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Showing posts with label lbloggers. Show all posts

Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Rediscovering Lipsticks

So hi...


As a blogger and fan of reading many blogs I've read a few posts about 'Shopping your stash' but I never really thought I'd ever amass enough make-up to do that myself but ALAS, I have definitely collected enough lipsticks.
Recently I've been using the same make-up products because a lot of my things have already been moved over to my new place that I'll be moving to in a few weeks, but I completely forgot that I left a whole bag full of other make-up stuff so I could swap around, and I rediscovered my Topshop Headrush lipstick, a lovely mix of red and orange. As such I've been pretty addicted to it the last week or so, the quality of the Topshop lipsticks is another thing I'd forgotten, and it really made me realize the difference in the more expensive products.
As much as I love my £1 lipsticks from the likes of MUA and makeup revolution, they are of lower quality, though I definitely think they are amazing for the price, you can really feel the difference when you apply the products.
The Rediscovery of this actually quite new purchase made me think that I should make more of an effort to 'shop my stash' as I have a decent collection yet I always seem to reach for the classic Rimmel Kate moss 107, which as much as I find it a godsend, I have about 20+ other lipsticks of different colours and textures.

When was the last time you discovered a new favourite from your own collection?
Let me know in the comments down below!

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Much love guys!
Chenelle
xxx

Saturday, 29 August 2015

The Monthly Round up: August.

So hi...

August was a pretty good month for me, The first week saw me get my cast off and instead get a boot which could be removed which was a great relief. this then meant I was itching to get out and about, The week after I was in Bath for 5 days and celebrated my birthday and a friends which was definitely the highlight of the month, As the Birmingham plan fell through. but I had a small gathering for that instead which was chill and nice, the rest of the month was quiet, a few jammy nights and outings and town visits.


I have what should be my last hospital visit for my foot next week and then I'll be in the clear, although I'm sure I'll still need to be relatively careful for the next few weeks and won't be able to go crazy or play football with my Uni for a while, but I'll be happy it's healed. September should be super fun.

How was your august?
Let me know in the comments down below!

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Email: chenday@hotmail.co.uk
Much love guys!
Chenelle
xxx

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Sharing the Love 1#

So hi....

You tend to see these posts every now and again of fellow bloggers sharing their favourite bloggers or instagram pages etc. I've never done these sorts of posts however so I thought it was about time I share 5 of my favourite bloggers and 5 of my favourite instagram pages! When it comes to instagram I love a good food diary instagram, they just keep me inspired to eat well and try hard.

Blogs

Tea Party Beauty: http://www.teapartybeauty.com/
Hayley from tea party beauty just writes well and hilariously, I love the comedic but truthful sense to her writing which makes her blog a joy to read.

Water Painted Dreams: http://www.waterpainteddreams.com/
Another Hayley opps. Water painted Dreams was one of the first blogs I really got into, she's a similar age to me and her blog gives me comfort, especially some of her lifestyle posts about university where I really feel I can relate, I also love her foodie posts.

Colours And Carousels http://www.coloursandcarousels.com/
Charlotte is such a inspiration, She posts a mixture of things and I love them all, Her outfit posts are fab and makes me wish I looked as good and her baking posts have me drooling, She's gone through a lot in terms of Uni and her friendly way of writing made me feel like I was going through the journey with her as a friend.

Salt and Chic http://www.saltandchic.com/
What I wouldn't do to feel and confident and stylish as Amy looks, posting outfits daily on her blog she's a constant fashion inspiration and source of envy. It feels lie she can just pull off anything.

Dungarees And Donuts http://dungarees-and-donuts.blogspot.co.uk/
Olivia is a lovely girl and another blogger I read often, she has such a friendly vibe on her blog that I really enjoy and trust what she's speaking about, she also has a mixture of posts and I love them all.

Instagram!

Luanna90 https://instagram.com/luanna90/
Luanna is a blogger of daily outfit posts she's everything I could every hope to be, Her hair is exactly what I wish mine could be and her fashion sense is just on point!

Mhershhh https://instagram.com/mhershhh/
Molly Is actually the blogger I did a box swap with this time last year, as well as reading her blog I've fallen in love with her instagram. She's recently been on her fitness game and it's so motivating!

