So... I've lost a stone

This is gross isn't it.  

So I have lost 14lbs so far.  So that's quite a lot of that gooey yellowy stuff. 

Soooo pleased! Only another to go!

It's taken me 7 weeks and I've been following weight watchers which is working really well so far!

Hopefully soon I will be back to this...

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Next Makeup Discovery and Tutorial

Photo's coming soon lovelies!!!
Love this kit and now using it everyday!

Also my sister thinks my over enthusiastic reaction to how nice one of the shadows is, is hilarious.

Basically goes like this... "Oooo that's nice, oh really nice.  Yeah I REALLY like that".  CRINGE!

Hmmm.

Enjoy!

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Work Wear - Corporate

So you may or may not know that I work in a pretty corporate environment, which does not leave too much room for expression - particularly when it comes to makeup and clothing.

That said, it is expected that you will dress well and as much of a chore that can be when commuting etc, it does leave me scanning the internet for hours looking for inspiration.

I am all about simple outfits with a statement colour piece of jewellery.  I love to wear a smart shirt and suit with a divine necklace.

This colour though is one of my favourites as it works so well with my skintone.  I got the blouse from Miss Selfridge yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaars ago and I just cannot bear to part with it!

The shoes are from BHS and very practical really and the suit is Primark.  I don't have many items from Primark for work, but every now and then I will find an absolute gem and this suit was one of them.  Cost about £35 and would have cost at least £80 from anywhere else!

I would love to show you what my outfits look like on more often but I just don't have the set up at the moment.  Hopefully when I move toManchester with the boyf I can rope him into it...

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UK Glamorous - Beautiful Dresses and Blazers

Errrr hello awkward pose!

Hey gorgeous people - it's late - it's sunday and I feel like showing you my gorgeous new outfit - FINALLY.

So the lovely people at Glamorous recently sent me this dress and blazer.  I must say that the blazer has been worn so many times since and I have received sooooo many compliments on it. 

It is literally the perfect bold colour for summer for me - brightens up any outfit. 

I've been teaming it with a beautiful white crochet top I've had for years, black maxi dress, purple see through vest (which I wore on my recent youtube vid here (<---- link) and most recently this DIVINE dress.

I really couldn't wait to show you this dress!  It is the most amazing print and so simple in shape - I know it's just going to be so versatile.  I wore this particular outfit for a family meal last night.  I wore it with black heels (sorry I couldn't get it all in and also sorry for the phone shot but the camera ones just made me look ridiculous - I looked paler than anything which is just not accurate!!)

Anyway, it's super comfy and has a concealed zip up the bag and literally doesn't know how to crease - yay for packing!! Cannot wait to wear this on holiday with my tanned legs and skinnier body!! Whoop whoop!

So Glamorous is a website on which you can purchase truly divine clothing.  I chose this dress and blazer because they are things that I would normally talk myself out of - you know bright print and bold colour. I am just too safe.  

You can't go wrong though - I've trawled through their website here (<---- link) and found so many other items I will be purchasing.  This is the start of a whole new obsession for me!!

And can I just say the paisley print on the dress above can be found in the sale in the form of shorts for £10.79!!! They are AMAZING! Perfect for holiday!! 

They have an absolute shed load in their sale so I am off to spend some of my money seeing as I have just been paid!!! 

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New Hair!

Oh hello highlights!

Seriously - you would think I was shaving my head with how worried I was to do this but being the crazy person I am (not) I got my at home highlighting kit by L'oreal and went for it! Go me!

Normally I go for a dark all over colour though but I wanted something lighter to try and bring out some colour or something!

So glad I did - I really like it!  I would say though that actually I wish I had put even more in around my face and might do some more soon because I really like it!

In terms of application I found this a little tricky.  You apply standard dye, rinse out after 25 mins (I did about 20 so as not to look like a goth) and then start again with a large mascara type wand and a blue mixture which is the highlighting dye.  My problem was that because my hair is curly it was so hard to get the strands I wanted to do and of course I was worried the whole time that I would end up looking ridiculous.

Next time I will be a bit more confident!

Have any of you used these?

What do you think?

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Untitled - Doodles

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TRESemme Keratin Smooth

So there's a lot of hype surrounding the whole Keratin thing at the moment and I must say anything that can make my hair more manageable and straighter, without doing damage interests me!

Now in terms of the whole keratin straightening I'm definitely not sure I buy it. My Mum (who has Afro Caribbean hair) had it done and she hasn't experienced much of a difference other than her hair being flatter when she styles it, which isn't a positive necessarily.

So I though that this could potentially be a happy medium and generally I like a TRESemme new range!

So I washed, conditioned and applied the spray and blow dried. First thing I found was that my hair was much harder to dry both in terms of manageability and actually becoming dry. Now don't get me wrong, having mixed hair (European and Afro) means it is always going to be a bit of work to go from curly to straight but this was a bit excessive if I'm honest. My hair was out on its ends near enough!

Despite that it still felt soft and looked pretty good when I ran the straighteners over it and with my hair being in desperate need of a trim I can't strictly blame the products solely.

So I didn't and just thought I need a trim.

Sadly though my experience didn't get any better. My hair was limp and kinky within 5 minutes of being out of the house! I couldn't believe it! And although the weather is the worst (too humid and wet) on a sunnier day I had the same problem.

So for me this isn't a product I would recommend. I'm really disappointed to say that given my hair normally loves TRESemme products I can safely say not these.

The only thing I would say is that it may work on normal and recently trimmed hair...

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