This is my fav picture which i made a few weeks ago on Photoshop of Craig and I's trip to paris for my birthday! I made this completely from scratch and i used photoshop brushes to print the eiffel tower on top of the photos. The pictures are the pictures that caputure exactly how amazing our trip to paris was, we saw mainly all the sites ,we didnt stop walking for 4 days but it was all worth the ache legs to see the amazing sites :) . Love Paris loads, and Love craig loads more :) x

And my final thing to do is to pass this award on to 5 lovely bloggers who deserve this award...

Ashley

L.F make-up

Katie

Carmen

Kelli

Check out these blogs as they are all great and really deserve this award so well done girlies and also be sure to follow them :) x

Thanks again Sarah!

Sophie-lou x

Hey Girlie's, I have decided to discuss and review my perfume collection with you all as one of my fellow blogger recently asked for advice from us readers on our summer Perfume choices. Ive collected a few perfumes over the last year or so and I didn't used to be into having perfume as a present at Christmas but since my trip to Paris in October it opened my eyes to how many beautiful perfumes there are out their since i visited Sep hora Paris! All of my perfumes have a personal memory to go with them.Ive got some good and bad reviews to hopefully help you out when choosing what to buy or not to buy for yourself as a present or for a male boyfriend/friend/family member :)
I'll start with my collection...
VSL Elle- 90ml £71.00- This perfume is my favourite perfume of the lot and i wear it mostly everyday because its just so nice. The Bottle on its own is soo pretty and expensive looking with its bright pink bottle and gold VSL plate. LOVE IT! . The scent is very fruity but glamours if that makes sense , it doesn't smell like a cheap Eau de toilette if you know what i mean.Its not too heavy or to light a scent either for everyday use. This perfume always gets comments when I'm wearing it, my best friend Katie every time i see her she says ' you smell lush!' even when its the same perfume, she just loves it lol as i do :) Defiantly recommend asking for this for your next bday/xmas present. This is my Paris perfume as i had to for my birthday in Paris :)
Givenchy Ange ou demon Le Secret- 30ml £37.00 -This perfume is my second Fav as its also such a lovely summery perfume which is full of grace and elegance. I don't wear this everyday as its more of a special occasion perfume and Ive only got 30ml lol. I would wear it everyday if i didn't have to wait so long to buy some more :)The bottle again is so glam as its a jewel type shape and its a gorgeous pink champagne colour liquid which looks great in the bottle.Very girlie indeed, some perfume i find are a bit ' old' like more of the older more mature lady scent but these perfumes so far are more targeted at the 18-30 age range i would say. Its again fruity and flowery with great lasting power that's why i recommend for a party as it will stay on most of the night depending on how much you plan on dancing :P This perfume is my daddy's girl Christmas perfume as my dad bought it for me :)
Armani Code for women- 30ml £35.00- This perfume is a more musky type perfume without being too old fashioned and manly.Its full of scents from the orange blossom,Madagascar vanilla,Sambac jasmine and honey. Its a fun perfume with an interesting bottle like it has a dark secret to tell if you get what i mean. The Scent is also quite mysterious and interesting i cant quite put my finger on what it smells of bit its lovely and smells Divine! a Real sexy perfume for like a date or something like that. This perfume is my 17Th Birthday gift from my lovely boyfriend Craig which i wore on our day trip to the zoo :) which was awesome and this scent always reminds me of the great day i had cutesy of Craig!
Ricci Ricci by Nina Ricci- 50ml £39.00- I was super existed to be getting this perfume as a present for Christmas as the advert was in Paris and we all know my obsession with all things Paris! lol but when i smelt it i was kind of disappointed, it wasn't as lovely as my previous reviewed perfumes and more of an 'older' women scent not a Young lady perfume. Its quite fruity but also not a very summery perfume more of a October-Feb perfume. The bottle again is great though which is also one of the reasons i asked for it in the first place as I'm drawn to great packaging and this one is so pretty its a metallic pink bow for a lid and a pink apple like bottle. Super pretty ornament not so pretty smell :) This is my not to be asked for again Christmas perfume lol.
Kate by Kate moss ( i think its called Kate not too sure sorry)- 30ml £11.75 -This perfume is my least favourite and the cheapest perfume out of my collection as its quite as Ive said before 'old' smelling, its pretty i suppose as its a flowery scent but its got an underlying smell of old lady eau de toilette which is a complete no no! for a nice young smelling perfume, which surprised me as i would have thought Kate moss would have wanted a nicer smelling perfume to her name :s. I wont be purchasing this perfume again nore will i be spraying it on myself lol as it will get me comments for sure but not positive ones lol. This is my No Go perfume!

