The British Tag

Aloha chicks, I've seen this tag floating around the internet world for a little while now. It was created by the lovely Sammi from Beautycrush on YouTube. Ya'll can check out her video here, she's super lovely. I thought that I would do it for my blog too. Here goes...

1. How many cups of tea do you have a day and how many sugars?

I am a lover of tea. I seriously take it too the extreme. I take a flask to bed, does that say enough? Seriously though I drink anything between 4-10 depending on my mood. Thinking about that now,it's probably bad for me, woops. I don't take any sugars in my tea,ew. 

 2. Favourite part of your roast?

The yorkshire puddings, crispy with gravy *dribbles* If any of you aren't from the UK, Yorkshires are like the same mixture as pancakes but baked in the oven and usually eaten with savory accompaniments. I'm so hungry now, damn it.

 3. Favourite dunking biscuit?

Bourbons but I aren't really a fan of dunking biscuits because I always manage to end up with big chunks swimming around in my tea which is a little gross.

4. Favourite quintessentially British pass time?

This is turning into a whole blog post about my love affair with tea but my favourite quintessentially British pass would have to be drinking tea. Tea on a morning, Tea before bed, Tea before work, Tea at work... Tea right now.

 5. Favourite word?

My actually favourite word is flannel. I don't think that's very British though? My favourite British word(s) is 'Fairy Cake' I think they're just cupcakes in america, Fairy Cake is cuter.

 6. Cockney rhyming slang?

Cockney rhyming slang is so confusing. It's really clever though. I only know a few: Dog and bone- Phone, Apples and Pears- Stairs.

 7. Favourite sweet?

Haribo Strawbs! Not the little ones, the big ones. 

 8. What would your pub be called?

It would have to be something sassy or Disney themed, Such a hard choice.

 9. No.1 British person?

He's only been on this earth just over a year but my favourite British person is Prince George. He is the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life and his little cheeky face just makes me happy. 

 10. Favourite shop/restaurant?

I guess it's got to be Topshop. There's lots of amazing shops on the British high streets at the moment but Topshop is just one of those shops where you can always find something lovely.

 11. What British song pops into your head?

''CAUSE TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT, TWO BECOME ONE'' The Spice girls where my childhood.

 12. Marmite?

No, no, no. Well i'm saying no but actually I've never tried it. I just assume I don't like it, that's something I need to make into a resolution. I must try new foods, I'm a big girl now.

Thanks for reading,
I tag you all to do this!
Antonia x

Duty Free haulin'

Over the past week I have being enjoying my new duty free goodies which I treated my self too before jetting off for a sunny week away in Gran Canaria. I spend my week relaxing in the sun and mentally preparing my self to get my GCSE results which I collect tomorrow morning. As most girls are, in duty free I'm like a child in a candy shop. There's always so many things which I would buy if I had the money. Drifting through, I picked up a few bits which i'm going to share with you now. 

Mac Lip sticks (from left to right): 
-Rebel, Satin finish
- Saigon Summer, Cremesheen finish
-Ruby Woo, Matte finish 

Clinique: Moisture surge extended relief, 75ml 

Clinique: Moisture surge face spray, 30ml

Clinique:all about eyes serum, de-puffing eye massage 15ml

Clarins: bronzing compact (travel exclusive)

Rebel, Saigon summer, Ruby woo.

These lipsticks have being such long lasting lipsticks over my holiday. I generally love mac lipsticks and I think i'm going to be blogging about my whole collection. One of these lipsticks have gone with every outfit I took with me. With the heat, I was suprised that they lasted, however they did. Ruby woo, the only matte one I bought wasn't too drying on my lips either which was a bonus!

Finally, on the way home from my holiday I found this little beauty. It says on the box that it's travel exclusive. It has the most beautiful Egyptian design on it. It excites me that much it makes my tummy knot.  

It makes me a little sad now that summers coming to and end but I actually really adore autumn. I think it's the most beautiful season of all and I love buying big coats and cute little socks and boots. I'm thinking that I need to change my hair care routine now. I'm thinking of buying some things off Hairtrade. If there's anything anyone can recommend me that would be much appreciated. They sell some amazing hair goodies and you all should check them out! 

