DIY Nails!

I thought i'd have a go at being a nail technician for the day, this is how my nails turned out!

They're false nails (french mani) and i put the nail art on myself, it was so EASY! Must have taken me 30 mins at the most and thats only because i was really taking my time, drinking a cup of tea and watching tv at the same time. If you want a tutorial then let me know,

Summer Fashion Trend: Festival!

Before i start...

I know as well as any other curvy girl out there, clothing can be hard to find when things are made for smaller women. It always used to be a struggle for me to even think about shopping let alone do it! I'd get so stressed out because things would either not fit me or look horrific! Luckily i found the will to not give up. The best piece of advice a friend of my ever gave me was to go through all of my magazines (and being the magazine hoarder that i am i had a fair few to get through) and pick out every single thing i liked the look of, then cut it out and stick it into a big A4 sized note book. This was i had all my ideas together and I'd look at them every time i found something new, so the style i was aiming for stuck in my head!

You have to remember to emphasize your best bits! For example i have quite a good bust, but not so good arms. So in the summer i wear fitted vests with scoop necks to emphasize my bust, but put a light cardigan on top take the focus away from my arms. Its as simple as that!

Anyways back onto the subject!

One of the many key trends this summer the the Festival trend! Its indie, hippy and summery all thrown into one and there are so many fab things to mix and match. I've picked out a festival inspired outfit to give you guys a little example of what its all about! Enjoy!

Satchel bags are the perfect bag for this summer! Big enough to fit your sunnies, a bottle of water and your purse, and if your lucky enough a cardigan should fit too! On top of all that it fits comfortably across you body so you don't really have to carry a thing!

Satchel bag: £24.99 River Island

Another stylish yet practical accessory that is essential to this trend. A simple trilby hat with ribbon detailing looks stylish and really puts the look together, plus it keeps your head cool and protects your roots from the UVA rays! 

Trilby hat: £12.00 By Jasper Conran at Debenhams

This turquoise feather necklace is another band on trend essential accessory for the festival trend, especially if it include suede ribbon and beads!

Necklace: £7.99 River Island

These pumps are new to this season, they are so comfortable and stylish all in one! Who said shoes were for fashion and not for comfort! These are both!

Shoes: £6.99 H&M

These shorts are a light denim and have the 'worn away' look at the bottom to give them a boho chic feel! Wear shorts for this look daisy duke style, knee length or in between! Its not the length its definitely the style in this case!

Shorts: £17.99 H&M

And finally this top, it has a real native American feel to it! The turquoise colour is going to be seen a lot this summer! The Hanky style hem is very flattering for those of us who have a little more tummy than we would like.

Top: £16.99 River Island

This is just one example of the festival style for summer 2011. But you can mix it up any way you like, by adding a sparkly head band, a pair of sandals and glaming up you make-up with a deep smokey brown eye you can easily take it to a night time look! Just remember to have fun with it! Hope this has helped you guys!

Much love xx

My Self Improvement Plan!: Lets do it together!

I'm sure everyone has things they dont particularly like about themselfs and want to change. From loosing weight to giving up smoking, these things can be hard to do but with the support of others it makes it so much easier.

Personally...

Ive been feeling quite depressed lately, i dont know if its down to being ill, but its made me realise there are parts of my life that i really do want to change, mostly for health and self confidence reasons. I know i can do this! The things i want to change i have to admit, are mostly my apearance so here comes the list!

• Loosing weight - Im going to be completely honest with you guys, i currently weigh roughly 16 and a half stone. I am not sure how much weight exactly i would like to loose, but i would like to fit comefortoubly into a size 12 pair of jeans (im currently in an 18-20). For those of you who dont know i am starting up a youtube channel not just for myself but to help others in the same situation as i am. After being taken into hospital a couple of days ago, the DR said one of the main things that will help my condition is weightloss. This will also be made easier with my next aim.

• Quit Smoking - Yes i am one of those silly people who started smoking when i was just 14. I dont know why, i just did, but now im sick of it and do it purely out of habbit. It costs me a lot of money and thinking of the other things i could spend this money on make me want to quit even more.

