Song of the day ~ Royals by Lorde

Lorde - Royals

I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address,
In a torn-up town, no postcode envy

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood,
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

[Verse 2]
My friends and I—we've cracked the code.
We count our dollars on the train to the party.
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this,
We didn't come for money.

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom.
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

Ooh ooh oh
We're bigger than we ever dreamed,
And I'm in love with being queen.
Ooh ooh oh
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair.

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

ING...

Morning Ladies

I sw this post during the week on Cocktails and Memories  and I thought it would be fun to do this.

MAKING ~ christmas decorations
COOKING ~ cupcakes for my angel boy!
DRINKING ~ warm cuppa java.
READING ~ SA's awesome blogs!
WANTING ~ winter to come! (Don't like summer)
PLAYING ~ cars with my 3yr old son, Robert...
WASTING ~ time worrying about stupid things
SEWING ~ Nothing at the moment
WISHING ~ it was christmas already!
ENJOYING ~ my son's mew found vocabulary... Very amusing how he talks so much!
WAITING ~ for winter. I'm sorry I have getting hot, I'd rather snuggle up!
LIKING ~ Miley cyrus new look and vibe.
WONDERING ~ what the new year will hold
HOPING ~ to get more makeup for my kit this christmas
MARVELLING ~ how amazing it is to have my little human in my life!
NEEDING ~ chocolate croissants from Fournous Bakery in Hyde Park! (Death by Fournous Bakery)
LOVING ~ blogging and my son!
SMELLING ~ freshly brewed coffee in the morning
WEARING ~ jeans and a red pepulum top
FOLLOWING ~ tons of blogs
NOTICING ~ how unfortunately friends change
KNOWING ~ Madeleine Botha - best Makeup Artist and Mentor anyone could ever ask for!
THINKING ~ about my makeup career
FEELING ~ in between feelings right now
BOOKMARKING ~ ellieloveblog one of m fav blogs right now
OPENING ~ vital mini rice cakes - balsamic vinegar and sea salt flavour
GIGGLING ~ at my son, who wants to do every thing himself but can't and gets frustrated.
WATCHING ~ Cars 2 and Monsters Inc

Hope you enjoyed the post.

Shalane
XOXO

I love Winter!

I love Winter!

xoxo

TAG |How much is your face worth...

Makeup...

Happy Chooseday Everyone!

Yesterday while going through my favorite blogs, I came across Pink Peonies post called "How much does your face cost?" and I thought it would be an awesome idea to see how much we actually spend on Makeup daily.

Here is my list of all the items that I use most mornings...

(From left to right on the photo)

1. Makeup For Ever Star Powder #930 ~ R295

2. Makeup For Ever Star Powder #902 ~ R295

3. Makeup For Ever Compact Eyeshadow #92    ~ R330

4. Makeup For Ever Compact Eyeshadow #309 ~ R330

5. Inglot 10 shade Eyeshadow Palette ~ R890

6. Stila in the moment palette ~ R395

7. Stila in the light palette ~ R395

8. Physicians Formula Highlight Powder ~ R195

9. Catrice Sun Kissed Bronzer ~ R55

10. Kryolan Setting Powder ~ R70

11. Essence Brow Styler ~ R35

12. NYX Super Skinny Liquid Eyeliner ~ R129

13. Smudge Highlighter pencil ~ R30

14. Essence Kajal Pencil Black ~ R15

15. Essence Kajal Pencil Brown ~ R15

16. NYX Eyeshadow base ~ R99

17. LA Girl Gel Eyeliner ~ R39

18. Essence 16 Hour Concealer ~ R30

19. Garnier BB Cream ~ R70

20. Catrice Infinite Shine Lipgloss ~ R55

21. Essence Lip Pencils ~ R15 each x3

22. Catrice All Round Waterproof Mascara ~ R45

** please note that I don't wear all this makeup everyday, but this is more or less what I uses weekly.

My total is: R 3887.00

Wow! Holy Cow! I never realised that it was so much! Oh well... :)

Love Shalane
xoxo

Celeb Style Tuesday - Demi Lovato

Love Demi!

