Favourite Finds!

Howdy there! Thanks for joining me. I'm sharing with you my favourite finds from this month. I have done a lot of shopping on Depop and browsing round thrift shops and  I've had a really successful month on the shopping front, so I thought: What better way to celebrate my shopping success than to blog about it...

My first find are these adorable pumps. I have been after some black pumps for ages just to go with everything and the last pair I had got ruined at a foam party and it's taken me this long to finally replace them with these beauties. These were from a seller on Depop for £8.00. At first I thought they were a tiny bit small, devastation was kicking in... however once I wore them in for a day they were fine. I love them and although brought second hand they are in great condition - Brill! 

Another Depop find in the form of this absolutely beautiful skirt! I have seen this on Ark for ages and vouched to myself that I would buy it on payday. However before payday came, I was browsing on Depop and happened to stumble upon it, my size and a fraction of the price.. if that's not meant to be then I don't know what is! So I grabbed it and I LOVE it, I basically wear it all the time now and the colours are great to go with pretty much anything, what more can a girl ask for?! 

I have saved my favourite for last! I have been after a little black shoulder bag after my last one broke in the madness of Malia! Anyway it's taken me a while to finally get one that I liked and it was in the shape of this beautiful Topshop find in my local charity shop. As soon as I spotted it in the window I had to have it and at a mere £6, it couldn't have been anymore perfect. I love the way there are a combination of different materials and the chain strap detail gives it that Channel-esque classic look which is why this is my favorite find this month! 

And that concludes my finds, I wanted to share my love for them with you and I hope you enjoyed reading. Have you got any bargain finds this month that you're dying to share? Comment and let me know! 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Until next time,

February Favourites

Hello lovelies! First of all, i know what you're thinking. Yes I know we're in March now but we're only at the beginning and I meant to post this earlier and surprise, surprise - I didn't get round to it. I have been crushing on 3 products through February, so much so that they have potentially changed my life in the beauty world forever! Or at least until I find something else. 

First and foremost, I have been totally jumping on the eyebrow band wagon. I have never been one for drawing on my brows or any of that, I just pluck the hell out of them and hope they look alright - I also dye my hair a lot and they are so differently coloured to my hair now it's getting embarrasing therefore when I stumbled upon Makeup Revolution,  I just couldn't miss the opportunity to try out drawing my eyebrows on.   I absolutely love the medium dark pallet as I feel this is the best that matches the colour of my brows and blends well with the colour or my hair also. It comes with a diagonal brush for application and also some mini tweezers which are actually great and it comes with a gel as you can see in the bottom lefy hand corner of the pallet photo.  I love to use this when I'm going out for the extra security that my brows aren't going to smudge off through the night!  If you're looking for a great brow pallet on a budget, I really recommend this one. 

Another February favourite of mine is this Clinique anti blemish liquid makeup. This is probably my favourite beauty product of all time. I used to use this when I was younger when my acne was at it's worst and I fell in love with it then. I only just started using it again as it is a little more pricy than my usual day to day makeup. I'm so glad I decided to get back to it though, I have never known a liquid foundation that covers my belmishes quite like this one does. Not only does it provide flawless coverage but it's also really light so I don't feel like I've caked my face in loads of rubbish.  If you, like me are an acne sufferer or just have some belmishes that you're wanting to hide but can't find anything that is doing the trick, I really suggest you try this one. Once you've used it, you will never want to go back. 

I have saved my fave Feb favourite until last. My best discovery.  Dry shampoo is my best friend, with my hair being so thick I can't wash it too much as it goes very dry and it is too much to manage - here's where the dry shampoo comes in. I always just brought batiste original as this is just force of habit that I have brought for years. However this February I decided to try something different. This dark brown dry shampoo was the result and I love it! I was so sick of the faint white powder that the original always left behind but this does none of that. It is so refreshing to my hair and you don't even notice that it's dry shampoo in it - Fabulous! You need to get on this if you have dark hair - it's a god send.  I hope you have enjoyed reading my favourites, let me know what you have been loving the last month! Thanks for reading, lots of love. 

