Have you been taking your vitamins?

Hello my Christmas honeys,

How's everyone doing? The countdown is on for Christmas :D

Have you ever dyed your hair and it didn't turn out the way you want it? I know I have, I've always relied on bleach or colour b4 to help me rectify anything that does go wrong. My blog seems to centre around my hair, I'm always changing it and I guess I like to share my new colour, I personally LOVE looking at people's new hair whether it be colour or cut. So, my last posts have been about me changing my hair colour and with this you know the damage that  comes with it.

I'm always happy to try new and natural ways to help me go lighter. I looked on the Internet and on youtube and found this coke trick, you're meant to wash your hair in coke and it is supposed to strip the hair. Didn't really get  the science behind it but I thought  I would try it anyway, nothing happened, I just got a very cold head and sticky hair.


Enter vitamin C, I found a video and she had tried a bunch of different things, like washing powder, washing up liquid and vitamin c. I didn't really take notice of it and I found another video about the vitamin c method, yes I said vitamin c, I know crazy right. In this video he went to Holland and Barrett and bought some vitamin c powder, it doesn't have to be powder but smashing up pills just doesn't appeal to me.

A little brief reason why I wanted to do this. I was blonde and decided that for Christmas I'd like to go red, I had my roots coming through and I just decided to do  it. The red I used last time didn't look right so I added Rubine from Directions because red hair can be topped up to make it look more intense. It went purple/pink just looked like Rose red and I didn't like that at all. The funny thing is, I've been wanting pink hair for ages but just wasn't able to achieve it for some reason and it takes me stripping my hair to get it pink. Accidental hair is often the best hair.

Back to the post, This is what you do and what you will need and I will show you the pictures afterwards.

You will  need vitamin c, again it can be pills or powder and it doesn't have to be Holland and Barrett. A tint bowl, or plate or bowl - whatever you use just be aware that it could be messy so  I used a tint bowl. A teaspoon, Shampoo - You can use any kind of shampoo that  you like but I used head and shoulders because anti-dandruff shampoo helps to remove the colour. A tint brush to stir it, you don't need a tint brush I just used  it. A good conditioner, you can use any that you like I just macadamia nut. And a plastic bag, shower curtain or if you can get your hands on those caps that they have in salons then you can use one of those.

Before I start I do want to tell you that this  will make your hair dry at the ends but a good deep condition and it'll sort it out.  It can be gritty which might dry your hands out too. When I was taking it through my hair some of the directions dye came off on my hands but was easy to wash off.

So what you do is get 10 teaspoons of the  powder and 40ml of shampoo (I used a little bit more because it didn't make the paste I needed) mix them together and voila. It should thick in consistency, think of icing sugar and that's what it should look like. Firstly you need to wash your hair, take out as much water as you can so it's still wet but not sopping wet. Once you hair is ready you can put the mixture on however you wish, just make sure it is all covered. Once it's covered massage it into the roots and when it's starting to look soapy you're ready. How long you leave it is your choice, I wrapped it up in a carrier bag, (safety first people I don't want you to suffocate or anything) I left it on for 2hrs, when removing this I did wash my hair afterwards with a herbal essences moisture shampoo and then put on my deep conditioner.

Obviously because it was wet it didn't actually look like it had worked but when it was dry in the daylight I could definitely notice it. The first attempt took a lot out of it and was left with an orangey pink, so I knew I would have to do it again, on the second attempt I got exactly what I want. On the left side there's a blonde streak which makes it look quite cool. I have about 2 inches of roots which isn't good. I do plan to keep  the pink for a little while, as I have the colour I want I'm just going to put a pink dye on  top to freshen it up.

Here are the pictures. As the weather is bad obviously it's hard to get decent pictures  but I do think these ones are pretty true to life.

Please ignore my face in the second picture, I had only just woken up. So, the first picture is obviously what I started with and the second picture is after the first attempt of stripping it, the third picture is my hair now.

I hope you've all found this post helpful and I'm sorry it was a bit rambly. At the moment Holland and Barrett's are doing a buy one get one half price so if you want to buy some online you can do so here there is a lot in the bottle, you will get two uses out of it, I do still have some left I'm not sure exactly how much but when you think you could pay £6.99 for this or you could pay £50+ on getting your hair professionally stripped and the damage you will do, it's just a good idea to try this.

Much love

New hair (again?)

Hello gawjus :)

 

I hope you are all  well.

 

Yes it's that time again, I am here to share my new hair - "but  Joy you always have new hair, it's hard to keep up and how do you have any hair left?" well my little cherubs I'm far too daring aren't I? orignially I just wanted to do my roots, but you try doing your own roots and not touching any of the hair that  isn't roots, it's near impossible. I bought a box of Live colour XXL 00A absolute platinum blonde, this has everything you  need it's bleach for those people who don't know hair dye ratios and the colour percent of bleach to  use. I did think about using colour before but I needed my roots white and I  knew this product would give me that. So, I set out to do my roots and ended up  taking most of the midlength colour off too, this stuff really did work a treat but I wanted to do the rest and try out a different colour.

