Festive eyes

Well with Christmas just around the corner I have been trying out some new looks and products, I love any thing sparkly and the Barry M dazzle dust is perfect to dust over your eyeshadow to give it that Christmas party look. I used an Elizabeth Arden eye primer, Sleek makeup bad girl palette mauve colour for the base and darkened this out at the edges using black. I then patted over Barry M dazzle dust in dd95, lined with liquid black eyeliner Loreal volume million lashes mascara and finished off using Salon system natrulash 140 intense false lashes.

What a beautiful mane!

After having my hair cut short back in 2011, I decided short is not for me and have been trying to grow it out. I do have naturally straight hair but when you get it cut short you find yourself having to style your hair more with products and heat. So while growing it out I have been left with a lot more split and dry ends and so I decided to research what I can try that will treat these and make my hair grow that little bit quicker.
After hearing about Jennifer Aniston and the shampoo and conditioner she  is rumoured to have used I knew it had to be Mane 'n Tail for horses, horse shampoo? you say, well I will try anything if it works.
This product was originally developed for horses and after people saw how gorgeous their horses Mane and tails looked they started to use this on their own hair. It is pH balanced so is kind to the hair and scalp and provides optimum body, shine and manageability. The combined ingredients are utilised to support natures hair growth.
So I ordered the shampoo and conditioner online and have decided to measure my hair and take pictures to actually see if there is a difference.
Day 1 hair length 15.5 inches from roots and very dry, split ends

I thought I would take a picture and measurements once a week for a month, so wish me luck in my mission to get my long, dark, shiny mane back!

Tell me about it, Stud.

Well we have all had a busy month as during October we have 2 birthdays and one was my daughters 14th Birthday! Which involved a huge party for a lot of teenagers.

One thing my daughter really wanted for her birthday was money (surprise, surprise) and clothes, the most important thing being The Camouflage Shirt. I purchased this from New Look, this is a great shirt! My daughter wore hers with black tights, denim shorts and a burgundy jumper underneath. She has literally lived and died in it all week.
The other thing we all love this season is Studs, they are popping up everywhere and are the new power dressing, who needs a suit when you have studs! We decided we wanted to accessorize some of our own clothing and so I had a look on EBay to find some. I purchased the 9 mm Silver Spike Cone studs for under four pounds and we all each picked what we wanted to stud up and got to accessorizing. They are very easy to push through the fabric and then using a knife you push down the the grips to keep them secure. My 10 year old chose a plain black top from H&M and added her studs to the shoulders and my eldest chose her New Look shirt and added these to the pockets.

 They look great and only cost a few quid!

Who needs leather when you can fake it

One fashion statement that is definitely a winner this season is the leather look, I have the Zara military jacket with faux leather sleeves which is so versatile and looks great dressed up with black skinny jeans and towering heels or dressed down with blue jeans and a pair of converse.

 

As soon as my youngest daughter saw this she wanted to get in on the action so we got her the Zara overcoat with faux leather sleeves. This jacket is so smart and grown up which my daughter loved, at 10 years old she wants to start wearing more high fashion trends and Zara is the shop for Tweens, the girls wear is so much more grown up but not too older looking for this age. She decided to pair this with some black fake fur cuffed wedge boots from H&M all ready for the cold mornings. 

Here we go!

Well after many months of reading other fantastic blogs I finally decided to give it a go. I am beautician with a gorgeous family whom I love along with  beauty and fashion, so I thought why not combine it all. I love not just finding out about fashion and beauty for me but for all my family so this blog will be about what we all are interested in and are loving about fashion and beauty.