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100 Halloween Costume Ideas for women 2013

19 Thursday Sep 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, Fashion, Halloween

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Here are 100 halloween costume ideas, 20 of them are new ideas for 2013 (from things that happened or were out this year.) The rest are older ideas that are not overdone and that you could be proud to wear to a halloween party.

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  1. Miley Cyrus at VMA’s
  2. Theodora from OZ The Great and Powerful
  3. Evanora from OZ The Great and Powerful
  4. Glinda from  OZ The Great and Powerful
  5. China Girl from OZ The Great and Powerful
  6. Annie Gale from OZ The Great and Powerful
  7. Daisy from the great Gatsby
  8. Myrtle from the Great Gatsby
  9. A girl from the Blurred lines video
  10. Night Bitch from Kick Ass 2
  11. Tauriel from The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug
  12. Gretel from Hansel and Gretel
  13. Jungle Katy Perry from Roar video
  14. Margery Tyrell from Game of Thrones
  15. Ygritte from Game of Thrones
  16. Norah from True Blood
  17. Amy from The Big Bang Theory
  18. Black Widow
  19. Skyrim Character
  20. Irisa from Defiance
  21. Royal Baby
  22. Sally Jupiter from Watchmen
  23. Nancy from Sin City
  24. Alice from Resident Evil
  25. Elektra
  26. Effie Trinket from the Hunger Games
  27. Katniss Everdeen
  28. Miss Spider
  29. Merida from Brave
  30. Princess Peach
  31. Derpina
  32. Ramona Flowers
  33. G girl
  34. Fem Bot from Austin powers
  35. Hit Girl from Kick Ass
  36. Miss Piggy
  37. Silk Spectre from Watchmen
  38. Xena
  39. Calypso from Pirates of the Carribean
  40. Maleficent
  41. Belatrix Lestrange
  42. Betty Boop
  43. Wendy from South Park
  44. Olive Oyl
  45. Meg from Family Guy
  46. A Powerpuff Girl
  47. Megara from Hercules
  48. Angelica from The Rug Rats
  49. Quorra from Tron Legacy
  50. Esmerelda
  51. Wednesday Adams
  52. Spinelli from Recess
  53. Comic Book Woman
  54. Seven of Nine from Star Treck
  55. Padme/Queen Amidala
  56. Princess Leia/Slave Princess Leia
  57. Leeloo from The Fifth Element
  58. Satine from Mouline Rouge
  59. Mystique from X-men
  60. The Bride from Kill Bill (Yellow suit)
  61. Selene from Underworld
  62. Anna Valerius from Van Helsing
  63. Aleera, Verona or Marishka from Van Helsing
  64. Daenerys Targaryen
  65. Arwen
  66. Galadriel
  67. Trinity from the Matrix
  68. The White Queen from Alice in Wonderland
  69. The Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland
  70.  Merlotte’s Waitress
  71. Jessica Rabbit
  72. Corpse Bride
  73. Black Swan
  74. Sally from a nightmare before christmas
  75. Neytiri from Avatar
  76. Trinity from the Matrix
  77. A Character from your favourite book
  78. Chun-Li from Streetfighter
  79. Cami from Streetfighter
  80. Poison from Streetfighter
  81. Sansa from Game of Thrones
  82. Cersei from Game of Thrones
  83. Arya from Game of Thrones
  84. Black Swan
  85. Jessica Rabbit
  86. Xena Warrior Princess
  87. Coraline
  88. Leela from Futurama
  89. Misty from Pokemon
  90. Zelda
  91. Babydoll from Sucker Punch
  92. Pocahontas
  93. Mary Poppins
  94. Wilma from the Flintstones
  95. Betty from the Flintstones
  96. Pebbles Flintsone
  97. A character from Once upon a time
  98. Astrid from How to Train your Dragon
  99. Daria
  100. Jane Lane

I hope you have found a costume idea that you like. If you have any good costume ideas for 2013 please share them in a comment.

