I’m Back!

Hey everyone I’m back! hope you’re all well sorry that I have been absent the past couple of weeks a lot has been going on. I wanted to make this blog post about me really so I’m going to do around 20 facts about me so all of you could get to know me a little better and learn a little bit more about me.

Fact 1. I am 21 years old and born November 20th 1996 so I am also a Scorpio

Fact 2. I have a 6 year old son so I had kye at the age of 15

Fact 3. My name is Jade

Fact 4. I studied art and design at college for 1 year and a half

Fact 5. My favourite colour is black

Fact 6. I have 30 tattoos

Fact 7. My parents have their own tattoo and piercing shop

Fact 8. I’ve had 18 piercings

Fact 9. I have 2 cats one called Toulouse and one called Loki

Fact 10. My favourite hot drink is a soya green tea latte (from Starbucks)

Fact 11. My dream job is to be a tattoo artist or hairdresser

Fact 12. My natural hair is a brown/ginger colour

Fact 13. I enjoy doing unique makeup looks in my spare time

Fact 14. My favourite food is vegan pizza

Fact 15. I have a huge obsession with shoes

Fact 16. I’m from Bournemouth

Fact 17. I am the oldest out of my siblings I have a younger brother and a little sister

Fact 18. My favourite alcoholic drink is a double jack Daniels and coke

Fact 19. My favourite video game is Spyro: enter the dragonfly on PlayStation 2

Fact 20. Ive had 11 different hair colours in my life time

So that’s the end of this blog sorry that it was a bit short. Thank you for reading and I will be back very soon with another blog hopefully with a favourites or a haul.

CrescentRaven x

My Tattoos, Meanings & Pain Ratings Part 1

Hello everyone hope you’re all well, i thought i would make this blog post about all of my tattoos the meanings and pain ratings, all of my tattoos were done by my amazing dad as he is a tattoo artist. personally i think that tattoos don’t have to have a meaning to them as you may just like the style of a design and honestly i only have a couple of tattoos that do have a meaning to them and that is fine. tattoos have played a huge part in improving my self confidence they have made me feel so much more comfortable and confident about the way my body looks as i have covered it in all of the things that i love. just a warning this blog post might be long as i have accumulated quite a few tattoos since i was 18.

My First Tattoo.

now this tattoo as you can see was for my son kye i got this when i was 18 and i was so excited to be getting my first tattoo as i had wanted one for a long time now. as you can see from the picture this tattoo is just of a lizard hugging a yin yang with kyes date of birth at the top. pain wise i would rate this a 3/10 it was a little stingy but didn’t hurt much at all.

Leg & Foot Tattoo

 

this was my second and 3rd tattoo i would rate the pain for my leg around a 4/10 it was stingy in places like closer to my knee and ankle but in the middle was absolutely fine and my foot 8/10 because i have really bony feet so it was stingy pretty much all over. as you can see in this tattoo i have a lady sugar skull wearing a bandanna with a pink lily and a blue lily on my foot i wanted these tattoos purely because i liked the designs.

Forest Animal Sleeve

 

at this point i had decided that i wanted my sleeve to consist of forest animals and wildlife so i decided to get these two first to go with my princess mononoke tattoo. pain wise i would rate both of these a 4/10 again a little stingy in bony places but otherwise okay. as you can see this tattoo is from princess mononoke and san wearing her mask and a white wolf above. i wanted this tattoo because its one of my favourite anime’s. pain wise i would rate this a 5/10 this was probably one of my easiest tattoos as it was easy to just sit there it was a little painful towards my arm pit but other than that it was fine. now the other two (rabbit & butterfly) were a bit more painful as the rabbit is on the onside of my upper arm and the butterfly is on my elbow so i would rate them at around a 7/10, i got these tattoos to go with my deer and bear to go with the forest theme.

Hand Tattoos

These Tattoos are as you can see a mandala on my left hand and a fox with a rose on my left also on my left middle finger i have a dot work stitch and on my right fingers i have the sailor moon star signs. pain wise i would rate them a 6 as they did sting quite a lot as my hands are quite bony. i wanted these designs because foxes are my favourite animals and i really liked the mandala design with the om sign inside.

