10 Thing's You'll Learn When You Live In An All Girls House

When you're thrown into a flat full of strangers in your first year of uni you want to make the best impression on your new friends as possible. But fast forward to final year when you've teamed up with four of your now best friends you reveal the real you....the good the bad and the extremely weird.  

Lady's Are Certainly Not Ladylike

If you think girls living together will mean pillow fights and dancing all the time then you are sadly mistaken. This is our house and our safe place so if we don't wanna shower or throw up because we drank off milk we will. 


Your Periods will all sync

This may seem like a convenient thing but trying living with 4 other girls who are just as moody and tired as you are. Every little thing is something to complain about HOW DARE YOU USE MY KETTLE WATER YOU STUPID BITCH.


Every Occasion is An Excuse To Chat 

Just gone downstairs to make a quick cup of tea or take a toilet break from all the studying your gonna start doing.....of course i've got time for an hour chat about that woman who keeps looking at us next door, its an important matter. 

Your Landlord is On Speed Dial 

Without sounding very sexist a house full of girls can go into utter chaos when the heating goes down. I honestly feel a tiny bit bad for my landlord sometimes because nothing is ever right and he has a lot to do......but then I remember...he's kinda a dick.  


Everyone is Scared of Ghosts

No matter how strong one of you is or how many jokes you crack about ghosts in the house to scare everyone, as soon as you hear a noise in the middle of the night you'll hide under the covers and beg your housemates to let you in their bed.  


Baking Anything Means Sharing With Everyone

The smell of baking somehow sneaks into everyones room and the kitchen will magically fill up just at the exact moment those muffins are out the oven.......typical. 


Piss Someone Off And Your Dishes Will Not Be Washed

No matter how much you get along there will always be moments of tension. If someones acting a little odd, thats it the guards are up and for at least a day the house is a war zone and the kitchen is the battle. Plates and cups will not be safe. 


You Know Every Intermit Detail About Each Other (whether you like it or not)

Since your life has now turned into a never ending sleepover, with the occasional trip to uni you get a lot of talking done. From 3am deep talks about life to oversharing great details about your sexual habits. As well as each other, you'll get to know their boyfriends pretty well too and meeting  them can be a bit awkward: "hi nice to meet you i know all about your penis".  


Chicks Before Dicks: 

No matter how much drama is going on between your girls, when someone needs a shoulder to cry on, a person to make them fill a little less crazy or even someone to write a reply for you, your house will be the ultimate girl power team. 


You'll Get Excited to Hear Each Other Come Home 

You're so used to having each other around all the time that when they go away for the weekend you really miss them. You're like a mini drama filled family who love each other but also want to hit each other sometimes too....but thats okay. 

It may be dramatic and sometimes you will want to kill each other but living with your best friends is an experience you'll rarely get to do so love every moment you share with each other xx 

November Detox | The Grey Jumpers

Between the spooky parties of Halloween and the festivities of Christmas, lies little cold November. Our first month off since summer and the perfect time to just take it easy and prepare for December. 


I call this a detox month because it's my detox from colour, the transition from autumn to winter. This year in particularly i've noticed a little bit of a trend.....when I say a trend I mean a pretty much identical occurrence. I like grey, grey jumpers to be precise. 


Now you may be thinking whats the problem with liking or having grey jumpers? How about having five. That's right I brought five different grey jumpers on five separate occasions in the past year. If that doesn't scream "i've got a bit of an obsession" i don't know what does. 

Top to bottom: H&M, Topshop, H&M, Forever21, Cotton On

Being the neutral between black and white, grey is the perfect shade (was going to say colour but I remembered all those people who used be like "IT'S NOT A COLOUR ITS A SHADE").  


It's subtleness can make your outfit blend into the winter morning. You can dress grey up but personally I prefer to keep it beautifully simple. With a small silver chain and black jeans you are keeping it basic yet looking rather chic. 

Textures are just as different as colours and very noticeable with grey. From knitted wool to soft fluffy cotton, a noticeable texture can proved that little touch your outfit needs to be perfect. 


Now comes to my explanation for having five, firstly each one is different: a hoodie, a sleeveless one, one is longer at the back, a fluffy one and a knitted one. Secondly it goes amazingly well with black and we all know that many of us live in black jeans or leggings as soon as it gets cold. 

Maybe the grey reminds me of snow? or maybe I just want to give my wardrobe a slight change from all the black? Whatever the reason it's happened and I'm not mad about it, in fact I want to encourage you who don't have one to give it a try. xx

Halloween Tutorial | Washed Up Mermaid

 It's that season again! Hello pumpkins and goodbye sunshine. I'm super exited about this look as it's creepy but sexy at the same time which is pretty rare if I'm being honest. If you wanting a more bloody or gory look check out my dead prom queen tutorial from last year. I came up with this costume idea after I dyed my hair "Washed up mermaid" colour but more about that here.

What You Need:

BASICS:

Face paint, Eyeliner (liquid and pencil), Mascara, Blue/ Green Eyeshadow (creme and power), Blue Glitter, Liquid Latex. Brushes and Sponges as necessary. 

Optional: 

Fake Eyelashes

Sliver Lip Gloss  

Firstly:

Using your cheap face paint set mix green and white together to create a kind of seaweed colour and spread it around you face but make sure you leave your eyelids and a little bit under your eye uncovered. 

