Top 5 Make Up Products!

 Lately I've had no inspiration at all for a blog post and the other day I was on YouTube, as usual, and a video I came across was a Top 5 Make Up Products and I thought to myself I wear make up and a good bit of it so I could do this, and that's exactly what I'm doing. I'm obviously no expert when it comes to make up, I've learned all I know from watching YouTube videos and lots of them. I'm just going to give my opinion of these products and just because a product might work one way on me doesn't mean it will definitely work the same way on you but it may be worth a try!

Naked Palette!

 I'm probably the worst blogger in the world, I haven't written a blog post in nearly 2 months and I'm really sorry but it's not like my posts are in high demand or anything. I've been finding it really hard to think of things to blog about because I haven't bought any new products or seen any new movies or anything so that's one reason for being absent, the other being I've just sort of forgotten that I had a blog *awkward*. I was thinking of doing a summer essentials post but I don't really have any products that I've found essential during summer other then sun cream but I've been using the Urban Decay Naked Palette a good bit so I'm going to share my thoughts and some of the looks I like to do with it, so let's crack on!
 I don't think I've ever heard anything bad said about the Naked Palette, and I know a lot of people have it. It's just such a great palette to have in your make up collection. It has 12 different eye shadows in the palette ranging from light to dark colours. Most of the eye shadows are shimmery but they're are two matte colours in the palette and they're both  really nice browns. All the eye shadows have great pigmentation and are really good quality and they all go really well together so you can create so many different looks with this palette from everyday neutral looks to very dramatic night time looks and everything in between. When you buy the palette it comes with a brush and a little Urban Decay Primer Potion which I think is amazing, I get very oily lids and if I don't use a base or a primer the eye shadow creases after about 5 minutes and the Primer Potion makes my eye shadow last all day and it doesn't move at all! I can't remember exactly how much the palette cost when I bought it but it wasn't any more then €50 which is quite a good price when you think about how many eye shadows you're getting and how good quality they are. So I think the Naked Palette is something everyone should have in their makeup collection.
 The only bad thing about the Naked Palette is that there are so many different colours and looks to pick from that sometimes I get overwhelmed and can't choose what makeup to do! All the looks I create with the palette are pretty simple but look really nice, all the colours compliment each other really well to create really nice combinations of colours that make the eyes stand out and looks really nice. Before I create any makeup look I put a little bit of the Primer Potion over my lid and blend it out with my finger, then I wait a minute for it to set before starting with the eye shadow. When using the Primer Potion you only need a tiny bit because it blend out really well so a little goes a long way. If I'm in a huge rush I will literally just but "Sin" all over my lid and just blend it out with a bit of 'Naked" then line my lash line with some gel eyeliner and add loads of mascara which I do with most of these looks. If I've got time I like to brush "Sin" all over the lid, then add some "Dark Horse" to the outer corner and blend it out and into the crease a bit then I'll place some "Creep" on the very outer corner and blend that out as well. "Virgin" is a really great highlight colour so I'll place that in the inner corner of my eye and maybe on the brow bone. For a really dramatic look, I like to use "Hustle" and place that all over the eye and blend it out really well, then I'll use a little bit of "Creep" in the outer corner and blend that like crazy as well. I like to get a little bit of "Naked" on a blending brush and blend out the edges of my eye shadow to make sure that it's blended really well because I don't think it looks good at all when there are just harsh lines in a makeup look, I think it looks so much more put together and neater when the edges are blended really well. So they're three looks I like to create with the Naked Palette but, like I said, you can make so many different looks with this palette and if you're like me and get overwhelmed and don't know what kind of looks to make there are so many good tutorials on YouTube, so if you click here it will link you to loads of great tutorials using the Naked Palette.
 So that's my thoughts on the Urban Decay Naked Palette, I hope that helped you in one way or another. If you have any suggestions of other blog posts you'd like me to do or if you have any questions about any of the posts I've written then  feel free to leave comments on any of the posts or contact me on any of my social network pages which are always linked on the side of my blog. I'm really going to try to keep up with my blog posts from now on. If you could please follow my blog, it will only take a minute and it would mean so much to me. As always thank you so much for reading and I hope everyone has a lovely summer :)