HappyHealthySophie https://instagram.com/happyhealthysophie/
Possible my favourite instagram account Sophie posts all her meals, previously a instagram dedicated to fitness and weight loss ( she lost a lot go her) Sophie now concentrates on her own happiness and eating well.

HelenAnderz https://instagram.com/helenanderz/
A well known Youtuber already I love Helen's instagram as well, She's such a confident and empowering person and she puts up gorgeous photos, I love her style and her recent travel have me itching to go out and see the world,

Keelies.Journey https://instagram.com/keelies.journey/
Another food diary Keelie is also someone who has gone through amazing lifestyle change and has lost over 3 stone since her beginning her journey. Her food posts give me great ideas for meals and help motivate me on healthier eating and weight loss.


And those are 5 of my favourite blogs and Instagrams at the moment, These posts will probably 2 times a month and I'll be changing it up from which platforms I share, Such as 5 of my favourite youtubers next time.

who are your favourite bloggers and instagram pages?
Let me know down in the comments below!

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Much love guys!
Chenelleyness
xxx

Sunday, 5 July 2015

A week or so in make-up 3#

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Once again been a while, rather than forgetting to photograph like with the outfits, I've just straight up been not wearing make-up all that much, or not enough to be worthy of photographing. Think I'm finally progressing with my make-up though which makes me happy, let me know if you agree or not?





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Much love guys!
Chenelleyness
xxx

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

A week or so of outfits 3#

So hi...

Been a while since I put out one of these hasn't it? kinda been forgetting to photograph outfits, just due to exam and revision and all that malarkey, as such there's a little less than previous ones but enjoy.





Definitely liking my outfit choices a lot more recently, The end of summer has really seen myself stop caring about others opinions and starting to buy and wear things I really like just for myself and own sense of style. And I like it.

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Much love guys!
Chenelleyness
xxx

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

Summer Hopes & plans 2015

So hi...

List type posts are so satisfying to write, I don't know why but It's just so simple and it makes me happy making lists. Seriously you guys should see some of my notebooks, list central (there actually will be a little look into my notebooks on Saturday 23rd) Anyway, to the point of this post, Summer is nearly here, though the change of warm sun the rain recently makes summer seem so far away... But for me it is well and truly here. I finish my last exam today and tomorrow I head back to my home town and it's officially the beginning of my Summer. As my year so far I feel has gone pretty damn well I'm hoping to have a very active and exciting Summer to continue my good year. I have a number of little things I want to do, some actual activities and other just general aims I hope to achieve over the whole of summer.

- Get a Summer job (Multiple if possible) -I've actually already got a small cleaning job thanks to my sister but I really want to get a lot of experience and work for savings.
- Aim for £500 towards savings - this is related to the job thing as obviously I need a job to earn money for my savings but I'm really hoping to get at least £500 for my car savings.
- Boost creativity - Not exactly Summer related but I'll have a lot of time to do this over Summer. I really hope to get back into drawing and painting, as well singing, thinking even to return to the old Youtubes.
- Get my Dress making on. - May have mentioned this before but I really want to get a hang of dressmaking, patterns and all. So over Summer I'm really looking forward to learning sewing and creating my own clothes, Also Considering to learn knitting or crocheting. 
- Get outside - Little more typical but I want to make a really strong effort to get out and about at least 3-4 days a week, whether that's with friends or just exploring things on my own.
- See the Uni people - Really want to stay in close contact with my friends I've made at Uni, They really mean a lot to me and It'd suck to not see them all Summer, Luckily we've already got a few plans and ideas which is super nice.
- Work on my Health and Fitness game - Already a work in progress this one but Summer gives so much opportunity to work on my self and own confidence and health. I've had a good head start the last few weeks of Uni and really hoping to continue this and as mentioned in the Instagram post I've put up I want to lose a bit of weight.
- Volunteer If I can for a concert or festival - This is a kinda random one I think would be amazing for experience and would just feel amazing, I obvious favourites to volunteer at would be the likes of Reading, Glastonbury and Download. But even a small time one would be super cool.
- Host or Attend A BBQ - Because how could you go the whole summer without having a BBQ?? that's right, you couldn't.
- Become more of a morning person. - I'm a super night owl. Honestly I have always had a super bad sleeping pattern, I'm one of those strange individuals who manages much better on smaller amounts of sleep. I wake up earlier and feeling better on 4/5 Hours sleep than I do 8+ hours sleep. But sleep is important so I want to try get myself up in the mornings as well as get a decent amount of sleep.
- Travel As much as I can - I'm not really talking abroad travelling here but just getting out of my home town, there's so many little places to do around Luton and even London is just up the road, So I wanna go and explore these places a lot more.
- Do want I want and be more adventurous. - I've gone through quite a few changes this year, I've really been able to 'find myself' and feel a lot more confident. A small example is my new piercings, I've wanted them for years, but worried so much about others views that I held back, now that I've got them I feel so much more confident and like my personality is being expressed better. I'm planning to continue this, say ye to more, Not worry about other others opinions and not be put down.

