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Hey guys, very long time no see!

I have taken a serious break from my blog, which I must say I am a little bit disappointed with, however I had so much going on in my life and something had to give.

But I am back, and I am determined to seriously give this blogging thing a go again. Mainly because it's actually just a really nice creative outlet to talk about the things I love, the things I'm doing and just life in general. I don't even know how many people will actually read this or enjoy it, but if you do then thank you very much! I would love to ready any comments from people reading this post or any other on my blog. If you've never been on here before, there are a few posts that you may enjoy. Like my recipe for Salted Caramel brownies... It's an older post but I promise it's a goodie!

Anyway, I've been away for so long that I should probably give you an update on my life.

The last time I posted on here was over a year ago which is crazy! I had recently visited Venice with my boyfriend David and I'm pretty sure I had promised to keep going with the blog!
Ooops, I obviously lied about that! My bad!

Well, since then A LOT has gone on!

Firstly, I have become a fully qualified makeup artist which is a dream come true! I have wanted to do this for a long time! In fact, I left university after my third year because I knew this is what I really wanted to do. That was 5 years ago! So it wasn't a decision that was taken lightly. And with a huge thanks to my Dad, I managed to book a place on the Pro-Makeup Course at The Academy of Makeup here in Glasgow, which is run by amazing makeup artist Sara Hill.

Here are all my favourite girls from The Academy!

I'm going to try not to ramble too much on this post, and honestly I should do a separate post about the academy because there is just too much to write here, but just know that I had the most amazing time! Met some crazy amazing Makeup Artists and met quite possibly the best bunch of girls any girl could wish for! But like I've said, I will need to talk about this in a post of its own to be able to do it justice!

Secondly, I made another huge life change and that was to move in with my amazing boyfriend, David.

Now, I do not want to be that mushy girlfriend that only wants to go on and on about her other half, but I think a little bit of mush is ok!

I don't actually have any photos of the flat so here's a cute one of us!

We moved in together in October and we have just recently hit the 6 month mark in our gorgeous flat, and honestly we are having the best time living together. I was definitely a little scared, I have never lived with a boyfriend before and I was moving out of home with my mum, so it was a big step. But honestly, it's been great. Don't get me wrong, at times it has definitely been stressful and it is a big slap in the face from reality when you can no longer spend money on anything you want because now you have a lot of bills to pay!

But for us, I think it's definitely worth it. We've grown so much as a couple and I think I've grown as a person. I can see me rambling on with this too... I think this may also need to be a seperate post!

Thirdly, I left my comfort zone and left my job working in a bar that I had been in for 4 years to move to a 9 to 5 job in a bank.
I wanted to have 9 to 5 job as I've never worked one and I thought that it may help me get into makeup, as I'd have better working hours.
And it did do that, but not quite in the way I expected!

I'm not going to lie, I absolutely despised that job!
Don't get me wrong, there were good points to it, but the bad did outweigh them! It was a call centre job, working with the corporate side of the bank, which I knew I wouldn't love but hey, it's 9 to 5 and it pays regular money... Could be worse!

I'm not going to go into great detail about the job and why I hated it as much as I did. I'm sure if you've ever worked in call centre you will understand. Just know that it really wasn't for me and I take my hat off to anyone that can stick it out!
I hated it, every night I would come home and I would cry. Or i would just sit, mind numbed by the day, totally drained by everything that I had done that day and I just couldn't take it.

That's when I took the huge decision to leave, which brings me on to my fourth big bit of news.

I have started my own business as a makeup artist!!!

It's very scary and very stressful and I'm probably going to be quite skint for a while, but I know it will be worth it.
I decided to take the leap with the help of David, who has really been such a rock through all of this, and my amazing family! Especially my Dad. We had a big discussion about my job at the bank and how much I hated it and he made me see that life is too short to be that miserable in it!

So, with a lot of help, I decided to do it! I've only been talking about it for 5, nearly 6 years!

