Top 5 nail polishes for the festive season!

Hey guys! So as you will all know its getting round to the best (in my eyes) parts of the year. Which of course are bonfire night and Christmas. By far, they are my favourite times of the year. I love going to Roundhay Park with my dad to watch the firework display and then I also love Christmas because that's the time where all my family come together.

Today I am going to be showing you my top 5 nail polish picks for the festive & firework season. I will be going from 5th to 1st so I hope you enjoy...

They are indeed all Barry M nail polishes. Barry M are my go to brand for nail polish, I love them! 

So to start of with, my 5th pick is 'Silvery lilac' by Barry M, I bought this a while ago around October time so just in time for bonfire night...

I wear this nail polish a lot in November, For me, the colour looks very firework like. 

Pick number 4 - Amethyst Glitter...

I wear this colour every bonfire night. It looks perfect for that time of the year and makes you look like a firework yourself haha! I have just found out that my bottle of this has dried out so I will have to buy another ASAP.

Pick number 3 is 'Emerald Green' - 

I usually use this colour in the festive month of December! It clearly is very Christmas like and would look great on nails!

Pick number 2 is 'Foil' - 

This is one of my older colours I think I bought it around two years ago. It is a oldie but goodie! This colour comes out every Christmas and is worn a lot! 

Now for my 1st pick and my absolute must have is one of Barry M's Aquarium collection 'Mediterranean' - 

 I am actually wearing this colour now, I only bought it a couple of weeks ago and I can't get enough of it! This will definitely be worn in December over Christmas!

Links to all the products mentioned -

Mediterranean -
Foil -
Amethyst Glitter -
Silvery Lilac and Emerald Green have unfortunately been discontinued, sorry guys! However, I can't find a dupe for Silvery lilac but I can for Emerald Green.

Thank you all so much for reading this post and I hope it has given you some inspiration for what nail colours are great for Christmas and Bonfire Night. Be sure to leave your favourite nail polish picks in the comments.

Don't forget to go follow me and all my social media accounts!

Love, Melissa Victoria x

My everyday skin care routine!

Hey guys, today I am going to be blogging about my everyday skincare routine. To be totally honest, I have very recently just started getting into a skin care routine. This is because it is now coming up to winter and as i'm sure most of you will know that the winter weather can be very harsh on our skin!

So, the first thing I do is take my eye make up off. The products I use to do this are as follows...

So, I always use cotton pads and the Simple 'kind to eyes' eye make up remover to take off my eye shadow etc. 

The cotton pads I use are Wilkinson's own so they only cost around 70 pence and they do the job perfectly! So firstly, I take out two cotton pads (one for each eye) I lay one down on the side and with the one I have in my hand I apply two drops of the Simple eye make up remover...

You really only need one drop of this product but as I wear a lot of eye make up, I tend to need two. I bought this from Wilkinson's also as all of the Simple products were on offer so I think I got this for around £2.

When using this product I tend to just place the cotton pad with the eye make up remover on the eye and hold for a couple of seconds, This makes the make up moist so it comes off easier. When I have done that, I just wipe the rest off gently.

The next thing I do after that is splash my face with some water and then apply another product which is...

Do excuse my nails! I need to re-paint them so I am sorry haha! Anyway, the next product I use is this Witch gentle exfoliating face wash. I use this product for my annoying black heads. I get black heads on my chin and to me they are extremely noticeable. I bought this a long time ago and used it for around 2 weeks then completely lost interest in it. Now, getting back into my skin care I have started using it again and it is really making a difference. 

I pour out about a large circle sized amount onto my hand. It does look quite disgusting but it really is good for black heads! It has little grit like follicles in it which get into your pores and cleanse the outer skin.

How I apply this product is simply with my free hand I get some product onto my finger and rub it into my chin or wherever I see some more black heads. I do this quite rough so it really gets deep into my pores. Then I leave it on my affected area for a few seconds then rinse it off with warm water. 

The next product I use is Simple moisturising facial wash...

This facial wash is made to thoroughly cleanse and moisturise your skin. I bought this in Sainsbury's as it was on special offer and I got this and another product that is coming up later on in the post for only £5! 

