I'm a big lover of Halloween as I've expressed previously, so I thought I'd pair two and two together and do a blogpost and include a Halloween DIY
Ghost Garland
this is a fun, simple and cute way to spice up a wall on Halloween, this didn't cost me anything as I used things we had in the house already.
step 1: first start off by gathering up all your equipment needed, for this I used toilet roll (sounds weird I know), cotton balls/pads, glue, scissors, permanent marker pen and some string!

on the 23rd of September Autumn officially started, its a few days past that now. So, we can officially celebrate Autumn! *does an Autumn dance?!?*
Autumn is one of my favourite seasons, one because it gives you a reason to stay inside and not be socialable because 'it gets dark earlier ;)' and two because HALLOWEEN and also Dan and Phil bring out some pretty awesome videos in October, I especially love their 'spooky week' videos, they do provide you with a bit of a lol! Autumn also mean pretty leaves, good photo opportunities, wearing 47368 cosy jumpers and lots of comfy socks! You can also drink loads of hot chocolate and coffee without being questioned, which is always a plus xD
I love Halloween, not the trick or treating part, as I'm a tad too old for that now, but just the atmosphere. A book I'm currently reading made me look at Halloween from a different perspective. I cannot remember the exact quotes but it was something along the lines of Halloween allows you to be who you want to be and to not be judged, you can hide behind a mask and no one will know it's you. A quick brief on the book 'wonder' is, a young boy named August, has clefts palette and its talking about him joining school, I haven't finished it yet but its definitely a book I would recommend! I think this book is really eye opening! And teaches you to be grateful for what you have.
although September is the back to school month, lets just push that to the side. September also means, nearly Christmas, and nearly Halloween, my two favourite celebrations. I also love the cold weather as it means you can snuggle up in bed early with a mug of tea and a good film!!
see you all soon
Tabs x

Hey everyoneeeee! Long time, no blog.
I hope you are all doing well! I got tagged by Inner Smile to do this tag, so here it is! You'll get to know what kind of music I like, which is a variety of crazy things, some music I love may not even pop up but oh well! I'm going to share with you the first 20 songs that shuffle on my playlist!

1 Not Afraid - Eminem!!
2 Take it back - Ed Sheeran
3 Leave your lover - Sam Smith
then a spotify advert comes up, yay!!!
4 Life Support - Sam Smith
5 Be your Shadow - The Wombats
6 When will my life begin - Mandy Moore, this is from Tangled :')
7 Greek Tragedy - The Wombats
8 Emoticons - The Wombats
9 Cold wind blows- Eminem
10 Cleanin' out my closet - Eminem
11 Beautiful - Eminem     ( can I just say this song is amazing, one of my all time favourites )
12 For the first time in forever (reprise) - Kristen Bell, from Frozen
13 This is not a party - The Wombats
14 Fixer Upper - Frozen
15 Bridge over troubled water - Simon and Garfunkel
16 Shirtsleeves - Ed Sheeran
17 Mother knows best - Tangled
18 Make it to me - Sam Smith
19 Mockinhbird - Eminem
20 Love is an open door - Frozen!

That is the 20 that played on shuffle, I hope you enjoyed. I do love other artists such as The Beatles, John Denver, Harry Belafonte etc. but they just didn't crop up in this!

I tag any blogger who wants to do this tag!
Love Tabs x x
p.s I'm going to start a blogging schedule soon but will update you when I've sorted it all out!! :)

Hello everyone,
i just want to apologise for the fact I really do not have a system for blogging (if ya get what i mean) I just blog because it's something I enjoy as I've said about 38427 times but I just like to blog at any random times.
Back to todays post! I think the most important thing in life is to be happy, if you're not happy then life can be a bit, well, horrible. Staying positive when you know your life sucks a bit is great, it'll really make you happier. But as much as we all try to stay happy we can't constantly be happy and in my opinion being constantly happy would get very repetitive after a while and we need unhappy times to make us who we are and develop us as humans. The best feeling in my opinion is happiness, and feeling content with life, I also think gratitude is a lovely feeling to express as it makes others happy!