March Favourites 2013

 Bonjour. I've never done a monthly favourites post before and I really enjoy seeing what products and things other people have been liking so I thought I'd share mine with you. I'm not only going to talk about all the beauty products I've been liking over the past month but also songs and movies, everything I've been enjoying recently and they're in no order or anything, I'm just listing whatever comes to mind first. So here's all the things I have enjoyed throughout the month of March.
 A product that I have absolutally loved is the Maybelline Colour Tattoo in ''On and On Bronze''. It's a cream eye shadow that I like to use as an eye shadow base because it has amazing lasting power. I have really oily eyelids and I can wear this all day and it won't crease which is amazing. Also, it's such an amazing colour that sometimes, if I'm feeling lazy, I just wear it on its own and it still looks lovely. There are so many different colours and they're not expensive which is great. They will last ages, as well because you only need a little bit, they blend really nicely as well so that's good.
 Another thing I've fallen in love with recently is the Urban Decay Naked Palette and everybody raves about this palette and I can see why. It has so many different colours and they're all gorgeous and you can make so many different looks with it because all the colours go so well together. It may seem a bit pricey but when you think about it, it has 12 gorgeous colours and they're really good quality so it really is worth the money. It also comes with the Urban Decay Primer Potion which is another product I've been loving. I use this as a base when I'm not using my Colour Tattoo and it keeps all my eye makeup in place throughout the day and it stop my eye shadows creasing, and that's around €19 or something, I'm not to sure exactly how much but I will probably be buying another one when this one runs out because it's so good.
This next product surprised me but I've been obsessed with the L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara which I didn't think I'd like. Everyone who knows me will know that I swear by Maybelline The Falsies Flared, which I still love, but I tried the L'Oreal and it's amazing! I didn't like the look of the wand at first because it's a skinny wand but it combs through every lash and makes them so long. And it's great for bottom lashes, it separates them all but doesn't make them look like spider's legs, which I really like since I have really long bottom lashes.
 This next product also surprised me when I started using it. It's the Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner to thick sometimes so I thought I'd give gel eyeliner a try and it's so much easier. It stays really well and you can make it as thin or thick as you like. It comes with a little brush which is really easy to use so if you have trouble with liquid eyeliner then I recommend trying gel eyeliner.
 A nail varnish I've been really enjoying is the Catrice Cosmetics Ultimate Nail Lacquer and I have 875 ''It's All I Can Blue'' which is a lovely bright blue colour. These nail varnishes are really cheap, you can get them in Pennys/Primark, whatever you call it. They're really good quality as well, it does take a few coats of the polish to get the colour opaque but they last quite well and don't chip easily so I really like them and there's an range of loads of different colours to choose from.
 The last beauty product I've been loving is the Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Lipstick in 107. I've had this for a while but I've been wearing it a lot lately and I've got quite a few compliments on it. It's a beautiful dark red/pink colour which can be wore as a stain if you apply a small amount and blend it out or you can build up the colour to make it pretty dark. These lipsticks have great staying power and they're not expensive. They also smell amazing and fruity which is nice. It has a matte finish which I really like but it can be easily wore with a gloss over it and it would still look great.
 Hair products that I've been loving are the Timotei Vivid Colour Shampoo and Conditioner. I'd never heard of this brand before, I think my mam just got them in Tesco but they are really good. I know shampoo and conditioner are meant to clean your hair but these make my hair feel so incredibly clean. It makes my hair really soft as well and they smell nice which is always good for a shampoo and conditioner.
 The next thing I've been loving recently is an album. It's Biffy Clyro's Opposites which is just pure amazing and seeing it live last week makes it even better. It's just such a great album, there's 22 songs on it so I'm sure there's a song for everyone on it, which I think is great.
 A movie I really enjoying was Disney's Brave which I only saw recently because it's on Sky Demand. It's just a really good Disney movie and it has a good story but it is Disney so it's very cute, and who doesn't love a Scottish accent?
 Anyway, that's all the things I've been enjoying over the past month and hopefully it will introduce you to some new things or products that you will, hopefully, enjoy as much as I have. Thanks for reading :)

Biffy Clyro 28th March 2013

 Holy Mary, Mother of God! I went to see Biffy Clyro in the O2 Arena, Dublin on Thursday night and wow, just wow! It's one of the best concerts I've ever been to in my life. They were absolutally amazing, they played every song to perfection and the crowd was mental. Like my Slash post (which you can read here) if any word or sentence is highlighted that means if you click the word it will link you to a song, YouTube video, Facebook page, Twitter or to whatever I'm talking about which might give you a better idea of what I'm talking about if you don't already know. So, on with the post.
 I went to the concert with my friend Rachel and my dad, and before you're all like "omg you had to go with your dad, that's sad" I didn't have to go with my dad, he likes Biffy Clyro and wanted to go because he's cool, deal with it. He did stand at the back for the whole thing though, while me and Rachel started off in the middle of the crowd and were eventually pushed to the left of the stage, right in front of where the stage came out meaning Simon Neil sang "Biblical" and "God and Satan" about two feet away from us, no big deal! We spent the first half of the concert in the middle of the crowd being battered around, which doesn't sound like much fun but it was actually so amazing. I nearly lost my shoe twice, the second time I just took it off for a minute and was being pushed around with my shoe waving in the air. Then we spent the second half of the concert to the left of the stage, which was more calm but still amazing since we were so close to the stage. They played a lot of songs off the new album, Opposites, but there was a good bit of older things as well. They played my favourite song "Who's Got a Match?" which was amazing, and when they played "Glitter and Trauma" they had strobes and loads of flashing lights and it was just amazing, but I think "That Golden Rule" was the best song of the night! The crowd went mental, so mental that the security had to come into the crowd because there was going to be a massive circle pit where we were and they were pulling people into the circle trying to fill it, which was kinda bad but it didn't stop us all going mad! Overall, they were amazing! All the production was deadly, they had a giant rib cage thing on stage which looked great and they had loads of lights and air cannons which, I think, always makes a concert more exciting. I'm still amazed at how good it was. They are definitely a band I would go to see again, they were just so good!
 As for what I was wearing, I just wore a pair of high waisted, denim shorts that I'm constantly borrowing from my sister, my Iron Maiden t-shirt, a jumper from www.becomeantique.com which I love to bits and a pair of Aztec print Converse which I nearly lost one of, haha. Makeup wise, I just wore my normal face stuff and I used my new Urban Decay Naked Palette for my eyes which I've complete fallen in love with and I wore my Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick in 107 which I also love to bits.
 So that's the last of my concerts until May, when I go to see Enter Shikari which I'm really looking forward to. And if Biffy Clyro are playing a concert near you, I highly recommend that you go, even just for the experience because they are such an amazing live band. I did take a few pictures but they're not very good, I posted the best one on my Instagram which is catrionameatsix if you wanted to check it out and I have Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest  if you want to check those out, there's also links to them all on the side of my blog. And as I've said before, I'd like to thank everyone who's taken the time to read my blog or who's given me feedback on my posts even if it's just liking my Facebook status, it really means so much to me when people comment on my writing so thank you all so much. Anyway, thanks for reading :)

Slash 4th March 2013

 Wow! Last night I went to see Slash, Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators in the Olympia, Dublin and it was amazing. I got the tickets for Christmas and I was delighted when I found them in my stocking that morning. They played two nights and they were both sold out in no time. In this post I'm not only going to write about his amazing performance, I'm going to be really girly and write about what outfit I wore and what makeup I wore. I'm also going to review his albums "Slash" and "Apocalyptic Love" because they're both brilliant and I haven't posted in ages so this might be a long one. Also, if I start to talk about any songs in particular and you're curious as to what they sound like then if the song title is highlighted or underlined then click on the song title and it will link you to a YouTube video of the song.

 Firstly, I'm not going to write about the band that supported because I can't remember their name and I wasn't really paying attention, I was too busy slagging them, haha. I was sitting at this concert, which I know sounds boring but at a Slash concert it really doesn't matter, I was standing anyway. When the lights went down after the crew set up the stage after the first band, the speakers erupted with one of the most beautiful noises I will ever hear. Slash, Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators were on stage, they opened with "Halo" from the album "Apocalyptic Love" which is such a great introduction. I can't remember the whole set list but I can remember most of the songs. They played "Not For Me" and I nearly died, it is my favourite Slash song and it's just so amazing! The played songs from both albums, "Slash" and "Apocalyptic Love", but they also played some Guns N Roses songs and they played "Slither" by Velvet Revolver. They also played "Doctor Alibi", which a local band "The Ladz" do an excellent cover of, but instead of Myles Kennedy singing, Todd Kerns sang because you need a pretty deep voice to sing this song and sing it well. Looking back on it, they played so many songs I'd be here all day talking about each one, they did perform for around 2 hours after all. To sum it up, they were absolutally brilliant and I'm glad to be able to say that I've seen Slash live in concert. 

 If you're not into clothes and makeup, I suggest you skip to the next paragraph. Since I was going to a concert I wanted to look nice but be comfortable so I just wore red and black jeans, and Guns N Roses t-shirt that I ripped the sleeves off and a grey hoodie with converse. But my makeup is probably more interesting, I just wore my Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation, with some Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection concealer and some Rimmel Stay Matte powder as my base. Then for my eyes I got inspiration from a Tanya Burr Beyonce Makeup Tutorial because I got "twinks" and "contrast" Mac eyeshadow for Christmas and instead of using "naked lunch", I used "sin" from the Urban Decay naked palette. I used the Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion which is amazing! I have really oily lids and it helps stop my eyeshadows creasing and even after a concert, my eyeshadow was grand. After the prime was set, I just put "sin" all over my lid, then a bit of "twinks" through my crease, then "contrast" on my bottom lash line. I used Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Eyeliner to line my top lashes and I used my Maybelline The Falsies mascara. I also wore Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick by Kate Moss in 107 which also lasted most of the night and I never topped it up. So that's my outfit and makeup done. 

 I'm just going to review the albums "Slash" and "Apocalyptic Love" quickly, and if you haven't listened to any of them then I highly recommend that you do, right now! They're both so amazing, but different. "Slash" has so many different artists working and singing on it so there's such a variety of songs. I think each different artist brought a bit of their own style of music to the songs. There are the likes of Fergie, M Shadows, Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Cornell, Lemmy, Kid Rock, Iggy Pop and Myles Kennedy singing on the album. If you like any of those artists, you'll probably like their songs on this album and maybe find out that you like other kinds of music because each song on the album is so different. "Apocalyptic Love" is just such an epic album. I love Myles Kennedy's voice, I think he's such a brilliant singer so I love every single song on this album. There are slow songs but there are also songs that are pure amazing! They're just two amazing albums that I think everyone should check out. 

 I think that's everything I wanted to cover that is Slash related! If you ever have a chance to go see Slash live, you should go. He puts on such an amazing show and most of the crowd is made up of drunk parents which is always amusing to watch. Hope you enjoyed this post, thanks for reading :)