Beauty New Years Resolution Tag 2014

I did this tag last year and I decided it would be fun to do it again and look back at last years answers as well. 

1. What is a technique that you've improved on during the last year?

This is probably making more of an effort on an everyday basis. I try to venture out a bit more with my makeup when I can when I'm not at school. Generally, I've just been experimenting slightly more than usual.

2. What is your overall most used makeup product this year?

This ones fairly difficult because I tend to mix up my makeup when I find a new favourite but ones that I have been using since I got them over and over are Collection's Lasting Perfection Concealer, Maybelline's Pure BB Cream and MAC's Ladyblush cream blush.

3. What brand would you like to try in the upcoming year?

This year I have tried more high-end makeup which is something I mentioned wanting to do in my last years tag but I would love to try something from brands at Sephora.

4. Are there any products that you'd like to use up this year?

I still am not sure whether this means something I hate and want gone or love and want to continue using but I'll take it as one that I would like to continue using and thats MAC's Pro-Longwear Concealer, I've only just got it but I love it and want to continue using it.

5. Favourite Winter Outfit and Makeup?

I always love wearing leggings, boots and jumpers in winter.

6. What is one bad makeup habit that you want to break in the new year?

Last year i said cleaning my brushes more which I am proud to say I have achieved! This year, I'm not really sure what I'd like to break.

7. Favourite Clothing to keep warm in the winter?

I love jumpers.

8. A fellow blogger you've been loving this year?

At the end of each month I have started doing a favourite blogs post so I explain my favourites in those.

9. What activity are you going to start next year?

Last year I said exercise which I haven't done so I'll say it again this year but its wishful thinking as its probably not going to happen.

10. Describe the year 2014 in 3 words

Friendship, different and fun! 

I hope you enjoyed this post and maybe try it out yourself, I have commented on a few people's blogs tagging them but you can all do it too! 

xoxo

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My Favourite Things Tag

I got tagged by harrietjacksonx to do this tag and I tag all of you. I think that the way it works is that there are different categories and I have to answer my favourite 3 things in each category so here goes…

Products
1. My Camera
2. My Laptop
3. Old family memories like jewellery, photos and movies

Foods
1. Sunday Dinner
2. Steak
3. Chocolate

Places
1. Florida House and actual home in England
2. Chicago
3. Mauritius

Things to do when you're bored
1. Watch TV
2. Go on my phone
3. Write blog posts!

Things to do when its sunny
1. Eat ice pops
2. Have a BBQ
3. Take pictures with friends and family

Films
1. Nicholas Sparks Films (Cheating a bit I know)
2. Footloose (The new version)
3. White House Down - I LOVE this film!

Songs
1. Bad Day by Daniel Powter
2. Keep your head up by Andy Grammar
3. I'm Yours by Jason Mraz

Brands
1. Converse
2. Apple
3. MAC

Evenings
1. Dog Walks
2. Going to the Cinema
3. Dinner with my family

Events
1. Christmas
2. Parties
3. Holidays

Cartoons
1. Frozen
2. Tangled
3. The Little Mermaid

Buildings
1. John Hancock Tower in Chicago
2. Big Ben in London
3. The Eiffel Tower in Paris

Anything in Everyday Life
1. Taking photos
2. Time with friends and family
3. Playing with Milo (My dog)

Influences
1. My sister
2. Zoe Sugg (Zoella)
3. Selena Gomez

Drinks
1. Sprite/Lemonade
2. Orange Squash
3. Milk

Experiences
1. Concerts and shows
2. Going to new places and trying new things
3. Holidays

Things to watch
1. Pretty Little Liars
2. One Tree Hill
3. Gossip Girl

Youtubers
1. Zoe Sugg (Zoella)
2. Bethany Mota
3. Ingrid Nilsen (Miss Glamorazzi)

I hope you enjoyed this… it really made me think!

xoxo

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The Beauty Blogger Tag

I have done a Beauty Blogger Tag before but this one is actually different questions. I tag Harrietjacksonx and beautybyeden to do this tag.

1. Why did you start blogging and how long have you been blogging for?
I started because my best friend who also has a blog (harrietjacksonx) practically forced me into making one and I;m so glad she did because I love it! I started it last November, so thats about 10 months!