Good Morning Dolls

A new feature on my revamp of my blog will be my Celeb Style Tuesday… In this blog post I will post a collage of my weekly favourite celeb style icon. This will be local and international celebs.

My first celeb is Demi Lovato. She seems to have grown from young girl who used to cut herself to an amazing young woman who knows what she wants. Her style is very eclectic and she seems to go from boho chic to rocker without any hassle. I love that her hair style is always very natural, not over styled and done up.

What do you guys think of Demi? Let me know in the comments.


Love Shalane
xoxo

How to clean your makeup brushes tutorial

Step-by-step tutorial...

Hey Dolls

I hope you had a great weekend…

Today I'm going to be showing you how to clean your makeup brushes. A lot of ladies don't know how to do it, but it's not actually that hard.

Things you will need:

1. Dirty Brushes
2. Baby Shampoo (it is the gentlest for. the hairs of your brushes)
3. 100% alcohol (can be bought from your local pharmacy)
4. Towel
Method:

1. Firstly, let the water run just a little bit, then wet just the bristles of your brush. (Whatever you do, don't let the silver part and the handle of your brush get wet. This will loosen the glue that holds your brushes together and your brushes will be ruined.)
2. Next squirt a little bit of the baby shampoo on the palm of your hand.
3. Taking your brush in your hand, gently make small circles with your brush and create a lather.
4. Once you have finished, run the water again, and again wetting only the head of the brush rinse the shampoo from the brushes. (Make sure you rinse all of the shampoo out of the brushes.)
5. Taking a towel, gently squeeze out all of the water. Don't swirl the bristles around.
6. Lay them off the edge of a counter with towel underneath, to stop them rolling around.
7. Once they are done, spray the brushes with 100% alcohol. This will kill all the remaining bacteria from the brushes.

Hope you enjoyed my short, but easy tutorial.

Have a lovely day.

Love Shalane
xoxo

When it rains, look for rainbows...

Inspirational Monday

Morning Dolls…

I have been on and off from my blog like some Hollywood relationship, but I have realised that I actually really love it so I proposed and it happily accepted. It was a short engagement and we eloped. We are now happily married and you will now be seeing me regularly, like every day.

I know it is very cliché to have a Monday Inspirational post but I like starting my Monday morning with a quote or phrase that will help me through the weeks' rough times.
This weeks' quote is "When it rains, look for Rainbows. When it's dark, look for Stars."

For me this means something like there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. So basically always look for the something in the bad situation that will give you hope. Even if it's the smallest piece of hope! There will always be a small star or light rainbow…

Enjoy the week ahead ladies…

Love Shalane
xoxo

Before and afters

Reddit Before and after picture

Fanous models Before and Afters.

Hey Dolls

I don't know if you ladies have seen the photo above doing the rounds on social networks like Reddit (where it started), Facebook, twitter… So here is the story. The photo was posted on Reddit by someone called Water_anus. The photo shows a picture of a woman's before and after, having had her hair and makeup done. The one on the left shows her without makeup on and I would say she is a beautiful woman. She has a beautiful face and beautiful hair. The second photo shows her after having her makeup and hair done by a professional makeup artist. Yes her eyes do look amazing now, not that they didn't before, but it just shows the talent of the makeup artist. Her hair was also styled beautifully.

Now this photo has caused such a debate amongst the users of Reddit, some saying that "This post shows to not trust one's looks," and that wearing makeup is a betrayal. Some are praising the makeup artist and hair stylist for the amazing work that was done.

So where do I sit on this debate? I don't think that there was anything wrong with what was done to the lady. I think every now and then a women deserves to be given a makeover. Not that she needed but maybe she just wanted to feel special?? And people want to get their panties in a knot about this ladies before and after, when most of the models look kinda the same in their before and afters. So why aren't they judging them… My thought on this is that we shouldn't judge a woman on how she looks because I can bet you know when we all take our makeup off, we all look kinda like she does in her before photo…

I would love to hear what you ladies think about this story.

Have a lovely week!

Love Shalane
xoxo