my number one.

So as I'm pretty sure you already know, I'm a MAC girl through and through.

Occasionally I cheat on MAC and as like all cheats, I regret it.

I could go on forever about MAC products but I recently just bought this back into my life after a brief fling with Bare Minerals (a good fling but its staying power has nothing on MAC) so I just had to use this opportunity to rave about it.

Mac Mineralize Skinfinish Powder.

What I love about it is that it's one for absolutely everyone. For those of you who haven't used mineral powders, you're missing out. I thought it was just hype but you only have to try it to see the difference. It actually feels soft to touch and it goes onto your skin in the same silky fashion. As a result, your skin looks flawless and insanely smooth and the beauty of minerals is if you're blessed with beautiful skin, it will just give you a nice natural finish but if like me, you're not so blessed, you can build it up for full coverage which still looks natural yet has a gorgeous glow.  It lasts all day too.

It comes loads of different colours but not the normal NW/NC range because it's mineralize so blends perfectly. For best results, use with a Kabuki brush which helps give the best coverage. £20 and I've a complete coverage lover who uses it everyday and it still lasts me at least 2/3 months.

Trust me girlies, this is one not to be missed!

mwah xo.

horoscopes.

Right, as some of you will know, I love a good horoscope and I'm always trying to find good astrologists. So I wanted to do a bit of shameless advertising for someone I feel is one of the best out there...Mr Josh Daniels. It's manly for the ladies but could apply to the males also. He is on facebook here and his twitter is on its way but I have copied and pasted some of his latest reads below so you can see what he is all about (all material copyright of Josh Daniels (c))

Firstly mine which could not have been any more spot-on:

LEO:

your heart is in the wrong place at the moment because you thinking too much about your past all you want to do is be happy if you had your way you will be travelling the world yes you do need a holiday when the timing is right it looks like you might delete or block someone from Facebook soon more good news about work opportunities will come to your way soon in 2012 you will be having sex without a condom soon: someone you know will be going in court soon you will be told about the person whose in trouble with the law. BY JOSH DANIELS (C)2012

I read this literally just as I was thinking about booking a holiday and disappearing off and after the day I've had, it is so apparent that I am indeed thinking way too much about my past. No sex without a condom planned though guys as much as I obsess about cute babs. Ha.

CANCER:
your mind is all over the place,your memory is getting worse I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't know where you put your own mobile phone,on level you need extra sleep you haven't been sleeping longer than 4-5 hour,your body is doing so much plus you haven't really been going to the gym to keep fit your sexy body need's exercise I didnt tell you to have sex to keep fit lol,:BY JOSH DANIELS (C)2012

PISCES:
other people haven't showed you the respect you deserved,you still cricitised for being selfish in the reality you're a good person when you say things you don't think of consequences until after you realised you was in the wrong,something is clearly confusing the hell of you that why you not 100% how to deal with your personal problems in order for you to move forward you need to trust your decisions that's the only way you going to get good results:BY JOSH DANIELS (C)2012

SAGITTARIUS:
I can't wait for you to get your hair done soon,you due to get stressed out soon,your mouth is way too big you could upset other people with your opinion I guess it's not in your nature to keep things in for too long,around June and July 2012 you will be doing travelling to City to City,your love life will remain complicated if you're in relationship you're single new lover will be wearing red you and that person will click :BY JOSH DANIELS (C)2012

TAURUS:
you're not going to be a happy bunny someone is due to start on you for no reason don't anyone upset you someone will be asking you what you doing for valentines you haven't planned no valentines that far plus someone meet on road will ask you for your digit plus you will be taking proper long to respond to friends requests from Facebook,you will be going shopping at the last minute next week money is abit tight you spending your money way too much I guess you love good things with your expensive taste...lol you due to buy new shoes soon as special treat.....BY JOSH DANIELS (C)2012

