Blogger of the Month #1

Hey everyone,

Hope your all doing good on this lovely Saturday evening! This evening in Wonderland I'm about to introduce a new feature - Blogger of the Month!

I wanted to do this because I believe in the expression credit where credit is due, and it's a chance to give some blog's I've been loving a little extra attention! Every month will feature a different blogger that I think has stood out to me that month. It's also a chance to show all you guy's the blog's I read and maybe you'll find a new one you like too!

Aaaaanyway, This month my chosen blogger is Becky from  Lipgloss and Lashes!

I've only been reading Becky's blog for a few months and I love it! She's a 19 year old Marketing student from across the pond (England..) with a love for all thing's beauty and she writes her reviews and opinions on this little space in the net, and I for one am glad she does!

Becky says "Beauty means a lot to me because it gave me my confidence back. I suffered with acne for about 7 or 8 years which really took its toll on my confidence and self esteem". Blogging allowed her to get her confidence back, because it allowed her to share her love of make up and beauty products

and to meet other people who had a similar point of view.

By reading her posts its clear to see that she loves what she does and has a genuine passion for writing and for interacting with followers and readers, "My favorite thing is when I receive lovely comments from readers, it cheers me up so much and makes me feel that it's worth my time to write posts, as I spend tonnes of time planning, taking photo's and writing posts!"

So if your looking for a new read, hop on over to Lipgloss and Lashes!

You can also find Becky on

Twitter

Facebook

Pinterest

&

Instagram

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The Kate Moss collection

Hi lovelies! Today I'm going to tell you about something I've been obsessing over, and I know I'm very late on this one but so on and so forth.... The vampy lip. I love the vampy, dark lip look but at the minute I'm not brave enough to pull off a super dark one so I went in search of an alternative for the moment anyway and Ta-Da - The Kate Moss collection! This shade is number 107, and is a dark berry red. It's easy to wear and I actually really love it! I find myself reaching for it more & more... Opinions?

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New In - eBay bargin

Good morning :) 

This is just a quick post to show you the latest addition to my wardrobe - my hat! I've been looking for something like this for quite some time but I wasn't willing to part with € 30+ for one when I wasn't even sure if I liked it on, or if it suited me etc. It arrived on Tuesday and I knew I had got myself a winner! In fact I've just ordered one in a burgundy colour too! It was under £5 which worked out to be € 5.50 so only a fraction of the price of what I was seeing in the shop's :)

If you like what you see you can see them here, and also they come in a few different colours!

Let me know what you guys think!

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I wish I was a punk rocker....

with flowers in my hair. I love that song.... Anyway, Hi guys! I've been super busy lately, working my day job and with Sea Sessions (A surf & music festival on the beach here!) but I managed to snap some outfit pictures while the sun was out. Granted there not the best but I'm still getting used to all this to be honest *blogger newbie alert* so thanks for all the patience and the lovely comments I've been getting on Twitter! Your all little wonders...see what I done there?! I got this dress in New Look and it's so comfortable! My belt is one I wear far too often from Primark/Pennys, as is my headband! My chain is from Republic and I mean I throw it over everything I wear! Gold, crosses and peace signs? LOVE.

My nail varnish here is a stunning pink one from No.7 in Boots and it lasted me over a week without a single chip. Amazing. I never wear pink varnish, or pink anything really? But this is going to be sticking around!

So hows everything doing?

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May Favorites

Hello, hello :)

Welcome back to Wonderland, today's post is going to be my May favorite's. I'm going to share with you lovely lot some products I've been loving that little bit extra during the month of May so let's get started...

Boot's Rose Water & Glycerin Toner

I have super sensitive skin, in fact I've been on medication from a young age due to horrible acne. These day's I have much better skin, I'm quite lucky to have clear skin (for the most part anyway!). I have tried so many skincare products in the past, some with horrible results and some with next to no results, BUT this rosewater toner from Boot's is amazing! Yes, I said amazing. This is my 2nd or 3rd bottle this year and I'm still in love.I use it every night after taking off my make-up and all that jazz. It smells divine and really does help my skin a lot. If you haven't already, give it a try - you won't regret it!

Maybelline Vivids

I'm not going to talk too much about this here because I already spoke in detail about it here, but I have been loving, loving, loving this! How many times can a person say loving in one sentence!? The colour I've been obsessing over is Hot Plum, which is a super bright shade of purple that's suitable for a day time or a night time look! Perfect...

Barry M in Ridley Road

This is a bit of a controversial one now because when I went in to pick up another one....or four, they were gone?! As in removed of the shelf due to issues with the quality standards or something? Is this just in the Boots where I live or has anyone else seen it? Anyway, rant over, this textured polish in Ridley Road is a beautiful mint green colour and I love it so much. The textured effect means its very hard to mess up which is great when you have no patience like me. It's lasting power is impressive too, 5 day's without a chip and opaque in only 2 coats!

Spiked Chain

I've seen this style of chain floating around a while ago, and I really liked it. I'm a huge fan of anything spiked or studded so you can see why I like this so much. However, been a poor student I couldn't splash out on some of the nicer ones so the budget friendly student in me came out, hit eBay and found this beauty. It was € 1.17 including P&P, How could you wrong? I got mine in 'gun metal' silver but these are also available in silver and gold. I'd love one in metallic pink or purple. Hmm.... 

