Drugstore Autumn/Fall Makeup

Here is all the affordable products I used in my tutorial. Make sure to check out my YouTube channel to see the look- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-k13UqzfnA

Primer- Elf poreless face primer

Foundation- Revlon Colorstay Oily/Combination in 150 Buff

Powder- NYX HD Finishing Powder in Translucent

Bronzer- NYX Contour and Highlight Palette in Toffee

Blusher- No7 Blush in Coral Flush. The closest shade to this is Apricot Blossom

Eyeshadow Primer- NYX Proof It! Waterproof Primer

Eyeshadow Palette- Makeup Revolution Iconic Pro 1 Palette

Brows- Freedom Makeup Duo Brow Powder in Medium Brown

Mascara- L'Oréal Paradise Extract

Lips- NYX Lip Lingerie in Exotic

Bluewater haul

As I mentioned in my video, I was going to post the prices of everything here and the link to where you can purchase them.

River Island leggings- £10

Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood lips in show girl- £24

Wunderkiss- £17.95

Yes to coconut- £4.99

Yes to tomatoes- £4.99

Yes to cucumber- £4.99

Yes to grapefruit- £4.99

Dragon's egg bath bomb- £3.95

Heath & Heather raspberry leaf tea- £1.95 (I was 5p out)

Tommee Tippee microwave steam steriliser- £10. In Mothercare this is currently on offer at £16.49, but the original price is £32.99.

Tommee Tippee closer to nature bottles- £10. In Mothercare this is currently on offer at £12, but the original price is £29.99.

Unfortunately I couldn't find the Tommee Tippee bottles online, so they haven't been tagged. I'm sure if you go into your local Asda, they will have them.

Where have I been?

I know, I know...

I'm very sorry for being absent! I've been trying to juggle everything that's happening in my life and to be completely honest, forgot I had a blog! In my last post I said that I was thinking of turning this into a baby related blog, but seeing as it's a beauty and lifestyle blog anyway, I thought that there was no point.

I'm going to try and use this more, even if it's linked with my YouTube videos I.e tomorrow I'm filming a healthy snacks video where I will be making snacks. I thought that this was a good place to have the recipes rather than making the video longer that it needs to be!

I just want to give a little update, since I posted last in May! I was put on antisickness medication as I was being sick constantly, finally got over the morning sickness at week 21! I'm exactly 27 weeks today- some people say it's the start of the third trimester (I'm one of those people) some same it's week 28. Whichever week it is, I'm just happy that I get to meet my little boy soon! We have decided a name, but won't be telling people until he arrives, although family know the name. He is kicking and moving around a lot, but has now got a sleep pattern so it worries me when I can't feel him move, but then he'll wake up and I can give a sigh of relief!
Another change I've made to my schedule, is to plan my following week on a Sunday. This way I know what I have coming up for that week and can plan videos. When I plan for next week, I will include blog post ideas too, so if you have any posts you want to see, let me know! I have also taken into writing down a 'diary'. It was originally going to be somewhere I could write when I was having a low day, but now I've got into the habit of sitting down in the evening and writing what happened that day or how I'm feeling. This is helping me keep track of everything and I'm glad I've started doing this. Hopefully it can help me to see if there's anything that sets these low moods off and how I cope or overcame them to help myself in the future.

If you want to check out my YouTube channel, click here.

Xxx

Sara

Update

Hello everyone!

So I know it's been a while since I posted here and on YouTube, but I wanted to do a little update as to why I haven't been active on YouTube. As some of you may know who follow me on Instagram, I'm pregnant! It came as a big shock to my boyfriend, myself and our families. It wasn't planned but after talking it through together, we are keeping it.

If any of you have been pregnant, or know someone who has/is pregnant, you'll know that they have absolutely no energy in the first trimester. This is why I have been absent. The thought of filming a video when I've got no energy doesn't feel right to me, and would feel forced and not myself. Once I hit the second trimester (2 weeks away) I'll be back to posting videos, both baby related and beauty related. I hav also thought about maybe turning this blog into a baby related blog, so once the baby is here, I'm still able to be active during nap times and feeding, without having to worry about the baby waking up. Plus I'll be very tired to begin with, and won't want to be in front of the camera.

I would love to get your feedback as to what posts you see, what YouTube videos I post, and also any tips and tricks with pregnancy and once the baby is here. I'm hoping to upload haul videos of clothing, furniture, room tour- which will be my room tour as the baby will be sharing my room, tips and tricks videos, just lots of pregnancy related videos.

