Thursday, September 8

guest post on 'first kiss time'

Hey guys!
I've been lucky enough to do a guest post for the wonderful Sarah from First Kiss Time.


It's a review of the benefit products I bought for my birthday
- which just seems SO long ago now!!

If you want to check it out you'll find it here.
Enjoy!!
Tuesday, September 6

to go nude, or not to go nude, that is the question...?

No, not like that!!
Beauty Bloggers, I need your help;
what do you guys think of nude nails?


I've seen them on celebrities and friends a like
and I think I may have fallen in love.


I've read mixed reviews on blogs online
some are raving, some are slating,
so what I really wanted were some personal recommendations
or some personal "stay away from this product"!


I think I prefer the matt ones more than the shiny ones,
and I don't know how I feel about the one with sparkles in it.


So what do you think?
Do you have any you swear by?
Or any you should swear me off of?

Friday, September 2

home is where the heart is.

Previously I mentioned that I was working on a wall of hearts.
Well here it is, all finished and in all it's glory!
(Yes I do realise I'm missing photos, I'm waiting for the right ones to be taken!)


It all started with the very large white heart. 
What you can't tell it that it's made of very thin pieces of wood that have been shaped!
Mum bought it for me when I started redecorating my room and I popped it on the wall.
But it looked very sad on it's own, so I got the idea to collect a few more!

They all have stories connected to them, 
but I've picked a few of my favourite hearts to show you.


My Grandma bought me this for my birthday this year.
I really like this one as it has little bells and pearls hanging off it.
I also love the script of the word 'love' in the middle!


Mum came home with this little heart as a surprise for me.
She'd picked it up from a trade fair that she was attending,
it's handmade which I think is adorable; the photo doesn't do the detail justice.


I bought this heart myself when Ollie and I were in London.
It's from a little boutique in Covent Garden.
It also helps continue the 'love' theme - I have three hearts with it written on!


Finally this gorgeous frame is from Chez Rose, I was so in love I had to go back!
The frame isn't technically designed to go on the wall,
with with a little determination and string I got it up there!!


My next dilemma is do I stop there?
I've really enjoyed collecting them and remembering the stories of my summer.
Should I fill up the rest of the wall?
Thursday, September 1

the cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.

This quote pretty much sums up the holiday.

Some parts were amazing - like going to my favourite beach and spending time with Mum,
whilst others were difficult, like being constantly surrounded by 4 teenage boys
and others were downright hard, like when I got splattered with sand on the beach
(It went in my tea and everything; I burst into tears).

Llangrannog beach at low tide.
 On the Tuesday we visited a beach I've never been to, 
with an amazing Whelsh name - Llangrannog. 
It was so long, and so hot, and so busy. We almost had to sit in the shade(!).
It was down a really, really steep hill 
and we had to get this clapped out minibus down to the seafront.

Adorable houses along the seafront.
Our second beach day was Wednesday.
Pure spur of the moment.
It had been raining all day but suddenly stopped around four.
So we decided to go to Mwnt beach, which is the beach of my childhood.
We've been visiting this same area of Wales for around 9 years now,
so this beach has so many memories
(The most vivid was when we found a dead seagull in the sand!!)

Gorgeous Mwnt Beach from the cliff top.
 The beach is at the bottom of a huge cliff face. 
And this time there was no shuttle service! 
Just a huge number of stone steps, and I tell you,
after going up them for the sixth time I was starting to feel the burn!


We stayed at the beach through the whole of the late afternoon.
As it started to get a bit chillier around 7 o'clock
I went and joined Mum and Nigel who were sat on the cliff.
You see they had the camping stove, so I could have a cup of tea! 

As the evening drew to a close, we witness the most beautiful of sunsets.
And we got to watch the bottlenosed dolphins that this area are reknowed for.
I couldn;t get a photo as they were too fast for the shutter on my camera,
but they were diving beautifully, completely coming out of the water!

What was pretty special was that for the whole hour they were around,
almost everyone on the beach stopped what they were doing and watched.
The whole beach sharing in one magical moment of nature!


All in all we did have a lovely time and I'm glad I went!
But I'm also glad to be back in my bed with phone reception!

Do you and your family camp?
If so, what do you think?
And if not, why not??
 

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