For Men Perfume's/aftershaves-
Clinique Happy- 100ml £47.00- This perfume for men is just so lush, its the perfume Craig was wearing on our first date and it is definitely a lovely fruity summery scent.Its got sparking, lingering scents of Ruby Red Grapefruit, Boysenberry Bush Flower, and Hawaiian Wedding Flower. He's bought this perfume and had it as a present countless birthdays and Christmas's after another without considering anything else as its so nice. All of our friends comment on him smelling nice lol so its not just nice to me its nice to everyone who knows Craig also :) This is the first date perfume, LOVE IT!
D & G No.3 L'Imperatrice- 90ml £55- This perfume is very fruity indeed and its such a nice scent its actually part of the D&G unisex range and even thought its very fruity and feminine its also very nice on Craig as its not too manly in a musky 'old' scenes. It consists of Rhubarb, Red Currant, Juicy Kiwi,Pink Cyclamen, Watermelon Accord, Jasmine Petal, Musky Notes, Sandalwood, Grapefruit Wood so a very fruity scent indeed :). Defiantly recommended as a present for a boyfriend or younger male family member not so much a Dad fragrance. This is a Craig Birthday perfume!
D & G No. 1 Le Bateleur- 90ml £55- This perfume is also a lovely manly fragrance more of a man scent that the last perfume reviewed as its more musky and woody. Its defiantly a good one for a fathers day present or a masculine boyfriend present. Its a very clean fresh and sexy fragrance. This perfume consists of Cardamon, Juniper Berry, Birch Leaf, Aquatic Accord, Coriander, Vetiver, White Cedar wood, Qubanum. Very highly recommended fragrance. Quite expensive though so maybe a one off at Christmas.

Obviously different people different opinions but i think Ive done a pretty good job at reviewing the scents from a non bias point of view.All the prices above are from Boots stores UK. Hopefully Ive helped you out with your perfume choices and future present hunting. :)
Whats your favourite perfume I'd love to hear from you!
Thanks for reading ,
Sophie-Lou x

Here are a few of my Youtube videos from last year which i thought you might like to see as you may not have seen them on my channel . I've got nail tutorials, hair tutorials and make up tutorials :) Excuse the shape on my nails in these videos as they are a few years old now and i used to be a terrible nail biter hense the horid nails but now they are filed pamper shaped and painted which is great!

First here are a few of my nail tutorials:

Pretty Pink Valentines Day Nail Tutorial:


Pink Leopard Print Nail Tutorial:


Pink & Glitter Flicks Tutorial:


Elmo Nail Art Tutorial:


Here are my hair tutorials from last year also:

Bohemian Style Updo:


Lauren Conrad speidi wedding hair tutorial :


And finally here is my make up tutorial:


I hope you like these tutorials and if you have any requests comment below i will definatly be sure to do them as soon as possible.
Thanks for reading,
Sophie-Lou x

Today i was bored and as Paris is the fashion theme of this summer at the moment i decided to do Paris inspired nail art, which for a first time attempt I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.
As in the pictures above the blue nails didn't look as good but i absolutely love love love the Paris red nail and the Eiffel tower red nails! I'm defo going to be uploading a tutorial onto YouTube of how to create this nail art as i checked and there isn't very many Paris inspired nail art tutorials on there at all.
Hope you liked this post, try it out if you like I'd love to see how you get on.
If u do happen to try it out post me your link on my comments and ill be sure to check it out :)
Sophie-lou x

This is the eye make up look that im wearing on the pictures of my new hair colour :) i used...
Face- Revlon colour stay foundaion, Rimmel face bronzer, Rimmel blusher quad.
Eyes- the dark brown eye shadow from my newly discovered eye pallet, (pictures above)
Asda George eye liner cream pencil, smudged out useing my MAC 219SE, maybelline the colossal volume express mascara which is great as its got a huge brush with a smaller tip so it gets to the smaller lashes aswell :)
Lips- no products just the foundation from when i applied my face makeup.
Top photo is edited in photoshop but my hair un-edited, its the true colour.
Hope you like this look, ill do a tutorial on the Hair colour box models make up later today.
Sophie-lou x

Wooooohooo eventually coloured my hair today yay! its been in desperate stage for a while now but i just haven't had the time or money to get it done, so since Ive got a little time off now until revision starts again Monday :( i decided to go buy the colour and Craig came to my rescue and coloured it for me.
Its the red shade that i was when i went to Paris for my birthday the Schwarzkopf live unlimited gloss range shade 845 burnished red and its beautiful but i changed to a more toned down shade just before and after Christmas with the Perfect 10 light auburn which was nice but was too brown for me i need it bright and a wow shade of red :) and seaming's its summer again a bright red it just what i want as it will beam in the sun and look great! :)
Also the perfect 10 colour didn't last very long at all and if you have/had red hair you will know exactly how hard it is to maintain a healthy looking colour, which after about 2 weeks this certainly wasn't, it looked washed out and dry :( But the live colours are normally pretty good with lasting power so ill keep you updated with how the colour and conditions going.
Heres a few pictures of the product and how it looks on me :D and tomorrow ill be posting a makeup tutorial on how to get the look of the model on the front of the live hair colours box :) Which im looking forwards to doing as its such a cute smokey sultry eye!