I think spending time with people you love and people who care about you is a great way to stay happy, not only will they make you laugh and smile they will most likely compliment you and make you feel good about yourself. surrounding yourself around people who make you feel good about yourself will make you increasingly happy as who doesn't love a good chuckle with friends and family! If you surround yourself with people who make you feel insecure and unhappy, then you'll begin showing it, not just with the things you say but how you look, showing your emotions and your physical appearance can begin to drop, leaving you looking dragged down.

Focus on the good things. This is probably the easiest one to say but the trickiest one to do (for me anyway) but I have a few tips to make you focus one these things. One of them is write these things down, even if it's something small like a time when your friend compliments you or something big like meeting your favourite celebrity! Also pop fun things you have done on a calendar and look back at them when you are down!

Another is to keep smiling, I smile when I'm sad or panicky and I'm not making this up it seriously cheers me up and completely turns my mood around, leaving me jolly and skipping around. Okay maybe not skipping but it certainly makes me feel a lot cheerier!

The final thing is to listen to music which makes you happy or cheers you up or relaxes you, I listen to Happy by Pharell Williams, I usually find this song quite boring or annoying but when I'm sad it really cheers me up for some reason, leaving me dancing and singing around!

If you would like to see a part two or you would like me to turn this into a sort of series then comment!

What do you do to stay happy?
Tabs x x

We all have those days where we have no idea what to blog about, whether you're a beauty, lifestyle, fashion etc. blogger we all get 'blogging block' from time to time, so I'll list a few posts which can be listed be under different categories.
If you don't blog and this doesn't relate to you. scroll on, and I should have a new post up tomorrow. so feel free to just skip this!

1. Show us your OOTD (outfit of the day)
2. Share a bucketlist, whether its for summer or Christmas
3. Blog about some DIY's you have discovered
4. Share with us a wishlist, beauty, fashion, homewear or whatever you're into
5. Share the best piece of advice you have ever been given
6. Back to school tips
7. Some place you've always wanted to travel to
8. Night or Morning routine, or a certain event you're going to routine!
9. Top 5 makeup products
10. Share an embarrassing moment
11. Share your everyday makeup look
12. Share a 'makeup disaster'
13.What's been inspiring you recently?
14. Show us what you have been buying recently
15. Share with everyone what you regret buying
16. Share beauty and life hacks
17. List a few facts about yourself not many people know
19. Share a 'get ready with me'
20. Talk us through things you couldn't live without.

I hope these helped you out a bit if you've recently been having writers block or if you just wanted to jot down some new blog post ideas.
See you all soon!!
Tabs x x x

Hello all!
I've recently been buying a few different bits and pieces, and thought 'ohh, I could blog about these' so we're joined here today to have a peek into the things I have brought! Hope you enjoy and sorry there hasn't been a blog post recently, I will try to upload more frequently when my summer holidays start!

Myself and my friend Aimee went to Cambridge for her birthday and we went shopping and it was fab! We went into a few shops but Kiko and Lush were the only places I got things from! I must admit when I saw there was a Kiko I squealed with excitement, now I've never been into one before or really looked at their makeup but makeup shops always excite me, so we may or may not have visited it 3 times in a day! The first thing I picked up was a mascara, now this mascara is amazing! It gives your lashes so much volume and length, I would happily say it's nearly as good as benefit roller lash and the best thing is, is it was only £2.90! So when the lady in the shop recommended it I thought even if this is a bit crappy you can't really grumble at that little amount! The only bad thing is it doesn't keep the curl all day so you may need to re-apply! Other than that I'm extremely happy with it! Click here if you would like to have a little look at it!

The final think I purchased from Kiko was an Eyeshadow and it was from their 'cool touch eyeshadow' range, and is in the shade '03, revolutionary brown' , this is a cream eyeshadow and is extremely pretty and pigmented, the only bad thing about this is it easily drops out of the tub (?!?) thing! Unfortunately I don't think this is available to buy anymore as I searched and searched but could not find it anywhere!