2. Whose blog did you fall in love with first? 
Other than my friends blogs, I would have to say Zoellas. I love her blog.

3. What was the first blogsphere hyped about product that you bought? Was it worth the hype?
I think that that was the peach BabyLips. I love it and have bought lots more BabyLips since then and probably will buy lots more in the future!

4. What are your five favourite things about blogging and being a beauty blogger?

•  Writing Posts
•  Your Comments - this is probably my favourite thing. You all leave so many lovely comments! 
• Reading other peoples blogs
• Other bloggers - I love finding out more about other bloggers and when you leave links to your blogs in the comments.
• Having a reason to splurge! - I always feel guilty when buying more makeup because I have a lot and don't really need more but thinking that I can review it makes me feel a little bit less guilty!

5. What have you learnt from being a beauty blogger?

This has helped me search more into products before buying them because I realise that there are so many blog reviews out there, just like my own that I can read before spending my money.

6. Have you changed anything since becoming a beauty blogger?
Other than the re-design of my blog a few weeks ago, I have changed the background for my photos and tried to improve them as best as I can.

7.  Is there any advice that you would give beauty bloggers just starting out?
I have to say to have patience because it takes a while to get pageviews and followers in the beginning and just remember that after first creating your blog, it takes time for people to find it and tell others about it. Once you have some followers, it becomes so much easier to gain more so just have patience with it. I would also say to gain pageviews and followers, it helps if you show interest in other peoples blogs by following them or leaving comments. Thats a good way to get your blog seen.

8. What are your top five makeup brands?
Maybelline, Rimmel, MAC, Soap and Glory and Bourjois probably.

9. Recommend your top five beauty products?
Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer - Obviously this is a hugely talked about product. It is such good quality and super affordable.

Benefit They're Real Mascara - I have mentioned this before on my blog because it is a newly found product but I love it. It makes your lashes look amazing.

Maybelline Master Shape Brow Pencil - This isn't talked about that much but I really love it.

SunBum's Key Lime Lip Balm - I haven't actually talked about this before either but I really love this so much. It is factor 30 and tastes like lime. I can't get enough of it!

MAC Painterly Paint Pot - This is a great base for your eyeshadow or I love to use it on its own to cancel out redness on my lids.

xoxo

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I Heart Fall Tag!

Just a side note, I decided to keep my blog address as pinkcupcake7.blogspot.com due to trouble with changing it on Bloglovin which is my main source of readers. I hope you don't mind all of this but my blogs name will still be Just Add Sparkle but my address will be the same.

Anyway, I haven't done a tag in quite a while and when I was looking for some to do, I came across this one and I thought it was relevant seeing as fall/autumn is approaching so here goes the I Heart Fall Tag! I tag harrietjacksonx, beautybyeden and all of you to do this tag! If you do, leave a link below and I'd love to go over to your blog and read it!

1. Favourite Fall Lipstick?
This is difficult seeing as I never associate my lip colours to the season but if I did, I would probably say MAC's Syrup. This is kind of more of a winter colour but I also think that it is wearable for fall. I also like Rimmel London's Kate Moss Lipstick in 107. Thats a nice deep red.

2. Favourite Fall Nail Polish?
Again, I don't choose the colour depending on the season but if I did, I would probably say Gelish's Good Gossip. This again is more of a winter colour but I all wear it in the fall.

3. Favourite Fall Starbucks Drink?
I usually go with water or Chocolate Chip Frapuccino. I'm boring when it comes to Starbucks!

4. Favourite Fall Candle?
It 's not very fall inspired but I love vanilla scented candles.

5. Favourite Fall Scarf or Accessory?
I love when my boots can come back out of my cupboard! I just love the look of them and they're so comfortable!

6.  Haunted House, Haunted Hay Ride or Haunted Corn Maze?
I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to scary things so I wouldn't like any but if I had to choose, it would probably be the hay ride.

7. Favourite Halloween Movie?
I love the kids halloween movies, I always watch them with my sister and my favourites are Hocus Pocus and Caspar.

8. Favourite Candy/Sweets to eat on Halloween?
I love liquorice!

9. What are you dressing up as for Halloween?
Unfortunately, I'm on a plane this halloween so I'm not dressing up as anything.

