The Liebster Award

Hello, we were kindly nominated for this award by Martha at 'Marthasway' she only recently made her blog and is new to the blogging world, so I think you should all check out her blog and welcome her.

The Liebster is an award made to promote blogs with under 200 followers or less to help get the, get noticed and hopefully gain a few more followers.

Rules

1 | Post the award on your blog.

2 | Thank the blogger who presented this award and link back to their blog.

3 | Write 11 random facts about yourself.

4 | Nominate 11 bloggers who you feel deserve this award and who have less than 200 followers.

5 | Answer 11 questions posted by the presenter and ask your nominees 11 questions. 

11 Facts about Sarah

1 | I start getting excited for Christmas the day after Halloween, just Christmas obsessed!

2 | My favourite shops are Topshop, River Island, Urban Outfitters, & Miss Selfridge

3 | I love 'kiddy food' and think they should have them for any age at restaurants

4 | I love the old Disney films, like Pinocchio & Aladin

5 | Me and my sister used to be obsessed with the Olsen twins and they were our first inspiration for fashion and makeup looks

6 | I love (love is an understatement) One Direction and own a signed hoddie

7 | I want to go to the Maldives because of how beautiful it looks

8 | My favourite place to go abroad is Dubai and went their all the time as a child

9 | I have never been to Disney land and when I do go (which I will at some point) I will be a massive child all day

10 | Magic tricks frustrate me when I don't know how there done.

11 | I'd love to have enough money when I'm older where I can have my own café with cupcakes in.

11 Facts about Alanah

1 | Just like Sarah I absolutely love Christmas, I get so excited for it it's mad.  I've already bought lots of christmas clothing..

2 | I really love every season, when it's Summer I love it and when it's Winter I love it - so it's pretty good for me really!

3 | I really want to live by the beach and in a city when I'm older.. so that may be pretty hard but I love them both so I will try

4 | I get so excited when I'm going shopping, especially when I have money!

5 | I work part time at a cafe at a museum where it can get pretty boring but its money ay

6 | I would love to go to Antarctica and meet penguins and things, I think it would be really cool

7 | Im really care free which can be both a good and a bad thing

8 | I don't have that many dreams but when I do they are usually about the same thing or are really weird

9 | Calvin Klein One Shock For Her is one of my absolute favourite perfumes and reminds me of christmas because that's when I got it

10 | I don't know what I want to be when I am older yet, but I want to do something to do with designing, planning or producing

11 | I am really bad at picking my favourite of something (especially songs and films)

Bloggers we chose

Rachel | http://allthelittlethingsx.blogspot.co.uk/

Chelsea | http://tigerlovebeauty.blogspot.co.uk/

Laura | http://www.lauraneuzeth.com/

Lucie | http://lucierose1.blogspot.co.uk/

Magenta | http://lovinglouboutins.blogspot.co.uk/

Anna | http://serendipityhappening.blogspot.co.uk/

Ashley | http://ashley11988.blogspot.co.uk/

Lizzie | http://head-full-of-flowers.blogspot.co.uk/

Hannah | http://lbelleblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Ica | http://federicabruno.blogspot.co.uk/

Martha asked

1. What is your favourite makeup brand?

Sarah | Benefit as a high end brand but Rimmel as a Drugstore brand
Alanah | o my, um drugstore would be soap&glory or rimmel, high end probably Mac

2. What was your best holiday?

Sarah | When I went to Turkey in 2011 it was just a lovely holiday and made lots of lovely friends there
Alanah | New York (it's just amazing) or Spain a few years ago

3. Whats the most expensive thing you've ever bought with your own money?

Sarah | I dont actually know, I bought a coat from Topshop recent that was quite expensive, but I'm not actually sure
Alanah | I'm not sure, I'm not one to buy expensive things - I usually wait and ask for them for christmas.  I honestly don't know.

4. Who are your favourite youtubers?

Sarah | Zoella, Tanya Burr, and Miss Glamorazzi
Alanah | Jim Chapman, Zoella and Tanya Burr

5. Favourite item of clothing?

Sarah | Anything with a collar, I love so many collared tops
Alanah | My black denim jacket or leather jacket, and crop tops (I have too many)

6. Holy grail product?

Sarah | Collection ever lasting perfection concealer
Alanah | Rimmel Wake Me Up concealer 

7. How often do you go shopping and actually buy something?

Sarah | I go shopping once or twice every week but as I currently have no job, I don't always have a lot of money to buy loads
Alanah | Every time I go shopping I always want to buy something (even if it's just socks) so I would say on average once a week

8. Favourite song/s?

Sarah | Story of my Life - One Direction. Robbie Williams - Go Gentle. Monster Eminem & Rihanna.
Alanah | Umm at the moment; Never Let Me Go + Young and beautiful - Lana Del Rey, Royals - Lorde and also Monster Eminem and Rihanna haha

9. Where do you shop most?

Sarah | Topshop or Miss Selfridge
Alanah | Topshop

10. Winter or summer?

Sarah | Summer, I hate the cold!
Alanah | I love both!

11. Favourite thing about christmas?

Sarah | the whole atmosphere, and being surrounded by family.

Alanah | The atmosphere is sooo lovely, it's like perfect.

Our Questions

1 | Nail polish, plain or glitter?

2 | What are your favorite accessories?

3 | Heels or Flats?

4 | Top makeup product?

5 | Dresses & Skirts or Trousers?

6 | Favourite place in the world?

7 | Favourite eye shadow color to wear?

8 | Favourite scent?