 

As you can see from the pictures my hair wenr very yellow and it just didn't look nice. the roots were exactly what I was hoping for so I could use a pale pink The second picture was how it turned out after I had done the first bleach, I quite liked the blonde and pink together but me being me I wanted to get rid of it all and the last picture is me at college, my tutor did me an updo

 

 

 

This is the dye that I used.

 

It comes with; cream developer, powder bleach, conditioner and everything else that you usually get with a box dye.

 

The first thing I will say about this and every other live hairdye is you need to do it in a very well ventilated room, it is so strong it made my eyes water and actually made me cough because it was that potent.

 

The good thing about this product is yes my roots went the same colour as it said it would, I just need to take into consideration next time that it doesn't need as long on the midlengh and ends, that is the only reason it turned yellow. I do love this product, I went to the salon and had my hair done which cost me £80 for colour correction and although I'm not fully up to speed with hairdressing I did just as good as job on my own. Because the ends were very white and the rest was yellow I put an ashy blonde over this after leaving it for a week to revert back to it's natural pH balance I have to say the box dye I use did absolutely nothing, it made my roots really bland and the yellow tones were still there. My tutor at college has now sorted it out soI am a full blondeheaded lovely haha.

 

So, this is my new hair colour, my tutor keeps telling me I am not allowed to dye it but I don't listen to anybody when it comes to my  hair haha.

 

 

Afew little tips if you want to do your hair without paying salon prices -

~Ashy colours get rid of yellow tones, ashy colours look grey and although they don't have much tone they really do make a differece.

~If you want to do your own then try colour b4 if that doesn't work then try the colour I used and just ignore the times for midlengths and ends. This colour as soon as it touches the hair it starts to work.

~If you do bleach your hair and it doesn't turn out the way you want it to, you don't have to spend a lot on toning your hair, direcions do a white toner which is purple; purple is oposite yellow on the colour chart so counteracts it.

~I know deep conditioners can be expensive, instead of shelling out for them use your everyday conditioner and leave it on for as long as possible. Your hair is going to need this after you've bleached it.

~To keep the blonde looking nice you can use a lavendar shampoo, they can help too.

 

There are so many ways around paying for the most expensive treatments. For now I am  going to be good to my hair and do some treatments and try to get it healthy again. I am probably going to use one of my directions hairdyes because they aren't as bad for my hair but I am still going to give it a little rest until next week :)

 

I already have an idea of what colour I want to go next :D

 

Peace and love

 

 

Funerals, moving on, moving out and college (an update)

Hello you lovelies,

Happy Easter, How are we all doing? I hope you are eating tons of chocolate :-). It's Been a while since I blogged, I'm a bad blogger.

I'll just get on with the post.

Recently my nan was taken into hospital, she was in there for two weeks and lost her fight Thursday 29th February. It's been a horrible couple of weeks and I did want to come and do a few blog posts but I was so drained and didn't really want to do anything but sleep. With everything that has been going on I've been a bit unwell myself. 

The funeral was really lovely, but, it's sad because it's the end of an era. Now my nan is dead I have no reason to return to Barnsley (my nan lived there and so did my dad's sides of the family) I grew up there splitting my time between Barnsley and Sheffield so it is sad.

So moving on, right now I live in a three bedroom house which I've lived in since 1993 and I'm finally ready to leave it. A three bed place when you live alone is just too much for one person, I love this house it has some good memories but I'm just not happy here anymore, I want to live closer to my friend. I'm also planning on going to Canada next July for a year, maybe longer if I can get a good place to stay or settle down with a  gorgeous Canadian man lol. I have moved on from my ex but I don't truly feel like I've moved on with my life because I am still in this house which has some real demons. It has lots of good memories but also lots of bad memories and I'm just not happy which isn't helping me. I have another week off of college so I am planning on having a really thorough spring clean because I am looking into getting a 1 bed flat or house. I've met a lovely guy, he's really nice and it's all going well, I don't want to jinx it but I really like him so I'll see how that goes.

College, I'm still enjoying hairdressing. I think by far doing this course is the best thing I have ever done,I wish I'd done it earlier in my life but better late than never, right? I'm good at it too, it's nice being able to make people feel gorgeous :-) hopefully next year if I do really well I will be moving on to a barbering course. I think that this is a great idea just because then I can work in a unisex salon and be an "uberdresser" as I like to call it lol. 

