I Want To Go To Italy!

Hello you beautiful people!

As you may have read from my last blog, I am hopefully going to university this September to do a full-time course which will require having to live on campus. This obviously means I won't get to see my family, friends or boyfriend as often as I would like *sad face*. 

So I have been constantly searching for somewhere to go on holiday with my boyfriend to spend some 'alone time' before departing for uni! Isn't Italy like the perfect place?! It's so quaint and pretty, and such a romantic city. Here are a few pictures (that are not  mine, I found them on google) that I caught my eye when searching images of Rome/Italy. 

It is ridiculously amazing and I would LOVE to go, hopefully I will be able to save enough so we can both go and spend some quality time together :) we have both already decided that we want to go on an exploration holiday rather than spending 1-2 weeks by the pool, and with the number of places to go and things to do in Italy it was instantly the place we both want to go!

this is it from me for now, I'll speak to you again soon!

Lots of love,

toesontoast

x x

P.S Life is what you make of it

First Impressions: Bourjois Paris

Hello you beautiful people!

I thought I would share three of the products I bought from the drugstore Boots today, I was in need of a highlighter, a blusher and a bronzer that isn't matte nor too shimmery. Below are the three products I chose.

The bronzing power is in shade 52 - £7.99

The blusher is in shade 33 - £7.99

The highlighter is (actually a white eyeshadow) - £6.99

 Delice de Poudre shade 52

I have seen this product on many bloggers' and vloggers' pages online along with having heard many great reviews over this chocolate look-a-like bronzer. This is something I have wanted for a while but seeing as I have a low, student budget and already own two bronzers (one being from Mac) I felt in some ways it was unnecessary to buy, however today I felt like 'why not?!'.

At first swatch it is not actually that pigmented and is quite orange in tones so now I'm even more sceptical about trying it but when I have I will let you know.  

Eyeshadow (highlighter)

This product is actually an eyeshadow - something that I NEVER wear but recently I have started to use small amount to highlight my cheek bones and beneath my eyebrow bone again to highlight for the reason that I am rather pale and most highlighters I have found aren't quite light enough!

The swatch came out very pigmented so when it comes to testing this out I'll be sure to use it sparingly! I am hopeful for this product, but either way I will let you guys know.. :)

Blush shade 33 

Now, this is by far my favourite of the three products! I have never been one to wear blush seeing as I'm more for the bronzed and contoured look, although for a long time I have wanted to do something different with my every day makeup and adding a bit of blusher seemed like the most obvious thing to do. 

I chose a shade that was in the middle of the range and one that I felt goes with this cold, wintery weather because the cold gives most people a natural red/pink flush of the cheeks. Again this product came out extremely pigmented so I am nervous about the application seeing as I have never actually done it! But yes after a few wears I will fill you all in as to how everything went.

Above are swatches of the three products:

Top - blush

Middle - eyeshadow/highlighter

Bottom - bronzer

As I have said many times, once I have given each product a few wears as well as learning how to apply blusher, I will update you all on how I got on with them. But this is it from me for now, I'll speak to you again soon!

Lots of love,

toesontoast

x x

P.S Happiness depends upon ourselves

Happy New Year

Hello, you beautiful people!

I have always felt the new year to be an exciting time for the reason that it is the beginning of something new, a fresh leaf, a blank page. It is a time of reflections and plans of developments not only to the life you live but also to yourself. 

Each year I set myself goals, goals that do not necessarily have to last the entire year but for myself to at least give my all in hope of completing for the time period set. Although the new year is an excellent time to set yourself resolutions, I believe that if you really want to do something then you will do it in the moment, don't sit around waiting for the right time just do it now.

My main resolution of 2015 is to maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle, to not essentially eat less but to really just move more! Exercise gives of happy endorphins that can instantly make you feel better about yourself, and that is the only thing that really matters. I also have a couple of smaller resolutions which are the typical 'no more fizzy' and 'be a better person' that I am sure I will be able to pursue.

I'd love to know what resolutions you guys have, let me know! 

This is it from me for now, I'll speak to you again soon!

Lots of love,

toesontoast

x x

P.S. She believed she could, so she did

TAG

Hello, you beautiful people!

Today I thought I would do something a little different seeing as this is the start of a new blog, so wouldn't it be nice to know just a little bit more about me? Maybe! Maybe not! *laughs to myself* Anyway this are a few questions I found on Zoella's blog that she answered as a TAG.

What is your current fashion obsession? Chelsea boots - they're so comfortable and look great so win-win

What is your current make up obsession? I've recently discovered the art of highlighting my cheekbones and under the eyebrow bone, so I'm definitely obsessed with that

What are you wearing today? A spotted white and black shirt, leggings and frilly socks!

What is your hair like today? I've not long had it cut actually so to me it feels VERY short, but other than that it's just straight, nothing special

Do you nap a lot? Yes - one minute I'll be watching something on the tele and the next, I'll wake up a few hours later having missed what I was watching

Why is today special? It's Saturday which means it's the WEEKEND! 

What would you like to learn to do? I've always wanted to learn sign language

What's for dinner today? Take away.. Naughty..

What are you listening to right now? The boy's screamo music

What is your favourite weather? When I'm out I like it to be hot and sunny but when I'm inside I like it to be cold, maybe even raining/snowing because I love being all snuggled up with a hot chocolate

What's the last thing you bought? Does lunch at sixth form count?