Hope you like this post, thanks for reading girlies!
Sophie-lou x

(The first product picture doesn't really do it justice as its off google images)

Following on from my coral summer make up look yesterday i decided to file my nails short before they start looking like claws because they are so long and paint them a beautiful coral colour to match my summer make up look :)
This nail polish i fell in love with this time last year when i stumbled upon it in Boots, its from the Rimmel London 60seconds range and its called 420 sunrise. Its a beautiful coral summer colour with a slight glittery shimmer and as Ive said before i don't really prefer to wear metallic on my nails but this colour just looks so cute and is subtle as well on the nail quite like a nudeish colour but different enough to be commented on and noticed. last year when i first bought this nail polish everyone i knew commented on how different and nice it is looked. Its about £3.49 as well which for the coverage and the lasting power of this varnish is a really good price! Excuse the slightly messy application i was in a rush today :)
Hope you enjoyed this post!
Sophie-lou x

Click the image to see this tutorial clearly :)

Today I've done a coral summer make-up look. I wore this look out to a BBQ on the weekend and i loved how summery and pretty it is, its not too over powering for a casual BBQ either its just perfect for an outside summer day/night event.
I found this eyeshadow pallet at my dads house last week ,in my old make up draw and as it was missing the lid to it so i don't know what make it is and i cannot remember for the life of me what make it as and when i bought it , I'm thinking it may be Avon but I'm really not sure :S but the colours are so lush and very smooth on the skin.
Above is a picture of the pallet (lidless) and the swatches. No names sorry as i don't know what it is :(
I used the natural collection corrector eye cream to prime my eye as a base for the eye shadows.
I also used a pencil liner from ASDA George, which is really creamy and smooth so its easy to apply. I would love to say its a mac lipstick i used but its not, its a Boots natural collection moisture shine lipstick in shade rose petal which is a very light pinky coral which i love! its so smooth and looks so nice on my lips which are very dark so it takes a lot to lift my natural lip colour and this does it very well. It costs around £2 and is great coverage and lasting finish is great also.
The blusher colour i used is actually the same eyeshadow as i used on my eyes , it is subtle on the checks and ties the whole look in together perfectly.
The mascara used is no7 extravagant lashes which I've reviewed before on one of my very first blogs. Love the length it gives me and fullness but don't really like the brush as its a strange square shape :S so ... but it looks great!
x
Think that's all about the products used.. o yeah and the brushes used were MAC.
Thanks for Reading and i hope you enjoyed my tutorial! x
Sophie-lou x

Here is my first Nail Of The Day! and I'm wearing the Rimmel London 60seconds nail polish in the shade 819 Green With Envy. Its got a new Nouveau pro-cision brush for easier application , it only takes one coat as well which is great as there's not many nail polishes that are one coat to get the intense colour anymore and it will last longer! Also it actually does what it says on the bottle which is dyed in under 60 seconds which is also great as it can be applied just before a day/ night out in a hurry without having to wait ages for your nails to dry.
I love this colour as teal is my favourite colour anyway and this metallic teal green just looks great as its eye catching and has the WOW factor on the nail. I personally much more enjoy wearing matte colours on my nails as some metallic can be old fashioned but this one is such an 'IN' colour that it over rides the 'Old fashioned' take on metallic.
Thanks for reading x
Sophie-lou x

YAY!, I finally figured out how to get my comments section working with this new template :) I'm so glad as you have all just started following me and couldn't leave any comments which was pointless because i really want to hear what you all have to say !
Feel free to leave me a few comments on my posts girlie's :P thanks x
Sophie-lou-j
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Hello ,i just wanted to say thanks for recently deciding to follow me :) I'm so glad that my posts will finally be read :) yay!
Also i realise that my comments aren't working under my posts which is rather annoying as i would love to hear from you but the template that i have on my blog currently doest allow comments arghh! Ive emailed the maker of this temp and hopefully it will be up and running soon . bear with me please and i look forwards to hearing from you when its fixed x
Thanks again !!
x Sophie-lou x