Happy Halloween 2013

Firstly Happy Halloween everyone, i hope you all have a spooky and fun filled day!

This past week i have been off work on half term (Gotta love the perks of the job), so with some little extra time, i thought i would try out some Halloween make up looks. I am not a professional, and i can hardly apply real make up to my face at the best of times, let alone apply face paint in an artistic way to create the illusion of something else, but i thought i would give it a try and see how i get on.

I managed to create three different looks for you, and then on the third look my eye was getting a little sore due to some of the products i used and i gave myself a subconjunctival haemorrhage, it doesn't hurt at all, but sometimes the vision goes slightly blurred and it looks a lot worse then it is, so i am getting alot of people saying, "ohhh..that looks bad!" So i decided to stop on three make up looks, mostly because i value my eyesight. :)

All the looks were a little rushed, i may have a week off work, but that doesn't mean i get to just sit around and do nothing all day (much to my dismay), but no, i am trying to fit in all the errands i would normally do into this little space of time i have, so all these looks were a little rushed. If i was to do them for a Halloween party i was attending or something, i would be more careful about how i did them.

Right, PREPARE yourselves for a rambly post.

Look one - The Sugar Skull / Day Of The Dead Skull.

By far my favourite look, very easy to create and the patterns you can do are limitless so even if you and a bunch of your mates go dressed up as this for Halloween, you will all look so different! This look is very easy to achieve. First using white face paint, cover the face including eyebrows and lips. Then using black face paint, make two circles around your eyes and colour them in, try not to make them too big like i did (ops). Then using a different colour of your choice, draw some petal like shapes all the way around your circles (This is why they shouldn't be too big, because now the petals shouldn't touch, unlike mine). then using black go around the petal shapes outlining the details, i used liquid liner, as it seemed easier. Next, paint the lips in black with face paint and then using the liner again, draw two lines upwards from your mouth and then a few wispy lines down those lines, to make it look like stitches in a way. Draw a pattern on the bottom of your chin, any pattern, it can be your choice, and finish off my painting your nose black, but just the end of your nose (Which is again, something i didn't manage to do). Then by all means if you want, you can also draw a pattern on your fore heard, spiderwebs are quite popular. To complete the look add some coloured contact lens and you are done, ready to go scare a few people.

Look two - Freaky Doll Puppet.

This was the one, that ruined my eye, and i think its something to do with the fake blood i used, its also the one i rushed the most as my face was just not enjoying it. Out of the three looks, this one is the tricky one i would say AND the one i least enjoyed doing, the one i found the hardest for many reasons, and the one that took ages to come off after. First you wanna cover up your eyebrows, the trick to this is, use some glue and go over the eyebrow, then use a loose powder and place over the gluey eyebrow, so the glue absorbs that powder up, then use some light concealer and again cover those eyebrows, apply some foundation over the eyebrows and finally again apply some loose powder and blend that all in. That's the one sure fire way i know how to rid of them unless you actually have the product that they use to create scars and cuts on movies. Once that's done, apply a light layer of foundation over the whole face, then using alight brown colour, (i used eye shadow) mark out where you have some facial lines, for example your forehead, nose and your cheeks, blend them in. Using a black liner, draw some eyebrows above where your natural brows are, (take your time with this, as i clearly didn't). Then using black face paint or some simple black eye shadow colour in he eye lid. Use White face paint and add just a little under each eye, blend in a little as if it was concealer, and use white eye liner to apply to the bottom water line of both eyes, this makes it appear that you have larger eyes. Now go back to the black powder and draw under the white and if you can stick on fake eyelashes on the top and the bottom lines. Using the black eyeliner, create two lines going from the corner of your lips down, (to give you the puppet mouth) and using a bright coloured lipstick, fill in your lips in a small heart shape. Then using a bright blush, you want to apply two round dots to the centre of your cheeks, and finally, (This is optional) apply some fake blood to around the eyes, to make it seem like you're crying blood, and some around your mouth, so it seems you have eaten something you maybe shouldn't have. Be aware that some fake bloods are very hard to come completely off and will still leave your face with a slight red stain. To finish the look off completely, tie your hair in two bunchies. you could even use a wig. I edited my photo to make it appear that i have red hair as i didn't have a wig, but you can of course just tie your hair up normally or buy a wig if you wish. Now go scare some people.

