Gin o'clock

Yes I'm aware this is immensely sad but it kinda helps knowing that I'm half way recovered when I get to this point. Apparently for someone my age it takes 2 years for a brain injury to recover, so half way there! I think I constantly say this but I really do miss the things I used to take for granted now. It will be a long process but I'll get there! 

Sparkles

So for my birthday I had numerous presents, jess and Rosie bought me nail stuff. Rosie bought me the hh heartbreaker nails and jess bought me the topshop nail varnishes. I applied the hh nails last week and they were gorgeous! Although I hardly wear false nails and when I do, intake them off within 4 hours. They will be back New Years I think so they aren't wasted! 

Jess bought me 3 shades of nail varnish, 2 of them were sparkly colours and the 3rd was a gothic matte colour. I tried the purpley sparkled one and I'm impressed with how quick it dries. I put on a pink resist and shine from Sally Henson first and applied the glitter varnish after. I feel this varnish combo will last longer as if worn the pink resist and shine before and it lasted a month without even chips! Also because of the glitter varnish it will be hard for it to dissapear too. Again definately reccomened!

       Topshop nail varnish - razzmatazz

 

       Henry holland - heart breaker nails

Witchcraft!

So I'd been seeing a lot of people go on about these pentagram strapped tops/midis from mxci ( ig: mxci_uk )  and decided to buy one myself. Sadly I don't go out in the night as much as I used to right now obviously, but as soon as June comes around I know this top will be my attire of choice! They come in other obvious colours than black but of course I got black as it goes with everything! Haha! Definitely recommend! The top/cami was only £20 too! 

Get at them at www.mxci.bigcartel.com 

Birthday treats!

Thought I'd post what presents I got for my 21st! :) really taken back with the amount and effort my fiends put in for my birthday this year and it kinda makes me emotional and even more lucky to have them! The only down side was not being able to drink alcohol as I'm on meds and because I had a few seizures at the time of my accident, so the doctors have said if I don't have another episode I can continue my normal routine next June! :) just as well, as Jas and Joe bought me gin for my birthday haha! 

Obviously my parents bought me a new iPhone which I'm immensely happy with! 

Jas and her brother joe bought me gin and some fancy chocolates from where she works in hotel chocolat, Becky bought me some gorgeous lipgloss from nars! Rosie bought me loads, a pug purse, a beanie, done Henry holland nails and some green hair dye as she knows I'm notorious for dying my hair and I haven't gone green yet haha. Jess bought me loads too, tons of goodies from lush cosmetics, some topshop nail varnishes and some liberty hello kitty plasters! Majority of my family gave me generous amounts of money and even my ex and his parents got me something! My grandmother had just been on a cruise so brought back some Marc Jacobs daisy perfume, as she knows I love it. Over all it definitely was a birthday to remember as the messages in my cards and on my fb wall were enough for me to weep for weeks! <3

I'm back!

After not posting for ages due to numerous reasons, Uni/work/Xmas/ and not to mention my car accident. I thought using my old blogspot might help pass the time, help with my recovery and help with my Uni work later on.
So I should probably start from the top, a question I've had constantly for the past few months;  yes I got run over by a car whilst I was crossing the road from Uni. It was neither of the parties fault as there was a bus in front of me so I didn't see the driver. And he didn't see me. I broke my left femur, my right collarbone, and fractured 3 parts of my skull. I also had to have my lung pumped up as it deflated, not to mention having a brain bleed after I got hit on the head.
The brain injury name is 'diffuse axonal brain injury' which occurs after most car accidents. I has to be put into a coma and stayed in one for 2 weeks. They also had to cut my hair as there was so much blood. The more I talk about it the more I get upset. But I really am grateful for being alive and I'm immensely lucky as my accident was considered severe. Plus being only 20 at the time it helped a lot with my recovery. I couldn't speak for nearly 2 months, and it was like starting again from scratch. I couldn't walk obviously too.
I got admitted to a hospital called 'rookwood' in Cardiff end of July/start of august; and thanks to them I've had the best help. I probably wouldn't be writing this if they didn't help me.
I was discharged end of November thankfully, and I still hope all the people I met in there are still recovering well and get to go home soon!
I obviously didn't get to go back to Uni because of what happened but I'm hopefully going back next year. I also hope I can go back to my old job in house of Fraser next year too, I have to thank my Uni friends and work colleges so much for all their support. And especially HOF as they paid me extra due to my unexpected resignation. And because of my time away from the internet/shops it means I haven't blown all my money as usual on pointless things yet. So I'll obviously be posting a lot more of my purchases in the future!
Thankyou for reading and I hope this post helps people understand a lot more also.

