I can't actually believe it. This is the last Blogmas post as well as the last blog post for the year. Truth be told I need a little break from blogging after this month but I'll be back with a new blogging schedule at the start of the year. I really want to improve both my content and this little blog in general in the new year for everyone who reads and sends me messages about how they loved Blogmas and the blog in general in the last couple of months. So, thank you very much to those wonderful people-you know who you are ;).

When I started this little blog, actually a couple of years ago for the first time round and then again this year, I didn't think anyone would read my blog posts. However, to my surprise people did, and the blog has grown a lot in the last month alone through the blogging community and word of mouth. I'm so thankful for every read, message and the odd comment here and there. To think that people read this little blog across the world shocks me beyond belief. That still hasn't quite sunk in.

I've always liked to better myself and everything that I do. I know I haven't posted a lot on here before Blogmas because of school and life in general but it is one of my goals to post a lot more on here in the new year. In addition to this, I created another little blog which is for a complete different topic but more on that in the new year when its officially launched.

Blogmas has had its moments where its made me think; 'Why am I doing this again?', 'This post isn't actually great, but I need to put one up'. Which is mainly me thinking that my content hasn't been the best and I do put that down to my own fault when it comes to my own organization skills and planning. FYI, I decided to do Blogmas a couple of days before the start of December and it takes a lot of work to write one blog post, let alone 24 in one month.

I've spent the last couple of weeks planning all the new content for the upcoming year and trying to figure out when I'm going to post and how frequently. Let me know in the comments below, what you would prefer: 3 times a week (which is what my heart is set on doing) or once a week (what my mind is set on).

I'm proud of this little place on the internet where I get to talk about the much more girly side of myself. I know this sounds very stereotypical but after all I'm a teenage girl and I'm very much into
the whole beauty and fashion trends as you can probably tell.

I wanted to end Blogmas on a more heartfelt note and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for reading and coming back time after time again to read my blog posts. I love each and everyone of you (even if you've only visited once, if this is your first blog post of mine to read-Hello!).

Can we all take a moment to appreciate that Christmas is only 2 DAYS AWAY!! AHHHH!! The Christmas Joy has officially hit me and I've gone into overload. I'm running out of ideas for Blogmas now we're near the end as I have so many planned for the upcoming year!! So...we're met with another question type blog post-this one being the 20 Questions Tag

Christmas is the most important holiday in my family and we're known for going all out at this time of year. I begin thinking about Christmas as soon as Christmas ends for the following year. I have been known to watch Christmas films in the middle of August. No joke.

I wanted to do a little blog post on my family's Christmas Traditions, some of which have been around a long time before I was born.

1- No presents under the tree until Christmas eve night when all the kids are in bed. This one came into play when I was very little and my mum experienced it a few times herself when she was a kid because we both had the habit of sitting down and trying to peek at what the presents were. I prefer all the presents appearing for Christmas morning though as it adds to the excitement on Christmas day.

2-Holiday music playlist. We have a family Christmas playlist on Spotify where each family member chooses their favourite Christmas song and it gets added to the playlist. Then when we're all chatting, baking, cooking or whatever we put it on and dance as well as having a little chinwag.

3-Driving around and looking at all the decorated houses. This is probably one of my favourite Christmas traditions to do. We did it a couple of weeks ago actually when my Nan was working late and we decided to take along so she wouldn't be alone when driving around late at night. Let's just say that a lot of people decided to decorate the front of their house this year.

This year has had its fair share of ups and downs. I mean, I finished my formal education (5 years of high school), I turned 16, Prom and I did and smashed my CGSE's. In general, the year has been one of many milestones and the end of some era's.

This year has gone by so quickly! I've just broken up from school after doing my first term of a-levels! Where has the last two years gone? I can learn to drive next year- which is then quickly followed by making decisions on what I want to do after I leave sixth form. At the moment, I'm torn between film school and university; trying to find which one will be the best one for me.

Looking back on last year's resolutions- I managed to do them all! Some were goals while others included breaking habits and getting back into hobbies I had distanced myself from when I was a child. I have this coming's year resolutions in a list on my phone ready to go for New Year's Day. I don't do the normal new years resolutions, it's more little weird ones that are quite easy to do once I in-cooperate them into my routine but I never had the time for them until this year. Here's a few of my little goals for the coming year:

I wouldn't class myself as being a neither a early bird or a night owl, i mean i don't have a favourite between the two and I'm a mix of both. I have to get up pretty early most days anyway which is why i love the weekends where I can have a lay in (which doesn't happen anymore because my body clock doesn't go past 8).

