Hello Dello

Hello my little cupcakes,

I hope you're all well and enjoying the sunshine (it'll be raining again by 6pm)

I haven't blogged for a while as you will know, from the lack of posts...  I took a break because I didn't really have anything to blog about because I was skint and all that jazz, I am coming back and I have some nice new things to blog about.

In my break I've had a bit going on. I finished college and for the first time in my life I actually passed and finished a course YAY me. I think that says a lot about the course I was doing. I think I am progressing onto NVQ level 2 which is going to be awesome because I'll actually be working on clients.

I made the plunge and dyed my hair *shock horror* I am now an ashy blonde, I quite like being a blonde actually. I have a new tattoo and I'm going for another tomorrow WHOOP.

I turned 27 :( lol. Its the summer holidays and I'm taking a long break which is good. I gave into the hype that is Fifty Shades of Grey! Oh yeah and I attended my first ever Ann Summers party, that was lots of fun.

I guess my break hasn't been so exciting but oh well. I am back and you can expect a brand spanking new review either tomorrow or Sunday.

Until we meet again, that is my little update and for once it was quite little lol.

Peace, love and Cupcakes :-)

NOTW (Nail of the weekend)

Hello my loves,

I hope you're all well and have had a lovely weekend.

On Friday I was invited to my besties brothers birthday drinks at the pub and I wanted to paint my nails because they were looking a little bit on the gross side, the previous polish I'd put on three weeks ago (yes I really am that lazy when it comes to nail polish) was cracked and just needed to be taken off. I'm not great at painting my own nails because my hands shake etc so please ignore any mistakes left at the side of my nails.

OPI is great nail polish (it should be for it's price) I only have one of their polishes just because they are quite expensive and I got this one on eBay a couple of years ago. They have some super nice colours and the bottles look massive. The star of this weekends nail is "Dim Sum Plum" and Rimmel "Black Cab" on my ring finger. I love Rimmel nail polishes, they seem to last for ages and the colours are really nice also.

So anyhoo, I'll get on to the picture.

Dim sum plum to me is a Magenta colour and Magenta is my favourite kind of pink. It's kind of like a purple pink and I think that's why I like it so much.

I know I don't have nice long nails and I am not so great at nail painting but I do love these colours together. I like the contrast of the pink and black on the ring finger. I think I'll be wearing my nails a lot like this this summer.

What nail polishes are you into at the moment? Are there any OPI polishes I need in my life?

Peace and Love

Update, haul and a makeover oh my :)

Hello my loves.


If you follow me on twitter you'll see that I was having a tough day yesterday, my mum found out that's she's going into hospital today, I won't go into specifics because it's personal but please everyone say a prayer for her. It seems like its one thing after another at the moment, but I'm waiting for the light at the end of this dark tunnel!


Anyway, feeling a little bit low I decided to pop to meadowhall and buy some new shoes. I wanted to buy a couple of the revlon lip butters and I picked out a couple but then decided I don't wear lipstick enough so I couldn't justify spending £7.99 on a lipstick. As I was in boots I thought I would stop by the clinique counter and have a look at their mascaras, just  because they're so gentle on my sensitive eyes. One of the lovely ladies who works on the counter came over to help me and I ended up having a makeover done (I didn't take pictures, it was getting late and the sun was against me) but it was really lovely to go and be pampered a little bit.


I went off to Primark, bought my shoes and then ended up in Superdrug after stopping off at Starbucks for a frappe and a skinny lemon muffin.

So here are the goodies that I got :-)


As it isn't boot weather anymore (I searched long and hard for some new ones even on the internet I just cant find any and I need some for college to stop hair getting on down my shoes) if you know of any sites that sells nice ones please link me. But I decided that as these bad boys were only £5 I would get a pair because they're just fun.  I love the bow and as they're made of material the backs of the shoes don't rub against my heels. 

I got some shoes from Primark last year and they had a pvc bow and they looked like the Hello Kitty bow so I was happy to see these guys. They were also only £5 so I had to grab them. They are the same as the other ones, soft material and I feel like they will work for college because they are black and I can wear them with leggings and my uniform.

I'd like to say sorry for the quality of these pictures, the sun was against me and I'm a bit annoyed, (obviously I didnt et the rimmel nail polishes from Primark) Don't you just hate primark? I mean I love it, it's cheap the stuff is great (at times) but, as you walk over to the tills they have these little bits and bobs buckets, I can't just pass bits and bobs! There is always a place for tatt and bits and bobs in my home lol. Anyway the nail polishes were £2 as you can see and the hair doughnut was £1 (which is about £6 cheaper than the ones you get from boots) I do have a black hair doughnut but I've lightened my hair now, so I figured I would get a brown one. I'm really into pastel nail polishes at the moment so I'm super excited to try these out and I will do notd's with mini reviews of each polish.

The last bits I got were these two hairdyes, they're on offer in superdrug so I couldn't resist, you know what girlies? I never can resist hairdye, I'm terrible for it, my house is just basically a salon lol. I just love changing the colour of my hair, I am aware of the damage but my hair seems to accept the dye. (again I'm sorry about the quality)

So there we have it, a small haul. I love buying new things even if it is only small.

Much love

Jewellery wish list

Hello beauties


Happy bank holiday Monday, today is the only day I didn't wake up with the Monday blues lol. I hope you are all well. It's a gorgeous day today, it's a bit chilly but I love it when it's like this.


I was having a look at a few posts a few weeks ago and came across Leanne's (A Slice of My Life) post about a cool website whom sell quirky jewellery. I had a look at the site and I was sat there for 30minutes in bed saying to myself "ooh I want that" to everything I saw lol. I love quirky things. When it comes to jewellery I love "out there" pieces. I like jewellery that makes people stare and wonder where I got it from. Stop talking Joy and tell us the site lol. The site is called Rings & Tings, the stuff they sell is reasonably priced and it just screams fun. I'm massively into jewellery at the moment, it's nice when you're wearing something plain to add a bit of a statement piece.

Anyway, this is a wishlist so I'll show you the things I am lusting after right now. (I haven't put the link for each piece but it is all on site for you to shop at your own convienience :D)

Rings

Necklace

Bracelets

So there we have it, do you have any favourite sites where you get your jewellery? I'd love to check them out.

Much 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