NARS blush in Orgasm

If you've been around Wonderland for a while you'll know I received this stunning NARS blush as a present and it's certainly been my go to blush throughout May. It's such a pretty colour with just the right amount of shimmer to it. It's so gorgeous I think I'll be loving it throughout June too...

So that my little beauties are all of my May favourite's - my first post of this kind, and hopefully not my last! I quite liked sharing my monthly picks with you guy's!

What have you all been loving this month? Any recommendations for products to look out for in June? :)

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New In - Maybelline Vivids

Hello, remember me? I'm sorry it's been a while since I've blogged I've been so busy with life stuff but I'm back babies! Today I want to tell you about two b-e-a-utiful lipsticks I've acquired in the last week. The new Maybelline Vivids... Ladies I cannot get enough of these, they have the most amazing colour range I've seen in a long time and from Boots too! I got the colours 'shocking coral' and 'hot plum' and after I seen Essie posting pictures of these lipsticks on her Instagram I knew they had to be mine.. The colour pay off is great and they apply so smoothly I really am trying to stop myself from buying the whole range! At the minute in Ireland they have €10.50 buy one get one half price, you defiantly can't go wrong with that :) How are you all? It's been super sunny here the last few day's which I've been loving :)

Will you be looking into these?

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Purple Knits & Messy Hair

Hi guys!

I have another outfit post for you today. I'm aware that this is 4 in a row but I've had these ready to go for a while now & I'm only getting round to it now due to college work! my tights are a new purchase from Pennys/Primark and I am obsessed, I love them so much! my purple cardigan is one of my most loved pieces during both Winter and Summer. Summer is never exactly umm, hot in Ireland so wearing knits all year around is perfectly acceptable where I live. This purple one is speckled with lot's of different colours and it goes with the majority of the wardrobe. I like this outfit, it has a boho feel to it, maybe it's the shoes hmm.. Messy hair, dark eyes and bright lips all to accompany my fashion choices this time! What do you think?

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Podka Dots & Red Lips

I'm pretty sure everyone will agree with me when I say you can't go wrong with a red lip. Personally I love a classic red lip and this one is a smooch one that I got a while page, it's so soft and silky, it's a dream to apply!! Green trousers are a bit.. weird? but I think they work quite well with this simple black tee with white podka dots :) my studded leather flats are the same ones I wrote about in my 'for the love of spikes' posts and as you can see I still love them and wear them far too often!

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Army Print

A quick outfit post showing what I wore the other day - my trusty army print top, black leggings and tan chelsea boots :) I was doing a few things in town so I was all about comfort!!

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Freedom

On Tuesday, I finished my exams... Celebrate good times come on!!! I'm so happy to finally be on summer holidays! I'm now back home, blogging away as you can tell... I'm going out tomorrow night to celebrate been finished exams so that's exciting, and I start work on Saturday morning. I got a job for the summer as a childminder for two gorgeous little girls so I'm excited to start that :) Anyway, my outfit on Tuesday consisted of a black skater skirt, black tights, leopard print pumps, an extremely old but mega comfy grey tshirt and my favorite blazer :) pretty simple but I got a few compliments which is always nice! What have you all been up too? Did you miss me? ;)

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Need some inspiration?

Just browsing around the net I came across some of these pictures. All looks I'm loving... I'm thinking about recreating some of these?! What do you think?

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W7 Lashtastic

Just a quick post today as I should be studying.. Ssssh. I bought this W7 lashtastic mascara in Sligo. Now, I'll admit I'm not loyal to any mascara because I haven't fallen in love with any yet so I'm keen to try lot's of different ones.... This one was only €2.50 and seeing as I can't buy this brand in my hometown I figured why not? I've only used it a few times but so far so good my love's! It applies nicely and doesn't smudge. I'm a fan of the size of the wand too as it's not super long and the brush part is quite big, another bonus for me.The packaging is also pretty cool, I love the bright yellow!! I'm going to keep playing around with this for the next week or so, but in the meantime do you guy's have any suggestions of mascara's I should try out?

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FOTD #1

Normally I'm not one for FOTD posts but I quite liked my make up today as I fell back in love with my MAC lipstick in 'Rebel', a gorgeous cranberry colour that I found through the gorgeous Tanya Burr  and I knew I just had to have it. I wore it out today and got lots of compliments on it which made me smile :) I'm wearing MAC studio sculpt on my face in the shade NC 15,  my essence powder in 'Warm', my mascara is the 'Lashtastic' one by W7 (post coming soon!), Urban Decay liquid liner, NARS blush in 'Orgasm' and my brows were done from my Pro Brow palette purchased from the lovely Laura in LA Beauty.

Anyway, it's miserable day where I am today and I'm ill. I think it's just all exam stress :( but I've been getting some exciting e-mails as well as job hunting now that I'm back home, so hopefully the good news will keep coming :) I've been browsing around fashion156.com a lot this week as you'll know from my last post if you don't know what it is you can check it out here! 

What have you all been up too? :)

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