Makeup Ideas for a Christmas Do

Yes. yes, I know I'm obsessed with Lisa Eldridge but for a very good reason, she's fab!

Christmas Do

 

In the Company of Oneself

So I am currently away in Greece, again, looking at old pots like the sherd nerd I am, and I am sitting in beautiful Nauplio thinking how lucky am I but maybe it'd be better with company.

I love my own company. 

When the Boy goes away, yes it's sad but then I get to live in a tidy flat (boys are so untidy, it messes with my OCD)

Extreme tidiness.

 I can sleep diagonally in the bed, I can have whatever food I want for dinner; it's awkward to make two different meals so generally as the Boy cooks we have what he likes most - he would happily cook separately for me. 

I can do my own thing. It's not that I can't do my own thing when the Boy is there but I just find I have less head space, I have to remember to remember my stuff and then his stuff and then our stuff.

So I make the most of it and enjoy having uninterrupted long hot baths (in my head they are in a bathroom alot like this)

Get into a fresh bed and read for hours

Eat a nice box of choccies and watch a girly film

I LOVE this film, the music is so well suited to it!

 

But now I am somewhere with all my own space and wanting some company, typical. It's sad sitting at a table alone in a busy restaurant. It would be nice to just ring up a friend and say 'hey lets get drinks' but then I kick myself and remind myself that I am in Greece. In a beautiful part of Greece. With access to A LOT of AMAZING ice cream. I am getting to spend everyday on my PhD. And I am sleeping diagonally. HAPPY DAYS.

I must state this picture has been taken from Travelpod.com but is a picture of true Nauplio gelato, yom nom nom...

 

Hair

So I got a hair cut and dyed my hair dark, think I like it. 

 

I really like Nicole Ritchie's hair here, she has the most amazing eyes here too

My hair is totally almost, nearly, kinda similar to this right? OK so no. Well frizz is totally fashionable, in some circles...

Secretary

Raw Love

Recently Sainsbury's introduced me to the and I mean THE most delicious salad I've had in a long time, Edamame bean salad. So refreshing, so light, heavenly. So here share the love 

Drroooool

The other thing that I was introduced to this year was raw food, in particular raw chocolate 

and raw 'cheesecake'

Oh boy am I now hungry!

Fireworks

I love bonfire night, it is literally my favourite day of the year. This year we went to Buxton and for the princely sum of wait for it...£3! (Which went to charity!) we saw a 15 minute firework spectacular which I wanted to share some wobbly snaps of taken on my phone whilst dancing...well if you set fireworks to music what is a girl to do but dance!

Ooooo

 

Ahhhh

 

Terrible pics but great display. There was mulled wine, hot dogs and burgers, all very cheap and again all for charity. It was one of the best fireworks displays I have been to in a long time, I highly recommend it, but not too highly I still want to be able to get in next year!

My only disappointment was that the health and safety brigade had obviously been in and the fire was so far away you couldn't actually feel the heat, and that for me is one of the best bits! That and being able to roast chestnut and have marshmallows, yom, nom, nom.

I found this video of the display, it's a great video but obviously nothing can match actually being there!