Look three - Pop Art / Comic Book Girl.

This look i think is very simple and basic to do and is very effective, its also, one look that gets used less and less at Halloween so it has more unique factor to it than i would say the other two. First use a foundation and blend that into your face like normal. Then fill in your natural eyebrows, i made mine a little thicker then normal just for effect, (personal choice) then choose a colour that you want to go for, i opted for blue as i was going to make her cry, blue seemed right as it would be the colour of her tears. Using a blue eyeliner, eye line the top of your eyes, and the bottom water line, then carefully draw in some tears, coming straight from the eyes, use a lighter or darker colour to try and catch the shadow in the tears. Then using  a black liquid liner draw the outline to those tears to make them stand out. Using the same blue eyeliner, fill in your lips just like lipstick and again use the same black liner to draw the outline of the lips. Finally use a red lip liner or some red face paint and just dot your whole face, you could go as far as dotting your ears and your neck to completely blend in, that is totally up to you, and Voila, you are done. You don't have to choose the crying comic book girl, you can of course choose any, google has lots of different ideas and inspirations that i know you guys will find one that you all like. Also please, IF, you do the crying one, please take more care with your tears then i did.. (Hideous). I then just added a pixel effect to make the photo stand out a little at the end.

So there you have it, the three relatively easy Halloween looks that i attempted to do, before my eye got ruined and sore. Please let me know if you decide to try any of these, i would love a sneak peek at yours. Also, sorry for the longness of this post.

What are you guys doing for Halloween this year?

Have a SPOOKY one..... Mwahahahaha..
Ana
xx

50 Random Facts all about me ♥

Hello all,
Like most bloggers, i have seen, heard and read some of these posts in the last week or so, The 50 Random Facts about you. I was so sure i wasn't going to take part and give in to it, but after having read a few of them, i am entitled to say i was wrong and i am about to write a 50 Random post myself, as i find them so interesting.
Here's why i think they are great, to me, each blog has its own author and each author has their own personality so by having a random post it means, we, the readers get to know a little more about you, which is ALWAYS a great thing. I really do think the best blogs have tons of personality inserted into them, and i cant think of a better way of getting to know each other then through this kind of post, even if it has been retweeted, posted and talked to death about.

Here we go..

50 Random Facts all about me..

1. I read over 20 books last year!
2. I am the biggest fan of Danny Davito, i love all his films, the way he's short and stumpy and his comic timing, it's perfection :)
3. I'm one of those girls that ACTUALLY enjoys watching football, weather LIVE in the stadium or on the TV.
4. I have a golden Labrador named Bella Luna, She is beyond cute and hyper.

