15 THINGS WORKING IN LONDON HAS TAUGHT ME ABOUT THE CITY

For the past month I've been interning at Cosmopolitan Magazine in London. I had such an amazing time, everyone was so nice and I am so glad to have had this opportunity. It was my first time working in London so there were many things I found out about the capital city that I had no clue of before.

1. Oxford Street is not a place you can rush through
People are just EVERYWHERE.

2. On that note, neither are the tube stations
You think you have enough pace and speed to get your train on time and then some confused and lost person will slowly walk in your way.

3. People are either really rude or really friendly, there's no in between

4. Oxford Street is a magical place
The Disney store is especially wonderful.

5. The floor is un-even. I've learnt from personal experience
I've also got the bruises and scabs to prove it.

6. London prices aren't really that much different to prices everywhere else
When people say "oh it's London so it's going to be more expensive." They're lying. I didn't see any difference.

7. People stand in front of the yellow line in the tube station and it makes me nervous
I've heard enough horror stories to stay far away from the lines.

8. The street sweepers in London don't have the easiest of jobs
See number 1.

9. Deciding on where to eat is a chore in itself
There are just SO MANY places.

10 . London is just not for me
Falling flat on my face, dropping my iPod down the side of a train door and getting lost (multiple times) but kind of proves that, really. But that doesn't mean to say I won't be working there again. I just hope I'll come back in one piece.

RIMMEL LONDON PROFESSIONAL EYEBROW PENCIL AND BRUSH | BEAUTY REVIEW

Eyebrows have suddenly become a big thing, just out of the blue. 5 years ago nobody really paid too much attention to them but started to pluck them as thin as possible. But now it's bigger the better. I have had my fails with my eyebrows in the past, unfortunately I didn't realise they didn't suit me until a couple of months of shaping them that way. If you're new to the eyebrow shaping scene then experiment different shapes and thickness on your own in a locked room preferably, it can get ugly! However instead of plucking them until there's none left, use a pencil to try different looks - I recommend Rimmel London Professional Eyebrow Pencil - 'professional' it most certainly is.

However if you are completely happy with the shape of your eyebrows and want to fill them in and make them look fuller, than I still recommend this one. I've tried the bigger look and it just doesn't look right on my petite-looking face. Without the pencil, even with plucking and shaping them, they're still not perfect. There's parts that are missing (don't ask me how) and they just don;t compliment my face.

I use the pencil and outline the top and bottom of my eyebrows and then colour them in - this is where colouring in between the lines all my life has come in handy! Afterwards, it looks like someone has just gone over my eyebrows with a marker pen and as you probably would agree, it's not attractive. However I use the brush that comes with the pencil to even out the colour and the hairs and I also use it to give them a little bit more shape. This is the finished look -

Okay so they probably don;t look as amazing as other people but they are significantly different than my eyebrows before the pencil. I love this pencil because the pencil helps defines the eyebrows and the brush helps keeps the shape and helps it look less in-your-face. This pencil comes in so many colours etc and is very cheap from local high street beauty stores.

Fun fact: Up until the age of 13, I thought eyebrows were called eyebrowns because a lot of people's were brown - Unfortunately, this is 100% true.

TED BAKER BRIGHT PINK AND DARK PURPLE LIP CRAYONS

 I got these for Christmas in a Ted Baker makeup box set - alongside these I got eyeliner, eyelashes and nail varnish but these lip crayons are the product I most use from the set. Both colours are completely different but are both stunning! The glide on like and dream and the colour pigment is wonderful, the only criticism I have is that they don't stay on for as long as I'd hoped, but with the little packaging, they are very easy to carry on in your bag, either in the day or at night.

I would definitely buy Ted Baker's Makeup range again, especially their lips range. For two colours that are so different, I wear both of them quite a lot!