Neck & Back Tattoo

These are my back and neck tattoos honestly these tattoos weren’t as painful as i thought they were going to be so i would rate them for pain at around a 5/10 as majority of it was dot work. i wanted these as i loved both of the designs and i thought that they fit in well together.

So that was part 1 of my tattoos, meanings and pain ratings, this is how my tattoos felt but obviously everybody’s pain tolerance is different so some of these could hurt less for other people and more for others it completely depends on the person. hope you enjoyed reading.

Thank you for reading my blog post i will be back soon with part 2.

Jade X

 

 

 

 

 

 

March LookBook

hello everyone! in this post i wanted to show you all what i like to wear through the cold months i will be doing a look book/ hall each month to show you all what i’ve been loving to wear or new items that i have purchased so lets get to it 🙂

Outfit #1

Hat: Eternal Eclipse Fedora Hat £29.99

Bag: Ironfist wishbone tote bag £47.99

Top: Asylum Band Of Misfits Crop Top £32.99

Leggings: Vinyl leggings £17.99

Shoes: depop £19

Outfit #2

Jacket: Black Leather-Look Belted Biker Jacket £10.00

Top: Killstar but brought from depop as no longer available £34

Jeans: Primark £12

shoes: LADIES CHUNKY CLEATED SOLE WOMENS PLATFORM £19.99

Outfit #3

Jacket: Black Leather-Look Belted Biker Jacket £10.00

Dress: H&M £5

Shoes: dr martens dark grey vegan castel 8 eye boots £49.99

Outfit #4

Jacket: Saltrock not sure on price as it was a gift

Bodysuit: Mesh body £5.99

Skirt: Topshop £10

Leggings: H&M £5

Shoes: LADIES CHUNKY CLEATED SOLE WOMENS PLATFORM £19.99

Outfit #5

Hat: Eternal Eclipse Fedora Hat £29.99

Bag: Janis Fringe Handbag £39.99

Top: Missguided but purchased off of depop for £8

Skirt: Newlook £7

Leggings: H&M £5

Shoes: depop £19

Thank you all for viewing i’ve tried to link as many of the products as i can so you can buy or view i will be back soon with another post thankyou!

Jade X

 

10 Hair Colours

Hey everyone, so as you can see from the title this post will be about some of the hair colours that I have had over the years. As many of you know i get bored easily with my hair so I like to change it alot. So here are some of the colours i have had.

So this photo was taken on June 2014 so I would have been around 17 at that point. I have brown roots and I died the ends blonde so that gave me a lot of leeway to have different colours. In this photo I am using blondor bleach by wella and amazon peroxide in 6%.I did like this colour but I did feel that it was a little boring.

In this next photo that was taken on April 2015 and I was 18 here. In this picture i have a red brown colour very similar to my natural hair colour. i decided i wanted my hair to be a bit brighter and different so I decided to change it.

Now this next colour was one of my absolute favourite hair colours as it was completely different and bright and it was such a pretty colour. So in this photo I am using the L’Oréal Paris Feria in shade paprika power. I would definitely have this hair colour again.

This is the time I was blonde I loved the way it looked but it was the worst thing I could have done for my hair as it was in terrible condition. For future reference always be careful when bleaching your hair as it can fall out which is what mine did after going from black to blonde.

So after the blonde I decided to go red and this was another colour that I absolutely loved. I am using the Schwarzkopf live ultra brights in the shade pillar box red. After having blonde hair before this it did fade super quickly so I think if you did go from blonde to red it’s probably a good idea to apply a couple of times.

This is the colour that the red faded to it was a absolutely lovely peach colour but I felt that the more the colour washed out the more damaged my hair felt so I didn’t keep it this colour for very long.

After my hair had been so damaged I had to get it all cut off short which is honestly the best thing you can do if your hair is super damaged like mine was also using a good conditioner and leaving it on for around 30mins, I have also used dyes containing conditioner which helps also in this photo I am using manic panic enchanted forest, I also recommend using lush damaged hair treatment as well as that is honestly a life saver.