SCORPIO:
listen you need to make time for your close friends you owe it to them when you was going through hard time someone was giving you advice yes you're busy focusing with work or study seriously make time for your friends call them or text them more often lead a good example even your friends even your friends aren't making time for you yes you can then lock them off out of your life like they say everything happens for a reason:BY JOSH DANIELS (C)2012

VIRGO:
you not taking no chances with negative people in your life you've made few changes recently you not wasting your full energy worrying about other people's problems your stress level is better than last year you're gaining full control of your life today you not feeling emotional your body is feeling tired you be listening to music today to keep your mind relaxed:BY JOSH DANIELS (C)2012

ARIES:
you will know when the right man comes along,it feel's a long process to find someone special all you ever wanted is to be happy,your family past needs to be sorted soon life is too short anything can happen to to your family plus you going to meet a light skinned guy soon he maybe the one for you plus someone from your past will take interest to date you and you be travelling soon:BY JOSH DANIELS (C)2012

GEMINI:
you was in the funny mood this week,certain someone is going to get on your nerves this week,you haven't been 100% happy because you not in the long term relationship plus it is hard to find a guy whose loyal and whose in your level so far you're trying to avoid being stressed out all you want is to have peaceful life last year was too much drama going on ,2012 you're hoping you will be able to stay 100% focused:BY JOSH DANIELS (C)2012

There's a couple of signs missing so make sure that you go follow him on twitter/facebook!

Night sweets. xo

hmm.

focus on what really matters in life.
the truth is you only get one go at it.
you only get one family so treasure them.
because everything else will come and go.

and if you love something, you make sure you hold onto it with both hands.

the best way to get over someone.

They say it's to 'get under someone else'.

They say it's best to keep yourself well distracted.

There's definitely no shortage of advice on the matter.

But the truth is, there is no miracle cure for a broken heart.

Because if there was it would be mass-produced and sold to millions.

One of the worst parts of getting your heart broken is that we all know there's only one real healer and that is time.

We've all been there, your boyfriend's broken up with you and all of a sudden your life is definitely, completely 100% over so who the hell wants to hear that 'time is the only healer' or there's 'plenty more fish in the sea' because who wants a bloody fish? Is a fish going to spoon you at night or snuggle up on the sofa watching Easties with you? I think not. Deep down though, although we won't be hurrying out with our fishing nets, we all know that eventually over time, we will start to fill better despite how impossible it seems as we mope in a pile of our own mascara-stained tissues listening to 'Someone like you' on repeat.

So here are my realistic tips to getting over a broken heart (no metaphors, I promise):

1. Turn off Adele. I know it's hard because every lyric is so true *sob* but unless Adele is going to come round and prise the wine bottle out of your hand, she is no use to you now.
2. Put down your glass of wine and close the box of Malteasers. I'm sure that you don't want your ex to mistake you for a beached whale on dry land next time he sees you so it's for your own good.
3. Delete his number...and his text messages...and the call register and throw away the bit of paper that you've written it on just in case of 'emergencies'.
4. Now this is one of the hardest ones but honestly, how productive is a facebook stalk? I know we all do it but why, oh why do we force ourselves to go through the agony of seeing that he's become suddenly become friends with that girl. Block him immediately.
5. Take the upper hand. Telling anyone who will listen that he's got a tiny penis will make you feel good for about five minutes. Putting on a smile and not even uttering his name will help you feel better indefinitely.
6. If you're going to go out, make sure you enjoy it and do not spend the whole time worrying about bumping into him. If he is there, you want him to see you looking hot-to-trot and dancing around with your head held high not climbing on the railings of the dancefloor to see if you can spot him dancing with another girl.
7. In the initial, the less contact you have with him the better. This is a major one as everytime you talk to him while feelings are still raw, you are one step further away from getting over him. Obviously, this completely rules out the possibly of the cardinal sin: ex-sex. It is never a good idea.
8. Surround yourself with your friends because we've all been there. It is a law as a best friend that even in an ex's new girlfriend is Kim Kardashian still is still 'nothing on you, babes.'
9. Strangely, I always find the gym helps because it's so productive. You're letting out agression (and yes, it's perfectly find to imagine that he is laying down on the treadmill and you're trampling all over him) and you're working towards good results.
10. Most importantly, give it time. You're not going to get over someone overnight but there is no better feeling than when you look back and realise how far you've come. You were fine before them and you'll be fine again.

