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Monday, 28 February 2011

SHE’S WEARING A DRESS!…

BIRTHDAY 6 BIRTHDAY 2 BIRTHDAY 5

Dress: Primark
Belt: ASOS
Tights: Primark
Watch: New Look

YT VIDEO

OKOK, lets get this straight. This is going to be one of the only ever times you see me wearing a dress. ;) I’m still not totally sure about it but for £6 I couldn’t resist. I love the print and it’s not overly girly.

I took these pictures, in a bit of a rush, with one of my early birthday presents from my family ;) I have used it a ridiculous amount already, I have so far taken various outfit pictures, random ‘IHAVEANEWCAMERAINEEDTOTAKEPICTURESOFEVERYTHINGANDANYTHING’ pictures and filmed two outfit videos for my YT channel. :O The quality is so much better than my other camera! I love it so much! I am still getting used to all the new settings though so bare with me. ;) All I need now is a tripod! Any recommendations?

Speak soon <3

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Friday, 25 February 2011

What’s on my nails #7…

LIGHTNING BOLT NAILS 1 LIGHTNING BOLT NAILS 3 LIGHTNING BOLT NAILS 2

Gold: Models Own, Gold digger
Blue:
Barry M, blue glitter
Black: Natural collection liquid eyeliner

I have been SO excited to show you these nails! They have to be one of my favourite designs. ;) I love Blue nails! Especially blue glitter! And I can’t get enough of lightning bolts! I don’t know why, I just love the shape! Seriously one of my favourite colour combinations on nails is blue and gold. *IREALLYREALLYREALLYLOVEMYNAILSTHISWEEK* That is all. ;)

Speak soon <3

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Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Remember the time that I spilled the cup of apple juice in the hall…

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Sheer striped top: New Look
Bralett (worn underneath obvs lol): Topshop
Denim high waist shorts: New Look
Belt: ASOS
Tights: Primark
Necklace: Ruby Doo
(Lyrics: Blink 182,
Adams song)

I bought this top before Xmas, I have worn it loads since but, for some reason, I have never worn it in an outfit post! :O I have no idea why. I really like this top but I am not a huge fan of the arms. :/ I normally wear a cardigan with it to cover them up but I left it off for photo purposes. I don’t know, I’m just not the biggest fan of short puffy sleeves.

I know I’ve been wearing these shorts a lot recently but, they are SO easy to wear with just about anything! I love them so much that I actually bought them in
the darker colour today too! #addicted #Ineedhelp

Just a normal day today really. I can’t wait till Friday! I have two weeks off work because I had loads of left over holiday to take. YAYS! :) It’s also my birthday on Monday :O The boy is taking me somewhere nice to eat. :) we’ll be going for a meal with the fam on Sunday, who knows, I may even wear the dress (yes girls, me, in a dress lol) that I bought from good ol’ Primarni last week! ;) I’m sure there will be outfit pictures. :)

Speak soon! <3

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Monday, 21 February 2011

‘Take your pants off’…

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Video
Shirt:
Jack Wills
Shorts: New Look
Tights: Primark
Necklace: VIPXO

So this is what I wore yesterday to the Trafford Centre. I really love the colour of the shirt, it was love at first sight when I saw it in Jack Wills when I went to Chester last Tuesday. I had seen it in the Spring/Summer handbook, to be honest, I wasn’t overly excited about the collection, I normally prefer the Autumn/Winter collections however, in real life everything was lovely, fresh, Spring/Summer colours.

If you
subscribe to me on YouTube or follow me on twitter you may already know that a received a little email from YouTube telling me I had been accepted as a YT partner! :) I couldn’t believe it! :) I just wanted to say another massive thank you to you all again, I seriously wouldn’t have made partner without you guys! :’) I appreciate every single one of my followers/subscribers on my blog/YT. Seriously, I can’t say thank you enough for taking the time to read and comment my posts, even watch my videos. I know everyone says this but I really never expected so many people to want to read/listen/watch what I have to say! :’) As a thank you, I am planning on doing a giveaway on my blog. I have already done one on my YT but I want to do one for you guys on here too just to show my appreciation. :’)

Anyways, enough of my soppy ramblings for now, I am off to work on some more nail designs and drink cherry Vimto. :) Here are a few blogs for you to follow. :)
Liam (the boy, be nice to him, he is new to the blogosphere ;)), Karris, Jessica, Rach, and Phoebe.