This picture as you can tell was a couple of years later as my hair has grown a little bit I’ve had this colour a couple of times now and I absolutely love it I used the colour freedom in mystic purple and it comes out as this pretty purple/ pink shade I loved it!

Now this colour was actually an accident I wanted to get rid of the purple so I used a colour remover and it turned my hair this blue colour it was a really pretty blue and I did really like it but it wasn’t the colour I originally wanted.

And this is my hair colour now I absolutely love the black I think it suits me best and goes with my look so well. I am using Superdrug brand hair dye in the shade natural black.

Thankyou all so much for reading hope you enjoyed it!

I have decided that I will be posting every Sunday and Monday from this week on as it will work round my schedule better. So I will be back on Sunday with another post.

Jade X

Body image & Self Love

Hey everyone, today I wanted to talk about body image and self love, in the past couple of years body image has become a huge part of everybody’s lives, now what is the perfect body?

Day to day people think that they’re to skinny to large to talk to short and that is because we have people in this world who think that it’s okay to tell people that they’re not attractive and they need to change which is stopping people from believing in themselves and creating poor self esteem, anxiety, depression, eating disorders and other mental health issues.

Honestly, I never used to be happy with the way I looked, if I didn’t try to look my best when I was outside it would give me immense anxiety because I constantly worried about what people thought of the way i looked, now I’ve figured out who i want to be and what clothes suit me and make me feel confident. the first photo is of me on 2012 where i was not happy with the way i looked hence not looking and the camera and this is me now in 2018 where i am super happy with the way i look.

A lot of people seem to try and find any reason to push others down just because they think that they’re not up to that certain persons “standards”. We need to be bringing men, women and children up not pushing them down, seeing children so young have a full face of makeup because they have been made to think that it will be more socially acceptable than natural, yes it is they’re choice to wear as much makeup as they like, i mean i absolutely love wearing makeup but there are days where i honestly cant be bothered so i don’t put anything on but, it should be for the right reasons it should be because it makes them feel good. The majority of people are making themselves out to be others for example famous people just to please everyone else in the world. finding yourself and being who you are is the best thing you can do for yourself, self love is one of the best kind of love there is. If you are unhappy with your body or your style not because people have told you that you should be but, because you want to change for yourself to feel healthier or more confident then that’s absolutely fine but don’t ever let people tell you you’re not good enough if you’re already happy with the way you are.

learning to love yourself is hard it took me a long time, i’m still not 100% there yet as i still get a bit embarrassed by my jelly belly but i have started wearing what i want to wear like crop tops there’s no way a few years ago that i would have been seen wearing pvc leggings and a crop top. i just think now f*ck them if they don’t like it then that’s their problem if they have a issue with the way that i look. so if i can do it you can too! love yourself because you are all beautiful!

To answer my question there is no such thing as the “perfect” body I personally think the word perfect is over rated, every single person is beautiful in they’re own way don’t let anybody tell you different!

I hope reading this will make everyone think twice before they try to push other people down because you never know what frame of mind people might be in.

Thankyou so much for reading I will be back on Sunday with another blog post.

Jade X

Lets Talk About Mental Health..

Hey everyone, for this blog post I wanted to talk about mental health and my experiences.

