so...this finally happened - officially on my way to achieving one of my 2014 beauty goals. I really can't believe I was using some of these on my face - that will definitely teach me to wash my brushes more often!

Day 4 - New Year New You: Nails

Until late into 2013 I had always had awful, chewed up nails until I finally decided to break the awful habit. One of my beauty goals in 2014 is to continue to grow my nails, keep them nice and strong and mostly find other ways to let out my stress when i'm feeling nervous rather than chewing my fingers!

I've made a little nail care bag which has everything I need to keep my nails nice and healthy.

Day 3 - New Year, New You: Skincare

Its no secret that when you have a regular skincare routine your skin is going to improve. Whether it clears any acne or imperfections you have or whether your skin becomes less erratic there is definitely benefits to having a consistent skincare routine. I've been pretty good with my skincare in the last couple of months so my goal for 2014 is to continue taking good care of my skin as well as trying some new skincare products - I really want to try face masks!

My current skincare routine is:
Morning before putting on my makeup

1. Sukin Revitalising Facial Scrub
2. Sukin Hydrating Mist Toner
3. Sukin Facial Moisturiser

Night after taking off makeup with makeup removal wipes

1. Natio Ageless Gentle Cleansing Milk - perfect for taking off left over makeup late at night because it doesn't foam which is really easy when you're not in the shower
2. L'occitane Immortelle precious essential face water
3. Revlon Age defying DNA face serum (this is just a sample I got so I don't feel I would need to repurchase an anti ageing serum)
4. Natio Antioxidant Facial Moisturiser

Day 1 - Welcome to 2014! New Year, New You

I'm not really one for new years resolutions because I know if I want to achieve something I'm very determined at will work hard at it if it is important to me. Just recently starting up this blog in the last month of 2013 I'm really keen to put a lot of effort into writing quality posts and sharing with you my adventures in exploring makeup (and hopefully watch this blog grow). To start off 2014 I will be posting everyday for the first week of January along the theme of 'New Year, New You' sharing some of my beauty goals for the year.

To start off - skills: the beauty things I really want to get better at this year

1. Contouring - I have only just started using bronzer and it really scares me to be honest, I really want to be able to apply bronzer to create a really natural look along with perfect blush and highlighter.
2. Foundation - I definitely need to play around a lot more with foundation application to achieve that flawless skin finish, I think this has a lot to do with the brushes I use so trying different brushes for foundation is a goal for this year.
3. Cleaner eyeshadow - I've always loved eyeshadow and have been experimenting with all sorts of looks for a few years now. Although I feel pretty confident mixing colours and creating a 'look' I really want to perfect my skills to create a really clean look as my eye makeup tends to look a bit messy if I don't spend a lot of time on it.
4. Applying false eyelashes - let's just say my ability to apply falsies is nonexistant 

For Christmas, Maddy bought me a voucher for a 3 hour makeup class which I'm really excited about and hopefully I'll learn lots of things!

Cat ^.^