SOME OF MY FAVOURITE VINTAGE FINDS

I love art, all kinds of prints, paintings, posters - anything unique that no one else will have. These drawings are one of a kind and are absolutely beautiful, there was no way I wasn't buying them. I need to find some frames for them but to be honest I'm not sure what style of frame will look best - suggestions are welcomed. I love that no one else has these art pieces and they're just so my style and personality that I will love them forever!

These three items I bought together with the idea of placing them together on my fireplace. I have a strange obsession with renaissance statue's, I think they're just gorgeous and having this miniature statue may suppress my urge to find a full size one for my garden (when I have one). I even have  renaissance statue lady tattoo'd on my leg now. The little lady figure is actually a bell, she gives off a very witchy vibe which is totally up my street so she came home with me. The Astronomy book may seem like purely a decorative piece but the pictures through out the book are so cool, the drawings of constellations and different star patterns are just gorgeous and I love books where I can flick through the photography if I'm not in the mood to actually read.

This dress isn't vintage but it is second hand. I found this dress in a charity shop, it's TopShop and still had the tags in it! It fits like a glove and I love dresses like this where you can dress it up or down, plus when I don't have to support the big fashion corporations and pay their prices but still get a brand new dress, I'm pretty happy. 

These guys are so cute! I actually found them both separately but they must have been a pair originally, they match perfectly and are just adorable. Again they're very renaissance and I tend to not like depictions of angels but when I eventually get round to putting these guys up on the wall somewhere they're going to look perfect! One may be missing his feet but he has wings and I know which I'd prefer.

I fell in love with this little desk calendar and nearly bought it on multiple occasions but never actually got around to it. I love brassy/gold colours and this design is just gorgeous. I knew I needed it so I went back to the shop and went to finally buy it but tragedy struck and it was gone, sold to another and I won't lie, I was a little upset. Later that day though, I walked into my bedroom and there it was - as a gift from my Mum which has only in turn made me love it even more. 

This jewellery box was a gift to me from my Dad and it has been one of the most precious items I have owned for a while. When you twist the little cogs to tun the dancer, instead of her just spinning around, when her legs catch the floor she twists and turns freely making each dance she does unique. This jewellery box is more of an antique than a vintage piece and she is very delicate but again, I doubt anyone has anything like this and that makes it very special to me. 

Could this be the most useless item I own? I think it may be. This little ceramic box is absolutely tiny, no more than 5cm long and 2cm wide. It can hold nothing I own but isn't it so pretty?! The shade of pink and the colours used to decorate the outside are stunning, I've never seen such a gorgeous box. It may not have a use but it makes me very happy and that's all that really matters right?

This one definitely has a use. This 1960's Parker Knolls arm chair was found by my dad and I have been looking for a chair for a while now as when I'm writing I can't sit on my sofa as it's too comfy I just fall asleep and sitting at my dining room table isn't comfortable enough so I needed a nice middle. Somehow I will fit it into my flat and I will love and use it every day.

I also bought this vintage footstool to go with the chair, I think the different shades of green will look really nice. Buying things like armchairs and footstools make me feel very grown up.

This is the handbag I use nearly every single day, this is also one of my favourite charity shop finds. All I see when I look at this is 90's goodness, Rachel Green is quaking. Although this bag is relatively small I can shove loads of stuff in it and it's so simple I literally wear it with everything. My favourite aspect is the material, it's almost 'waterproof' if that makes sense. Some may say it's ugly but I love it so much and at £2.99 what's to loose?

BLACK SMOKEY EYESHADOW LOOK

I really wanted to try something new with my makeup and as someone who rarely wears eyeshadow I thought I'd chuck myself in the deep end and try a black smokey eye. Maybe it turned out a little uneven and imperfect but when I was watching tutorials on how to do this everyone kept saying things like "it doesn't have to be neat" and "I prefer it when everything looks a little messy" so I just went with that. This definitely isn't a tutorial but more of an example that changing up your makeup and trying new styles that you may think won't suit you can actually end well. I thought I'd look like I had been sucker punched in the face but I ended up feeling really bad-ass and powerful.

I only used the 'Revolution Velvet Mattes Pigment Palette' to achieve this eye look which luckily had all the shades I thought I would need. I started by concealing my eyelids and setting them with some white eyeshadow, I don't ever do my eyes first so this felt a little unnatural but I didn't want to ruin my foundation by getting black fallout everywhere. I then went in with a neutral, light brown colour in my crease to start creating a 'seamless' edge(I use quotations when I say 'seamless' because it definitely wasn't seamless), I believe this is the 'transition' shade? I then decided to use tape because I had no idea what I was doing and maybe tape would help.

I used a clean fluffier brush to buff out the edges even more before applying a darker brown shade to deepen the crease. I think this brown shade created a really nice look towards the outer edges of my eyes but in hindsight I would have used a much warmer, orangey brown shade instead of this ashy colour - like the one I applied to my bottom lashes. Now it was time to apply the black shadow, I used a really small and dense brush to try and keep the black from going up to high before applying it all over the lid with a flat shadow brush and blending it a little bit into the crease. I didn't want to mess with my eyeshadow anymore because I tend to do this thing where something looks decent and then I think I can improve it but always make it look a lot worse so I refrained from 'fixing' any little mistakes this time. Side note - removing the tape was very satisfying and I really liked the sharp edge left behind.

I used the 'Wet N Wild Photo Focus Foundation', yes the one I have said previously that I didn't like at all but now I've changed my mind - I'm very indecisive. My skin make up is pretty simple, currently I enjoy my freckles showing through my foundation so I've been using less foundation and concealer to give a slightly more sheer and natural look. I really like the 'C.Y.O Loose Powder' as it gives the perfect amount of colour without turning my orange and sets everything in place without it looking super powdery.

Then I finished off the eyes by adding a terracotta shade and a little of the black shadow on my lower lash line and tight-lining my top lash line before adding a generous amount of mascara. I used the 'Collection Bronze Glow Bronzer' to bring some colour back to my face and keeping with the smokey/bronzey look I used this GORGEOUS blusher from Make Up Obsession's 'Isn't It Peachy Palette" in 'hint' which is so orangey and I think the perfect colour to compliment my dark smokey eyes.

To highlight I used The Balm's 'Luminizer'. This is where I realised I hadn't done my eyebrows so I had a little break to calm myself down before then forgetting to film it but oh well, I just used the dark brows shade from the Revolution Palette I used before. I tried out a couple of different lip shades, either being too pink toned or too dark so I settled with a neutral brown shade and I used my finger to sheer it out a little bit. For some reason I keep sucking my lips in throughout the whole video and now I'm very self conscious of my concentration face.

Anyway, I hope you may get some inspiration or confidence from watching me try to do a smokey eye and give it a try yourself. I want to try and do thee same steps to create more colourful eye looks so maybe I could do some monochromatic make up and outfit looks - I keep seeing them on instagram and everyone looks SO good I want to try it too!

Go give 'Baddreams' some love for letting me use their debut single over this video! Spotify link here - https://open.spotify.com/track/22uiS4gE4ucXGSYXmcuBoT?si=AJx_BYt7Sba91hg-H7Psrw
Or watch their music video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWoceUuYogg