Youtube Baby Boy Haul

            

hey guys, it's FRIDAAAAAY!! Yeah!!

I don't know about you but I am a little excited about the weekend. 

I'll try and go back to doing some photo diaries now I'm feeling perkier, I know I'm a little bit hopeless at keeping up with my blog at the moment, and some of you are missing my older style beauty posts. I guess preggo/baby themed posts are great for those who re interested, but I know a lot of you initially followed me for beauty so I'll try and get those back on here too. 

Anyway here is my first ever gender based clothing haul. Seriously, who knew shopping for teeny tiny clothes was so much fun?! It's totally one of my favourite parts of being pregnant so far. let me know if you like the clothes, and if you know anywhere else I might like to shop for the little squirt. 

Oh, if you missed my week 20 video update on my youtube channel, you can watch it here.

I hope you all have a great weekend, and if you've got a pregnancy/mummy blog, please do leave me the link!

YouTube My baby gender reveal

As promised, it's finally here, the big gender reveal video! 

I hope you guys enjoy coming along with us :) thank you so much for all your tweets and messages, you've all been SO lovely, I'm so happy to be sharing this experience with you!

Youtube Week 17 & 18 Pregnancy Update...

                       

Hey guys, 
I hope you've all had a lovely weekend? Here's my week 17 & 18 pregnancy vlog update, late as per usual! I really need to get better at posting them regularly! 
Only 3 more sleeps until we find out baby Michalaks sex, I CANNOT wait!! I have always said I had a feeling it's a boy, what do you guys think? Boy or girl? 

Youtube Week 15 pregnancy update | First trimester survival kit

Ooopsy, I realised I forgot to share this for those of you who don't follow me on youtube, double episode treat for you then hehe enjoy! Xx

YouTube Week 14 Pregnancy Update

Hey ladies, I hope you've all had  a smashing weekend so far? Mines been spent relaxing on a sun-bed with the hubby, perfect! 

Anyway, I just realised I hadn't posted my latest video on my blog for you guys, so if you missed it over on my youtube channel, here it is for you :) Everything from week 14 of being preggo, I'm one emotional little lady haha
Also, I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who watched my last video, I can't believe it has over 10,000 views now, that's INSANE! Thank you so much for all the comments and private messages you've sent me too, I love you guys :) 

I just filmed a new video today, and I'm thinking of uploading a weekly beauty video too, I haven't made one of those in aaaages! 
I hope you enjoy the watch, I'm off to raid the cupboard for more Rice Crispies, I seriously can't get enough :)

Youtube Week 13 pregnancy update & a spot of maternity shopping

            


Hey there, I'm so sorry this video update is late over here on my blog! 

Anyway, week 13 mainly involved feeling angry, eating copious amounts of Rice Crispies, and a little browse of the maternity section in Topshop. I hope you enjoy my ramblings... 

If you'd like to subscribe so you don't miss any preggo updates, you can do that here. 
For those of you who have asked, I'll start some 'bump' shots in next weeks video, promise! I just don't have very much to show at the moment hehe

I hope you like the video, and thank you so much for watching :) 

Youtube A weekend vlog | Fat pregnant legs

I suppose this vlog isn't really very pregnancy related at all, but it was such a lovely weekend, and we'd been filming so I though you guys might like a nosey. Let me know if you like it :)

You can see my other Youtube videos here, Instagram here and Twitter here.

Tata for now :)

Youtube- Come along to our 13 week scan :)

Yesterday we went for our 13 week baby scan. I can't believe the first 3 months are over already, it didn't seem like it was going fast at the time because  felt so ill, but looking back it flew by. 
I wonder if the rest of my pregnancy will go by so quickly?
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the vlog!
If you want to keep up to date with my pregnancy vlogs, you can subscribe to my channel here.
Xx

Youtube- The First Trimester

Hi guys, as promised, my first Youtube video upload in AGES! 
It's all about my experience of the first trimester of my pregnancy, I hope you enjoy it. Sorry I look a little worse for wear! 

           

I'm pregnant!!!

It's Positive! | Cringy changing room tummy shot (I couldn't find any other recent tummy pictures pre-pregnancy!) | First 'bump' shot (I haven't quite mastered this yet!) | Baby Michalak, 12 weeks and 1 day old, he/she decided to curl up and face away from the camera, typical! 

So, if you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you will already know that Stefan and I are expecting a little baby this January! 
We are both so excited about it, and couldn't be happier to be starting our very own little family.

I have to say, it's been the hardest secret ever to keep, we couldn't wait for the first 12 weeks to be out of the way. 
We've known for weeks now, and are still trying to get our heads around the fact that we'll be having a baby pretty imminently, it still seems a little hard to believe, especially as I don't really have much of a bump. Rather, I look more like I've eaten far too many chips and am extremely bloated. I can't wait to have a proper little bump!