That's the whole of my little list of things I wanna do over the Summer this year.
What plans and hopes do you have for summer this year?
Let me know in the comments section down below!

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Much love guys!
Chenelleyness
xxx

Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Instagram Healthy Food Diary.

So hi...

If you follow me on Instagram you may have noticed that I have been posting all my meals lately. This is because I've started to use my instagram page as a way to track what I eat and keep a food diary. Along with this I've also been following weekly meal plans that I found from Weight watchers. I decided to do all this as I've struggled with my weight most my life, or as long as I can remember. When I was born, I was actually 2 months early and so was tiny when I came out. Doctors didn't actually think I would survive and I was kept in the hospital for a while. Because of this panic my parents told me they used to give me a lot of food and things so I would grow normally and okay. Well that worked a little too well, From junior school I was bigger and a little taller than most of the other children. And although everyone shot up in their height and I didn't I still have always been what I consider pretty big. I've tried a number of things before but I never seem to shift.

This has always cause a lot of insecurities for me and although now I don't consider myself to be obese or anything ( I'm size 14 comfortably in 90% of clothing) I'm still, like most people rather unhappy with my body. So I decided to revamp. I've changed a lot of my eating habits already in the past year. I rarely drink anything but water ( and usually have about 5 bottles of water a day) and I don't tend to have processed food as I've gotten into the habit of eating fresher at uni.(minus the odd takeaway)




These still haven't been able to shift the weight I want and so here I am. after that long super personal ramble, Telling the blogging world my plans. This way I feel I'll be much more motivated to keep up to the meal plans I'm following and more motivated to generally improve my fitness and health.
Feel free to follow me on my instagram page. I may start to post my weight loss or gain after another month or so.
I'm hoping to lose around 3 stone of weight. And I think this can be done healthily in around 4-5 months, Let me know your thoughts on that?

I've also lost 8/9lbs within the last 2 weeks already purely due to the fact I got a tongue piercing, making eating solid foods quite difficult, so I didn't eat at all for about 5 days apart from the odd yogurt and soup. As I was still keeping myself busy and active I'm guessing that's the reason for the weight loss but it's a head start I guess?

With any luck I'll be writing an update post to this one with happy news and much slender fingers!

Bit over personal today but is there anything you've struggled with that you want to or have changed?

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Email: chenloudday@gmail.com
Much love guys!
Chenelleyness
xxx

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Blogging everyday in May.

So hi..

I've seen around the interwebs at the beginning of May a few people deciding to blog or vlog (eg: lilly pebbles) everyday for the month of May. Now as someone who only posts 3 times a week on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I've never really considered doing something like this as I worry about ideas and posting just for the sake of posting. HOWEVER, I've been recently been doing really well with pre-planning and organizing on my blog, I've been good with writing my blog, having decent inspiration and keeping shizz scheduled. I had my posts planned for the whole month of may and still had a few ideas for what to do after. So I thought I'd challenge myself to blog everyday for a whole month. I've already been doing this pretty well so far and do have a lot of posts planned for the whole month. I'm also pretty proud with the posts, I don't feel like I've made up posts or random ideas just for the sake of it and they are posts I think will still hold some interest for readers.