5. I am obsessed with Jack the Ripper and have even made my boyfriend take me to White chapel so i could walk down some of the roads he attacked on. *Freak*
6. I am the biggest wimp ever in the world, i refuse to watch any type of horror film, such as "Saw" or "The hills have eyes", anything like that, but yet I'm attracted to anything to do with Jack the Ripper!
7. All i need in this life, food wise.. is GRAPES! I could live quiet happily with just grapes, Green grapes though, not red.
8. My all time favourite film is DIRTY DANCING, yes I'm such a chick, yes i had a massive crush on Patrick Swayze because of this film, and YES i know every single dance, every song and every line, word for word to do with this film,  "you just put your pickle on every body's plate, college boy and leave the hard stuff to me" :)
9. I hate my nose and my nails the most on my body, my nails are little stumps, which would explain the acrylics i wear most of the time and my nose is just disproportionate to my body, i also broke it once when i was younger. I ran into a metal pole, cause I'm a cool kid like that.
10. Sometimes when I'm in a car listening to music, i imagine that I'm a film and i act out scenes in my head. Am i alone?!
11. When i was younger, i used to do Ice-Skating, and by do, i mean it was my religion, i wanted to be an ice-skater.. i would go 3 times a week and had my own ice-skating instructor, i don't know why i stopped, and its something i will always regret!
12. Speaking of sports, as a teen i did swimming religiously too, and had a swim coach who once told me "If you carry on like this girl, you could end up training for the Olympics, no dream is ever too big" Urm, REGRET that even more! Booooo.
13. I have cereal every morning for breakfast and every night before bed too, in some ways I'm just like a baby!! :P
14. My mum left me when i was 19, she just took off, and left my sisters in my care, the youngest was ten years old.  I've raised them with help from my dad.
15. My dad is a real hero in my life, as he truly is the definition of how people can change.
16. I'm such a night owl, and hate mornings, like they are really the bane of my existence.
17. I work in a primary school as a Teaching Assistant, but that's not what i went to college and studied. In fact, i did journalism and my dream job was basically the same job that "Jenna" has in the film "13 going on 30" :)
18. I was born in the south of Portugal, in Faro, which is beautiful, then i moved to the centre, Lisbon, then after 3 years there i moved to France and lived there, then finally i moved to England and settled here.
19. Speaking of moving, it was between Australia and the United Kingdom that my parents discussed before we officially moved, Australia took a little longer to reply so we thought we wouldn't get granted access into the country and decided to move to the UK, it wasn't till we were here for 3 months, that Australia wrote to us saying we had been granted full permission..but by then, my parents were already settled and didn't want to uproot again. This is something that still saddens me. The thought of growing up Aussie style and never having got the chance :(
20. Sleep is probably my favourite past time ever, that, and reading.
21. I have a thing for the era 1920's till the era 1970's and i genuinely think i was born in the wrong time period. I should have been born in between those years and i would have got to wear the amazing clothes they did, i would of been able to dance to the amazing music they had and just be a part of that whole time period!
22. I have always loved Jennifer Lopez, and if i had to choose between Beyonce and J-lo, Jennifer wins every time.. idol!
23. I'm such a Harry Potter nerd, that i think it literally was one of the best story ideas for anyone to have ever come up with, and i think J. K. Rowling, deserves every penny for it, as its truly genius.

24. Growing up i looked like Alexa Vega when she was in the films "Spy kids", not going to lie, we had the same face shape and feature shapes, it was kinda scary but totally cool too as a kid.
25. I have a book that is my wedding dairy, and i write down and stick down all the ideas for what i would want at my wedding, and yes, my boyfriend knows this book exists! :P
26. I've always wanted to swim with dolphins, but part of me is terrified, i know their not sharks, but i cant help but think of the "Jaws" theme tune.
26. My celebrity crush male wise is, Enrique Iglesias, Channing Tatum and Johnny Depp. Female wise its, Charlize Theron, Shay Mitchell and Vanessa Hudgens.
27. I have 2 tattoos and still want at least one more, i have the place i want it, now i just have to think about what i want.
28. I have my belly button pierced and both my ears pierced twice, i still want more piercings on my ears though. haha
29. I think Michael Jackson was amazing at his music and i miss the fact we will never have another great song of his.
30. I've only ever had stitches once, and that was on my chin, when i face planted the floor and fully smashed my jaw open! It was not pretty.
31. I have a slight crush on Mr Alan Rickman, when he is in Professor Snape costume and mode. "Cringe" haahaa
32. I have at one time or another had, a Bebo, a Hi5, a Myspace, a Facebook, a Tumblr, a Blog,  a Formspring, a Youtube, a Pinterest, a twitter, and an Instagram account, now, that's what you call socially savvy! :)
33. I once wrote a whole script for a film, this would include character backgrounds and everything. The film was of a boy and girl hunting for treasure in the Grand Canyon. I was a creative child..
34. I would love to have an Australian boy as a best friend.. mostly because i just want to hear him talk all day. Ok, Ok, i may have a slight thing for the Australian accent :) Liam Hemsworth you about and busy? you looking for a new Bestie?! :)
35. I love Ikea a bit too much, sometimes i go there just to browse the show rooms they have set up and i end up leaving, having not brought anything but feeling completely satisfied inside.
36. One Tree hill, Lost, Friends and Charmed have been the best TV shows to come out of America. EVER. PERIOD. (The walking dead, is my new favourite).
37. I love cartoon films, and as for Disney, Well..I'm all over that. Finding Nemo and Toy story are 2 of my favourites.
38. I always have to have a glass of water by my bed when i sleep, weather  i'm staying in my house, or my boyfriend's or even in a hotel. Beginning to think i sound like an old lady here.
39. I was one of the few people, who LOVED it, even though i knew it was terrible writing, it was also my guilty pleasure, and by that ladies and gents..I'm talking about the 50 Shades Trilogy.
40. I'm still not completely over Heath Ledger's death, and i don't think i ever will be. It was a tragic loss to the world, not just the acting world, but the world in general, and it still leaves me very sad. I was and still am a HUGE fan of his work. :(