I have loads and loads of costume ideas on my halloween pinterest board – have a look for some inspiration:

http://www.pinterest.com/breigem/halloween/

Likes and comments always welcome 🙂

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Inside the September Glossybox (The London Edition)

14 Saturday Sep 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, review, Shopping

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Bargain, Be A Bombshell, Beauty, Blusher, box, Breviewed, British, budget, Cheeks, cosmetics, Cream, edition, Elizabeth Arden, expensive, Eye Liner, eyelashes, Eyeliner, Eyelure, Eyes, fake, false, Fashion, glossybox, good value, Hair, London, London Edition, make up, Mystery, Perfume, Pre-glued, Rimmel, September, Serum, shopping, surprise, Toni&Guy, Untold, women, work

 Hey 🙂

Here is what I received inside my September Glossybox :

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I have tried the perfume, the blush and the false eyelashes. I really like the perfume and the blush, Untold  isn’t overpowering or barely there, it’s just the right amount of noticable. I would call it a heavy scent, I don’t know what scent to compare it to but it is not fruity and smells expensive. I think this will be my new perfume for work.

The Rimmel Stay blushed blusher is a great colour for me, it looks like a dark coral when it comes out of the tube but blends to a light barely there pink. I would go for this if you want your blush to look as natural as possible.

The eyelure lashes are great because you just peel them off and press them on, no glue required. For a false eyelash virgin like me though, they are a bit too big and dramatic, not really my style.

I’ve still to try the eyeliner and the Toni&Guy serum but I’ll update this post once I have tried them.

Glossybox Breakdown

Full size items

Eyelure Pre-glued lashes (£5.06)

Tony&Guy HairMeetwardrobe Classic Shine & Gloss Serum (£7.19)

Be A Bombshell Cosmetics Onyx Eye Line ($14)

Rimmel Stay Blushed Blusher (£4.49)

Sample size items

Elizabeth Arden Untold (5ml aprox £4.80) (50ml=£48.00)

Thanks for checking out my blog, I know it’s been a while since my last post. I got a new job and I’m moving house next week so I have been too busy to blog but I am now back to daily posts so stop by again tomorrow 🙂

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Inside the July Birchbox

30 Tuesday Jul 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, review, Shopping

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Bargain, Beauty, beauty protector, birchbox, blanc cachemire, blush, Chia, Chia shots, conditioner, detangle, Eyeliner, Eyes, Fashion, french, gel, German, Hair, hair products, inkwell, instain, july, leave in conditioner, long wearing, make up, new look, protect, protectrice, purple, review, shopping, skin, Skincare, skinfood, the balm cosmetics, waterproof, waterproof gel Liner, weleda

Here is what I received inside my July Birchbox :

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Inside the July Glossybox

29 Monday Jul 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, review, Shopping

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alterna, anatomicals, Bamboo style, Beauty, boho waves, ciate, coconut, coola, dry shampoo, facial spritz, glossybox, Hair, inecto, july, nail polish, Nails, shopping, sunscreen, texture mist, tousled

Here is what I received inside my July Glossybox :

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I haven’t really used much from this box yet but it won’t be long until I do.

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

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Inside the July Miss Glossybox

22 Monday Jul 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, review, Shopping

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asda, bath, Bath Bombs, Bath fizz, Beauty, beauty box, Beyonce, eyelashes, fake, fake eyelashes, false, Fashion, glittery, glossybox, Hair, Heat, how to, Kiss, Kiss nail wraps, make up, Miss Glossybox, Miss Pattisseries, nail wraps, Nails, Perfume, pink and silver, plump it up, products, samples, shopping, style, summer, Teen, VO5, volume, volumising

So in my Beauty Box Bonanza post yesterday I gave you a sneak peak of what I had received in my July Miss Glossybox (the second box from Miss Glossybox not to be confused with Glossybox). This boz is £7.00 + £2.95 p+p and there is a new box every two months. Here is the full reveal :