The First Thought of 2015

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! That's that bit out of the way, oh and also since I've not blogged in about 1 million years, MERRY CHIRSTMAS! I hope you have all had a fantastic one and you got suitably drunk last night and ended up tactical chundering on the pavement outside your house when you eventually got home after passing out at your friends Nan's house  *non of this happened to me at all, I don't know why you would think such a thing...*  So to start of the new year, I thought I would give you a lovely typical new year blog post highlighting the resolutions I would like to achieve within 2015 - hopefully actual achievable ones that I can stick to rather than give up on after one week. I mean lets face it, I can tell myself i'm going to stop drinking horrific amounts on weekends and eating my body weight in chocolate every time I come home from work but that is just not going to happen so here goes... 1. Complete my Apprenticeship.  Even though this seems like a totally obvious resolution for me to have this year. It's probably the most exciting and the most important. I am really looking forward to completing my apprenticeship and to move on to bigger and better things within my career.  2. Become more consistent with my blog I am excited for this one. I started this blog earlier in the year and granted I have been rubbish at it recently, I have made a promise to myself that I will become more consistent with it making sure I post at least once a week. I cannot wait to share all the happenings of 2015 with you all this year is going to be great, I can feel it in my bones! Be excited my dear readers, be very excited!  3. Spend more time with the people I love  Yes OK this sounds cheesy as hell but I have to put this on as this is the one massive lesson I took from 2014. I was so constantly caught up with work or being too tired to be with my friends or just spending evenings with my family. Well 2015 is the end to that trend, the lesson I learnt in 2014 was that when bad things happen to you, it's not going to be the people from the office, or the people I see everyday on my lunch break, its going to be my closest friends and family who are going to be there for me and this is what I need to be more thankful for. I am going to be spending more time with my family and my beautiful friends and less time worrying about things that can be sorted the next day. I would strongly recommend to any one who is reading this to do the same. Do not take for granted any of the people who love you the most, they are the most important and will ultimately be the ones there for you if any thing is to happen to you. And that concludes my resolutions for this year. Did you need a sick bag for the bit at the end there? I thought so, sorry about that one. It's new years after all, you've got to have some cheese in a typical new years resolution post right.. Right?! I wish you all the best for the coming year with all the love, happiness and good health that a year can possibly throw at you!  I will be seeing you very soon. 

Thoughts From A Sunday Afternoon - Tips From a Happy Trixybelle!

Well good afternoon you lovely lot! It is a very sunny Sunday afternoon where I am sat writing to you. This is making me feel slightly better about the fact that it's Sunday and I have to go back to wotk tomorrow after a week off doing nothing but watching Gossip Girl - I appreciate your sypathy.
 

 

A non related to the post comment - Ok so I was just having a look through google to see if I could find a cool Gossip Girl meme to add to this post only to find out the secret identity of Gossip Girl not reveiled until the very end and i've not even seen all of the episodes yet... what was I thinking?! I'm devastated, I'm just going to go and make some tea and try to erase my memory...

 

A cup of tea later and I'm back to being excited and happy, memory as much erased as possible...

 

I do actually have a reason to me writing to you today, it's the fact that I have just had my blog redesigned - thank's for noticing - and also the fact that even though tomorrow is Monday, it's the start of my new job role as Digital Marketing & Social Media apprentice! So my life is totally happy and exciting right now!

 

With all my new found excitement at the moment, I thought I would share with you my top 3 tips to stay happy (these are the top 3 of trixybelle so not totally serious!)

 

1. Drinking Tea

I love a good cup of tea - milk 2 sugars please - and I find that what ever the problem or the celebration, a cup of tea always has a worthy part to play. It's just an all round crowd pleaser. I couldn't imagine my life without tea, it's absolutely sunken into my daily routine and if I miss a cup throughout the day, I sure do know about it! If you don't already, I advise introducing tea into your life. This is not me saying become addicted I just mean next time you feel you need to relax, celbrate or just have a good cry - put the kettle on and make a brew, I assure you, you'll just feel good!
 

 

 

2. Get A Cat

So I have posted previously about my love for cats (which you can read here) and as well as them just making a home an all round better place, they manage to make you happy too. As I'm sure any pet will do, I'm just obsessed with cats... Anyway cats seem to have a special way about them which just puts a smile on your face as soon as you see them. Whether they are sat on your bed when you come home from work or they are fussing for attention around you just for some food, what ever it is, it is sure to put a smile on your face and in my opinion, a key to keeping happy! - You could alternatively look at cat videos on the internet... now theres a guarenteed smile if ever you wanted one!

 

 

 

 3. Do Some Shopping!
Every girl knows that one of the best ways to cheer herself up is to get some retail theropy. Even when it's just a day when you're feeling quite happy with yourself it's usualy "Hmm, today is a good day, I think i'll do some shopping!"