I've been reading a couple of blogs and watching Youtube videos by pregnant ladies and new mummys, particualarly Anna Saccone, who I found a few months ago (I'm sure it must have been a sign). Her blog and pregnancy vlogs have helped me out so much. I don't have my mum around anymore, and I only know a couple of people with babies, so I've literally been googling every tiny thing!

Anyway, I've decided I wanted to do the same sort of thing, and log my pregnancy and early baby months on my blog, and I'm also going to be vlogging (eeep). I just think it'll be a really nice way to see the progress and to share the experience with you guys too. My first video will be about the first trimester should be up on Sunday, so keep your eyes peeled on my Youtube Channel. 

So, there we have it guys, this time next year I'll be blogging with a chubby 6 month old baby, crazy thought isn't it?

Do let me know if you know of any other good pregnancy blogs or vlogs, or if you have them yourselves :)

Photo Diary #22 The lazy weekend

Hey Pals, I hope you've all had a splendid weekend?

A quick little post from me this evening. My weekend has been a super duper lazy one, involving blogging from bed, finishing my book (The secret Garden), a quick Topshop spree, and (failing at) baking some scones. 

My husband has bought me this new camera (woop), so I'm just about to learn how to use it tonight, which may take a while as I am fairly technically challenged! 
I've wanted to get back into Youtube for a while now, but have to say I'm kind of terrified being on camera after so long. All my nerves have come back, I guess I'll get back into the swing of things soon?! I might have to have a few practise runs though... 

Let me know in the comments if there is anything you'd like to see me film over the next few weeks. If you have a Youtube channel, feel free to pop your link in too :) 

My perfect base

I thought I'd show you the concoction of foundations I'm using at the moment to get my current perfect base. Mixing it up is working really well for me right now, even if it is a little bit of a palaver and a little painful for the purse!

I firstly apply MAC face and body really lightly all over my face. This is quite a sheer, low coverage foundation, almost like a tinted moisturiser (in fact, I've used some tinted moisturisers that have more coverage than this). I don't want to end up looking like I actually have face full of foundation  (even though I do), so this is a really good start just to even out my skin tone. 

Next I take the Bobbi Brown Foundation Stick and with my fingertips, dab a little over the centre of my face, and on any blemishes. Essentially I suppose I'm using this as a concealer, and for a little more coverage, in a discreet way! (I've reviewed the foundtion sticks here incase you're interested!)

Next I take the tiniest amount of Chanel Vitalumiere in a slightly darker shade than the others (like the shade I'd wear if I'd had a hot summery holiday), and apply this with a small foundation brush just around the edges of my face, my jaw-line and my forehead. This gives my foundation a little more depth to it. 

Finally, the famous YSL Touche Eclat. This I just pop underneath my eyes and across my cheekbones, for an illuminated  awake effect.I blogged about it in more depth over on a guest post on Kayleighs blog here, and also on my own blog  yesterday here just incase you missed it.

Have you ever used any of these foundations? 

Which foundations do you like to use to create your perfect base? 

I'm having a lazy blogging day today :) Some of you might be interested to know that my husband very kindly bought me a new camera (spoilt little lady, thank you!) So I'll be back on my Youtube channel very shortly, just have to get over my camera phobia all over again :s 

Youtube#11 Bronzing Tutorial

Hey there!

I hope you've all had a great weekend? 
I've just filmed this quick little bronzing tutorial for you, I hope it helps you out, I know I certainly didn't do my bronzer this way before I became a make-up artist! Shameful. 
Anyway it's one of my favourite, quick tricks (and one of the easiest) to achieve a nice natural sun-kissed look. 
Let me know if you like it :) 

Youtube#10 Natural foundation tutorial

Hey there guys, hope you've all had great weekends? 
I can eat properly again now, so I'm very happy about that, I actually have a couple of restaurant reviews prepared for this week, so look out for those :)
I just thought I'd post up my latest video in case you miss it over on my Youtube channel, I hope you like it. I must admit, I did feel like a bit of an idiot filming myself in the mirror! Let me know if it helps any of you.

Youtube#9 A Weekend in Bath

So, this video's a little different from anything I've done before, we had such a gorgeous weekend in Bath, I thought I'd share a little montage of it with you. It was so stunning, timeless and romantic, I'll always love Bath beyond belief.
Have you ever been to Bath?

Youtube#8 What's in my make-up artist kit so far?

Hey guys, 
after a few of you have asked if I'd film a video showing you what's in my make-up artist kit so far. So here we are! I hope you enjoy it :) I'm off to a cartoon museum now, what are you all up to today? 

Youtube#7 Vlog catch up, Louise Constad make-up artist course

Morning everyone, Mondays' are tough huh?