 I had to include this picture because it's hilarious 

Then: 

Using a white face crayon or whatever its called, contour your face like you usually would with bronzer or highlighter. Mark your check bone a little more then usual because scary things always have more defined cheekbones. 

With your lightest glitter use the white line you just drew as a template to stick your glitter. Luckily my paint was still wet at this point so it suck straight away but if it's not just add a little water or more paint or whatever sticky stuff you want. (haha) 

Now For The Eyes 

Now using any blue eyeshadow, preferably a cream shadow (I used Mayblline's Colour Tattoo in Turquoise Forever) cover your whole eyelid up to your brow and make sure its really visible. 

At this point my camera ran out of battery and although I'm a confidant person walking to the shops like this was not an appealing option so I started using my laptop photo booth. #donthate 

For under your eye take a silver cream liner or shadow I used (Topshop Grunge stick) and draw a really thick line, enlarge the flick at the end to make it just touch your eyebrows. This gives your eyes bigger and more fishy looking, because well mermaids are fish...kinda.

Just like normal eyeshadow, you need to shadow your crease using a more green tone to contrast against the blue.

 Don't forget to add a bit of eyeliner just to give this look a slightly sexy feel even dead mermaids can be hot.

False leashes are not a must for this look but they do add a little pop to your eyes and if you can find blue ones they'll be the best. For everyone thats not an expert at fake lashes it took me 3 attempts to get these on and I almost had a hissy fit.......almost. 

Eyebrows are a centre aspect of your face so why not make them sparkle a little... literally. Dab some leftover green paint or water on your brows to help the glitter stick and glitter up them bad boys.

Lips

Dark lips really give this look the gothic look it needs. If you have a dark purple or even black lipstick then it'll be perfect but I just used a black coloured face crayon thing. Colour in all your lips neatly because this stuff is hard to correct. 

More Glitter!

Add some more water or paint to the lower part of your cheeks and draw a slightly thicker glitter line using a different colour or shade from what you used on your cheekbones.

This Gets Messy

Using liquid Latex dab little blobs down on your forehead making sure you put enough to make it 3D and then using your darkest glitter stick it to the latex. Don't worry if you get glitter everywhere thats totally supposed to happen.

Now do the same for the rest of your forehead this gives the look of scales coming out of your hair.

Final Touchups

Firstly make sure your green paint is still all even and theres not big lumps of green, then using a liquid silver liner smudge a silver top coat on your lips to make them slightly grey and dead looking. 

Now let your hair flow free girl and embrace your greenish scaly beauty!

By the way I hope you guys noticed the cute halloween bunting I put in the back ground that literally took 10 minuets to hang up so it was in shot!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN XX 

Review | Temporary Hair Colour : Directions VS Bleach London

 October means the start of halloween preparation so I thought this post would tie up nicely with dressing up. Now I'm no expert at temporary hair colour but I have done it before which makes me knowledgable but not an expert! Just thought i'd clear that up before anyone tries to sue me.

I've always been obsessed with bright, unusual hair colours but been way to scared to try them out but one day I just went for it. Of course at that point my hair was really dark brown which meant I had to get it bleached, please please do this in a salon! I tried to ombre my hair myself once and that ended in me chopping half my hair off.

ANYWAY enough about my life story, once your hair is blonde enough the colour world is your oyster. If you've gone from dark to light like me, avoid the light pastels like baby pink as they won't catch onto your hair very well.

There are lots of different brands you can use for colour but the two most popular ones are Bleach London and Directions.

Directions Hair Colour: Violet

Smell test: Disgusting, but the more toxic a product smells the stronger it is.

Mess test: The big jar means you can fit your hand in and scoop out a nice amount to spread in your hair, of course your hands get messy but the outside of the jar stays relatively clean.

Colour test: The colour takes quite well considering that my hair was a more browny blonde then a bleach blonde.  Since the colour is so dark if you have lighter hair then it will probably turn out a much darker shade then mine. 

Lasting Test: This test really depends on your hair and colour, they don't mention on the jar how long it will stay for but for me it lasted around 4 washes. 

Overall opinion: This product was really impressive and since it was one of the cheaper hair colours on the market at only ‎£3.99 it's a real value for money. Considering i've used this product about 4 times there is still a good half a jar there as well. 

Bleached London :Washed up Mermaid

Smell Test: Surprisingly this product smells really nice, like a sweet soapy smell. 

Mess Test: Since the dye is in a bottle your hands don't get as messy and it doesn't get in your finger nails (i know you should use gloves but who's got time for all that?) But the fact you have to squeeze and shake the bottle to get it out means the bottle gets super messy and needs a wash after. 

Colour Test: This colour is much more pastel green then I was expecting, from looking at the colour in the bottle you'd think it was a darker more bluey tone. It may also just be the colour of my hair but it was also a lot more washed out but it gives it a bit more of a natural vibe. 

Lasting Test: The bottle states that this colour will wash out within 2-10 washes. But personally for me after one wash it faded quite drastically, which was expected as the colour was very light to start with. 

Overall Opinion: This isn't the full size product as I got this colour on discount after Christmas. But the actual product is £5 at Boots, so only a little bit more than Directions. I do really like this colour and product but I feel it would be more suited for someone with very light or white blonde hair.  

If you feel like taking a plunge into the unnatural colour world or just want to add that extra element to you halloween costume temporary hair dye looks so much better than coloured sprays as they don't leave your hair feeling solid and sticky. and  it only takes a few extra showers a day for it to come out! 

Happy dying xx