With all of the sadness that has surrounded me for the past year or two I am finally in place where I am 100% ready to leave everything behind and a brand new fresh start. When you are unhappy there is only person who can sort it out and that is you. I don't want to just exist anymore, I want to actually move on and be happy. I've got so much going for me in my life, I know I'm not getting any younger so now I'm ready to pick up my life and finally be selfish and do something for myself.

Also before I go, the boy downloaded me the new Zumba DVDs and they are awesome. I'm still loving Zumba and I am working on my friend to get her to come to some classes with me. As far as my weight goes I don't think I've lost any, just because I've been doing a lot of comfort eating recently. 

Anyhow, that's enough for now. I've been writing stuff to blog about so I'm slowly coming back, just bear with and thanks for sticking around girlies you are all awesome.

Peace and Love

Peek a boo

Hello my loves,

Firstly I'd like to say hello and welcome to my new followers, I was at 70 and then I suddenly had 75 that's really big to me and I am so thankful to you all. I hope you are all well and keeping warm in this freezing cold weather. It's been horrible this year because I had my massive weight loss (I've lost another stone) and I've not had as much meat on me to keep me warm lol.

Anyhow, I'm back. Where have you been Joy? The start of the year was good but I took a needed much break from blogging and tweeting, yep even twitter and we all know how much of a twitter junkie I am lol. I wanted to concentrate on college and everything else in my life, plus I didn't really have anything to blog about but I really want to start blogging again. I've been doing a lot of thinking about my life and in the coming months I've got some very exciting things lined up, I don't really want to jinx them too much so I won't mention it just yet.

Anyway, the start of the year as I mentioned has been good, I'm doing really well in college and I did my friends hair the other day which was so much fun. I'm loving it, you know people doubted me when I said I wanted to do hairdressing at college and begin a new career but I stuck to my guns and I actually am sad I didn't do this course when I was younger, oh well I can do it now and I'm happy about that. I'm not one of those people who can stand on my feet for long periods of time, so why become an hairdresser? well the long and short of it is I love it, when you are doing something you love you are less likely to moan about it and honestly being on my feet for 6 hours isn't so bad when you're happy. 

Aside from college I had no internet for ages and I've locked myself out of email because I don't know my password which isn't good.

I've been on a few dates with a few men which I'm not sure you're interested in but I thought I'd share that anyhoodles, lol. I've lost more weight, how I did this is totally beyond me but I went to New Look with my Christmas money and bought 2 dresses in a size 12 and they fit me. I'm not going to lie it felt good getting them home and them fitting perfectly.

This next week I am off of college and I am wanting to get back into blogging which will be good, I'm a bit rusty so bear with me :-).

So I'll leave it here for now, but if you would like me to write about anything let me know. I'm not going to blog everyday like I did last year because I think that is the reason I ended up falling out of love with blogging.

Peace and Love 

A weighty issue (Update)

Hello my loves.

Happy New Year :-) I cannot believe we are in the new year now. It's so strange and it's probably going to take me until 2013 to remember to write 2012 lol.

Anyway, so I mentioned last night on Twitter about my weight and I got a few questions about how I lost the weight. My dad's cousin's husband asked me how I have lost this weight and I'll be honest, I didn't change the way I eat I still ate junk food but after my husband left I just didn't eat properly for 3 months it brought back a ton of my issues with food. I did exercise though. With weight loss comes a bit of sagging, my boobs were a B cup before I put on all of my weight and now they are an E cup, I am happy about this but well they're not as nice as they could be I guess lol. I've always been against surgery I just think it's a quick fix and it's not something I would ever have wanted but now that I've lost weight and I am having trouble with the wobbly bits, I would have a tummy tuck and a breast lift. Also with all of this I have so many stretch marks. I do look at them and sometimes I cry so much and other days I think I won't be like that again. I have so many anxieties about my body, yes I am now a size 12 but I don't feel like I look good naked. I have love handles and I am determined to sort these out. I have a ton of clothes that I haven't been able to fit in and I had put them aside so that I could sell them on eBay but I tried them and although they are a little bit tight I love them. Although I want rid of my love handles I do like my shape, it's an hourglass shape and I think that that is a really sexy shape to have.

As a size 12 I am pretty happy because that was always my ideal size. I'm not sure if I mentioned this in one of my other posts but I went to the doctors and he told me I have lost three stone which is just amazing. I asked my mum for a couple of dresses for Christmas and I tried them on thinking they wouldn't fit but they did and I am so happy. It's not just that I need things that are stretchy because of my tummy I have to think "will this fit over my chest" people stare at them enough and think they're a blessing but they are kind of a curse lol.

So what are my tips, what are my goals and what am I going to do to lose the last bit?

