This is going to be another one of my really quick and easy nail tutorials that take no skill, today it's some simple little flowers. This should be something that's perfect for spring time because it's fresh and floral, especially with these colours but, of course, you can change the colours around to whatever you'd like them to be.

After painting your nails one block colour that you'd like the background to be. Take the colour you want the main petals of your flower to be and make random shaped blobs in random positions all over the nail, the random may seem strange now but it should make the flowers look more natural than if they were uniform shapes. 

Next you're going to want to take a thin little paintbrush and another petal colour, like this pastel pink and make small little swirls, again in random shapes and sizes, within the blobs that you made before. I find that it's best to do this when the bigger blobs are still a little damp because it means that the colours will blend together a little more making them look more like flowers.

If you're as inartistic and bad at nails as I am then you should now have something that looks a bit like this, but I'm sure your nails look much better than mine do. The last thing to do is add a little yellow centre to your nails, this can be done as easily as the other step just take the colour on a paintbrush and apply a little dot in the centre of the flower.

That's all for another post, tell me what you thought of these nails in the comments below, and until then I'll see you all next time.

xxx

FOTD: Peacock Inspired Eyes:

Another day another crazy make up look. This ones just going to be an eye look, and it's based on the beautiful colours of peacock feathers. I got the idea for this a few days a go, I felt like doing something a bit more brave and bright with my make up with the colours that I never use, and this is what I came up with.

I started off by putting a bright shimmery purple colour in the very centre of the eyelid, I chose a shimmery colour for the centre because this is what's going to make your eyes look wider and more awake. Then I slowly started to apply more greens around the outside of the circle of colour I just made.

After that I put a really bright blue in the two outer corners of the lid and blended them all together so the made a seamless transition into each other. I repeated the steps of adding colours and blending a few times to make sure the colours really popped and had some staying power. Lastly I put a really bright green along the lower lash line so the look wasn't too top heavy.

That's all for this post, I hope you like the look even if it's not the most wearable, I'm thinking I should start doing a few more wearable looks. Let me know in the comment's if you'd like that as well as these more adventurous ones. I'll see you all next time.

xxx 

All My Social Media:

This is a very non beauty related post but after being asked by a few people what social media I have I thought I'd just make a  quick post listing everything I have (for now) just so everything is in one place. I don't want anyone reading this to feel like I'm just shoving everything in your face or begging for followers, if you don't want to follow me you really don't have to.

Bloglovin':

http://www.bloglovin.com/ejebeauty

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/EJEbeauty

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/EJEbeauty

Tumblr:

http://ejebeauty.tumblr.com/

Pinterest:

http://www.pinterest.com/ejebeauty/

Instagram:

http://instagram.com/ejebeauty

That's it those are all of the social media I have right now and in all honestly I think that's probably the most I will have for a long time. But if I do add anymore then you'll be able to find all of my links on the side of my blog so feel free to click and have a look!

That's all for now I know this was a small post that probably won't be of much interest to most of you but it was requested and any requests I get I always try to work my way round to.

I'll see you all next time for a more beauty related post.

xxx

Top 5 "Chick-lit" Books:

I thought I'd do another non beauty related post today, there wasn't really a particular reason for doing so I just really liked the idea of this post and after having the idea to do it I thought why not. I found it really hard to pick these books out let alone put them in order because I'm such a book worm, I have a huge collection of books, and until not too long ago I had even more before having a huge clear out. Anyway moving onto the actual post, I know "chicklit" isn't the most sophisticated of genre's but who can resist it every now and again.

Jill Mansell - Rumour Has It:

The number one spot just had to go to a Jill Mansell novel, she has to be the best chicklit author in my eyes there isn't a book of hers that I haven't loved reading and got through in a matter of days. They're just so readable and enjoyable, this particular one happens to be my favourite. I'm not even sure why I just really love the story behind it. I don't want to give too much away so I'll just say that it's about a young woman who moves to a small town and meets lots of new people. You will really fall in love with the main male characters and even more so with the ending of this book.

