Sunday 30 September 2012

♥ Favourites of the Month - September 12 ♥


I have alot to tell you about the past month, so I am going to jump right into it...



Becki's Beauty Favourites -





Bed Head - Queen for a Day Thickening Spray

Batiste Dry Shampoo - Blush

Barry M - Nail Paint - Raspberry

OPI - Nail Laquer - Houston we have a Purple

Mac - Creme Blush - LadyBlush

Elf - Eyebrow Set - Light

Maybelline - Colossal Volume Mascara - Blackest Black

Mac -  Lipstick - Angel (frost)



Randomley Random!

First of I passed my driving test! I am an offical driver on the roads of great britain, so watch out!



Also at the end of last month I treated myself to a present and you might of heard me talking about it but incase not here is a link to a post all about my bag!





Also I am going to be an auntie for the first time in Feburary! And its going to be a boy! I have to admit I am a bit gutted that I cant paint her nails pink or put her in a tutu! But there is cute boys clothes and I have already started spoilling it!
 
 
Favourite Songs -
 
Carrie Underwood - Blown Away
Cimorelli - Wings
Lucy Spraggan - Tea and Toast
PSY - Gangman Style (Best song ever! Love the video!)
 
 
Favourite Films -
 
Mr Poppers Penguins
 
Captain America (Suprisingly good!)
 
I haven't been watching many movies but out of the ones I have there my favourite.
 
Favourite Tv -
 
Empire Girls - Adrinnee & Julissa
 
Without a Trace
(This is an old crime series that was made in 2008 - It's on univeral channel)
 
Xtra Factor
(I love Caroline! She has amazing style and always looks perfect)
 
Strike Back
(On channel five - It does contain nude sections, so if your yound please do not watch!)
 
Quote of the Month
 
 "Dream until your dreams come true"
 
I think this quote explains its self!
 
What kind of month have you had? What was your favourite beauty product?
 
 
 
Thanks for reading!
Sunday 23 September 2012

♥ Updated What's in My Bag! Marc by Marc Jacobs Classic Q Fran shoulder bag! ♥

I got a Marc By Marc Jacobs Handbag! I have fallen in love....


Anyway Hi! Today I am going to do an updated what's in my handbag, I am doing an updated post for two reasons. Reason one - I got a Marc by Marc Jacobs handbag! (If you didn't already guess!) Reason two - I don't like my last post! It's just not good enough! So shall we jump into the post ...

Firstly I will tell you about my new handbag, It's by Marc by Marc Jacobs and is called the Classic Fran Q Shoulder Bag in Cinnamon Stick . It is made out of "genuine Italian leather", so it looks and feels more amazing! And on the front of the bag is a little signature gold plaque that most Marc by Marc Jacobs bags have, under that at the bottom of the bag is four cute pleats. Also on the front of the bag are really cute finishing touches like the little Marc Jacobs bolts an the shape under the bolts (I love them so much it convinced me to get that bag! A bit sad and pathetic I know!) The bag has two straps a shorter handle and a long strap, normally I just leave the strap sitting over the front of the bag as it gives it a nice look.


Inside the bag is the signature Marc Jacobs lining, with the zip pocket and two small open pockets, for fastening there is a very strong magnetic button at the top then under that us a tan strap with a gold catch. I would say it's a good everyday size, you quite fit a very big makeup bag which is actually a good thing because I have down sized everything I carry so that it isn't to heavy, and it fit everything I need to carry nicely but I wouldn't say its a bag that is big enough to travel with! I bought it from Harvey Nichols almost a month ago but couldn't find it on their website so instead here is a link to Selfridges.











So what's in my bag?


 
 
My mobile
 
 
 
iPod touch
 
 
Purse


Make-up bag
(post coming soon)
 
 
Hairbrush (s)
 
 
Glasses
 
 
Sunglasses
 

 
Umbrella
(please note umbrella underneath sunglasses, only in the uk!)
 
 
Diary & pen
 
 
Keys

 
Little pink emergency bag!
(e.g paracetamols, magalieve, tampons, bar of chocolate, hair clip ect)

Little bottle of juice


This is what I normally have in my bag day to day, but it does change. I try to keep what I carry to a minimum due to the fact I can put everything including the kitchen sink in my bag and it weigh me down for the entire day! Thanks for reading, and tell me what kind of bag you have!



Thanks for reading!
Wednesday 19 September 2012

♥ Carly Rae Jepsen – “Good Time” Music Video Inspired Make-up & Hair ♥


Carly Rae Jepsen has amazing style and always pulls her look and outfits off with ease, and I really loved her look in one of her most recent music videos, so I thought I would give it a bash and show you my inspired look. You probably already have seen/heard this song but if not click below for the video.

