Oscars 2013: My roundup

 If any of you saw my post yesterday you would know i was pretty excited about The Oscars last night.  I ended up tweeting throughout the whole thing if you want to see my ramblings theres a link to my twitter on the right hand side (@cherrylovesit)

To start off the red carpet! We originally started watching the coverage on E! but i was actually really disappointed i dont feel like enough time was spent actually on the red carpet! Too much of Kelly Osbourne giving her opinion on dresses we didnt even get to see live!! Eventually we flipped to Sky Oscars and that was MUCH better.

Overall i was slightly underwhelmed with the dresses dont get me wrong i thought most people looked amazing but from the standard ive seen in previous years.  My top 3 picks for best dressed are as follows:

 

Jessica Chastain again rocked the red carpet for me in her Armani Prive dress.  Nude elegance she said she wanted "to capture the glamour of old Hollywood" and i think she en captured it perfectly!

Chrlize Theron looked absolutely stunning with her extremely short pixe cut (thanks to Mad Max!) and her structured peplum from Dior!  I loved how feminine and statuesque she looked.
Naomi Watts again in a gorgeous Giorgio Armani Dress i loved the gunmetal glitter and different style there was nothing else like it on the red carpet this year.
I realiseall these dresses are quite structured but thats just the look i like!

Other honorable mentions go to:

 

Stacey Kiebler in  Naeem Khan, Amanda Seyfried in Alexander McQueen and Jennider Lawrence in  Dior Haute Couture. 

My highlights of the night were Channing Tatum and Charlize Theron dancing in the opening medley, JGL dancing and singing (i mean could he get any better!!), the cast of Les Mis singing live (unreal actual tears!), Barbara!! need i say more, and Argo winning best picture it was so deserved especially after they snubbed him for Best Director!  His speech was touching and perfect.  I still love the Oscars and was happy that this year there was a real mix of winners not any one film swept the board.  Another year to go for the highlight of the Red Carpet season!!

cherrylovesit x

 

Oscars 2013

ITS THE OSCARS TONIGHT!!

The Oscars is a really big deal in my house both me and my boyfriend love films so the Oscars is the highlight of the year (even though we get irritated by them every year) we stay up and have movie food and champagne cocktails.

Im really excited about this years Oscars as Seth Mcfarlane (Family Guy) is hosting so im sure theres going to be some great laughs tonight. 
We do always get really annoyed as the films they choose arent what we would class as the films of the year (but i guess thats why its an opinion) I think the biggest shame this year is that Ben Affleck hasnt been nominated for Best Director but his film Argo has a nom for best Film.  Ben Affleck completely deserves the Oscar as i thoroughly enjoyed Argo.  Plus he's suddenly got really hot!! (i think its the power of the beard!! and a good suit)

The red carpet is my fave part of the night to be honest seeing all the gorgeous outfits, hair and makeup i love it!!!  My best dressed from last year were Stacey Kiebler, Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain. 

Cannot wait to see who will be wearing what this year!! Will do another post tomorrow about the winners, losers and best, worst dressed!!

Boots Haul :)

The other day i popped into Boots and ended up buying way more than i was supposed to ooopppss!! but oh well i actually needed everything i ended up buying so it was worth it :)

I ended up buying 3 things from Simple (it was 3 for 2 so i had to) i have always used there makeup remover wipes (£3.25) as i find them really gentle on my skin and they've always worked for me so why change.  I decided to try there simple Kind to Eyes Revitalising Eye Roll-On (£4.99) as dark under eye circles are real problem area.  I must say im pretty impressed overall. (all new products i will review in a separate post)

Models Own Egg Shaped Applicators (£8) after watching some of Kandee Johnson's tutorials these seem to be something she uses quite a lot as in general they are a better shape than regular spnge applicators.

Real techniques Core Collection (£21.99) after seeing these on www.inthefrow.com i decided to indulge as decent brushes are definitely something im lacking.

Boots own Eyelash Curler (£4.50) i have an admission to make i havent owned an eyelash curler for about 10 years so really needed a new one!!

I ended up buying quite a lot of Rimmel products mainly because there was an offer (i cant remember what it was...sorry!) So i got the Scandaleyes show off mascare, wake me up concealer, BB Cream and just there hide the blemish Concealer.