Thanks for reading lovelies,

Antonia x  

CODE VLM | My new love

Recently the lovely girls over at CODE Beautiful sent me out their 'Volumising Lenthening' Mascara. After having read reviews on it previously, I was longing for it and all the magic it claims to do for your eyelashes. My mascara past is long, confusing and complicated. I'll find a mascara, love it for a week and then as the mascara gets a little older I find that they just flake off my lashes throughout the day and leave me with little dots of black scattered across my nose and under eyes. This mascara was created by two Ladies that also had experienced mascaras that just didn't do the job. They spend a year, testing a tweaking this mascara until it was exactly how they wanted it, clump free, without smudging or flaking. 

They suggest that you use a a technique that they call the 'Roots, wriggle, Roll' Which really does help to make the most of your lashes, you feel as though they are all fully coated with their luxurious, fiber based formula.This really helps your lashes to hold the curl all day long. The formula reminds me a little of the L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara which I  loved for a long time. It retails for £19.95 and available at many stores, here is a few:

-http://www.feelunique.com/p/CODE-Beautiful-VLM-Volumising-Lengthening-Mascara-12ml
-http://www.beautybay.com/cosmetics/codebeautiful/volumisinglengtheningmascara/

This mascara has lots of features that make it the little beauty that it is:
- A build-able formula, length and volume can be adjusted to suit day and night
-Tear proof for emotion moments
- Designed to encourage lash growth with waxes and vitamins.
-Paraben-free, not tested on animals 

As you can tell by the photo the brush is pretty simple. No huge curve, no plastic brush, it's stripped right back to the basic form. However it works amazingly. Maybe other companys should look at this, nothing too fancy yet it manages to make my lashes look fluttery, long, full and defined. I am converted. I am now a CODE Beautiful girl. I do believe this mascaras going to be hanging around with me for a very long time. I cannot recommend this anymore if you are sick of the search for that perfect mascara. I love finding a new Holy Grail product! I going to be doing a Mascara comparison post soon, so look out for that!

If you're interesting in this mascara or the company all their links are below:

CODE Beautifuls: Facebook

CODE Beautifuls: Twitter

Has anyone else found a new holy grail product recently?

Thanks for reading,

all my love x

Liebster Award | Finding your feet as a blogger

Yay, I've wanted to do this for a while now. I was nominated to do this by the lovely Sophia over at MAKEUPOWER. Check out her blog while you're here, it's lush.

The rules:

1. Link back to the person that nominated you

2. Answer all the questions that you are given
3. Choose 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers to nominate
4. Pick 11 questions for them to answer and let them know

My questions:

1. What is your favorite babble bath or shower gel fragrance?

I have two that I utterly could not choose between. I love Rose Jam by lush as a shower gel however it's limited edition and only around at Christmas time *sigh* however through the summer months I've being loving Soap and Glory's Sugar Crush body wash. It doubles as a bubble bath too so it's amazing. It has a super sweet scent of limes.

2. Tea or coffee?

I'm a tea girl. I've tried coffee, I don't really enjoy it at all. Tea makes me feel happy (probably sad, I know) There's just nothing better than getting home from a long day and having a cup of tea. 

3. What is the last film you watched in cinema? 

I haven't being to the cinema in that long that I cant even remember what it was that I watched *slaps wrist*. I actually really love the cinema even if the films rubbish. Probably just the atmosphere, or the food. The food.

4. What type of blog post do you enjoy reading the most? 

I really love reading peoples Tags, I feel as though then I get to know my fellow bloggers. I also love reading first impressions of products too. 

5. All time favourite makeup trend?

Bright orange lips, by far. Probably not everyone's cup of tea but I've really being enjoying them. Not the most wearable day-to-day colour but super fun.

6. What do you love about yourself?

The fact I started a blog. (Sneaky answer there, I know) I'm really enjoying writing on my blog at the moment and I feel like it's picked up a lot from where I left off a little. I didnt really blog much from March to July because it was my exam season but now I've fallen back in love.

7. What is your favourite TV show at the moment?

My favourite TV show of has got to be 'Randys Wedding Rescue' it really excites me. I just guess I love watching people pick out their wedding dresses. Randy is such a lovely man too, I want him to be there to help me choose mine.

