I'M GONNA MARRRRYYYYY THE NIIIGHHHHTTTT!

The niiiiight
the niiiight
wow wow wow
the niiiight
the niiiiight
the niiiiiiight wwowowowow
the niiiight the niiiiiiiight the niiiight the niiiiight the niiiiiiight THE NIIIIIGHHHTTTTT!

Wow. Breathe,
Currently just belting Lady Gaga in a house by myself. I'M FEELING A BIT MISERABLE AND NOT MYSELF! So thought this would help. Yes in fact - it has been proven (by me just now..?) that yes it works. Sing songs out loud that remind you of nothing and it feels FAB!!
I'm miserable these days, not really myself, not sure why?

Well I am sure I think, just don't want to say.
I'm stressed with schooool, and there is a constant little... person or something in my head tick tick ticking there all the flipping time and I can't get rid of them! Driving me nuts! How do you just forget people?? Seriously it's killing me

But yeah, hope all of you are well! I'm just waiting on a chinese to be delivered, it's awfully windy outside and I just had a terrible driving lesson. All is looking swell. NOT! haha, less of the depression, now pumping Rihanna Talk that Talk, please.. join me! :)

Thanks for sticking with me lovelies and keep on reading! I will be back to scratch, I promise. I like blogging too much :)

Ciao for now lovely people!!



xxx

Costa del living room

Hi lovely readers! I like to call you readers, as when I visit my stats page... you all seem to be reading still! I have no idea how you guys come across my blog, it baffles me but pleases me too :) thanks loads!!

How are we all? It's Friday *sings Rebecca Black* YAAAAAY! My house is awfully warm at the moment, I'm rather flushed and flustered. Just had a cup of tea too so perhaps that's why. Also, my brother made me try the "bite-the-ends-of-a-chocolate-biccy-and-use-it-as-a-straw" trick  -  I'M BEHIND THE TIMES!! NEVER TRIED IT BEFORE!! My mind was blown. Super amazing!
Busy week at school my goodness I've never felt so stressed in my life! I know I've been going on about things like that in my blog posts (things like life, growing up, independence, stress etc) but guys the moment has finally come - an epiphany!! I have realised these past two weeks that I am very very very verrrry ready to leave school and everything about it behind me. (how very sad really, but hey what ever, I'm finally fed up of the place after 7 long years!!)

It all just adds to determination and so yeah, hence the stress! I am very much heads-in-books for this last year, I want to rock my exams and get into the university that I want :)  Then I'll be free to meet new people and be myself and start basically another life afresh! Exciting stuff :)

Just sitting in my living room having watched that MTV show "plain jane" - a load of BOLLOCKS might I add.. really awful.
I'm loving "Happy Endings" - it's like my new "Friends", really a great and funny show :) watch it!!

ALSO MY GOODNESSS!!!!!!!!!! we have booked a holiday. My first girlie party-esque holiday without family, summer 2012. I am SO excited! Really gives me something to look forward to within all the stress of school and exams :)

How's your year going guys? GCSEs? A-Levels? University?
Do comment, even just to say hello :) I appreciate your reading lots!

Ciao for now, and keep well :)

(photo courtesy of google, it's beautiful!)

....hahahahahaha I can hear my dad snoring down stairs... dear me... exciting household we have here.... haha :)

x x x

Current Read: One Day - David Nicholls

Hey everyone, how are you all doing?
   On to my...what is it now... 3rd day of Halloween hols? Just having a relaxing day in today (which included going for a jog, so maybe not so relaxing after all!) and planning a possible shopping day tomorrow as I am in need of some lovely Autumn/winter bits :)
Thought I'd throw in a post to tell you all what I'm reading at the moment as so far it's really good!
I'm on chapter 7 part 2, so I'm getting there slowly but surely!

Everyone probably knows this from it's film release with Anne Hathaway - I haven't seen it yet but thought the film looked really good, without even knowing it was a book! So I borrowed this from a friend and it is real great so far :)
I'll probably update this post or add a new review one when I've finished the book, which I hope will be soon, but with school and all the amount I have to read for English...who knows! I'll stay hopeful!

Any new exciting reads out there anyone?

Ciao for now :)

x x x

Happy Halloween! Where have you been?

Hellooo Helloooo Hellooo lovely people!!
Tis the season that is..Halloween. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
How are you all? Once again I have been a very naughty and failed blogger for the past month or so. Failure of a person. I've just been enjoying school life (ha) and now currently enjoying my first day of a weeks freedom for Halloween holidays :) Have you anything nice planned?
I've always been a hater of Halloween a bit, but some how I am loving this year! It's flew in already though.. however, we do have the pumpkin up and running yay! No sparklers/fireworks as of yet, and I've already scoffed my chocolate and toffee apples..mm... so yes, I am feeling in the Halloween mood!
Out tonight for a paaaaarty! dressing up as a gypsy (classic). How expensive are costumes though??! It's ridiculous!!! Not even worth it as it's only one night.. and people frown on you if you recycle it the next year...
I am also well into my driving lessons now, not doing very well though.. I am a terrible driver :( I think I'm on lesson number 6 or 7.. so yes, hopefully a bit more practise and I can book my test. Yay.
I have some new products I want to review (how many times have I said this and not done it..?) Apologies, but I do want to get my camera up and running again and get photos taken and reviews DONE!!! I bet school will get in the way (as usual) but I will get right on this guys, I AM A RELIABLE PERSON I PROMISE!! (some of you are spluttering at your screens right now in disgust.. useless blogger..)

Hope you all have a wonderful family/friends filled halloween :)
Enjoy and be safe.. and eat.. a lot :)

Ciao for now lovelies, your reading is still very much appreciated by moi!

x x x

RAAAAAAAAAWWWWWR

HELLO
HELLO
HELLO

It's been ages. And no, this won't be one of those really exciting posts that come after a blogger hasn't blogged in ages. This will be a stupid one.... YAY (ew)
HOW ARE YOU?
I am well if you're wondering, still no time no motivation no what ever to do a nice big beauty post. Perhaps my blog has slowly become just a babbling one? I hope not.. I rather like the odd beauty post...
What's been happening? It feels like absolutely ages and it has been and I apologise!! I'm just sitting here with a towel on my head, fresh out of the shower and ready for sleeping!
Nothing really exciting has happened, looking forward to halloween and a good party :) Had the infamous PROM, it was brilllllllllll my goodness an amazing night :):):) I just want to sit around in my dress all day long...!

Okay.

Boring post, but I had to assure you I was alive, right? Besides, I'm not very cut out for tweeting either.. I'm not a great fan sadly!

ALSO

Go watch Rihanna's new video. And Coldplay's. My goodness. Both amazing songs and awesome videos :)

Okay, night lovelies, hope you're all keeping great!
I'll be back for propers sometime, sorry :(

Thanks for still reading! APPRECIATED MUCHLY!!!!


Ciao for now :):):)


x x x

I never thought I was stubborn, but I guess I'm pretty stubborn.