My tips -

• don't deprive yourself, ok I'm not saying go out and eat a five course meal every night and eat chocolate and crisps washed down with fizzy drinks you aren't going to get anywhere that way. But, moderation is good. You see when I want something I have to have it otherwise when I get it I'm going to overindulge it's the bodies way of saying screw you for not giving me what I want.
• Definitely exercise, start off small walk places dance around the house even doing housework. You don't have to spend top dollar on going to a gym you can buy DVDs etc. I love to put the 80s channel on my TV and dance around the house.
• Don't do quick fixes you will put te weight back on. A friend of mine tried lighter life lite and she did do well on it, she lost a ton of weight but she put it all back on plus 1stone. They seem perfect because they're quick and easy to do but because you don't really eat when you do finally start eating solids your body will grab onto every little bit and you'll put it all back on.

My Goals -

• I want to lose the last bit of weight and then I will finally be happy in my skin.
• When I have lost all of this weight I am going to treat myself to a pinup photo shoot. It's always been my dream and I just know I will love it :-)
• I would LOVE to become a Weight Watchers rep and host meetings. Most of the reps there have all dropped a ton of weight and because of this they know how to act around people. Going into those meetings especially if you're on your own is daunting, it's not nice because you think people are going to judge but I'd love to help them out.

What am I going to do -

• My college is just a five minute walk from town, I usually get the tram but that is starting to get expensive so I am going to walk to the college and catch the tram back just because after being on my feet for that long I want to get into town quick.
• I've asked for an Xbox for my birthday so I can exercise on there.
• I am going to lose 3 stone by March 31st.

So that's it, I will probably do another update in March after I've lost my weight. Are you planning to lose weight this year?

Much love

New years resolutions

Hello my loves,

I hope you are well and had a great Christmas

So as you will know if you follow me on twitter and have followed my blog for a long time, I have had a seriously negative year. Everything that could go wrong actually has, but, in all honesty, some good things have come out of this year I've met some lovely people, I made up with a friend who I didn't think I would and I've had a few nice dates. I've done so many positive things, like losing weight although, that was due to stress. I'm back at college and although I'm not ready for a new boyfriend I am ready to date and have some fun. 

In the new year I'm going to be so positive and I'm going to get good things! So long ramble over let's get to the reason in here doing this post!

• Get a new job. Save money, get myself a working holiday visa to Canada or do the internship in America.
• Stop saying I'm going to do something and then not do it!
• Although we all say we are going to lose weight after new years I actually lost three stone this year, I want to carry on and lose the last bit of weight.
• Stop letting things get to me so much! Good things ARE coming my wa.
• I am going to meet up with all the new lovely friends I have made on twitter.
• I need to let things go, I hold onto too much grudges and once someone has pissed me off I stay angry for the longest time.
• I need to exercise more.
• I want to try and new and healthy things recipes and teach myself to be a better cook.
• I want to give my blog more love and try out more products.
• I don't want a boyfriend but if one comes my way I am not going to turn it down.
• In September I want to do a barbering course.
• I've lost a lot of friends through not having time for them because I got married and we moved on, I'd like to mend these friendships
• I want to move, Ideally I'd love to move somewhere closer to my friend.
• If I don't get to move I would like a housemate to move in.
• I want to paint my house because I am sick of the half painted walls that my ex never helped me to paint.
• I want to sit and read a new book every week.
• I want to go on more dates, there's lots of beautiful men out there and I want to meet as many of them as I can. Just because I have been burnt in the past doesn't mean that the one is going to hurt me.
• I am going to be the person I haven't been able to be because of my ex.
• I want to let go of negativity, if you are always feeling negative then you are giving out negative vibes and there for you're asking for bad things to happen.
• I am going to sell off the rest of my clothes that don't fit and buy a brand new wardrobe of things that do fit.
• I want to make my own hairstyles and try a new hairstyle every time I go out.
• I'm going to grow my hair really long because I am craving fishtail plaits.

Wow, that's actually a ton of things. I've still got ideas going through my head so I will keep adding to these but yeah, those are the things that I want the most from my life.

Happy new year my cupcakes and I will be back in the New Year fresh and feeling positive. Here's to a happy new year :-)

Much love

Spreading the Christmas cheer

Hello my little Christmas Lovelies :-)

I hope you''re all well.

I don't actually have anything specific to talk about today I just wanted to make a little post to say thank you to my lovely subbies, I'm up to 70 now and that's massive for me. I'm so out of practice with Blogging now it's been a while but I do plan to come back fresh with some new products in the new year. I've just got no enthusiasm for this year anymore, It's been a tough tough year and I'm not sad to say I cannot wait until January. I'm ready for a brand new chapter to start.

So what is everyone doing for Christmas? Do you know what you're getting? I haven't a clue what I am getting but I'm going to my mum's boyfriends mum's for Christmas. I'm not excited about it this year. 