I also bought some new heads for my Venus Razor :)

As i said all new products will get reviewed in another blog post.

cherrylovesit x

February Glossybox review!

Because of when i signed up i managed to get my second Glossybox almost straight after my first.  I actually love getting them through the post its a nice little present every month just for me!

So this months was LUURRVVVEE themed for obvious reasons and once again was wrapped gorgeously with a free heart lollipop.  Heres a peek inside at what i received:

MEMEME Cosmetics  - Beat the Blues, highlighter in Oyster gold - £5.50 (full size) - I was actually really excited about this item i was looking at a new highlighter.  Its a cream highlighter in a gorgeous gold colour.  I actually wasnt to keen once i put it on as i dont think it worked on top of my regular makeup.  I do think it would be great for the summer when your wearing a really light coverage to give yourself a healthy glow.

Micabella Cosmetics - Mineral Eye Shadow - £14.95 (full size) - I love mineral products as they sit on my skin really nicely.  This is in colour 53 Deep Secrets and is a really nice super pigmented bronze.  It goes on really easily and a little bit goes a long away.  I dont think i would re purchase mainly because i think this will last for ages overall a great mineral product.

Figs and Rouge - Rambling Rose Lip, face and body balm - £3.49 full size - I love this tin its so cute and vintage looking!! the balm itself has almost a crystalised top to it but once on is really smooth.  the smell of rambling rose smells like turkish delight (i love it but i know a lot of people wont).  Its a really handy size to carry round to help moisturise cuticles, lips and elbows etc.  I probably wouldnt purchase as i tend to carry a moisturiser with me anyway.

Rituals - Magic touch Cherry Blossom and Rice milk whipped body cream - £15 full size - I have always been a fan of Rituals products and definitely need to invest in some more.  This moisturiser is gorgeous a little goes a long way and leaves the skin feeling and smelling gorgeous.  I will definately be re purchasing i just think its a great all rounder as far as good moisturisers go!

Miners Cosmetics - Lip colour in Cinnamon - £3.99 Full size - To be honest im not really sure why they would include a lip colour as its a very personal thing, however im always willing to give things a go.  the colour is a reddy/brown with a shimmer to it.  the quality of the lipstick is actually ok considering the price.  I probably wont use the coulour as i think its a bit old for me but in general not bad.

Love getting my little boxes every month keep your eyes peeled for when March's box arrives!

cherrylovesit x

Sanctuary 30 Thermal Transformation mask (Glossybox)

I finally got round to using the Sanctuary Spa face mask that was in the January Glossybox! (i know im horrendously late but i just haven't got round to using it!)

First you have to put a Peptide face serum all over your face and neck, to prepare your skin for the Thermal clay mask, this was really smooth and went on really easily.  Next you put on the Thermal Clay mask, this felt really strange going on and heated up as it reacted the serum.  It was a very odd sensation and at first i didnt really like it.  However the heat cooled pretty quickly.  After 15 mins i washed off the mask and my skin did feel smoother.  I dont think il be purchasing as the full size is quite expensive and feel i can get as good a result from a standard cleansing mask.

cherrylovesit x

Karl Pilkington Cake

Ahhh this is my first official cake post how scary! It was my very good friend Niki's birthday on Wednesday last week i wasnt going to see him until Saturday and me and the bf decided to surprise him with a cake. 

One of his fave people in the world is Karl Pilkington as in the "little round headed Manc twat" i used the cartoon version of Karl from The Ricky Gervais Show as inspiration.

(I love this!!) so i made a standard vanilla round cake, and made one extra to cut out the ears.  This left me with loads of leftovers that me and the bf could snack on (added bonus).  To decorate i used vanilla buttercream with a little bit of red food colouring to make it pink.  For the details i used black sugarpaste (like royal icing but better for moulding!) you can get all these things in big supermarkets which is amazing as previously i had to go to specialist shop.  So anyway here is the finished product:

 What do you think??

cherrylovesit x

Valentine's Day Nails

Im off today so decided to spend some time on me painting my nails!  I used 2 colours from Ciate Mini Mani Month set. 

I used Dangerous Affair (not a great name for Valentines but a gorgeous deep raspberry red) and Enchanted Rose as a top coat.  I love the Ciate nail varnishes they last longer then some really expensive brands plus i love my set because theres so many colours!!

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!!

cherrylovesit x