Speak soon. <3

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Friday, 18 February 2011

What’s on my nails #6 ‘fabulously British’…

JACK WILLS BAGJACK WILLS NAILS 1 JACK WILLS NAILS 2JACK WILLS NAILS 3

Pink: Models own, pastel pink
Blue: Barry M, navy blue
White: Boots 17 lasting fix, mini skirt

<3

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Thursday, 17 February 2011

Sunday, 13 February 2011

I heart what’s on my nails #5…

HEART NAILS 1 HEART NAILS 2

Light pink base: Models own, pastel pink
Peach hearts:
GOSH, miss sweety
Dark pink hearts:
Barry M, pink flamingo
White hearts:
Boots 17 lasting fix, mini skirt

YAY, for better quality photos today as I actually remembered to charge my camera! ;) I was going to post this on Friday as a usual ‘what’s on my nails’ but, as its Valentines Day tomorrow, I decided to show you these ones today as well posting new nails on Friday. :)

I’m not really a believer in the whole ‘Valentines Day’ thing really. In the whole 5 years the boy and I have been together, we have never celebrated it. :O I just think it’s a bit of a fad really BLAH BLAH BLAH…, but its a good excuse to paint my nails all girly and ‘lovey dovey.’ lol

I’m not really a pink nails kind of girl, even though I seem to own millions of pink polishes. I’m more of a blue/green nail varnish person. But what the hell, I really like how these turned out! I have seen quite a few different ‘valentines nail’ posts pop up on my blog feed over the past few days and I was particularly inspired by
Hannah’s nail art and I based my design idea on hers. She has a lovely blog so you should totally go and check her out! ;)

If you follow me on twitter, you will probably have seen me mention this already but, I was thinking of painting some fake nail sets with various different designs and selling them to you guys, I may even take requests if there is enough interest. ;) Just let me know what you think and if it’s something you would be interested in. :)

Speak soon <3

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Thursday, 10 February 2011

Moustache McQueen…

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Mustard jumper: New Look
Denim high waist shorts: New Look
Belt: ASOS
Tights: New Look
Watch: New Look
Scarf: Alexander McQueen

I know this outfit is very similar to this one but hey, I like it! ;) This is the McQueen scarf's first appearance on here really. It was a gift from my mum and I love it SO much, but I am often quite reluctant to wear it  purely because I don’t want to ruin it! Sad, I know, but I would be so upset if I ever snagged it. :S After its close call with my dog I have been being EXTRA careful. ;)

Not much else to say other than I had quite a good day. It was sunny, I listened and sang to Blink whilst I was driving around and got some VERY funny looks from various other drivers, lolz, and the boy is back down for the weekend! :) I finally sent the bag back to ASOS today. I really didn’t want to, but I couldn’t justify having two new bags at the moment. :( I really really love
my ‘rocco’ so much more though!

Hope you are all well! :)

Speak soon <3

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Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Short straw…

SHORTS COLLECTION 
OK, so this was meant to be the first ‘wardrobe favourites’ post that I mentioned the other week but I just couldn’t pick my January faves so, I thought, seen as I seem to mention my shorts collection quite a lot, I would show you some of my faves (yes, there are more lolz) ;)

My collection is forever growing. It’s like an addiction. I basically never wear skirts and you will rarely see me donning a dress. I don’t know, I just don’t think the suit me much. I am very fussy and I just don’t like the way my legs look in skirts, they just make me feel very self conscious. :/ I just prefer how I look in shorts. I don’t even really wear jeans or trousers much either tbh.

I wear shorts pretty much every day. I would happily never wear a skirt/dress/trousers again! Well, maybe I would wear the occasional leggings on extra cold days and I obvz couldn’t live without my trusty sonic pj pants! :O Who knows, I may even get married in shorts
a la Katy Perry. ;)

Speak soon <3

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Tuesday, 8 February 2011

Pins and needles…

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Top: Topshop
Boob tube: New Look
Denim high waist shorts: New Look
Glasses: Specsavers
Watch: New Look
Tights: New Look

It was another one of those IHAVETOHAVETHEM kind of moments when I saw these denim shorts at work. I know, I know. How many pairs of shorts does a girl need, right? Well for some its shoes or bags, for me, it’s shorts. I have a whole draw and at least a quarter of my wardrobe dedicated to just shorts. I know. I have a problem. I felt the need to buy these ones though as I have been after a pair of Levi cut offs for a little while now but I have never gotten round to buying any from eBay as I have been unsure of sizes and colours etc. I thought £10, with my discount, for a pair of vintage Levi lookalikes was a fair deal. ;)

You may have seen
my tweets about my hair yesterday. I re-ombred my hair as my brown dye seemed to have faded into the ends over time. I just re-bleached the ends with a low strength of bleach so it looks nice and refreshed now. (I still need to tone it properly, I just couldn’t be bothered yesterday #lazy) I have been contemplating dying over the ends with pastel colours, mainly pinks and oranges. I don’t want anything too crazy, just a little hint of peachiness would be nice. A really light wash of somewhere between Hayley Williams orange and candyfloss pink. I don’t know, it would just be nice to have something a little different for a change. #manicpanic #directions #mylittleponyhair

Right, time to get ready to watch the infamous Tuesday night TV. :) Hope your all well sweets. :)

Speak soon <3

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Monday, 7 February 2011

Stud you like…

WANG 3 WANG 2 
I normally like to post an outfit on a Monday but I have been wearing nothing worthy of pictures over the past few days and so I thought this would be a good chance to show you my new bag. Now I know, it is not the bag I talked about in
this post. I really do love the Mischa Barton bag but just not as much as this beauty.

