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You know in  movies where the person has just been badly hurt and they fall to the ground, but the busy street around them just carries on but in a dull slow motion, and the person is just staring with a blank mind...that is how I would describe my last few weeks, im waiting on someone to shake me and wake me up, im waiting for someone to atleast notice I've fell to the ground... it's hard to even describe how I feel because tbh, I don't feel anything, -anything at all.

I've always wanted my blog to be a happy place, and believe me it will be, but I also think it's important to not sit in silence and just wait for things to get better, talking helps, which is funny when you think about it because with my anxiety talking is something that I dread, but talking to someone that can't talk back, can't laugh at me, talking without trying to force eye contact, it just makes me feel releaved.

I just feel so lost lately, like I'm falling apart but nobody even notices, how can the people who love me not see that I'm a wreck? I just feel like everyone is out to get me, nobody wants me around and that I'm just a waste of space, I have no use. I feel like my life is stuck on pause, and I know this is probably over dramatic, and I know next week I'll be fine again and reading this like what...but it's important to show that everyone has bad days, weeks or even years

I'm sorry if I've been MIA lately,

With love, clo

Top 6 free planner printables

As someone that suffers from an anxiety disorder I find making lists and having everything planned really helps me stay calm, whether its packing to go on a trip or just dying my hair I have to have it all scheduled and prepared...although 90% of the time I forget to do nearly everything on it!

while searching for a good 'To do' list planner I came across an ocean of blog planning kits, as you can imagine my little brain was over joyed! so I have decided to share my favourites with you!

I also have a full to the brim bored full of these on pintrest if you want more, you can find me at 'clolaurenn'.

1: weekly blog planner // 2: 2016 bundle pack // 3: Daily plan of action

4: colour choice planner // 5: patterned weekly planner // 6: goals planner

* d i s c l a i m e r - I do not take credit for any of these blog planners nor the images, They were all found on pintrest and the links will take you to the creditable site.

I hope this post has helped you as much as it has helped me! I am planning on doing a free sticker printables if that's something anyone would be interested in? let me know!

until next time, clo x

Shadow Swatch Review.

M A K E U P   H A C K   O R    W A C K ?

So if you're anything like me, the thought alone of cleaning your brushes makes you want to chuck them all in the bin and start fresh, am I right? cleaning brushes is an absolute chore and to this day I am yet to meet anyone that actually gets a kick out of it, and if you're reading this and you do, then how much do you charge per hour? hashtag, slide into my dm's.

what also makes me want to bang my head against the door is when my all time favourite blending brush, shoutout to you morphe 330, is still covered in bright pink shadow from yesterday makeup...but could there be a simple solution?

Ladies, Gents, I may have found our knight in shining armour. . .
 I was lucky enough to be sent the beauty essentials 'Shadow Switch' by the guys at DEE&CO and after trying it out for myself I couldn't wait to tell you all about it!

 Before I get into it please be aware that the shadow switch I received does have the old packaging but I shall insert some pictures of the snazzy new packaging at the end for you to feast your eyes on.

Now, I could witter on for ages about how this works and what to do but honestly, its so newb friendly and easy to use that all you have to do is swirl your brush in the black insert and bobs your uncle, a clean brush ready to carry on using.

I decided to really put this to the test and try cleaning different brushes with different coloured eyeshadows on to see how clean they get, although obviously this is not an alternative to deep cleaning your brushes, to completely remove colour stains  your brushes will still need to be deep cleaned regularly.

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T E S T  3//  

THE VERDICT PLEASE.

I mean, the photos show themselves how great this product is, the shadow switch wont remove the staining on the brush from the eyeshadow but It does remove 100% of the actual product and previous build up so you can go from a bright pink to a cream without any worry of the colours blending.

I absolutely think this is a beauty essential and every makeup lover needs one, especially when they cost as little as £5.99!

All of the life hack Beauty Essentials products will soon be available on Sephora and on their own website but until then you are able to buy the shadow switch  here. and I highly recommend that you do!

please comment bellow any recommendations you have for me to try out or any review requests, also to make sure you never miss a post from me be sure to follow me on bloglovin (xvousetesbelle)

until next time, clo x



Makeup revolution 'hot summer of love' bronzer review.

I absolutely love finding amazing products for dead cheap prices, so naturally when I do I immediately want to tell everyone about it, especially when its a potential dupe! makeup revolution are..is? anyway, they are a drugstore brand here in the uk and I believe they ship worldwide!

First of all, can we just take a moment to appreciate the overwhelming cuteness of the packaging? I mean come on if that doesn't scream display me on your dresser than I don't know what does.

I feel like the first thing I should address is that this is obviously inspired by the TooFaced cosmetics sweetheart bronzers and blushes which retail for around £25, makeup revolution are famous for their wide range of amazing dupes for high end products with pocket money price tags and the summer of love bronzer is no exception being sold for only £4.99! crazy right? Same price as an airport meal deal, and I defiantly know which id go for...unless it was tuna mayo, tuna mayo will always come up trumps, sorry MUR.

The furthest shade to the left is all of the shades mixed together, the furthest shade to the right however, was an accident so please ignore it haha! 

I always tend to apply shimmery bronzers on the edge of my cheek bones after I've done the rest of my makeup to finish it off, I find it gives me the nicest sun kissed glow without making me look blotchy, which btw it one of my favourite words...blotchy, am I ok?* laughing face emoji*

But, not only have I been loving this bronzer as a bronzer but Its also been great to do a quick eye look with, I'm all for the bronzed goddess look and with a light medium and dark shade I'm able to achieve that, and I must say it blends so easily, even for a newb like me!

