This or That Tag

Hello everyone! So I saw that the lovely Siabhon from The Beauty Baker had done this tag, and tagged basically anyone, so I thought I'd just jump on the bandwagon and take part too! Like her I'm also tagging anyone who wants to take part! 

blush or bronzer - blush
lip gloss or lipstick - lipstick
eye liner or mascara - mascara
foundation or concealer - foundation
neutral or color eye shadow - neutral
pressed or loose eye shadows - pressed
brushes or sponges - brushes

nails:
OPI or china glaze -  OPI
Long or short - short
Acrylic or natural - natural
Brights or darks- bright
Flower or no flower- no flower

body:
perfume or body splash - perfume
lotion or body butter - body butter
body wash or soap - body wash
lush or soap and glory - LUSH

fashion:
jeans or sweat pants - jeans
long sleeve of short - short
dresses or skirts - dresses
stripes or plaid - plaid
flip flops or sandals - sandles
scarves or hats - scarfs
studs or dangly earrings- studs
necklaces or bracelets - bracelet
heels or flats- flats
cowboy boots or riding boots - neither
jacket or hoodie - hoodie

Topshop or Asos- Topshop all the way!
 

hair:
curly or straight- curly
bun or ponytail- bun
bobby pins or butterfly clips- bobby pins
hair spray or gel- hair spray
long or short- long
light or dark- dark 

side sweep bangs or full bangs - neither

up or down- up

random:
Rain or shine - shine
Summer or winter - summer
Fall or spring- spring

Chocolate or Vanilla - chocolate

Yours Truly 

Rachel xx

Favourite Items In My Room Tag

So I was tagged by the lovely Kerry as Kerry's Habitat to do the Favourite Items In My Room Tag. So basically if you're tagged you just have to follow the structure but change it to match your room if some things don't apply :) Please excuse the awful quality of these photos as I'm using my phone. 

1. Favourite item in a frame 

This is a picture of me and my 5 closest friends. In order there is Bec, Emma, Laura, Anna, me and Sarah has been cut out by the glare, but if you go onto my tumblr blog you can see a better photo. This photo means a lot because I love these guys like my sisters.

2. Best blue, red, pink or yellow item. 

My lanterns! They light up my bedroom and just look really pretty.

3. Favourite Item Made Of Paper

My daily affirmations. I was given this by a family friend when I finished high school. 

4. Most sentimental item 

The stuffed dragon with my grandads name on it. It was given to him when he was fighting cancer by the daffodil foundation, then when he passed my grandma kept it, and she sat him on her bedside table every night, then when she passed, he was given to me, and because I didn't really know my grandad the toy dragon means a lot 

5. Thing you are most proud of 

My guitar because I'm trying to stick to trying to learn how to play it. 

6. Favourite book or magazine

There is too many to choose from! 

7. Strangest thing in your room 

Lots of little positive quotes around my room! 

8. Messiest part of my room 

End of my desk. There is a bunch of messy unorganised papers

9. Oldest thing in my room 

Jewellery that belonged to my gran. It's very special and very precious to me. 

10. Favourite piece of furniture 

My bookcase, it's covered in lots of special things and I think it looks pretty, it's basically everything that is me. 

I'm Going To Tag 

The Beauty Look Book 

Molly Jess 

Inkie's Beauty Spot

Lauren

Yours Truly, 

Rachel xx 

Shopping Haul #1

Ok lovely people so over the last couple of weeks I've been getting summer goodies and decided to do a haul post :) 

I did not buy all of this in one whack so don't freak out too much :) I don't have pictures every item but I do for most so you can use your imagination or go google searching to find the product :) 

So first I bought a bikini by the brand Topanga from City Beach, Australian surfwear and clothing shop. I don't have a picture of it and I'm not comfortable putting a picture of myself wearing it online. So basically its navy blue with white daisy printed all over it and it has frills all the way around the bottoms and across the front of the top. 

Then I bought a skirt, also out of city beach, by a brand called Mooloola, the skirt is called the strawberry swing skirt. I got it on sale and I think it is really cute :) It is pictured below and I'm actually wearing it out tonight for the first time to a post exam fish and chip beach gathering with my friends :) 

Next I bought some shorts out of another surfwear shop, you can tell I'm a beach girl can't you :) called Waves. The shorts I bought were from a brand called Rusty. They are denim but look a little but more casual and not as harsh as normal denim shorts. I'd probably just wear a cute simple singlet with it with bathers underneath or with just a crop top or something :) 

Next I bought a loose singlety, blouse top out of a high end store called Forever New, it was quite expensive and I don't normally buy clothes out of there because of the price. But I fell in love with this. It's quite a simple blue blouse and you could dress it up if you wanted to or keep it quite simple. I love the colour blue and its basically my staple colour, plus I love floaty girly things so I couldn't really say no :) 

These next couple of things I haven't taken any pictures of, sorry. I bought a pair of sandals out of a shop called Valleygirl, they are basic flat sandals with some diamonte` style glitzy bits on them, quite simple and casual, but can dress up an outfit if you need them to. Then I bought a set of rings, mainly pinky rings and mid finger rings cause they are very popular the moment. Then I bought a set of belts one in navy blue and one in white. I bought the smallest sizes of them, and I still had to punch more holes in them to make them fit. Out of Big W I got a couple of simple singlets and a pair of comfy beach shorts just because you need a pair in summer just to wear around cause it basically what you spend the whole day in :) I also got some new make brushes by the brand boe, quite a cheap brand only ever used their nail polishes before but I think they'll do an ok job of getting my make up on my face haha. 

