instagram | November 2013

Only a few instagrams this month, but here's a round-up nonetheless!

Top Row L-R

train journey to stoke-on-trent for a university interview - imagine dragons @ manchester apollo

Bottom L-R

had my final ballet exam this month - also this month I did my photography essay, here's an example of a time I was feeling quite unmotivated to do it...

Letters To November // 30

Dear November,

Here is a belated final letter to you. This month has been very hectic and stressful and at times I could have been a lot happier, and I wish I had been.
In particular today, I've felt extremely overwhelmed and ended up having a breakdown over my frustrations over something as trivial as clothes.
I'm looking forward to December though, however. I love Christmas so it will be a really exciting time. Then looking to the future of next November, I'm definitely going to do NaNoWriMo. I am determined to so it properly and plan everything out beforehand, so hopefully I'll win.

It's been nice knowing you November, but I'm glad you're over.

Letters To November // 29

Dear November,

The penultimate day was okay just about. Sometimes I felt pretty alone despite being surrounded by people. As well as being frustrated and confused by certain people.

The evening was better than expected and I was so tired that I could barely keep my eyes open. And writing this has just reminded me of the amount of TV I need to catch up on.

I really can't wait for December though, because I LOVE Christmas and this year's is going to be excellent.

Letters To November // 28

Dear November,

Today was rather average. The day at college was pretty good, if a little boring. I also spent a lot of time comforting friends in the evening.

Sorry for the very short letter, I just don't have a lot to say about this day.

Letters To November // 27

Dear November,

Today you began with an early morning and nervous anticipation. I had an interview for a university and got the response that I've always wanted to receive to my work and my skills. Celebration then commenced with a meal with the family in the evening.

Today was definitely worth the 6am wake-up call.

Letters To November // 25 & 26

Dear November,

I'm not really sure anymore whether I genuinely don't have time to blog or whether I'm just procrastinating. Because I certainly haven't been able to keep track this week with writing letters like I promised. However these two days were very stressful and resulted in quite a few spot breakouts. One day in which (the 25th) I ended up having a breakdown from the stress of completing my portfolio for my interview.

November is almost over and I have mixed feelings about this month which I will summarise on Saturday.

Letters To November // 11-24

Dear November,

I think the fact that I haven't written a letter in two weeks just proves how busy I've been. I've hardly had time to stop for a second and think to myself about how I'm feeling. The first week, 11-17th, was a combination of feelings. Mainly in stress in order to comply a photography coursework deadline, then on the 14th I attended a concert which was completely amazing and worth queuing a few hours in the cold for. It wasn't worth it the next day, however. Getting up late and you throat and body being agony, really isn't the best. I really just wanted to hand in my photography coursework and go. I spent a few hours in solitude resting when I got home which was nice and I managed to cheer up a bit after seeing my favourite band on TV during a charity telethon. Oh and I got tickets this week to see said favourite band.

The proceeding days involved me attempting to get better, although still now I wake up every morning with a sore throat which is so horrible. Then this week was stressful and frustrating as I was trying to get some support from my teacher Re: my university portfolio. I understand she's busy, but I really want it to be perfect in order to get me an actual offer at a university. Speaking of which, I still need to complete a digital portfolio for Tuesday and get her to check it. I had great moment of happiness this week with seeing eagerly anticipated films and 50th anniversary specials of cult TV shows.

This proceeding week is going to be stressful also, my life does really seem to be just a huge ball of stress. I haven't watched a TV show or film in ages and that makes me sad. I also have my first university interview on Wednesday which I'm so nervous for as I've already suffered a rejection from one university and I really want to gain something from this university to make up for it.

I will try to be better at writing letters in the last week of the month, but I can't exactly promise anything.

Letters To November // 10

Dear November,

I spent the Sabbath day exactly how it was meant to be spent - doing nothing. It was so nice to relax and watch cartoons whilst reading a book and just to do nothing for once. I do know I have some organisational things to do, but those can be done later, as always.

The forthcoming week is going to be stressful but exciting and it is most likely that the weekend will be the one thing I will be looking forward to.

I also had a realisation today about actually how good my life has gotten? More than two years ago I was close to self-harming and wanting to end it all and I'm so glad I didn't. 2013 has been the best year of my life and I couldn't be more thankful.