41. I can rap out the majority of Eminem's raps. I think they are so smart and witty and genuinely feel like a true gangsta as i rap them.. hand gestures included.
42. I think puppies are gorgeous and cute, if you don't include those freakishly little ones that girls insist on carrying around in their bags like their 14 years old, even though, they are grown women. 
43. Pizza is deffo one of my favourite foods, Double pepperoni, with mushrooms OMG, I'm in heaven.
45. I can get easily distracted when I'm supposed to be doing stuff, for example, if I'm supposed to be doing a blog post, I'm likely to get distracted by other Internet things! :)
46. When i was younger, my favourite shows ever were Kenan and Kel, Sister Sister, Sabrina the teenage witch and Home improvement! :) I was a cool kid.
47. I bunked, 2 GCSE's. Actually bunked them, like, just didn't bother to turn up. I'm not proud of this, in fact i regret it very much as it was two subjects i really enjoyed, and I'm not saying its okay to do that.. but i guess it gives you an insight into what i was like in my school days! :/
48. When I'm sick, literally laying on the sofa, cant move kinda sick, i always watch old films, my favourite has to be "Singing in the rain", but i also loved "Call me madam".
49. I love listening to old music, Frank Sinatra was amazing, and his music still lives on, i have also already picked the song, that will be my first dance at my wedding and this also involves Frank. (Did i mention, that I'm not engaged or anything :P)
50. I hate painting my nails, its like the biggest chore for me and i find it so boring!! As a blogger that occasionally posts about beauty, that's a bit of a disgrace, but i hate it.

Pheww, there you go, 50 Random facts about me, it has taken me the longest time to write this post up and if I'm honest its been in the drafts for well over 2 weeks, but i just haven't had time to get around to it.

I hope you enjoyed discovering a little more about me.. I've read loads of good posts like this already, but would love you to link me to your 50 random facts below so i could leave a little comment! :)

Ana
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Liebster Award.

Helloo, while i was away in Newcastle on my mini break i got nominated for a "Liebster Award" by Jenn from Hello, Guten Tag. I really enjoy reading Jenn's blog, not only does she have a similar job to me, where she works with the little kiddies, so i can totally relate to some of her posts, but she lives in Canada, and so its so nice to have posts with different perspectives and different tastes to just here in the United Kingdom.

The Liebster Award is giving to new bloggers by bloggers. It's a way to acknowledge each other and to say "you're doing a great job." It is for blogs with 200 or less followers, so its a great way to spread the word about other blogs and get them more acknowledgement.

When you receive the award, you post 11 random facts about yourself and answer 11 questions from the person(s) who nominated you. You pass the award to 11 other blogs (make sure that you tell them you nominated them) and ask them 11 questions. You're not allowed the nominate the blog(s) who nominate you. (To get the button, right click the picture on my page and save the picture to your computer. You can then upload the picture to your blog.)

So, here we go with my 11 random facts..

1. I was born in Portugal, lived in France for a while and grew up in England which is where I'm currently living.

2. I have a bad "biting my nail" habit, that I've had it since i was old enough to chew and i also hate it.

3. I am a BIG Harry Potter fan, as in.. read the books, seen the film, done the tour, and all the jazz in between.

4. I love stand up comedy, i think Lee Evans and Michael Mcintyre are 2 of the funniest people I've heard before, they make me cry tears of laughter.

