Hebrides | Travel

Have you ever felt such peace?

I'm currently away on holiday for the following two weeks, to a place that's surrounded by such silence and views that make you question life it's self.

Why are city's so over populated when there are vast amounts of untouched land that go on for miles and miles?

What would these moutains have looked like thousands of years ago, when there where no man made roads and trees that had been purposely planted, just to be torn back down again?

I've being going around the west coast of Scotland looking at every incredible view through a photographers eye.. I decided not to take my Nikon D3200 with me and decided to try out the camera on my IPhone 5s. 

These are some of the photos I got..

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My Rhinoplasty experience | Bully advice.

This is going to be a lengthy blog today, it's a sensitive subject with a lot of information to cram in. Enjoy :)

Have you ever had, or, considered surgery to alter a part of yourself?

I changed primary (elementary) school at the age of 7 and from there on I started to get bullied quite badly.. Every school day would consist of abuse, all because I had over grown cartilage in my nose. 

'Witch', Pinocchio' and 'Cruelle Devil' where among the names that were hurled at me. Some school lessons there were illustrated picture's in work books that had a slightly exaggerated nose, all fingers would point to me, the whispers would start and they'd graffiti my name into the book next to the picture.. I had books thrown at my head, the back of my chair would get kicked repeatedly so I'd jolt and other students would make a huge fuss if a teacher was to make them sit by me. I went through a stage where I was to scared to go to school and I used to pretend to be ill. I lost my confidence a heck of a lot and if we had choice seating I would sit at the back so I was out of view and on buses I'd sit facing windows so my face was out of view of others.

The mistake I made was that I hardly mentioned it to any of my family. I know many people say oh tell someone, I know it's not as easy as that but once I left school I realised that I should have spoken up. I really recommend if you're being bullied, tell someone. Kids can be really harsh but it all ends once you leave school. I promise.

I used to take it all to heart and I thought I'd have to go through it all again in college. I was in college for 3 years and the first year was before surgery, everybody on the course wanted to be there, unlike school where kids are bored and want out. Everyone acted like adults, minus one or two, they were all so nice. I look back and realised it was all kids talk and that's just how kids act. Kids are mean because they have nothing else better to do. Once you hit the real world, it all becomes clear and the kids go away, you start living your life away from immature school students and you start thinking like an adult.

So because of all this, from the age of 10 I was determined that once I left school I would have a nose job. 

Once I left senior school in July 2010 at the age of 16, I went to my GP (doctor) and asked if it was possible to have a nose job on the NHS. Now, I thought this was all going to happen in a matter of months and I would have a brand new nose just like that.. That wasn't the case.

My GP referred me to a surgeon at my local hospital. It took quite a few months to get a response / appointment, once I got / went to the appointment, the surgeon spoke to me, examined my nose and then referred me to a therapist. I had no inclination as to whether it may happen, when it may happen and what was going to happen. This therapist was the person that would determine whether I was genuinely affected by what's gone on, therefore if i was, the NHS would help me, or, if i was just a person playing on the situation to use the NHS. She asked stuff like why I wanted it done, how its affected me and so on.. 

I then heard nothing, again, for quite a few months, as, the hospital board (the decision making people) had to have a meeting to say whether they're for or against me having this surgery on the NHS. Months down the line I had a letter saying I had another appointment to see the surgeon, it was good news. He told me what he was going to do, how he was going to do it and what will happen after. Around October 2011 I had my surgery date which was for the 31st January 2012, at the age of 18, 18 months (1 and a half years) after my original appointment with my GP. A few weeks before my surgery I had to go to the hospital for some tests, a blood test (which i have a genuine phobia of) and the nurse told me what I needed to bring with me on the day.

31st January, I had to be at the hospital at 7.30am, I was told to put on a hospital gown, hospital stockings (which had to stay on for 6 weeks) and all my jewelry had to come off. I wasn't given a surgery time so it was just a matter of waiting. At 10am a lady came for me and I entered the prep room, lay down and was put under anaesthetic. It took about 10-15 seconds for me to go to sleep from the moment the anaesthetic started to go into my body, the last thing I remember was the room spinning crazily, then looking at the clock and saying that it looks weird.

I warn you now, once you get woken up from a surgery you have no control of what comes out of your mouth.. I called one of the male nurses fit, to his face, which I'd never usually say to a stranger.. It's like word vomit, I have no recollection of thinking it before I said it and I only realised I said it once it actually came out of my mouth. Haha.

I didn't fall asleep again once I entered the ward. I was sharing a room with 3 lovely ladies.

I had 3 weeks of wearing the splint as seen in the picture below, I had 3 weeks of college and I lay on the settee for nearly all of it as I felt gunged up and crappy almost everyday. I woke up every morning very uncomfortable as the painkillers had warn off during the night. My nose ran clear liquid for quite a while which stung quite bad.

Obviously looking rough.. This was a few days after the surgery, I had little bruising around my eyes throughout the whole thing, but i was swollen, mainly around my cheeks and top lip.

