Valentine

Favourite song of the moment for hopeless romantics like myself.

GLOW (Tanya Burr does a gorgeous Jennifer Aniston look)

I am literally running out and buying:

+ NARS Turks & Caicos blush stick +

+ MAC Lipstick in Shy Girl +

+ NARS Sheer Glow* +

+ MAC Vanilla pigment +

+ Benefit Hoola +

+ Dior Amber Diamond powder +

Why? Because of this video :)

* I can NEVER find my shade in NARS Sheer Glow and it is so frustrating :( I want it so badly but everytime I go to get colour matched, I get matched with a different colour. I've been matched to all the following colours on different occasions: Mont blanc, Fiji, Ceylan, Santa Fe and most recently, Punjab (which looked really orange in the mirror but could be something to do with the fact that the lady slapped it on very heavily). Space NK do not have any testers of the foundation and when I've asked in department stores they just look at me in disgust and say that they're out of everything in "my" colour. Uh, thanks.

Can anyone help me out?

• I am around a NC20-25 in winter, NC30ish in summer BUT I've tried quite a few MAC foundations in these colours and none of them have quite matched me - they always end up looking pinkish or ashy on my skin. Even the "very sheer" MAC Face & Body goes ashy on me (I've tried C2 & C3)!
  
  
• The skin on my body has very yellow, almost brown undertones. Maybe that means I have olive skin? BUT my face has pinky undertones and is lighter than my body. I usually try to find foundations with a yellow undertone to balance out my face and bring it to the same shade as the rest of my body - foundations with a cooler/pinkier base or even just a HINT of a peachy/pinky-beige colour do NOT suit my skin as they just make my face look even pinkier and ashier than usual.
  
  
• In general, I have never found a correct colour match in any foundation as they just all turn odd colours on my skin. It's very frustrating for a make up addict like me that I can never seem to find the EXACT shade for my make up base!
  
  
• Saying that, the only foundation which has a shade that comes close to my colouring is Chanel Vitalumiere in 20 (for my wintertime skin), but the high price and shabby lasting power of this foundation put me off using it regularly - not to mention the TERRIBLE sales girls (I cannot call them make up artists) who usually have no idea of what is going on with their brand and just stand around looking snotty and giving you "are you sure you can afford that?" glances. In the Debenhams in Oxford, the girl at the counter told me that the Chanel teint innocence in the pot was the same as Chanel vitalumiere, just that they were in different containers........ I mean, seriously?!?
  

I have combination skin (very dry cheeks, very oily t-zone) and if you have any favourite products or foundations that you think would suit me, I would ADORE it if you left a comment :)

Hope you all had a lovely weekend!

Love,

Geisha

xoxo

- And we're BACK IN THE GAME -

Hello lovelies,

Does anyone recognise the post title quote? 10 things I hate about you? Joseph Gordon-Levitt being a teen hearthrob in his car? Swooning at every glimpse of him and watching the movie 5x in a row because you loved him so much and totally wanted to be his Bianca even though he was skinny and had kind of floppy weird slightly greasy looking hair? (I think that last one is just me).

BUT he's grown into quite the hottie so HA, people can't really tease me now because he's actually become cute! (that 400 days of summer film and that photoshoot with Claudia Schiffer- case in point).

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Don't think I can say the same thing about my other 2 teenage crushes - Freddie Prinze Jr (where is he now?)

1. Freddie Prinze Jr

(Upon googling, I've discovered that he's actually still quite good-looking. Ahem.)

and....

2. Jay Hernandez ("WHO?!?" You ask. Well, I'll tell you. He was in the movie Crazy/Beautiful.... The one who wasn't Kirsten Dunst. "WHO?!??!" I hear you ask, again. Yeah slightly obscure... Perhaps his one and only movie role?).

God I'm an embarrassment.

Everyone make me feel better and tell me your embarrassing teenage crushes!!!

Moving onto the point of the post. Sorry in advance for the immense ramble and life story, its very late at night/early in the morning and I'm feeling productive!

I've been absent for soooooo long! I'm so behind on commenting and blogging and everything and it makes me feel sad :( But my exams are finally over and I'M FREEEE!!! (Although I do still have a dissertation to write but that's not the point). I have been de-stressing this past week and planning what I want to buy in my big summer make up and clothes haul as well as preparing a HYOWGE (thats huge in lamespeak) blog sale :) AND thinking about breaking into the youtube zone! But in typical british style, I'm cringing at the thought of ya'll hearing my voice - what if I come across as really boring or whiny or just plain scary?!? Ah the perils of unleashing not just your photos but your voice onto the world. If there are any youtubers reading this, can you give me a few tips and hints on how to start up? Whats a good length of video to make? I know youtube has some rules about how long the videos should be. Hmm, i should just go research this myself.

Anyway, its coming up to 3:30am and here I am typing a delirious paragraph promising to blog more. I'm going to be taking my digicam around with me tomorrow and either taking lots of pictures OR filming bits and pieces for a potential youtube Vlog. But now, to bed!

I'll leave you with some pictures of 2 of my favourite models, Erin Wasson and Noot Seaar, generally having a whale of a time and looking all tanned and toned and summery. I'm not trying to depress you here, honest!

(Don't smoke kids)

Oooh that reminds me!

I'm going to Glastonbury again this year on the weekend on the 27th June. Maybe I'll have a Vlog from that? I'll have a lot of pictures anyway :) What should I wear?!?! (The only important question)

Are you lovely people heading to festivals during the summer season? Which ones? What are your top camping tips??? I really need all the help I can get...

Love,

Geisha

xoxo