I know I've had a terrible year but I've also had some great things happen. I've lost three stone and am now back into a size 12. I've met some super lovely people and I'm back at college doing something I really enjoy. I'm happier now than I was this time last year.

I'm excited to see what 2012 brings, I'm planning to go on to do Barbering at college after this year, I still have to do another year of my normal hairdressing but I'm so excited for everything. 

Anyways I'm sorry about the pretty pointless Blogpost I guess I just wanted to come and say hi and wish you all a super happy Christmas. I hope you all get everything you've ever wanted and eat lots of great food and drink (do it responsibly lol) lots. Thank you to everyone who has been there for me this year I'm so grateful for everything you have done for me.

All my love

Update

Hello my loves,

How are we all? Long time no post. Have you all done your Christmas shopping? I still haven't done mine but thankfully I don't really have to buy many this year.

So where have I been? I've been slacking on posts recently, I've been busy with college I've had exams and practical assessments as well as writing assignments. I am officially on Christmas break now, I've managed to get my assignments done so I have just under a month off which is going to be great. I am hosting a blogsale if you are interested you can go grab a bargain here

Last weekend I fell and hurt my ankle and when went to the doctors he told me I'd torn a ligament (ouch) this is no good thing when you have to stand on your feet all day when you are training to become an hairdresser, and my tutor is no pushover "hairdressers do not sit down" she says lol. That is healing nicely, the bruises scare me but I always do bruise like a peach. I know sitting on my fat ass would mean I could surely blog but I've also been really unwell. I've got flu and I've barely done anything, I went to get cough medicine yesterday because I have a really chesty cough which is agony. All of my joints hurt and I've just been feeling so down because all I do is blow my nose and cough my guts up. I'm just not having the greatest time of it. 

I've not even been reading blogs, I've just taken a complete break which isn't like me at all. Now that I am on holiday I am hopefully going to start blogging again next week

So that is where I have been, if you missed me at all lol.

I hope you have a great weekend and I'll see you next week with a brand new post :-) 

Lots of Christmas hugs and love

New hurr, long rambly post.

Hello cupcakes,

How are you all doing?

Recently I've been bitten by the hair bug (no I don't have nits, hmm perhaps I need to rephrase that lol) I've been wanting to go lighter and then dye my hair pink, last night I decided I was going to lighten it so here is what my hair looks now and a review about the products I used to get me to lighter hair.

This is what my hair looked like before.

And this is my hair now.

How did you achieve this? your hair is pretty dark. Well here is what I did to go from dark to light in 60 minutes, what 60 minutes? That's ludicrous! well it isn't actually. I'm going to let you into a little secret, I used Colour b4, yep no bleach and no ammonia. I managed to save up enough points on my Superdrug card so I thought I would buy this with them.

Here is what the site says about Colour B4

''Has your hair received multiple colour applications and become dark and flat? Or if you have applied a dark brown, red or black shade (you just don’t want) then Colour B4 Extra Strength can help. Colour B4 Extra Strength hair colour remover is the safest and most effective way to remove an undesirable hair colour."

I've heard so many mixed reviews about this stuff, some say it doesn't work and some say it does. This is my third time using it and I've never had any problems with it. I always use the extra strength one.

 Because Colour B4 doesn't contain bleach and ammonia you can dye your hair straight after you use this. I'm sure you probably could, but I always leave my hair alone after I put Colour B4 on. I put my hair through so much and I like to leave it, plus I also always like the way my hair turns out once I have used it. I wanted to go lighter and I didn't expect the results that I got. At first I was shocked because it was a lot lighter than I intended it to be, however, I liked it! I wanted change and I got so I'm perfectly happy to keep it for a while. As you can see from the pictures it looks like it blonde but it is a mixture between blonde and red. Growing up I had blonde hair, this changed when I got passed 5 it started to darken and became a mousy brown (which I hated) so I started to dye it when I became 16, against mothers wishes. The colour I had in the first picture was Casting Creme gloss by L'Oreal, and I did like the colour I but I wanted to be lighter so that I could go red again, call me crazy but I always feel like I'm a more confident person with red hair. The thing I love so much about hair is it's versatility, you can change the colour you can change the

Now, you shouldn't expect this to completely strip your hair and expect it to look exactly how you want it, because if you use permanent colour each time you colour it, the hair changes from its natural state and will never lose that colour until you either grow it out or cut it. It's called permanent hairdye for a reason. Colour B4 shrinks the artificial dye molecules in the hair, enabling you to simply wash them away. 

The thing I do not like about colour b4.

If you use the extra strength one you have to leave it on for 60 minutes which isn't a problem to me because I can do a lot in that time, but, you have to spend ages washing it all out then you have to wash your twice with a bufferer. It might make your hair feel a little bit like straw at first.

