The first time I put on kohl I was 11 years old. It was one night when I was at boarding school, loitering around my sister's dorm whining for a calling card so I could phone home - this little slice of nostalgia is set a while ago, when you would own a Nokia 3210 if you were lucky and you would spend all day playing Snake on it. As I was stomping around, my then 13 year old sister Vicky emerged dressed up for a girl school-boy school social (oh yes, we've gone back that far in time). I think if I looked at a picture of this scenario now I'd probably attempt to photocopy it and inevitably use it for future blackmail, but I remember really vividly noticing that her eyes just stood right out. To my awkward little self she looked amazing. Eventually I asked what she had done to make herself look so brilliant. The answer? She chucked me a little black pencil and said; "Just put some of that in your eye". And that's when this minor obsession began...
I've been an avid reader of beauty and lifestyle blogs for a while now, following friends' reviews, swatches and banter as well as those posted by established bloggers. I spend hours on Youtube and Temptalia. I can't walk into a MAC, Sephora, tiny pharmacy with a small Milani stand, you name it, without running out ten minutes later with something else I can't afford. Since moving to Los Angeles this year for four months this interest in make-up has stereotypically spiralled into a happy sense of chaos. After taking a little inspiration from all of the blogs I read, I've decided to start one of my own, simply to talk about the things that I think make people look better and feel better - primarily cosmetics, although I can't promise a lack of musings on travel, puppies or why the girls in Pretty Little Liars never just texted the number back. Daydreams, really.
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