 

Her look in the video is trendy, unique and easy going (I would say). I am only going to show you how to recreate her hair and make-up because I could do her outfit justice! So shall I start? …

Face
Today I am not using a primer, just so it gives the foundation a different feel. So I am jumping straight into concealer. MAC – Pro Longwear Concealer – NW15 I am covering any blemishes or problem areas. I then use Collection 2000 – Lasting Perfection Concealer to cover dark lines underneath my eyes. I am doing this because Carly has very clear looking skin! (Jealous!)





 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Carly doesn't look like she has much foundation on therefore I am using a light foundation which is buildable if you need more coverage. I am using MAC - Face and Body Foundation with a Real Techniques Buffing Brush.

Then Carly skin looks matte (e.g not shiny/oily), so I am using MAC - Blot Powder with a large fluffy brush and I am buffing it in to my skin.
 
I wasn't to sure what Carly had on her cheeks, it defiantly looks like she has a light blush on - I was stuck between Benefit - Dandelion Blush and MAC - CremeBlend Blush - LadyBlush. I decided for MAC - CremeBlend Blush - LadyBlush I just felt it went better but if your re-creating this look then you can decide!

I loved the looks of Carly's cheekbones - she has a really nice golden highlight on. Using my fingers I am blending Jemma Kidd РDewy Glow All Over Radiance Cr̬me РIced Gold, into my cheekbones.

 Eyes
  Using my favourite eye primer Urban Decay - Eye Shadow Primer Potion, blend this across your lids and under your eyes. This will help keep any of your eye products on for a longer time and cover any dis-colouration and veins.


I am applying a light gray eyeshadow from Elf - 32 Piece Eye Shadow (all eye shadows used are from this palette), and applying it all over my lid. Then used a darker gray I am putting it into my crease using an angled brush then with a fluffy buffing brush (Mac #224) I am blending out any harsh lines and making it look more natural...(since gray is such a natural colour! lol). Using the same darker gray using an angled brush I am putting this on my lower lash line, I am using a eyeshadow instead of eye liner because in the photo it looks like a soft line not a harsh line which a liner would create! And with a light creamy colour I am highlighting my inner corner and my brow bone. 
 
I could tell that Carly had eye liner on, but I wasn't sure what kind of eye liner, so I thought what would I use on her and first thing I thought was MAC - FluidLine in Blacktrack. So using an angled brush I am following my lash line and making a think to medium line (depends on your eye shape).

I am then curling my eyelashes and coating them with NYC – High Definition Volume Mascara – Carbon. Carly proberly would have had false eyelashes on so that they are more noticeable on camera but since I don't have any to hand and my eyelashes are naturally long I am going without!


Carly has a natural lip colour and I couldn't decide if she has lipstick on the had a glossy finish or just lipgloss or both! So I thought let's just do both! I am using a limited edition lipstick but there are many colours similar. I an applying MAC - Innocence Beware! Straight from the tube the applying a little bit of Clinque - Long Last Glosswear - Air Kiss, I am only using a little bit as the finish of the lipstick is a cremesheen so its already glossy!


 
 















Hair

First I washed my hair then dried it (Products Below), then I split my hair into sections and started curling my hair with my Instyler 3 in 1 Rotating Styling System, once I have curled all of my hair- using the comb the styling system came with I am brushing the curls out to create loose curls. I then set the curls using my Wella - Silvikrin Hairspray. And it's that simple!  

Product List –

Face

MAC – Face and Body Foundation

MAC – Pro Longwear Concealer

Collection 2000 – Lasting Perfection Concealer

MAC – Blot Powder

MAC – Creme Blend Blush – LadyBlush

Jemma Kidd РDewy Glow All Over Radiance Cr̬me РIced Gold

Eyes

 

Rimmel – Eyebrow Pencil – Dark Brown

Urban Decay – Eyeshadow Primer Potion – Eden

Elf – 32 Eyeshadow Palette – Natural

MAC – Fluidline – Blacktrack

NYC – High Definition Volume Mascara – Carbon

Lips

MAC – Lipstick - Innocence Beware! (Limited Edition)

Clinique – Long Last Glosswear – Air Kiss

 Hair


TRESemme – 24 hour Body Shampoo,

L’oreal Kids – Sweet Pear Tangle Tamer,

Demark – Tangle Tamer Hair Brush,

V05 – Plump It Up,

Wella – Silvikrin Hairspray

 
 
 
I hope you enjoyed this inspired make-up! And if you have any other suggestions, then please feel free to comment below or email me at dreamswithbutterflies@hotmail.co.uk.  
 