So yeah, look forward to a whole bunch of posts from me this month.
Here are links to the posts so far!
May 1st: The Monthly Round Up: April
May 2nd: Summer Wishlist 2015
May 3rd: I Missed this day to due mourning a friend's passing.
May 4th: Duran-Duran Exhibition event.
May 5th: The Whole Make-up collection: Nails.
May 6th: The Loss of a Dear Friend.
May 7th: New Piercings! Life update.
May 8th: Topshop Lips
May 9th: Primark Haul!
May 10th: Potter Love!



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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chenloudday
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Email: chenloudday@gmail.com
Much love guys!
Chenelleyness
xxx

Thursday, 7 May 2015

New Piercings! Life update.

So hi...

This is probably the first post I've straight up said is a life update but I really like these kinds of posts generally and although my life isn't the most exciting, I quite like the idea of updating you guys a little more than the very minimal update I give in my monthly round up posts. With that said, I finally bit the bullet and got two new piercings! I previously (warning possible TMI) had my nipples pierced but have in the last 2 months removed them. Apart from them I've always considered having a tongue piercing, and since forever I've wanted my ears pierced. I had them done for about a week when I was i think 5-6 but as I was a child I immediately lost the earrings and so they just closed. My mum had promised me ever since that she would get them done for me again but alas, that never happened...

Before:

So Last Wednesday I decided to head down to Modern Body Art after a decent amount of researching and got 2 piercings. I found a lot of slack online for most of the places in Birmingham, which I was really shocked about, I had intended to get the piercings done at blue banana but the horror stories a few people gave online was off putting, they gave the valid point that it is not a place dedicated to piercing but a fashion shop with a piercing place stuck to the side. The place which had the least negative views etc was Modern body art, which you may be able to guess is mainly a tattoo parlor. Someone had said 'if only they were as enthusiastic about piercings as they were tattoos. But I wanted to get them done and I didn't want to wait till I got home. I found out that they did a deal of every piercing for £15 on Wednesday which was good enough for me so I went.

Straight After:

And honestly it was a brilliant experience, the guy was knowledgeable, and patiently waited while I prepared myself for the tongue piercing. the place was super clean and professional and I'm really glad that I chose to go there. So Yeah I got both ears done which was pretty painless and then the tongue piercing, compared to how much i worked myself up it really didn't hurt, even after a week it hasn't really hurt all that bad once. I'm so happy I bit the bullet and got them. I'd been playing with the idea of a tongue piercing for a while but held back for a number of silly reasons, including the fact that I have cuts in my tongue, which you might be able to see from the pictures, but it's always been like that as far as I remember and the guy who pierced it said it was no problem.

After a few hours:

I'm also considering getting my septum, but as that is a super obvious right in your face piercing I bought a fake one a few weeks back that I'm waiting to arrive.
SO yeah, what do you think of the piercings, I'm a super big fan, despite that the parents aren't all that fond!

Any piercings or even tattoos that you've thought of for ages then just gone for it?
Let me know don't in the comments section below!

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Much love guys!
Chenelleyness
xxx

Sunday, 26 April 2015

101 Things in 1001 Days: Summer Update!

So hi...

Thought I would give another update to my 101 things in 1001 days, Which I've decided to do after seeing Hayley from Water Painted Dreams do it, I thought It would be interested to try it out myself with a few changes to the 101 things, Not doing to badly in completing them, completed 9 more since the last little update (See here).

