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. 

Me, Myself & Acne

Well Hello there! I have been away for ages so I just want to sincerely apologise for that. Life has been absolutely hectic and I've not even done anything!

   I hate not being able to prioritise blogging as I abolutely love it but life has just taken over and that's sad for me to say BUT I am now back. I know you've missed me loads right?! *blushes*.   Anyway I am back with quite a personal blog about my struggles with acne throughout my teenage years. It is a topic which I have dodged for as long as I possibly can and now I am speaking out!     I have struggled with acne for my whole teenage life. Acne came to me as a compulsary part of puberty which I had to deal with and learn to manage just as my hormones were going up and down like a yoyo which, if you know anything about acne, isn't the nicest of situations.   I think that my acne was probably at it's worst when I was around 15. This was when I really struggled. Boys were becoming part of my life and I was starting to get bullied because of the "chiken pox" on my face. I literally felt that there was no one else in this whole world that struggled with acne like I did. When all your friends have beautiful skin,  it's really hard to feel that it's "just a phase which everyone goes through". Friends would get the occasional break out but it was nothing compared to the sore skin which I went through. I would get angry at myself for envying my friends. This is when I started to pick at my skin. I would pick and scratch to try and get rid of the dry spots. It's probably the worst thing I could have ever done as now I will be left with the scarring for the rest of my life so I really don't reccomend any one who is going through acne to pick. However I do know that at the time it seems like the only way to get rid of the spots/scabs.

I would say the hardest part of being a teenager with acne is the pressure these days to always look good. There's always something whether it's the fact that you've but on a bit too much weight so now the top of your thighs are touching or the fact that everybody's skin was just so perfect and mine looked like the himalayas. It made me so self concious, I never ever left the house without make up on, I wouldn't even answer the door to the post man if I didn't have at least foundation on to cover my skin. I would be so scared at sleepovers with my friends that when I woke up they would judge me because my make up would have worn off over night and they would truley see the 'state' of my face. Don't even get me started on trying to talk/interact with boys.

 

I actually went through a horrible experience with a boy who I liked a lot when I was about 14. He was my first kiss and to any girl, the boy you share your first kiss with is a special one. He actually bullied me slightly because of my skin. He grew up to be lovely and we were quite good friends towards the end of high school but he did bully me about my skin which you can imaging did not help my confidence on the boy front. It was hard for me to be myself around boys as I was alwasy contious of what they would think of my face. It wasn't until I left school really that my confidence grew. I met a new group of friends and a lovely boy who brought me out of my shell and I do truly believe that he made me who I am today. Nothing worked out romantically with him and we just parted as good friends now, it was sad but it also lead me to D who I could not be happier with.

 

When I was growing up, I never thought I would be able to let a boy into my life as much as I do with D. I don't really feel obliged to wear make up around him even though I would prefer to wear it, sometimes I just can't be bothered and that's totally fine. The fact that a boy can even look/kiss/call me beautiful when I'm not hiding behind a make up mask is all that I could ever have wished for, to feel totally accepted as myself. I actually went out in public the other day with nothing but some moisturiser and a bit of powder on my face and I was totally fine - go me!

 

So, now for the advice. If you are a teenager struggling with acne the best thing I can recommend is go and see your doctor. I actually didn't go and see a doctor until I was nearly 16, after I realised that there was literally nothing over the counter that was working for me. My skin was sore and it was starting to scar. I put it off for so long because I was nervous and didn't really think that a doctor would be able to do anything for me, I was totally wrong.

Now I'm not saying that you're going to go to the doctor, get one tablet and some cream and it's all going to go away. It's taken me ages to find the tablet that has worked best for me and I do still get some small break outs, nothing sore or scabby like I did growing up but they still happen. You have to try different things, every person is so different and their skin and bodies require different things. However you're never going to find out what your skin needs if you don't go and speak to your doctor. I also now have a dermotologist who is really good at giving me tips and everyday techniques which I can do to help control my skin, so if you've not already seen a dermotologist, definately give that a go as well.

 

Please just don't suffer in silence, there are so many people who struggle with acne and people just don't hear about it. I will do a post with the best make-up and tips of things to help control your skin but for now, this has been my story.

 

If you have any questions about dealing with acne or any tips to help keep break outs to a minimum, please leave a comment, I would love to hear from you all!

 

To close, have a confident selfie of my naked face! (First naked face selfie I have ever put on the internet - feel privaliged!)

 

Love, 

2 Years of Trixybelle & D!

This week was the anniversary of my relationship with D! I will try to make this post as soppy free as I possibly can however if you're not into all that soppyness, leave now so I can be remotely soppy in peace. To mark this day, I wanted to share with you some of my favourite memories over the past 2 years that me and D have shared. "2 years worth of photos?!" I hear you cry - don't worry I have only picked out the best of the bunch for you lovely lot - aren't you lucky! Don't say I never treat you. Enjoy the photo memories! 