From a young age I’ve worried about what others were thinking of me, I never really had many friends at school and honestly being at school was the worst years of my life day after day of being told that I was weird or that I didn’t fit in because I dressed differently. In primary school I spent majority of my lunches alone because I wasn’t like everyone else I was always the one to be left out. I struggled for a long time to try and not let it bother me but it seemed to just push me down further. Still to this day that feeling is still there. A constant worry that everyone around me is judging me. For so many years I felt this way afraid to be myself terrified of being the confident person that I’ve always wanted to be. starting work changed everything for me because I was somewhere where I had to talk to people i.e customers and I was potentially never going to see them again that’s what made it easier for me. But making friends that was a whole other level that voice is always there saying I’m not good enough or I cant do that for a long time I couldn’t bring myself to eat in front of people if I was on my own in a coffee shop that didn’t bother me because I could sit away from everyone but the real struggle was going out for dinner with a group of people I would be constantly terrified that people were watching me eat and thinking “what a pig” I especially found it difficult at school and college some days I wouldn’t eat lunch because I was afraid of people looking at me, relationships were always an issue for me also because I there was always that little voice telling me you’re not good enough for them or you’re not pretty enough. I would have panic attacks at the thought of talking to people or going to a public social place. To me having anxiety is like being under water and not being able to get out and having someone behind you that is constantly behind you whispering in your ear saying you cant do this, they don’t really want to be friends with you, you cant eat that can you imagine what they will think of you or they’re definitely talking about you. Even though now my anxiety is better after going to therapy I still have bad days and I don’t think I’ve had a day yet where all of those things aren’t still in my head. I have worked so hard to push it to the back of my mind so I can try to live my life and be a good mum and girlfriend and honestly I still get days where I don’t want to leave the house but I know I have to push through that so I can be the confident person that I hope one day to be I don’t think anxiety ever goes away there’s still always going to be that voice telling you that you cant I think the only true way to try and beat it is to be louder than those voices and say you can do this and I know its easy me just writing this down saying all of those things when I still get a lot of days where I cant be louder than those voices but the one and only thing you can do is try your best its okay to be upset and its okay to feel nervous or scared, no matter what anyone says you are good enough and you can do this that is what I try to tell myself every morning. Talk to someone, it could be your partner, parent, grandparent, therapist or anyone you feel comfortable with, i know its really hard to even try and describe the way that you feel but just having someone there just to listen when you are having a bad day will be the greatest of help.

I know mental health is close to many peoples hearts, a lot of amazing people that have been taken due to and mental health comes in so many different ways, we need to start recognising that mental health is a serious illness and its not something that people can just get over. Always be kind because you don’t know what people may be going through and just being kind could change some ones whole perspective on life. Never ever turn your back on someone that is struggling because you might be that one person who is keeping them a float.

Bullying is one of the main causes of mental health It honestly it breaks my heart seeing all of these news reports about school children as young as six due to bullying and schools don’t take these issues as seriously as they should there needs to be a stricter policy in place about bullying to prevent young innocent children from being pushed down so low that they feel like there’s no other way out and now we live in a world where the internet and social media has become a huge part of our lives so its not just happening in schools now but its happening at home to. So I am now saying to all of the parents out there please teach your children to be kind because being on the other end it does make you feel worthless and children/ teenagers or anybody for that matter shouldn’t be made to feel that way it doesn’t matter how they look or what clothing style they choose you should never take time out of your day just to give someone a horrible comment just because the way they look isn’t for you every single person is different and we all each like different things so we shouldn’t be made to feel like what we like is wrong just because another person says it is.

Thank you all so much for reading this article if you have any questions comment down below I will be back on Thursday with another blog post.

Jade X

Go To Makeup Looks

Hey everyone, as you may have seen from my Instagram and or facebook I absolutely love doing my makeup, trying out new colours and looks so I thought I would show you all some of the makeup looks I love doing at the moment. For all of these looks I am using the elf eye primer.

So this look is the one I use most often I do change the lipstick colour sometimes as it looks good with a few different ones, so on my eyes I have KatVonDs saint and sinner palette for the base I’m using the shade Martyr this shade is a matte muted orange for the crease im using the shade Devil this shade is more of a pumpkin orange colour on top of my lid I’m using Relic this shade is such a beautiful shade it is a bright yellow/ gold colour it goes so well with the orange shades and I use Relic again on my inner corners I also like to blend devil under my eye as well I am also using KatVonD Ink Liner in the shade Trooper for mascara I am of course using Too Faced better than sex mascara paired with some Ardell lashes, for my brows I’ve started using liquid lipstick as I like my brows to be really dark and last throughout the day and I am using KatVonD everlasting liquid lipstick in the shade Witches which is a jet black colour. So for my lips I have used the 3 different colours I like to use with this look in the first photo I am using Jeffree Star velour liquid lipstick in the shade Pumpkin Pie this shade is a bright orange shade with gold glitter.