Hi lovelies :)
How are you all doing? I'm just a little bored from writing my personal statement so thought I would join you for a quick bloggy post. My mind is working over drive trying to think of things to write for this silly thing!! Well, saying that.. but I'm way over the word limit already. Don't know what to put in/take out etc etc uuugh.
(For you's who do not know, a personal statement is what you write when you're on your last year of school, basically you have to sell yourself to your chosen university. It's hard!)
So I'm sitting here thinking and listening to music, and thinking, and tweeting, and texting, and yadda yadda yadda.
Thennnnnnnn paranoid a bit.
I know exactly what I'm on about, I'm beating around the bush here. So you will have no idea what I'm trying to say????
I want to talk to someone. Someoneeeee in particular and well I can't really I have no idea why. (punctuation and grammar here - OUT THE WINDOW....I'm just writing as my brain processes..) So yeah, I never thought I was stubborn.... but I guess I'm pretty stubborn. I don't want to chase them y'know? I just want to talk to them. I don't even. Really, I don't want to converse with them. I want to hear from them. That'd be nice. Just a... hello. Then I can reply if I want to. Or not. Not having to have a full on conversation. Just, an acknowledgement.

This makes no sense right? I'm crazy. Maybe it will if you've felt the same.
gah.
Just, don't know :)

CIAO FOR NOW

x x x

Updatey-doo-da

Yes another one,
You failure at blogging.
We don't care about your stupid quick updates.
Do beauty posts, you complete mess....

Is that what you're thinking?? I'M SORRY READERS!

This update will be a bit longer and less rushed - surprisingly I have a bit of time on my hands :)
So I'm just in the doors from schoolio, stressful rushing about times as always. Lots of things to do tonight, yumyum homework..
I hope you're all doing well :) I've been pretty strange lately, well not strange.. there's just a lot of change, yknow?
Firstly, I'm not sure if I said.. but I passed my driving THEORY test!!! (theory in caps, just to ensure you don't get excited thinking I can drive... only half way there guys, only half way there..)
So I've also just booked my first driving lesson for this weekend!!!! EXCITING. I'm so very happy I'm actually doing this you have no idea. Nice big pat on the back for myself there.. *patpatpat*
Also, still failing at finding a job, sad times. Although I am now volunteering at my local charity shop :) Something good to put on my list for exciting things I do to impress universities....as sad as that sounds. It'll be good though, it feels like a real job (exciting for a 17 year old who has never been employed..) so I'll get experience and stuff :) Plus I get to snoop around little vintage charity bits and bobs. Not too bad :)
Will I go onto the depressing changes paragraph now????
I'll sum it up real quick so this doesn't turn into a "feelings" post.. but my sister has left for uni and I am drifting slowly but surely from a lovely friend, who has also gone to uni, who I so very much miss. UNI CHANGES EVERYTHING!! It's made me nervous for next year when it's my turn... aaaah nervy nervy!!

I've got a very very very itchy wrist. Does that mean I'll be into some money soon? I heard that from a friend.. or maybe it means I've been bitten.. or have a hive..ew..

SO GUYS that's pretty much it, along with a lot of stress and work and prom preparations in between. That's been my oh-so-exciting life so far. LOVIN' IT.... *tumbleweed*

Hope you are enjoying your worky days, not missing summer to much! I know I am :(

Ciao for now lovely people, another great big thankyou for still visiting :) I would very much appreciate a comment, even if its just a ":)" or... a random "HI!" just so I can see who you are that is visiting my blog! Thanks agaaaaain :)
Weird picture.... haha

x x x

Quick Update!

Just a quick howdy-doo-da to say yes I am still in fact, ALIVE!
Haven't really had a chance to wind down and blog/tweet/do anything remotely relaxing. But hey that's school for you! Just in the doors of that place and already I'm weighed down with 139842 things to do. (okay.. not that much..)
Hoping you're all doing lavvvvly where ever you've started be it school/university/college etc etc
Gooooood luck for the year :)
I will try my best to get on this when I can, just at the moment there is a LOT going on!

Thanks for still visiting and reading :) lots of love for that, it means a lot!

Ciao for now :)

x x x

Rainy evening, Hello Charlie Simpson

Hiiiii guys :)
Hope you are all doing fantabulous. It's quite a miserable old evening and I've got my little fairy lights on and candles and my room's all dimmed and cosey :) Listening to a bit of Charlie Simpson's album on my ipod (if you haven't heard it, you best visit youtube ASAP. The album name is Young Pilgrim and it's a-mazing!).
Life has been good. Spot of shopping the other day with my bezzer gal (LOL for me even calling her that..) didn't buy much but it was fun all the same! Going dress shopping tomorrow with my wonderful mother (formal/prom is approaching, eek and stuff..) and then spend the rest of the weekend prepping for school on Monday. We've only had one day back at school so far and it was the strangest thing of life. Everything has changed like crazy! So many different rules and times and class changes and what not! I also hear we're not getting lockers..? This may result in a broken back for me.. heavy books all year round?! Come on school - sort it out!! :(
Really all that's been on my mind is formal/prom and my theory test which is approaching. So I'm sort of chilling about, taking each day as it comes and then stressing a little bit.. but it's okay, just a month or so to go and a lot of that stress will be gone :) Then I can knuckle down back into school routine with a bit of driving lessons on the side :) win!

Agaaaaain, lots of apologies for not beauty blogging. Really am gutted with my efforts right now. I've got a new deodorant I want to review (HOW BLOODY EXCITING......awkward silence......) because seriously that's about the height of feminine beauty products I have purchased. As I've said before, that side of life with the beauty and spending on lovely bits and pieces just ain't there for me right now. I'm telling you it will return!! Most likely around formal/prom, where I can maybe pop a bloggy post in telling you products I used on my face/body/nails/hair :) Yaay!

Thanks for reading and following here and on twitter, it makes me smile :)

Love you guysssss enjoy the weekend!

Ciao for now ;)

(picture found on google!)

x x x

Blurry McFlurry

Hi lovelies!
Hope you are all doing fantabulous. It is Friday today and I had a lovely lie in seeing as I wasn't house-minding for my neighbour :) Bloody brilliant! Also having my first contact-trial-day.. and it's failing a lot! Got them bad boys in right now and honestly can't see very well.. blogging with my squinting face on!! It's all very gooey and blurry, as if I've got a lot of sleep in my eyes or gluey stickiness. I think I may have my left on in wrong, but I'm not sure. They're just really not good! Only one more hour to wear them today and I can finally take them out. Tomorrow I have to wear them 6 hours though, and keep building up the hours during the week until I wear them for a full day. I'm not sure..I'm thinking I should just ring my opticians and tell them they really aren't working! I've got school and stuff to go to.. I can't afford to have blurred vision right now!! Really not a great time!
I'm also just home from a drive with my friend :) We went for McFlurrys (oreos one - honestly if you have no tried, go and try!! SO TASTY!) It was fun. lovely sunny day so great for a drive randomly :) These are the sort of days that I am dying to have a licence, but the time will come hopefully..
School on Wednesday, just a beginner day really to explain the importance of our last year in school. SO EARLY!! Who goes back to school in August?! Like COME ON!! Bad times. Also I've bought no uniform/pens/bags/shoes nothing! So really not prepped for school at all this year. Not cool..!
That's about all for now guys, I can safely say that my vision has got worse now since even starting to write this.. My goodness, these contacts are awful!

