I'm a Younique Presenter!

Hi everyone!

 

As you have most likely gathered from the not very subtle or imaginative title, I have joined the Younique family and I am so excited to get stuck in and begin. I will be posting updates on here about my progress, any new products and obviously there will be reviews and tutorials to accompany.

 

So it's been a while...

Hi everyone,

Blimey! It's been a while, a much longer break than I originally planned, it's crazy how life can change so much, so fast and you just completely lose track of time.

It's been almost 12 months since I last did any blogging and although my life has been a bit hectic in this time, I have really missed sitting down with my laptop and tapping happily away writing all about the things I love the most - yes that's right hair, make up and all things beauty! Worry not my beautifully smart people, I am back and I have no plans on leaving anytime soon, so be ready for more tutorials, hauls, reviews and so much more!

So here's a little bit about why I took a an unintentionally long break from blogging, only a little bit because I don't want to bore you with it all.
I went and got myself a new full time job which took a lot of my blogging time away, seeing as I was unemployed before.
Then a month after starting a new job, I moved house with my boyfriend which is a busy time for anyone, so any spare time I had outside of work was taken up with organising the house.
A couple months after that, I ended up moving again, but this time back to my parent's house, as it turned out me and my boyfriend wasn't really working out and so went our separate ways. Any spare time I had then was having some well deserved time with my favourite people!

As of recently I also became a Younique Makeup Presenter which I am very excited about and part of the reason I got inspired to get back to blogging, expect to see a post all about this new step very soon!

Just to remind you all, as it has been a very long time since I did anything on here, I will be bringing you lovely people hair and make up reviews, tutorials, hauls and monthly posts about what hair and beauty products I have been loving.

I am really excited about this next chapter of Beautifully Smart, I am looking forward to getting my head into blogging again and happily tappity tap away about our favourite thing to talk about.

 

What would you like to see me post about? Let me know in the comments.

xxx

April Favourites.

Hi everyone!

I usually upload my monthly favourites on the first of the every month, so this one is almost a week late, but you know what they say, better late than never! The bank holiday weekend just completely threw me off and basically I lost track of what day it was.

GLOSSYFINDS: NYX Butter Lipstick Review.

Hi everyone!

It's been a few weeks but I have written another post for GlossyFinds, I'm not sure why it's been a while since my last GlossyFinds post, but I have been struggling to get into 'the zone' and found it so difficult to write. I think this lovely weather we are having is a little bit of a distraction if I am honest.

I finally managed to get rid of my writer's block and my NYX Butter Lipstick Review was published today, I would love it if you could go over and give it a read. As usual I welcome your thoughts, I always really like to hear your feedback.

Have you given my latest GlossyFinds post a read?

xxx

REVIEW: Irresistible Me Sapphire 8 in 1 Complete Curler.

Hi everyone!

Until recently I have always curled my hair with my straightener because I just hadn't known which curler to go for - I mean there are so many out there to choose from. When Irresistible Me asked me if I wanted to review their Sapphire 8-in-1 Complete Curler, I just had to take them up on it as this was one of the curlers I was looking at buying.

DISCLAIMER: Irresistable Me sent me this in exchange for my honest review of the Sapphire 8-in-1 Curler, opinions are 100% my own.

I have read a few reviews on other blogs and watched some on YouTube too, I wondered if it was really going to be as good as the reviews claimed. Once I received the curler I very quickly came to the conclusion, yes it is brilliant and so easy to use. I just had to play with it as soon as I got it, trying every wand out to see the different types of curls I could achieve - I had so much fun!

March Favourites.

Hi everyone!

I wanted to start this post with a lovely statement about how the weather has got warmer and the sun has been shining, cheering us all up! But as I write this, it's been raining all morning and is dark and gloomy, so it's just another example of typical British weather but believe it or not, Spring is here! I just love Spring, don't you? There are so many pretty colours, everything looks far more beautiful and it means we are getting closer to Summer which is my favourite time of the year.

Now for what I have been loving this month, I found it quite difficult to come up with a few things that I have been enjoying throughout March, I have tried new and different products but I just haven't been loving them enough for them to feature in my favourites. So I have had to really think about what I have been using a lot this month or any new products that I have tried, here's what I came up with - enjoy!

TUTORIAL: Keeping it Neutral.

Hi everyone!

I realised that it has been over a month since I did a tutorial - bad blogger points - so with that in mind, I thought it was about time that I did one for you. I didn't really have a look in mind when I started this, I just sort of made it up as I went along, I hope you like it!