How I apply this product by squeezing a large pea sized amount. It comes out a thick substance. Before I apply this onto my face, I splash my face with water again. Then when I have done that I normally will have some left over water in my hands, I simply rub my hands together to make a lather. When I reach the lather substance I gently rub this product all over my face. I do take my time when doing this step. 

When it is all rubbed into my face I wash the left overs off my hands then wash it all off my face. I make sure I wash every last bit off! 

Nearing to the end of my skincare routine I now go onto moisturising... 

This is by far the most expensive product I own for my skin. I think previously I have said I struggle with dark under eye circles and very dry skin around the eyes. I had been searching all over for the best eye cream and I finally come up with this one. I bought this straight away and I can honestly say it is a miracle worker, It soothes my skin around the eyes and I have seen a big difference under my eyes. It has done me proud! It is obviously from Clinique and it was £26. 

How I apply this is I take the tiniest dot out of my pot and share it between my two middle fingers and start from the outside of my under eye area and drag the cream across to the inner part of my eye. Then I take it up and around the top of my eye. Then I leave that to soak in and that's my eye cream done! 

Finally, I apply my last product which is a face and neck moisturiser...

This is suppose to fully hydrate your skin and make it feel moisturised and pampered! I have had loads and loads of different moisturisers in the past and I just had not been loving any until this! I have heard lots of bloggers and youtubers raving about the Simple moisturiser and I have finally agreed with them! I bought this along with the facial wash for £2.50. It is a bargain. 

How I apply this is squeeze a pea sized amount and dot it around my face. I then gently rub it in my face softly until it is all rubbed in. With the left overs I rub it down my neck to keep that moisturised also! I don't rub it under my eyes though, so if you are like me and use the Clinique or whichever under eye cream make sure you don't rub this on the top otherwise it could wipe off the eye cream. 

That guys is the end of my everyday skin care routine! 

If you would like to take another look of the products mentioned here are the links...

Wilkinson's cotton pads - 

Simple eye make up remover - 

Witch gentle exfoliating face wash - 

Simple 'Kind to skin' moisturising facial wash - 

Clinique 'all about the eyes' eye cream - 

Simple 'kind to skin' hydrating moisturiser -  

I really hope you enjoyed finding out what my skin care routine is! Why don't you tell me in the comments what products you use so I can try them out also. 

Thank you so much for reading! 

Love, Melissa Victoria x

A trip to Florence!

Hey guys! Most of you will have seen from my last post that I am currently blogging about my trip to Italy. So for this post I am going to be talking and showing you pictures of when I went to Florence. I hope you enjoy!

Florence is genuinely the most beautiful place I have ever seen. Also, I am a huge fan of the Kardashians and as Kim Kardashian got married there, I was even more excited to see it!

As I did in my last post, I am going to pick out my favourite pictures I took and show them to you. Here they are...

Personally, I nicknamed this street the 'Fashion Street' as all the best shops are along this street. Including, Michael Kors, Prada, Miu Miu, Dior and Roberto Cavalli. Of course, you can imagine this was like my full on dream. When we walked down this street I seriously thought I was in heaven and i'm sure all of you fashion lovers will agree that it is like heaven! 

The next pictures I am going to show you are what I took walking down this insane street...

When I walked past this shop I was like a little kid in a sweet shop. One of my top priorities in my life time is to own a Celine bag. I saw inside the store that there were security men which I am sure are to keep people like me out. I was overly excited!

Walking past these shops was ridiculously exciting but then again it was quite depressing as I would never have the money to go shopping in the likes of these stores! But that doesn't mean you can't safely window shop from the outside. As I said, walking past these types of stores is unreal. 

Now moving onto the scenery and the incredible monuments in Florence such as the duomo. However, my pictures of the duomo and other monuments are not the greatest as they were took on my iPhone so I do apologise...

I'm sure you can just probably see the duomo peeking out from behind the cathedral in front. I must say, the Florence cathedral was breathtaking. The carvings on the outside were incredible and so beautiful. I would recommend everyone to visit Florence at least once in their lifetime. I did actually go inside the duomo but as expected I couldn't go in with just my shorts and cami top on due to being respectful. I ended up going in with trousers and cardigan on. My best friend Anna looked so funny as she had a sarong and a checkered shirt on. What a beauty haha!

This picture isn't the greatest and it is the only one I took due to me feeling disrespectful as it is very religious place. However, everything on the altar was stunning and it was amazing to look at. 

