Today I am celebrating reaching 100 posts and over 1500 page views in just under 6 months of blogging. I wanted to take this post to thank you all for following me and for keeping me interested in blogging. I know that on occasions I have not logged on often enough and have had very weak things to post and say, but thank you for sticking with me this long, If you are new to my blog, Thank you for taking the time to have a look.

To celebrate this small but important milestone I am going to hold a small giveaway, This is in fact my first ever giveaway and hopefully the first of many. This is your chance to win a vivo colour palette worth £5, The palette I have chosen has some lovely shades, would be good for a smokey eye or a more natural look and has two beautiful gold tones in it. I will let the giveaway run for one week and post the prize to the winner at the end of the time.

If you have trouble entering or the rafflecopter widget is not working please to to my blogger page (link below), for some reason i'm having trouble getting rafflecopter to work on this site, I apologise for any inconvenience this causes you, but I do not want you to miss out!
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What have I been doing this week? Mostly working, however I had a lovely Easter with plenty of junk to eat. My husband and I went to his parents for Easter dinner, which for me was ruined as they made lamb and I hate lamb, this wasn't really the problem as they cooked a piece of chicken for me,  the problem was that they made the gravy with the lamb juice and Me, not thinking, poured it all over the nice dinner and ruined it and made myself sick when I forced myself to eat it because I didn't want to complain.

On Wednesday I had went to the theatre with Laura to see Witches of Eastwick in Newport, It was a pretty funny play and I enjoyed it, my only criticism was that the harmonies were off, but it was opening night and its not the west end! It is something that we are craving to do again, maybe in Swansea and we both want to go and watch blood brothers!

Until yesterday I was running very low on funds so I didn't really go anywhere or do anything else, I have now picked up a few bits and pieces to try, and a dress for a wedding in July!

I love watching  Films and as a chance to get to know my tastes I've decided to do a list of films I've watched this year and ones I'm looking forward too, with a little note as to why!

Seen Already:
Hansel and Gretal Which Hunters (cos it was good old fashioned rubbish but a good film)
Warm Bodies (cos It was a good twist on an increasingly boring genre, Oh and funny)
Croods (cos haha, it was funny cavemen on an adventure)
Oz the Great and Powerful (because because because becauuuuuuse, because fantasy is cool)
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (cos its highly funny and interesting and somehow nostalgic)

Can't Wait For
Identity Thief (Cos it may be crap but looks good)
Side Effects (cos it may be relatively interesting)
Jurassic Park 3D (just because I want to see a 3D T-Rex, who wouldn't?)
Iron Man 3 (cos Robert Downey jr IS Tony Stark)
Star Trek Into Darkness (cos the first one was surprisingly fantastic)
The Hangover Part III (cos the other two were grrrreat - Get it - Tiger joke)
Man Of Steel (cos it looks good and superman is being played by Humphrey from stardust)
Monsters University (Cos I'm a big child and I can)
The Lone Ranger (cos it Johnny Depp - Need I say more)
Grown Ups 2 (cos I have no life and imagine this to be me on a midlife crisis)
RED 2 (cos its action with oldies)
Percy Jackson Sea Of Monsters (cos i love fantasy - did I mention that?)
Cloudy with a change of meatballs 2 (cos I love my food)
Carrie (cos I wanna see if they have ruined it like a nightmare on elm street)
Paranormal Activity 5 (cos I got this far with them and want to see a good one after 2 crap ones)
Thor - The Dark world (Cos Hemsworth is GOD, not just in this film but forever)
The Hunger Games Catching Fire (cos may the odd be ever in your favour)
and Finally
The Hobbit - the Desolation of smaug ( Cos the lord of the rings and the first hobbit film were EPIC and Benedict Cumberbatch, That is all)

Diamonds are not a girls best friend, they are a girls most expensive friend. Can they keep you warm at night? Comfort you through a bad day? be perfect for doing nothing in? Make you instantly Relax?