Pink ombré hair

So I have been contemplating dying my hair pink for a while, now I am in uni & not a stuffy ol office job anymore I can do what I want with my appearance, get the most out of being a smelly student haha!
Bleached it all over initially which was a painful thing to do, seeing as I had recently bought £45 worth of 24 inch highlighted extensions & spent over £100 on getting my hair highlighted at salons.... But still I went ahead and did it. Did a brown ombré effect on the top & then mixed up some la riche directions in flamingo pink & with some stargazer silver. It's come out a nice colour, a damson feel to it. Only temp but love having a bright colour again in my hair!

London trip

Went to London to have a look in the v & a & some of the big shops in London last week. Thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the medieval & renaissance section in the v&a. Looked at some of the fashions throughout the ages also, mainly studying the garments from the 1900's to the 1930's.
Also looked around Harrods, the window displays for Xmas were astounding, each window based on a Disney princess, my favourite was the elie Saab sleeping beauty window.
Hope to go back again soon with some more money, want to explore Camden & brick lane to try find some bargains!

Meadham Kirchhoff nail rock wraps

So I bought these initially for Halloween but tried them after. Quite easy to put on but smoothing them down is a bit difficult. I love the different patterns for each nail. I only managed to do one hand as I want to save the rest for another set. Could be used all over or just for one or two individual nails.
Need more quirky patterns like these in my life!

photography by James Neilson.
Coat - vintage faux fur
stripe shirt - h&m
boots - ebay

she really loves him prescilla, she really does

My lovely boy, dear ashley, even though reluctantly, bought me this gorgeous little floral dress/top that ive had my eye on for a while. I was going out on wednesday and i thought this would be perfect, so i eagerly planned my outfit ahead.
I had bleached an old cropped Denim Jacket that i had found in a charity shop for £3!
The results were awesome, im really tempted to make it into a waist coat but i think i will spoil it. So i paired my DIY denim jacket with the blue floral topshop dress, some rusty brown heeled brouges (not pictured) and my vintage sunglasses (yes actually vintage! off my nan, she bought them in the 60's!), also with my silver braided headband, which untill now has been rarely used.



http://lookbook.nu/look/169348-she-really-loves-him-Prescila

Of course i had to take some pictures of this outfit and post straight away to Lookbook.nu ;) .And to my suprise i had AMAZING feedback! how chuffed was i!?
Although now this dress is now in the wash indefinately after throwing up 5 sex on the beaches on the lovely floral print! >.< haha. Normally i try not to wear dresses more than once in a month but i really do love this dress and have planned to wear it to my friend's private party in Mojo's on the 23rd :).
Right now i am seriously in the mood for some DIY, i want to make my second fringed dress but in a different style ( pics soon ). Also i am really craving waistcoats. Denim & leather! I had a dream the other night that i owned a lovely studded fringed leather waistcoat, when i woke up i was not happy :( haha.

pink hair

http://lookbook.nu/look/151976-Amalla-Su


So i finally decided to dye my hair pink. I ordered the special baby pink dye online and bought extensions to go. The extensions were crap but my own hair looked alright without them in the end. Its lasted 2 weeks as being me i changed my ,mind awkwardly and wanted to look normal for once so ive ended up buying some dull blonde colour so i dont look like some kind of glowing ghost anymore haha.
Ive done exams the past couple of days, english was promising, maths - dissapointing, history - suprising! only another couple exams and then i can go get my job :D