8. What is you favourite way to travel? (car, plane ...)

I actually really like traveling by plane. I love the in flight service and the excitement of where you are going. Off subject a little, but I also really love airports because of things like DUTY FREE *inserts sounds of angels singing* I know now it isn't really much cheaper but there is a MAC store and where I live, it's a long drive away from any form of MAC store/counter.

9. Your favourite lipstick/lipgloss colour? (brand, name)

This is quite apt to my blog at the moment because in one of my last posts I stated all five. Click here to view all of them. However My number one must  be the YSL volupte shine in the shade '12' its a buttery coral lipstick with a gorgeous glossy finish.

10. Favourite Disney princess?

Hands down, it has to be Ariel. She's just so sassy and determined. ''Bright young women, sick of swimmin', ready to stand''. I really love Elsa though, I love that she's the only Disney princess not to be rescued by a man.

11. Do you have a pet? who is it? Or, what animal do you like?

I do have a pet. I have two Beddlington terriers. Named Archie and Ralph. One's like a old man and the other is like a baby. 

I nominate: 

Katie -Fashion Ebullience

Asbenna- Belle Histoires

Emma- Everything Beauty

Jennifer- Oh Dreaming

Kirsten- Kirsten Gillies

Chelsea- Chubby Sticks and Crumpets

Lisa- Blog 18

Nadia - NSQUARED

Nicole -Natter With Nic

Kyle - Yours Truly, Kyle

Caroline- CC Hearts

Check out all their blogs while you're there!

My Questions:

1. If you could only have one beauty product, what would you pick and why?

2. What is your dream job?

3.What is your favourite season?

4. If money was no object, where would you holiday?

5. What's your best beauty secret?

6. If you had to pick an actress to play your life story, who would you choose?

7. What is your current evening moisturizer, would you recommend it? 

8. What's the first thing you notice about people?

9. Brights or pastels when painting your nails?

10. Are you a hot drinks person, or a cold drinks person?

11. Who is your fashion/beauty inspiration?

And.. 'Oh Dear Antonia' was born

About a month ago now, I had my own idea to paint a phone case, purely because I wanted one for my self. So it began. I ordered my self a few phone cases to practice on incase they didn't go right. It too me a few goes until I felt happy with how it went. Cases where scraped, designs altered, paints spilled and the first 'successful' case was born. All white, with mint green details and I was so pleased with my self. 

I ordered some more cases because I quite enjoyed making them. This obviously sparked an idea, maybe if i liked them, some others may too. I set up my own BigCartel store named http://ohdearantonia.bigcartel.com and I started to get orders. This brings to me today. My website features all my current designs and cases. I'm really enjoying my little business venture and 100% recommend anyone to give it a go if they have a unique idea! I'm not at all a professional but I try my hardest to make them to the best standard. 

'Oh Dear Antonia'- contact details:

Instagram: OhDearAntonia

Twitter: OhDearAntonia

Email: ohdearantonia@hotmail.com

My Summer face | Five lip favourites

Hey! I'm back again, this time letting you know my top 5 summer lip products that I personally have being enjoying to wear in the summer months. I've being going for nudes, corals and oranges and really being happy with them. I haven't really being reaching for anything with a matte finish, it's been gloss and shine all the way through these summer months.

Soap & Glorys: Sexy Mother Pucker Gloss Stick in 'Nudist'-

I have being absolutely loving this product now I have a little bit of a tan. I had it bought as a Christmas present and I tried it in Winter when I was pale and it didn't really suit me. Now my skin is a little darker, it warms up my complexion and looks lovely. The finish of this 'gloss stick' is super glossy considering it game in stick form. They're only £8.00 in boots etc. I loves mine and I 100% recommend this to anyone looking for the perfect nude gloss! Click here to check them out on their own website for more details.

MAC: Lip stick in 'Costa Chic'-

I've had this lipstick quite a while, I've really fell in love with it even more recently. It's a frost lipstick, which usually isn't my favorite however this one I really like. It's super creamy and glides on easily. It's described as a 'light coral' which I cannot agree with. It's a borderline neon coral with a really good pigment. It;s £14.00 from Mac and I truly believe that most Mac lipsticks are worth their money.