Have you got contacts? :)

let me know how they're doing on you!

Have a great weekend lovelies :)

x x x

Yadda Yadda Yadda, you suck at blogging...

HI GUYS
My goodness, should I even apologise? Would it be acceptable? Well, here goes...
SORRY
SORRY
SORRY.
I have been failing SO BAD at this I am ashamed! Even more so ashamed that here I am, back to blog for you and yet it is STILL not a beauty related post! Still babbling. Still blablabla sorry! I just haven't slipped out of my little coma that is - my lack of interest in products right now. Just not working for me, just haven't been out shopping and having my head in beauty.
I've been more concentrated on me and what's on the inside :) etcetc
and besides, I'm not sure you enjoy it... but I love a good babble on here :)

Thanks for still visiting, I APPRECIATE IT LOTS :)
What to tell you? Big results came, it was a fab day. I've been tweeting which is good just haven't given you details! I got A,B,B and I am so chuffed :) So happy that my work paid off. YAY! And results day was just brilliant, just a lovely sunny day, good moods all around, hanging in town for a bit then seeing everyone out that night. Bloody brill :)

I've been "working" a lot - aka house duties for my neighbour. Getting some moneys! Adding up for driving! Booked my theory so learning my head off....aaand that's all the bigg(ish) news really? In a bit of a curfuffle at the moment also, silly stuff though.. guys.. friends.. etctetcetcetcetc... *blushy blushy*
haha
ANYWAY, hope you all did amazing in what ever exams you guys were doing :)

Sorry I'm still not back in the full blogging spirit! I'm telling you, I will. Hopefully.
Then again school is starting and stuff... so maybe I won't.. who knows guys! I'll keep you posted via twitter if I have the time and drive to do so :)
thankyou lovely readers
Ciao for now :)

x x x

Today I...

Hi lovely ladies (and gents? hehe)

Very Very Very quick post here! Just doing a quick one before I go to sleep and I'm also competing with my laptop battery, so it's got to be quick!!!
I'd love to make this lovely and pretty looking like my last "Today I..." post - with hearts and italics and lovely picture etc
WELL I HAVE NO TIME
The battery just went down more
AHHHHH!
this is useless. I'm sorry I've been a terrible blogger. Seriously though, when was my last beauty post???? Probably years ago...
WELL I have to be quick here hahaha, I may come back in the morning and edit/remove this post :)

TODAY I...............

•  Went to the city with my bestest friend :) I thought it was just going to consist of shopping because we both had things to get, but turns out for some reason we had SO much to catch up on, so much to tell one another :) It was absolutely lovely and I enjoyed it a lot :) I love her x
• So yeah shopped also - bought a dress for a night out that isn't happening anymore - and I was so excited too. Gutted :(
• Also bought an eyeliner pencil as mine has just.... well I can't even find it in my makeup bag anymore it's so tiny! haha
• I bought some jewellery from Topshop - bracelet, necklace, ring :)
• aaaaaand food - burger kind and starbucks - HEALTHY!!! hahahaa

I am so very sorry this was so rushed. I probably have so many spelling mistakes and what not. I promise I will be a better blogger ASAP
Also - Thursday is results day. Wish my luck guys, it's hit me very hardly and all of a sudden now... I am so very very nervous.
Good luck to anyone else waiting on results :):):)

CHAT SOOOOOOON!!!!!!
Sorry again for making no sense/quick post/bad spelling.

I love you all for still following! Life is hectic atm
I will get back on this good and proper with all things beautiful I promise :)

THANK YOU AND LOTS OF LOVE!!!!

x x x

Another babbling post? You have got to be kidding me...

Kid you, I am not...
Sorry guys, I guess I'm just feeling inspired in different ways these days. This week, and for a while actually, I'm just like eeuuuuugh with reviews and products and things. I've gone weird; it just feels so materialized to me right now, like, if I do it it's really only because I feel that's what you want right now. When really I should be doing review posts and things makeup related when I want to share it with you :) Like in my past posts!
So that is my reason right now, I'm not feeling inspired or WOW'd by any recent purchases I've got, I'm not feeling like taking pictures of them and reviewing, I'm just not inspired by money bought things right now. I'm inspired by life or something... I'M A CHANGED WOMAN.
hahahahahaha
Okay I haven't gone completely off the rails. I'm fine I assure you :) I just enjoy sharing with you what my life has been like recently, even if not exciting. I really do apologise if you're hating this phase I'm going through.. bear with me, it will soon fade and I'll be buying makeup and clothes and reviewing loads like before :)

Me and my sister went out for breakfast earlier, well more like brunch..or..lunch. Why did I say breakfast? That was really silly. We went for muffins and scones and tea and hot chocolate, to a lovely cafe I love. Really enjoyable and we had a good old chinwag! She had to rush off to work though, boo.

She left me home first so again here I am alone in my house.......again.

Sorry I keep pausing my ipod here thinking I'm hearing something.. like kids shouting. WEIRD TIMES.
Remember previous posts before, really depressing ones where I felt nothing was happening in my life and I was bored to heck with everything happening to my friends? Well I feel I am slowly but surely changing that. I know I keep saying it but yes, firstly, I WILL, I repeat WILL be doing my theory test very very soon. Yes the time is a-coming. Bring it on. I want to pass this I HAVE TO.
The job situation is still a failure, but hey, I have a load of babysitting days lined up for the end of the month (sounds pathetic, but it's like from 8am - 3pm.. so I get paid quite a lot, and it takes me out for the day.)
I've also been making new friends, which I put down to just being a confident little rascal on those nights out I had mentioned before. I've realised, just do it. Don't doubt your first idea on the spot, do it and see what happens. If it fails it fails, luckily mine didn't, and I got chatting to one very lovely....person :)
There is complication with this person however, and it's bothered me for a few days. AGAIN, don't want to get into details or go over it much more. I'll just sit back and let whatever happens, happen.

STOP OVER ANALYSING, I tell myself this every day haha.

It was lovely and sunny just a minute ago. What happened?!




I've also been enjoying Foster The People, the band. Great songys! Go listen.

Okay that's enough nattering for one day, hope you're all doing bloody wonderful!!

Ciao for now :)

x x x

It's been a long time since I came around..

It's been a long time but I'm back in towwwwn!
Listening to Gaga, if you don't know the song, it's on her new album :) and what an amazing album it is!!