10. What is your favourite thing about Fall?
The colours and fashion.

xoxo

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One Tree Hill Tag (OTH #1)

So One Tree Hill is one of my favourite programmes and I created this tag because I wanted to answer some questions about it so here goes. I tag all of you to do this if you love One Tree Hill too.

1. Who is/was your favourite couple?
I've always loved Naley (Nathan and Haley) so I'd probably go with them.

2. Did you prefer it when it was Lucas and Peyton (seasons 1-6) or Clay and Quinn (seasons 7-9)?
I love both for different reasons but I'd probably go with the original Lucas and Peyton.

3. Who is your favourite character?
I really like all of them but favourites would probably be Haley and maybe Julian.

4. What was your favourite season?
Hmm… I loved season 4 because there was a lot that happened in that season so probably that.

5. Which character do you relate to the most?
Haley, definitely.

6. Who is your least favourite character?
If it was out of the main characters, I never really liked Peyton that much but if it was everybody, I didn't really like Mia that much.

7. Who is your crush on the show?
I'm really not sure, they're all great!

8. Who's style do you like the most?
Quinns, I always love her outfits.

9. What is your favourite episode?
I like the end one and all the wedding episodes as well as the hurricane/storm one in season 8 I think it is.

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this tag.

xoxo PinkCupcake xoxo

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Pretty Little Liars Tag (PLL #1)

Hey guys!

I have been so excited for this post! Since Pretty Little Liars is one of my tops 3 favourite tv shows and is so popular all over the world, I thought I'd start a Pretty Little Liars series. This is the first post and I am going to do the Pretty Little Liars Tag. This already is an existing tag but I have altered a few of the questions and have taken some questions because they no longer make sense with the current storyline. I tag anybody that wants to take part. If you are not up to date with Pretty Little Liars then don't read this because I would hate to spoil it for you!

1. Who is your favourite character?
This is difficult because I have to say, I love all of the liars but if I had to choose a favourite I would probably say Hanna or Spencer maybe. I like Hanna a lot because of her personality but I really enjoy watching scenes with Spencer in them because she's bound to piece something together.

2. Who do you think is behind the A-Team?
See this ones a difficult one. I'm really not so sure. Right when I have a theory, it gets knocked down when we find new answers so I'm not really sure! Comment your theories below.

3. Who do you ship?
Hmm… Aria and Jake, Hanna and Caleb, Spencer and Toby and I'm not so sure about Emily… Not Paige, thats for sure!

4. Most memorable cheesy moment?
I don't remember any in particular really.

5. Favourite Villain?
I really liked Mona because she had such a split personality and I just loved her as a villain!

6. Who do you think might become a villain?
To be honest, I'm pretty suspicious of everyone we love because just when the audience begins to love a character, they turn out to be bad so I'm not sure. It wouldn't surprise me if anyone became a villain because with this show, it could be anyone.

7. Which girl do you think has been hurt the most by A?
I think that all the girls have been hurt a lot by A but the most I'd probably say Hanna because of the thing with her Mum and jail and being hit by a car etc etc. So yeah, I'd probably say Hanna.

8. Which girls style do you love the most?
I don't like Spencer's style at all but as for the others, I like them all however if I had to choose one, I'd probably say Emilys.

9. Who's your crush on the show?
I love Jake and Jason but as for personality, I'd say Toby… so pretty much all of them!

10. Who is your least favourite character on the show? (out of everyone and out of the 4 girls)
Least favourite out of everybody would have to be Paige, she really gets on my nerves getting into everybody's business. Out of the girls, probably Emily because I think she gets herself into a lot of trouble and sometimes it really annoys me.

11. What was the most shocking moment for you?
Probably Ezra being A (or so we thought) and Ali being alive. Even though both of these things were pretty predictable I never thought they'd actually happen.

12. What would you do if A was after you?
Not leave my windows and doors unlocked, my curtains open, go out alone, got out in the dark.. pretty much all the things they do! No, I'd be a real wimp.

13. What has been your favourite episode so far?
I really liked the halloween episode on the train (Season 3) and the mid-season finale and finale of season 4. I love all episodes but these have to be stand out ones for me.

14. Which of the girls do you think you relate to the most?
I'm not really sure. I'm not really like any of them but if I had to choose one, it would probably be Spencer because I'm a lot more about the academic things than sports and things like that.

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed this tag.

xoxo PinkCupcake xoxo

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