March Photo Challenge #23

Hey Guys,

Today’s post is number 23 of the March photo challenge. Number 23 is ‘ Your Dream’

This is so soppy and girly of me but I really want to get married. Obviously to Stuart.

 

 

I know, I know Its sentimental boo hockey but I do. I want to be a mrs!

See you tomorrow for day 24.

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #22

Hey Guys,

Welcome back to day 22 of the March photo challenge, let’s be honest, I’ve been a bit rubbish with this whole thing really?! Today’s photo is ‘Guilty Pleasure’

I spent a while thinking about what my guilty pleasure is. To be honest I didn’t really know what to do for this one. I suppose the one thing that some people might think is my guilty pleasure is the trashy TV that I watch!

 

 

 

 

 

In Stuarts opinion all the TV that I watch is rubbish but he watches Top Gear so he can’t really say anything can he?   At the minute I’ve been really getting in to watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians! I know, its pure rubbish but I can’t stop myself from watching it!

See you tomorrow for day 23.

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Jessica

 

 

March Photo Challenge #21

Hey Guys,

Welcome back to day 21 of the march photo challenge! Today’s photo is ‘aim’

I struggled with this one because to be honest I don’t know what my lifetime aim is. So I thought that I would share my end of year aim is.

I am in desperate need of a new car! Now the car in the picture is WAY out of my price range but a girl can dream cant she?

  

See you tomorrow for day 22.

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Jessica

Foundation Review : Maybelline Fit Foundation

Hey Guys,

I’m back today with another foundation review for you all. Again this is another Drugstore foundation that I’ve been trying out.

So today’s review is going to be all about the Maybelline Fit Me foundation.  

The idea behind this range is that there is a Concealer, foundation and pressed powder all in the same colour. And instead of you finding your perfect shade the colour is supposed to mould its self to your skin tone.

I wasn’t sucked in by the whole range because I didn’t want to waste my money if I didn’t like them.

As you can see I matched myself to shade 135. Now I think I must have had fake tan on this day as without it this is slightly to dark for me which makes it harder to wear.

The consistency of this is really quite runny, which means you have to work quickly with it otherwise it ends up all over the place. Once you manage to get it on your face however I find it quite easy to work with. It’s really buildable without looking cakey.

However the staying power of this foundation is rubbish! It maybe stays on your face looking nice about 4 hours and then you really need to touch it up. Maybe if id bought the powder as well it might last longer but I’m still pleased I didn’t.

This is definitely one that I won’t be repurchasing. I don’t even know if I’ll finish the bottle as I hardly ever wear fake tan any more, maybe in the summer it might come back out.

Let me know if you’ve tried this foundation before and what you thought.

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #20

Hey Guys,

Welcome back to day number 20 of this never ending photo challenge. Day number 20 is ‘ what your watching ’

　

　

Currently I'm sat in my bed trying to fight off the early stages of a cold! So I'm catching up on Bones! If this doesnt make me feel better I don't know what will!!

See you tomorrow for day 21!

 

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #19

Hey Guys,

Welcome to day number 19 of the photo challenge. Day number 19 is ‘recent purchase ’

Image : Topshop

I havent actually bought anything for so long as I've put my self on a spending ban for this month seeing as how its my birthday soon. So I thought I'd share with you something iv been lusting after from Topshop. That will soon become a recent purcahse. I love this dress. I think it's so simple but nice as well. You could dress it up or down, which I love.

See You Tomorrow for day 20!

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #18

Hey Guys,

Welcome to day number 18 of the photo challenge. Day number 18 is ‘ something you look forward to’

Image: weheartit

 

I am definetkey a summer person. I hate being cold and wet and miserable, so really I hate winter. I love the warm weather, I love BBQ’s, I love ice cream, I love summer holidays, I love the beach, LOVE summer. As soon as its over I’m counting down until the year later.

See you tomorrow for day 19.