The next shop I got things from was Lush, and I didn't actually buy these myself, Aimee got them for me which she didn't have to do but was very kind and thoughtful of her so thank you very much :) she brought me 'Avobath' and 'Space Girl' and I'm a very happy person!! Avobath is one I've never really opted for and to be honest I don't know why because it's a gorgeous green and the smell is incredible, it is an extremely 'in your face' smell and I would say it is lemongrass and would be really refreshing! It had avocado in so would be a great one for dry skin! 'Space Girl' is a very sweet scent and is just a really girly scent in my opinion, these are two I would defiantly recommend as I have had them both before!

Those are the bits and pieces I got from Cambridge and I'm sorry this is already really long, I have 4 more things for this, so hang in!

I thought I'd finally jump on the band wagon and get the collection lasting perfection concealer and I have no idea how I have lived without it! It is very high coverage so great if you're one of those gals, or guys who have bad under eye circles, like myself then I would recommend this! I won't go on as I think more or less every youtuber goes on about this. It was £4.19 and you can click here to view it!

Another thing I jumped on the band wagon with was the Rimmel London Kate Moss lipstick in '107' I have been umming and ahhing over this for a while now but I finally picked it up on Sunday and I'm so pleased I did! Its a gorgeous dark berry red and I will be wearing it loads, it would go perfectly with a neutral eye look! 

The next thing is rather flawless, it is another rimmel product but this time it's a nail polish, and the name is rather snazzy and it is '322, Neon Fest' and I must admit the names of products really make me happy, sad or what but this is just a neon pink and is what I would call a barbie colour, but doesn't look tacky at all! click here to have a little look!

The final thing I brought, is probably my favourite thing everrrrr! and it is a lipstick, it is by Barry M and I brought it in the spur of the moment but I'm so pleased I did! It's a browny nude colour and I'm completely obsessed!! It is matte but its a moisturising matte which is rather fab! If you would like to have a look at it click here and it is shade number 3! The only downside to this is it snapped when I opened it :(

That is the end of this haul, I'm sorry if you don't like long posts but I loved writing this and I hope you enjoyed reading it!

I'll be uploading again hopefully tomorrow or Wednesday so see ya then!

love

Tabs xxx

hello there everyone, I hope you're all well! I thought I'd upload a tag so you can get to know me a bit better as I'm aware you know nowt about me! 

Hello everyone, long time no see! I'm sorry I haven't uploaded a post for a while now, I've been super busy, when I say super busy I mean I've been lazy and just got home from school and watched youtube till I fall asleep.
I thought I'd upload something I haven't ever done but thought it seemed very exciting to do, you can see I lead a very exciting life. Anyway I thought it would be nice to write my mid-June favourites as I can put in a bit of everything!

One of my favourites so far this month are 4 ultra dazzling lippies, lipsticks, whatever picks your fancy which are by Jack Wills, I believe my mum got these from boots as they came in a tin of 4, but on the downside I think you can only buy these at Christmas time as I searched for them in a lot of places but couldn't find them. If you know anywhere where you can get them be sure to comment down in the comments. After about 5 hours of me going on there I'll tell you about the products.
They came in 4 different shades and do come in a tin altogether so unfortunately you can't chose which colour you want, but I love them all. They come in a light pastel pink, a coral colour, a bright red and a plum shade and are all stunning and super pigmented. They are matte but aren't particularly  drying which is always a bonus, I've been wearing these colours loads recently and these go with everythingggg!!!

now I'm not very good at maths but I know thats a good deal!! The shades are all super stunning and the majority are shimmery and there are only a couple of matte shades, I'd say my favourite shade is 'golden night' as its a beautiful sparkly golden colour!

As you can see I've only got 2 makeup favourites, this month so far I haven't really found any makeup products I've been loving and I didn't want to go on about roller lash or my naked 3 palette because although I love them everyone has been talking about them!

another of my favourites is kind of weird but it's quotes, I find looking at inspiring quotes cheers me up and makes me realise I'm actually very lucky and one of my favourites at the moment is 'there is always, always something to be thankful for' as it cheers me up and makes me realise I've got a pretty damn great life compared to others!

