Pen Heaven Competition: My workstation photo entry

Pictured || MacBook Pro | Fountain Pen* | Notebook | iPhone 6

As you probably know, I'm not normally one to enter blogger competitions, but seeing as I'm a complete stationary nut, I just couldn't help myself with this one.  Pen Heaven are running a competition to share a photo of your workstation.  My workstation isn't quite what it used to be - I had a gorgeous white glossy desk from IKEA, with the 'blogger drawers' underneath to store my makeup, it was lovely.  But that room is now Squidge's nursery, so my workspace is mobile.

Sometimes it's as simple as my MacBook on my lap while I'm on the sofa, and if I have some serious work to do and it's not too bright in the conservatory, I'll sit at the dining table (pictured above) with my notepad, pen and phone.  Yeah, I don't sit there with a camera lens out, I mean who does! I just thought it would make the picture look nice :)

Another reason I thought this would be a nice competition to enter is because I really LOVE seeing people's workspaces, usually ending up with a lot of office-envy!

To enter:

1.  Simply photograph your workstation and publish the blog post by the 29th April

2.  Title the post 'Pen Heaven Competition: My workstation photo entry'

3.  Send a link or tweet to Pen Heaven using the hashtag #PenHeavenWorkStn

The first prize is an assortment of stationary to the value of £200, and there are 2 runners up prizes of  a personalised pen and journal to the value of £60 each

So if you want to be in with a chance of winning - get photographing, there's not much time left!

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What's in my handbag

Hey guys, happy Sunday!  So, I saw this TAG going around on the Travelsupermarket site and thought it would be a really good idea for a post - I've done a couple of 'whats in my bag' videos' before, but nothing for my blog - so thought this would be a great opportunity to have one on my blog :)  Details on how to enter can be found here :)

So, here's what was in my handbag :)

My Thoughts

Wow, add that all up and it comes to £941.42 - I have to say, it makes me a little nervous publishing this on the internet.  My phone is worth around £500 so that's really bumped it up, but without that, it's still nearly £500 - and that's mostly down to the contents of my makeup bag - expensive lip balms and the perfume - combined with the actual bag makes for a lot of money to replace it all!

One thing this post has highlighted is that I'm carrying a lot more than I need to be, so as a result, I've skimmed down what's in my bag - I've stripped out most of the lip products to just 1 lip balm and all of the 'junk' i.e. receipts etc are gone too.

As much as I knew I was carrying a fair few ££'s in stuff in my bag, I never really realised it was quite so much until I edited these photo's.

So there we have it, I challenge you to do the same to see how much your bag is worth!  Part of the competition is to tag 5 other people to do this, so I'm tagging;

TheBlackPearlBlog
TattooedTeaLady
A Scottish Lass
Beauty Bird
Midnight Violets

And anyone else who wants to see how much they're carrying around with them!

This months Bigest-Pixi3 advertiser is the lovely Shang from The Feminine Crusade

 

Written by Georgina Kent

Competition Entry - Beauty and the beach

Hey guys!  Random one tonight, the folks over at Travelsupermarket are running a competition at the moment to create a look for hair, makeup and nails fit for the beach :)  Never one to shy away from a challenge I thought I'd step up and see what I come up with :)  Here's my look - I hope you like it xxx

Inspiration

So, my inspiration for the look may seem obvious (the beach) but hey, that's what we're creating a look for :)  For the different elements, I've sourced different inspiration. 

Nails - inspiration is Mother of Pearl

Hair - Curvy sea shells

Makeup - Bronzed / sandy

images taken from Pinterest

Hair

So as I mentioned I took inspiration from curvy shells - like the one pictured above.  Now, if your hair is anything like mine, it's hard to bare to have it fully down when you're somewhere windy i.e. the beach.  So, I did a side parting and did a front twist, pinning it back on the side using two bobby pins (crossing them over).  This keeps the bulk of the hair at the front, out of my face #winning.

Nails

So nails, I wanted to create something that is similar to mother of pearl / pearls / golden.  So to do this I used two of my favourite nail polishes, I used Essie's Fiji (loooove this colour!) and Rimmel's Disco Gold for the top coat.  Even if I do say so myself, I love this combination!  How have I never put these together before?  Even though I did these for a competition, I'll be keeping them going as long as I can and will probably re-do them :)  TIP:  To make sure your nails last for your day at the beach, make sure you use a good base coat and top coat - my favourite is the Seche ones :)

Makeup

What I wanted to achieve with this look is a lovely golden, bronzed and well highlighted look - a sort of dewey finish.  Here's the look, how I created it and why I chose what I did :)

Eyes

For this I used... quite a lot ;)  After priming I started off with a base of the Maybelline colour tattoo in On and On Bronze.  I then used 2 shades of the MUA Undressed palette.  Shade 4 for the inner half of the eye and shade 10 for the outer half (you can see the difference more on the eye on the left).  I then used shade 1 under the browbone and on the inner corner of the eye, taking it under the eye for about 1/3.  Then I took a L'Oreal eye liner in (contour khol) in 164 Chrome Brown underneath the eye all the way a long the line.  (it's also worth noting I brought the colour tattoo underneath the eye too).  Next, I took my Chanel liquid eyeliner (black) and lined the eye, winging it out a little.  Then I curled my eye lashes and applied my Maybelline One by One mascara.

Skin

For foundation, I opted for the Ginvera BB cream as it has SPF 30, so it's giving you protection when you're in the sun.  If I didn't have a BB cream, I would have opted for the YSL touche eclat foundation to bring luminosity to the skin.  I concealed with the Maybelline Dream Lumi touch under the eyes, on any troubled areas, and where I wanted to apply a highlighter (cheeckbones, down the nose, cupids bow and on the chin a little).  Then I took out my Barry M Natural Dazzle bronzer and contoured with it (in the hollows of the cheek, on the temples, around the hairline and down the jawline).  Then, I used my L'Oreal Glam Bronze trio, I used the bronzer on my cheeks, cheekbones and lightly went over my temples to create a glamourous bronzed look.  Next step was blush, and for this I used my NYX blusher in Pinched - this has a lovley golden glow which added a beautiful shimmer to my cheeks.  Then I took my Sleek highlighter, applied that to the cheekbones, dusted it across my forehead, down the nose, cupids bow and on the chin. 

Lips

I wanted to keep this simple.  The last thing I'd want is to wear a gloss, have my hair flying everywhere and my hair sticking to my lip (my pet hate!) so I opted for Givenchy gloss/balm - it's the most amazing texture, even though it's a gloss, the texture is a balm, so you're keeping your lips hydrated when at the beach, and adding a touch of sparkle.  Perfect.

I teamed up this look with pearl drop earrings, a pearl bracelet, a mae movement rose gold bracelet, and my Michael Kors rose gold watch.

I hope you like the look I created and where I got my inspiration from for it, I must admit I had really good fun creating it - and I learnt that my husband is great at taking close up pics of my eyes - something I'll have to get him to do more often :p

Pixi3 out

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