I then got a bottle of the maybelline dream pure bb cream. I actually was sent some free sample sachets of this by maybelline and I fell in love with it. So I went a bought a tube of it. It's really light, doesn't make your skin too shiny so you only need a little powder and it has great coverage :) 

 

Next I bought the garnier BB cream roll on. I orignally had a tube of this, but wasn't liking it to cover my whole face. So mum took that one and I bought the roll on one which I have been using as a concealer and I prefer it so much more to the actual cream. Its not as heavy and oily in the roll on I think. I would reccomend that over the actually bottle of BB cream its self. 

Then I went a store here called Sportsgirl. I bought 3 beauty products. The first a peachy coloured lipstick called spring fling, its really natural looking and has such a pretty colour perfect for summer when all the brighter pink and peach colours are coming in. Next I bought the liquid eye liner. I'm normally quite scared of eye liner but this one is really simple and really fine so I thought I'd give it a try. Then I got the Sportsgirl Big Blink mascara. I don't normally use their mascaras but I thought I'd try this one, so far I think its ok, but it kinda made some of my lashes clump together which I don't really like so I'm trying to use it sparingly and only in little bits to stop them clumping too much. 

That is all my lovelies. I hope you enjoyed seeing this. I bound to buy plently more I still need to get a jumpsuit and a dress of two before my summer wardrobe is complete. 

Yours Truly 

Rachel xx

Whats In My Handbag? Summer Edition

So this lovely people is my handbag. I bought it for about 100 Australian dollars, in a town called Melaka from a designer store called Carlo Rino. It has two long shoulder traps so it's comfortably and has lots of little apartments inside. It's not too big but it stores everything I need perfectly! 

The first things have in my bag is a little sunscreen because I burn easily and don't want to end up looking like a tomato :

The next thing is my Nivea pearly shine lip balm it is hydrating and has sun protection it has a beautiful colour and I take it absolutely everywhere and where it all the time. 

Next is a bottle of hand sanitizer because I'm out a lot and on public transport and you don't know where people's hands have been or if they have been sick or whatever.

I don't have a photo of this but my house keys they are an essential.

Next is my beauty/girly things bag. I didn't take a picture of every single product so you google the ones I didn't or use your imagination. 

- olive balm - marks and Spencer's 

- revlon grow luscious mascara

- Nivea visage be beautiful tinted moisturiser 

- maybelline fitme 120 powder 

- rexona roll on antiperspirant 

- Rimmel match perfection concealer 

- some hair ties and hair pins 

- soluble panadols 

- 

This thing it like two hair combs joine with beads and elastic and is great for just pinning your hair up when you need it, I don't what its actually called. If you know please tell me :) 

- savlon and plasters

- a miniature tooth brush and tooth paste

- Nivea hand and facial moisturier 

- voltaren joint inflammation gel 

- dry shampoo and a mini hair brush

- thermal spirt water spray 

- and some odd things like nail clippers and nails files tweezers etc 

- and some lady things if you know what I mean 

I also keep a water bottle in my bag because you dehydrate quicker in summer and is therefore and essential. I also keep things like my asthma puffer and sunglasses and some loose change and stuff and endless supply of lip balms and lipglosses. 

Hope this has inspired some people for their summer handbag :) 

Yours Truly 

Rachel Xx

50 Facts About Me Tag :)

Ok so I've seen this tag going around on youtube, tumblr, bloglovin' all those sort of places so I thought I'd just join in and do a "50 Facts About Me" too, and I want you guys to get to know me a little better a well. So lets get started,

