Kirby Hall; Day Out

                                

Kirby hall is an old building that has a tonne of history and beautiful scenery, just outside of Corby, Northamptonshire, that is a wonderful day out. It's only small and would be one of the things I would say go to if you have a few hours spare, that need to be filled, on a day of visiting around the area. I went with two friends and had a great day venturing in and out of the various doors that left us walking in circles.

It was truly beautiful and had numerous large, elegant windows that lit up the rooms in an unbelievable way. It had an Italian feel *just look and the picture above* and had clever views that left you wondering what it would be like to live in this type of building.

There was one room dedicated to exploring the history of the building, and even had a miniature seating area for children that had books about previous queens, and were all based on the house so even the children can learn about the building.

                                 

They gave us a remote looking device that turned out to be the audio for the tour, however do not put this into your bag when you need the toilet, you end up leaving it in your bag and then going home with it, realising what you have done, and having to drive all the way back again in fear that they would think you had stolen it, why they would think that I would want one is beyond me but it was returned and they were very graceful about it and just laughed at my stupidity and let me use the toilet once again. 

Not only do you get to follow through the beautiful scenery, but they had numerous peacocks on site, which definitely confused me. I didn't know peacocks were a bird that would like to be around people, I thought the area would've inhabited ducks but, it definitely added to the feel of the countryside. The peacocks allowed you to get incredibly close, that one even guarded the door and would stand by it until you opened it and then would circle around and go back to where it was standing. 

I think Kirby Hall is an amazing place to go out with family, and small children would love the space they are able to run around in. They even have cute little knights costumes being sold in the shop, along with other child friendly souvenirs. Plus there are many adult friendly items, whilst we were there they were giving free tasters of their lemon curd, cherry jam, and two types of alcoholic beverage (I don't remember the names now).

Buttery lips

From left to right: Pink Truffle, Strawberry Shortcake, Candy Apple, Red Velvet & Tutti Fruitti

The Revlon lip butters are my current favourite everyday lip colour to wear, especially on school days where I find a bolder colour is definitely too much make up, and too much maintenance throughout the day. They have a moisturising texture to them and are clearly not matte at all, however, they nourish your lips and protect them from the lip biting stress of everyday life.

My personal favourite is Pink Truffle. It has a deep rosey colour that is subtle and looks effortless. It brings a little oomph to a natural everyday look. However, Red Velvet is such a close second that they are almost on an equal level, a deep reddy brown (mostly red, don't be scared by the 'brownish' tone), but I find Pink Truffle an easier colour to develop and tame on the lips throughout the day making it the perfect 'on the go' lip colour. I gathered colours one or two at a time as tastes change and styles change, but the colours are so diverse I find myself reusing the colours I had forgotten about previously and falling back in love with them all over again. I do find myself worrying that I will cave in to the urge to buy even more colours and eventually become overrun with every shade and then having too much choice and just moving on to a whole new project.

I usually pat the lipstick off a little before going out just to soften the colour and make it look more casual. I tend not to wear them on nights out, especially not for meals, as they can slide on the lips and need a little care when worn as a bold, solid colour. This is just 5 of the 20-something shades available at around £8.

Pink Glow

There has been a lot of hype recently around the pink/neutral eyeshadows (as seen by the urban decay naked 3 pallette) I am partial to a little pink, but I'm definitely not a girly girl. However, my latest discovery is the Maybelline 24 Hr colour tattoo in 65-Pink Gold. I got this in a Glossybox about 3 months ago and ever since a first (and pretty shabby) attempt to use it, I have fallen completely in love with it. It's simple to apply, no fuss. 

                                      

I wear it on it's own, and sometimes with Mac- Satin Taupe in the crease just to make it a little more special on those nights out. 

                                      

The colours completely compliment each other, and easy to put together for someone who isn't very confident with the whole contouring of the eyes (like myself, I'm certainly no expert) 

                                       

I haven't needed to buy a new one because it just seems to be never ending, even after it's daily use. I was shocked by the staying power alongside the ease of use. Once put on, it really doesn't budge at all. It's undoubtedly not the cheapest eyeshadow out there, however it's certainly not at all expensive at around £8 per eyeshadow, and worth it trust me. 

First post

I don't expect anything out of this, it's just a place that I can look back at when I want to buy something and see how well it has worked for me in the future.

However, if anyone else wants to read I thought that they could, this is why I'm starting with a '25 facts about me' type post so here it goes...

