keep it CURLY... keep it sweet...

Battling with my hair to stay straight throughout the day was a nightmare, I used to dred going out in the rain, and oh my god if its hot, humidity would just destroy the long hours of hard work I put in to straighten my puffy afro. So I gave up...

Honestly it was the best thing I have ever done, not only did it allow my hair to become healither it made me experiment with products to maintain my hair and wear it naturally in the best ever form i could get!

See I think we always concentrate on the things we don't have and try and change ourselves, but why do we do this? we girls should embrace what we have and try to improve our assets in a way that stays true to yourself.

I wish i knew how to deal with my hair when i was younger, i wouldn't of went through all the stresses of keeping it straight, straightening my hair constantly, just to look a certain way, not worrying that all this heat would just ruin it in the process. I had to come to the realisation that I have curly hair, that CURLY equals ME...

I have been wearing my hair naturally curly now for about four years, and I love my curls, dont get me wrong I do straighten my hair once every couple of months just for a change, but am done with obsessing with it. learning how to take care of my hair was a process and to me, just watching youtube videos and learning from people with similar hair like mine how they cope with their hair helped me out alot!

So I decided I would make my own video on it, and hopefully I would rescue someone from themselves, give them confidence to do so and  help them deal with their curly hair!

youtube: valentines makeup tutorial with naked 3!

Ok, so I love the colours in my naked 3 pallette, its beautiful, the rose gold theme to it is unique and gives the perfect girly look, thats excatly why i used it in my tutorial! This pallette sums up valentines day...

I would really appreciate it if you comment, like and subscribe! and i hope you enjoy my tutorial! 

Thank you xx 

starting youtube.. my first video

For 2014 I wanted to challenge myself and put myself out there to people, I pulled off enough courage to make a video and actually POST IT.

Obsessed with watching makeup/fashion tutorials, hauls and collections, I started to get inspired and wanted badly to help people and show people my love for beauty items and fashion. 

If you do get a chance to see this I would really appreciate it if you like, comment and subscribe as I want to achieve an amazing youtube channel and start my journey. 

ANY feedback is good feedback for me to improve myself, I am determined to succeed! 

Thank you for reading,

jasmine x 

review and thoughts- Desio contact lenses

Sorry for the neglect but I've been having a few deadlines at uni, but am back and i want to share with you my thoughts on my new contact lenses from Desio.

ok so you have never heard of Desio before? let me tell you they are known to be the rolls royce of contact lenses made in italy, they have created a line of beautiful coloured contact lenses for BOTH men and women. they can be both non prescription and prescription and are specifically made for people with dark eyes. I purchased the colour 'Forest green' because I have always wanted to see whether that colour would suit me. They cost about thirty nine euros which is approximately thirty three pounds fifty. 

 The positives:

 Ok so it came in a rose gold box packaging, neatly presented. with a booklet of all the colours they have. I felt like the contact lenses were more comfortable then ones that i have tried in the past, when wearing it for 8 hours I felt like my eyes were not itchy in the slightest. I didn't have any blurred vision when wearing it and the colour was phenomenal, a beautiful rich deep green colour. shipping and delivery is free also. 

Negatives:

So it doesn't come with a contact lenses case, you have to buy it from elsewhere because they don't even sell it on their website. They also don't sell contact lense solution, which is also disappointing. Delivery takes about 2-3 weeks which you can't really complain about because it is free. 

Before:

brown eyes (natural eye colour)

After:

Desio contact lenses - forest green

Desio contact lenses - forest green

All in all am happy with these contact lenses and I would like to purchase "dessert dream" next. They are worth the money and i love the beautiful deep green colour.

you can get these from the website at:

http://www.desiolens.com/

I hope you liked this post
and Thanks for reading

Jasmine xx

Comparison & Review: Nars, Dior and Mac foundations

So today I wanted to make a review about these three foundations and compare them. Give you my opinion of them and talk about which one worked best for me. I will be talking about the coverage they give and whether or not i think they are worth it for the prices they are retailed for. 

Mac Matchmaster

So this foundation is a medium buildable coverage, it is ment to be a moisturizing demi-matte finish, with an SPF 15. Honestly this foundation glides on beautifully on the skin especially if your skin is edging onto the dry side. it gives my skin a glowy look and the coverage is buildable if you keep applying more on the areas you would most likely to cover. The demi-matte finish gives a beautiful natural finish and the foundation lasts you all day, it retails at twenty seven pounds and its a great investment as it lasts a long time. I've had mine for less than a year and its still going strong. For me compared to the other two the colour is more yellow based which matches me perfect in the summer but doesn't match my winter skin when am more paler. All in all i would give it a thumbs up as i don't find it drying to my skin in the slightest and the look it gives me is flawless. 