I love Pj's, Nighties or even just an old top that is simply to worn and old to wear out anymore. What I love the most is that feeling when you finish your day and you get into your nightwear knowing that you don't have to do anything else and you can officially slob out!

It does not matter if you in a childish mood and wear a pair of disney brightly colored pj's or that you are feeling mature and just wearing plain pyjamas, whatever your mood there are choices to choose from.

What you wear can make you look slimmer or larger, its all about knowing your shape and what flatters it best, there are a lot of exception to the rules, so don't rule anything you like out until you try it, fashion is what you make of it and being bold and confident enough to own what your wear and create your own style is half the battle won. here are a few things I have found that can help to make you look slimmer.

wear clothes that fit but flow over you,  if you do wear skinny jeans or tight leggings go looser of the top to balance it out.
garments with blocks of color on side panels or some prints will help to fool the eye into giving shape.
sometimes wearing a single color can help, or different shades of the same color. choose a color that is good with your complexion and build on it, its amazing how varying degrees of purple can be slimming.
semi fitted clothing can be a godsend, try not to wear items that are too clingy or too baggy, a jacket with a pinched in waist can make a look.
However, on a slightly contradictory note to earlier, try and avoid bright colors and block patterns as they are not always helpful.
Too many dark colors can be pointless as much as black is slimming, wearing black from top to bottom can make you look no different, add a splash of color in a belt or cardigan, something to break up the color and give the eye something to focus on.
Avoid horizontal stripes, they can add a lot of 'girth to your size' try vertical stripes or clothing that have a slight pinstripe to them, they add the illusion that you are longer than you are.
Don't be afraid of your size, if your and 18, buy size 18 clothes, trying to squeeze into a smaller size is not going to make you look or feel good.

These are just some tips and tricks that I have used, there are lots more out there, but overall
BE CONFIDENT in who you are and what you are wearing, we are all beautiful.

Easter is upon us already, just like christmas it comes once a year and it seems to come faster every time. Long gone is the excitement of having 12 eggs all to yourself (a stupid amount that you never ate but reveled in the counting). I was never really fussed on the actual egg, more the chocolate bar/mug/packet of sweets that came inside the egg or just in the box.

As an only child I ended up with far more than I could ever eat alone and my parents ended up helping me eat half of the eggs. As an adult I now get 2 each year, once from my parents and once from the in-laws. Getting an egg brings back a great feel of childhood and excitement until my all to adult brain takes over and after only 10 seconds I'm 27 again and already bored of the whole thing. What am I looking forward to? having 4 consecutive days of work, spending 2 days with my husband and just chilling out, I may go wild and have a games night but adult me is just more for sitting on my bum.

For those of you with children or who don't like staying in, or need ideas of things to do
here are a few things for you:

• have a easter egg hunt - easy to do and fun for 10 minutes, can do it in house if the weather is bad.
  
• go out - go to the cinema, bowling, have a picnic if its nice - enjoy the family time
• make something - some cupcakes or a cake and have fun decorating them, if you have not got time or just want to do something simple make some rice crispy cakes
  
• make paper baskets and flowers to give to family
• have a games night - monopoly, cludo, scrabble, uno - whatever you like
• make a t-shirt/trousers - all you need is a few slightly worn tops/jeans and a few dying pieces of clothing to cut up, glitter, some odd bits and bobs and some fabric glue, make a game with the kids then put on a fashion show
• story/poem time - give the lids some words and get them to make a easter story/poem about it that they have to put pictures too - should kill half an hour
• if the weather is nice, arrange for a group of friends to get together and do a scavenger hunt, using local landmarks as clues to move the groups on, prize could be a pint at the end of the game!

These are not the best ideas, but they may inspire you to do something better, Have a great easter and don't eat too much chocolate!

We all have days when we haven't had time to wash our hair or we are running late for whatever reason. This is when dry shampoo is a must.

