Unicorn Blood smells like... Root Beer?

It’s a fact, I’ll have you know. It’s also a fact that I fucking love Jeffree Star’s velour liquid lipsticks and I was even recently compared to a walking advertisement considering I wear a lipstick from the range on a daily basis. In my current collection I own Weirdo, Redrum, Androgyny and Unicorn Blood which y’know, is gonna be the basis of this review.

Liz Earle's Cleanse & Polish Review

Cleanse & Polish ft the muslin.

My mum loves QVC. No, wait, she has an obsession with QVC.

On an almost weekly basis, we’ll get parcels with their purple label on it and usually it’s a load of crap that doesn’t interest me. Except recently, when my mum approached me as I was using my go-to makeup wipes to rid all that eyeliner stuck to my face. “Give this a go,” she said, and handed me a tube of Liz Earle’s Cleanse & Polish along with what looked like a cheap little rag which I was then informed was a special muslin after I turned my nose up at it. “Rub the lotion into your face and eyes, then wash it off with the muslin soaked in hot water.” And so I did, and bloody hell did I get a shock.

E.l.f Cosmetics Haul ft the 'Mystery Bag'

Back in April, my family and me took a three-week trip to the States for the first time like, ever. Well, not for my mum seeing as she was born there, but the first time that I’d ever been anyway. Whilst over there, amongst standing in complete awe over the Grand Canyon and Yosemite Falls, I was also in awe of how cheap the makeup was in places like Target and Walmart. Like, what the actual shit? And this, my friends, is where I first fell in love with e.l.f.

Social Media is a Trap.

*warning, this is a very long, ranty post that originally started out as a thank you note to someone for bringing attention to this subject but transformed into a jumbled mess of angry words and honest feelings that i figured i'd share. i need to go to sleep*

Social media is a trap.
On the outside it looks glorious with its shiny features that can connect you with thousands of users globally, but beneath it all there’s a haunting truth that is slowly tarnishing the adolescences of so many young people within this generation of technology.

And so it begins...

I’ve never been much of a "girly girl” (the fact this term still exists makes me want to crawl into a hole, throw up and then die), in fact, it’s only been within the past couple of years that I’ve truly sparked an interest in all things makeup and beauty.