I'm only one full week into it properly, but it's already been an experience!
I currently have a spot in a salon in the centre of Glasgow called 'Hair in the City', where I work in a little makeup room just off the salon and I've already had my first few clients, which is really exciting!

I'm also looking into doing bridal work, editorial and commercial work which I think will be amazing!

It has been quite stressful getting everything set up and getting my kit started and figure out websites and social media, but it is really exciting and I have an amazing opportunity to do what I love for the rest of my life. If you want to take a look my instagram is @kayleighrosemakeup
So hopefully a lot of hard work and determination will get me there!

I thought it might be quite fun to blog about my experience along the way,.
I don't know if it will help anyone who wishes to become a makeup artist themselves, but it's a kind of insight into how things work and you'll be learning with me as I go along!

Some work from a Photoshoot with amazing brand Electro Rebel

I will try to post an update with it all as regularly as I can(I'm going to pray my next post wont be a year away as I'm actually very determined this time!), and I want to let you all know what I have in my kit, what I love and how I get on as I try to make my way into this crazy business.
So stay tuned!

Sorry if this post has been ridiculously long and perhaps even boring for some people, but I felt I couldn't just randomly post something when it had been over a year. And I guess this is kind of like a diary for me, so it will be good to look back on and see where I am in the future.

So, if you've stuck around until the end, I thank you very much and I hope you'll keep up with the blog and what I'm up to!

If there is anything you'd like me to discuss, please leave a comment and let me know!

Love,

Kayleigh

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Hi Guys!

So this post is probably not gonna be one for everybody(like my best friend who will not appreciate it in any way-soz babes!), but if you've read a few of my posts you will probably know that I absolutely love the British Royal Family and I especially love HRH The Duchess of Cambridge(a.k.a, Kate Middleton) and have done for a very long time!

So, if you don't like the Royal Family then I'm gonna say this probably won't float your boat.

Great, now we have that little disclaimer out of the way, let's get on to the reason we're here.

So, like I said, I'm a huge fan of the Royal Family. I've loved Kate since she was just the future King's girlfriend at a little university an hour and a bit along the road from Glasgow. Therefore, naturally I get very excited when anything new is released about our wonderful young royals and this week were were unexpectedly given access to The Cambridge's first holiday away as a family of four!

I cannot tell you how excited this actually makes me, getting new pictures of them any time is very exciting, but since we've only had a few glimpses of beautiful little Princess Charlotte it makes it even more special!

I mean, come on! Look at those little faces!!! And Prince George's little bobble hat!! How can you not love them! Princess Charlotte is so unbelievably cute in that little snow suit! I just can't deal with it!

The photographs were released yesterday, a few days after the family got back from their holiday, which I actually think was a lovely idea. I know people get annoyed at them not wanting to be in the public eye, but I think it's nice that, whilst their kids are young, they are trying to give them as normal a life as humanly possible. I know it's an extremely privileged life, I'm sure they'd be the first to admit that, but it is also one that none of them were asked to be born in to. So I think that it's nice that they invited only one member of the Press Association to take a few photographs, it made the photographs so much more personal and human as opposed to staged ones with fake smiles. Their staggered release also means that the family weren't then hunted down by the press who would have inevitably swarmed them and ruined their time away.

These photographs are so personal, so beautiful and just make me love them even more! I love how natural all the photographs released by the Duke and Duchess have been recently, it really does add a personal touch. And like I said, it makes them all the more human!

I love this photograph! Princess Charlotte is so like Prince George! And her two little bottom teeth? Too much to handle!

These photographs of William and Kate are just so lovely! I love seeing them like this, so happy and relaxed, it's such a beautiful thing to see them so happy! They just bring such a breath of fresh air to the Monarchy! I think it is so nice to see that they can have fun in official photographs and that they clearly love one another and enjoy each others company.

I don't know how you couldn't love seeing photographs like that, they genuinely make me so happy!