1. I'm 5 ft 1

2. I play piano (only a little though and not very well) 

3. i have 2 older sisters so I'm the baby of the family, they are 5 years and 7 years older than me

4. i'm studying my a levels in accountancy, economics and maths- boring I know but I'm good at them 

5. I have two fish- pepê and jacque and I'm getting another two called mushu and miko (from mulan and Pocahontas)

6. My favourite book is A fault in their stars, I know a lot of people like this book, but if you haven't read it then you need to!

7. my favourite film is The Odd Life Of Timothy Green, I watched this really recently, but it shot straight to the top of my favourites list. It's just a beautiful story of a couple who can't have children, and the husband decides to imagine what their perfect child would be, and the very next day a little boy just shows up in their life. It made the couple go through a journey and it just has a really sweet ending and I was close to tears it was so beautiful, and I'm sure this will be my favourite film for an extremely long time

8. my favourite ever perfume/body spritzer is the boots passionfruit natural collection spray, cause it's cheap and easily accessible and it doesn't matter how quickly you go through it cause it's only about £2

9. i love scrap booking but I never have enough time to do it, I recently joined glossy box and have so far managed to keep up with scrapbooking the products

10. I love to watch criminal minds. I love it so much I record it on the tv whenever a new series comes out 

11. the first concert I ever went to was the saturdays 

12. the only bone I've ever broken was my thumb (it's a weird story that I might explain in a future post)

13. I have tomato sauce with almost anything

14. when I was younger the only thing I would eat was weatabix, I had it 3 times a day 

15. my real names Philippa but I prefer to be called Grace. when I was brought home from the hospital my sisters didn't like the name my parents gave me, Philippa, but by this time I had already racked up a huge pile of hospital records and so my parents agreed for family to call me Grace and on official documents (all the boring stuff) it will say Philippa 

16. I have a reading list that has at least 10 books on it, and it'll probably take me forever to read through the list as every time I finish one 3 more seem to be added onto it 

17. my favourite place to be is a little weird as it's actually the aquarium, now I live in a town and so we don't really have any close aquariums (the closest being an hour and a half away) but I just love how the fish seem so serene and it can be very relaxing, calming and thought-provoking. It also reminds me that however nervous I get, I will be safe. I get very paranoid about silly things (which I guess is number 18) and so I always have these images and ideas that the fish tanks will break and I will be attacked by squids and sharks and other fishy animals

18. As I said in 17, I get very paranoid about the silliest things, mainly stuff that I might've said and think I've offended someone but actually haven't, I might even stay up all night worrying about it. Majority of the times I dream about little scenarios where things go wrong and then it makes me not want to do them, it's like the 'whats the worst that can happen' idea 

19. if I was confident enough, and new how to do it, i think I'd love to be on the radio, I listen to scott mills a lot, and it sounds like a lot of fun, I would just love it. However I'm not very good at precise speaking (as you can tell from my rambling) nor will anyone want to listen to my voice

20. i once got so anxious about going into a classroom at school I burst into tears. I was in year 7 and I'd just started school and I think every bit of anxiety built up over the first month of starting a new school all came out. It was rather embarrassing 

21. i have the weirdest anxiety. When I get anxious I get these spots on my arms and legs, they even hurt sometimes, but they look like bites

22. I have a fear of public transport. It's not chronic, it doesn't stop me from going on it however if I can avoid it I will. I don't know if it's the idea that people are judging you, or whether it's the accidents that people have on them that scares me (again with the paranoia ha) but I'd rather drive to places

23. I'm a little bit of a hoarder. I find myself keeping unnecessary items for example, ever since starting glossybox I haven't been able to throw away the bowes they came in so instead each box holds a different type of makeup. Yes this is a problem and yes I'm trying ever so hard to stop 

24. My main memories as a child is of my grandparents taking me and my 2 cousins on holiday to France and meeting up with my aunties old exchange student person, she's the loveliest woman I know and she's just so cute. However I haven't been in years and I should probably go sometime soon 

25. I've been to iceland. This may not seem very interesting but I think that it's pretty cool that I've had the chance to visit such a beautiful and peaceful country that has such history and intelligence. It might even be my favourite holiday. I had the chance to go because my school was doing a school trip for science and geography but they needed a specific number and so me and my friend decided to make up the numbers even though neither of us are or were doing science or geography