HEY GUYS

Why has it been so long I have NO idea?! I feel as though I haven't been on my computer properly in aaaages but I have no idea what I've been doing? I last posted on... the 29th July I think? So I'll try and rewind and figure out what I've been doing!!
Okay so that was like a week ago exactly. Before I try and do this I'll warn you, I am very very very bad at thinking what I've done a day before let alone a week.. haha
Well last week my parents left for their holidays :) It's real nice - it's the first time they've gone abroad for as long as a week without us :) and they seem to be fully enjoying themselves! They'll be home on Tuesday :)
So it's been a free house.. but what have I been doing I have NO idea..!
Em well the only thing I can remember is going out on Wednesday night and Thursday night. (yes... two nights in a row.. for the first time.. how mental can you get?!)
Wednesday night was fully brilliant. AMAZING! It was a proper club place that we barely go to because it's so far away. But after getting a good big group going in a taxi, it was SO worth it. Best music ever, I did not stop dancing and had the most amazing time :)
The next night - Thursday - was our usual weekly place that we thought "why not, lets just go there too..!". It's just a casual bar disco thing. It really wasn't great this time around. Waaaaaay to busy so we got pushed and shoved everywhere and didn't have any dancing space - something vital for a good night out for me :)
There was also awful awful news after Thursday night. I don't want to go into details, I'll just say that this country is crazy and unnecessary violence is never forgivable. Especially when you hospitalize someone. Thank goodness they're okay though. :(

Em... that's kind of it? I think - I CAN'T REMEMBER!!
I have also been a total domestic goddess. There were literally like 10000000000 socks and pants in the basket upstairs. Loads of clothes, clothes pegs all thrown together in the ironing pile. I sorted out the whole bunch, ironed, paired socks for a good hour, and distributed into everyone's drawers :) GO ME. Now I've got a washing on and ready to hang out the last batch.. oh yes.. I am so good at this!

Hope you have all been well guys :) It has been a strange week, I've had great fun and have been as independent as possible whilst my parents are gone - proud of myself!

Also hoping to book my theory test very soon! I'll let you all know if I do it/pass. haha

Thanks for still reading my bloggy, it shocks me everyday how you all still visit :) Thankyou!

Ciao for now lovely people!!

x x x

weight stuff !

Hi guys! How are you all? :)
I never thought I'd actually be doing a post related to this kind of thing.. but weirdly I kind of want to as I think I'm having a little problem with this myself!
Weight is a big issue for teenagers, all of them! Well at least this is what I always heard although honestly, weight has never been an issue for me, ever. I don't want to sound boastful or anything because this has changed, but I can tell you a bit on the background boring stuff first :)
My family aren't huge, they're definitely bigger built than me. They've all had weight issues, endless diets, exercising etc and well I guess I can say I'm lucky as I've never been there. I'm a completely different build from my family; I'm much taller and lankier and well, much thinner. I'm just a petite tall build really. I love food, it's not like I've made myself tall and thin, it's just how I was born and stuff. I eat lots of cake and snack a lot, I really enjoy socializing over dinner, love eating out and having a sit down meal etc. I enjoy my food a lot and tend to even eat for enjoyment, rather than when I'm hungry. I'm not overly active either; I walk sometimes but I don't purposely exercise or anything (like go on the running machine or go to the gym... not my style!).
All this was how I lived and nothing changed. I ate ate ate and so did my family, but while they were noticing their new food bulges and starting diets, I was fine. Nothing changed on my body, I was always my own weight, I had no idea why!
I'd say I've always been around... 7 stone 5. Perhaps when I eat I'd become 7 stone 8 or 9 pounds. However now, I've jumped up to 7stone 12 and a half pounds. Some of you might read this and be like, "seriously shut up, that's nothing.." because yes I guess I understand, whatever it's nothing. I don't exactly care. It's when I notice is that I care and it bothers me. Like when a pair of trousers I was wearing just last month don't fit anymore, and I'm finding a lot of my trousers have become a little tighter and uncomfortable, and I'm going shopping for jeans and they don't fit.
The shopping for jeans bit is fine, I'd just move up a size. It's when I've just recently bought trousers and was wearing then just fine last month, and now they don't fit. I love them trousers.. :( ahh I don't know... I guess it's just really bothering me now.
I haven't exactly been watching what I eat but rather when I eat. I'm being quite strict on myself; Have a good breakfast and DO NOT snack, then have lunch a good 3-4 hours later. Then dinner after another 3 hours. Then something small for the evening. I used to snack loads and eat just out of boredom really. It didn't matter then, but as I'm starting to notice the effects of this, I wanted to change it.

This post will probably anger people or sound ridiculous, or maybe you're experiencing something similar. It's just an odd turning point in my life.. For a person who has never experienced the dreaded life of having weight issues and now I've never been so paranoid. I honestly can say I am not enjoying it. I'd just like to maybe get back to what I was and have those trousers fit me again :) The paranoia scares me a little too. If you're in something similar always remember to stay healthy, you do NOT have to stop eating or change food routine all together.... don't lose yourself in the whole thing and perhaps become a bulimic or anorexic. I wouldn't know personally, but I can sure well say it is not worth it.

Enjoy your food and enjoy living but just keep fit and healthy. That's what I'm trying to do :)


Thanks for reading lovelies!!

Caio for now :)

x x x

Today I...

Hi everyone!
I just wanted to post really quickly before I sleep, I'm pretty tired right now! Also, I wanted to update so that my last post wasn't that horrible gloomy one.. do forgive me, I get that kind of feeling A LOT. I think it's due to getting in my head too much and having too much time to analyse just about everything in my life. Silly me..!
I was thinking, I might do these little quick posts.. before I did posts like"quick update" or whatever. Now, I've decided I will call them "Today I..." posts, and basically give you a quick summary of my whereabouts that day :) Nothing too exciting! Don't all jump for joy at once!!

Today I...

♥ Got up really very early when I saw the sun shining through my blinds
♥ Had quite a lot of brown toast smothered in real, creamy butter with a lovely cup of tea..
♥ Changed into something "oh-so-summery" and lay out in the sun chairs my dad had put out (thanks dad!)
♥ Sunbathed for hours, listening to my ipod and reading the Highway code inbetween (good revision for my theory hehe)
♥ Got an ice lolly from the freezer and spilt it all down my white vest :(
♥ Made a ham and cheese sandwich when I got peckish
♥ Popped into town with my dad - he had bits and bobs to get, I just dandered around in the sun :)
♥ Sunbathed some more, then major clouds appeared and it began to rain (typical Ireland...)
♥ Painted my nails and toenails red, came inside and put on a pizza.... ate the whole thing by myself.. *shameful face*
♥ Watched a lot of cooking shows but did not succumb to the temptation i.e the fridge/cupboard
♥ changed into my jim jams, watched beaver falls, etc etc etc not much else :)

So there you are, my very not so exciting day today! I did enjoy it, this was my first day of actually sitting out in the sun properly and getting a colour ! Shame about the ewwy clouds and rain though. It's supposed to rain tomorrow too.. I might go shopping and then use the rest of the days (hopefully sunny) in the week to top up my tan ;)

Meh, just enjoying chilling!

Hope you all had a wonderful daaaaay and speak soony :)

CiaoCiao

(google NINA LEEN and be amazed!!)


x x x

Gloomy sunshine..