Ink Liner: http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_123016002499_-1

Better than sex mascara: http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_154614000099_-1#intcmp=too-faced-br-now_trending-twice-the-sex

Ardell lashes: https://www.superdrug.com/Ardell/Ardell-False-Lashes-Wispies-Cluster-601-Black/p/730095

So for this look I am using a couple of nude shades so if you want to go for something that’s a bit more muted I would go for this one so for my base I am using KatVonDs saint and sinner palette again you may see a pattern here, for my base I am using the shade Sanctuary it is a really pretty shimmer brown colour for the inner crease I am using the shade Crucifix this shade is a much darker brown and definitely gives you the definition for the lid I am using Chalice this is a muted gold shimmer and for the inner corners I am using the shade chalice again also I like to use Crucifix under my eye and again I am using Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara with some Ardell lashes. For lips I decided to use KatVonD everlasting liquid lipstick in the shade Bow and Arrow this is a really pretty muted nude perfect for everyday wear.

Everlasting liquid lipstick:  http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_123016003399_-1

For this next look I am using KatVonDs pastel goth palette and her saint and sinner palette first off for the base I am using the shade I am using the shade Skull from the pastel goth palette this is a classic matte white colour I find that it really makes the top colours pop for the crease I am using the shade Gloom which is also from the pastel goth palette this shade is a muted forest green and for the lid I am using Exodus from the saint and sinner palette this shade is a really bright lime green with some shimmer also and I am using Gloom for my under eye also for my inner corners I am using the KatVonD Alchemist palette and I am using the shade Green Emerald this is a really pretty iridescent green I am also using KatVonD Ink Liner in shade Trooper and of course the Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara paired with some Ardell lashes. Again I am using KatVonD everlasting liquid lipstick in the shade Witches. For lips I decided to use KatVonD everlasting liquid lipstick in the shade woolf.

For this look I am using both the pastel goth palette and the saint and sinner palette first for the base I am using Skull again in the crease I am using the shade Sabbath from the saint and sinner palette this is a matte jet black shade for my lid I am using the shade Heaven this shade is a silver shimmer which I think works really well with the black shade and for the inner corner I am using Heaven again and I am blending Sabbath under my eyes. I am using Witches again for my brows and the Better Than Sex Mascara. For lips I decided to use Jeffree Star velour liquid lipstick in the shade Deceased.

velour liquid lipstick:  https://www.beautybay.com/makeup/jeffreestarcosmetics/velourliquidlipstick/

For this last look I am using the saint and sinner palette for base I am using the shade Baptism which is a white matte shade with a pink undertone for the crease I am using the shade Rosary this shade is a deep pink shade, for my lid I am using the shade Rapture which is a light pink metallic shade, for the inner corners I am using the alchemist palette and I am using the shade Pink Opal, I am using the better than sex mascara. For brows I am using Witches again and I decided to use KatVonD everlasting liquid lipstick in the shade Lolita this shade is a deep pink / nude shade. This is my absolute go to shade its such a pretty colour.

So that is all of the makeup looks I’m absolutely loving at the moment hope you enjoyed reading I will link as many products as I can down below.

I will be back on Tuesday with another blog post thankyou for reading.

Jade X

Being A Young Mum

Hey everyone!

As many of you already know I’m a mum to a beautiful 6 year old boy, I wanted to make this post about my experiences on being a mum at 15.

So when I was 14 I found out that I was pregnant which was to say the least a shock, I was scared and worried and honestly I didn’t know where to start with telling my parents but I knew I had to tell them so I plucked up the courage and told them. they were so supportive and they said they would stand by me whatever decision I made. I felt so lucky that they supported me and were there for me I truly have the best parents!

Being pregnant was honestly the most amazing and hard experience of my life I didn’t actually find out until I was 16 and a half weeks gone. I had horrible morning sickness and anemia but, feeling my little boy moving around was the weirdest and most amazing feeling ever. The closer it got the more excited I was to meet him. So it got to 35 weeks and 5 days and very unexpectedly I started getting pains so next thing I knew I was at the hospital I was there a really long time, it started at 4pm on the Wednesday and he arrived at 8:11am on the Friday, he is the most beautiful little boy.