5. I'm very loud, opinionated and I'm very direct, i will tell it how it is.

6. I have the biggest crush on Enrique Iglesias and i want to bore his children.

7. My mother isn't around anymore as she moved back home to Portugal, i don't really speak to her.

8. I have had 3 other blogs apart from this one.

9. I think Jennifer Lopez is one hot Latina mama, she is just beautiful.

10. I wish i did more baking in my free time, (Might have to take it up as a hobby).

11. I get really nervous when people ask me to to do guest blog posts on their blogs because i always feel like i might let them down with it, i hate pressure.

Now to answer the 11 questions by Jenn.

1. What is your favourite TV show?

This changes depending on the time of year, i loved watching LOST, and FRIENDS, but at the moment I'm enjoying Arrow, The walking dead and Strictly come dancing which is on here in the UK.

2.  What is your favourite book?

This question is IMPOSSIBLE for me to answer as I'm the biggest book nerd there possibly is, i love reading and always have a book on the go, at the moment I'm enjoying books by Harlan Coben..but i loved reading The Help recently (i also did a book review about it on the blog).

3. Do you have any kids, if not do you want any?

No i don't have any, and yes i most defiantly do want some, when the time is right and i feel that i am financially better off to support them then yes. I also cant wait for that day! :D

4. What is your favourite blog?

Again this question is like the book one, i follow and read far too many blogs to pick just one but I'm going to pin down 3 that i really enjoy going to.

Life of Bon

Le Beauty girl

The Black Pearl Blog

5. What is your favourite drink?

A bit boring i think, but i love my Coke a Cola. :)

6. If you could be on any TV reality show which would it be?

I hate the reality shows that we have over here in the UK, i would love to have been a part of Jersey Shore as i love that show even if it is a little over the top, and I'm counting it as a reality TV show regardless, over here we have Geordie Shore which is supposed to be the version of that..its funny, but i would NOT have liked to have been in it.

7. Your favourite song at the moment?

At the moment, my favourite song is One Day by Matisyahu, kinda old but I'm still loving it. Although this changes every day!

8. What is your favourite thing about blogging?

I love the freedom i have with my blog, it literally is my little place on the net that i can rant, rave and generally talk rubbish on, i love that in years to come i will have something that i can look back on and giggle about what i was loving and hating in my early 20's.

9. Do you have any weird hidden talents?

Urm, not weird i don't think, i can play the piano but only The wedding march song, that being the song most people walk down the aisle to get married to. LOL

10. Are you going to dress up for Halloween?

Well Halloween is already over but yes i dressed up as an Dark Angel, (i did a post on it just below :P)

11. Whats the one thing you must always have on you?

Apart from my phone that literally comes everywhere with me, probably a lipstick of some sort, so i can brighten up  my lips with a splash of colour. :D

Time now for my 11 questions to my nominees..

1. Whats your dream job?

2. Whats one blogging tip you can give to people just starting out making their own blog?

3. If you could go to any country in the entire world, where would you go?

4. Whats one piece of advice you have been given that you carry around with you always?

5. Who's your favourite actor and actress and why?

6. Can you tell me a fond memory of when you were growing up, it could be anything?

7. If it was your last day on earth what would you want to do with it?

8. What do you love about your family?

9. What do you think is the greatest invention in life?

10. What would you like to be remembered for when your gone?

11. If you could tell one person one thing, you have always wished to, who would you tell and what would you tell them?

 

And now finally its time to nominate 11 blogs i think deserve this award too..

Andddd the nominees are..

1. Sarah @ Clothes Drawer 

2. Sarah @ The Purse Snatcher 

3. Jayde @ Badromancejayde 

4. Rachel @ Along the way with Rae 

5. Vicky @ Daily hoots|Lifestyle blog 

6. Marta @ Everyday Vogue 

7. Rebekah @ It's kind of lovely 

8. Sarah @ Life as a wallflower 

9. Jess @ Live Life, Save Money 

10. Alannah @ Rock that chic 

11. Gina @ Through these brown eyes

Thank you once again to Jenn, i had so much fun filling this in as well as being creative in coming up with my own ideas for questions, and i discovered so many new blogs, from reading other peoples Liebster Award posts.

Hope your all doing well.

Ana X