Meg Cabot -The Guy Next Door

I LOVE this book! I know that probably wasn't the most elegant way of introducing it but I really do love it. It was one of the first of these kind of books that I read as I got older and moved into more mature books, and I instantly got sucked into the story. The way is written is amazing, it has been written as a series of emails from a group of people and you get to hear their stories right from their point of view, then as you read further on you get to read the same thing being told from another point of view to a different character, it's the perfect way to get each character's viewpoint and such a new and refreshing way of reading a story as opposed to the usual way, it provides a nice change. Again I won't say too much about the story but it involves, murder, millionaires, secrecy, the love of a family, a married couple, annoying work mates and a dog! A must read in my opinion.

Meg Cabot - Size 12 is not Fat & Size 14 is not Fat Either

Ok, Ok I know this is technically cheating since this is a two in one book but I just couldn't resist. Again these are not your average chicklit books but both are about mysterious murders. As much as I like piecing together all the little clues of who did what and who the murders could be, one of the things I really love is that the main character is a real woman, with body issues and money worries, but not in the typical book and movie way where by the end of it she's found a wonderful solution to all her problems, she really is a real woman in the real world. There are plenty of twists and turns to surprise you along the way too.

Jill Mansell - Take A Chance On Me

Another Jill Mansell novel now, I know it looks like I have a really limited reading scope but this is my personal top 5 and Jill Mansell is such an amazing writer than she really does hold this place for me. I took this book with me on holiday to Cyprus last year and finished it within the first day. This is another romantic story, with a few twists and turns along the way, I really don't want to say too much about these stories because I want you all to go out and give them a read I genuinely love them that much! All I'll say is that if you want to just kick back and relax then you should definitely give this if not any of Mansell's books a read, her twisting plots and the way she interlock's her characters are always worth a good read.

Liza Palmer - Conversations With the Fat Girl

Last up my number 5 slot goes to this book, this is another of my first ever older books. I love this because the main character decides to do something about her weight and confidence issues and you really see the difference in her by the end of the story. This book has also had me literally laughing out loud a few times so if you're looking for a real feel good story to make you smile then this is one I highly recommend.

That's my top 5 what about yours? Let me know in the comments and I'll see you all next time.

xxx

Review: Bourjois Healthy Mix:

I know everyone's raving about the Happy Light foundation lately, but sadly I'm get to give that a go and having just finished this bottle of Healthy Mix (which incidentally is my third bottle because I was obsessed with this product) I figured I could go back to the old classic and give my thoughts on it as a product.

Years ago when I first used this product I remember instantly knowing that I'd get a lot of use out of it, especially in the summer months. One thing I will say is that you definitely don't want to use this if you have oily skin because it wont give you dewy skin just make it look even more oily, but any other skin type and you shouldn't have any problems.

The coverage is pretty light and fresh but it still cancels out redness and blurs your imperfections, which for me is just right on most days because unless I'm going for a particular look then I like a lighter coverage, but don't want the redness in my cheeks showing. I would say that this is the perfect foundation for going to school because its such a natural look and coverage and it has a pretty decent staying power it also fades out really nicely, without leaving your face looking patchy.

It never dried my face out or broke me out in all the time I've used it, which is probably due to all the fruity goodness and antioxidants that have been added to the product. Healthy Mix is definitely something that I'd recommend as a first foundation to younger girls and will certainly be getting again in the future. The packaging is also perfect as it pushes the foundation up the tube meaning that you won't waste any because by the time you're done with it the bottle will be completely empty.

Well that's pretty much all that I can say about this product really, I really do love it it's just such a shame that there isn't a wider range of colours that would suit all skin tones, I have the lightest shade (51) and I find that even that can be a little too dark for me sometimes.

I hope you liked this post and if you did or if you'd recommend the Happy Light foundation then please let me know in the comments. I'm not sure if I want to give it a try or not.

xxx