Diorskin Forever Fluid Foundation

Dior claim that this foundation should compliment all skin types, its hydrating and that it has a satin finish , however i didn't find it moisturizing and personally i didn't feel like it glided onto my skin like my nars and mac do. However I do find that it lasts all day on my skin and it does cover all my imperfections. It has a Factor 25 SPF and the bottle does last as you don't need that much for it to cover when you apply it to your skin. This foundation is retailed at thirty two pounds and it was brought from house of fraser. For the price it gives, i don't see anything that luxurious about it but the bottle it comes in and the name. 

Nar's Sheer Glow 

Hand on my heart this is my favourite foundation, it matches my skin beautifully and the coverage is medium but also buildable. The foundation is for people who have normal, dry and normal to dry skin types which is perfect for me. It gives a beautiful natural finish and it allows my skin to breath. It covers my imperfections really well and gives me a glow, My skin looks brighter and more radiant. Although this foundation doesn't have an SPF it is definatly worth the price at thirty pounds, fifty. Apparently it contains powerful anti-oxidants to protect against damaging free radicals and turmeric extract to improve skins radiance and tone. It is also fragrance free which for some people is a plus. 

I hope I have helped you out with picking your next foundation, let me know your opinions on these foundation if you have tried any of them.

thanks for reading 

Jasmine x 

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Boxing day sales and a few things I picked up!

OK soooo I went a bit crazy with the sales that are going on at the moment, I've brought a couple of items that i want to share with you! I brought both fashion and beauty items, let me know what you think.

 So lets get started..

 I went into newlook and brought this jumper, it might not be to everyones taste but I liked that it was funky and out there and with it being only eight pounds, I couldn't turn it away, I think this jumper is like marmite you either love it or you hate it. I purchased it in a large, so it can be extra snugly and oversized lol.

Am not a size large, just wanted it to be baggy and oversized 

Beautiful textiles

I would wear this type of jumper to uni on a lazy, can't be bothered kind of day, with a pair of jeans and my white converses.

I also brought this jacket from newlook in the sale, it came down from 34.99 to 19 pounds, its a dark red textured leather-look sleeve waterfall jacket. I would proberly wear it with my black jersey dress and my zara pointed toe heels for an evening look. It can also be dressed down by wearing some high waisted jeans, a white crop top and some converses. 

Speaking of my pointed toed heels from zara, I also got them in the sale, it was the last pair and it was my size! I was so happy because I was eyeing them up online but it said it was sold out. They were £19.99 reduced from 29.99.

zara (sale)

I also brought a top from H&M, its a jersey top with a sweet heart neckline, the top bit is sheer with polka dots. It is one of those tops that has a sexy feel to it. 

On to the beauty section, I needed a new mascara, and I wanted to try something new so I brought the max factor false lash effect fusion volume and length and oh my god this mascara is the one! It gave my eyelashes excatly what they stated on the tube! it made my eyelashes look so long, but not spidery, hands down this is my favourite mascara so far! I also brought a new lipstick from max factor in the colour 825 pink brandy, its a beautiful light pink colour, which is moisturising too as well as being really opaque when put on the lips. Not only that in boots when I purchased the mascara and lipstick they gave a free gift set and claimed it was 30 pounds worth of products, this included a false lash effect waterproof mascara, a nail varnish in the colour cobalt blue and a lip finity in the colour 340 essential natural. They are all limited edition products and i have already fallen in love with the lip finity and the nail varnish! Its absolutely beautiful and am not to sure if the deal is still on but head down to boots, and find out, its so worth it! 

false lash effect fusion mascara, pink brandy lipstick and free gift 

all free when u spend £15 or more, get to boots! 

lip finity 340, stayed on for a whole day! such a good product and am considering buying another one in the colour red!

left eye no mascara, right eye with max factor false lash effect mascara, it's so good, try it! 

Final look with my new mascara, on my lips is vegas volt by mac

On to the higher end cosmetics that I purchased this month, and funny enough they are all from mac, I brought two more lipsticks and they are vegas volt and velvet teddy. Vegas Volt is one of the amplified mac lipsticks and its a beautiful coral colour, that will be beautiful to wear in the summer because of how bright it is, its really moisturising on the lips and i love the finish it gives. Velvet teddy on the other hand has a matte finish and its the perfect warm nude, not one of those nudes that look like concealer lips, it has a bit of colour to it, and I personally think that it will suit women of colour or people who have a natural tan. 

from left to right: diva, ruby roo, velvet teddy and vegas volt- purchases this month

mac's pro longwear concealer in the colour NC30

macs vegas volt

velvet teddy- perfect nude for me

Lastly I brought myself a new perfume called Versace Bright crystal. its a very sweet young smell, the packaging is beautiful, I love it, the only downfall is that the smell doesn't last that long and you have to keep re-applying.

Versace Bright Crystal 

big beautiful crystal 

Well thats all folks so far, hope you approve! happy shopping and let me know what you think!

make sure you have a good new years, 

love Jasmine :) x