Sunday's Five Fabulous Things

My favourite Sunday Secret this week.

I'm a little down at the moment since I'm really struggling to get motivated with my dissertation. I've had a bit of an uplift this evening after talking it over with my friend and boyfriend which is good really considering I only have just over a week to get it done! In spite of this I've decided to do a happy little post about five fabulous things from this week which I think I'll try and do every Sunday to remind myself to cheer up a bit! I also thought I'd share my favourite secret from this week's Post Secret as I didn't have any photos for this post - I'm so paranoid that I always think things are about me but hopefully not vain!

On to my Five Fabulous Things...

1. Old Friends - Over Easter I stayed in my home town at my boyfriend's house to get a change of scene from uni and a bit of a break (even though I didn't really deserve one!)... I managed to meet up with most of my good school friends during the first week which was lovely but the best night was on Tuesday when me and my boyfriend spent a rather fun evening with one of said friends, hanging out in his bedroom like old times. We played a The Dark Knight Rises drinking game and probably kept his family up for half the night, perfect lol
2.  Making Fudge - Whilst at "home" I also visited my Nan and little cousins, we spent an afternoon in her kitchen making some delicious chocolate fudge. This tried and tested recipe never fails to delight us all.
3. Moving House - My Mom has been packing up our house in Gutersloh, Germany this week to move to Sennelager and whilst I have not seen the house or even any photos of it I feel very excited that I will have somewhere new to explore soon.
4. Food Shopping - One thing I really enjoy about coming back to uni after a holiday is doing a huge food shop. This time (the last ever time!) my nan took us. I love it when she takes us shopping as she encourages us to pick up all kind of treats. Hello, peanut M&Ms - certainly not essential but much appreciated!
5. Baby Oil Baths - When I'm procastinating at uni I have lots of baths and whilst I don't REALLY enjoy them, I do miss them when I stay at my boyfriend's house as his bathroom is far too busy to accommodate me spending an hour in the bath most evenings. So, today when I got back I had a really indulgent bath full of baby oil. The bath needs cleaning now but I feel LUSH.

What fabulous things have you done this week?

REVIEW: Bourjois Intuitive Liner

Perhaps slightly oddly, I did the swatch for this on a magazine ad, it wouldn't work anywhere on my skin as it kept going
all blotchy (luckily it doesn't do that on your eyes)! You can get the drift from this any way I'm sure.

Bourjois Intuitive Liner £6.99

I bought this eyeliner on a whim some time last year and after trying and failing to correctly use it a few times I thought I'd review it as it's quite an interesting product although not new any more.

I'll admit now that for various reasons, after trying khol, liquid and gel versions, I'm terrible at applying eyeliner. When I saw it, I thought that this "intuitive" felt tip effort from Bourjois might some how make me miraculously good at it. Wrong. It really doesn't work with the shape of my eye or the placement/spacing of my lashes (is placement a good way to decribe lashes? Probably not lol). You're supposed to dot along your lash line in order to define eyes and make lashes look longer which I have not found as easy as it sounds.

I imagine that some people would get great results with this if they are better at applying eyeliner as it's a strong black colour and it stays on for ages, you just need a bit of practice. The nibs are quite firm but not pokey and you can use them to create the dots to join up or use the side to create more of a traditional line if you need to. 

I personally wouldn't buy it again as now I only use this to give my bottom lash line a bit of definition in the outer corners and it's a bit expensive just for that. I really like the idea of it though, maybe I'll get the hang of it one day!

Perfume Post: FCUK 3 her

Sorry for the crappy photo -  it turns out that my boyfriend's house is awful for taking pictures...

I thought I'd make up for the previous poor photo by adding this photo of my boyfriend's cat, Mr Smudge.
His little pink nose and snugglyness will hopefully improve the situation.
I'm aware that now, I may as well have not bothered reviewing the perfume but that's the risk you taking when posting a photo of a kitty hehe

It's been a while since I said I'd start working through some of my perfumes so I thought I'd post about another one today.

FCUK 3 her is the kind of perfume that you can just spritz all over yourself as you run out of the door and know that you don't smell too bad at all. It has a generally floral scent that isn't overpowering so it's good for day time; it seems quite a summery smell which cheers me up a bit :). I also have the body lotion so I usually rub a bit on before I spray to lock in the scent if I want it to be a bit more noticeable as it does tend to disappear a bit sometimes. The bottle of this is quite cool looking and I usually take it with me when I travel as I get paranoid about glass breaking with my other bottles where as this seems a bit more "protected" by all of the plastic (not sure how logical I'm actually being but it works for me lol). It's available all over the internet at rather cheap prices (around £10 for 100ml) so it's an easy addition to any collection! This is definitely my favourite bargain perfume - what's yours?