This was the statement made by the The British Monarchy Facebook Page along with the photographs this morning:

"The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to share these new photographs of their family, enjoying a skiing holiday with Prince George and Princess Charlotte in the French Alps.

The Duke and Duchess invited the Press Association's Royal Photographer John Stillwell to take the photographs earlier in the week.

This was their first holiday as a family of four and the first time either of the children have played in the snow. It was very special and a fun short holiday for the family and they are grateful that John Stillwell was able to capture the moment so well."

I think statement is just so sweet, it's lovely to think of these little kids, just doing what every normal child loves to do, go out running around, playing in the snow(I still love doing that and I'm 23!).

These were just such a lovely surprise this morning and I enjoyed them so much, they make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside with the cuteness overload! I also love how flawless Kate manages to look in freezing temperatures and in what should be the most unflattering clothes(they certainly would not look that good on me!). I also love how grown up little Prince George is now! He is just so cute that it hurts! I can't deal with his little hair and that bobble hat!!!

So, yeah. This was just a nice little surprise and I wanted to post about it because I love to post about this gorgeous little family! And it is also very nice to wake up and see this on the news, it makes a change from some of the things you wake up to read in the news.

I love them so much and things like this just make me feel happy! So I hope they made you feel happy too!

Love,

Kayleigh Rose

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Hi guys!

I'm back! I haven't blogged in SO LONG and I've missed it so much!

I don't know what happened, but I got totally out of the swing of it and then couldn't find the time to do anything.
But I missed blogging so much that I don't want to be doing that again!

Anyway, enough with the babbling... I can't believe that it's March already!
This year is flying by so fast! It's crazy!

I have quite a few favourites this month, I've recently been going a bit crazy, buying so much makeup and spending money like I'm a millionaire, but it's totally worth it!

I have linked all of my favourites so you can find them online, just click on the names of each one!

First up this month is probably one of my top favourites. It's the Zoeva Cocoa Blend Palette.

I loooove this bad boy! It is so beautiful, really well pigmented and the colours are just so lovely!

I haven't used anything else all month, it's just so gorgeous! It's a warm toned palette with a few matte colours along with some stunning shimmers. It just feels so soft and creamy, really blendable. I just can't get enough of it, I'm so impressed with this palette and it is so affordable. It's only £15.50 from beautybay.com which for the quality of the product is actually unbelievable. Honestly I cannot recommend this product enough!

Next up, which actually goes really well with the Cocoa Blend Palette, is the Zoeva Eyeshadow Fix.

I actually bought the Pearl version of this, but I can't seem to find that in stock anywhere. I've never really been in to primers, never really understood the point, I've now obviously changed that view and I really like this product. It stops my shadows from creasing, gives me a much longer wear out of them and I also finds that it brings out the pigment better in comparison to not using a primer.

Again, this is so reasonably priced that I would definitely recommend giving it a try, it only cost me £6! I usually have my makeup on during a working day for about 14 hours and this stuff doesn't let my eye makeup budge!

Next thing that I have been absolutely loving the RCMA No Colour Powder, which is slowly but surely blowing up big time.

I had never heard of it before and then all of a sudden I'm seeing it everywhere. I first heard about it whilst watching a Kathleen Lights YouTube video and waited a good while for it to come back in stock but it was totally worth the wait! I really love this product, it's no frills, does exactly what it says on the tin kind of makeup and I think that's really the best thing about it because it's all about the product and the product is pretty damn good! This powder genuinely has no colour, which is great because it means it just sets your makeup without adding anything else to it or without altering the colour. It also means that any colour of skin tone can use this product, which I think is amazing. It sets my makeup and keeps it in place all day and it sets my under eye concealer perfectly! It's the only powder that I've found so far that minimises the creasing under my eyes. It's also SO reasonably priced! I bought the 3oz bottle and that cost me £8.95 and I can totally deal with that in my life! It's worth 3 times that price in my opinion! If you can get your hands on it, I would totally recommend it!