Now onto the next bit of this review, my hair at the ends felt like straw, I could brush it but it really hurt. I was frantically worrying what I could use because I don't have masses amounts of products (which I do need to invest in now) for my hair so I was panicking because I needed something to tame the ends. GlossyBox to the rescue I remembered I got some hair oil in I think it was Septembers glossybox. Now, I had my reservations about this stuff because, I have quite oily hair at the crown and I thought it would just make the problem worse. It says to add 1 to 2 pumps of it but I knew I'd need a bit more than that so I added 4. You add it to the tips of your fingers and then mix it together to warm it up a little and then add it to your hair. My hair has never felt so soft, it wasn't horrible, it didn't make my hair sticky it was a godsend. I'm not sure if I would be able to repurchase it because it's pretty expensive. If anyone can offer me a good cheap hair oil or serum that I can pick up from superdrug or boots when I have some money that would be awesome. I would say that it's probably a good thing to have and if you can afford to splurge.

  

So there we have it, my new hair and how I did it. If It was bleach I would say be careful but this is fine, It is literally fool proof. Use it as you would a normal hairdye, but if you use the extra strength one you leave it for 60 minutes. It is a faff to wash it out but just stick with it and you'll be fine. Colour b4 is pretty pricey at £12 and you can pick it up at Boots or Superdrug.

Peace, love and sunshine

30 Day Blog Challenge

Day 10 – What is the name of the movie you last watched?

Hello my loves,

I hope you are well and having a great weekend.

At the moment I'm having a lazy day and watching a movie called "Take the Lead" you can read about it here if you want to know what it is about.

Much love

30 Day Blog Challenge

Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.

Hello you gorgeous beauties,

I hope you're doing well. Today being the 24th November means it is exactly one month away from Christmas eve, I'm scared as it's my first Christmas alone, anyhow grumbles over lol.

I don't get chance to buy much nowadays I just don't have the money but I did see this dress on the ASOS.com website. It was on sale for £14 and I just couldn't resist. I like that it's black on the top and a really cute floral skater style skirt, I like contrast and this is definitely that. It opens up at the back which is really really cute and I think I will get a lot of wear out of it.

I did take the picture from the ASOS.com website.

So there we have it, if you are interested it is still for sale on the site.

Peace and Love

30 Day Blog Challenge

Day 8 – A song to match your mood.

Hello my loves,

I hope you're all doing well.

I've been feeling down recently but Friday I kinda had something sweet but stalkerish happen to me and I decided that I am so sick of feeling down. At the moment I have everything I want, I could use more money but for now I'm happy where I am at. I am doing so well at college, I guess you could say there is a guy in my life that I like and I've lost weight not to blow my own trumpet but I feel good and I look good.

Wowzers there was a bit of a ramble but I think I need to say all of that so that the song makes sense.. The song that fits the mood I am in right now is Yazz "The Only Way Is Up" it is right, I'm so young and I'm headed towards a brand new career and there is so much I want to achieve and I am going to.

Peace and Love

30 Day Blog Challenge

Day 7 – How has you week been?

Hello my loves how are we all on this cold Saturday afternoon?

This week hasn't been a good one if I am honest. Monday was great because I did my fist hair cut at college and it was great, I did really well and I only messed up right at the end of the cut, but I know where I went wrong and I know how to improve for next time. I'm actually really enjoying my courses, I feel like I'm out in the big bad world on my own and it's scary as hell but I am really enjoying it. Hairdressing is a scary thing to learn, one snip of the scissors and you could totally ruin a persons hair. But it is so worth it, I'm learning a brand new skill something I can use in my future.

Tuesday would have been my dad's birthday, it was a hard day for me because I really miss him. My dad was awesome, he was there for me all the time he seriously embarrassed me with boys that I liked but his intentions were good. I have to thank my dad for a lot, he gave me my music taste (well not he didn't always approve of me blasting out Spice Girls and Take That lol) my favourite memories of my dad was him sat on the sofa on a Saturday evening with his favourite red wine watching his AC/DC concert DVD. He'd call me downstairs and I thought something was wrong and he'd say "just listen to this bit" when I said no he would tell me I have no soul. I always pretended to hate his music but I secretly loved it, I couldn't do everything he told me to do so I didn't lol. It makes me so sad that my dad died so young, he didn't get the chance to his "bundle of Joy" get married, he won't get to see what an amazing woman I'm going to become and he won't to see my children. He didn't get the chance to do things that he wanted to and that makes me so sad, he died never getting to go to Australia. Because he died never really getting to do these things, I want to do my best at getting out of this place and doing what he would have wanted to do.

Wow sorry there I got into a bit of a ramble.

This week has just been draining, my moods have been up and down and I'm just having a not nice time. But I may have some news next week which will be good. Anyhow I'm determined to get myself out of this funk of a mood.

Much Love

30 Day blog Challenge

Day 4 – What's one thing you love to do?

