This is just to say...

And then I found William Carlos Williams

So I am sat here practicing modelled reading; that is to expressively read aloud. I'm using one of my own poems to practice. I am also googling red Ford Mondeos. All will become clear. It made me think though, think of all the useless things I look up on a daily basis. Aside from the Morrissey videos and make up tutorials I found myself keying the letters c-h-i-c-k-e-n-o-l-y-m-p-i-c-s. Yep, that's right. CHICKEN OLYMPICS. What an earth is going on there? Do you even want to know? (There was a slightly humorous advert with a chicken doing a triple jump.) The worst part of this is, I couldn't even find the Happy Egg Company advert where I saw it. What I did find was someone videoing chickens in a race.

 Here you are, my  pleasure etc.

Well the strange thing is, I could have thought about these chickens all day. I could have looked up breeds of chicken. I could have looked for another word to describe the chicken's feathers? pelt? who cares? How they pecked angrily around nonchalantly crossing the finishing line. Think up a half rhyme for Usian Bolt. What for exactly? I don't know but it gives me something to talk about here. So if I think of these things on average 468 times a day, what else do I do?

Eventually, I found an image of a red mondeo. It isn't even that exciting.

An Apology to the Great Red Shark

It served me well

travelled

for fifty thousand miles.

Was spacious

bright;

The Great Red Shark.

Bumper cracked,

dented

wing, but.

But I’m sorry

it just had to go.

Be replaced

with something

so cool

so old.

At the time of writing this, I was well and truly in the throes of love for William Carlos Williams. Something about tangible everyday object you say? YES please I say. When I asked @timkeypoet what his favourite poem was he told me it was 'This Is Just To Say'. It is safe to say I am now in throes of writerly admiration for Tim Key. 

Click to read the awesome 'plums' poem.

January spawned an iron will.

Hello my lovelies! January is the time to make resolutions, yah? I've thought about it, and thought some more and have decided on five beauty resolutions to really treat my skin.

1. To remove make up properly. Eye make up is the worst but I am going to remove it all, tone and moisturise.

2. Use YouTube to its greatest advantage and find more up- do tutorials instead of Morrissey posturing, getting so into the one that you end up doing your very best 'November Spawned a Monster' floor-wriggle.

Can you make it to 2mins20 for the ultimate in Morrissey posturing?

3. Be kind to my eyes and rest them more often. Having a good rest does everything for a healthy complexion. Easier said than done. Especially when there are plenty of Morrissey videos to dance around the room to. The same goes for...

4...#thirstythursday is for my own good and not my followers. Plenty of fluids, including water. I tend to gulp drinks down when thirsty. Really, for the sake of my skin, I should steadily keep my levels of hydration on an even keel. It does my body/skin/brain no favours to be as dry as the desert in Morrissey's video.

5. Make some YouTube videos of my own. That do not consist of me wailing like a banshee whilst flailing my arms around in the air, flamboyantly if you will.

Have you made any beauty resolutions? Let me know and leave your links in the comments below!

I am human and I need to make [wish]lists!

Wishlist
with Rimmel London, Urban Decay, Benefit

1.I'm big into bold lip colours, and matte effect is even better. £4.99 @ Boots / Superdrug.

2.What is in the picture is actually Urban Decay Dangerous Palette. Can't be an eyeshadow fanatic without an Urban Decay palette. £25 at Debenhams Click

3. A GODDAMN MORRISSEY FESTIVE JUMPER.£44.99 I would wear it all year round. VIVA MOZ! 

4. Benefit Hervana Box Powder £23.50. 'A good karma face powder'. I live and die by Benefit box powders but I haven't got this one...yet. (Click)

5.Benefit Gina Goes Glam £19.67. Gina is my favourite Crescent Row scent. So lusty and powerful but glam? I can't begin to imagine that! Currently on offer here!

6. Apple iPod Touch with iOS 6. To listen to Morrissey on OBVS! http://www.apple.com/uk/ipod-touch/

7. Too-Faced Shadow Insurance. I'll need a primer for all the lovely shadows I'm going to be trying ut in the colourful New Year!

What is on your festive wishlish? Is anyone else getting sick of the word festive yet? 

My final She Said Beauty Box

So I arrived home from my invalid holiday to the final beauty box from She Said Beauty. I had been hearing disappointing things. I was kind of used to it at this point; being asked if my tonsillectomy included the removal of both of my infected useless tonsils was just the start of it.

Next thing; Norovirus. (December did indeed spawn a horrible monster).

 THE LESS SAID ABOUT THAT THE BETTER!

It took all my energy, but wowsers, I've photographed my beauty box to share with you all.

I'm certainly intrigued by the Doctor Duve products, they come with a pretty hefty price tag.

 £115.00 for the anti-ageing firming eye cream 30ml

£129.00 for the Skin Boosting Cream 50ml.