Hi everyone, how are you all doing?
I've literally just awoken, well not there now.. I woke up at about 11am and it's now half past.. I've had breakfast and now I'm just sitting here.
It's really sunny today and papa said it was warm and everything! Nice times :)
I'm feeling a bit gloom gloom though. I hate these random bursts of gloominess. I think it was triggered by yesterday as I did absolutely nothing and my whole family were napping (I hate how they nap. They nap so much, ALL OF THEM! I'll never understand it.. it bores the life out of me..)
Anyways, so I guess I've woken up today, half knowing I won't be doing very much either.. and then I just get annoyed and frustrated at how idle I am these days. I hate it. I don't want to go overly deep and scare anyone.. I'm sure I'll be fine once I shower and find something to do! I just feel so useless these days, like I have no purpose or something. My friend circle... I hate to say, is boring me a little. Worst of all, it's not even a circle.. it's two groups of close friends who don't get on. Which is also frustrating. One group tend to annoy me a lot.. just little things they do and stuff, it just frustrates me, they are nothing like me so I wonder how on earth we ever became friends.. Then the other group are just like me, yet they seem to have so much more going for them in life - amazing job, loads of guys interested etcetcetc. Which again, annoys me.. because they are so like me yet I have none of those things, and when talking to them I feel like I'm listening to all this stuff that I wish was happening to me but it isn't. Nothing is happening to me, nothing is happening for me. I'm waiting for this big lottery moment where an amazing opportunity or something great happens in my life but really I've been waiting bloody ages. I've been trying to do things to speed it a long and to make something of my time but nothing is happening. I want a job and I can't get one. I want to drive but I can't seem to push the process to make it happen already! I want a solid group of friends who all love each other and who live close.
And then I slap myself in the face....because I sound like a greedy old rascal. I can't say I just hate everything, there is room for improvement in so many places right now that just isn't happening. Ofcourse I love my friends and my boring old family who sleep all the time.. (haha)... I don't know. I think I've hit that awkward teenage stage where my siblings are older and have freedom, and I guess I'm kind of planted next to my parents now, watching my siblings run away freely and I want to do the same. Like, the only chances I get to go out and stuff is with my mum and dad. They are my lifts, they take me places when actually I want to go and drive there and meet people and live myself. And I can't.
euuuuuuuuuuuuugh!!

I am oh so very sorry, I am terribly frustrated this week and really unsettled. I just want something to happen to give me a bit of hope already! All these exciting things seem to be happening to everyone except me..

x x x

I swam across, I jumped across for you

Hi everyone :)

it's just turned 9pm and I'm not really doing much this evening, even though it is very very laaavely and sunny! I was wanting to watch Coldplay live streaming on iTunes but got awfully confused, so like I tweeted, I'm just going to listen to them outside in the garden - mustn't waste this lovely evening!

I was out last night with my friends, it was an alright night.. nothing very special. A good laugh though, sometimes it's nice just to get dressed up and go somewhere for a laugh..

I wouldn't say I'm deep in thought right now... I want to be, if that makes sense. I'm in the mood to rake my brain for answers and stuff and write it all down on this old bloggy post... but no, I think I'm alright actually :) I'm simply relaxing!

I think me and my best friend are going out for the day tomorrow - it's supposed to be very sunny and yummy (eek!) fingers crossed there won't be any fat clouds to ruin my day.. Think we'll just get smoothies or something and have a dander around, maybe hit the park... like mature adults.... *awkward silence*

Em, I'm not sure I have much else to tell you all. I'm just enjoying a relaxing evening with Coldplay in my ears and a lovely sunset.. along with a huge fat slice of cake. WELL.. you can't fully embrace relaxation without cake!

Hope you all have a wonderful evening :)

Ciao for now!

hahahahahahahahahaha okay, I know everyone will think I've gone completely off my head.. I know this picture is completely unrelated... but I just couldn't pass it when I seen it on google!! Why is it so beautiful to me..??? It's just so.. ahhhh peaceful and cute.

YES,

I seem to have gone off my head

haha, okay chat soon everyone

x x x

Liqueur Lipstick!

Hi guyssss!
How yo doin'? I'll start with a brief complaint; I am having the bloody worst day ever. I have done nothing. I am bored to the ceiling.. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO!!!!!!! Literally, my mind is going ...mad. But I'm going out tomorrow, and the next night so hopefully I'll be a little more sane :)
Fiddling around with my fonts, I realise none of the fancy ones work any more? I am very saddened! So right now I'm having to stick to plain old "Georgia" font.. which I don't think suits my blog very nicely.. :( Boooo! Hopefully they'll fix this soon :)

I'm posting a little review here, of a lipstick I am loving: Sleek lippy in the colour "Liqueur"

I went a little bit photo mad this time.. and once again, the swatch barely helps!
I really love this lippy :) It's like.. a nudey pink colour? It goes on real nice and smooth and creamy and I think the colour could suit just about anyone.
You could enhance it's pink tones by putting ontop a more pink shaded lipgloss, or make it more nude by adding a nude gloss. I really love it, it's packaging too is so cute and tiny :) Overall a great little everyday lipstick

Chat soon beauties!!

x x x

Bit of babbling and Picture Of The Day 16/7/11

Hi everyone!
How are you? It's pretty wet and miserable today so I'm just having a day in the house.. (I noticed, I basically give you a weather update every time I post.. well that just summarizes Ireland to be quite honest; anytime you meet someone, the weather is the first thing we mention haha)
I went out the other night with some friends, it was all very last minute and they always say "last minute nights are the bestest!" - WELL, that is certainly proved correct, it was bloody amazing :) Just the bestest, random, stupid fun ever. I enjoyed it loads :)
Also, considering booking my first driving lesson very soon - nervous/excited!
Another thing everyone is talking about - Harry Potter? If you were on my twitter you will know that I used to be a Harry Potter-a-holic. My mum would take me, my brother and my sister to every new film; this was all around the time I was bout 9 or so. So I guess when we got older, we just lost interest.. which I am very annoyed about!! With everyone (my age and older!) talking about the new one, I just want to see it now! Obviously, I won't have a clue what's going on because I've missed a whole load of the films and have never read any of the books (reading stuff to do with wizards or non-realistic things.. I simply can't do.. same with Twilight, just reading that sort of thing, I will never have interest in it!! </3). Maybe one night I'll have a total Harry Potter binge and catch up on all of the ones I've missed.. and become a Harry Potter addict.. just when the phenomenon is ending.. yeaaah that's not a great idea!!
I am also in dire need to get some monsey. I am considering applying to like.. Sainsbury's or something to get a job. As far as I know, they have no places.. but I'll just go in and beg, or randomly start helping customers and stacking shelves so they'll see how amazing I am at it and hire me.... hmm sounds like a plan..!
It's also hit me how fast summer is going, it makes me sad!
......
dear god it has just started PELTING rain like mental. If there's lightening I may have to sign off.. simply because I am terrified of lightening and thunder.. haha
Well this was all a bit random :)
I'll include here a big massive huge mahoosive THANKYOU! to everyone reading and following me here and on twitter - I appreciate it lotsies :) I am very proud of the followers I have collected.. I never thought I would ever get even one so I am sooo thankful to you all for joining me on this very random journey :)

Yaaaay THANKS!!

