Review: NYX lip-creams

Dear fellow bloggers, 

Summer is finally out! Wow, I have finally completed my a levels (A2s this year) and it has been a crazy. I have learnt so many lessons and I have become a stronger person. I do again apologise for my absence, I felt  there was nothing blog-worthy of writing because I was cooped up in books and pink highlighters. Nevertheless, I will continue with this little review.

Recently, I have purchased two lip creams - NYX 'Copenhagen' and 'Cannes' and I must say, once I ordered them, I fell in love. I honestly could not get enough of such beautiful colours and I'm sure you will agree. It feels like you're applying lipgloss at first but then its a matte colour. However, what I find is that you would have to touch it up a few times, it isn't as long-lasting as I hoped it would be but still retains a beautiful touch and look. 

COPENHAGEN

The Copenhagen lip cream reminds me of the autumnal and maybe even the winter season and I can definitely imagine this with a nice warm jumper. Alternatively, this could be suited for a night out- perhaps clubbing or having a nice get together with your friends. The berry colour really appealed to me and I don't really have these berry colours in my makeup collection at all. No regrets made with this purchase!

CANNES

This BEAUTIFUL nude was the one that really stood out for me. I honestly love the colour and everything about it. It was the fact I could wear it anywhere- on any occasion- picnics, parties, bbqs, a casual day, chilling with your friends, lover, going out, staying at home etc. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL COLOUR I CAN'T DEAL. I believe Cannes is one of the popular lip-creams out of the NYX collection and I was so tempted to purchase other lip-creams and explore other NYX products but I felt guilty for my bank account. Damn. One day when I become Queen maybe, joke ( not really :( )

Thank you for reading this post and my review on these two lip creams I purchased. I hope you have a LOVELY evening or day and make this summer the best it can be! 

Rights are also reserved to the owner of these images taken (I didn't take them!) 

Stay beautiful,

Elaine Chu x x x

Horrors and chills: halloween!

To everyone who celebrates Halloween, it is a day of scaring loads of people, wearing things you would get away with on only this day (like wearing bedsheets!).
I hope everyone had a GREAT day!

To those who don't celebrate halloween, I hope it was a great and productive day nonetheless :)

Myself and my best friend, Holly, decided to go as doctors in a zombie lab. I also had accompanied this look with a cheeky Rimmel 107 lipstick to create a joker look, from The Dark Knight (Batman). You can see how we re-created this look by looking at the picture above! We had also used bedsheets and cut them to use as lab coats, creative huh? I did this because it is one of my all time favourite films.. Literally I could watch this film so many times (everyone has a film like this!).

skirt- forever 21

black crop top- h&m

boots- topshop

Just out of randomness, if you ever go to Wagamamas (which is absolutely freaking amazing, you must visit once in your life..) you have to try one of my favourite dishes, if you like spice.

Chilli chicken ramen and Haroon's is firecracker chicken.

Stay beautiful everyone, I hope you have a great day, despite the weather here in London being rather miserable and groggy. I love using that word.

Elaine xxx

Stationary fanatic | Why I love pink

Throughout the whole of AS (first year in sixthform), I have discovered something. Not only that I love stationary, but that I love pink highlighters. Pink. It's not even in general that pink is my favourite colour, but when I began to revise, I found that the colour pink would make words and sentences stand out thus the content would easily go into my head. If you have ever witnessed my revision books, they are all highlighted in pink. Genuinely, my head can not tolerate other colours such as yellow, green, orange.. It is something weird, but it truly works. 

I have tested it out with green, yellow, orange and purple but nothing fits into my head. When I see the colour pink, my head focuses and when I buy pink highlighters, it has to be of a certain quality. I sound so crazy probably, but I just think Stabilo works best for me, hence the amount of stabilo highlighters in the picture above. 

I hope there are others out there who are in the same predicament as I am! 

CAMPING!

Hey guys! It has been a short yet long summer, and I have been doing so much pro-active things (excluding watching all my TV series, chilling in bed and procrastinating), I HAVE SO MUCH TO UPDATE YOU ON! 

Around July(ish) I went camping with a group of friends for my friend, Lucy's, birthday. This seemed like an annual thing so I thought why not connect with nature? Afterall, I haven't spoken/seen much of the people going. 

