Five Songs For Wednesday

Clicking the images will take you to the song on youtube.

1. San Cisco - Awkward

For some reason I love crazy person songs (Paramore's Crazy Girl, No Doubt's Bathwater), so this is right up my street. Please please tell me if you know any more of these kinds of songs. I think this is my favourite so far. 

2. The Chemical Brothers - The Salmon Dance

People seem to either really love this song or think it's completely stupid. I, of course, think it's brilliant. It's silly but so what. The video is once again a total piece of art. 

3. Muse - Panic Station

I'm definitely still on a high from seeing Muse a couple of weeks ago. They sounded so completely polished and having real drones flying around the stadium was insane. My housemate is convinced she is the future Mrs Bellamy and if that means we get to be mates then that's fine by me. This is one of my favourite Muse songs. 

4. Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice

My friend made me watch the video of this to see Christopher Walken dancing and I fell in love with him a bit. Great song, great video.

5. Nothing But Thieves - Trip Switch

For some reason, it really makes me cringe when the name of a song is heavily featured in the lyrics, so this was more of a grower. But it is another fantastic song from a great band. 

Once again, I'd love to hear any recommendations. Especially for crazy girl songs!

Too Faced SemiSweet Chocolate Bar Palette Review

If I could marry a palette I would marry this one. I would take it off into the sunset and spend the rest of my life with it, every day in bliss. 

I was very hesitant to buy the semisweet palette as I already own more neutral palette than any one face needs, but as I STILL can't get hold of the sweet peach palette (seriously if anyone knows anywhere I can get hold of it please PLEASE let me know) I thought I'd give it a go...

First impressions wise, I love the novelty packaging and it comes with a really handy 'how to' guide, ideal for some inspiration.

But the smell... Oh god the smell. Having not owned anything by TooFaced before I was nervous that it would smell like that nauseating fake chocolate smell that you get in cheap candles and other things that are meant to be chocolate scented, but it's lovely. It doesn't smell exactly like chocolate in my opinion, but it is lovely and sweet and it makes me happy when I open it up. 

It consists of sixteen different shadow shades, mostly neutral browns and oranges, with a few pops of pink and blue. There is a good mixture of matte and shimmer shades, with a couple of glitters too.

I absolutely love that you get larger pans of the light, highlighting colours, as these tend to be the colours that you use most of. It's simple but well thought out and was definitely a push factor in buying the palette.

Swatches over Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original and over nothing. Excuse the patchy swatches... I'm impatient and didn't wait for the primer to dry.

The colours in this are great and you can do SO much with them. They are all lovely and creamy, except Coconut Creme which is a tiny bit chalky. The pigmentation is absolutely amazing. With the Naked palettes I find I have to load up my brush quite a bit, but I barely have to touch these shadows to get great colour payoff. In fact I got caught out the first time I used it and ended up swiping a big, thick, dark brown line across my eyelid as I completely wasn't expecting it. 

I've been looking everywhere for a palette with great peachy oranges and totally wasn't expecting it from a chocolate bar palette, but Bon Bon, Caramel and Peanut Butter are exactly what I was looking for. 

I would recommend this to anyone. Especially as a first time buy or if you are on a limited budget. This palette will do everything you need and more.

This palette is available here for £37

New Bedroom Lights!

It was Student Loan day on Monday, otherwise known as Treat Yo Self day (Parks and Rec anyone?)
I gathered quite a stash of new things, including a lot of fantastic new makeup to be reviewed shortly, but I thought I'd make a quick post about some adorable lights I found super cheap in Primark.

Tiny butterfly fairy lights - £2.50

I feel like these were a huge bargain, as they are so so delicate and pretty, yet super super bright. As they're strung on wire it was really easy to wrap them round the horns of my deer head. I think it makes him look great. (Lights take 3xAA batteries)

Flamingo Standing Light - £10

I'm a bit obsessed with flamingos at the moment,so this was mine from the moment I saw it. It's a bit more expensive but I think it's still cheap for what it is. (Light takes 2xAA batteries)

Moroccan style gold fairy lights - £6

I love the patterns these project onto my walls, they make my little bed and book nook very cosy. (Lights take 2xAA batteries).

I love the huge difference all these lights have made to my room at a very low cost, and Primark have loads more to choose from so go and have a look! Happy Thursday!