If anyone who has followed for a while remembers around this time last year, I was moaning about going on our Duke of Edinburgh Expedition. Too right. It was awful...

Wet. Cold. Windy. Obnoxious teachers sitting around eating bacon sandwhiches in the warm. Tents collapsing. Mud. Almost getting killed by a load of cows that wanted to eat us...the less said about the expedition, the better.

So it's like a day until the whole experience is repeated again, this time for two nights and three days. Three days? Three days without the internet? Three days without makeup?

No.

Instead, I have challenged myself to come up with a makeup look that is light (to carry), not bulky (again, to carry), and pretty low maintainence. Sparsity is the key. No foundation, probably no concealer, and multi tasking products are the order of the day.

My eyeshadow primers of choice (I do love my eyeshadow) will be a tag team of Pixie Epoxy and Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden. I want to put this deadly duo to the test - how long can it keep on my eyeshadows through these conditions? I don't think we're allowed to shower on the first day (can I say GROSS! A day of walking in heavy clothes and no shower!) but it'll all be washed off on the second day, when we are.
My emergency, no makeup makeup D of E kit is just three items. And a mirror, but I didn't photograph that.  I'm trying to regain the momentum I lost when I mentioned the mirror...yeah. No brushes required, just apply and go, basically.
It consists of No7 Amazing Eyes Eye Pencil in Black, No7 Metallic Eye Pencil in Purple and a homemade lip tint.
The black eye pencil can act as a brow pencil, and I'll tightline as I don't have any mascara on me - the Metallic Eye Pencil will serve as an all over wash of colour which shouldn't budge and the lip tint will double as a cheek tint. Innovative, right? Or plain stupid, no one needs makeup on D of E.
I've schedueled posts, don't worry :)

Yey! Back from D of E. To be fair it was a lot more fun this time, seeing as there was no mud/rain/evil wild animals.

As you can see above (or not, I used quite a bit of bubble wrap!) the three nail polishes are safetly tucked inside their bubble wrap house, waiting for a new owner...
And a Jiffy bag too. Giveaway ends at 12 pm (as long as it's still twelve pm at some place in the world, that's fine!) and the winner has 48 hours to reply to my email! Thanks guys :D Here's my spreadsheet of everyone who has entered so far!

Oh, and one other thing:
You know how I blogged about how I used Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula as my body cream a while ago? (and compared it to Dove's?) well I went out and bought the lip balm not so long ago. I quite like it. I don't really like very gloopy/sticky things on my lips, this barely feels as if it's there and gives a sort of matte look to the lips, good for school. I like :D Only thing is, there doesn't seem to be a lot of product in it. With most lip balms, you twist up from the bottom, yes? With this one, the twister is oddly right near the top which means I suspect that they're skimping on product. Shame, because I quite like this one.

Love,

September Lena

Quick one as I'm off hiking tommorow with Duke of Edinburgh. This is the Boots No 7 colour I've been raving about. I'm going to do some nail art on it, but isn't it PRETTY?
Goodnight!