Hopefully within the next few weeks, I'll be uploading a YouTube video.. I'm wanting to do a blog of my next scan, but I'm not sure how the hospital will feel about me filming whilst getting the scan done, so we'll see.

Xxx

Sara

Getting to know me

So I know I haven't posted in some time and I'm sorry. I have been trying to focus on YouTube, but being ill has put some videos off and I haven't been posting as much as I'd like too. I am a lot better now- tonsillitis at this beginning of the year, broken finger at the beginning of Feb and then a virus over the last few weeks. I have also had an update on my mental health which is what I wanted to share with you now.

As you know from reading previous 'getting to know me' posts, you'll see that I suffer with mental health issues. The other day, I finally received a diagnosis... I suffer with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Now I'm not entirely sure what it means, but the doctor explained it to me in a really easy way which made sense. Everyone has a personality, but unlike everyone else, I struggle to contain my emotions. I can go from 1 to 100 in a matter of seconds and it can take a while for me to calm down.

I'm still getting my head around BPD as I have no idea how it will change my life, but I know it's a disorder which will change everything I know. I recently started a new relationship with a wonderful guy, who supports me and understands that there will be times where I will say something I don't mean. I explained to him that it won't be me saying those things e.g. I hate you, as he knows it's not true. He wants to help and support me in every way he can and I'm so thankful I found him.

When I've had these outbursts of emotions before, it feels like I have no control of my actions or emotions and it's really scary. It feels like something has taken over my body and mind and is controlling what I do and say. I say something, rather than someone because it doesn't feel like a person controlling what I do, it feels like a force which has taken over my body- kinda like being possessed (that's the only way I can describe how it feels). These outbursts can occur at anytime and anywhere, which makes me look like a bad person if I have an outburst whilst out in public.

I wanted to share this with you as it's still new to me and if I'm able to help just 1 person who reads this post, that's great. I also had an idea of starting a mental health blog, where I can post how I'm feeling, what treatment I'm getting, just things like that as we NEED to talk more about mental health! I don't want to be labelled as different to everyone else because I have borderline personality disorder, I want people to know I'm still a human and I'm able to live an everyday life. I work, I'm in a relationship, I can be independent, which some people think isn't possible because I have a mental 'illness'. YES it's an illness, YES I'm getting treatment, YES I AM HUMAN!

If you want to read more on BPD, click here.

Xxx

Sara 

YouTube channel

Hello everyone,

So I finally plucked up the courage to start a YouTube channel! I currently have 2 videos uploaded (1 from Instagram, the other I filmed earlier today). 

I wanted to let you guys know that I have started to upload on my YouTube channel. I will leave a link down below, don't forget to subscribe!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ3Y8MOCceU

Xxx

Sara

New Year, New Me?

First off I want to apologise for not taking part in Blogmas like I said I would! I really wanted to take part in Blogmas but everything just got on top of me with my mental health. In this post I will be updating you on what's going on with that so you know where I'm at.

At the beginning of December- 5th December to be exact, I had an appointment with my local GP. I was able to sit down with her and explain what I was concerned about and what I wanted to happen. After talking to her, I came away with antidepressants and was waiting a referral for a mental health clinic near where I live. I started the course of antidepressants the following day and have noticed a change in my mood- I'm still feeling depressed and suicidal, but it's nowhere near as much as it used to be. Once the referral came through, I went to this clinic for an assessment and want put on antipsychotics, as well as other tablets to help with the symptoms. I was put on the antipsychotics to help with the voices I hear. I've been hearing voices for about 5 years now and since my mental health took a massive turn for the worst, that's when I decided it was time to sort it out! I am currently taking 5 tablets a day to help with my mental health but will keep you updated on my journey as I hopefully discover what's going on in my head soon!

My goal for this year is to blog more. I am still working out when I'll post, but it will most likely be once a week until I get back into the swing of things. I will be going back to physically handwriting my posts out so all I have to do is copy it from the notebook, which made my blogging life so much easier! It also helps me keep a track on what I've written so I don't post the same or something similar.

I will do another update in a couple months time (not including my mental health journey) to review how the blogging is going. I am also thinking of doing a review for once a month of how that specific month has been- I would write down the date and what happened so I could do a mini review/update from that month and can see how far I've come from the beginning of the year to the end!

Xxx

Sara