December Advertisers

Last month I started hosting monthly advertisers, and here is where I get to share the chosen beautiful blogs with you. These lovely ladies have two blogs which I really enjoy reading and are firm favourites in my bloglovin feed!

Kirstie from Kimamely Beauty

Hello Beauties! I blog over at Kimamely Beauty and have done so for about 9 months now. I post a mixture of beauty and lifestyle pieces, so if that's what you like, head on over! As for me, I'm Kirstie, a 22 year old tea connoisseur who quite fancies herself as a foodie. I've just finished Uni so my blog is taking centre stage and I'm really loving giving it a little TLC. I'm super excited to be featuring a few more beauty reviews and foodie posts over the coming month, and I'd be a happy gal it if you could give my blog a little love!


As a big Mascara lover, I really enjoyed her recent Mascara Edit and am loving her 31 Shades series where Kirstie has been rediscovering her stash in a bid to save some pennies during the expensive Christmas season!

Sam from Knockout Couture

 

I'm Sam, I'm 21 and a lover of clothes, beauty and destroying my bank account. My style changes as much as the British weather and I'm the most indecisive person you will ever meet. I'm a Media Production undergraduate currently on an international student programme in Sunny Madrid for the year. I pretty much post about anything that interests me with the hope that you will enjoy!

I love Sam's OOTD post's, she has some beaut outfits and also shared with us her boxing day sale picks, which are here if you want to have a nosey!

I hope you enjoy these blogs as much as I do and if you have a blog and think we' make a good ad swap give me a shout at laviedecece@gmail.com.
 

I'd also like to wish you all a brilliant New Year's Eve, I'll be heading out for Tapas and Cocktails followed by the usual all nighter! What do you have planned for this evening? Whatever it is... Enjoy! Now I have broadband ordered, I plan to get back into my blogging schedule/routine for the new year and can't wait! Happy New Year Everyone!

Discovering / The Dark Lip

I'm naturally very fair, I have pale skin and am extremely blonde. I've never felt adventourous enough to opt for a dark lip colour but this all changed this Halloween. As part of my costume I wanted a bold lip. I dressed as a cat so thought a nice red would finish off the costume for me.

Trawling through my make-up collection I found that I do not own a red lipstick! Not even in those cheapy palettes I was given as a youngster (and just haven’t parted with due to my hoarding ways). I eventually came across this Ted Baker lip gloss/cream pen from a Ted Baker Christmas Gift set I received a few years ago and it has ignited a love of darker, burgundy and plumb lips within me.

I have always loved the look of deep plum lips on other people, especially at this time of year, and actually I think this suited me! It isn't a colour that I'd normally wear, I tend to stick to more natural shades that I know definitely won't wash me out, bu this lip colour looked lovely! The only problem is that it was a limited edition and can no longer be bought, so I'm on the hunt! I must say I prefer lipsticks to glosses (my 19 year old self would gasp in horror!) so if any of my lovely readers have a recommendation for me, please let me know in the comments.

And to the pale girls of the world who have stuck with nudes and pale pinks for years... be adventurous! Go and try that Pillar Box red lippie or deep purple shade you've fawned over from afar. You never know, you might find your favourite new shade! And if you don't want to waste money on a shade you think you might hate on you, go head to a beauty counter and ask to trial a few. I'm now embracing darker lips and sooo encourage you to do the same!

Do you love a dark lip? Or have you shied away? And again, please leave me those recommendations... I'm on a mission!