Ciao for now my lovelies,

have a fab day :)

(pssst, I haven't done a picture of the day in donkeys! I'll choose this one, it's so cute) :)


x x x

Rockin' the coraaaaaallll ahh woooo!!!

Hey beauts,
doing well? are you? FABBB!
It's a bit late...what is it.. 11.50pm? I'm rather tired but felt like throwing in a little nailpolish piccy that I've been liking (and a mini review!). I must admit, I've lost myself a little in blogging.. I sort of, forget how it's done? Oh dear, not good news guys! I don't know, I just feel as though I'm doing reviews all the time.. but then I think heck, what have I posted before?? I cannot remember! I'm a bit.. uninspired at the moment. hmmmmff...

Coral Coral Coral!
This is "Coral Reef" by Models Own. I bought this on some random whim one day.. excuse the faded horrible-ness of the photo.. I promise if I paint this on soon nice and neat I'll take a better picture :) This one is bloody awful haha
It's lovely though, looks yum yum with tanned hands! Very summery. I'm loving Models Own nailpolishes at the mo; they have a laavely selection of colours :)

(Sorry I'm looking back at the photos.. they are actually really really bad!! I will try to fixxy this.. sorry lovelies hehe)

That's about all. Just sitting here watching Franklin & Bash for the first time.. it's cool - it's not like all them shows with bunches of friends doing American sort of stuff! THEY'RE LAWYERS.... and I am obsessed with Law a little at the moment.. haha

Anyways, nighty night dears, have a good one :)

x x x

chitchat!

Hi guyssss!
   How are you? I hope you're well. I am much anticipating tomorrow as it is supposed to be 21 degrees - a big deal for Ireland haha! Still meant to be cloudy though, bummah! *english accent*
Emm what have I been up to? Not a lot really. Everyone is back from holidays/festivals etc so I feel like we're all ready and geared up to go out and stuff which is exciting :) Just got me down a little earlier though; I was thinking about "friend holidays" next year and discovered how awkward it will be... As you may or may not have picked up from my previous depressed posts around January - March, I recently lost close friends.. they just changed and proved they weren't what they said to be and so fled basically....! Sad times. I always had one close friend though, and I thought whatever! Who cares about large amounts of friends? I'd rather have less close, brill ones than lots of random fake ones.
But that message is hard to keep up in summer time - a time of large groups and things. Which made me ponder next years holiday plans... who on earth shall I go with?? I have other close friends whom I adore (from school) but my one best friend doesn't talk to any of them, making me want to go on holidays with them ALL, but they won't get on. Confusing I know.. hence my confusion!! Even for nights out it's the same story you know? Like who to go with and what not.

WHATEVER

anyway,
Tomorrow I plan to wake up early and do a spot of driving with my dad :) I plan to book my first lesson very soon! I am reading theory and learning it, trying questions etc when ever I have free time.. I can't believe I've actually stuck to this. I am very proud of myself :)
Even though I've yet again failed to get a job.. whatever, I'm doing my best - I did try, I looked and applied to loads of places. And failed. What can you do eh?

I also want to get creative. I want to paint my room and print out some photos, buy nice frames, and make my room more personal :) I'd like that a lot. I'd also love to bake some things before summer is over :)

So many things I am just dying to do... and this summer seems to be flying in!! Typical :)

I am highly anticipating my sister's return from hols this weekend :) YAYAYAY, I've missed her absolutely piles.. she's the only one who really gets me. I've been a bit lost with talking to friends and stuff since she's been gone.. as you can tell from what I wrote before! haha..

Anyway, hope you had a swell day lovelies,

Talk soon soon!

x x x

ps: still very annoyed at my fonts not working properly on blogger.. grrr... do tell me if you pass by, what way my blog title is written? Curly and girly, or like Type writer style? It's very annoying!! okok, BYE :)

Product of the Month: L'Oreal mattifying Primer

Hi duckies hope you are all doing well :)
I'm just jamming in my room today with my Ipod, doing some driving theory practise questions on the computer, eating (nothing new there...I'm always bloody eating!)
And yeah, I'm just chilling! One thing really bothering my with bloggyspot is my fonts.. I use "Coming Soon" - and it doesn't seem to be working? Which is very very annoying as I come onto my blog and it looks all boring and not cute with it's little Coming Soon font!!! Darn bloggy fix please :)

So it's around 3.20pm, I've only really learnt I'll be going out later at about 5 or so, (not out out.. like partying, just out with my papa!) So I'll be doing my makeup for the day soon. Then I got excited because it means I'll get to use my new primer for the second time!!! (yes..I've only used it once, and already it's my favourite product I've bought in a long time!)

(apologies, this is only a quick post in between learning my driving theory.. so well I wont lie, I COULDN'T BE BOTHERED WHIPPING OUT MY CAMERA TO TAKE A PHOTO!! I'm a lazy brute..)
ANYWAY, here it is - my love L'oreal studio secrets anti shine mattifying primer. Mouth full eh? Well worth it though. I really thought I wouldn't notice much change with using this but I really did. There's also something amazing about the texture of primer.. it boggles me everytime I touch it! It's on your finger and then it just melts away into a smooth amazing surface with no trace of product remaining!!! I mean... how do they do it?! waow.
So yes, my usual greasy t-zone at about midday was no longer present when I put this on! Ofcourse I still needed a small touch up of powder to just ... well feel better, but I applied it about 3-4hours after I usually would. (So say I put my foundation on at 10am.... shine would appear at 12am = put on powder. However, with primer, I would put on powder at like.. 3-4pm. waow!)

So that's a whole load of rambling! It is... £10.50 I think? In between £10-£11. Very much worth it :)

Thanks for reading lovelies!

Ciao for nowwwww!

x x x

L'Oreal Paris Elnett Very Volume Hairspray: Review

Hi everyone :)

Hope you're all having a good day so far!

I seem to be doing a lot of review posts lately.. I'm not sure why? I guess it's just cause I've bought a lot of bits and pieces recently that I kind of feel I have to review! I could always just do a haul post.. but I'd rather show you what I've bought by telling you if I recommend it... you see? :)

Anyways I hope it's not getting tooooo boring..

So this is Elnett hairspray - the volumising one

I've heard SO much about Elnett hairsprays; all of them seem to be the holy grail. Everyone's using them in tutorials, it's always mentioned in magazines, all the stylists, professional what ever are using it....

Well...

I was terribly disappointed :(

I have to say I will not be repurchasing this again. I only bought it recently and it's nearly finished because I have to keep spray-spray-spraying my hair in order to hold it. Even after spraying basically a whole can, it doesn't hold one bit!
I like how it isn't sticky - it's really a light hairspray which is good if it would hold my hair!!