One of my other favourites is a film, now it's not your usual chic flick girly film, its not a horror or disney movie - it's eminems movie - 8 mile!! It's loosely based around his life and there are a lot of rap battles. It certainly kept me on the edge of my seat and left me shouting at my laptop a few times, its rated a 15 so if you're a bit sensitive I wouldn't recommend it as it contains a lot of naughty words and some 'not very nice' scenes. I won't rant on but it was fabby! P.s you should have seen my face when I found out it had been delivered :')

Next is candles, pretty boring and rather self explanatory so I shall not ramble away. My favourite I would say is snowflake cookie by Yankee candle which is actually a Christmas scent but you know, you've got to love Christmas. I also love Fresh Cut Roses which is also by Yankee candle but thats dead I'm afraid ( I used it all up ).

Hello everyone,
Everyone has weird, wacky, amazing, inspiring goals in life that they want to achieve even people with everything in life, even stubborn people saying they already have everything they want ;)
everyone has goals whether they're tiny or massive and they will of course mean a lot to them!

One of my main goals in life is very simple but it is difficult to achieve and it's just simply to make people happy - I know its rather soppy but when I make people happy i then feel happy. I think most people would agree with me unless you're a psychopath and have no emotions ( deep sorry )  but this is probably one of my biggest life goals!
Another of my goals is for me myself to be happy - in my opinion happiness is the most important thing in life and when you're happy you just feel so much better and fresh if you get what I mean.
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPYYYY :)
Another of my life goals is to go to Japan because it looks absolutely amazing - if you're willing to take me email me ;) JOKINGGG!! but seriously anyone who's been or lives there I envy you so much!
Another of my goals in life is to try not to worry as much as I do, although I'm a bubbly and sort of confident person I worry so much and would like to be able to take my worrying down a few notches if ya get me.
I'd also really love to take a gap year I know this isn't really a goal but I'd love to go travelling and learn more about the world. Some places I'd love to visit are again Japan, other places include Canada as it seems so beautiful , Hillier lake ( a pink lake, WHAT?!?!?!? ) in Australia because who wouldn't want to see a pink lake!? It sounds and looks like something out of a fairy tale and sounds super awesome! I'd love to go to Italy as it looks so beautiful. I could go on forever about places I want to go to but it'd take you about 6 hours to read this if I did that haha!
I really want to help raise money for charity as I think it's a lovely and caring thing to do and makes you feel good about yourself because you've helped someone out!
Another goal thingy majigy of mine is to see Eminem in concert, you're probably thinking what ze hell , she posts beauty things and seems really girly but I adore Eminem and have recently been totally obsessed - oops, I'd love to see him in concert as his lyrics are amazing and mean a lot to me (thats just my opinion though)

I feel this is quite long although I could list probably 7382499 more :') so I'm going to leave it here.
I hope this inspired you in some way, I'm not sure how but hopefully it did.
I'll speak to you all soon
lotsa love
T x x x
P.S I hope you've all had a fabulous day :)

Hey guys! Todays post is a school evening routine and it's a collab with the amazing Leyla her blog is amazing and shes so nice so go and check her blog out!

When I get home from school all I want to do is get changed into my pyjamas and get into bed and watch youtube or telly, but we all know we can't always do that.
Straight away when I get home I will change into some comfy clothes.
Then I will go straight ahead and grab a snack and a drink and relax for a while.
After I have relaxed for a bit I will walk my dog, my dog is called Rosie and shes a chunky Jack Russell cross and I love her very much! I thought I would include a  snazzy picture of her being a pro model in the sun :D
After that I'll probably just put some pyjamas on and watch youtube for an hour or two and if I have homework due in the next day I'll get on with that then.
I'll then go downstairs and join my mum for tea and we will chat about our day and have a laugh together. Then I'll grab some desert probably an ice cream or something extremely unhealthy haha.

I will then go and have a shower and brush my teeth and wash my face etc etc. if anyone would like to see my skincare routine feel free to comment in the comment section :)
I'll probably then go grab a drink and settle down in bed and watch some more youtube as youtube is probably what I spend 99% of my life doing - oh dear another all time low.
After watching youtube or netflix for around 5 hours ( slight exaggeration there ) I will turn off my light and sleep!
That is the end of my evening routine - i'm hopefully going to be writing a morning routine soon soon look out for that.
I hope you enjoyed and don't forget to check out Leylas blog as its pretty fab!
see you all soon
lotsa love
T x x x

Hiya everybody! I decided to sit down and not write something to do with makeup as some people aren't into makeup - so as you can see by the title I'm writing or should I say attempting to write a "how to survive school" post.