Hello gorgeous people :-)

I think if you have followed me for a while and read the tags that I have done and mentioned my passion you will know. I love makeup and I love doing hair and all that good stuff but one thing I love more than makeup and all things beauty related (yep there is something I love more) is talking about and watching movies. Oh my days, ok, if you come and sit with me and can't find anything to talk to me about you can always talk about movies but you just better prepare to have your ear chewed off. I love talking about movies in great depth because that's what they're there for, I find movies great escapism, you can stick one on and you will find that for x amount of hours that you will lose yourself in the characters, you will feel pain when they do you will laugh when they do. 

In every movie, and this can be said for soaps too, you will always always find someone who you can relate to. That's what I love about them, it kind of makes me see that I'm not the only one in the world who's been through that.

My ideal job would be one of those people who sits and analyses a movie and picks it apart to find continuity errors. I love doing that and my biggest pet peeve is a movie with more than one continuity error, you're paying millions of dollars to make these movies and you can't do it properly? Do you not know people like me watch these movies and will get annoyed? Haha.

Anyhow, I won't bore you anymore. I just love movies and they really are my passion. I would love it one day if I could do film editing or something, that would be just the perfect job that I could see myself doing until I am 89 years old lol.

Much Love

30 Day Blog challenge

Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.

Hello my Loves,

I have a serious case of the Monday blues lol, it's cold and wet outside and I'm sat here under a sleeping bag, a dressing gown and I have my fleecy pj bottoms on and I'm still cold. I think I need one of those radiator keys that lets out all of the air that stops it getting warm. Anyway I'm rambling lol.

My idea of the perfect first date would be, ok this is going to sound so pathetic but it's actually really quite sweet.

My perfect first date would be, a nice walk on a snowy evening all snuggled up in hugs and a warm coat. Then back home, sit in front of a large fire with Chinese food and wine all whilst watching a horror movie with more kisses and cuddles than anyone can possibly handle. 

I'm not one of those girls who has to go to the poshest places in town, I don't like all the glitz and glam of stuff like I'm far happier sat in deep conversation in the local pub than in a club where you can't hear yourself think. I'm an easy going girlfriend who's happy with a pub lunch in Whetherspoons lol.

What's your idea of the perfect first date? I'm intrigued to know what you like :-)

Much love

30 Day Blog Challenge

Day 2 – A photo of something you ate today.

Hello my loves,

I hope you all had a safe bonfire night. How cold it is it? I'm shivering.

I seem to have lost my apatite recently so I haven't really eaten today. But I did have this.

I think now as it's winter and I'm frozen solid I'm going to go make myself a huge Yorkshire pudding now, maybe I should have taken a picture of that instead? Lol.

Much love 

30 Day Blog Challenge

Hello my beauties, 

I cannot believe it is already November, it's going so quick and I am not where I wanted to be.

Because it's the start of a new month I wanted to start a "30 Blog Challenge" just because I really enjoyed blogging last week while I was off, it was nice and I'd like to keep up with it so I thought a challenge would be good because I have a set thing to talk about on each on each day instead of maybe not having the time do a beauty review you get what I mean I am sure. I like to learn about the person whos blog I am reading so I thought also this would be a lovely way of letting you know what I am like and what I like to do with my life. I hope you enjoy the next 30 days of my rambles and I probably will talk about beauty related stuff during the 30 days.

Without going on for too much longer these are the things I will be blogging about this month :-)

30 Day Blog Challenge

Day 1 – What do you want right now?

Day 2 – A photo of something you ate today.

Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.

Day 4 – What's one thing that you love to do?

Day 5 – A photo of yourself two years ago.

Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.

Day 7 – How has your week been?

Day 8 – A song to match your mood.

Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.

Day 10 – What is the name of the movie you last watched?

Day 11 – A picture the outfit you wore today

Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.

Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?

Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.

Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.

Day 16 – Your celebrity crush.

Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.

Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.

Day 19 – How you hope your future will be like.

Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.

Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.

Day 22 – If you could be anywhere in the world right now where would you be?

Day 23 – 15 facts about you.

Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.

Day 25 – What’s in your purse?

Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.

Day 27 – 5 things that irritate ME about opposite/same sex

Day 28 – Your favorite movie.

Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.

Day 30 – Three good things that have happened in the past 30 days

Happy November and I hope you'll all stay with me and enjoy the next 30 posts :-)

Peace, love and cupcakes

A little thank you

Hello my beauties,

I hope you're all doing well and the cold isn't affecting you too much, it's murder on my ankle that I injured a few years ago wahhh :'( lol. Ugh that made me sound so old lol.

This year has been both good and bad. I've had a breakdown of my marry marriage but with that came someone who's better and I love dearly. I've also met some really great people on Twitter and got back a friendship I thought was lost forever. I'm liking being a student and things at the moment are just going superbly :-).

