Matti May Hardie: August 2016

2016 Summer Make-Up Menu | Matti May Hardie

4:03 PM / BY May

Hey all, how's you? I haven't done one of these for ages since I hadn't really worn any make-up this summer, but I have recently had an excuse to put a bit of paint on my face, and I thought I'd share it with you guys. I know it's nearly September but I will probably use this until autumn. Base I've honestly been wearing little to no base over the summer since it just melts...

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10 Things That Happen When You Go To College | Matti May Hardie

4:02 PM / BY May

Hey all, how's you? I've been at college for a year now, and I wanted to tell those of you who are starting this year what you've got to look foward to in September. 1/ You Get Really Good At Fitting A Lot Of Things In Small Spaces. Lockers are small, so if you have a joint locker, you need to be able to fit all your bags in! You then become a master of real-life tetris....

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A Guide To A Down-Day | Matti May Hardie

3:59 PM / BY May

Hey all, how's you? We all get them. Those days when you don't really have the motivation to get out of bed, and if you do it's to move to the sofa, with the duvet. You don't really know what to do, you hate yourself for not eating all the chocolate and carbs, but then if you do you'll hate yourself because you're a fat bitch and no wonder nobody loves you. Your anxiety is...

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Little Mostly High-End Make-Up, Fashion and Piercing Haul | Matti May Hardie

3:55 PM / BY May

Hey all, how's you? On Friday, Mama and I decided to go and make the most of the end-of-season sales and ended up demolishing both the shops and Mama's bank account (soz, Eomma). I wanted to share my love for what I bought because they're so pretty! So I decided I'd knock up a quick mid-week haul for you guys to share my purchases. Beauty O.P.I Nail Varnish in "Lady In Black" - 13.95€ To be totally honest,...

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5 Shows You Need To See On Netflix | Matti May Hardie

3:38 PM / BY May

Hey all, how's you? I'm a self-confessed Netflix addict. I spend most of my time with something on in the background, even if I'm not always listening, it's nice to have something I can just listen to. I wanted to share with you guys my favourite shows on Netflix. Friends Source I mean... I shouldn't really need to add this, but I thought I would anyway because it's Friends. It's a fucking cult show and it's hilarious...

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Hey all, how's you?

For my birthday, one thing that was on my list was coloured contact lenses. I'd only ever briefly thought about them seriously before this year when my friends Marion and Gaëlle bought contact lenses, and I was like 'hmm, this is cool, I'd like to try that'. I was thinking about what kind of colour I could get and what really helped me decided what colour contact I wanted was my favourite book 'The Lost Art Of Keeping Secrets' by Eva Rice (I've already spoken about this book here). One of my favourite characters of the books, called Harry, has one blue eye and one brown eye, and I'd always found that really cool.

Long story short, my friend kindly bought them for me for my birthday, so we had a look on the internet but the website I wanted to buy them from didn't ship to France *sob* and didn't want to buy something I'm putting in my eye just anywhere, so we decided to go to the opticians in town and see if they sold correction-less contact lenses. Turns out they did and so we picked some up. I got the Freshlook 'Colourblends' contacts in the colour 'Brown'.

I've just finished my first month using them, so I thought I was pretty qualified to tell you guys about them; plus I had really enjoyed using them and I wanted to share them so that if any of you were looking for a good place to buy contacts, I wanted to share the love.

Right, onto the actual contacts. They come in loads of different colours but I chose brown as I've already explained. At first, like most contacts I suppose, they're a bit uncomfortable and it felt, to me, like I had something in my eye, which, obviously, I did, but like that something wasn't actually meant to be there, if that makes sense. You do get used to them after a while though, it took me about a week of wearing them every day to get used to them, and once you get used to them it's like they're not even there.

One thing I want to tell you is that you need to put the contacts in before you apply any eye make-up! I've already tried after and I got a bit of make-up under the lense and it made my eye water so much most of my make-up came off. Also make sure you wash your hands with soap when putting them in or taking them out as any little particle of dust or anything that could be left on your finger could really damage your eye and make it all rather uncomfortable.

Though I do just want to warn you that if the blurriness and not being able to see properly last over a longer period of time then you should go and see the opticians because you could cause damage to your eyesight.

As for the colour payoff, they look great from afar. Close up, you can see my natural eye colour next to my pupil, but really I think that makes it even cooler as it makes my eye look even weirder than they did before!

In the box, there's two contacts (*Snape's voice* obviously) and a little box for the contacts. As for the solution, I use the iWear "Easywear All-In-One" contact solution. I put that in the little box for the contacts, to keep them clean, I change that every time I put the contact or take it out to make sure that there isn't any dirt in the solution or on the lens.

Have you used the Colourblend contacts before? What did you think about them?

Matti x

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