I'm the most productive around mid-day surprisingly and late morning. If i don't get anything done around this time then I feel like the day hasn't been productive what so ever. Seeing the sun rise every morning is a beautiful thing to witness from inside when the weather is too cold (like it is today when I'm writing this).


So here is my winter morning routine...




My alarm usually goes off between 6:15-6:30 ( I have multiple set because i don't like waking up that early). I usually spend around 5 minutes just checking through Snapchat-keeping the snap streaks alive, going through my emails and other social media. Before putting on my slippers and my dressing gown and going downstairs to get some food.

Like most, I have a little makeup wish-list that I just add little items I like too. Which defiantly doesn't help with my love for makeup in general. There seems to be new launches left, right and centre nowadays.






So this is my current beauty wish-list, It's quite small to past ones. Also, sorry for the really bad quality on the polyvore image-I have no clue why it's transferred that way.

I have to admit, my winter wardrobe doesn't actually kick in till' around mid December after school has ended. It's also the point where I can no longer escape the cold and I have to submit to my winter coats and my dressing gown whenever I can when I'm at home.

I find it so hard to put together my own winter outfits because jeans and a jumper and a woolly coat don't exactly class as one of the stylish winter outfits. How do you make layers stylish and still be warm at the same time is one of my many questions. When I'm in need on inspiration I turn to Pinterest-like many others. I've gathered together 3 of my favourite winter outfits from Pinterest and put them all into this little space here.

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Credit: Ecstasy Models Let me know in the comments what your winter outfit entails. Jenny xo

When it comes to people doing Q&A's I always send in a question in the hopes of being answered. Very quickly becoming one of my favourite things to watch/read. As part of Blogmas and to help you guys get to know me a little bit better I decided to do a little Q&A. I like answering questions because I find it fun so I'm excited for you to read this. My lovely friends gave me some very funny and wonderful questions to answer-some of which have stayed in. Enjoy!

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In no way shape or form do I want to sound like the Grinch in this blog post, but I've always found it an interesting question to ask someone when they knew that 'he' wasn't real and its actually our parents.

I mean after a while your common sense kicks in when it comes to this time of year and staying up and waiting for Santa to arrive looses its excitement when you get to a certain age (6 for me). The Santa excitement is still very much around in my family due to the little ones. Like I said earlier, I'm not trying to be like the Grinch I promise but there comes a point where your parents can't lie to you about it any more and it comes very clear that its been them the entire time putting the presents under the tree as soon as you fell asleep before whisking you upstairs and tucking you into bed.

I mean, the bite out of the carrots was a very clean cut if you receive my meaning (I blame drama for that phrase being stuck in my head, specifically Frank from Equus). I'd be very surprised if a reindeer's bite was actually that clean so it looks like a knife has cut half of the carrot off.

Don't get me started on the mince pies/biscuits and the glass of milk we leave out every year. Grandad if you're reading this, you can give it up now. It's a nice gesture and all but I've known for a while now.

I wanted to tell you lovely lot how I found out that Santa wasn't real before I babble on and on for eternity. So here goes...

I can't remember the exact month but I was in year 5/6 (yes I believed it for that long) and I was walking to school with my Nan. We were discussing Christmas as you casually do and she suddenly came out with 'You know that it's been me and your mum putting the presents under the tree, right?'. Now, part of me had a feeling it was them after other kids in my class had started telling everyone else that he wasn't real but some of us didn't believe them, patiently waiting for our parents to own up instead. The other part of me at this point was distraught that practically a good half of my childhood had been crushed in one sentence by someone who had been acting as the oh so famous 'Santa' all this time. Let's not forget that I was on my way too school so my day was ruined before it had begun.

I still have a lot of my original Christmas spirit before anyone starts calling me the Grinch. I'm far from it and you can't say I didn't warn you what this blog post would be about. I mean first line and all.

Whenever we mention the words 'Christmas' or 'Santa' my little cousins faces' light up and its one of the best things to witness because of how excited they get. I don't want to be anywhere near them when they're older and they find out.

To end this blog post on a happier note, let me know in the comments below how excited you are for Christmas.

Everyone knows who the Kardashians are right? I mean they're everywhere, always on the news for something. I personally love them and I watch their reality show religiously. So, when it was announced that Kylie, the youngest of the sisters, was releasing her own cosmetics line (over a year ago now!) I got very excited.