School can be a very daunting time, whether you're in year 5 or you're in year 11. School is full of scary and amazing moments, there will ALWAYS be bad days but the majority of your school days are amazing - cheesy or what?!?!  As cheesy as it sounds it's true, you'll meet new friends learn new things and have a laugh.

One of the things I've learnt is to keep your true friends close, throughout your life you'll meet hundreds, thousands of people, a good number of these people will enter your life and leave sooner or later. But you'll always no matter who you are, where you live, what others think of you have that one (or maybe more) friend(s) who will be there for you, who will care about you. who won't care if it's late at night but you need advice on something, they will just be there. These are the people you need to focus on, ignore the other people with a fake friendship groups because as long as you have that one supportive friend that's all you need!

Ignore anyone who says a mean or rude comment to you as they are also a kid dealing with their own problems, if it's just the one rude comment then ignore it the person is obviously having some sort of crisis, whether it was their cat was sick on their homework or they themselves got called something, I'm not justifying this behavior but retaliating is adding more fuel to the fire. If these mean comments carry on then this could be classed as bullying, if you are being bullied then please please please find it in you to tell someone as this person could be bullying other people as well as you. Bullying is a very serious matter and it really needs to stop, so if you know someone who's being bullied then confidentially tell a teacher or an adult you trust, even if it's a teaching assistant they can try and get you help. If you yourself are being bullied talking will help, tell a friend, an adult you trust or a teacher! Also remember you are loved and perfect in your own way <3

Do not ever leave your homework till the last minute - this is particularly difficult for me haha. It's so easy to say but less easier to do especially if you're a pro procrastinator. Homework can be one of those things people like or hate - I'm pretty sure most people don't like it but you always get that one person in the class to ask for homework or to remind the teacher about the homework you've been given a few weeks ago that you have conveniently forgotten to do. The best way to get your homework done is to turn off all tempting electronics and sit down and do your homework the day you get it, I find putting on some music quietly helps me out!

Hello everyone, so todays post is a review of my collection eyes uncovered nude bronzed palette, I don't normally go for collecion makeup as I normally find it's a brand that's cheap and not normally great quality but I found this and lovedddd it!
This post is a collab with the lovely Imogen who's posted her April favourites which is amazing!

So this palette is by Collection, which I've already mentioned! The packaging isn't the nicest but I don't really mind it's whats inside that matters - wow that sounds cheesy! It is just a cardboardy(?) case with a clear part where you can see the colour of the eyeshadows, it just says Eyes uncovered nude bronze palette, collection.

Hello everyone, today as I haven't blogged in over a week I thought I would blog about the things that have made me happy and thought I'd give you tips on how to cheer yourself up! This won't have many ( if any ) pictures so I hope you don't fall asleep - haha!

I've found recently surrounding myself with positive, happy people. For me this is my friends and family and my pets, but for you it could be surrounding yourself with things that make you happy, it could be an inanimate object like a teddy bear or even looking through old photographs. I find surrounding myself with my friends and family really helps.
I thought I would include a picture from my birthday which for me was one of my favourite days and it made and still makes me happy when I look at the photos from it! :)

Hi you awesome lot! I just wanted to say a gigantic thank you for 18 followers, I never ever expected this.

So todays post is going to be my top 5 lip products I thought this would be fun as I can show you subtle lip looks and bolder lip looks I hope you enjoy this post and you try out some of the products I mention and if you would like comment some of your favourite lip products!

My first favourite product is my GOSH lipstick in boheme! This is the most gorgeous colour ever and it's creamy if that makes sense so it doesn't dry out your lips which I love. It's super pigmented and the colour is amazing on your lips! I find it looks nice with my hair. This is my must have lipstick as it's fab! I think this was about six or seven pounds from superdrug.
My third favourite lip product is my Mac lipstick in 'Angel' it is a frost finishing and is a really subtle pink and is a gorgeous colour for spring time as it just reminds me of spring haha! Its really pretty and I would recommend it for those who don't want anything too bold. This was 15 pounds 50 pence and that is rather expensive but worth it as they have gorgeous shades!