Away to Azores

For my holiday this summer I went to Azores for 2 weeks which is an island in the Mid-Atlantic somewhere (not actually 100% sure) but anyway, it is West of Portugal and Portuguese is spoken there. 

It was such a different place to what I have been to before and where we were staying was kind of in the middle of no where but it was quiet apart from the barking dog that would go off every 5 seconds without fail! 

More about the place...
The scenery there is literally beautiful. Clear blue waters, the sun beaming down making the sea glisten and sparkle as the wind blows the waves around. It was incredibly hot, it got around 30°c with about 70-80% humidity. The humidity made it impossible to actually be outside for long amounts of time and I actually got heat-stroke at one point because I boiled over! Anyway, the house we stayed in was lovely. It had 2 bedrooms both with a double bed in and set of bunk beds that could potentially sleep 8 altogether. It had a flat screen TV in the kitchen/dining area and a walk in shower which was great. The other great part was we had a sun terrace/balcony type thing so when the sun started setting we could move from the garden up onto the terrace and still catch some rays hooray! 

We went to quite a lot of the town/villages but we only stayed on one island and I actually found out towards the end that there's 8 other islands to visit! My favourite place was Ponta Delgada which is the capital of Azores and was probably the busiest place we actually visited. This made me feel better as it was nice to be around people rather than just sitting in the house surrounded by an almost ghost town. The shops were all different some very cultural as well as traditional whereas others were more contemporary and fashionable which is quite a big contrast. 

My favourite part

The whale and dolphin watch was my favourite part because not only do I love to be on boats out at sea but I got to see especially dolphins the closest I've ever come to one! We saw the common dolphin, Atlantic spotted dolphin, bottled nose dolphin as well as a beaked whale. 
On the way back it was hilarious because the sea was absolutely wild so that when we hit a wave the whole boat would leap up in the air and come crashing back down creating a massive splash which got everyone pretty soaked! It was literally like being on a roller-coaster of some sort!  

So we went a 2nd time as we didn't see any whales on our first trip and we decided that we liked it so much that we wanted to go back to see our fishy friends! Not that we were expecting it but we managed to see 2 sperm whales along with the bottled nose and common dolphins. It's seriously amazing I loved every second of the trip and I could just watch dolphins and whales all day, they're such placid creatures and dolphins are just too cute!


Picture time!

 Sperm whale >

 "It's time to dive guys!"

                                                                        

"Bye everyone!" ^^^^

So yeah I had a really nice time in Azores and it was a whole different experience to me and the landscape is gorgeous so I definitely recommend if you like exploring beautiful landscapes because this place is a magical exploring destination!

Emilie x x x

George ASDA Nail Polishes

George ASDA Nail Polishes
£1.75


So one day I was in ASDA with my friend having a casual browse as you do and she was telling me about how great she found their own range of nail polishes to be. I thought 'why not have a look, it can't hurt' And so I picked up the two nail polishes seen below. The blue colour is quite midnighty and I really like it. 

As for the matte top coat I have been looking for one for-ever and I know that Rimmel do one but I haven't been able to find it anywhere! I thought a Matte top coat would be more useful than just buying an already Matte colour so you have more of an option to have shiny or matte nails. 

Both of these dry quickly even though the Matte Finisher isn't 'quick dry', they both still dry pretty fast compared to your bog-standard nail polish.  

  

                                            

           Matte top coat                                  Colour Nail Polish

     No.63 Matt Finisher                             No.10 Dazzle

                                             

                                                           Here is the colour polish alone
                                                           (I apologise for the chipping)

Here I have added the matte and as you can see they're pretty matte. 

For the price (£1.79) I would say they're really good but the Matte one comes out quite streaky but that could just be my fault. I would also say that you need quite a few layers for the colour one but again, that's my opinion. The colour nail varnish lasted around 3 days for me but the matte wore off after day 5. I really do love the colour of the Dazzle one and I think it would be really nice for an evening/party look. If you're after some cheap nail polishes, especially a matte top coat I would definitely look into purchasing these two gems.

Hope this helped

Emilie x x x 

            

NYX Round Lipsticks

Outlet Centre Price - £2.95
The Beauty Store


I was visiting my local outlet centre because I wanted to get more make up but actually only ended up buying these two lipsticks (wah) anyway, I was pretty heartbroken when I found out the old shop called The Cosmetics Store had closed down but there is also another shop called The Beauty Store and thank god they had makeup in there still yay! I immediately went to the NYX lipstick section as I've recently become obsessed with buying lipsticks to the point where I can't go a week without buying at least one, oopps! 

                    So on my search for some beautiful colours, I found these two charms.
                                                 Left - 634 Louisiana and right -599 Fire. 

634 Louisiana

When I swatched these two on my hand I just instantly fell in love. They're both quite vibrant obviously depending on how many coats you apply and I just had to get them right away! They're sort of creamy so they moisturise your lips quite well but they are no way an oily texture which is fabulous. Personally, I love them and so should you ;)  
 

       599 Fire

God knows why my hand looks tanner here
(probably the more accurate colour of my skin tbh)

Overall, I absolutely LOVE these lipsticks, they're so pigmented, moisturising and stay on as long as any other lipstick. NYX do such beautiful shades of lipstick in this particular range so I highly suggest you go and check it out! 

Emilie x x x x