Tanya Burr: Lip gloss in 'chic'-
Chic is one of the lovely Tanya Burrs lip glosses from her 2014 range which I LOVE. Most of all I love their smell, mm strawberry's. These lip glosses have really good staying power on my lips which usually doesn't happen. I'm always on the search for a lip gloss that is going to last for longer than one hour. Chic has a really good pigment and wearable with or without lipstick underneath. It's the perfect pinky, nude. Really cheap at only £6.99.

Revlon: Lip butter in 'Juicy papaya'-
I've loved these for over a year now. They have a creamy texture and not drying on the lips at all. They are perfect through the summer months and I have being wearing all of mine, yet out of them, Juicy Papaya the most. It's a glossy coral and really flattering on lots of skin tones. These lipsticks are considerably more sheer than anything from Mac. Perfect for a laid back afternoon or lunch with the family.

YSL: Volupte Shine in '12'-
The most luxurious of all at £25.00. These Lipsticks are buttery, silky goodness. I absolutely love them. They are so soft on the lips and have the ability to make me feel like a princess. I love, I love, I love. This coral shade is really elegant, not too in your face. It's one of those lip sticks that you can wear all day, or night. 

Seven Deadly Sins of beauty | TAG

I quite enjoyed doing my last tag, so I thought I would search the internet for another. I came across this one and got quite excited. I know it's being around a while, I've seen it on Youtube and on beauty blogs for years now. I guess it's a classic.



1. GREED: What is your most inexpensive beauty item? What is your most expensive? My most inexpensive beauty item are by Baby Lips by Maybelline which last year I absolutely fell in love with last year. They're really cheap at £2.99 and usually always on 3 for 2 at boots which makes them work out super cheap each. Previous to finding them I always used to find really cheap beauty items on http://eyeslipsface.co.uk/ when they used to have sales. It's always fun to try out new things and something's they have are amazing and I really enjoy! My most expensive beauty item is probably my Naked 3 pallet. It's amazing yet i'm super lazy when it comes to eye shadow and its something I still need to perfect. The naked pallet is £37.00 yet it's super pigmented. It has some fall out yet that can just be dusted away, it's not too drastic.


2. WRATH: What beauty products do you have a love/hate relationship with? What product has been the hardest to get?

One product I definitely have a love/hate relationship with is definitely lip glosses. It's really hard to find one that actually lasts on my lips, isn't sticky, one that wont have all my hair stuck in it after five minutes. Despite this, I still love the way gloss looks on lips at the moment. Some lip glosses I have found to really last on my lips and suit me and my skin tone are:
-Tanya Burr's lipglosses
Soap and Glorys- Gloss sticks


3. GLUTTONY: What are your most delicious beauty products?
The most delicious product I own is definitely 'Lush's Lip scrub' in the bubblegum flavour. It leaves a yummy taste. I would definitely recommend this for anyone that struggles with dry lips. It's so super easy to use and if used before lipstick, It makes your lips look flawless.


4. SLOTH: What beauty product do you neglect, due to laziness?
As I mentioned before the product I neglect due to laziness is definitely any form of eye shadow. I absolutely love the pallets I own I just don't think i'm particularly good at using them. It's 100% the one thing I want to get better at for the future and I aim to use my pallets lots more soon.

5. PRIDE: What beauty product gives you the most self confidence?
In general, the product that gives me the most confidence is my foundation of choice for the moment. It changes a lot throughout the year depending on what look I want to go for. I just love having a flawless looking skin, it boosts my confidence so much.


6. LUST: What attributes do you find most attractive in the opposite sex?
Not too sure how this relates to beauty but hey ho. The thing that I find most attractive is having a sense of humour, being able to laugh with someone is key. But ya gotta smell good too.

7. ENVY: What items would you most like to receive as a gift?
I'm grateful for all the gifts that I get however I at the moment I am really longing for is Cliniques Moisture Surge foundation. I've read so many amazing views about that but also how amazing would it be to receive the Lush Legends gift set.

Thanks for reading,

Antonia x