SO tired

Ugh so I went out with Georgina last night which was great fun, caught up on lots of stuff, had a lovely meal at the local posh chinese restaurant (prawns in lemongrass, coconut and peanut satay sauce - divine!) but drank and smoked (eek - naughty girl am I - I've aged myself about 2 years) way too much and have been feeling the effects all today at work! God its been difficult!

I even got the munchies (after a few hours of feeling a bit sick and off colour) when it kicked in and I had to eat a full fat packet of woucester sauce crisps which helped alot! My WW diet is on strike today, plus having a bbq later and i will be eating a burger, yum, so diet definately off today, back on tomorrow!!

Nearly the weekend

So its thursday, hoorah! Am glad its been a short week, although its felt like a normal week on occasions! Looking forward to seeing George tonight for a meal in town and some drinks, weather looks like its picking up for the weekend which is good. Although not planning on doing much this weekend except for sorting out what holiday clothes I'm taking to Portugal in two weeks time (today!!! eeeek SO excited!) and just cleaning and doing some shredding of old bank statements.

Was SO happy on tuesday when I got a lovely cheque from the tax man for over £800! Woo hoo. It was money owed to me anyway (due to temping loads last year and being on an emergency tax code for ages when i shouldn'tve been) but it still felt good to see a cheque for that amount, totally made my day!

Really looking forward to next weekend as I'm going to get my hair colour sorted out. My hairdresser Stephanie is lovely bless her, but her interpretation of how much blonde I wanted in my hair last time did not compute. It looks even darker than it was before, which was not my intention! No, I am a blonde forever and darker blonde makes me sad and i look a bit pathetic without a bit of brightness in my hair. So I'm going to get half a head of light blonde put in my hair. No adding darker blonde to break it up nonsense, there loads of that already! No just plain old blonde highlights is the order of the day.

Whilst I'm there I'm going to get some gladiator sandalls for the holidays and also some benefit high beam highlighter,and some other bits and bobs for the holiday.
Well the holiday isnt specifically a holiday, its my friend Jos hen do, and we are going to portugal on thursday 11th June and coming home early wednesday 17th June, so almost a whole week! Cannot wait. And I spoke with gemma my recruitment consultant at Michael Page and she told me she has been before and loved it and is going again in september which is good to know, its made me even more excited now!

Well better get on with some work *yawn*. Roll on 5pm!!

Make up and such like

So I haven't yet talked about my love of all things make up. I don't know what it is about it, but since I was about 10 I have been in awe of the stuff. It started with the Avon Catalouge, I dont use their products anymore but it was their products that started my fascination with painting my face and changing my image.

Of course I was well aware of make up when i was even younger, my mother painted me up like a china doll (a very overly made china doll i might add!) when i did tap dancing and was in the end of year show. I did look rather like a clown in her make up, but still, it was the look of the 80s, and Mum sure did like her blusher!

And then i got given a doll from my dad which he brought in america called 'Candy'. I think she was a doll I got before I got into barbie, as she was very hard plasitc and not very posable, and her hair was a mass of frizz and not very easy to style. She came with a make up kit,but i remember it looking more like a painting kit! Blues and red eye shadows clashed terribly.
But once barbie came allong she already had a painted face, and Jem and the Holograms had such fab painted faces there was no need (or no way) to change them.

So anyway, bringing us up to date with my latest obsession! Well its not really latest, I've been obsessed with make up for sometime. And my family always tell me off for buying more of it, i cant help it, section me, for I am a make up junkie!!

One of the brands I love the most is MAC. They came over here in 1994 and I remember reading all about them in the magazines and being very excited to hear of an ethically sound make up brand, that make up artists used and so did the celebs.

I am so excited that FINALLY MAC have opened a shop in cambridge, so i never have to worry about running out of any of my favourite products. I love the lipsticks and the lipglasses, the eyelashes, mascara, powder and foundation are all amazing, I also just brought one of their stippling brushes for foundation and its amazing, makes my foundation look flawless on.

Well I think thats enough for today, I will blog again soon!

a little hello

Wow, so I haven't blogged on here for months now, but yesterday, as i was browsing the blogs of others I suddunly got the urge to blog once again, as I decided I will mix up my writing a bit, with bits of info on what make up i've brought recently (trust me, theres always something!) with what movies, music and stuff i'm into.

Well thought I would write a little about my most recent style inspiration. Now I don't really have many people that inspire my look so to say, I do have people i look up to inspiration wise, but I don't really want to dress or look like them (well not anymore!). Madonna and Marilyn Monroe I will count among those I admire and respect greatly. I don't really feel the need to dress like them though, but love their unique style and attitude.

Now at the moment I have been greatly influenced by one lady, I wouldn't say my everyday attire is like hers (although if funds allowed I would dress like her if i could) but I just love her overall look and style and especially her hair and make up.

Her name is Sharon Tate:

I just think Sharon had such beauty and style and class, and of course she died in such horrific and horrendous circumstances almost nearly 40 years ago this August 8th. I wont focus on her death so much here as it is such an awful thing to discuss, and I think we should remember Sharon for her beauty and grace and her style, and not let these monsters cloud this memory we have of her.

So anyhow, she is my style icon at the moment, I don't know how it came about, I think I was just browsing the internet and came across a photo of her. To me she sums up the style of the 60s and especially of california in the 60's, somewhere I wish i had been able to have experienced. I am pretty much obsessed with the 60s right now, its not something new to me, I even did my A Level art project on 60s fashion when i was 18 so I've always had a facination with it. I think as I am getting older and discovering my style more and what I prefer, I am more drawn to the style of the 60s, as i love the shifts dresses, the laid back hippy vibe of the late 60s and the mod look of the 60s. I am obsessed with the doors and all things 60s music anyway, so i feel a great love of the fashion and the time.

Adding to this I am trying to get my look more 60s when i go out. I did get my hair coloured recently, although not as blonde as i would like, s am going to make another appointment to get it coloured in July. I definatley want more of a malibu barbie colour going, (sharon tatw was the influence for malibu barbie did you know) and am also loving fake eye lashes, i have two pairs from MAC (one pair are totally 60s ) and love the whole make up look that was going in the 60s.

I am trying to loose weight too, after bulking up too much in the last 6 months or so, and just eating a load of rubbish. I am now determined to get down to a small size 12 (not going to go anymore than that - it wouldnt work long term for me anyway) although I know I wont achieve this before the hen do in 3 weeks time (more about that later) I know that I will definatley have lost at least 5 pounds by Jo B's wedding in July. Am going to be eating alot more salads and healthier snacks and things. It cant be done! Sharon Tate is my inspiration : )

back to it

Oh god I have totally neglected my blog! Well I have been inspired to write on it again, and have decided to make it a bit more dedicated to my love of make up and such like. But dont have time to write on it now, as its the end of the day and I am about to go to see the new Star Trek film so excited about that, even though im not a trekkie, have heard good things about it. Also going to nandos too which is always a bonus, although as im on a diet i am going to restrict myself to a chicken wrap, rice and sweetcorn, which is pretty much low fat!

Anyhow I will update more soon!