Desk/workspace

Hi friends,

I finally picked up a desk! I found this super cute trestle desk secondhand, so I picked it up so I can have a little space to set up my art supplies. You know, just having the space has made me feel more creative.

I only just set it up yesterday, but here's some pictures. I'm really happy with it.

Some cute lil' cats I painted.

The two plants I picked up on a recent trip to New Plymouth from a market. I think they are perfect desk plants! As you can see they get a nice bit of afternoon sun.
The three little cats I made. They are super cute.

That's all for today.

Good books.

Hi friends,

Today has been a cold and rainy day, so I've just stayed home doing chores, repotting plants and reading. I'm currently reading Paper Towns by John Green and so far I am liking it. This post today is a look at my current favourite books.

The first is an author, and I love all the books so they all get a mention. The author is Lang Leav, and they are books full of short poetry. They are honestly so lovely and nice to leave around as you can pick them up to a page and read a poem. I really like them.

Next up is Milk and Honey - by Rupi Kaur. This is again a poetry book and similar to Lang Leav's work. I highly recommend both.

A novel I really I enjoy and have read multiple times is the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. It's a mystery type book but written from the perspective of a boy - Christopher. I don't really want to say much more but it's really good and written in a different way.

A second novel I thought I'd mention is Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children. I recently read the second book and this was also good - I'm excited for the next one. I didn't love the movie but can highly recommend the book and it features some creepy photos of the children too.

The two other books I am going to feature, are the Language of Flowers, and Household Worms - for different reasons. The Language of Flowers is more of a reference book with beautiful drawings of the flowers. It just talks about the plant and I just really like it. I keep it on my coffee table.

The last one I will mention is called Household Worms, by Stanley Donwood. Stanley did some of the artwork for Radiohead which is how I found out about him and this book. It's a book full of short stories, and I would say is one of the books that inspired me to start writing and will alway be one of my favourites.

What's your favourite book/any recommendations?

New makeup :D

For a few years now I've been getting quite into makeup and like building up my collection and colours.

Here's a look at some of the things I picked up recently.

The first place was BeautyJoint, which I love when I'm after some cheaper brands (make up is quite expensive in New Zealand!) So I picked up a couple of items from NYX to add to my soft matte lip cream collection and the butter bronzer from Physicians Formula (I've been wanting for ages and it smells so good!)

The primer is also really nice and is illuminating! It reminds me of the Loreal Magic-Lumi (but has a better price point). 

The NYX concealer is also really nice and I haven't yet tried the mascara but I have heard a few people recommend it so I picked it up.

The next place was Mecca Maxima, which is pretty new for us in NZ and we now can get some great brands easily! 

There were two collections I was excited for - the Urban Decay Basquiat and Too Faced Natural Love - so of course I picked up an item from each.

This is a face wash from a brand that is new to me - Frank. I'm really liking it so far and the bottle is really nice with  pump which is always good!

I chose the Blinded by the Light highlighter - it's very pretty.

This collection has the best packaging. I'm liking this palette so far.

The final place I picked things up from was Sephora, to get a couple of things from Kat Von D. I'm slowly starting to collect the everlasting liquid lipsticks from the brand as they are really nice - I picked up the shade exorcism. I picked up a concealer too.

I'm really liking the concealer so far, it's a bit better of a colour for me than the Nyx one. I picked up L3 Warm (KVD) and Porcelain from Nyx.

Kat Von D is bottom swatch

Here's the lipsticks so you can see the colours (I love liquid lipsticks at the moment). They are all great but I think my favourite is Soft Spoken.

See you next time!