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I took some (very amateur) snippets of travel footage while myself, John, my mam and my brother were in Malta. It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, right? As you’ve probably seen me mention a couple of times on Instagram stories, my mam isn’t very well, so we’re trying to make some lasting memories with her. She’s been to Malta a few times over the years and loved it. I thought it would be fun for us all to go together on a little family trip.

I booked the flights for next to nothing on Ryanair a couple of weeks before we went. It’s off season so they we super cheap.

So was the Airbnb, although as I say in the vlog, I wouldn’t recommend where we stayed, so I didn’t show much of it. It was grand for how we used it and how much it cost in January. The location was great too. We stayed in St Julian, the apartment was close to lots of bus stops and had plenty of amenities close by.

As I mentioned this holiday was more for my mam, and she loves shopping. We spent most of it waiting outside of shops for her 🙂 We did do a little exploring and lots of eating and drinking in between though.

Malta is a beautiful place. We managed to travel to Valletta, Sliema and Gozo, (which is an Island), within our week there. It’s a reasonably small country so it doesn’t take too long to get from one place to another.

The architecture is beautiful and the cathedrals in particular will blow your mind. I never thought I would get up close to masterpieces from the artist Caravaggio. I actually studied some of his paintings in school, so it was amazing to learn more about him and see some of his works in real life.

Overall, our trip to Malta was a memorable one. The food, the views and the people are all brilliant. It is pretty chilly there if you travel in January, that’s something to be mindful of. You automatically think of it as a warm country. We will 100% will be back, to do even more exploring.

Let me know what you think of the travel vlog. Is it worth me doing more of them in the future?

xxx

The theme is definitely in the title. This is a full face of makeup using one brand, theBalm Cosmetics.

I did a post a little while ago about their newest releases here. It’s only fair that these make an appearance in the video, as well as some well known products too.

This is my first time really delving into theBalm Cosmetics like this. I am definitely only a dabbler in the brand. All that I had tried though I did enjoy. Especially Mary-Lou and their ‘Put A Lid on It’ eyeshadow primer. (I reviewed this here ages ago too).

I was lucky enough to get sent these products from theBalm Cosmetics to test out, so most of them are new to me, so you will be getting my first impressions on them too. As always I’ll list everything below, with a link to where you can get them:

Timebalm Primer. Available from Debenhams here. theBalm PR told me this has really similar ingredients to their eyeshadow primer so I used this on my lids too.
Even Steven Foundation in light. Available here.
Brow Pow in light and dark brown. Available here.
Foiled Again Eyeshadow Palette. (Only available in store from Debenhams at the minute).
Schwing Liquid Liner. Available here.
Mad Lash Mascara. Available here.
Sexy Mama Translucent Powder. Available here.
Bahama Mama Bronzing Powder. Available here.
Girls’ getaway Trio. Available here.
Mary-Lou Manizer Highlighter. Available here.
Bonnie-Lou Manizer. (Only available in store from Debenhams right now).

The look I ended up creating was similar to a look I shared on social media a couple of weeks ago that went down quite well. So I thought I would recreate it using all theBalm Cosmetics products. (I had just used the Foiled Again Palette initially).

I am really happy overall with how all the products performed. On first impressions, I will definitely use all of them again. I’ll keep you posted about how I get on.

You can watch the full video above or go directly to my YouTube channel here. Be sure to let me know what you think 🙂

xxx

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Travel Vlog Malta

Overall, our trip to Malta was a memorable one. The food, the views and the people are all brilliant. It is pretty chilly there if you travel in January, that’s something to be mindful of. You automatically think of it as a warm country. We will 100% will be back, to do even more exploring.

Let me know what you think of the travel vlog. Is it worth me doing more of them in the future?

xxx

theBalm Cosmetics Full Face Makeup Look

The theme is definitely in the title. This is a full face of makeup using one brand, theBalm Cosmetics.

Timebalm Primer. Available from Debenhams here. theBalm PR told me this has really similar ingredients to their eyeshadow primer so I used this on my lids too.

Even Steven Foundation in light. Available here.

Brow Pow in light and dark brown. Available here.

Foiled Again Eyeshadow Palette. (Only available in store from Debenhams at the minute).

Schwing Liquid Liner. Available here.

Mad Lash Mascara. Available here.

Sexy Mama Translucent Powder. Available here.

Bahama Mama Bronzing Powder. Available here.

Girls’ getaway Trio. Available here.

Mary-Lou Manizer Highlighter. Available here.

Bonnie-Lou Manizer. (Only available in store from Debenhams right now).

You can watch the full video above or go directly to my YouTube channel here. Be sure to let me know what you think 🙂