And always remember that you deserve better! No really, you do.

move over hunter.

So as if my viv-love could get any worse, Miss Westwood then releases these beauties for the drizzly season. As if to make my obsession worse, a girl walks into the bar clad in a fur coat, leggings and these absolute gems on her feet.

Unfortunately after a battle with my conscience, I've had to accept that my savings account does not warrant spending the best part of 100 quid on a pair of welly boots. Besides the bow style ones are sold out pretty much nationwide now!

So you can only imagine my delight when I stroll into Primark and find these absolute beauts at for...wait for it...a tenner!

I'll be wearing mine with skinnies or jeggings and a cable knit cardi or fur coat or dressing them up with 100 denier opaque tights and a cute skater hem dress. How will you wear yours?

 

bad day.

bad bad bad bad bad day...

because everything inside me screams no no no no,

don't lose it all in the blur of the stars,

seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,

it's okay not to be okay.

sometimes it's hard to follow your heart,

but tears don't mean you're losing,

everybody's bruising,

there's nothing wrong with who you are.

yes nos, egos, fake shows; just go and leave me alone.

real talk, real life, good love, good night with a smile...

that's my home.

JUST BE TRUE TO WHO YOU ARE.

dreams.

Something happened today that reaffirmed my faith in never giving up on your dreams; I am going to do a post on it tomorrow - as I'm tired after cocktails but for now I wanted to say this...

We all have dreams and ambitions. So we all know that all too often whilst caught up in reality, it can seem that they are out of our reach or unrealistic. One guranteed way of making sure that they don't come true is by losing faith or giving up hope. If we don't believe in our own dreams then no one else is going to and if we are too willing to settle then our dreams will always be out of our reach. It's all too easy to give up but it takes real bravery to hold onto faith when all seems lost. As sometimes it's when you're least expecting it that fate comes along and gives you a break. With every glimmer of light that it gives you, the end of the tunnel seems nearer. So never give up because tomorrow truly could be the best day of your life...

cocktails.

Anyone who has not been to Browns and had a Passionfruit Daquiri is missing out!

Heaven in a glass for under £4. Amazing.



tip off.

These are amazing.

Had them today served with morrocan rice which I cooked with tomato puree, paprika, garlic and chilli and served with a spicy tomato coulis which I made with chilli, tomatoes, onions and coriander.

The sausages were beautiful; perfect texture and nice but not overbearing flavours.

They're about £3 for 4 huge sausages but were on offer for around £2. Worth every penny.



mr right.

So I'm sat here with a glass of wine white in one hand and dinner in the oven and it dawns on me that my life is getting more and more Bridget Jones by the minute and I start to wonder...

What happened to Mr Right?

Of course, he's currently training for the Welsh rugby team waiting until he realises that we're meant to be. We can all kid ourselves that this is the case or we can accept that the likelihood is Mr Right drifted past us while we were too caught up with Mr Wrong Wrong Wrong.

Now where Mr Right is a metaphor, Mr Wrong is all too real.

He comes in all shapes and forms and more often than not he is cleverly disguised as Mr Right; he says all the right things and even treats you right for a while. This imposter Mr Right is the worst Mr Wrong of all.

But sometimes you know Mr Wrong is wrong. He's got a reputation of being a bit of an Ashley Cole, your friends warn you off and he's about as legit and trustworthy as David Cameron; your guts' telling you no and so is everyone else but for some ridiculous and annoying reason, he is irresistable.