Lets start at the very beginning... almost...! I hope from my duck face and D's lovely pout you can tell that this is after the shots at the bar?! This was the first party we went to as a public couple. I love this photo, number 1 reason, I love this dress a lot and number 2 reason, it reminds me of what it was like before I had D by my side - which in case you're wondering was awful - compared to what our life is like now we have each other. I love looking back at this just loving how far we have come!

 New year 2013. Our first new year together. Excuse my ginger hair by the way, i'm not too sure how that happened although I did love it at the time.. Anyway.. I actually didn't realise my tongue was that long either... ANYWAY! - We have developed a tradition of going to our friends for new year and I've got to say it's the best way to spend it. With it being the first new year we spent together it will always hold a special place with me.

A couple of days after new year and it was my 18th. This is my all time favourite picture of me and D. It is the one which  I have in my frame by my bed and the one I always use in anything I do about us. Just look how radiant we look?! 

Last summer now at a local beer festival near us. It was a glorious day filled with friends, music and lots of cider...! Probably one of my favourite days of last year. Drunk in a field with loads of beer, cider, bitter and good music, what more can you wish for?!  All spent with my favourite person by my side, no not you - D!

Excuse the sweatyness, bad quality and half a bra out-ness of this photo! It was taken on a spontaneous night out with my two favourite people - D & my bro. Only 3 of us being out is usually an excuse to not go out but this will go down as one of my favourite nights out of all time. We all get on so well and it was nice not having the drama of other people around - if you guys are both reading, we're doing it again soon right?! 

We might have gone back a couple of months here but this is our one year anniversary picture. How cute are we? I can't believe this was a year ago but it has flown by and now we're another year later! I literally can't believe it. Time, if you're listening, I suggest you do some serious slowing down, thanks.

Don't we scrub up well ey? (I know the ginger hair has returned, I can blame the sun for bleaching it this time!) This was D's nephew's christening - the most beautiful baby in all of the world might I just add! Such a lovely day and great to feel so part of D's family, and D looks so handsome how can you not love this piccy?! 

This is a serious fast forward now from October 13 to June this year! I was going to add some picky's of Christmas and what not and then I remembered my promise about not showing you every photo of the past 2 years so I thought I would speed things up a little. I'm sure that you can tell from D's top that this was the first England world cup game this year. A major disappointment of a game but still, it was the World cup and we were excited and ended up having a really fun night - so here we are!

 

So fast forwarding again but I feel that I have probably been soppy enough for one blog post so this is us now. Out 2 year anniversary photo. I feel that the past 2 years have been the best of my life and I just cant wait for more years that we hopefully spend together in the future. Haven't we grown up ey?! I feel like we look totally different from the first picture on this post haha! D just getting more beautiful though!

 

 

So that concludes my photo memories. There are so many more that  I wanted to post as you can imagine. But like I said, I didn't want to bore you with 2 whole years of my life in one post!

 

Lets hope this time next year you will see photo memories from our 3rd year together!

 

Thank you for reading, and I hope you don't mind my soppiness for this one occasion!

 

Have a lovely weekend my sweeties!

 

Top 10 Holiday Playlist Hits!

Greetings to you dear human, I hope all is well in the world of blogging and general internetting.  Today i'm feeling musical and I realised i'd not done a musical blog post for a while so what better mood to write a musical blog than a musical mood?!  To celebrate this wondrous musical mood,  I thought I would but together my top 10 holiday playlist hits from the charts right now. For all of you who are heading off on your jolly's this summer, or if you're not, this post is sure to get you feeling mighty fine and ready to smash the summer!  10. Hideaway - Kiesza  This song is getting slightly old in the charts now but I feel that it's a great way to start off my summer playlist. I love this song as I love the easy going feeling it has to it. I feel like it is a great summer song and great to get you feeling in the summer mood but not too upbeat and dancey (that's not a word but you get my gist...) I'm thinking its more easy listening beach time chill kind of song... Are you imagining being on a beach now listening to this with the waves lapping around your feet? I know you are..  This is a great song with a fantastic feel good summer vibe and a perfect song choice for my No 10 spot. 

9. Fancy - Iggy Azalea

This is such a guilty pleasure of mine, I'm not usually a fan of songs like this one but I love Iggy. I love her style and her confidence to be such a strong female rapper - would you call her a rapper? I don't really know.. But anyway I totally love this song and although it is getting a bit old in the charts now, it is still a worthy place on my top 10 and a great way to get feeling fancy this summer. She's also rather fancy herself... 