Those are my two main goals for now. Of course i have other mini goals - getting a spray tan and highlights for example - that i will give myself as a treat for acomplishing certain things. Using the money i would have spent of ciggeretts. So there we go! A new me begins! Tell me if you're doing you're own little self improvement plan and what it is you'd like to change about yourself!

Much love xx

ANOTHER update! So sorry guys!

Hey guys, im so sorry to be doing another update but i needed to let you know some stuff.

 

In my previous update i said how i'd been ill and that i though that i was better, but i woke up friday morning and i wont go into details but i was VERY ill and, the ambulance had to come get me and take me into hospital where they ran a load of tests on me and kept me in over night to monitor me etc. They have figured out whats wrong at got me on medication and ive gotta have a few bits and bobs done over the next few weeks. So for those of you who know about my upcoming youtube channel, filming has had to be delayed because ive been told i need to sit and rest for a few days and i just want to get back to my usual self. Anyways enough of my babbling, i hope you are all well and i may do a few posts over the next day or so.

Much love xx

Update

Hi everyone! So many things have been going on lately and i dont want to be like, making excuses but i haven't posted anything since sunday and i feel so bad about it! Anyways, i thought i'd give you a little update as to whats been going on with me and let you know about a few upcoming posts that i think you will really like!

As you can see from my last blog, on saturday we had this big going away party for my friend because she was leaving for Hong Kong (she went on Wednesday) and we went out clubbing afterwards and long story short somehow we ended up getting free Champagne and Vodka shots and Jagerbombs so on sunday i got a well deserved hangover (do not drink unless you are prepared for the aftermath).

Sunday was spent at boyfriends place and we cooked a roast dinner so my whole day was spent on the sofa recovering, with his Duvet drinking tea and watching movies together.

Monday was spent doing housework, washing, ironing, working out and visiting my nan.

Tuesday was spent having a bit of 'me-time' which is something i like to do once a week, i have long lay in, make breakfast, go for a run and do my workout, take my dog to the park, visit my nan and aunt, and then have a bubble bath full of lush junk

Wednesday was spent shopping! I went to a big shopping centre with my boyfriend, bought some more stuff from LUSH, my dads fathers day present's and then we ate chinese food and went to the cinema to watch the new X-men Movie which by the way was INCREDIBLE and then we went to play snooker until pretty late.

On top of all this ive been a little ill but im not going to get into that, so here is a list of upcoming blogs for you guys! As always i will take requests so if you have managed to get this far without falling asleep then please please leave me any requests you have in the comments!

• Summer wardrobe essentials
• Collective haul
• At home spa day tutorial - im a little unsure as to do detailed tutorials on individual treatments or one big blog post including all of them.
• Various summer beauty/health/make-up tutorials.

Like i said i'll take any requests so get commenting guys! I also want to say a big thank you to all my followers and ive been collecting prizes for my 25 followers giveaway/competition!

Much love! xxx

OOTD: Natalies BBQ/Leaving party

Hey everyone this is my outfit of the day from saturday! We had a BBQ at my friends place as she is leaving for Hong Kong on wednesday for 6 months!!! And we all went clubbin afterwards! Enjoy the pics!

My hair was just left to dry naturally and i put the curling tong through the odd bits that went wavy instead of curly.  I popped the little flower in for a summery look!

Top: Tescos

Cardigan: Matalan

Jeans: Peacocks

Boots: Not sure where they are from! My friend gave them to me :p

And here are some pics from the rest of the night!!

TAG: 20 questions!

I love doing these post and seeing your responses, its such a great way to get to know someone!

