My Beauty Wish List // Collab

Hey Everyone so today I have one of my favourite posts for you, it's a beauty wishlist! I love reading and writing these sorts of posts so I'm super excited to be writing this. Today's blog post is a collab with the lovely Floral Girl from http://www.floralgxrlx.blogspot.co.uk/ she only recently re-launched her blog and she will be posting her beauty wishlist at some point today; so go and read her post after you have read mine. On my beauty wishlist there are 10 items that come to just over £120.

 

Porefessional - I've never used a primer before and everybody raves about this one so I'm desperate to try it. When I wear makeup I only wear light makeup so I think a primer would be really good to help my makeup last all day. I like the fact that this primer has a colour in it so it is almost like a BB cream or foundation. This primer is quite expensive at £24.50 so I think to start off with I would buy a mini version.

Real Techniques expert face brush - I'm still yet to own a real techniques brush and I've wanted one for ages (I'm going to be saying this a lot in this post)! I think the brush I want is the expert face brush because it looks very versatile and I like the shape of the brush. This brush costs £9.99, but everyone raves about real techniques so I think it would be worth the price.

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer - I really want to get this concealer because it has a good coverage so I think it would be good for me on those days when I want to wear a little bit of make-up but I don't want to wear a BB cream or foundation. This concealer costs £4.19 and I have looked for it a couple of times but they have never had my shade in stock.

Lush Herbalism Fresh Cleanser - I recently tried Lush's angels on bare skin cleanser and I love it, so I really want to try another one of Lush's cleansers and Herbalism looks divine! It includes nettles, rosemary and rice bran vinegar which give it its gorgeous green colour. I can only imagine how good it smells and it costs £6.75 which I don't think is bad considering how long lush cleansers last.

Essie Nail Varnish - Being a big fan on nail varnish I'm desperate to get my hands on an Essie and the one pictured above in the colour play date is absolutely gorgeous. Essie nail varnishes are quite expensive at £7.99 but on fragrance direct they have a collection of about will probably be buying my first Essie polish from there.I really want an Essie varnish because  the size of the brushes  are perfect and the varnishes have a good consistency.

Bene balm - One of my friends recently bough this and she loves it which has made me really want to get it. I really like lip productsa that are moisturisibg but give you a bit of colour at the samr time. This is why I love the Baby lips range and why I think I would like bene balm. It is quite expensive at £14.50 but it does come with a lot of product and the saying goes: you get what you pay for.

Bourjois Chocolate Bronzer - When I recently bought a cheap bronzer and tried contoring I really liked it but then i managed to drop my bronzer and ruin it. So im after a new bronzer and the bourjois choclate bronzer is 'the drugstore bronzer to get'. It costs £7.99 but everyone says that it is really pigmented and it smells of choclate! I believe for a chocolate scented bronzer £7.99 isnt bad at all.

A mac lipstick - Although I am a big fan of tinted lip balms Im also a fan of lipsticks (if they're good ones). Mac lipsticks are very expensive at £15.50 but they're of a very high quality. However there is such a big collection that I wouldn't know which to choose. Some colours I do like are; creme cup, velvet teddy, twig and other pastel/nude pinks.

No7 Exfoliator Brush - This face brush is definitely going on my birthday wish list! It costs just under £30 but its not the sort of thing that you would have to frequently replace. I unfortunately do get a lot of blackheads and I believe that getting an Exfoliator brush is probably the best way to reduce and clear my skin of blackheads.

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder - The last thing on my beauty wishlist is the Rimmel Stay Matte powder. Like concealers when I have bought powders I have only ever purchased dirt cheap ones, which break after a day. So I really want to get this powder because although it is still very cheap at £3.99 everyone raves about the quality of it so I feel as if it would last a long time.

I hope you have enjoyed reading this post, I'm sorry if I went on a bit I just get so into these sort of posts! If you are interested in doing a blog collab the best way to contact me would be either direct messaging me on instagram @w.onderful or emailing me ellajennings03@yahoo.co.uk.

Thank you for reading, see you next time!

Ella xx

My Experience at Bounce

Hey Everyone, so today I tried a new activity and I thought it would be perfect to share my thoughts and opinions. So today I went to an indoor trampoline centre called bounce in Milton Keynes.

I went for 2 hours so I had plenty of time to really experience and enjoy bounce. At bounce there are four sections:

The Dodgeball Court

The Foam Pit

Slam Dunk

Main Arena

The Main Arena is an area with lots of trampolines even ones angled almost vertically. I really enjoyed the main arena the trampolines were a lot bouncier than I expected and it was great fun to be able to jump between the trampolines.

The Foam Pit was really good fun there were two trampolines next to a huge foam pit. I was too chicken to do any cool tricks or flips but it was great fun to be able to throw yourself off a trampoline knowing you would land in soft foam.