8. Nobody To Love - Sigma  Now I do have to admit that  I was a sound hater of this song when I first heard it. To be totally honest I don't really understand it... however, adding this to my holiday playlist has turned me into a lover! I love putting it on when it's really sunny outside and i'm thinking about my holiday, it just gets me feeling all excited and ready to take on the day... or the week or what ever it may be when you're listening to it. If it's not on your holiday playlist, I strongly suggest that you get it on there now... go on do it... I promise you wont regret it when you put that playlist on!  The album cover is even on a beach... is it more worthy of a holiday playlist spot?! I think not!

7. I Got U - Duke Dumont 

So i'm going on holiday with the girlies in September, hence the summer holiday playlist which this whole blog post is based on... and this is the first song I put into my holiday playlist! If you've heard this song I'm pretty sure that you will know exactly what I mean. In my opinion I would say it's one of the best summer songs this year! It's just so feel good and as soon as it comes on I feel transferred to the middle of a luxury white sandy beach somewhere really warm with non stop cocktails coming my way... until I look out of my bedroom window and I'm back in gloomy grey Manchester..Great!  If you're going away anywhere this year, get in the mood by putting this song on when you're doing you're packing or just having one of those moments when you get really excited at a random point in the day. Such a great summer song and a great one to add to the holiday playlist.

6. Changes - Faul & Wad Ad vs Pnau

Have I mentioned that I am going away in September this year? Putting together a holiday playlist is one of the best parts of preparing for the wild antics of a girls holiday! This is one that has to go on the playlist. Another song with such a great summer vibe. If you're going on holiday you have to add it to your playlist too! I love the corus especially to this song, even though I have no idea what it actually says, you can just chant along to the chior it's got going on and you're good to go. I can just imagine this coming on being on holiday, I don't know why but I kinda of feel like i'm at a beach party... If it's not on your summer playlist, give it a listen and get adding!  

5. Rather Be - Clean Bandit

I'm slightly biased with this song as it's one of mine and D's really gay coupley songs so I automatically love it. However if you're single or you're in a relationship.. you know what it doesn't matter who you are, you should listen to this song. It's such a good feel good, I really feel like if you're feeling slightly down, maybe you're longing for it to be Friday but we're still stuck on Wednesday.. Put this song on and i'm sure you'll be smiling and singing along in no time. Perfect for a feel good No 5! 

4. Wasted - Tiesto 

 If this song doesn't get you in the mood to get your glad rags on and go party, I literally don't know what will. This is such a great song for the summer, might not be such an easy listening song but to get you in the mood for getting your drink on or escaping for that summer holiday, I think it's a must have on your playlist! And after a couple of glasses of wine, who doesn't love singing about being wasted?!

3. I Will Never Let You Down - Rita Ora

This is just a great feel good song, switch it on when you're getting ready to go out tonight and I guarantee you'll be put right in the mood to get those drinks flowing. I love that it's got quite a girly feel to it, I can image me and my girls in one of our favourite clubs outside Manchester belting it on the dance floor! Trust me, it's a must have to put in your 'getting drunk' playlist, don't try and deny the fact that you have one of those playlists - I know you do, and obviously brilliant for my holiday chart!

 
2. Waves - Mr Probz

What better way to get prepared for holiday than singing about waves? I love how chilled this song feels when you listen to it, but at the same time there's something about singing about waves that just transports you to being on holiday basking in the sun. It's more of a 'beach time listen' that a 'get your drink on' type of song. But you need those holiday chills as well, even when you're on a girls holiday - believe me! So this has made my number 2 spot purley because I love listening to it, closing my eyes and imagining that I'm on that beach.  

1. Gecko - Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill

This has actually recently hit the number one spot in the UK, knocking our Ella Henderson right off the top! Which in my opinion is a good thing but that's just me! Anyway back to my number 1 which is obviously way better and more official than the UK Top 40...
Not my usual type of easy listening feel good song but never the less this song is worthy of this spot and i'm sure that if you give it a listen you shall agree. Basically the reason that I chose it is the fact that it purely makes me imagine me and my girls at god knows what time in the morning dancing in some strange bar in the middle of Greece not knowing how we even ended up there.. and to be honest I couldn't be more excited for that experience. This is just the type of summer song that I feel NEEDS to be on that playlist of yours, even if you're not going away, get it on when you're getting glamed up for a night out and rest assured that you'll be getting that grove on in no time!

I hope you've enjoyed my top 10 holiday playlist and if you've not heard some of the songs on the list, give them a listen and get them on that playlist - I know that you'll love me for it, well I know that you do already but possibly love me more!

Maybe you have a totally different opinion on what you would have on your holiday playlist? I would love to hear what you think or if you have any suggestions for me to add onto mine - Get in touch!

Love,