Once we were back home I had to grow up so quickly I couldn’t act like a normal 15 year old because It wasn’t just me I had to look after now I had to look after a little human too, at times it was really hard waking up every 3 hours to feed him and or change him, I felt exhausted but seeing that little smile on his face made all of the sleepless nights worth it.

Becoming pregnant at 14 meant I had to leave school so I didn’t get the chance to complete my gcse’s but I knew I wanted to go to college so at the age of 16 I worked really hard on a portfolio and managed to get into art college which I was so happy about. So while I was at college I also had to focus on being the best mum I possibly could. Doing both wasn’t easy but I did it I managed to complete a year at college and get the gcses didn’t get at school. Once I had finished with college I got to spend all of the time I could with my little boy watching him grow into the most amazing smart little boy his is today. Although kye’s dad and I didn’t stay together I couldn’t ask for a better dad for kye, he has him 3 days a week without fail and also in the school holidays. It was the absolute best even when he was having a tantrum or being in a grump, he has really given my life so much more meaning than it had before. Becoming a mum at such a young age showed me who my real friends were the friends that wanted to be there and meet up even though I wasn’t able to go out all of the time and accepted my little boy being with me if we did meet up, I did loose a lot of friends which I realized didn’t matter as the only people I needed in my life were the people who wanted to be around rather than feeling like they had too. Now he is 6 years old and at school I am honestly so proud of him and so proud to be his mum. No matter what age you are when you become a mum you are still as good of a mum as anyone else and don’t let anybody tell you different.

Hope you all liked my little insight to being a young mum I will be back on Sunday with another post thankyou for reading!

Jade X

Top 5 vegan beauty brands

It has taken me a while to find a makeup brand that I absolutely love i’ve used quite a few different ones since I have started using makeup.

So here’s just a few of the brands that I love at the moment all of the brands I will be listing are all 100% VEGAN & CRUELTY FREE!

#1 KatVonD

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I have been using KatVonD’s products for about a year now and I honestly don’t have a bad word to say about them. All of KatVonD beauty products are all amazing quality the pigment is really good, and there are so many different colours available to choose from. They are available at Debenhams.com, Sephora.com/.fr and katvondbeauty.com some of her products do cost a little bit more than your average drugstore beauty brand but it is 100% worth it.

#2 Elf Cosmetics

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Elf is another brand that I have been using for a while now, they are super affordable and still good quality for the prices of their products. They are available in superdrug stores and on elf cosmetics website. So they are definitely a good brand to go for if you’re just starting out with makeup.

#3 Jeffree Star Cosmetics

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I have recently just started using Jeffree Stars makeup and I have only tried the velour liquid lipsticks and they are honestly amazing, great pigment and easy application. Some products are a little bit more expensive than your average drugstore brand but for the quality that they are its totally worth the money, i’m super excited to try more of there products out. Jeffree Star products are available at Jeffreestarcosmetics.com and Beautybay.com

#4 Too Faced cosmetics

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I have been using too faced for a really long time all of there products are all amazing quality and easy to use the one product that I use every day without fail is their better than sex mascara the quality is amazing no clumping or smudging and there is honestly no need for falsie’s when you own this mascara! Too faced is 100% CRUELTY FREE but only some of their products are vegan I managed to find their full list of vegan products that are available on their website listed below. Too Faced is available at Toofaced.com Debenhams.com Sephora.com/.fr