Next is another extreeeemely reasonably priced product. It's the Makeup Revolution "What are you waiting for?" Salvation Eyeshadow Palette.

I am slowly falling in love with this brand, this palette only cost £4 from Superdrug, and for the price, I think it is really, really good! Obviously it is never going to be as amazing as the higher end eyeshadows because you do pay for a better product.

However, I wouldn't say that these eyeshadows are only worth £4, I think they are really pretty darn snazzy! This is the second palette that I have bought from this range and I have loved them both. There are some really beautiful pinky/Champagne colours that are just so beautiful if you want a change from a smoky eye or are just looking for a fresher makeup look. The shimmer in them is great and I used this a lot at the start of the month and it was just a really nice, subtle eye look that I could create and I loved it. There are also some really dark, plum toned colours which would be fantastic for brown eyes to really bring out their colour. I think this brand is great for anyone but really great for people that perhaps can't afford to spend a lot on makeup. It shows that the high street brands have really stepped up their game and this brand is extremely affordable, I can't wait to try out more! It's keeping my makeup obsession at a reasonably guilt-free level-winning!

My last makeup favourite has only been in my life for about a week, but I am already obsessed with it! It's the L'Oreal Infallible Fixing Mist, which you use after you've put your makeup on to set it.

Now, just like primers, I've always doubted fixing mists and setting sprays because I thought they were just a novelty type product. Boy was I wrong. I am obsessed with this, honestly, I cannot believe it has taken me this long to see the error of my ways! I can't go a day without this now. It sets my makeup so well, without altering the look of it in any way! And it's really been put to the test as I usually work for about 8-10 hours at least a day, running around serving people and I've had my makeup on for maybe 14 hours and its still perfect all those hours later, when usually my foundation has started to wear off. It keeps my oily skin reigned in too! I would say though, that I've learned the hard way, use it BEFORE you put on your mascara if you don't want to look like a panda. I mean, pandas are super cute, but I don't want to look like one! So I do everything but my mascara, then I spray my face all over, leave it to dry in, the put my mascara on and its perfect! Honestly, I can't get enough of it, go buy it now, it's only £7.99!

Moving on from makeup and onto hair. I recently had my hair cut suuuper short(for me anyway)- into long bob(or "lob" if you will), and I have a kind of natural wave to my hair but it needs a little help to look the way I want it to. So I bought the V05 Give Me Texture Salt Spray(which I actually bought from Superdrug but Asda was cheaper), just to see if it would give me the texture I was looking for, and I really like it!

I am a bit wary of salt sprays because I've had a few disasters in my youth with them-but then who doesn't have bad beauty moments ya know?! But I've learned from my mistakes and don't use a whole bottle at a time, it definitely needs to be used sparingly! I just spray it on to my towel dried hair(after my serum), and them let it dry naturally to about 80% dry, then I blast it with my hair dryer to give me a little bit of volume. I now can't go a hair washing day without it, it just gives me the exact look that I want, perfect for shorter hair(maybe long if your hair is in a good condition, it can be very drying).
It also smells reeeallly nice and fresh, which I love because sometimes I use it on my dry hair just after I've curled it to give my hair a more relaxed/beachy look to it and it really freshens my hair up and gives it a nice clean scent, which is always nice!

My last February Favourite has to be the YouTuber Kathleen Lights. I only just discovered her a few months ago and I think she is amazing!

Photo credit to colourpop.com

She has actually inspired quite a few purchases over the past couple of months and I love her for it! I just think she seems really lovely, down to earth and I can easily watch four or five of her videos at a time and not get sick of her(which is a true sign of love for me).

Photo credit to kathleenlights YouTube channel

I think her sense of of humour is just really similar to my own and we have very similar tastes in makeup so I just enjoy watching her videos, plus she is very honest about things she likes and dislikes so you can trust her which I think is really important. Also, I can't stop looking at her flawless skin!