We walked into work this morning. I love seeing London in the Autumn mornings, walking all along embankment, past Parliament and Big Ben, it's a pretty good way to wake yourself up in the morning.

I'm back in the office today, and it does feel a little strange not applying make-up to models hehe.

Anyway, if you missed my vlog last night over on my Youtube channel, here it is. I'm just blabbing on about my make-up artist course, I hope you enjoy it :)

Youtube#6 Vlog Louise Constad make-up artist training, day 1

 

Hey lovely readers, just a quick one because I am zonked, and I need to do my Vogue homework (geek). 
I look so exhausted in this video, so sorry about that. I literally just got home and started filming, I haven't touched up my own make-up all day! Too busy practising on the models to even look in the mirror at myself.

I thought I'd do a little vlog each night of my Louise Constad make-up artist course to let you all know how it's all going. 
The first day has been incredible, I feel like I've soaked up so much information my brain is fried. Early night for me I think! I literally can't wait to go back in tomorrow and learn more. 
I'm planning on doing some tutorials for you guys, once I've got a bit more practising done and I feel like I'm actually good!

Have you ever done a make up course before?

Youtube#5 What's in my handbag?

 

I finally got around to making another video for you guys, sorry it's been so long! Yes, it's the ever famous 'What's in my handbag' tag. I am always so late to jump on the bandwagon aren't I?! I did rant on for a while, sorry folks. Also, sorry about the hangover face and 3 day old hair. Yes, I am a skank. It's been one of those days wear the PJs haven't come off yet. Hence the last shot in my video, spotty PJ alert! Don't judge me.

What have you beautiful people been up to this weekend? 
On Saturday Stef and I had a private tennis coach for an hour. I felt kind of sorry for him because my  skills are laughable, so he had his hands full, but that means I can only get better, right? After tennis I had a lovely catch up with a few of my uni buddies, we went to Gordans' Wine Bar (the oldest wine bar in London) on the Embankment. It's like a little underground cave, definitely recommend it if you like that kind of thing.
On Saturday night, Stef and I went to our favourite local pub in Clapham, where we gorged on hotdogs, pizza and red wine. We stayed up until 2am geeking out over this snowboarding movie. It's pretty crazy stuff, most of the shots don't even look real to me. It's absolutely stunning though, and makes me so excited go go snowboarding in the new year. Do any of you snowboard or ski? 

Today all I've done is organise my wardrobe (yes, I like it to be in order) and film this video. I'm pretty nervous about my make-up artist course tomorrow, I'm just going to try and soak up as much as possible, wish me luck! 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the video. Have you done this tag? Leave your links below if you have :)

L'Oreal Sublime Bronze Self-Tanning Gel

I know in my last YouTube video about how I self tan, I said that I didn’t really see the point in face tan products. I've always just used my regular St Tropez Mousse. That was before I discovered this little beaut, completely by accident.

My boyfriend came to bed with this on his face one night, and I was all like 'ooooh your faaaace smells nice'. Turns out, it was Sublime Bronze. (Check him out, sneakily tanning before bed!)
Crazy because as we all know, normally tans don’t smell great. I'm so funny about the scents of things too, I hate using products that smell too strong and perfumed, particularly on my face.
So, believe it or not, I actually pinched this one night from my boyfriends’ side of the bathroom sink, and kinda fell for it!

I really like the colour this developes into, it's so natural and not orange in the slightest. It's a gorgeous, gorgeous constitancy, a gel formula so feels really cool and refreshing to apply. It's really moisturizing too, if you wanted to use it before you apply your make-up in the morning it would totally work. I've been applying it before bed, and I have to say, it's impossible to get streaks or look patchy. Fool-proof.
This would be perfect to try if you are quite pale, or scared about trying out fake tan for the first time, because it's not too dramatic, but still noticable. I think it's definitely worth checking out.

It's really good if you can’t be bothered to tan your whole body and just want a bit of colour of your face, and it really perked me up. It's so strange, it's such a small change, but a couple of the girls I work with noticed the difference it made to how my skin looked. One thing I really liked about this tan, was the fact that you can apply it with your hands. The gel washes straight off, so no need to use a mitt, and nor orange hands, wooo! I also really like the fact that it's in a squeezy tube, and you can see exactly how much tan you have left, which most of the time, is not the case with pump bottles.

I'm not sure how many 'body' applications you would get out of this, as I have just started using it on my face, but I will say, a little goes a long way on my face, so if I just used it for my face, it would last a long time. It's pretty purse friendly too, at about £13 a bottle.I would reccomend applying once every 4(ish) days, I did apply for a couple of days running, but I turned out to be a little darker than I wanted.

Have you ever tried L'Oreal Sublime Bronze face and body? What fake tan would you reccomend to use on your face?