 

 
 
Thanks for reading!
Saturday 15 September 2012

♥ Beauty Blogger Tag with PrettyLittleFashionista ♥


Today I am doing a joint tag with one of my good friends within the blogging community, Kirsty from PrettyLittleFashionista. I recently did a guest post for her and we decided we wanted to do a post together but we weren't sure what do do! So Kirsty came up with the idea of doing the beauty blogger tag - which I thought was a great idea as people from each of our blogs would learn about both of us! So lets get started! (K - Stands for Kirsty and B - Stands for Becki (me!)
 
 
1. Is your hair naturally curly or straight?
B - Straight
 K - It’s wavy  
 
2. What is your natural hair colour?
 B – Dark Brown
K -   Light brown
3. Do you dye it yourself or go to a salon?
 B – My sister owns her own hairdressers so she does my hair!
K -   I’ve never dyed my hair
 
4. How often do you wash your hair?
B – My hair can get very greasy so I normally I was it every day or every other day and use dry shampoo – I just judge it! 
 K - Every other day sometimes a bit longer
 
5. Do you wear the same style every day or change it?
 B – Depends what I am doing and where I am going, but I have it straight, wavy, curly and in a pony tail – curled, in a bun ect. Whatever I feel like!
K - I sometimes curl or straighten my hair but not very often
 
6. Do you do your own mani/pedi or go to a salon?
 B – I normally paint my nails myself because I change my mind so quickly. But I don sometimes get my nails done in my sisters shop!
K - I do my own nails
7. How often to you change your nail polish?
 B – When it starts to chip or when I get board of it, so normally about every 4 days.
 K - Every few days sometimes a week
 
8. Do you polish your toes in the winter, too or just in the summer?
B – Normally I do keep them painted at all times but I am not in much of a rush to do them in the winter.
K - I paint my toes all year round, in winter I use a light pink whereas in the summer I use bright colours
 
9. How long does it take to put on your makeup?
 B – For day to day normally half an hour (maybe just over that!)
 K - Probably 10 minutes
 
10. What do you do first? Face or eyes?
B - Depends how I feel, probably eyes first so that I can then decide which blush and lipstick I want ect.
 K - I do my face makeup first
 
11. Do you "collect" makeup or just buy what you need when you need it?
B - I do and it’s an addiction I’m not proud of but I am currently re-doing my storage of my make-up and I am only keeping what I use and throwing away the rest (I am very proud of myself for that!)
 K - Unfortunately for my purse I collect makeup
 
12. How often do you wear false eyelashes?
 B - I have naturally long eyelashes, so I only put them on if I know there’s going to be lots of photos taken.
K - I’ve never worn false lashes I have quite long lashes anyway
 
13. Do you do a full face of makeup every day?
 B - Depends by what you mean by full face of make-up, I wear foundation, powder, bronzer & blush as well as 2-3 eye shadows, eye liner and mascara and lipstick. So yes!
 K - Not every day, for school I only use concealer and some eye makeup and lipstick
14. Do you wear makeup when you are home alone (or with family)?
B - Normally I would put something on but sometimes not, just depends.
 K - If I’m just staying at home then no not very often
 
15. Will you leave the house without makeup?
 B - I will occasionally if I am going around the corner to my sisters but normally I like to put something on!
 K - Yes I will but I don’t do it very often
 
16. How many high end products do you have?
 B - I personally think I have a good mixture, I love MAC, YSL, Benefit. But I mostly buy MAC if I am going to buy high end.
 K - None
 
17. How often do you wash your makeup brushes?
 B - I wash the ones I use on a daily basis at least once a week and ones I don’t use I was about once or twice a month, just depends when I have time.
 K - I try and wash them ever week usually a Sunday afternoon
18. Do you plan your OOTD every night or decide when you are getting dressed?
B - I normally plan them or I would take forever to get ready.
K - Sometimes it depends if it’s an occasion or not. I plan what I’m going to wear to school so it doesn’t take too long in the morning
19. How often do you change your handbag?
B - I only change them if I am going on a night out but normally I use my Marc Jacobs ( Classic Q Fran Shoulder Bag) It is my love and I use it everyday!
K -   Not very often I nearly always use the same
 
20. What time do you get up & go to sleep?
B - If I am working I get up at 5:30am and if I have work the next day I will be in bed between 9-10pm.
 K - I get up at 7 during the week day and go to bed at 10
 
21. How often & when do you workout?
B - I work out on my wii fit about twice a week, I hate going to gyms so instead I prefer to look terrible within my own room. I then  go on walks with my work and am constantly on my feet and on the go at my work (I work at a nursery looking after lots of 2 year olds!)
K -   I walk to school every day, from my house to school it is 1.5 miles
22. Left-handed or Right-handed?
B - Right Handed
K - Right handed
 