When it comes to new brands I like to wait until there's a good share of reviews before I purchase anything. However, as soon as you try one of her products it has a bit of a snowball effect (well for me anyway) and before you know it you have 5 and you're trying to find an excuse to wear them all, all the time.

She's just recently announced her Christmas collection for her company which has expanded a lot over the last year. A lot of my friends love picking up my little 'collection pot' of my Kylie lipsticks and glosses and admiring them before asking to try them on. So, I thought it would be a good idea to give you an insight into my Kylie Lip Kit Collection (this will only be the lipsticks, sorry) as part of Blogmas.

So, if you didn't already know Kylie's lip kits consist of a liner and liquid lipstick which come in a cute little box with her company logo on the front with the shade's colour as its theme. Her products have been ripped off many times but some trying to make a profit on it by selling fake lip kits. One thing to tell the difference between a real lip kit and a fake one is the grills on the teeth on the front of the packaging (pictured above). The real one is reflective and changes from silver to black under the light or a change of position. So if yours doesn't it's most likely fake. Personally, I wouldn't want to be wearing a fake makeup product due to the risks it brings when you don't know what you're actually putting on your face.

I've been very fortunate to get my hands on them enough times to be able to have a collection, the majority of which have been presents and some I have brought myself. I love them all to pieces and they're up there with some of my favourite lipsticks. So first up is my favourite of them all-Koko K.


This is hands down my favourite of them all. I've nearly finished this one so be expecting to see this in a empties post later on down the line. Her lip liners are SO creamy and easy to apply. They glide on and they're so easy to sharpen too. Koko's liner is also a very close shade to that of the lipstick itself.




This was one of the first lip kits I purchased alongside Dolce K very early on in the year. At the time of buying it was the lightest shade out, so I was immediately attracted to it. I would describe its colour as being a 'dusty rose hue'. It's also a very 90's shade in my opinion but with a twist.

The colour of the lip kit is darker than I expected as it comes out as a warm berry shade on myself due to its pigmentation which is superb I have to say. I have to stick with one layer when applying this one, the same with Dolce, in fear of it being too overwhelming if I don't. Candy K is also very heavily scented. Just thought I'd warn you.





This is the darkest shade in my collection that I've accumulated over the year. As well as being one of the most daring lipsticks I own. I normally play safe but with this I'm taking the plunge. Big time


On the right skin tone this would be the most perfect deep nude. I was scared when I first got it because of how brown it actually is as well as the fear I wouldn't be able to wear it. But it was actually OK on me which shocked me a lot. This shade does vary a lot depending on the skin tone.



Maliboo was released as one of her summer shades this year, being a cool nude tone with a little hint of mauve mixed in to the mix. I'm very pale so this is more of a dark brown on me, which I was expecting, so its not used as much as the others but I still love it and wear it a fair amount of times. It's pretty much a lighter version of Dolce K.

I wear this one in particular with a light brown and gold Smokey eye as it balances out the eyes and lips. I wouldn't wear mascara with it as that may be too overwhelming due to it being such a bold colour statement-especially for me.





I was SO excited for this one to come out after Kylie announced its debut. I held back at first because I had some worries over its undertones and my skin tone in general. Pale and orange undertones don't go well together. I was proved right but I was also pleasantly surprised at the same time.

So many people were calling it the 'perfect nude' for themselves. Me, on the other hand, not so much. My perfect nude is the nearest shade to my natural lip colour. If I have the right makeup on, the shade is perfect on me and looks really nice in my opinion. If I was to wear my 'Everyday Makeup Routine' with the lipstick then I'd be washed out completely to say the least. Other then the minor details, the shade is beautiful and I love it and I would defiantly recommend it to anyone who was less pale than myself.

I don't paint my nails very often anymore after getting into the habit of not being asked to wait for them to dry after I've painted them, in fear of smudging them. It always happens, if anyone knows any tips on not smudging them as soon as you've painted them, please let me know.

Nail polish colours in winter are darker and more 'moody' than those in summer. The pastel colours are long gone. They've been replaced by jewel toned and gold's as well as the berry's and metallic. I've listed below some of my favourite winter colours for this year.

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Charlotte Tilbury Brush Set

Monochrome Map-The Future Mapping Company

Ann Washburn Mink Hairband

White Company Card Holder

Google Chromecast

Tom Ford Classic Wallet

Desk Set: Sloane Stationary

Plain White Tee

Metallic Eyelash Curler

Eye Mask

Unicorn Ring Holder Dish- Forever 21

Amelia Glass Display Case