This cream is marketed as a wonder cream for mature or demanding skin. One trick I learned from Mizz magazine? The earlier you use anti-ageing products the more benefits you get. Prevention is better than cure. I'm not sure that I'm fond of the word acid on the packaging when it claims to be natural yet innovative. Hmmm. We shall see.

Luxuriating in festive bliss will be fun with 24K Gold Under Eye Masks by Jamela. I could look like a festive Lady Gaga! Imagine that! I am so looking forward to that post!

They look fairly yellow in this picture, but they are gold in colour and vacuum packed with a liquid in a pack with no instructions. I'm guessing it's fairly straight forward, the name gives it away, but you never know!

So I found their website and I think I'll be haunted for life.

Cleopatra does luxury, now where is my bottle of asp's milk?

Here is the rest of the goodies included in the box. I won't bore you with the trivial details but technics? Reeaaaallly? 

I don't know which beauty box to try next now that SSB aren't doing anymore. Glossybox? I am up for ultimate luxury. You can find me on She Said Beauty here.

Which beauty boxes do you like? 

For all the trouble of making it paraben free they can't get the packaging right.
£25.00 for 100ml

Xmas treat: Spring Clean Cooling Clay Mask - hardly seasonal.
Retail price £1.50

technic - Tawny Port nail varnish
Retail price of £1.25

£5.40 for 15 whole leaf bags of tea.

Lastly luxury tea to have while I bathe in asps milk with gold eye masks under my eyes. 

Oh the glamour!

Sometimes I am easily distracted

I thought a lot today. I thought too much about how many salt and pepper shakers would be a reasonable amount to own. I narrowed it down to seven, and thought I'd share them with you, you lucky sausages!

Salt and Pepper shakers!
with Urban Outfitters

Do you have any good ones? Which one is your favourite? My inner princess is having a tantrum about having the wand salt sprinklers, but the pragmatist in me is sternly saying no you already have some cat shakers and a pepper mill. (Think of the space, darling!)

If in doubt. Pout.

What can I say? My sore sore fingers from tap-tap-tapping out a critical evaluation and other such bibliographical formats has left me bereft of words. Well that's a lie; I am NEVER lost for words until I see Morrissey far across the other side of the room. Then, and only then, do I stand and stare with patient distant admiration, but what I really want to talk about is Kate Moss for Rimmel London.

You can't move for matte effect in AW12. Matte black nails look very sleek and even chic. Does this mean a matte block colour will look oh so chic? A look that everyone can pull off? Well maybe!

 It is a look that I love but can be quite difficult to achieve. To create the effect the make up must be heavily pigmented and this can make the texture of the lipstick very thick and dry.

Can anyone pull off matte burgundy lipstick?
I paired it with a smokey eye and I just could not resist adding a blush. When in doubt I always err on the side of drag queen; at least I look alive.

For handing in my university work I treated myself to Lasting Finish by Kate Moss Matte Effect Lipstick shade 107. You can buy it here.

WHAT I ALSO SHOULD HAVE INVESTED IN WAS A LIP LINER, BUT THERE WE GO.

The lipstick felt silky on application but I found I kept applying more as if I was craving some kind of lip moisture.

It held well and stained my lips for a whole portion of a night out although I did finally cave in and dab a tiny spot of Nivea's original lip butter over the top so my lips didn't dry out entirely while keeping with the flat matte effect.

It slowly began to bleed, but that really was my own fault; I hadn't used a lip liner.

I hadn't really tried a dark lipstick before. Lip colour is something new for me but I can see I've started something I just couldn't finish.

Are there any lip liners you can recommend? Any good lip tips?

There are a whole host of other products that used to create this look such as; a sparkly flapper dress from Asda; Rimmel Gel eyeliner in aubergine; and a nifty little fringe trim.

That one shade braver? I went 107 shades braver.

Remember: If in doubt. Pout.

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Matte Finish: more high-end than rat look.

No one told me that matte black nail polish looks so classy. A subtle change that works well, I'm really pleased with the expensive effect a matte top coat creates.

First a good base is needed. Nails stain easily but the stains can't be removed that easily. Trust me; I've done it too many times to think about it.

Dark nails make fingers look longer and slimmer. I wasn't overly keen on a crackle coat until I bought a lovely gold colour, so wasn't convinced I was going to achieve the Chanel Black Velvet effect I was striving for.

After a recent post I went in search of a mattifying top coat gratefully aided by my beauty loving friends. I had seen an Essie version but was not willing to pay the £8.99 price tag.

Bourjois & Rimmel Matte topcoats.

Well I was just beside myself. Boots had an offer buy one get second half price (I think boots have eventually cottoned on that three items would be considered a haul and therefore frivolous). I opted for the cheaper of the two and made a handy little beauty set how to guide. 

Please do feel free to comment and leave links, have you ever tried matte finish or so matt? What did you think? 

I endeavor to let you know how long this mani lasts!

High-end nails in no time.
with Nails Inc., Rimmel London

I am really surprised with the effect it creates. I'm pretty darn sure Morrissey wouldn't recognise it as a fake.