I also think it works pretty well if you spray it into the roots for a bit of volume... yes just a bit, it's nothing WAOW amazing..

For holding? I have to say 1/5. It's just really bad and I hated it. The first time I properly used it was for a night out - curled my hair, was trying to push my grown out fringe back and spray it back there so it would stay out of my face. This was the night I practically used the whole can... and my curls fell very fast and my fringe flopped into my eyes.

Errrrk, not good.

Have you tried this Hairspray? Because I'm thinking, maybe it's because this one is "volume" and not "extra hold" or something.. perhaps if I tried a "holding" Elnett hairspray, I'd love it? Who knows!

Anyway, I really don't like this :( Boooo!

Chat soon!

x x x

In the City: 9 to 5!!

Hi darling readers!
How are you? I thought I'd pop on real quick (nothing new there..) and tell you my little day's going ons thingsies.. WHAT I DID TODAY! lol.
So I was up really early as my papa had work in the City, so I thought I'd join him, and I did :) He was away the whole time and thought he'd be done earlier than he actually was - 5pm!! So I was running around the shops for a whole day. Luckily, it was sunny though, plus I didn't get bored :) You all know how I love the city and stuff :)

I didn't buy much. Everything is sale crazy at the moment! I was looking especially for either Topshop, Riverisland or New Look jeans.. but when I went into these shops it was just too mental. New Look especially - it's completely empty in the normally good corners, and then sale crazy everywhere else! Basically, I couldn't find any nice skinny jeans, even in the sales :(

I was also looking for some slouchy tops.. I say slouchy but really I mean casual like.. normal tops! and cardigans! Everything I own at the minute seems to be sheer - y'know all those tops in fashion right now, like vintagey blouses and stuff, peter pan collars etc! So I fancied some t-shirts, ordinary kinda tops. Yet again, I failed to find any.. there were lots in the Sales, especially in River Island but I found it so hard to find my size! Sales are too mental :(

Instead, I opted to just head to Superdrug and Boots - surprise surprise haha!
I bought deodorant as I'm running low - I found the old Sure one!! Not the really choking gassy one!! YAY!
I also bought L'oreal primer for mattifying makeup.. hope it's good! I bought... a stippling brush from Superdrug and an eyebrow pencil from Rimmel which I LOVE! (I went into New Look changing room... whilst there, I filled in my brows.. haha) It's amazing! I'll maybe do a review :)

Okay, I think that's roughly all I have to tell you guys!

Hope you had a wonderfully enjoyable day :)

Au revoir for nowwwwwww!

x x x

Sure "motion sense" Anti Perspirant Review

Hi everyone!
   I'll start off with a quick apology for my awful rambling post yesterday.. yeah, awkward haha. Well today's awfully windy but we're going to just screw it and have a BBQ anyway. Yays!

So I thought I'd give you another review, this time for a deodorant/anti perspirant I bought weeks ago and have had a good try with it to see if it's any good...

Mine appears to be in the scent "pure" (the pink one!)
I had this sure deodorant before.. but they seem to have updated it to this "motion sense" one.. and changed the old packaging. I will warn you, the first thing I noticed was how.. how shall I say it.. fumy this was. It was just really gassy or something. If you're asthmatic - beware!!! I tend to spray this under my arms in a corner of my room, and then leg it over to the other corner, because honestly if I don't, this stuff jumps down my lungs and I have a coughing fit. It's rather mad! That's one thing I don't really like...
The anti perspirant itself is pretty good, I've been a Sure gal for most of my deodorant wearing years, I've tried other brands but always return to Sure! To me, there is no deodorant I have tried that works completely and totally baffles me. So yeah this works, but there are times that I still get little underarm wet patches.... *GAH awkward embarrassing confession right there!!*
So yeah, overall a fairly good deodorant - I didn't notice when I ran or walked or moved that there were any changes... so this "motion sense" I will keep putting in inverted commas :) hehe

Have you tried a holy grail deodorant/anti perspirant???
Let me know ! :)

" Ciao Ciao for now "

 x x x

Unsettled and blah!

Hi readers!
**Early warning**
this will be a utterly butterly blabbering posty, beware!

I'm terribly unsatisfied, or dissatisfied - I'm not sure which is the correct English?? It's the sunniest day I've seen - I know yesterday it was sunny but it got cloudy real quick, today it has been sunny & warm since I got up. It is now 4.30pm
I.. haven't done anything.
I know it's a Sunday. I went to the Cinema last night so yeah I'm not crying out for something to do... but I'm a bit all over the place!

Usually, I'd sit in the garden or something, but my mum and dad have their Gardening Heads on and have moved all chairs and stuff, and are hosing and brushing and what not. It's just not very peaceful out there..
...I went for a walk this morning to water the neighbour's plants as they're on holiday.. which was alright.
I have the urge to go walking yet I cannot be bothered? I am annoyed that I'm not outside drinking in the sunshine and the heat before it goes as it always does in this damn country!! But I'm ... I DON'T KNOW I'M SO CONFUSING SOMETIMES :)
So I'm feeling rather discontented. I don't know what to do with myself. I go outside because I want to.. and end up strolling around my house for roughly 5 minutes and then I come back inside. I don't exactly want to meet any friends or anything. I just want to do something... something that I don't know what it is... sort ...of thing..

I think I'm lonely. How could you be an only child I have no idea?? My brother and sister are away on their "friend holidays" you see, I'll most likely be at that sort of thing next year. I'm a bit lost without them.. even though they aren't usually around seeing as they can both drive. I just feel so behind or something! I think times like these are crying out to have a driving license.. with that I could do anything! Even just driving around would sort of... content me I think.
My sister always does that too - she'd be like HERE, let's go for a drive. and we would! It would just entertain us or something. It gives independence I think.

I just feel very stuck-at-home. We live in the middle of no where and days like these I feel like I'm wasting being here , nowhere!
I could easily lie out on the grass. It's just a bit lonely..and well, boring. What is everyone else doing though? Beach and stuff? meh..

That's how odd this country of ours is! When there's a day of sunshine, it's so overwhelming you end up clueless as to what to do with yourself. Abroad, it's everyday like this so it's fine and you're used to it I guess! Here it's almost like a panic attack.. like "WHAT DID YOU DO ON THAT ONE SUNNY HOT DAY WE HAD LAST WEEK?!" and I feel annoyed if I say..er.. I did nothing...? Because then I wasted it...!!


Oh my word I have no idea what I am talking about. I think I'm just missing my siblings and am feeling rather useless as I have no free will to get up and go somewhere, behind the wheel preferably.

what are you doing? :)

Au revoir for now

x x x

A quick howdy-doo!

Hi everyone!
Just popping on to say Aloha, hope you all enjoy the wonderful Saturday we are having! The sun is out for the first time in a VERY long time! So I'm going out to the garden, or for a walk, or who knows what!

Enjoy your day :) Speak soony

Adios :)

x x x

My Latest Reads: Review (and also a chit chat!)