The Slam Dunk was really fun there were two basketball hoops at different heights above trampolines. It was great because it gave you the opportunity to slam dunk which is something I've always wanted to do but I've never had the height. The queues for the slam dunk were always short so you didn't have to wait for ages like you did for the foam pit and dodgeball.

The final and most popular part of bounce was the dodgeball court. The queue was always really long but it was definitely worth it. There are 4 balls, 2 teams, 8 players and 16 trampolines. It's basically playing a normal game of volleyball on trampolines with and a against strangers.

Overall I really enjoyed it, the only thing I would say is that it was a bit too busy for my liking, but then isn't everywhere during the summer?! I would definitely recommend it as a new activity to try over the summer.

See you next time,

Ella x

Healthy Eats #1 - Avacado Recipes

Hey Everyone, so I've decided that I want to start posting some series on my blog and I really wanted to do a healthy eats series. I've decided that to start off with I want to post this series once a week for 5 weeks and then if this series turns out well I will then carry on this series but monthly. So the first episode in this Healthy Eats series is Avocado Recipes! I love Avocado and I think it is fantastic because you can eat it in so many different ways. Lets have a look at the recipes...

Avocado and Poached Egg
I love this lunch idea its delicious, really healthy and the perfect size for lunch. All you need is an Avocado and 2 eggs, take the stone and skin off your avocado and cut it in half. You poach your two eggs separately and put your eggs in the dip where the stone was and there you go an easy, quick and healthy lunch.

Creamy Avocado and Rocket Pasta
This pasta looks absolutely gorgeous and its sounds like it would taste soo good. You can see the full recipe here: http://www.amuse-your-bouche.com/creamy-avocado-and-rocket-pasta/

Avocado on toast
All you need is to toast your bread and whilst it's toasting mash up your avocado. When your toast is ready spread the avocado on it and season with some salt and pepper and eat!

Avocado wrapped in prosciutto ham
All you need to do is cut your avocado into slices, put goats cheese in the dip and wrap the slices in prosciutto ham. This snack is so simple but it looks so fancy so it would be perfect to make for a party. For a more detailed explanation and recipe click here: http://domesticfits.com/2011/10/10/halloween-recipe-avocado-witches-fingers/

Here are just a few easy avocado recipes, for more fantastic ideas click here: http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/body/diet-nutrition/how-to/g3922/easy-avocado-recipes/?slide=8

See you next time,
Ella x

My Summer Bucket list

Hey everyone, so I've finally broken up from school (at long last)! This means I'm off school for six weeks so with 42 days of free time I wanted to create a bucket list of things that I want to achieve. Because I'm bound to get bored at numerous times. None of these are big things as such just little activities and things I want to achieve. Here we go:

Picture credit: http://282814.net/making-healthy-lifestyle-choices/

Go on more runs - I've gotta be in shape for Netball next season!

Go on more bike rides - I'm lucky enough to live in the beautiful countryside so I want to take advantage of that.

Make new recipes - I really enjoy baking and cooking especially trying new recipes so with lots of time I definitely want to try some new recipes.

Blog more - I enjoy blogging and I definitely want to do more of it, so look out for lots of new posts!

Prepare for GCSE's - I'm starting my GCSEs in September and I want to make some folders to keep my notes in. 

Meet with friends - This summer I want to meet with as many friends as much as possible, trying out new activities.

Enjoy the weather - I spend way too much time indoors so I want to get out and enjoy the weather much more than I have been.

Research a healthy lifestyle - I want to lead a more healthy lifestyle so I want to research some healthy snack ideas etc.

Here's just some of the things I aim to achieve this summer, what do you aim to achieve? 

Ella x

Where have I been?

Hey Everyone, long time no see! It's been over 2 weeks since I last posted, but it feels like forever. I wanted to do this post to update you and to tell you about what is going on with my blog.

I find that my blogging is very inconsistent, one week I will post 3 times and the next week I don’t post at all. This makes me wonder if I should carry on with my blog at all but then I remember how much I enjoy blogging. I also sometimes think does anyone even read this but then I see the page views and remember that people do read my blog and even if they don’t I still enjoy writing the posts. My consistency when blogging is something I aim to improve over the summer so I more regularly.

So I’ve spoken about blogging, now I want to talk about what I’ve actually been doing. Well last week I performed in the schools performance of Oliver so as you can imagine that took a lot of rehearsal time and when we weren’t rehearsing or performing I was quite tired so I just wanted to chill. On Wednesday I had a French mock and an end of year science test which I was revising for like crazy. We also had our school sports day this week which meant I was then very tired and wanted to relax.

So that’s a little update for you all, see you next time!

Ella 💞