I wanted to do a little share the love post to say thank you to everyone who has been there throughout the hard times and the nice times, I don't say thank you enough and I really should. It might seem a little soppy but some of the people I'm about to mention I would consider to be a friend to me, I have to say thank you because I'm truly grateful for all of the kindness they have given me.

So here they are in no particular order.

Jack - I love this guy to bits, I think he's seriously awesome and I couldn't ask for a better LB in the world :-) he makes me so happy :-)

Rachel (Pretty Obsessed) - I met Rachel through my Blogsale and we've become really good friends since, I'm so happy to have found her and the next person

Kelly - I met Kelly through Rachel and I'm so glad I did. These girls make me smile when I am in a bad mood and were there for me when I really someone on a horrible night.

Cas - I messaged Cas by accident one day thinking she was involved with a company and we carried on talking since then, she's a wonderful girl and always listens when I need to bitch haha.

Nav - I met Nav through the Secret Santa Swap that she is hosting and I think she's absolutely lovely and seems to like a lot of things that I like. I'm so happy I have Twitter otherwise I'd never get to meet any of these lovely people.

Rachel (AllThingsRachy) - I also met Rachel through my blogsale and she has become my best customer, lol. She's a lovely girl and I like speaking to her, I like reading her angry tweets about XFactor lol.

I've no specifically everyone on my followers list is important to me I just speak to these guys the most :-)

Much Love and thank you again girlies and manly man Jack lol :-)

My Christmas Wishlist

Hi Guys and Babes :-)

I hope you're all well. I am seriously cold, Winter is definitely above us and I feel like I should be wearing gloves in the house and everywhere in the world lol.

So, it's no secret that a big day is coming up, everyone keeps talking about this special day and counting down to, it's personally starting to freak me out. If you were thinking "erm what day Joy? Just tell us" then I am sure you will know that I meant That day is Christmas day. 

I don't know how many days it is but I am sure someone could comment and tell me. The guy at the bank today told me that is exactly 2months away from Boxing day,CRINGE, I almost closed my accounts and went elsewhere to save my pennies, I don't need to hear such swear words. 

I'm not a hater of Christmas I'm just not huge fan anymore. It isn't like it used to be, I don't get to come downstairs in the morning and see all of the pretty wrapping paper and know that in that massive pile of gorgeously wrapped boxes there is going to be a brand new Barbie. I guess if I asked for a brand new Barbie I would probably get one but I'm too old for that now, so why make a big deal you might ask? because that's what Christmas was for me, my mum and dad together, my Nan and Grandad coming over for the day and me and my brother hating each other but getting on just until after lunch when we would go off to our rooms and play with what we got that morning. I just don't look forward to Christmas like I used too. All I want is to be with the one that I love and have him hold me all day long, I'd gladly give up all of my gifts for the next 5 Christmases if it meant I could be there with him. 

I think maybe I have rambled on far too long now, just getting into the Christmas spirit as you will. Today's post is about what I would like for Christmas, I'm not necessarily saying "I want everything on my list" because I know I can't have everything that I want, in truth there's just two things that I want off of the list. So I'll get onto it.

 

1. Hair Extensions - I'm planning drastic changes in December, I want to see the new year in with a brand new colour and long luscious locks.

2. A plane ticket - This is the thing I want the most, I want to wake up Christmas morning to all hugs and kisses I can stand.

3. Sugarpill Makeup - I have seen so many great reviews and I have researched all of the colours that I want, they look so pigmented and long lasting, with just amazing colour payoff. I think it's important I have these in my life lol.

4. Black Cons - Last year my pink converse were an absolute life saver, we had a pretty bad winter with lows of -16 and when the buses finally let us leave the place I live there was ice all over and my converse didn't fail me. I didn't slip once it was amazing. I have pink ones and although I love them I do not feel like they're very practical looking which is why I want black ones.

5. The Wicked Witch of The West leg necklace - I saw this necklace on a site randomly and I wanted it, I love different jewellery and this is definitely different lol.

6. Animal Print killer heels - Although I could never walk in them and they would probably just end up in the bottom of my wardrobe I would love these shoes. I'm really into animal print and every girl needs a pair of platforms.

7. Ruby Red Slippers necklace - I love The Wizard of Oz and when I saw this necklace on eBay I just fell in love. I can't go wandering around the place in red shoes so having them on my necklace would be the ideal thing.

8. Babyliss Wave Envy - I am loving mermaid style waves at the moment and I've seen a few reviews on this and although it's quite pricey I think I'm going to treat myself to it for Christmas.

So that's everything. It's only a wishlist and a girl can wish all she likes. I really wish for a plane ticket, I think spending Christmas somewhere else would be great for me after this not so nice year.

Much Love