23. How tall are you?
B - I am unsure but me and my mum think I am about 5’5 feet?!?
K -   5.6 I think
 
24. Do you speak a foreign language?
B - I can speak little bit of French!
K - I don’t speak them fluently but I know French and some German
 
25. How many pets do you have?
B - Well I have 2 dogs, 1 parrot but that is a lot less than what I used to have I used to have fish and rabbits ect but now I spend my time with my doggies!
 K - None
 
26. How often are you on Blogger?
B - I try to go on everyday but sometime I don’t have time!
K - Everyday 
 
27. Do you read the comments posted blogs?
B - I don’t really understand this question but I always reply to comments on my blog!
K - Yes I do 
 
28. Do you keep a list of products to try as you see other post?
B - I keep a wish list which keeps getting longer and longer!
K - I do actually it’s usually a very long list
 
29. How did you come up with your blog name?
B - A lot of my favourite quotes refer to dreams and I love the feeling of butterflies. So put them together – Dreams with Butterflies – But sometimes I think I should have called it Becki’s Beauty Blog.
K - My favourite Tv show is Pretty Little Liars and I love fashion and fashionista sounded better than Prettylittlefashion 
 
30. What kind of camera do you use for photographs?
B - An Olympus camera it's not the best but it take photos pretty well and they are normally clear enough ( I am not good with technology so don't know numbers ect)
K -  Cannon EOS 450D
 
31. How often do you clean your house? (Daily, weekly, other)
B - I help my parents tidy everyday but my room I make sure It is always tidy and clean and dust about every 2 weeks.
K - I try to keep my room tidy but it always seems to be a mess
 
32. What is your favourite colour?
B - If I was to pick one I would say PINK! But I also love turquoise, white, lilac ect.
 K - Probably pink or red or mint green
33. What is your favourite beauty/fashion magazine?
B - I read more blogs but I normally buy mags that have good freebies!
K -   I love reading Company, Glamour, and Cosmopolitan 
34. Do you swear?
B - Sometimes but I try to keep it to a minimum!
K -   Very occasionally
 
35. What are you doing with the rest of your day?
B - Blogging, online shopping – just a chilled out day!
K - Chilling now I spent the whole morning doing homework and I’ll probably paint my nails.
 
 
I hope you enjoyed! And I am sure sometime in a few more months me and Kirsty will team up to do another post!
 
 
Thanks for reading!
Monday 3 September 2012

♥ Beauty Blog Hop ♥

Hi! I have a little update for you today! I have joined Beauty Blog Hop! If you want to know more about it then click here, I think it is a great idea and if you have a blog come and join!


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In case you missed it I uploaded my new skincare routine yesterday (Link Here) and a Carly Rae Jepsen Inspired Make-up and Hair Look is coming up in the next few days!
 
 
Thanks for reading!
Sunday 2 September 2012

♥ My new Skin Care Routine! - August 12 ♥

 

One of my most viewed posts on this blog is my skin care routine, and since that has changed I thought it was very important to update you all! So I'll jump right into it ...


I have been trying a new routine for just under a month and all ready, I'm loving it! The main reasons I wanted to try something new was because I didn't think it was improving my skin greatly, I thought theres better stuff out there and it was expensive for what it is!

Exfoliation & Mask

To exfoliate I use a three in one products Neutrogena - Visibly Clear - Blackhead Eliminating Triple Action Cleanser (wow), I love this so much because it's a three in one! It has a daily scrub, daily wash and a weekly mask, to achieve each you simply use it a different way e.g leave it on for longer or apply more.

 Cleanse

To take of my make-up I switch between two products Asda - Protect Deep Cleansing Face Wipes  and Neutrogena - Visibly Clear - Blackhead Eliminating Cleansing Lotion (that's a mouth full!), and when I use the Neutrodena cleansing lotion, I'll use Simple Eye Make-up Remover. Both with cotton pads also from asda.
Moisturiser

For an everyday moisturiser I use Neutrogena - Visibly Clear - Oil-free Moisturiser, this feels amazing on my skin and I have noticed that my skin doesn't look dry.
 
Spot Control

In the past month and a bit, I have had quite bad ance and I believe it's my hairspray that's been causing it as the spots are on my forehead and side of my face. I have now stopped using the hairspray and hope it gets better. To clear the spot ups I have been using the same range, Neutrogena - Visibly Clear - Rapid Clear Treatment.
 

I do like these products, as I said last time, I could still perfect it but as of now I much prefer this and it is much cheaper! All products cost the same as my moisturiser from my last skin care routine! Do
you use these products? Or would you like to recommend any products? If so, comment below!


Thanks for reading!
 

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