If I could identify what it was about these Mr Wrongs that makes them so irresistible then I promise you that for the good of womankind, I would bottle it up and hurl it into the Red Sea never to be found again.

They're just like Dominoes pizza. We all know it's bad for us so why is it so tempting? Why does it taste so bloody good at the time? Because the guilt and regret afterwards is almost not worth it.

Yet while we pine over them, it's highly likely that potential Mr Rights are slipping us by while we're too caught up in the hope that Mr Wrong is going to change into Mr Right overnight. He is not.

Now I love a romcom as much as the next 21-year old but I also know that they often portray a ridiculous and completely unrealistic message that no matter what happens, Ryan Gosling will realise that he is madly in love with us and sweep us off our feet to love us forever ever - and all in 90-minutes flat.

However I think one has a completely valid message. If a guy wants to be with you, he will make it known, he will make the effort and ultimately he will be with you. If that isn't they case then the best thing we can do is stop kidding ourselves and realise that maybe he's just not that into you. It sounds harsh but sometimes we owe it to ourselves to forget what we want and remember what we deserve.

Anyway ladies, the moral of this story is if you're looking for Mr Right, stop chasing Mr Wrong, stop looking for Mr Right Now and start looking at what might just be right in front of you.

& maybe, just maybe this will help me to start taking my own bloody advice.



Love is...

not being able to imagine the rest of your life without that person.

blind.

missing even the annoying little traits about someone as soon as they're gone.

painful.

never sleeping anywhere near as well alone as you do when you're with them.

passion.

hoping that it's them everytime your phone goes off.

unforgettable.

forgiving things that you would never normally forgive.

bittersweet.

is like a scar; the pain will heal eventually but even as it fades, you'll never forget.

it's all about meatballs.

I love them.

I've tried and tested loads of different recipes. Anyone who knows me will know I don't really like to follow recipes. I pretend it's because I like my own original ideas but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with my low attention span.

Anyway, I've got mince to use up so on tonight's menu is:

 Homemade spiced meatballs with a tomato and chorizo sauce and fresh pasta.

How I'll be making these beauties...

• Lean steak mince (500g makes about 8 good sized meatballs).
• Pork mince - around 250g.

• 1 large red onion.
• 1 large green onion.
• Garlic puree.
• 2 garlic cloves.
• paprika/black pepper/salt.
• fresh oregano (or dried).
• chilli powder.
• fresh pasta of your choice.

For the sauce:

• 1 tin of italian plum tomatoes (good brand).
• fresh basil (or dried).
• chorizo (as much as you like).
• 1 small chilli.
• 2 teaspoons of tomato puree.
• 1 beef stock cube.
• seasoning.

To make your meatballs...

This is the fun part. Set aside a chopping board and take out both minces and start to mix them together. Pork mince helps to bind the beef mince and also keeps it soft and succulent and not too coarse.

Seasoning is key for the meatballs, nothing worse than bland balls so take a good bit of the beef mince and a pinch of the pork mince and season with oregano, garlic, chilli powder, paprika and salt and pepper. Some people like to add a small amount of egg to bind but I don't find it greatly neccessary with the pork mince. Now the fun part, roll into lovely little balls and repeat until you have a baking tray full of meatballs.

I put them in the oven at about 180 for about 15 minutes as they are and then make the sauce.

To make the sauce...

Good tomato sauces are easy to make and I think they are best kept simple and not over-complicated. Every chef I've ever heard making a tomato sauce has said that if you get a top quality tin of plum tomatoes (make sure they are italian plum tomatoes), it is as good as any fresh for a sauce as they flavours are more concentrated. You will need a blender or a hand-mixer whichever you prefer and as with the beauty of a blender, you can pretty much just pop all the ingrediants in and let it work its magic.