Here are some pictures I thought I would share with you ♥

Rabbit adventures

I thought I'd also inform you guys on what I brought to camping:

-Spare clothes (in case it rains, which is most likely)

-Towel (i forgot this last year lol *bad memory*

-Make up (You acc dont need this, it is effort)

-Portable charger

-Loads of food

-A book to keep you company

-Blankets and warm socks because its freezing!!

-A pack of cards.

I hope you enjoy this blogpost, have fun at camping and make sure to connect with nature and to not be scared of spiders like how I am. Oh and to ALWAYS zip your tent up when you leave/are in it :( (it was horrible, i was contemplating sleeping outside).

Stay beautiful! xxxx

A message to myself | Remember.

Hi guys. As results day is slowly building up, I thought I'd write a little message to myself. This can apply to all you guys too.
Remember, remember, remember. It is not the grades that define you or your intelligence. No, your intelligence derives from more than that. One paper, one exam, does not define who you are. Regardless of whether your results go well or not, just remember, you worked your ass off. Remember every day of every week you would sit in that room and work from 3 till whenever you got kicked out and when you get home its half six till 11? Don't regret anything. No 'I wish I worked harder', you did YOUR best and that's all you can do. Prioritising your education was the best damn thing you ever did and I am proud of you. Forget every single person for a moment, and think about you. What do you want? What do you believe in? You worked so hard, don't let that go. The hours and hours, the blood, sweat and tears will pay off. If not now, then eventually. No matter what happens, you will be successful. Being successful remember does not mean your a-level results have to be four A's or whether you are going to uni. I believe that what you put in is what you will get out. This will stick with you for the rest of your life. Be proud of yourself, love yourself and respect yourself. I love you.
You're strong.
Stay beautiful.

Loving yourself.

Helloooo! I have just recovered from my exams- THEY'RE OVER!! *jumps with joy*. It has been a really hard year, but I'm proud to say that whatever happens, I know I worked my ass off and optimism is the way forward :). I believe if you view life in this perspective, it will make things seem more clearer. There's no point of being pessimistic: take every opportunity as a positive one. If you fail? Try again and again. 

I think I've gained quite a lot of inspiration from viewing videos on youtube, such as Bubzbeauty- i've watched her since I was twelve.. She's a true inspiration. I think that recently, I've learnt to love myself more and appreciate who I am. I may not be great at some things such as maths or being great at physics,but I can tell you what I am good at!

• I like to consider myself as a good friend- I'm quite caring.
• I love English and History- debating, arguing, analysing..
• NO.1 top best hugger
• I am honest.
•  I'm good at writing
• I can make people laugh

The list could go on, but the main point is, love yourself. It's a waste of time comparing yourself- whether it's grades (WHICH i am guilty of), appearance, personality and what not. Love yourself for who you are- cheesy as it sounds but you were born to be different so be original and not a copy. 

The best advice I can give you is to just look at things optimistically. On one hand, I can think how my results may be horrible and I will cry all night- yes that might happen (because alevels are a little poo head), but on another hand, you can look at things overall and in a optimistic way. Okay, I did not manage to achieve this but I tried my hardest, and now I need to figure out what I need/want. Don't sugar coat things, don't be over confident, but be loving to yourself and be honest. You are your own best friend. Even surrounding yourself with the right people makes a huge impact. 

Love yourself.

Stay beautiful, Elaine Chu. xxx

Dear the procrastinator in me..

Hey guys.. its currently 1:17AM and I've been revising for just around eight hours today of pure history.

I have procrastinated so much in the last few years when I had exams, now not so much. Why? I have kind of deleted all my social media. I used to just go on my phone so much, refresh my snapchat feed or whatever, or just eat.. It's kinda ironic because I'm procrastinating now than doing my history. The only reason why I'm revising at this time is so it doesn't ruin my schedule. I'm also ill, the best way of delaying work, huh? 

This blogpost is realllllllllly pointless because I'm just so exhausted- but I warn you, don't do alnighters revising, I know I am now but I only do it 'occasionally'- oh and don't drink energy drinks. CAFFEINE IS NOT THE WAY TO GO. In fact, I'm not a huge fan of coffee or energy drinks as such. 

Sorry, this is a pointless post, but I thought why not? Sometimes have tired Elaine talking so much blabber than elaine having a lot of energy, haha. 

Stay beautiful, Elaine. xxx