When I saw the lovely
Ashleigh had this replica Alexander Wang bag up for grabs I just HAD TO HAVE IT! As I have said before, I have been lusting over the ROCCO for an absolute age knowing damn well I couldn’t afford one. :/ It is my ultimate bag! I don’t know about you but I don’t see the problem with replica bags as long as they are good quality and not super tacky looking with a million CC symbols adorning the front, back and sides… although I do have to admit, I do own a replica 5.22 Chanel bag. It’s not the greatest copy in the world but it’s decent. I especially love it because I customised the chain strap with pink tulle and over sized pink flower. Haha, it sounds totally tacky but its really not. ;) #crazybaglady

Anyways back to this studded beast! I LOVE IT! It seems really good quality and the leather/faux leather is really soft and textured which I also like as it feels nicely ‘worn in’ and not plasticky like some high street bags can be. Oh and if you are wondering, the faux fox tail is from H&M. My sister gave it to me for Xmas.

I don’t really want to, but I am sending the Olsen bag back to
ASOS this week. :( I really do like it, but I really can’t afford to keep both and I just LOVE this one so much more. It is exactly what I have been looking for!

Anyways, if you
follow me on twitter you will probably already know that I have had the New Found Glory & Paramore version of ‘Bed intruder’ in my head for days now so… I thought I would do my best to get it in yours too! ;) #hideyourkids #hideyourwife #hideyourhusband

Speak soon <3

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Saturday, 5 February 2011

Lee Stafford ‘wonder spray’ review…

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So I’ve finally got round to doing this! :O Sorry I’ve made you wait so long. Like I said, I just wanted to give this product a fair test and try it out as much as possible to give the best review for you guys as possible. ;)

I bought the ‘wonder spray’ on a whim really. I wasn’t’ really looking for any particular product that saves time when blow drying but I saw it and thought ‘what the hell, I’ll give it a whirl.’

I don’t particularly think the packaging is anything special. It’s a bit ‘busy,’ loads of words, brassy pink, huge barcode slapped on the side… I don’t know, it’s just not my kind of thing.

Anyways, on to the actual product. To be completely honest, this product does exactly what it says! It saves time when blow drying. My hair is quite thick and retains a hell load of water after washing because of how processed it is. The first time I used it, I sprayed it all over my hair, as instructed on the side of the bottle, and blow drying time was probably almost halved! WOW! My only qualms was that it dried the ends of my hair out way too much, and left my hair feeling like I’d just sprayed dry shampoo all over it. So, the next time I used it, I just sprayed it on the roots of my hair and it worked just as well, it halved drying time and the ends of my hair weren't as dry as when I sprayed it all over. It still felt a little ‘dry shampooie’ on my roots but, It gave my hair a little more volume, it looked fine, it just didn’t feel very nice. :S

I’m guessing that it’s the alcohol in the ‘wonder spray’ that helps to dry hair faster so excessive use could probs lead to completely drying your hair out! :S wouldn’t say that I would use this product every time I wash my hair but it is deffo a handy product to have if you are in a bit of a rush.

All in all, I give the ‘wonder spray’ a 3 out of 5 as it does exactly what it promises, and I like the fact that it has heat protection. I just wasn’t too amazed with how it made my hair feel quite dry and full of product. :S It’s a handy quick fix though.

Speak soon :)

Friday, 4 February 2011

What’s on my nails #3…

GOSH HOLOGRAPHIC 5Sorry for the low quality picture :/ I used my blackberry again :O

GOSH: HOLOGRAPHIC
Barry M: Cyan blue
Barry M: Blue glitter

I finally managed to get my hands on GOSH holographic! YAYs! I managed to bag the last one at my local Superdrug. The quality of the holographic is really not showing up well at all on this picture but it really is THE most gorgeous colour! It doesn’t look holographic in the bottle, just plain silver, it changes before your eyes from silver to holographic as it dries on the nail. I really want to try it out with the Barry M instant nail effects.

Not the most interesting design this week, mainly because I was too excited about having holographic nails, but I still like them. ;) Again, please excuse my Sonic PJ pants. ;)

Speak soon <3

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