Hi readers!
   I want to start off by saying Hey, and a massive thank you for continuing your visitation of my blog! It is appreciated loads :) I was thinking earlier, the most amazing feeling I got when I signed on to blogspot with having had 2 followers, and then seeing it had jumped to 5! (This is obviously no big deal to anyone.. but I had a very proud moment!). Now, it has jumped to 6! ONE WHOLE NEW FOLLOWER! baha, thankyou new followers and welcome :)

Anything else to babble about or shall I just get into it? yes.. hurry up I hear you cry.
So last night I could not sleep a wink. I have no idea why; I went to bed around 12am and just wasn't tired really. When I can't sleep I get so frustrated and angry... it's a hideous sight. I get warm and flustered and uncomfortable. So I thought, heck, let's try and read to calm me down and get me sleepy!

As some of you may or may not know, my current read was Melissa Hill's "Please forgive me". I got this for Christmas but only started reading it around.. February maybe? It took me a while to get through it due to exams!

This is what mine looks like :)
I have to say this book was odd. I'm Irish, it's an Irish book...but I'm not crazy about that kind of thing. Anyway, it's actually set in America. There's a lot of secrets throughout the book, lots of.... "He knew.. I knew.. I could never forget what I did.. he would never forgive me, what I did was awful" etcetc (not exactly those lines but you understand, right?) And this sort of thing leaves you screaming to yourself like WHAT, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! TELL US FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!
You really don't find out anything until the very, very end. Which causes a frustrating journey but when all is revealed it is rather shocking! In my mind, I thought of so many things - the obvious kind of "shocker" or what ever, but no.. it really did shock me!

Am I making sense? I'll give you the general plot...

So basically Leonie is Irish from Dublin, she moves to America at the beginning of the book and there's an obvious dilemma evident. Basically we wonder throughout the whole read why she has supposedly "ran away" to America.
Here, she works in a flower shop with Marcy her boss (not really relevant) and meets Alex her neighbour in the apartments they live in (an American journalist who also faces major dilemma in the story).
The two become best friends really, helping each other and what not - well it's actually Leonie following Alex's story of a divorce with her cheating husband Seth - who is supposedly a "charmer".
THEN there are these letters found in Leonie's house. From a past resident of the apartment.. they are love letters from "Nathan" to "Helena" and are very romantic, each one asking for forgiveness.
Which leads to another mystery - why does Nathan want to be forgiven? Who are these people? etcetcetc. Also, Leonie is determined to get to the bottom of it... perhaps indicating they relate to her own life somehow....? Hmmmmmm??

That's the basics. There is Adam also, Leonie's ex from Dublin, the reason why she "escapes" to America. We still have no idea what happens between them until the end though.. I won't spoil it!

It is a pretty crazy read, it struck me as a little cheesy to begin, but you learn to enjoy the characters and the whole book as a whole!

I like that I was actually shocked in the end - twice! Major surprises!

Overall, I recommend :)

Have you read any Melissa Hill books?

Ciao for now!

xxx

Want want wants!

Good morning everyone!

(or should I say good afternoon?)

I haven't been up very long...my lie ins have become a little ridiculous; I need to get a summer LIFE!

So I'm sitting here and I'm watching some random adverts on TV.. and I began to think of some thingsies I want to get.

Who knows if I'll get them? Most of the time I do end up buying these things but like 4 months after writing about them :)

Let me know if you have tried any of these products!

Max Factor smooth effect foundation

I am a foundation aholic. Even if I'm happy with my current foundation, I just always want to try out new ones!

I was wanting the other Max Factor foundation.. the one with the Green X? I can't remember it's name! Although, I heard it's coverage is only light, and this foundation seems to be the new update of it; with more coverage! So yes, I want to try this so bad!

Now this isn't the exact brush I want - the one I was looking for is in superdrug and is much cheaper I'm guessing!

But for the sake of this post, basically I am wanting a flat top foundation brush. People are raving about these all the time; how they apply foundation so smoothly and naturally! So I am simply dying to give some kind of flat topped brush a go :)

This is a gorgeous minty coloured nail polish from Revlon

I don't actually own a mint nail polish... and this one looks rather yummy so I really would love to try this for summer :)

GOSH Primer

I am aware that there are 2 kinds of GOSH primer.. or maybe 3? Okay turns out I am not aware after all. haha

All I've seen is this gel one above, and a cream one...

I've never tried primers, so I'm not the priming expert! Although, I think this gel one might be good for my oily skin. The problem is, my current foundation stays on just fine, so I guess I'm hoping a primer will keep me matte all day long, rather than keeping my makeup on.

Is it silly to hope a primer will do that?!

Anyways, I might give this one a go :)

So that is all I'm afraid! Not a very big want list. I really am trying not to splurge out in Boots or Superdrug anymore. I could seriously buy just about everything in those places if I had the chance! So trying to keep my beauty purchases as minimal as possible :)

Have you tried any of these?

Would you recommend?

Ciao for now

x x x

Review: TRESemmé volumising dry shampoo

Hi lovelies!

Finally, I feel like I'm back and I can do reviews and what not! I hope I haven't bored you shameless with my babbling posts.

So over these few weeks whilst I was in the City, I was able to do a spot of shopping on my lunch breaks. No big clothes buys or anything, just popping into Boots or Superdrug or whatever, to get some essentials!

I've heard SwalkerMakeup raving about this dry shampoo from TRESemmé so I thought I'd give it a go. Although, Batiste has been my dry shampoo baby for quite some time, I was still willing to try something different and seeing as it's TRESemmé, I thought heck - what could be worse than that?

So here it is :)

I must say, I really like the packaging of this thing. Especially the volumising one as the writing is pink - I don't even like pink, but it just looks so pretty!

Batiste dry shampoos are awfully powdery and I must say the smell gets a little heavy and sickening, even if you switch around with the different scents.

This, I think, is a much easier scent to handle. It is basically like all TRESemmé products - just that really fresh, salon kind of smell that just smells good? If you get me... haha

Another great difference with this is that it doesn't go half as white as Batiste does. Maybe lighter haired people don't notice Batiste's whiteness, but my goodness with brown hair like mine, it goes an awfully grey dull colour!

But with TRESemmé, I feel like it sprays clearly. I will admit that after it settles a bit and you begin to rub it in, you will notice some kind of colour in your hair, it just isn't half as obvious as Batiste's whiteness - which I love about this TRESemmé dry shampoo.

Em.. anything else? I will say that this particular volumising one is cool; it's nice they way they've actually made a specific one to volumise.. however I won't lie..I don't really notice the volume that much? If I'm honest, I feel like Batiste gives me more volume.. odd I know!

The price of this is dearer than Batiste.. it is around £4-£5 whilst I think (I think!) Batiste is around £2-£3?

Overall, it is a more classy and luxurious dry shampoo in comparison to the classic Batiste. I would repurchase although I guess I was expecting to be absolutely waowed by this, and my expectations fell a little! (booooo!)

Hope this helps - If you've tried any of the other TRESemmé dry shampoos or even this volumising one, pleeeeeeease let me know! I'd love to hear what you thought of it :)

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