Put the tomatoes and tomato puree in first with a teaspoon of sugar - always do this with tomatoes as it just takes away that bit of tartness all tomatoes have. Then add the herbs, seasoning and 2 teaspoons of garlic puree accordingly and the beef stock. The only important thing is that the chorizo goes it last; sometimes I just like to chop it down really finely and put it in but it's quite nice if you blend it on coarse for around 20 seconds and the juices from the chorizo add a nice depth and smokiness to the sauce.

You could heat up the sauce seperately but what I like to do is pour the sauce over the meatballs and cook for the last 5-7 minutes, this way you get the juices from the meatballs in the sauce too.

Et voila.

Serve over fresh pasta, season with black pepper and sprinkle on parmesan. Delicious.

Will try and upload a picture later.

Any questions/ideas to @candiloveslove #meatballs.

mwah. xo

happy birthday...

...to one of the hottest women of 2011 in my opinion.

Billie Faiers.

Major girl crush. When Sam's elder sister appeared in Minnie's Boutique at the start of Series 2, I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one who fell in love with her and her all-natural stunningly curvacious figure. Well jel!

Now of course we only ever see what the camera wants us to see but she always seems like a lovely girl too and after a vicious, horrible attack, she has come out smiling once again.

Billie is a prime example of someone who has not got a tiny size 8 figure but knows exactly how to work  her beautiful curves it and she does it well.

So on her 22nd birthday as an ode to being so fabulous, I will review some of her hottest looks of 2011/2:

This was one of my favourite Billie looks - what an entrance into TOWIE! Slogan vests were massive around this time and I still love them now. So easy to throw on with leggings or skinnies and can be dressed up easily with heels and a blazer.

Billie rocks the hell out of this look casually wearing her Delicious Couture vest with a bandeau bralet and skinnies. I think purple is a beaut colour on her but this item also comes in taupe and bright pink too.

It's available still in purple here and also due back in stock in the other colours. At £42, it's not for the faint-hearted but if you want a treat for yourself that's going to get the message across loud and clear, do it! ;)

I know this outfit was controversial but I loved it. Vintage style animal prints on plain background was big for 2011 and I think Billie owned it in this Sugarhill Boutique Deer playsuit.

She wore it to go to Celebrity Juice studios in and I think she nails that 'oh, this old thing?!' look with shoe boots and an oversized Mulberry slung over her arm. #bagenvy

I think this would be gorge for a night out played simply with killer black shoe boots and an oversized black clutch but could also be a nice day outfit with a leather jacket, opaque 100/120 denier black tights and boots.

Want to know the good news? If you like this beautiful playsuit, you can get your hands on it here for half price down from £53 to £26. Love it, that link takes you to Ark Clothing's website which is one for the favourites as they stock great brands such as Motel, Lipsy.

I absolutely adore this look from head to toe. Shoe envy. Dress envy. Bag envy. I've always been a fan of opaque tights and killer black shoe boots perfect for when it's too cold/you can't be bothered to get your legs out and Billie has teamed it so well with a bright fuschia dress. It looks expensive, it looks designer and it looks high fashion so you'll never guess where the dress is from?

George, dahling. A Sloane Square boutique? A Milan designer? No! Our favourite George at Asda. Our Billie shows us that you're never too famous to appreciate a good old Asda shop with this smoking look. You'd have had to be blind to miss out on the prominence of skater hem dresses on the market last year and as she shows us they are the perfect opinion for giving us a great silhouette and that sought-after hourglass figure.

The only bad news is that because of this, the dress has sold out now online and in stores. However George have launched a competition to win one so be sure to enter for your chance to get your mitts on this beauty!

So, a huge happy birthday to Billie and let's hope 2012 brings even more stunning looks!

mwah. xo

sunday's hot topic.

And it truly is a hot topic...

Glamour Modelling.

I was recently discussing publishing internships with one of my best friends over dinner and she told me that one of her female friends had interned at Nuts and found it difficult. This got me thinking about the topic of glamour modelling as a whole.