I usually tend to attempt to buy a whole new wardrobe when I'm feeling good about life and myself, until I realise that I have a limited budget so a whole new wardrobe is slightly out of the question but still, here's to wishful thinking! Whether it's clothes, make-up, jewelry, food literally anything I always like to treat myself to something when I'm in a good mood, I think its esential if i'm honest, us girls all deserve a treat from time to time right?

 

 

I hope you feel slightly happier after reading my blog and if not, then try my top 3 tips and i'm sure in no time those Sunday blues will be right out of the window!

 

If you have some other tips of keeping happy then let me know, I would love to try some new things and share some ideas.

 

 

P.s: If you are loving my new blog design like my happy self, take a look at Sarah Clarke at http://sarahsmilesdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ she is lovely and a brilliant designer as you can see! 

Why Every Home Should Have A Cat

Hello dear reader. Today i'm going to do a bit of a different blog post just because I feel it's time to share my love for cats with the world.

Since I was young I have had a sincere love for all animals, I think I have stronger feelings towards animals than humans if I'm totally honest. Anyway, I've not always had cat's in my life I didn't actually have a pet at all until I begged my Mum to let me get a hamster when I was about 12. My first hamster was my first love, she was amazing she would fall asleep on my lap and everything, a bit like a cat really! She lived a fabulous life until the age of 1 and a half and then she had to be put down. I'm telling you now, the most traumatic day of my life I'm not sure anything has yet come close, I should probably stop talking about this before I start leaking all over my keyboard.

My First Hamster, Tilly. I know she's adorable right?

So anyway I've had a couple of hamsters down the line and I've got a lovely bunny rabbit but I always wanted a cat. My dream came true about a year and a bit ago when my beloved Tommy came into my life. I do truly believe now more than I ever did that every home should have a cat and here's some reasons why. 

It's Like Having A Baby, Without Having A Baby. 

We got Tommy when he was just about 12 weeks old, so still only just a baby. This meant that I could nurture him and bring him up exactly how I wanted to. Cat's are like baby's but without all the stress of actually having a baby. They give you cuddles and they know that you're their parent but they know what to do all by themselves. They know when they need to go to the toilet or they want to sleep etc. All you need to do is feed them and let them in and out when they demand it! Tommy is still my little baby even though he's growing up... and the fact that he's a cat, but he needs his mummy, I know he does (he's even listed as my son on Facebook... yes he has his own Facebook.)

How cute is this little boy?

There's Always Someone To Talk To. 

Yes OK so I know he's a cat but lets face it, who doesn't talk to their pets? I hate being alone in my house, I know people love it but I really do not like it. I get bored and I just like having people to talk to if i'm honest, people who I actually want to talk to anyway! Having a cat counts as one of those people, it's great when you come down in the morning and he's there waiting for our daily chat about what he might have caught during the night etc, if he's been out with his 'mates'. We all know cat's do not have mates, he's protecting his territory and getting into fights but we don't like to think of him like that! Anyway, I like to think he listens, he knows the sound of my voice I know that for sure and what ever the subject matter, I know that Tommy will always listen, even if he doesn't have a clue what i'm going on about and he's just waiting for his food!

A Guaranteed Smile On Your Face
I dislike people who say cat's are boring, I think that they are the total opposite. I know they have their basic routine - eat, sleet, poo, eat... But they also have their little random time when they come and unexpectedly sit on your lap. Or they run around the house at god knows what time in the morning just because they are bored and miss your company oh so much! No matter what Tommy is up to, whether I see him in the morning or I come home at night, he is always able to make me smile. He sleeps in the funniest positions our Tommy does, he likes to spread his entire body over the surface of which he chooses to sleep on. Or sometimes he likes to go on the pipes where he knows that it's warm. And now that the sun is out, we have caught him sunbathing a couple of times as well which he absolutely loves.
At the moment he is developing his voice box and has not quite officially learnt how to fully 'meow' so he does these little noises which I understand to be known as 'chirrups'. Just to let you know, the cutest noise known to man! I love it when Tommy does this little noise like he's talking back to me or when he wants something - Another guaranteed smile on your face!

As you can see I am a total cat person and after having a cat now in my home, I don't think I could ever be without one.

Let me know if you have a cat which always makes you happy, or maybe your the total opposite and hate cats? You think every home should have a dog? Let me know, I would love to get to know some fellow cat lovers!

Love,
Trixybelle xoxo

P.s Have a really cute gif of two kitty's having a kissy! You can thank me later.