• 3*Way Lash Lining Tool
• Absolutely Flawless Concealer (Honey, Perfect Nude and Vanilla)
• Better Than Sex Mascara
• Better Than Sex Mascara Ornament
• Borderline Anti-Feathering Lip Pencil
• Born This Way Foundation (all)
• Bronze-Buki Brush (Teddy Bear Hair)
• Bronzed & Poreless
• Brow Quickie
• Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer (3 shades)
• Cocoa Contour Palette
• Cocoa Powder Foundation (all)
• Endless Summer 16 Hour Long-Wear Bronzer
• Flat Kabuki Mini Brush (Teddy Bear Hair)
• Hangover Primer
• Instant Attitude Brow Bone Highlighting Pencil
• Kabuki Brush (Teddy Bear Hair)
• La Crème Color Drenched Lipstick (all shades except Lollipop & Mean Girls)
• Lip Injection Extreme
• Lip Injection Lip Plumper Ornament
• Lip Injection Power Plumping Lip Gloss
• Lip Insurance Glossy
• Lip Insurance Lip Primer
• Love Flush Blush (How Deep is Your Love, Your Love is King)
• Mascara Melt Off
• Melted Chocolate Liquified Lipstick (all)
• Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick (all)
• Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick Ornament
• Melted Metal Liquified Metallic Lipstick (all)
• Right
• Perfect Eyes (Perfect Black, Perfect Brown, Perfect Purple, Perfect Storm, Perfect Peacock, Perfect Moss, Perfect Espresso)
• Perfect Lips Lip Liner (Perfect Berry, Perfect Red, Perfect Spice, Perfect Nude)
• Primed & Poreless Pure Primer
• Primed & Poreless Face Primer
• Primed & Poreless Loose Powder
• Primed & Poreless Pressed Powder
• Pro-Essential Teddy Bear Hair Brush Set
• Royal Oil
• Sketch Marker (all except Deep Lilac & Candy Pink)
• Soul Mates (both shades)
• Sweet Peach Creamy Peach Oil Lip Gloss
• Sweet Peach Glow
• Sweethearts Bronzer Sweet Tea
• Sweethearts Perfect Flush Blush (all)
• Tinted Beauty Balm (all)

#5 Barry M Cosmetics

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I think Barry M was one of the first ever makeup brands that I used when I was about 10 years old when I started dressing in black everyone thought it was just a phase but nope i still dress the same now just a more “grown up” version. Anyway back on topic.. Barry M is super affordable so it is also a great beginner makeup brand. Barry M nail varnish is the only ones I use now as the quality and pigment is amazing and they’re only £2.99 a bottle bargain! Barry M is available to buy at Barrym.com Superdrug.com Boots.com and a couple of other places.

Any way that was my top 5 go to vegan  beauty brands hope you all enjoyed reading I will be back Thursday with another post. Go check out my instgram and facebook page listed below.

Thank you for reading!

Jade X

All About Tattoos…

Tattoos are like marmite you either love them or you hate them. Personally i love them as i think it’s an amazing way of expressing who you are.

There isn’t ever a right reason for wanting tattoo is there?A lot of people say that a design you like has to mean something to you for you to get it tattooed but personally i don’t think it does. Yes some people do have tattoos done for a loved one/pet which is absolutely fine! but others may want a tattoo just because they thought the design would look nice and suit them and their style and that is fine too! So there isn’t really a right or wrong reason for wanting/ getting a tattoo it’s all completely personal preference. Don’t worry what others think about it if you want a tattoo then go for it!

I get a lot of people asking me the same questions “Didn’t that hurt having all of that done Or “aren’t you worried what you’re going to look like when your old” My answer is yes it does hurt as i am having 1-7 needles going into my skin at one time but just a few hours of a small amount of pain is worth it for a life time of having amazing art work on your body and honestly i couldn’t care less what my tattoos will look like when i’m old as i’m going to be more worried about being healthy and happy i think it will be amazing being in my 70’s covered in tattoos i mean there are some seniors even now that are covered in tattoos and they look awesome!

Isobel Varley, Age 62 

Aftercare

For someone who has 30+ tattoos i think for me aftercare is the worst part the only way i can describe the after care of any tattoo is it feels like really bad sunburn which is the most annoying when you’re trying to get dressed the morning after or sleeping, also waking up being stuck to the bed. It took me a while to find the right cream to heal my tattoos i first started using bepanthen which is what most tattoo artists recommend to help heal your tattoo but that didn’t really work for me as i found it was too greasy and sticky but that is just personal preference then i tried coconut oil as we all know coconut oil is good for pretty much everything sadly i found that it wasn’t thick enough. so i was watching one of Helen Anderson’s video’s on youtube and she was talking about how she heals her tattoos and she mentioned that she was using Dream Cream from Lush so i thought i would give that a try for the next time i had a tattoo done and it was honestly the best thing for my tattoos it helps to heal them so well! i’ve been using dream cream ever since.

A new post will be up very soon!

Thank you for reading

Jade X