9 | Most worn pair of shoes that you own?

10 | Favourite place to buy your makeup from?

11 | Worst outfit you've ever worn?

Thankyou for reading, please link bellow when you've completed so we can read your answers to our questions. 

Alanah and Sarah

xxx

Makeup tag!

We found this tag online and decided to do it, hopefully you will learn some more about us from this :)

How old were you when you started wearing makeup?

Alanah | Probably about 12 but it was only a little bit like mascara and concealer, but a full face around 14 - 15 maybe

Sarah | I started when i first went to secondary school so about 12, but only lip gloss and mascara, I didn't start wearing a full face until around the same as Alanah like 14-15

Who taught you to apply makeup?

Alanah | I mainly taught myself, and I used videos on Youtube of beauty gurus for things like eye shadow and blending tips

Sarah | I taught myself really but through trial and error and if the way someone else would apply a product didn't work for me, i'd change it so i could apply products well but easily, and i love watching beauty gurus on Youtube, *cough* Zoella, *cough cough* Tanya Burr..

What's your favorite eye makeup look to wear?

Alanah | Usually just a smokey eye, I usually use either greys + blacks or bronzes, golds + browns.  Sometimes I will add some dark purple or mossy green type color (If i feel like it).  Then I just do eyeliner all around my eye with a small flick

Sarah | I love eye shadows, its a way of bringing more colour to your face, my favorites would be bronze, cream, or pale pink with a liquid liner to make my eyelashes seam thicker.

What's your favorite makeup brand?

Alanah | I like different brands for different products but my favourites are; Benefit, Mac, Revlon and Rimmel probably.  Although I love loads more too!

Sarah | Like Alanah, it depends on the product itself, my top products would be; Benfit, No7, Mac, Bare Minerals, and Rimmel 

Do you wear foundation on a daily basis?

Alanah | Not everyday, sometimes I just wear concealer and powder and if my skin looks alright then I will just leave the foundation

Sarah | Foundation often breaks me out if i wear it too often, so i only wear it on special occasions like party's, or family events

Have you ever worn false eyelashes?
Alanah | Only at my prom I wore fake ones on the end of my eyelashes, otherwise no

Sarah | Just at prom, and i loved them they made my eyes look so much bigger, aha!

What makeup do you wear everyday?

Alanah | Quite a bit, mainly what I am wearing in this minus the foundation. http://alarahblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/fotd-daily-makeup.html 

Sarah | Yes, but not a full face, you can see what i normally wear here, but the eye shadow might be different and not with the foundation: http://alarahblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/fotd.html

Do you prefer high end brands or drugstore?

Alanah | A mixture really, it depends what the product is but the drugstore can have some reeeally good products!

Sarah | I'm not  someone who buys a product over one that's just as good because its high end, it depends on how good the product is on me, however I am a real bargain hunter so if there's a really good drugstore product, I'll easily buy it over the high end equivalent

What color are your eyes?

Alanah | Hazel

Sarah | Brown, but I've always wanted blue eyes:(

What color of eyeshadows make your eyes pop?

Alanah | I think purples and dark mossy greens

Sarah | I love wearing browns but it doesn't make my eyes pop, apparently grey's and purples do, i should wear them more often

Do you use makeup brushes? What brand?

Alanah | Yeah, loads of different brands - I like the sephora's own make brushes, but I can't get them in England :(

Sarah | I do, my favorite ones are the 'Real Techniques' brushes by Samantha Chapman, you can find them online or in Boots

Do you prefer lipstick, lipgloss, or neither?
Alanah | If i had to have one then lip gloss, but I do like wearing them both together really

Sarah | If i had to choose I'd say lipstick because I've always loves anything colourful, like nail varnish and eye shadows. But i do still love lip gloss!

What's 1 makeup product you can't live without?
Alanah | Probably mascara because I have quite small eyes and they make them look bigger, or concealer or powder, that's a tricky one! Oh or lip gloss I love lip gloss

Sarah | Defiantly concealer to hide my horrible under eye circles! *cry*

Why do you wear makeup? 
Alanah | Because I feel more confident with it on, and without it i look about 10

Sarah | Wearing makeup to me is like a hobby, I love applying it and changing up looks and I find the more I apply it the better I get

Glitter or no glitter? 

Alanah | A bit but I prefer a matte bronzer, I like some glitter on my eyes though - and sometimes in blush

Sarah | Every girl loves a bit of glitter! But don't over do it or you'll look like Robert Patterson in Twilight!

What is one makeup trend you never understood?
Alanah | Um, foundation on your lips or when people wore lip liner round the edge of their lips but didn't fill them in, that looks weird

Sarah | When girls have huge, super filled in eyebrows, they look like slugs on your forehead!

Sponge or brush for applying foundation?
Alanah | Definitely a brush

Sarah | Depends on your skin type, a brush blends product better into by skin than a sponge

Pencil, gel or liquid eyeliner?
Alanah | Pencil, I can't use the others it's so annoying

Sarah | I find gel looks neater on the eye, but I am normally rushing in the morning and don't have the time or patience to use it, so I use a liner

Finally, a tip you wish everyone knew:

Alanah | Maybe to wear a face primer because it actually does make a lot of difference, it makes all my makeup stay on longer and go on smoother

Sarah | When wearing foundation and concealer, apply the foundation first, because foundation has a consistency of cover up in it, you end up putting on more product than you need with concealer as well, so put your foundation on first and if you can still see a pimple or scar then just cover it up.

Alanah & Sarah
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