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #17

Hey Guys,

You’ll be pleased to know that I’veactually sat and wrote a couple of these posts today so I might actually getthem posted on the right day in the future. Todays post is a ‘Selfie’

 

I am not ashamed to admit I havean alarmingly large amount of selfies on my phone! In all fairness I take about6 before I find one I actually like. This is me ready to go out for a meal.Curly hair and a red lip, what more does a girl need?

See you tomorrow for day 18.

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #16

Hey Guys,

Welcome back to this March photo challenge. Today is day 16, and today’s photo is ‘ footwear ‘

So because of the crappy weather that we’ve been having in the north east recently, (its currently snowing again) I’ve mainly been living in my wellies.

This was when I first got them, they are no where near this clean now

 

See you tomorrow for day 17!

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #15

Hey Guys,

Here we are at day 15! Half way through the month! Only 16 days until my birthday :D

Anyway day 15 of the photo challenge is ‘ your view ‘.

This is my current view, Jen from Clothesencounters. As i’m trying to catch up on all the Youtube videos and blog posts I’ve missed the past couple of days. Got to stay in the loop you know!

See you tomorrow for day 16!

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Jessica

I'm On Bloglovin

Hey Guys,

I’ve seen a lot of blog posts floating around lately saying that GFC is going to be affected or being removed altogether.

So I’ve decided to finally joing Bloglovin!

There should now be a little icon on the side that you can click to follow this blog!

You can follow me now, its free!

 

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #14

Hey Guys,

So welcome back to day 14 of thisphoto challenge. So, day 14 is ‘ Pet ‘ .

Now I’m pretty sure that you’veall seen enough pictures of my dog to last a life time. So I thought I would introduceyou to the other pet in my life.

Everybody meet Abbie. She’s ayear old Siberian hamster. She’s greedy and lazy and just a little bit fat butI love her none the less!

See you tomorrow for day 15!

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #13

Hey Guys,

So welcome to day 13 of thisphoto challenge. I am aware that I am pretty bad at this posting every day malarkey.  Never mind. So, anyway, day 13 is ‘ Smile ‘ .

Now I hate smiling in picturesand will only ever do it with my mouth shut as I really hate my teeth. So I’vecheated and found a photo of somebody else smiling.

This is Jake my gorgeous cousin.He is such a cheeky chappy and you can definetley see this in this picture. Awwisn’t he just sqeezable!!

See you tomorrow for day 14!

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Jessica

Foundation Review - Loreal Infallible

Hey Guys,

I’m back today with a foundationreview for you all. I’m actually thinking about doing a series of foundationreviews. Over the years I’ve tried out somany foundations, so good, some not so good.  I thought about just writing reviews on myfavourites but then I thought that it would probably be a good idea to sharewith you the ones I didn’t like and why.

So I’m going to start the serieswith some drugstore foundations that I’m currently using then share with yousome of the high end foundations that I have in my collection.

 

So today’s review is going to beall about the L’Oreal Infallible, lasting perfecting foundation.

First things first I have absolutelyno idea what shade I am in this foundation as it says nowhere on the actualbottle. I have a feeling that it may have had a sticker on the lid, but the lidseems to have vanished in to thin air. Doesanybody else find this? On minute the lid is there, then poof, gone?

However I do think this is a goodcolour on me managing to hide my yellow skin tone. I tend to use my RealTechniques Buffing brush to apply this as a regular foundation brush can makeit look a little cakey.

It’s slightly thick inconsistency, which personally I prefer to really runny foundations because Ifind them easier to work with.

It is a medium coveragefoundation that you can build up to a full coverage if you wanted however Ifind that once you apply more foundation on top of the first layer it makes myskin start to look really dry.

The one thing that I disagreewith is the 16 hour wear claim that it makes on the bottle. I’m sorry but noway does this last 16 hours. I generally work 9- 6 during the day and if you don’tuse a setting powder or spray it does start to wear off by the end of the day.Annoyingly just in patches as well. However with my M.A.C finishing powder it does last the whole day.  