Credit to lovekathleenlights.tumblr.com

I just think she is an amazingly beautiful looking woman and I cannot get enough of her videos! So glad I came across her one day! Go subscribe to her if you love makeup!

Well, that's everything that I was really loving throughout February. There were a few other things, but I didn't want to make this list too long, so I just put in the best of a great bunch!
Did you have any of these favourites on your list this month? Please let me know what things you have been loving, I always want to try out new products, YouTubers, tv shows, movies, anything you love!

I'm wishing everyone the best March ever! I hope it is full of all sorts of fun things for you all!

Love,

Kayleigh Rose

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Hi guys!

How are we all?

Told you I wouldn't wait as long for another post, I even started this one early just so that I was ahead of the game and didn't have any excuses!

So, I genuinely cannot believe that it is time for November favourites already! This year has felt like one of the quickest years yet! It has just flown in!

I'm really excited that it's time for November favourites because it means that it is time for my birthday(which was on the 29th of November), yaaaay!
Here's me super excited that it was my birthday with my Disney Princess balloon!

But it also means that in a few days, it will actually be acceptable to be super excited for Christmaaaass!!

However, before becoming prematurely excited about Christmas, let's get on with this months favourites!

I only really have three beauty favourites as I wasn't very adventurous this month with the old beauty products because it is coming up to Christmas and I have a few people to buy for, so I couldn't really justify spending loads of money on myself, so actually all the beauty favourites are budget friendly-hurraaaah!

First up is a little eyeshadow palette that I randomly picked up at the very start of the month in Superdrug. It's by Revolution Makeup, which as far as I am aware is a kind of budget makeup brand stocked by Superdrug.
I normally don't really pay attention to these kinds of brands because I am a great believer of paying good money for quality products. However, I will admit that budget makeup brands are actually doing pretty well, for the price of the product, the quality is pretty good!

I picked up this "Salvation" Eyeshadow Palette when I was at the till as it was only £4 for an 18 colour palette, which is amazing in my eyes! Obviously the pay off isn't as fantastic as a premium eyeshadow would be, but for that price it's a great brand to use for your everyday, work/school makeup I think. I don't think you can fault it for the price at all!
And I have used it pretty much everyday since I bought it, so it had to be in this months favourites!

My next beauty item is the Nivea Men Sensitive Skin Post Shave Balm.

Now, I know this may seem like a strange one, but trust me, I haven't been shaving my face! I was watching Scottish YouTuber Jamie Genevieve(who is just amazing!) and in her October favourites she included this as a primer. She raved about it so I thought I would give it a try, I'm not really sold on primers, but this changed the game.
I think I got it for about £2.50 from Superdrug on a deal, I think it's normally about £6, and it is absolutely amazing! You just apply it with your hands after you have cleansed and moisturised, before you put your makeup on, and rub it into your face until it goes slightly tacky. Then you apply your base makeup and it just makes your makeup sit so much better on your face and it definitely keeps mine there for longer!

I would 100% recommend people to try this, even if you are unsure, it's extremely inexpensive and you get 100ml, so it's a total bargain! Plus it smells amazing and handy if you cut your legs shaving! Go try it!

My last sort of beauty item(not sure if it counts as beauty, but oh well!) is a new discovery which I am absolutely, head of heels in love with! I cannot believe I am only discovering it now! My friend Emna introduced me to this, and I've never been more grateful!

It's a perfume by Zara Women called Oriental and it is absolutely stunning! It smell unbelievably good, I would describe it as a mix between Viktor and Rolf "Flowerbomb" and Paco Rabanne "Black XS". And Flowerbomb is my signature scent so this is perfect for me.

But the best thing of all about this perfume is that it only costs £7.99!!!!

