back to basics

i've really neglected blogger and this blog - since i became a student again i've done nothing but workworkwork - its made me into a brilliant web designer, no lies there, but i do miss beauty blogging.

so - a fresh start. i want to post more of what i really love - make up, beauty, cosmetics, FOTDs and EOTDs (face and eye of the day), reviews - i keep getting sent goodies to review and try out, and whilst i make my youtube videos (in Polish) i really miss the beauty community - in English.

so this is me.

i'm kat, i'm 24 (25 in july!), i'm a web design student and i absolutely love it. i make great sites, i won't be modest - it gets you nowhere.

i love makeup, i have done for years - i've been making youtube videos in Polish for about a year and a half, i take occasional haitus breaks when i have a lot on the go, but i have hundreds of vids/views/subscribers, i really like it.

i have a huge (and scary) mac cosmetics collection, mac is where my heart lies in the cosmetics world. i think i tend to focus on eyeshadows, i love the colour selection and payoff. i'm also a big fan of the pigments (loose and pressed), eyeshadow bases (i loooove paint pots so much!), mineralize skinfinishes, lipsticks... oh, i love the whole shebang.

as for skin care, i'm a clarins fan. i use the hydraquench range for every day (lots of hydration), i also use other products including their pore serum, hydramatte lotion, beauty flash balm, exfoliator, both toners - i have a lot of their skincare range, i'm keen to experiment. clarins just really suits my skin, my lifestyle and my budget!

i dabble with some benefit, e.l.f., chanel, body shop, drugstore stuff; i use herbal essences shampoo & conditioner in one, i use GHDs and i love them.

so thats me, in a nutshell. i hope to bring you some useful reviews and swatches, general chat, makeup fun and generally get back involved in the beauty community!

happy new year!

Ok, i really want 2010 to be a year where i truly blog regularly and keep track of what is going on. therefore, i want to share the following, on what will become "quote friday" days:

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah Winfrey

Well, she's probably right, nobody can argue with the great Oprah, huh.

I have a bunch of resolutions, but I want to see if they pan out at all, before I share them! One did include eat healthier, but I've eaten half a box of After Eights this afternoon, so that one might have to start properly when I go back to the UK...

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i'm going on holiday from july 12th til july 26th 2009! x

vivaaaa

we're going on holiday soon! july 12th, to be exact.

probably not the best idea to be going on holiday during a recession, when our jobs are kinda wavering and our money needs to stretch (a lot) further, but we're impulsive, boyfriend and i.

we're going to:

spain!

or more specifically:

benicassim and barcelona!

benicassim is a small-ish seaside town, a few hours train ride south of barcelona. the reason for going there is fib - an international music festival (fib = festival internacional de benicassim!). i went a few years ago in 2005 with my friend lucy, and had one of the most amazing holidays. this year, wayne and i going!

we're go to benicassim for a week, from monday to monday, and spend the days frolicking on the beach with the warm waters and hot silky sands; spend the first few evenings exploring the town, and then from thursday to sunday night there'll be music at the festival. like a hotter, sunnier and cleaner glastonbury!

after fib, we're going to barcelona for a week. staying slap bang on the main street, ramblas, i've planned 3 days of our trip (la sagrada familia, bus tours, the parcs - anyone?) and wayne is planning 2 days (theme parks apparently!)

with just 10 days left (7 working days!) which will no doubt fly by, i'm making more and more lists, and trying not to spend a penny during the days at home. so excited!

sadly, because we'll be living in a tent for a week (and then living in a hotel right in the centre of tourist and pick-pocket filled barcelona) i cant take any of my good cameras, my lovely nikon and darling holga will both be saying at home, so no real photography... i'll take my cheapy little canon, and hope i get something decent!

dear cupcake!

head on over to http://dear-cupcake.blogspot.com - the more art/design/photography/make up side!

away day!

these are some of my friends on one of the crazy scary rollercoasters at alton towers - we went yesterday (sunday may 31st), a group of 11 of us, and it was really really lovely!

bottom row in the yellow shirt - paul, next to him is an empty seat, then next is helen, and on the end is daz, who was "flying".

i'm badly sunburnt after this weekend, but it was lovely!