T H U R S// Beauty Buys #1

Hello my dears, it's Thursday. My last day of the spring semester. I can now breathe a sigh of relief! Its been a trying school year. Somehow all the turmoil feels worth it when  summer arrives and the sun kisses your tired skin. 

In my last post I mentioned I was really liking a mini sample of Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua Foundation. I decided to bite the bullet and grab it. I do require a bit more coverage than this base provides but it's nothing a good concealer can't fix. I will probably write up a full post on it soon but the consensus is that I really enjoy it.

My other beauty buy recently is a creamy lip stain from the Sephora brand. In the shade -- Always Red. I was turned onto this because of lovely blogger, Amelia Liana of LianaBeauty.com

read her review in her lip product addict tag FT. Essiebutton X

When I saw her wear this I thought it was really pretty. She then added that this product had really, REALLY great staying power. Claiming that she could eat a burger and the lipstick would still be perfectly intact. 

By then I was sold because red lipstick is so difficult to keep on the lips. After giving it a test run I would agree with Amelia's assessment. It stayed on my lips for the larger portion of the day and lasted through a meal of homemade stir-fry! (yum!)

This shade of red is bright and on the warmer side which makes it great for summer. The other plus about this product is that its really affordable! at $13 

Find it here X

This week is looking pretty great so far. I have some other products from The Body Shop that I picked up and need to be reviewed. Is there anything that you guys want me to talk about? or a product you think I would like? I would love some feedback! 

I hope you are all doing well! I will see you soon. Catch up with me on Twitter or Instagram!

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- A 

D I Y - F L O W E R- C R O W N

   Hello my dears! 

It was a brilliantly warm and sunny day today.

It is almost unbelievable that after all this time of winter dragging its feet along we are FINALLY in the warm part spring. 

Last night, as I was letting the dog out I heard a very familiar sound. I caught the door in mid close and gasped, frightening my friend. It was the sound of peepers out in the backfield of the property. One of my favorite sounds in the entire world reminding me of past cool summer evenings when the sun just sets and the landscape has a light blue cast and the fireflies light start glittering all around. 

I know warm weather has arrived when I can hear the peepers little chirping song. 

I wanted to celebrate this arrival of warmth  by making myself a flower crown. 

I am aware these are very popular there are plenty all around in shops. There are plenty of other tutorials but each method and look is a little different and I wanted to share anyhow.

 After making a previous flower crown I had a bunch of cool toned blossoms hanging around so I decided to use those. I cut different lengths. The little branches will be very easy to cut because they do not have a big wire running through it. However I find that you might want to cut longer pieces so you can have different lengths covering your flower crown. 

After this, unravel your gold wire and measure around your head to get a estimate of how large you want your crown to be. Cut extra and wrap the extra around in the back of your new gold halo. 

Now, take your green floral wire and start wrapping your flowers around the halo. Don't worry if the gold wire bends a bit because you can just bend it back as your flower crown takes shape. I would advise cutting portions of floral wire and wrapping one stem of flowers at a time. But, you can layer them! And that is where the magic takes form. 

Feel free to add lace or strings of pearls, feathers, whatever suits your fancy~

 And then you are done! You can now feel like a pretty spring fairy in your pretty new flower crown! Enjoy!

If you decide to make one of these please tweet me a picture of you and your lovely creations @AllegraShortill I would love to see them! 

Hope you are all enjoying the arrival of warm weather!

See you next time!

- A