A few months ago, I nearly choked with rage on my lunch as I heard the 'Loose Women' move from the subject of the rape issue with that horrendous quote about how women should not 'dress like sluts' to avoid being raped swiftly onto glamour modelling and how it also exploits women and shows them as a piece of meat.

One, I felt it was disgusting how they had obviously deliberately tried to merge the two subjects. Let me get one thing straight first of all, I was sickened by the fact that some comments were made that were almost in agreement with that women should dress more conservatively for their own safety. My response to this is HELL NO. This is 2012, women and men are treated as equals in almost every way so why the hell should we be encouraged to cover ourselves up because certain me have no self-control? Rape is a horrendous crime of which the justice procedures need to be tightened rapidly.

We're not saying to businessmen, change into your hoodies and trackies on your way home from work and it's less likely that someone will rob your iPad, are we? And that's because it's recognised that the crime is wrong regardless. I could have literally thrown my jacket potato at the TV screen when I had to endure them banging on about how the way some women dress for a night out is inticing and leads men on. So I will leave it on this note, when I'm in a club, drunk and see a 6ft 2 welsh beauty wearing a ridiculously low-cut All Saints t-shirt with gorgeous bulging arms poking through and teasing me, is it then okay for me to go over and sexually attack him because his attire led me on?? I rest my case.

Back to glamour modelling, I think it's time that we dispersed this whole attitude that glamour models are exploited. Hundreds of thousands of girls are queining up to be glamour models these days and I hate that some people think of glamour modelling as if it's some kind of prostitution. How is it so different to normal modelling? Backstage at fashion shows, models run around naked and are often shot wearing next to nothing...the only difference is the target market.

Another thing that I have recently thought is that the average fashion model is a size 4-8 (American size zero), they have to remain that way if they want to do catwalk and there is a ridiculous amount of pressure on them to stay skinny for that regemented typical 'supermodel' look. Now flicking through the pages of Nuts/Zoo who opt for the more 'girl next door look', I see girls of all shapes and sizes - some with big boobs, some with big bums and lots of nice curvy, healthy looking figures. I have a few friends who have been in Nuts and they have got beautiful figures, none of them looking starved to within an inch of their lives, ranging from a healthy size 8 to a beautiful size 12 and I tell you what, I would much rather have their curvacious bodies gracing my pages than gaunt, pointy model-types.

Also, none of them were forced at gunpoint to strip down to their underwear in front of a camera. It's a job; they've all got stable boyfriends who love them, are all extremely intelligent girls with their heads screwed on who absolutely love their jobs and who can blame them? I, like most other girls my age, have suffered massively from confidence and insecurity issues and it's nice to know that there are people out there who like you as you are. One of my friends refused to lose weight for a shoot and continues to be booked up as a curvy size 12 and she gets so many comments from women who she has inspired for doing so. Another was bullied at school because of her beautiful lips and they are now one of her best-selling features as a model.

My point is that I'm sick of reading about glamour models getting so much stick for no reason and I genuinely think that a lot of it is jealousy. I genuinely find it comforting sometimes to see pictures of girls with beautiful curves who are confident in their bodies because why shouldn't you flaunt it? I'm sure they've all had their insecurities and I would much rather see a healthy-looking girl in her underwear than a size zero model wearing a dress that I'll never be able to afford in my life but that's just me.

Haters: give glamour models a break and do not assume that they're all being exploited/uneducated. Don't be jel, be reem.

If you've got it, flaunt it and if you can get paid for it...even better!

Very interested to hear your views on this one though. @candiloveslove #glamourmodelling

mwah. xo

life & love.

New flatmate moved in today.

And I'm pretty proud to be the one that popped his Take Me Out cherry.

Although it was discovered shortly after that he's an University of Oxford graduate with a 2:1 in History and Masters from UCL therefore his lack of Take Me Out knowledge was more acceptable.

Despite finding this out, in the true nature of being me, I know feel more determined that he should give my other crap TV programmes a chance.