All in all I have enjoyed usingthis foundation and will continue to use it until it’s all gone. If I couldwork out what colour it’s in I may even repurchase it.

Let me know if you’ve tried thisfoundation before? What are your favourite drugstore foundations?

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #12

Hey Guys,

Welcome to day number 12 of the photo challenge, yay forposting on time! Day number 12 is ‘something you want’. This is really easy forme. It’s my birthday at the end of this month, I haven’t really asked foranything except an enormous birthday cake!

image : weheartit

There you go guys, see you tomorrow for day 13!

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Jessica

 

March Photo Challenge #11

Hey Guys,

Welcome to day number 11of this photo challenge, finally I’m all caught up. I’m going to try my hardest to keep up to date with these posts as well as my regular posts. Day 11 is ‘lock screen’.

 

 

See you tomorrow for day twelve.

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #10

Hey Guys,

Welcome to day number 10 of this photo challenge. Day 10 is ‘best friend’. Bit of a soppy one here but I’m going to have to choose Stuart. He’s been my rock and my best friend for 7 and half years now!   

 

See you tomorrow for day eleven.

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #9

Hey Guys,

Welcome to day 9 of this photo challenge. Day 9 is ‘OOTD. But since I’m having to play catch up I haven’t really had time to do an OOTD and in all honestly iv looked a bit rubbish recently. So I’ve decided to cheat. I’m going to change it to a Food of the day.  Stuart cooked the most beautiful tea for us the other night.  

Steak, garlic prawns, chips, golden rice and garlic and cheese stuffed mushroom! Beautiful!!

See you tomorrow for day ten.

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #8

Hey Guys,

Welcome to day 8 of this photo challenge, I’m managing to catch up now! Day 8 is ‘something you can’t live without’. I decided to chose my baby. Four legged baby that is! Because no matter how crap my days been he is always happy to see me and cheers me up straight away.

N’aww isn’t he lush!

See you tomorrow for day nine.

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #7

Hey Guys,

Welcome to day 7 of this photo challenge, day 7 is ‘ hair’. Since I’ve just had my hair done I thought i would show you a better picture where you can fully see the colour and the style.

 

You can definelty see the colour a lot better here and you can sort of see where the layers are.

See you tomorrow for day eight.

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #6

Hey Guys,

I’m sorry that these posts are really late, but life got in the way. Never mind! I promise I’ll catch up.

So day 6 is ‘ something purple’. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find something purple that’s decent enough to photograph! So.....I’ve cheated. I’ve stolen a picture from the internet. 

Source

See you tomorrow for day 7!

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Jessica

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My New Hair

Hey Guys,

Finally I have had my hair done!! I’ve gone from a boring light brown with red undertones to a gorgeous dark brown! I love this colour but I do intend on getting something a bit lighter for the summer. This colour was just basically to cover the red before anything else can happen.  

 

Let me know what you think in the comments!

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Jessica

February Favourites

Hey Guys,

I’m back with my monthly favourites, a slightly late February favourites.

 

L’Oreal Infallible foundation. I picked this up a couple of weeks ago and I love it! Not going to say too much about it as I have a full review coming up in the next couple of days.

M.A.C Prep & Prime Transparent Finishing Powder.  This is something I picked up months ago and wasn’t really impressed with it. However I started using it again in February and this with the L’Oreal foundation is the perfect combination! My makeup does not budge all day. Normally when I’m at work by the time I get home I’m a dishevelled mess but not with these products.

The Body Shop Cranberry Joy Lip Balm. This was my bargain of the month. It was in the sale for £2. The smell is gorgeous and it is really moisturising! I’ll definitely be purchasing some more of the lip balms from the Body Shop.

M.A.C Lipstick in Pink Pearl. This is lovely, slightly shimmery, pink colour. It has slight blue undertones, which I love!

Imperial Leather Blackberry and Fig Bath Crème. This stuff smells delicious!! It smells, obviously, like blackberries but Its really sweet at the same time.

 There you go guys, let me know what your monthly favourites are!

