PORTSMOUTH PHOTO DIARY

Last weekend I was in Portsmouth for the America's cup and took way too many beautiful photos that I just need to share with you all! It was so beautiful down there and I can't wait to go back.

CHARLOTTE TILBURY GIFT BOX

If you saw my post the other day about the VIP Charlotte Tilbury Launch in Jarrolds they were so kind to gift us all a box with a few samples and information on their products.

HOW MUCH IS MY FACE WORTH: SUMMER EDITION

I love doing these How much is my face worth little posts, I think they're a really fun way of showing everyone what you're loving/wearing at the moment and it's also so interesting to see how much your face is actually worth! So today's one is a summer edition. I've been going for a more light base and not really wearing much on my face because of how hot it's been.

NORWICH BLOGGERS EVENT GOODY BAG

So a few weeks ago now myself and the other Norwich Blogger gals hosted our 4th event and it was absolutely awesome! For this event we decided to keep it simple and just have bloggers and brands networking, we expected absolutely no goodies but we still managed some awesome ones! If you want to read all about that event I wrote a post on our Norwich Bloggers blog so check that out here

CHARLOTTE TILBURY JARROLD'S VIP LAUNCH

This is going to be an extremley photo filled post so sit back and see what I got up to at the Charlotte Tilbury launch event at Jarrolds.

TOP 10 TIPS FOR NEW BLOGGERS

When I first started blogging I wish I knew these things which now are really obvious and things I do without thinking but when you're new to all this you'd have no idea!

BENEFIT COSMETICS INTERVIEW

So today I somehow managed to get myself an interview at Benefit Cosmetics, I won't lie I was absolutely bricking it purely because I spent way too much time on the internet reading horror stories. I was shaking so badly walking in there, but I really had nothing to worry about.

The first stage of the interview was just a quick chat with the store manager, she asked questions like why I wanted to work at Benefit, times I've given good customer service, a time when I've dealt with a sensitive situation and when I've worked as part of a team.

Once I'd passed that stage I was asked to come back a couple hours later for my 'audition.' This part of the interview is where most people struggle. You have to go out onto the shop floor and basically grab customers to give them a free mini makeover. There were 4 of us at the audition so it was a pretty nice amount and the other girls were lovely!

The store manager went through all of the products and told us abit about the best sellers so that we could pass that knowledge onto customers. We then had to set up our station with all of our brushes and disposable wands and cleaning products. Once we'd got our stations set up we were set free, I literally got my first customer within seconds, I turned around and she was there so I grabbed her and did her makeup.

I did struggle getting my second customer, I was wondering around the entire store for a fair while before I got my second customer. You do have to be able to accept being told no or sometimes people being rude to you (luckily no one was today) but that is like that with any sales job. I've done cold calling before and people have far more balls to be rude over the phone than face to face so to be honest it's nothing I can't handle. 

We all had just over an hour to get 3 people to come get their makeup done which we all managed to do. I think the reason there are so many horror stories about the interview process at Benefit is because a lot of people aren't up for hardcore sales- Benefit is more of a sales environment than other counters and that's just the way it is. Once you've got over the first customer you can easily get others.

I really enjoyed my interview and it was lovely to just spend a day surrounded by lovely girls and makeup! I'll find out whether I got the job by the end of next week so hopefully! Either way I had a blast!

AVEENO DAILY MOISTURISER AS A PRIMER?

Okay so when I first saw that people had been using this as a primer whilst reading a Buzzfeed atricle I was hesitant to believe it. So I did some digging myself and found that people have been using this as a primer for a good few years, this is because it's active ingredient is Dimethicone which is found in a lot of smoothing primers (like the Smashbox photo finish primer) 

TOP 5 DRUGSTORE CONCEALERS

After the success of my Top 10 drugstore foundations I knew I had to round up my personal favourite concealers.

WHAT DOES MY BOYFRIEND THINK MAKEUP IS? TAG

I've seen this tag on a few people's blog and thought it would be hilarious to see what Hayden thought makeup was, it turned out he was better than I expected but he still came out with some corkers.. I tag everyone to ask their boyfriend/girlfriend/bestfriend/mum/dad/nanny etc anyone and link me to the post when you're done!

TOP 10 DRUGSTORE FOUNDATIONS

I'm finally back after a nice lil break and I'm back with my top 10 tried and tested drugstore foundations. So in no order at all...