1 Coffee or Tea? Tea! I'm not technically classed as 'Living' unless Ive had a cuppa in the morning! Milk two sugars please!
2 Are you an animal lover? Definitely
3 Have you ever dyed your hair? Every couple of months
4 Chocolate or sweets? I love both, but if i had to choose it would be sweets, the chewy jelly kind
5 You have won loads of cash, what do you do with it? Go on HOLIDAY! It would be so nice to get away for a while
6 Do you wear sunglasses in summer? Aviators baby ;)
7 Attached to your IPod? Attached is an understatement
8 Are you a high heels person? OH YES! But i love flats just as much!
9 Movie in or late night movie in the cinema? Movie in, microwave popcorn, Doritos with cheese melted over them and cuddles on the sofa =]
10 Pop, R&B or Rock? I like whatever sounds good! So i don't think i could choose, it goes from Usher to JLS, Katy perry and Taylor swift!
11 Hair down or up? I like to have my hair different every day, today its up in a side pony tail all scrunched up and wavy
12 Blonde or Brunette? Blond
13 Full face of make up or just lippy and eyeshadow? It depends on the day, and where I'm going. If its out with friends a little mascara will do fine, if I'm out somewhere special a full face or if I'm just as home or at my boyfriends flat then its no make-up at all! Or if we go for breakfast the morning after a night of drinking...its no make-up and some very big, very large celeb style shades!
14 Blair or Elle? Well i can relate more to Elle cos i have blond hair and dry skin, but Blair just makes me laugh so much! I couldn't possibly choose between the two of them
15 Like spicy food? No...I LOVE IT!
16 Scary movies? No way!!! I'm a total wimp, the scariest thing ever though is  Jurassic Park! I'm terrified of dinosaurs!
17 Cats or dogs? I have one of each, my cat crunchie is 20 in human years!! Had her since i was just a few months old and we've grown up together. But my dog lucky is also my baby, i wouldn't be without either of them
18 Do you like sushi? Its incredible! 
19 Sephora or Mac? Ive never had make-up from either of them!
20 Favourite Colour? i love neutrals, but i like to mix them up with dusky pinks and purples!


And that looks like it! Please post your responses in the comments section i tag all of you!

Its time for May Favourites!!

Hey everyone! Its that time of the months again....Time for May Favourites!!

There have been so many things Ive been loving this month but i managed to pick out my top 5! So here we go! My first ever favourites blog!

1) Clean and Clears Exfoliating daily wash by Johnson and Johnson - Like this product, i am going to get straight to the point It lathers up into a foamy wash light enough for oily skin, the tiny micro beads scrub lightly but deep enough to get into your pores, clean away all impurity's and buff off dry flaky skin away without stripping it of any natural oils! My very sensitive skin did not react to this which i was so surprised about. I've been using it twice a day for a month and not even used up 1/4 of the bottle! Oh and it smells great too!

2) Barry M's Nail varnish in 313 Dusky Mauve - This is my all time favourite nail varnish but i have especially been loving it this month, I wear quite a lot of neutral coloured clothing so having this on my nails is a fantastic contrast. I couldn't really find a picture that does it justice, Its a very dark charcoal gray with a purple iridescent tint to it, like one of the two-tone colours. Absolutely fab!

3) Play suit from H&M - I couldn't find the exact picture of my play suit on the website, it is identical to this one but with buttons down the front (Look for it in my OOTD post soon). Ive never worn a play suit before i got this one and at first i thought it was a top. I tried it on in the fitting room and was like (Why the hell is there a huge hole in the side of this top have the sewn it wrong?! So i took it off, looked at it and just went 'Ooooohh!!' DUH!' So when i finally put it on properly it looked twice as good and i could not resist getting it! £14.99 what a bargain!

4) Bare Minerals foundation in 'Light' - This stuff is absolutely INCREDIBLE! My skin is quite red and rosy most of the time and for a powder (that feels like a cream when you rub it in between your fingers) i was so surprised at the full coverage it gave, it melts into my skin making it look so completely flawless! Its made with all natural minerals so my skin doesn't react to it! Its a kinda pricey at £23.50 but a little goes a long way and its lasts forever! If your a first time buyer i would recommend the 'Getting started' kit as it sets your up with all your brushes and is a super saver package. Just go to your bare minerals counter and get them to use the products on you to test it out first!

5) Leather bracelet from H&M - Its so simple and summery, i got mine in the tan colour but there were loads to choose from. It was only £1.99 and Ive been wearing it nearly every day since i got it.

Ands that's about it for this months favourites! One more thing though, i have a little someone who has been obsessed with me this month and decided he should make an appearance. Usually he's running around the garden and doesn't take much notice of me, but the past few weeks he's been wanting constant cuddles and trying to sit on my lap any chance he gets! Anyway! Here he is!

Take care guys! xx