The formulae of the bronzer is on par with the TooFaced sweetheart bronzer, it blends like an absolute dream which makes it kinda impossible to over do it and make yourself look like you did in year 9...don't deny it, it happened to all of us!

The verdict please.

For £4.99 I recommend you at least give this bronzer a go, I personally love it not just for its packaging but for the actual product as well, although I shamelessly would buy this for just the packaging, judge me!

I also believe it has a lighter shade which is just 'summer of love' for you lighter skinned beauties.

You can find the hot summer of love bronzer here.

please comment bellow any recommendations you have for me to try out or any review requests, also to make sure you never miss a post from me be sure to follow me on bloglovin (xvousetesbelle)

until next time, clo x

September wish list.

I have a love hate relationship with wish lists posts and videos, I love them because they are great for gift ideas, and I hate them because I get serious fomo and end up increasing my basket total, this morning I wasn't feeling very motivated to do any of my current blog plans so decided to do some retail therapy instead, which then led me into thinking, I may as well share with the wold what I'm currently not having lunch at college to be able to buy... because I mean, the whole world desperate wants to know what a unknown 19 year old wants...right?

Similar to every other person on this planet there is a lot of things that I'm currently wanting, so trying to pick only 5 things was as you can imagine a near to impossible task, but being the trooper that I am, I just about managed it...although still debating over weather the 'unicorn fund' puse should have made the cut.

Its also my very fastly...is that even a word? coming up to Christmas, which kinda makes me wee a little with excitement not going to lie, (16 weeks and counting, can I put up my tree yet?) so if you have recently done a wish list post of video then please feel free to leave the link in the comments so I can fill my ever so little brain with ideas!

1) JEFFREE STAR LIQUID LIPSTICK// POSHSPICE.

Until recently I had no interest at all in Jeffree Star cosmetics, of course I had heard of it and knew of the products but to me, someone who doesn't really like bright lip colours, they didn't appeal to me, that was until beauty bay started stocking them last week.

as soon as I saw the new products alert the fomo adrenaline took over my body an before I knew it I was selecting my colour, I never realised they did nude colours as well as the out there blues and purples, after googling some swatches I fell in love with posh spice...and it was at that moment, it went out of stock!

 you can find it here for £16

2) VILLAGE CANDLE// WARM BUTTERED BREAD

I can not even express to you guys how long it took me to decide what candle to feature in this post, it was like the final stages on the xfactor but after a very tough boot camp at the judges houses, warm buttered bread was crowned the winner.

I don't know about you but I always have a candle burning, I find they help me remember moments in my life i would have ordinarily forgot about, like for example the candle 'brownie delight' reminds me of the snot bubble of 2015 incident because it was burning at the time...does anyone else have that? obviously not the snot bubble, I hope!

village candles are a good alternative, if not better than Yankee candles, they have a lot more creative fragrances for half the price, and I aint mad at that!

you can find it here for £15

3)'I WOKE UP LIKE THIS'// MAKEUP BAG

I'm lucky enough to have a really nice white makeup set up, I have the Ikea malm dresser with the Alex 9 draws and all my makeup is categorically sorted away, but if you think id be normal and do my makeup there every morning than you would be wrong! I use the exact same makeup every single day which I keep by my bed in a tatty Ted Baker makeup bag which has seen..saw.., idk, but my point it that its had better days and I could really do with a new one.

Wiko's is 100% the underdog of the makeup world, some of my all time favourite makeup purchases have been from there including the prime of your life primer mentioned in a previous post and their brand new range of beige and gold makeup brushes, also does anyone else remember it being called 'wlkinsons' or have I made that up?

 you can find it here for, wait for it, £3!

4) NIKE THEA// GREY

I'm sure if you are active on social media's you would have fo show seen these trainers while on your daily feed scroll, i'm not sure who exactly started the trend (as most trends are started by a celebrity) but these are the new 'cool' trainers to have.

with a hefty price tag i'm sure you can guess why these are on my wish list and not actually owned by me, they retail for around £70-£150 depending on your shoe size and the popularity of the colour, and aint nobody got time for that! im sure these will stay on my wish list for a very long time but they are defiantly the current trainers I'm dying over!

you can find it here for £70.

5) SPECTRUM// MARBLEOUS 7 PIECE SMOKE SET

If you have not already heard of the Glam Clam then you must of been living under a, glam..clam ( I hate myself for that awful joke) but back to my point, spectrum brushes are by far the most insta worth brushes around making them a beauty blogger necessity, they go great with marble.

 I've recently brought the plain blue and pink 8 piece and 4 piece sets which I must say I'm really impressed with, not only do they look good they are also good quality as well, much better than the cheaper alternative which in my opinion is real techniques.

Blah blah blah I've wondered off trail yet again haha no surprise there! The marbleous collection has recently came available on beauty bay and is any makeup bloggers dream, who can say no to some white and gold makeup brushes?

   you can find it here for £35 

6) LIGHT UP SELFIE CASE// GOLD

Last but not least is something that I feel like everyone has but lil old me, which is suprising considering I'm more than happy to take any help I an get to look better in selfies, doublio chinio's be gone..o!

This one from coconut lane is a great dupe to the kim k LUMI seflie cases and is available In plenty of colours including rose gold, silver and bright pink!

 you can find it  here for £20, OR you could use the code 'CLO20' getting 20% off making it literally only £16, did someone say bargin?

so that's my wish list for this month! be sure to comment bellow what yours are so I can add them to my never ending want list haha, also to make sure you never miss a post from me be sure to follow me on bloglovin (xvousetesbelle)

until next time, clo x