My mother used to tell me to use talcum powder, put a little on your hands, rub hands together to even out and slowly put on hair from roots to tips, rubbing and them brushing in. Talcum does work but adds a dullness to the hair, but at a push it is a good trick to get an extra day out of your hair.

As I got older and got into beauty products, I found Dry shampoo, now my preference is Batiste as for me its the best formula I've found for the price, some of the cheaper ones don't last long or just don't really soak up the grease.

I don't use it often, generally the largest can will last me a year, so for £5 a year its not really a bad investment to help your hair look healthier and gain a much needed few hours. To anyone who has never tried It, I would thoroughly recommend picking up a can and giving it a go, Dry Shampoo is truly a god send.

I keep going from blonde to brown and back again, I have now been a brown for 18months and I miss being blonde. Once you have turned blonde no matter what you do you eventually want to go back to it. I Like the color I am at the moment but I miss looking at my long blonde locks.

Just before I dyed it blonde I had all my hair cut off, It was lovely short, but I love my hair long. It needed to be cut though, After I got married my hair was just fried, so as sad as it was when I cut it all off it needed it and its now growing back in really good condition. I'm attributing this to hardly using the straightners or blow dryer unless I'm going out, I leave my hair down when going to bed and using a whole host of product to protect my hair.

So I want it long and blonde, the length will take another 18 months maybe 12, but the color I can do now. As I don't want to loose the condition, I'm opting to take the long route to get my hair back to its rightful color. I'm going to start with a dark blonde dye to take out the brown and slowly go a lighter shade each month until I am at the color I want. I hope it will only take about 6 months but it may take a lot longer.

Here's to being the life of the party again soon.

This Is a outfit I have put together for spring,

Blue Floral Shirred Waist Sleeveless Dress£12.99 New Look
New Look Savannah Turquoise Strapped Sandals £19.99 ASOS

Stone Crochet Panel Clutch £12.99 New Look
Silver Polished Metal Peter Pan Collar £5.99 New Look

3 Pack Cream and Pink Hair Bows £3.99 New Look
Gold Glitter Club Master Sunglasses £4.99 New Look

Put together your spring outfit and send me the link, I would love to see your ideas.

So the other day I had a bit of a spree, I haven't had one in a long while, reviews to follow in the coming weeks for certain items, but for now I just wanted to share what I'd bought.

1. Maybelline super 24 hour stay in 240-Plum Seduction from boots £8.99
    Maybelline 14hr lipstick in 510-non stop red from boots £8.99 (these are currently 3 for 2 my friend 
     had the other one)
    Natural Collection Lipstick in a sheer natural called sherbet from Boots £1.99
    Natural Collection eyeshadow shade in Barley from Boots £1.79
    The Plum Seduction is a nice dark plum and very high shine, the non stop red is really really 
    red and is a beautiful color. The natural collection sherbet is a very nude skin tone but has
    some glitter in it and finally the eyeshadow is just a beautiful creamy, natural shade.
2. Is a top from George for only £5, it has lace details on the shoulders and the back, its baggy
    but is also forgiving.
3. A black leather belt with gold chain detail cost me £1.
4. The second top I bagged is from H&M and cost me £3, which I thought was a pure bargain its
    a spring orange with lace detail on the shoulder and is a butterfly style, its tight but in all the
    right places.
5. Cuff link earring from Claires it was £4.50
6. Drop flower style earring from Claires these cost me £4, I also have a pair of butterfly hoops
    as it was 3 for 2 but the photos came out to bad to use.
7. A set of two belts in a dark silver and a gold copper these were £1.50 from George.

And finally a best friend shamballa style bracelet that I gave the other half to Laura, this just seemed appropriate at the time and make us feel 12 for a few hours.

Nostalgia can be a big thing when you are buying things, especially when you mix old ideas with new fashions, these cost £7 and I think they were worth it, if not for the nostalgia at least for the fun factor of reliving your teens.

So I spent about £45 today when you add it all together and I feel that I walked away with a good few choices for this money and if not, who cares, I am a woman and shopping is in me!