That, to me, is just amazing! A 100ml bottle of really nice perfume for £7.99, I don't think you can complain. It does have a very strong alcohol smell when you spray it(as obviously the ingredients are not as expensive as your higher end perfumes), but leaves you after two seconds and you are left with that beautiful smell, it's perfect!
It would be a great stocking filler this Christmas and really great to use for work/school to avoid wearing your expensive ones everyday!

Well done Zara, I am so impressed by this!
I can't stop telling people about it!

Moving on from beauty, my next favourite is tv show called Peaky Blinders by the BBC.

This show is AMAZING! It's set in Birmingham in 1919 and it is set around a gang called the Peaky Blinders and their leader Tommy Shelby on his quest to move up in the world. I saw the first season on Netflix and was hooked straight away! I watched it in a day and I'm now on season 2. Unfortunately Netflix doesn't have season 2, but my mum has it on dvd so I've been able to watch it. It can be quite violent at times, but it's just gripping and I would recommend it to anyone! I can't wait for the third season!

I also have a weird crush on the character of Tommy Shelby, which I didn't expect at first, but don't judge me-watch it and then you'll understand- he's a total babe!

Also for any Tom Hardy fans(I know there are quite a few of you), he stars in Season 2...
So go! Run! Watch! You won't be disappointed!

My next favourite I actually feel a little bit embarrassed to admit... But it's ok, because I know a lot of other people feel the same way, so I don't feel AS bad...

But guys, I was really loving Justin Bieber this month!! I know, I know, please don't judge me! I can't believe that I'm putting this out there to be forever on the internet.

But seriously, the dude has brought out some pretty banging tunes of late! I mean "Sorry" and "What Do You Mean"? Those are some pretty darn catchy tunes he's got going on, you just can't help it!

I mean, I'm not going to sit here and rip Justin Bieber to shreds, he obviously has a lot of fans, it's just that I ever so slightly missed the age where everyone fell in love with him and it was cool to love him., so I myself have never really been that into him.

But I'm seriously digging his new songs, they have definitely found their way into my Spotify playlist!

Next up is just a favourite in my life in general, but since she has a new Hunger Games film out this month, she's pretty much been everywhere at the moment.

That's right, it's the main lady herself, the undeniably amazing Jennifer Lawrence herself!

Now, I'm not a Hunger Games fan myself(I personally find it a little too jumpy and it scares me- and I am not a fan of scary movies), but I don't care, I'm just glad she's back in our lives because she is one of the coolest people in Hollywood!
From her refreshing take on the medias expectations of women and how they should look and act, her ability to laugh at herself and show us all that even amazingly talented, superhumans make mistakes sometimes. How down to earth and fun she is(you need to see her in this prank video)- to her more serious side.
She is using her voice and position in the media to fight for gender equality and speak up about issues regarding the gender pay gap.
And THEN standing up for herself against people who assume she only has these issues because she wants more money, never mind the fact that she is raising awareness of a very serious, global issue and in doing so, she is no doubt involving the younger generation and welcoming them on to this platform which I think is an amazing thing.

Basically the woman rocks and she seems pretty amazing inside and out!
You go JLaw!

Last, but by no means least, on the favourites list this month is H&M.

I have always been a fan of H&M, but I do find it a bit hit and miss sometimes, like all shops. But this month I have fallen back in love with it. Every time I have been in this month I have had to buy something because I just love the fashion they have in at the moment.

It is also where my dress from my last post was from and I am just in love with that, as I am with the two jumpers I also bought from there!

Another reason to love them this month is that the glorious Katy Perry is fronting their Christmas campaign, and I can't get enough KP in my life as it is, so I ain't complaining about that!

So thank you very much H&M, you have been fantastic this month!

And that's everything for this month! I have had a really great time this month and I'm sad it passed so quickly! But now we can get into the full Christmas joy throughout December(So I'm not too sad!)

I hope you enjoyed this post and let me know what you were loving throughout November!

Here's to a great month! Stay safe and have fun!

Love,

Kayleigh Rose

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