What's the bet I'll have him watching TOWIE with a glass of rose in one hand and a jerk chicken leg in the other within the month?

Challenge accepted.

mwah. xo

fashion.

Fusion Orion Cape...

So I bought this today and for anyone who knows me, you're probably thinking, really?! Because I hate white (and cream). I have no vendettas with the colours themselves but brown make-up, white clothes, clumsy girl equal badtimes.

What is even weirder is this from Monsoon. I was walking through to Accessorize and totes fell in love. We all know I'm a an absolute magpie but this picture does not do it justice. The shoulders are embellished with a beautiful embossed gold pattern and matching gold buttons. The colours together look gorgeous and at £36.00 down from £125.00, it would have been rude and offensive not to indulge.

Still unsure as to whether I love it but thinking it will be perfect for nights out as a subsitute for one of my fur coats. Will be a really good one to wear with jeans/jeggings/leggings and heels for those nights where you're going for drinks/dinner but not out out (we both know these nights normally end up out out). I think I'll wear it on Thursday night with black leggings/skinny jeans my black Topshop Andre wedge boots and a plain top. Will update with pictures.

Tip off...

Let's talk feet. Not literally but about those beautiful things that keep our feet warm. So last season, for our going out numbers we saw more glitter than a homemade children's Christmas card. Glittery heels and glittery shoe boots were abundent. I was one happy girl when I managed to pick up a stunning pair of black heels with rainbow glitter wedge for a tenner in the sale. Uh-mazing.

But the Christmas cheer is over, it looks like the glitter is dispersing too. However fear not because by the looks of things, this new shoes flocking into our favourite stores are any less beautiful. Suede is set to be big with strong signs of colour-blocking (black shoe, bright blue wedge for example), wedges themselves are still everywhere as are the VB super-heel (how does she do it?!)

But if you're looking for a good staple heel...every girl needs one! Then a good tip off is the wedge ankle strap. The likes of Rihanna and Gaga got us demanding the fiercer the better when it came to shoes last year but this season has got different ideas. Softer shapes and textures and all in all, a whole lot more girly. The ankle strap is already cropping up everywhere especially teamed with a wedge and my pick would be...

Office Wonderland Wedge

What's not to love? Toning down from the wintery rusts into a more versatile, softer colour. A beautiful hidden platform making them comfortable to wear, ankle-strap and a cute bow. They also come in red, blue and black and rest assured as soon as I've got my hands on these, you guys will be the first to seem the in action! £75 but practically an investment, right? Also check out Topshop Salute Wedges.

Night, mwah. xo

guess who's back?

So after taking some much-needed time out from the world of blog, I am officially b-a-c-k.

What's new? Fame? Fortune? An exceptionally delicious wanton male?

Or none of the above.

You decide.

I want to make this blog bigger and better than before so I'm going to break it down and share my (limited) wisdom on beauty, fashion, love and life and celebrity goss.  So let's start as we mean to go on...


Beauty...

The first thing I have to talk about is a subject very close to my heart...

Faking it.

Us falsettas have the girls of Essex to thank for a lot nowadays. After that awful fad of the magazines plastering their pages with dewy-faced rosy-cheeked 'natural looking' girls (who had clearly been airbrushed to within an inch of their lives) us normal ladies were left swapping our darkest kohl pencils with a brown one and swapping our full-coverage foundations with sheer powders *shudders*.

But two years ago, when Miss Childs graced our screens wearing enough Fake Bake to put a Tenerife to shame and lashes longer than spider's legs, we knew it was okay to bring our Studiofix back out of hibernation.

Now, don't get me wrong, I am not saying that we should all cake ourselves in slap before leaving the house but what I am saying is that, it's okay not to feel guilty for wearing it! I had horrendous acne for years at school to the point that I didn't like going out incase people would comment on it and although the spots have gone now, I've been left with some scarring from them. I don't really mind because they look like freckles but it's nice to be able to get dressed up, crack on the foundation and forget.

