Project: Dolls House | Part 1.

For one who has grown up surrounded by dolls houses, this is quite an exciting project.  My nan built her very own dolls house in 1988 and is full of intricate detail, from stain glass windows to hand painted bricks.  Since I can remember, I have admired her Edwardian style dolls house and have longed for my own [pictured below].

After searching the Internet top and bottom for a few weeks, I found a house I really liked.  The Lyddington dolls house.  

This is where the fun starts.. This kit comes in a HUGE package including many little bits.

After sorting and labelling each part of the dolls house, I decided that it would be a lot easier to paint what will end up being the ceilings, before assembling it all together, this way it will be less fiddly and messy.

I went for a slightly off white for the ceiling: attic floor and ceiling: roof as this will be the 'flat' / living area.  Then a magnolia for the ceiling: first floor as this will be the shop.  Ideally I would have liked them to be all matching in colour, but unfortunately, I didn't have enough paint to coat one of the floors, as they all needed two coats.  I used a radiator roller to apply the paint for an even finish, as using a brush will leave the finishing look streaky. 

Is it over yet!?! | Uni

Am I right in saying.. Whoever's in school and uni, are so over it right now!? Who's with me when I say WE WANT A BREAK!?!

I'm currently at the Open University, where motivation is the key component to my life!

I have got to the point now, where I can't scramble any bit of motivation that I once had in September..

I'M SO OVER IT..

Big congratulations to all the people who graduate / leave uni this year..

 I wish I was with you! 

Congratulations to those who have survived a year / another year at uni.

I'm with you!

XOXO

Monthly Favourites | May

Wow.. Has it really been 8 months since my last post?? Sorry not sorry..

Now, I don't know how many people followed my blog 8 months ago, but if you're still here.. Hello :) how have you been?

I know this month isn't quite over yet.. I haven't lost the ability to comprehend certain information..

But, I am super jam packed with my last assignment this week, that I thought I'd do my first monthly favourites early.  I have been loving so many things this month [LIES].. I haven't being loving that much to be honest, but the things I have liked, are pretty good..

This month, I've hated.. Uni.. Uni.. Uni.. Uni.. Uni.. UNI..

This month I've loved the usual.. PIZZA, SLEEP AND NETFLIX..

Joking.. Honestly, there are one or two, maybe three favourites I'd like to tell you about..

So.. Get some delicious cupcakes or chocolate, what every your preference is, and relax. ;)

EMMA HARDIE - Amazing Face Natural lift and Sculpt Moringa Cleansing Balm.

Admittedly, this is one of the not so cheap products that hits your wallet hard.. The side of the wallet that anyone and everyone tries against their will not to go in to.. WE LOVE IT THOUGH!

Yes.. I know.. It looks like earwax..

BUT.. This silky, in between the fingers, smooth cleansing balm, is one of the best make up removing products I have used.  Calling it a make up removing product is not so true.. It's what it says, a cleansing balm. I swear, my face must have been black compared to the first time I used this.

You take a small amount on your finger tips, add a tiny bit of water and rub it into your hands. Now, it doesn't lather up, it stays silky and smooth, BUT dissolves all your make up AND mascara. Leaving your face feeling so fresh and soft! :D

YANKEE {VILLAGE} CANDLE - BLACK CHERRY

OH-MY-G*D.....

THIS IS ACTUAL LIFE....

Meltdown over.. I recently brought the 'Black Cherry' Yankee tester candle, from a recent trip to wales and absolutely fell in love with the smell. You really do not have to light it, just let it sit there and look pretty, you could get hooked, seriously.. 

We all know Yankee candles are expensive, so, here's where eBay comes in to it. :D

 I found the cheaper version, a {village} candle, that smells EXACTLY the same. WIN!

My personal preference in candle scents, are the tangy / fruity sort of smells, which this most definitely is.. 

I am truly terrible at describing scents so bare with me.. 

TANGY, FRUITY, DELICIOUS, AMAZING, OHMEHGEWD GOOD!! Bam, sorted.. 

XOXO

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Yogurt drops | Food

Do you ever fancy a snack but you're trying to stay healthy? I have a solution ;)

Yogurt drops!!

This is simple, quick to make and hassle free. A healthy little frozen snack, that doesn't just look delicious, but tastes it too. 

All you need is;

A baking tray

Grease proof paper 

Yogurt of your choice

A fruity option 

A syringe / spoon / or a food bag with a small slit on one end.

And, obviously a freezer.

I personally chose two cheaper yogurts in the flavours, peach and strawberry.

For around 16, 1.5 inch sized yogurt drops, you'll only need to use half a yogurt pot of each flavour.

Cut out a piece of grease proof paper that fits the size of your baking tray and fill it with multiple 1.5 inch round yogurt drops.

Slice up your choice of fruit and lay each piece on top of the yogurt drops.

After you have filled your tray, pop them in the freezer for a good few hours or until completely frozen.

Enjoy :)

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Top 3 favourite perfumes | Beauty

What's your favourite perfume ?

Do you like a floral scent? Maybe a fruity scent, or, even a more mature stronger scent?

Personally, I tend to walk into the fragrance shop and purchase floral | fruity smells without even realising.

I'm a big fan of Elle Saab's, Le Parfum, but since that's now ran out I decided to try something different, I popped to town this afternoon and as I walked past the fragrance shop I decided I'd treat myself, the new Marc Jacobs, 'Daisy Dream' caught my eye..

Daisy Dream is a very classy, light, fresh and feminine scent. The scent includes blackberry, fresh grapefruit and pear, with hints of jasmine, lychee and blue wisteria. This has now become my new favourite perfume, replacing Elle Saabs, Le Parfum. The beautiful bottle drawn me to ask for a tester smell and I instantly loved it. I'm sure there are many people out there like me, who love a good looking bottle to go along with a gorgeous scent, right? It was £38.50 ($62, 48 EUR) for a 30ml bottle, so it's more on the expensive side, but, the smell lasts for quite a long time and if you kept it for the more special occasions, the 30ml bottle should last a while.
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Another perfume that I'm loving at the moment is the Ralph Lauren's, 'Midnight Romance'.

Midnight Romance is a classy, sweet, floral and fruity scent, with hints of vanilla, spice and citrus. I visited America May just gone and went into one of the department stores in search for a new perfume. It was $74.00 (£45, 57 EUR) for a 50ml bottle, so, because of the high price tag, I keep it for when I go out on an evening. I must say I've never really gone for a perfume that's main scent is sweet, but I loved it. The only fault I have found with this fragrance is that the smell doesn't last, I spray quite a bit when I use it and to me, I feel the smell doesn't stay to long.

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Last but not least, 'he loves me'.

He loves me is a very fresh smelling fragrance, it's main scents include daisies and lilies with hints of green apples and pears. It's one of the nicest, cheap perfumes I've brought. With a price of just £6.00 ($10, 7.50 EUR) for a 50ml bottle, the scent reminds me of a more expensive classy fragrance. Believe it or not it's Primarks own make. Who knew Primark sold perfumes!? This lovely perfume with a pretty bottle reminds me of the first fragrance I spoke about, but fresher and not as strong. Its an expensive smelling scent with a cheap price tag and considering the price the smell actually lasts for quite a while.

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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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