Now onto the bridge in Florence which I believe is called 'Ponte Vecchio' which is the oldest bridge in Florence. I do believe my picture is from the other side of the river and so the actual bridge with the old buildings on is what I was stood on. I took a picture of the view and the other bridge that faces it...

I should have really taken a picture of the Ponte Vecchio itself but I must have forgot. Silly me! The view from the Ponte Vecchio was indeed beautiful! 

Last but not least, onto the food, I was lucky enough to actually get a pizza in a great restaurant in Florence. Unfortunately I can't remember the name but it was amazing. I did take a picture of the pizza I ordered though... 

It was the most delicious pizza I have ever tasted. I wish England did pizza's as good as these. I could have eaten five it was that tasty! 

To finish off our trip in Florence me, Anna and her mum and dad all got ice creams. Italian ice cream or as the italians say 'gelato' is the best ice cream. 

Again, I can't remember the name of this ice cream parlour but it was in the main city square with all the flower beds if that helps! I got the cookie flavour ice cream and it was delicious! 

Overall, I enjoyed every single minute of being in Florence. I desperately wish I could go back tomorrow if I had the chance! In the future, if I ever get the chance to go there I would have no hesitations and would do it in a heart beat.

Florence is truly the best place I have ever been to in my whole life. It is seriously amazing. 

On that note, that brings us to the end of this post. I really hope you enjoyed reading about what I got up to in Florence. I would honestly recommend Florence to everyone.

Thank you so much for reading!

Love, Melissa Victoria x

A trip to Rome and the Vatican City!

Hey guys! So as most of you will know in August I went to Florence, Italy with my best friend Anna and her family. I can honestly say that holiday was the best one I have ever had. Today and over the next couple of blog posts I am going to be showing and writing about what I did on holiday and the places I visited.

To start off with this series of posts, I am going to show you the places I saw in Rome!
Rome is just insane. Everywhere you turn there is amazing scenery and all the buildings are unbelievably pretty.

I am going to pick my favourite  places I saw and took pictures of in Rome that caught my eye the most! Here they are...

This picture is of some Roman ruins. I was very fortunate in having a guided tour around Rome and more than likely if I saw these without the tour guide informing me about the fact these are actual Roman ruins, I would have certainly missed out on looking at these amazing monuments. The tour guide did tell us all what they were before but of course it is impossible to remember everything they say haha! 

Some more Roman ruins...

The next place I visited was my all time favourite in Rome...

The Coliseum!! I had heard so much about the Coliseum but the fact I have actually seen it in person I was genuinely overwhelmed. Unfortunately, this was as close as I could get to this amazing monument as it was extremely busy and the weather on that day was incredibly hot. As this picture was taking nearer the end of our sightseeing in Rome we decided just to get pictures from there. Seeing this in real life was unreal to me as I had dreamed of going to Rome for a long long time! If you are going to Rome at any point I would make sure you go see the Coliseum! I do apologise for the pictures not being perfect but as you can see, it was really busy with loads of people.

The next sight I saw was this beautiful fountain. I do apologise, but I have searched for the name of this fountain but I cannot find it! I do know it was not the Trevi Fountain though as that was under construction! 

As I said, I am really sorry but I don't know the name of this fountain but it was amazing to look at and study the artwork/architecture. 

I do look a bit of a mess in this picture but as I said it was ridiculously hot in Rome so hair up, shorts and cami tops are necessities haha! We thought we should get some pictures of us in Rome as its not everyday you are able to. 

Now moving onto The Vatican City pictures... 

This was the view from the bridge where you have to cross in order to get to The Vatican City. As you can see it's pretty amazing! 

The square leading up to the Vatican...

A picture of the architecture surrounding the Vatican. 

Finally a picture of the Palace of the Vatican! Seeing this building was breathtaking. Not in a million years would I have ever thought I would be stood outside of where the Pope lives... It is crazy! I could have stood outside of this palace for hours it was that amazing. If you are in Rome you have to walk over to the Vatican City to go and see this as it is incredible. 

The highlight of going to Rome and the Vatican City I would have to say would be seeing the Coliseum, it is beyond amazing. 

