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How To: Insanely Curly Hair

Friday, May 08, 2015



Hello everyone! Last weekend I went round to my friend, Georgina's house and she decided to curl my hair. I think it looked absolutely brilliant!

1. The first thing she did was spray my hair with GHD heat protectant.
2. When she curled a section of hair she pinned it to my head with a grip so It looked like I had little pin wheels all over my head.
3. It was left for a bit after it was all curled and pinned and then she took them out. My hair looked super curly and super short but it was absolutely amazing

As you can see, I'm and awkward poser so I just put my hand in my hair and tried to look decent. We then took a few pictures for Instagram which you can see. This style will last for three days but by the third day you'll have loose curls in the end of you hair.

I tried re-creating this look with my mum but slept on it over night. When I took it out in the morning it looked really good but as the day went on my hair was straight by the time I got home from school which is annoying.

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Happiness

Friday, May 01, 2015

Sorry I haven't been on here for a few weeks but I've been slightly stressed with school. I've never been one to be open about my feelings but I feel like I should share this with you.

Recently, I've been coming home after school and dance clubs upset and sad. I don't really have a solid reason why but in the past year I've lost six people from my friendship group but have gained two amazing people.

I don't feel like doing something which I've loved from a young age and I feel really pressured to do well in school, I have three proper GCSE exams next month and our teacher are always saying they're disappointed in us and are always pointing out the bad things rather than praising the good.

To help cheer myself up I'm going to list a few things which have happened to me recently which have made me happy:

1. The sun has been shining. Personally, I like the rain but the sun is out, people are happy, moods are lifted and it just makes everything seem so much better.

2. I went for a run. Running is suppose to release endorphins and make you happier but to be honest I feel terrible after going for a run as I'm not very good but even though it did take 45 minutes I ran/walked 3.8 miles! I've never been the healthiest or the fittest but I'd like to get healthier.

3. Making Paige happy. I have a short anecdote for you, Paige my friend loves the Gold chocolate bars but her mum never buys them for her. My mum bought them for me and my brother for lunch at school and I told my mum this and she got me to take on to school for her and it made her so happy, which made me happy.

4. Cherry blossom trees. I absolutely love cherry blossom trees especially the pink ones. In my home town for the past month or so they've been in bloom so it just makes everywhere so much prettier. I also had a nice chat to my grandad about them and he told me the pink ones are ornamental and don't actually grow cherries.

I'm not going to do this every week or day, I'll probably just add two or three things to the end of every post. I hope you had a nice day! (Here is picture of flowers which I took over the weekend)

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Mascara: Ted Baker vs Maybelline

Friday, April 03, 2015


So here is another battle of the make-up products! Please remember I did my make-up differently in each picture so that may effect the overall result of the mascaras.

Maybelline: The Falsies. I absolutely love this mascara. Just look at how long my lashes look! I find this great as I have naturally short eyelashes which I absolutely hate. The picture for the Maybelline mascara (top) isn't very good as I must have taken it back in early 2014 but you get the picture. I hadn't even curled my eyelashes and I'm still amazed at how long they look! It is sold at £7.99 at Superdrug which I use to think was expensive when I first started to like make-up but honestly, I think it's worth it! Another thing which I love is the curve the tip of the mascara wand has which makes it a lot easier to reach all of the lashes.

Ted Baker: A Star Is Born. This actually comes in a gift set which I don't think is available any more but I chose this mascara anyway as I needed something to compare The Falsies to. I do really like this mascara but it took some time to get use to as the bristles were quite short and the mascara wand tip was quite straight. In the picture (bottom) I had previously curled my eyelashes before putting the mascara on so whilst you compare please remember that.

As you can see, I still have the same bags and lines which are under my eyes which is insanely annoying. But on the bright side, look at how much me taking pictures has improved! Overall, I think I prefer Maybelline's The Falsies as it adds quite a bit of length to my lashes but I will continue to use the Ted Baker mascara because I'm happy with the way it looks, what mascara is your favourite?