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #5

Hey Guys,

So day five is here already! Day five is ' a school photo'

 

Everyone say aaahhh. So I couldn't find an actual 'school' photo but I'm about five or six on this picture so technically I will have been at school.

See you tomorrow for day six!

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #4

Hey Guys,

 

So I'm back with day four of this challenge. Day four is 'celebrity crush'

 

Now when I saw this I knew straight away who I would pick....

Image: weheartit

Ian Somahalder!! Possibly the most beautiful man in the world, but definetley the most beautiful vampire!! Phwoaaarrr!!

See you tomorrow for day five.

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #3

Hey guys,

Welcome to day number 3 of the photo challenge. I have to apologise that day number 1 and 2 didn't post on the days they were supposed to. For some unbeknown reason when I schedule a post it just doesn't work?

Anyway day number 3 is ' your favourite song '

This was really hard as I don't have a favourite song!

So I decided to go with the song that always makes me want to get up and dance!

Whitney Houston : I wanna dance with somebody

See you tomorrow (hopefully)

 

Let me know your favourite song.

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #2

Hey guys

 

Welcome to day number two of my march photo challenge!

Day number two is ' a mirror shot '

 

 

 

Today I'm just off to work so I'm not looking my best if I'm honest! So I've used a mirror shot of a couple of weeks ago when I still had my red hair!

See you tomorrow

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Jessica

March Photo Challenge #1

Hey Guys,

"Pinch and a punch for the first of the month"

Today's post is a bit of a different one for me. March is my favourite month of the whole year it's the month when my money evens its self back out after Christmas, it's the start of spring time, st Patrick's day and most importantly my birthday :-)

So I wanted to do something to do something a bit different. Now I'm sure you've all seen the photo a day challenges that float about on Instagram, well I've decided to do one but on my blog instead. This is as well as my regular posts.

So to start off day number one is 'a drink'

This is a picture of a cup of tea that I had with my,extremely naughty but very delicious, macdonalds breakfast! (It was so worth it)

See you tomorrow!

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Jessica

My Ombre Hair Fail

Hey Guys,

So a while back in a n.o.t.d post I hinted at the fact that I may have dyed my hair red. I thought that I could tell you about this briefly but in all fairness it’s a long story. 

So for about a year now I have been lusting after ombre hair, deluding myself that I would look like a beach goddess with beautiful wavy hair and everyone would be whispering ooohs and aaahs as I walked past. This was not the case!

Before I dyed my hair au natural!

So in about November time I saw an advert on the tele for the L’Oreal dip dye kit that claimed to be the easiest and best way to ombre your hair at home even coming with a fancy little brush that promised to make it all the more easy. So off i trotted to my local boots full of confidence. This soon changed. I got the kit home and decided to try it there and then.  I decided to try it just on the underneath of my hair in case I hated it, best decision ever. I eventually managed to get a decent covering of the bleach no thanks to that daft little brush.  The box recommends leaving the bleach on at least 40 minutes if you had dark hair, which I did. After about 10 minutes I had a really bad headache off the bleach, I am not exaggerating when I say it was the strongest smelling stuff in the world. I decided to leave it on an extra 10 minutes to ensure I got the really light look I had in mind. I washed it off only to discover that my hair was now an awful orangey yellow colour that was awful. There and then I decided no way was I doing the top layers of my hair. Luckily I was meeting my friends in Durham for lunch so I hid my hair in a ponytail and walked straight in to Sally’s and picked up a crazy colour in the colour fire red. This was the colour I had been using previously to have red hair.  Now I love my red hair so I felt instantly better once it was back to red. However because I had bleached the ends the colour really stuck to the ends which left a really nice effect of ombre red that I really like.

Not the best photo but you can see the colour quite clearly.

 

Now as I write this I have currently let the red wash out as at the end of the month I want to go a nice chocolate brown colour. Then work on getting a few highlights through ready for the summer! My hairdresser is going to love me!

Let me know if any of you have tried the L'oreal kit and if it worked for you.

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Jessica