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Beauty Box Bonanza! Glossybox, Miss Glossybox and Birchbox

21 Sunday Jul 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, review, Shopping

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Bargain, Beauty, beauty box, Beauty Boxes, birchbox, budget, different beauty, Fashion, glossybox, july, make up, Miss Glossybox, Mystery Boxes, Nails, self indulgence, shopping, subscriptions, summer

Hey 🙂

So I recently started a new job and guess where my first pay check went? Well a lot of it was eaten up by beauty box subscriptions. I have wanted to try so many beauty boxes for so long that I went a little OTT and ordered 3 different beauty boxes in one night. Of course, I rationalised that I could blog about them, so they are for research purposes too, not purely self-indulgence. Well that’s my story and I am sticking too it.

The boxes I ordered were all July versions, I got GlossyBox, BirchBox and Miss Glossybox ( this box is aimed at younger teens and is only £7 plus P+P while the other 2 boxes are £10 plus p+p) so at least one of my boxes was for research purposes as I have yet to see any Miss Glossybox reviews so I thought I would post one 🙂

But first, here are all three boxes together in their arrival condition:

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Inside these you will find:

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Stop by the blog tomorrow for a full review of the July Miss Glossybox, here is a sneak peak before you go :

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Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

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Sales and Deals

15 Friday Feb 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, Budget, Fashion, Shopping

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Accessories, administration, Bargain, bargain hunting, Bargains, Beauty, cheap, clearance sale, clothing, Deals, discount code, discounts, Dorothy Perkins, e.l.f, elf, eyes lips face, Fashion, handbags, jewellery, make up, money, offers, Republic, Sale, Sales, Shoes, shopping, special offers, style

Hey 🙂

If you are looking for a bargain then I would head to republic today, they have gone into administration which while very sad has resulted in a massive sale.

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Also if you are looking for some make up, E.L.F are doing some great discounts codes at the moment, see below.

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To top it all off Dorothy Perkins are giving you an extra 15% off their final clearance sale online.

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If I only I had the money to take advantage of all these offers :/

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂 Happy Shopping!

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09 Saturday Feb 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty

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The Crystal Chronicles

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Coconut Oil!

I love coconut oil! Seriously can’t live without it! I really never used to give it a second thought. I have always use the coconut oil you can get at the beauty supply store on my hair but never thought of where else to use it, but then I got to thinking, why am I using this thick gunk instead of the real thing? And that’s when I fell in love and decided I would incorporate into my beauty routine from now on. I also used it when I was nursing my son, you’ll see why below.

Here are some ways you too can use coconut oil in your health and beauty routine and how I do as well!

  •  Dab a little under the eyes as an eye cream! Coconut oil is full of antioxidants so give those peepers a little dose!
  •  A shiny and frizz free hair!…

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Deals, Discounts and Vouchers

08 Friday Feb 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, Budget, Fashion, Shopping

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Bargains, Beauty, budget, clothing, codes, Deals, denims, discounts, e.l.f, elf, elle magazine, Fashion, Free, Freebies, jeans, kurt geiger, Magazines, make up, new look, shopaholics, shoping, shopping, style, Trousers, vouchers

Hey everyone,

I’ve found  some information that any shopaholics amongst you will want to know. Here are all the details. Happy Shopping 🙂

You will recieve a free £20 Kurt Geiger voucher when you buy a copy of Elle magazine, on sale now.

You will recieve a free £20 Kurt Geiger voucher when you buy a copy of Elle magazine, on sale now.

All jeans at new look are 25% off.

All jeans at new look are 25% off.

 

This weekend, ELF Shipping is just £1.

This weekend, ELF Shipping is just £1.

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

 

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E.L.F Sale and Free Shipping Code

13 Sunday Jan 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Bargain, Beauty, Shopping

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Just a heads up for anyone who likes E.L.F products.

50% off

Elf Sale

www.eyeslipface.co.uk

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

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