The disappointment of going there I would have to say would be the Trevi Fountain being under construction. I was so excited to see that and it made me really sad that I wasn't able to. 

Overall, Rome and the Vatican City is one of my all time favourite places I have ever visited! 

That brings us to the end of this post. I hope you have enjoyed looking at some of the places I visited in Rome. The next post I am going to do is a trip to Florence city!

Thank you so much for reading.

Love, Melissa Victoria x

Winged out eyeshadow look tutorial!

Hey guys, so today I am doing something a little bit different as I am going to be doing a make up look tutorial. Just to add a disclaimer, by no means am I a professional make up artist. This is simply a make up look that I wear very often and want to share it with you guys!
So, to start off with I am going to show you an overview of what make up products I am going to be using for this tutorial...

Step 1 - Moisturise your face. This step (to me) is very important, because if you are like me and have very dry skin, the most horrible thing is going out with a full face of make up and being able to see dry skin on your face. The moisturiser I use is...

I believe this moisturiser is my all time favourite, The one thing I cannot stand about moisturisers is when they are so sticky and thick that you can feel it on your skin all day. However, this one sinks into your skin in a matter of minutes and keeps it feeling moisturised all day.

All I do with this product is take out a pea sized amount and dot it all around your face, then rub it in gently until it is all rubbed in. 

Step 2 - Eyebrows. The product I use to do my eyebrows I believe I mentioned in my Everyday make up routine. It is the Sleek palette in 'Light'

In this product, I only use the powder part of the pallet as the other is wax and I don't really need to use the wax as I get my eyebrows shaped professionally. So what I do is simply dab the applicator into the pan and apply the powder on the brush onto my eyebrows. I start form the inner part of the eyebrow and then just follow my shape. 

Step 3 - Concealer. Most of you will know that I do not normally wear concealer or foundation. Unfortunately I have recently started developing dark under eye circles, so I had to turn to concealer for help! The concealer I use is the Rimmel 'Wake Me Up' anti fatigue effect + a radiant glow. 

For this product, it comes with a doe foot applicator which is extremely helpful. I simply draw three small lines under the eye and rub it in gently with my finger. Voila! Goodbye bags! 

Step 4 - Eyeshadow primer. For the eyeshadow primer I use the Urban Decay 'Eyeshadow Primer Potion'. I swear by this primer as it keeps my eyeshadow in place all day. 

When I am going to use this product I squeeze a small pea sized amount and smoothly wipe it over each eyelid so that it all sinks in. 

Step 5 - The eyeshadow step! So for this winged eyeshadow look I am going to be using MAC's 'Girlie' and 'Woodwinked'. I know you may notice I have not yet added any more eyeshadows to my palette but that is because I am waiting to go back to Florida as there certainly is a difference in price haha! These are the eyeshadows - 

The top one is Girlie by MAC and the one underneath is Woodwinked by MAC. I apply Girlie first all over both lids with a MAC 239 brush...

Then, using woodwinked draw a line where you would like your wings to go.

To complete the wing part, just simply fill in the gap you have left still using the 239 brush and woodwinked eyeshadow...

Step 6 - Eyeliner & Eye pencil. For on top of the eye I use the Rimmel Black gel liner, and for the waterline I use the Rimmel Soft Kohl eye pencil. 

When using the gel liner, I simply draw a thin line on top of my eye lashes just to give more definition... 

Step 7 - Mascara. The mascara I use and love dearly is the Bourjois Volume 1 Seconde mascara. This mascara is my all time favourite! 

Firstly, I do curl my eyelashes with some eye curlers which I do believe I bought from Primark. I'm sure most of you don't need telling how to apply mascara haha. So apply any mascara that you own and that is one step closer to the end of the look! 

Finally to finish off, step 8 is lipstick! Personally, with this make up look I think a simple nude pink finishes it off perfectly. I am going to be using the Revlon Colorburst 'lip lacquer balm' in the shade 105 Demure. However, before that I apply the Burt's Bees nourishing lip balm with mango butter just to add moisture to the lips. 

This last picture is going to be the finished look...

I hope you have enjoyed this post and given you some insight on different make up looks that people are wearing at the moment! I would love to see anyone re-making this make up look's pictures you can email me them or even leave the links in the comment box. 

Thank you so much for reading...

Love, Melissa Victoria x