Halloween is one of my favourite times of the year, and every year I love to go all out with my costume and try to make it even better than the year before. This year, my friend and I decided to go as cursed mermaids. I mean, what's more perfect than looking scary while being a glowing highlighted mermaid at the same time?

The idea was that half our face was still in normal mermaid form (aka shiny pretty colours), while the other half of our face was slowly turning black and evil (aka cursed). We also decided to add some gore to spice up the look (and also because we really wanted to try using liquid latex), and it turned out pretty cool if I must say so myself! It's really easy to use too, just look up a few Youtube videos and you're good to go! Last but not least, we added a white contact lens on the cursed side to really make it look creepy, and in my opinion this put the whole look together. I've listed every product I used for this look down below, hope you like it!

Face:

○ Nars Sheerglow Foundation - Mont Blanc

○ Urban Decay Naked Skin Concealer - Fair

○ Sleek Solstice Highlighting Palette

Scales (use fishnet tights):

○ NYX Hot Singles Eye Shadow - Ultraviolet

○ NYX Prismatic Eye Shadow - Mermaid

○ Kat Von D Eye Contour Palette - Shax

○ Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette - Verve

Brows:

○ Anastasia Beverly Hills Dip brow - Dark Brown

○ NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil - Electric Blue

○ MAC Eye Shadow - Cranberry

Eyes:

○ NYX Prismatic Shadow - Mermaid

○ MAC Eye shadow - Cranberry

○ NYX Hot Singles Eye Shadow - Ultraviolet

○ Kat Von D Eye Contour Palette - Shax

○ NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil - Milk

○ Benefit Roller Lash Mascara

○ Eylure Enchanted After Dark Lashes

Lips:

○ NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil - Electric Blue

○ NYX Prismatic Shadow - Mermaid

○ Sleek Solstice Highlighting Palette 

○ Kat Von D Eye Contour Palette - Shax

For those of you that don't know, Erasmus is an opportunity given by Universities for students to go study abroad for a semester or two. This year, I have been accepted on Erasmus to study at Coventry University for the first semester. I have now been here for a bit over two weeks, and so far I have been loving it.

I have been lucky enough to get chosen in the same University as my best friend, so that is definitely makes the experience so much better for me. We are living in a house with two other guys whom we didn't know before, but thankfully we've all been getting along really well! The house is pretty nice, especially in terms of student accommodation. We have a big kitchen, a great living room, and lots of storage space in our rooms.

Until now, we have been slowly getting used to the city. It's quite a small city; everything is close together and basically in walking distance, which is good. It has actually been quite sunny here in the UK since we've been here. And I must admit, I've been loving taking in the last few bits of sun until it disappears completely!

We have had one week of lectures which all seem quite interesting and very different to our Maltese lectures. I haven't figured out whether it's because of the lecturer, the students, or the content of the study units; although it's probably a mixture of everything.

Since we aren't living in student accommodation, it's a bit harder for us to meet new people and make new friends. We have one Maltese friend here so we have been meeting her and her roommates whenever we go out. But it's pretty hard for us to go out and actually meet new people who are willing to stick around (most of the time all we get is a few drunk guys trying to flirt with us), but we'll just give it time!

So far, living independently has been great. We have somehow succeeded at cooking meals every day (we have obviously messed up many times, but practice makes perfect!) Cleaning isn't too bad either, especially when you don't let things accumulate for a long time. Overall, I'd say the whole experience is pretty damn great. The only downside is being away from my boyfriend. In four years, we have never been away from each other for such a long time. It's definitely hard, but we're making it work. Video chats are basically our best friend now.

I'll hopefully be posting many more updates on my Erasmus experience, but I'm sure it's going to be a great one. If you have any tips for living abroad, please enlighten me! I always love hearing other people's experiences :) Also, if anyone is studying at Coventry University too, let me know!

xo