What are your essentials when travelling? Music 100%

What's your style? I have no style, it's literally whatever I throw on in the morning

What is your most challenging goal right now? Finishing my University application and actually getting into Universty

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be? Probably Australia if the house came with an anti-spider guarantee

Favourite vacation/holiday spot? Egypt was by far my favourite holiday

Name the things you cannot live without? My family, cheese strings and my phone

How was your childhood? Eventful to say the least

What would you like to have in your hands right now? An unlimited credit card that I wouldn't have to ever pay back

What would you like to get rid of? Spiders

What are you most excited for? My dinner tonight

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? Probably the Maldives, I've always wanted to go there. It looks so pretty!

Which countries have you visited? America - Florida, Spain a few times, France a few times, Egypt and Ethiopia

As said, this is a little different but I hope you guys like it and feel like you know me slightly more than you did before, I enjoy doing things like these.

This is it from me for now, I'll speak to you again soon!

Lots of love,

toesontoast

x x

P.S. Life is short, smile while you still have teeth!

London

Hello, you beautiful people!

Recently I have travelled to London and I thought it would be nice to share this experience with you, as well as having something to look back on to remember this day. Last weekend my boyfriend had a drum show at the Olympia Conference Centre in London, so his mother and I figured that why not take this opportunity to explore London! So we did.

Although I was born in England, London I have only ever been into central London once when I was much younger, is that weird? I don't know. However since moving South it was rare that I went back to London and I haven't ever been a 'tourist' in the country I was born in. 

It was an early wake up call in order to get into London at 9:00 (even though we didn't get there until roughly 10:00) after of course stopping at the services for a McDonald's breakfast! We parked at Kew Gardens where we got a day pass on the train which was relatively cheap compared to what I assumed it to be.

We went from Kew Gardens to Kensington (Olympia) to drop the guys off - my boyfriend, his dad, brother and friends (we went with them to know where to meet them later that evening). Then his mum and I went exploring! We got the train to where we thought was the Harrods stop, not until we reached ground level did we realise we got off at the wrong stop. We asked a local florist stall the directions which were an apparent 'short' walk 'that way'..

On our short 45 minute walk past Hyde Park we saw a few monuments that we didn't plan to, meaning we didn't mind having to walk for so long. 

The Royal Albert Hall was the first, which as you can slightly see was blocked off on one side of the road ready for the Queen the following Sunday due to it being remembrance day. 

The second was this, although I'm not too sure as to what it is (if you know then please comment) but we did find it quite interesting! 

Our journey continued down the same long-ass road, we eventually got to Harrods, and it was AMAZING! Literally, if I could buy everything in the store, I would. It really is incredible, especially the Christmas section - I especially loved the ball balls, they were so delicate and most were glittery and I love glittery things like that.

When leaving Harrods, we were met by a beautiful winter scene with of course they had some reindeer! Along with elves, fake snow (tiny tiny bubbles flying around the air) and much more. 

After Harrods it had past lunchtime so we got back on the train to I think was Leicester Square where we went to Planet Hollywood to eat. I'd never been there before so didn't know what to expect, I was pretty anxious considering how much of a 'picky' water I am. Thankfully the food was delicious and very filling so I had unfortunately no room for dessert. Plus we didn't have to wait very long to be seated or be served our meal so that's a bonus! 

I had flame-grilled chicken breast on a bed of penne pasta with mushrooms, peppers and a creamy sauce - delicious! Along with blackcurrant and lemonade.

After lunch we walked into Trafalgar Square which we discovered was surprisingly close, after asking a policeman the directions "30 seconds that way ladies" WHOOPS. Here we found some floating creatures that we found very entertaining. 

Myself and a floating golden man

Boyfriends mum with a floating Yoda (Star Wars)

In addition to finding these floating men which also included a dementor from the Harry Potter movies, a witch and a few more golden people, we saw a memorial box for the fallen men and women that was really interesting. Every so often air would be pushed from the bottom of the box which made little poppies fly all over the man inside. 

This was in the centre of Trafalgar Square

Whilst in Trafalgar Square we didn't realise how close Buckingham Palace was. Well, I say close - it looks a lot, lot closer than it was to walk! But I guess for someone so important as the Queen, you're going to need a super long red carpet (red road)! 

Imagine living here though - incredible! Plus she was home! 

After spending a while at Buckingham Palace we thought it was time to make out way back to the guys in Kensington, we walked through the courtyard (I think it was called that) and happened to be just on time to see the changing of guards - isn't that just fate? Ha!

I'm sure this guard wanted smile for the camera, at least he looked my way.. Aha. 

On out way back we passed Downing Street as well as spotting a couple of Paddington Bears that had been designed by celebrities in order to raise both awareness and money for the RSPCA. These two were 2 out of 48 because we didn't find anymore.. 

This one was outside Harrods and was designed by Emma Watson 

This one was next to Downing Street and was designed by Stephen Fry 

After getting ridiculously soaked from the torrential rain we reached the Olympia Conference Centre where the drum show was. However they were running late so we waited in a cute little cafe not far from the centre. Once we met up with the guys we got the train back to Kew Gardens where the car was parked and made our way back home, of course stopping at the services for a coffee! 

This is it from me for now, I'll speak to you again soon!

Lots of love,

toesontoast

x x

P.S. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail..