Fake up & Inked up

Hello! Yes that is one almighty big picture of my face which I’ve chosen to welcome you with. It’ll be relevant in a minute but I just wanted to say first I had a serious bit of blogging block when I sat down to write this post. I’d organised and edited my pictures for this and my next post about our weekend in Belfast, and then found I was giving myself 101 other things to do before I was going to start writing this. You know the feeling where you need to tidy your room but all of a sudden alphabetising your dvd collection, re-arranging your storage space or browsing tumblr seems to me a MUCH better idea? That (although I have actually just realised I really need to clean the flat tonight – and seems it has brought my blogging mojo back as if by magic)

The photo above is a pretty good representation of my day to day makeup. I’m just about to switch to a Laura Mercier tinted illuminating moisturiser for the spring/summer months coming in – and it couldn’t have been better timing to be introduced to Benefit’s new hydrating concealer Fake Up at their Glasgow event a couple of weeks ago.

It comes in three shades as you can see above, and retails at £18.50. The hydrating balm around the middle of the main concealer part is unlike anything I have ever seen or used before. It is creamy and hydrating just as they claim and I have been using it on any little blemishes as well as around the eye area. I tend to go between the light and medium shades but I used the dark one last week when I had my fake tan on, which was great as I didn’t have any reverse panda eyes in flash photographs!

I had a lovely time at the event and ate my body weight in canapes while catching up with my fave blogger girls. It’s great to be off my crutches and finally be getting out and about on my own!

I have put on 4lbs while not being able to exercise with my injury and I feel super gutted about it Looking at the picture above I don’t notice much of a difference but under my clothes I feel like I do. Need to stop complaining and just get on with it. Oh – and go easy on the canapes! I’m such a hypocrite at times.

Thanks for all your advice and suggestions a couple of posts back regarding mobile phones. I’m now a member of team Iphone and have a new contract on EE thanks to Charlene’s super organisation skills! Cheers gal. Here’s what else life has been bringing me lately ♥

1. Dexter taking selfies 2. Zombie kitty 3. Happy 1st Birthday precious boy! 4. A wee present from John from the new Archie’s Girls range at Mac 5. Sitting in the tattoo waiting room 6. Getting inked 7. Babysitting on a saturday night with wine and films 8. Home made Nando’s, so good! 9. Loveheart boobs 10. My girl Sally came to stay for a few days from London 🙂 I heart her 11. Cocktails at the Tiki Bar 12. John loves his cocktail too 13. The new Krispy Kreme in Edinburgh 14. Doughnuts GETTING MADE! 15. My dirty dozen 16. Cosy for a cold afternoon walk.

I got my tattoo finished yesterday too. It’s an old school diving helmet on my inner arm (just around from my Mermaid) but is so swollen at the moment that in photographs you’d think it was my leg! I was still on the tattoo bed at this point but I’ll get a better picture once it’s healed. And oh, the inner arm sucks SO much. Anyone else with me on that or am I just a total wimp?!