I'm so jel of people who have got naturally beautiful skin and long eyelashes but for the rest of us, there's MAC. There's enough pressure on girls to be a certain size, a certain shape etc nowadays without being made to feel guilty for wearing a bit of slap.

Besides, I'd rather be fake on the outside than on the inside.

Fake products of the moment:

Benefit They're Real Mascara

Basically, just the mascara I've been looking for. I always wear fake eyelashes when I go out as my eyelashes are literally stumps and I am always looking for a mascara that actually does make a difference rather than just promising it on the bottle. For me, this is the one.

Retailing at £18, it's not cheap and they'll give you all the right speil on the Benefit counter about how it will change your life but respect where respect's due, it does what it says on the tin and there was definite improvement.

I think it's all in the brush, it's the good old broomb (brush/comb) but it genuinely seperates each of your lashes out and you can really feel it extending them out. There's few things I hate more than disgustingly clumpy lashes and you won't get them with this badboy. It lasts all day too!

Rating: 8/10

(I've searched high and low for 'someone like you', mascara. It's no fake eyelashes but it's the closest you're going to get!)

Morrocan Oil Treatment

So I'm pretty sure you've all sussed that I wasn't born with 20inches of chestnut red poker-straight hair. Like many girlies I spend a lot of money on my hair so therefore I want to look after it the best I can and the hair product I am swearing by at the moment is Morrocan Oil Treatments.

Firstly, for those of you thinking it's too expensive, you can pick up Morrocan Oil Treatments from your local hair shop/online for £7 for a big bottle or about £2 for a tiny tube. You can pick up pure Argan (Morrocan) oil for pittance online but I would reccommend unless you're blending it yourself, you stick to the Morrocan Oil Treatment. These are suppliments of the pure Argan oil already blended with Keratin etc and ready to go straight on your hair. Putting 100% pure oil on your hair will obviously make it greasy but the treatment will leave it manageable, beautifully shiny and the keratin will strengthen it over time. The beauty of it is that it's suitable for every hair type; great on coloured hair but also curly hair, fine hair and everything in between. Trust me on this one!

Rating 9/10

(Perfect all-rounder and it smells b-e-a-utiful too!)

Ironically, in the last position is one of my very favourite products. We've mentioned fake eyelashes and I have tried and tested just about every brand on the market but everytime it comes back to the lovely pink-rimmed packaging of Eylure. If you're going to take one thing from this girls, let it be that Eylure lashes are the best, second-to-none. If you stray, you will be disappointed. It has happened to me way too many times.

People ask what eyelashes I wear quite a lot. We've established that they're Eylure but the ones I swear-by are Eylure 140s. I love a graduated lash and they start short and are gorgeously long at the edges which widens your eyes. They are also nice and dense, thick and lovely and dark.

What I also love about Eylure lashes is that they stick on easily. People always get me to do their lashes and are surprised that I don't use tweezers but I've been doing it for so long now. I always say don't over-think it. Make sure you've got a nice thick line of glue covering the whole lash line. Make sure you're under good light and in a good mirror and line it up ready and gently press from edge to edge then hold for 30 seconds. Eylure glue is great but if you want something really strong try Duo Eyelash Adhesive which they sell on the MAC counter and online. Always take a cheeky tube in your going out back just in case. I am renowned for being found in the corner of the ladies' sticking on about 3 girls' lashes, haha.

One last thing, I've got big eyes but if you want something a similar shape but not quite so long, 107s are exactly what you're after. I always say to friends that they're the perfect 'starter' lashes if you don't wear them very often. Both retail at around £5 and can be reused.

Rating: 10/10.

(An absolute winner of a product, you won't regret it).

That's all for beauty, beauties. If there is anything that you would like me to review, please let me know. Tweet me @candiloveslove or comment on here. Thank you.

Mwah. xo