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Natural Beauty

14.5.15

On a regular basis, I tend to not wear all that much makeup. For school, I like to fill my eyebrows in a little, maybe some concealer if my crazy under-eye circles are super dark, and powder to get rid of any oiliness. But I don't feel the need to wear makeup if I go out to the corner shop to pick up some bread at 8am or nip out to superdrug quickly to stock up on soap. What really scares me is that some girls do. They feel so uncomfortable in their own skin, they want to cover up every single flaw they can find.

I'm not saying if you have a big blemish on your face you should leave it, but it's fine to go out without makeup every once in a while - it won't kill you! Here's what I like to do when I want to feel a bit more 'glammed up', or if I'm going out somewhere special and want to look my best. It doesn't have the winged eyeliner I love to do, but this post is called 'natural beauty'.

I cover up any spots or red patches on my face with Rimmel's Wake Me Up concealer, and then powder with the all famous Rimmel Stay Matte powder. I fill in my brows with the shade 'Naked 2' in the Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, and I use an angled Real Techniques eyeshadow brush. If I feel like it, I'll line my eyes with the shade 'Crave'. It gives a lovely, natural and defined look. My new love is the Cowshed lip balm - it smells like a meadow you'd dream of walking through in a white flowy dress with a flower crown in you hair, but throw a bit of the Jo Malone rose scent in there. This all makes sense in my head..

 Finally, here's me, without any makeup or touch-ups. This is my hair, one day after washing without any extra product in it, and my weird smile up close. Kind of scary?
































(This post is part of a little blogger series I'm taking part in called the "secret blogger project 2015" run by teen bloggers Emily , Rebekka and Charlotte. About 30 of us will be writing twice a week on selected little lifestyle topics and you can also go onto the twitter and Instagram hash tag "#secretbp2015" to have a little chat and view everyone's posts. If you would like to join or know more (we'd love to have you!)  Instagram dm @theperks0fbeingemily or if you don't have Instagram, send a quick email to  rebekkarosebeautyxo@gmail.com!)

how to style a suede jacket

10.5.15



shorts - tilly's

When most people think suede, they think, vintage, old people, etc etc. Me too, almost. Except when Daisy contacted me, I knew I wanted to make all of these outfits out of items I'd never worn together. For example, I would have never thought to wear this top and these shorts together, but hey, I did.

These shorts are gorgeous. I've never really bought or wore printed shorts before ( expect here ), but I saw these and thought 'yes puhleeaaseee'. They make me feel like an indie kind of person who wears circle sunglasses and hangs out in Brick Lane, and I'm fine with that!




Suede jacket - little vintage shop in LA

shoes - adidas

I think simplicity is an excellent way to go if you're looking into buying a statement jacket. Well, not statement, but you get what I mean. Whilst you might have seen it look great on someone else, they can be really hard to style properly. Which is why I've stuck to really simple outfits.

I was worried that the adidas would somehow clash, but I think they worked really well in adding a retro feel to this outfit. With the background, red and white stripey top and mom shorts, I feel proper hippy.



































jeans - h&m
shoes - nike

I'm not so sure about this one - the jeans aren't my favourite, but somehow it looked good in my head. Maybe with a different background and jeans this one could have been really lovely. Let me know what you think in the comments.

This is a collab with the fabuulooous Daisie, or Tous Dais. I have a lil wee obsession with her blog, and her post on how to style a camo jacket is almost as lovely as she is x

favourite candles of all time

6.5.15






















Yankee Candle 'White Gardenia'
You know when you walk into a garden centre, a flower shop if possibly your grandma's living room? This smells like that - super fresh and floral, it is identical to, how did you guess, white gardenia.

Bath and Body Works 'Sparkling Limeade'
I don't know if any of you will have tried the super green smoothie from Wagamama, but you should definitely try it. If they were to make a candle of it, I have no doubt that this would be it. So incredibly summery and fresh, it's got subtle hints of apple with lime, and doesn't smell like cheap lemonade like the name might lead you to think.

Abode 'Relaxing'
Abode is a little shop in the lanes of Brighton. I'm not sure why this is called relaxing because it's actually very citrusy and fresh ( let's count how many times I've said fresh in this post.. ). The only thing I don't like about this candle is the size - flippin tiiiinyyy.

Jo Malone 'Green Tomato Leaf'
This smells like summer. I don't know how else to explain it. It's so fresh and reminds me of greenhouses strangely? The best thing about this is that the smell stays in the room even when the candle isn't lit, and it's peeeeerfeect despite the high price.