1. I was born on January 26th 1996

2. I moved to Australia when I was 9 years old from Scotland 

3. My visa to move to Australia arrived on my birthday, which happens to be Australia Day :) 

4. I'm not part of any religion, but I follow Christian morals 

5. the only pets i've ever had are cats

6. I have a younger sister named Hannah

7. I've done a lot of travelling in my life

8. I won't drink plain milk 

9. I hate coffee of any sort, I only drink tea or hot chocolate

10. I made this blog while I was procrastinating for exam study

11. I have been reading Zoella/Zoe Sugg's blog since I was 15 

12. I love the beach

13. I'm trying to adapt to a more positive, happy, healthy lifestyle 

14. I suffer from anxiety 

15. I hate salt and vinger chips 

16. I can't clean my room unless I have music playing

17. I'm an empathetic person, so if you're crying, I'll probably cry too

18. If I'm not going anywhere, I just wear leggings or trackpants

19. I was going to be called Laura, Charlotte or Jennifer 

20. Ed Sheeran is my god 

21. My favourite movie is probably Dear John or Soul Surfer 

22. No one has heard me sing properly except my parents

23. I get annoyed when people constantly change radio stations in the car 

24. My favourite book is probably the fault in our stars by John Green

25. I love chocolate, like I can live off of it

26. I try to go running or exercise every morning 

27. I hate the smell of fast food 

28. I own like 40+ pairs of shoes

29. I'm an obsessive shopper

30. My favourite fruit combination is strawberries and lime 

31. I've never been in a relationship 

32. I want to be a speech therapist when I am older

33. I want to have a family before I'm 30 

34. I would love to go to a third world country and do volunteer work 

35. I treat my 5 closest friends as if they are my sisters 

36. I really want a dog 

37. I get sun burned very easily 

39. I love floaty dresses and skirts 

40. I prefer wedges over stiletto heels 

41. I was very protective over my sister when she was born, I wouldn't let anyone near her

42. I have an obsession with lipsticks 

44. Ariana Grande is my girl crush, I'd kill to look like her

45. I have a massive crush on Niall Horan 

46. I'm considering making a youtube channel

47. The idea of death scares me 

48. I have a fear of doctors, dentists, hospitals 

49. I literally can spend lots of money in a flash

50. I love cuddling 

Thank you to those of you who read this, I'm tagging anyone who reads it :) I hope you've enjoyed getting to know me a little better :) 

Yours Truly, 

Rachel Xx  

One direction concert

Ok so on the 29th of September I went to the One Direction Take Me Home Tour concert at the Perth Arena. It was incredible. We were seated in block 006 which was on the floor. We were in the back row and right next to the second stage. We got a wave from Harry and Louis which absolutely made my night, and apart from the intense screaming of 50000 teenage girls it was amazing. 

We booked the tickets back in April last year. So its been about a 16 month wait for them to actually come to Perth, and after going through a phase of being ridiculously obsessed with them,  my loved for them kinda died down quite a bit. However that didnt stop me from going to the concert. 

Our night began when my friends Emma and Bec and Bec's sister Bindi came over to mine beforehand. We did our make up and took some photos and then Emma drove us all the train station where we took the train to the city. In the city we met with more friends Anna and Laura and went off to get dinner. We walked around the city trying to find somewhere that wasn't packed full of the crazed fans which was actually very hard. We ended in a little bar round the corner from the arena called The Local Shack which were very good considering there were heaps of fans inside all ordering pretty much the same thing over and over. After dinner we walked down to the Arena which was absolutely mental outside. There must have been thousands of fans trying to pack into this tiny little sheltered area before getting inside the arena to get of the rain. We were then told we couldn't take our water bottles in, but because we didnt want to buy water due to the high costs we decided to put our water bottles, wait for it, inside my playsuit with my denim jacket over the top so I looked like a T-rex walking around to sneak our bottles inside, and it worked. 

Bec and Bindi then went to find their seats which were in the block to right of ours and we could see them very well. We had  such a good time dancing to the music that was playing before the concert started and to 5 Seconds of Summer the support band from Sydney who did absolutely incredible. About 30 minutes later One Direction came on stage, starting with the song Up All Night from their debut album. I couldn't hear them singing at first because of how loud the screaming was. 

The boys are so entertaining and made it an incredible night. They aren't like regular boybands with their choreographed dance routines and preferred to just be their mad selves. However poor Louis had lost his voice and couldnt sing all of his lines. 

My favourites performances had to be all the songs from the Up All Night album especially One Thing, More Than This & Moments and their Sophomore Album songs Change My Mind and Last First Kiss. Niall during Change My Mind, instead of singing "so baby if you say you want me to stay" he sang "so baby if you say you want me to drive to KFC" which was really funny. Once they arrived on the second stage that is when we got our waves. First from Louis who made eye contact with me and another girl who was next to me and next Harry, I was leaning out over my chair waving at him and shouting his name and he smiled and waved back. 

I know there is a lot of them but these were my favourite performances, More Than This, One Thing, Moments, Change My Mind, Last First Kiss, Little Things and What Makes You Beautiful. 

So the concert all in all was amazing I'm so glad I went. Thank you to the boys for making the show so absolutely incredibly enjoyable I had the most wonderful time. Thanks to Zayn for hitting his amazing high notes, thank you to Liam for being his perfect self, thank you to Harry for waving at us, thank you to Louis for coming out and performing despite being poorly and thank you to my sexy irish mofo Niall for being his beautiful and crazy self. 
Yours Truly 
Rachel xx