I had my splint and stitches off 3 weeks later, the stitches being removed was the most painful thing I have ever experienced. I'm not trying to scare anyone, but the inside of the nose is very sensitive and it hurt. I was to scared to look in the mirror for about an hour after everything was removed as the procedure meant a lot to me, I cried for ages with happiness.. This was the first picture I took of my new nose, comparing the nose to the picture next to me.

The day the splint came off. As you can tell by the tissue and my swollen eyes, I had been crying. My nose was still extremely swollen and my face was also swollen.

This was about two months after the splint came off. The swelling had gone down in size quite a bit and it started to take shape. 

I was told I won't see the true shape of my new nose until a year had pasted. This picture is exactly a year on from the operation. I don't regret a thing and it was all 100% worth it.

I thought about this surgery for 8 years before I lay on the hospital bed and went through with it. I'm not writing this blog post to tell you to give in to the bullies and go change yourself. I had my surgery at a young age, I was 18, I'm now coming 21 in October and it has been 2 years and 7 months. I didn't really know life other than being bullied at that age, if you're considering it, think of all the options first. I do not regret it one bit as it was well thought out and it was what I really wanted.

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What's in my daily make-up bag? | Beauty

Who else carries a load of make-up in there make-up bag that they hardly use? I know i do..

My bag was a Christmas gift off my mom, its Elizabeth Arden and came with a bottle of Red Door perfume. I love this bag, its so ideal for carrying your make-up in, its simple, sturdy, it looks nice and spacious. 

These are the make-up palettes that i carry in my make up bag, the bottom two are both No7 and the top palette is a cheap drug store brand, which is the one i mainly use. As you can see the white has been used quite a lot which is what i use to highlight under my eyebrows and as a base colour for my eye lids. Its a soft off white.

 I use the light brown shade below the light pink for my eye brows as it keeps them looking natural and i don't have to use much.

I love the bottom two palettes also which is the reason why i keep them in my daily make-up bag, although i very rarely use them.

The No7 stay perfect foundation has been my go to foundation for about a year now, it's one i have purchased many times or have found very close No7 alternatives if they haven't had that one. I'm pretty sure this one hasn't been out for to long and that there was a very similar No7 foundation i used to use before, I'm not sure.. 

I mix a drop of No7 stay perfect foundation with around two pea size amounts of Lacura clear effect moisturiser, i do this because i'm not keen on putting the stay perfect foundation straight on to my face, or any foundation in fact, i did use to use this alone but I'm now not keen on it anymore. The No7 intelligent colour foundation is an old one i used to use, but now its just in there in case i want a change.

I have used many concealers but have never loved one like i have loved this one, this is the rimmel wake me up concealer corrector and i use it under my eyes, i streak it a little on my nose, chin and in the middle of my forehead.

On top of that foundation / moisturiser and concealer i use this drug store translucent loose stay-put setting powder all over my face.

Which all looks like this.

For blushers i have these two in my make-up bag, the top one in the black casing is a cheap drug store brand and the bottom one which is what i use is the Estee Lauder, deluxe all-over face compact. I use the light pink ( 01 petal ) the first one on the top row, which gives a nice glow and refreshing look.

When it comes to bronzer I'm not a big user of it, some days ill use it and some i wont. This No7 bronzer is the one i use if and whenever, only a slight bit on my cheek bones, temples and top of my forehead. I can't master using bronzer, i always do it wrong.

I have three mascaras, the silver is a drug store MUA extreme curl, which actually needs chucking away, its old and i never use it. The yellow is also a drug store brand, 2true flash eyes, this is the one i use but as of a week ago it has ran out and now i use the wand off of this and i now use the mascara of the No7 intense volume which is also nice.

I've had this little pot in my make-up bag for quite some time but have never used it until recently, its the Maybelline dream mousse shimmer in the shade porcelain, i usually use this a little on my cheek bones and its actually quite decent.

I'm not a huge eyeliner user, only usually when its a night out but either one of the drug store liquid pens above does the job. They don't really smudge and they glide on quite smoothly, i usually do it wrong and end up with panda eyes.

And the last make-up item in my bag is this No7 lipstick in the shade coral rose, i don't use this item to much as i don't really like wearing lipsticks but on the rare occasion that i do this is the one i turn to. Its not to dramatic and it looks lovely on.

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Parties | Outfit

Everybody loves a good party, right?

I'm not one to go clubbing every week or to get totally hammered on a night out. It's just not my thing, but, i love a good party. My family live for family parties, someones birthday the whole family is usually invited, from great aunts to 2nd - 3rd cousins and all their families. Last Friday was one of those birthday parties, in fact it was my 2nd cousins.

As i said in my first blog, i can be quite bad when it comes to event clothes shopping, to be fair, i was pretty good this time around.

 Primark was the shop i picked and i was determined to find an outfit in that store

Second lot.

So i ended up buying a dress from the second lot, overall it took about 45 minutes to find something, a lot easier than the 7 hour trip.

This is the dress i went for. I had it stuck in my head from a few years ago that i hated the A line style dress, I'm not sure why, i obviously had tried on a dress a few years back and hated it. It just shows that you should try your options and explore.

It was just above knee length, so not to short and not to long, and i matched it with black tights.

Black high wedges. 

And a silver necklace.

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