4th July 2014 - 6th April 2017
1)Try To eat healthier (Getting there!)
2)Lose a stone within a year
3)Pass My A Levels
4)Get into university
5)Go to The London Zoo
6)Take up a new sport
7)Do the race for life
8) Keep a Diary for 3 months minimum
9) Visit 15 different unknown places (4/15)
10) Visit Paris
11) Visit America
12) Learn 15 new skills (0/15)
13) Learn to drive
14) Go to airsoft/lasertag
15) Experience 40 New foods/meals(15/40)
16) Watch 100 movies I hadn't seen before(34/100)
17) Cook or bake 25 things I hadn't made before (8/25)
18)Make a list of 100 things that make me happy
19)Make a pizza from scratch
20)Buy a Polaroid camera
21)Get a new laptop
22)Start a scrapbook
23)Walk around a city alone.
24) Give up Chocolate for a month
25) Get a job
26) Attend a midnight movie showing
27)Become an organ donor
28)Give blood
29) Kiss in the rain
30) Go ice skating
31)Make Flower crowns successfully
32)Take my mum out for lunch/dinner
33)Buy 5 things from MAC(0/5)
34) Go a week without swearing
35)Save £300 in my bank account
36)Complete my Wreck this journal
37)Try 10 products from lush I haven't tried before(3/10)
38)Make a fancy cocktail
39)Get a massage
40) Learn to edit and design (blogs, vlogs etc)
41)Learn to say I love you in 10 different languages(0/10)
42)Go on a 'Date'
43)Go to an open acoustic season
44)Get a facial
45)Give money to a street performer
46)Save £1 for each task completed(£21/£101)
47)Make a playlist of 101 of my favourite songs
48)Attend A Cosplay Event
49)Draw something new everyday for a month(0/30)
50) Attend 5 Fashion/Beauty Events(1/5)
51)Attend 5 concerts(0/5)
52)Write a list of 25 things I like about myself
53)Blog once everyday for a month
54)Dip dye something
55)Have a picnic in the park
56)Make 5 of my own Cosplay outfits (1/5)
57)Take a road trip with friends
58)Make a list of my 50 most favourite quotes
59)Donate all my unwanted clothes to charity 
60)Make my own jewelry
61)Buy a matching set of sexy underwear
62)Make a list of 25 books I would like to read
63)Go to the cinema on my own
64)Make my own shirt
65)Buy someone a gift just because
66)Learn 3 songs on guitar(0/3)
67)Don't eat fast food for a month
68) Learn to sow properly.
69)Go to 15 Restaurants I've never been to before(4/15)
70)Make a blanket fort
71) Reach 400 BL followers
72) Upload a video to YouTube That I'm really proud of
73) Keep a notepad on me for a month
74) Have a dinner party
75) Invite at least 5 people to stay with me at uni (1/5)
76) Find out my blood type
77) Keep a spending diary for a month
78)Complete a sudoku book
79) Do a box swap with an Another blogger
80)Visit a new country
81) Watch all the Harry Potter movies in one week
82)Get up early to watch the sunrise
83) Make a new close friend
84) Build a snowman
85) Don't rely on parents
86) Take someone out just because
87) Make 15 handmade gifts(0/15)
88)Have professional photos taken for my mum
89)Ask 10 friends to recommend a book and read them(0/20)
90) Spend a day in St.Albans And London
91) See a burlesque show
92) Buy something from Etsy
93) Work out everyday for 20 minutes for a month.
94) See a firework show
95) Go berry picking
96) Buy myself a tripod and a wireless remote for my camera
97) Join a club
98) Take pictures in a photo booth
99) Jump into a body of water fully clothed
100) Learn a poem by heart
101) Get a pen pal

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Much love guys!
Chenelleyness
xxx

Sunday, 19 April 2015

The Alice Boutique Launch

So Hi...

Last Tuesday I was lucky enough to be invited down to Birmingham centre to attend the Launch party of the Alice Boutique, an online shop of gorgeous collectible tea sets as well as cushions and other delightful little pieces.


When we arrived the centre table was covered in the beautiful little items from the collection and they all looked so cute and stylish. I also noticed very quickly the cute little pattern cushions, I'm recently having a small obsession with pillows and cushions so this made me very happy.

There were also different sections for the different styles of the collections, such as the monochrome section, great to fit into any coloured kitchen or collectors cupboard.


 There were a number of little features to the room which added to the Alice in wonderland effect such as the little eat/drink me notes attached to the drinks and food. There was also a little photo booth with accessories which you could take part in as well as flamingo croquet which was a blast!

The event also had added features from Handmade boutique which Tracie ( the creator of Alice Boutique and of handmade boutique) had used that just added a great effect to the whole room and it was really a lovely evening









We were given refreshments and cocktails through out the evening which was nice.
Overall it was a lovely evening in which I got to chat to fellow bloggers as well as enjoy the gorgeous alice in wonderland themed collection that surrounded us. I'm really a fan of the cushions and will definitely be looking into purchasing one soon!
Have you seen Handmade boutique before? or do you like the looks of alice in wonderland themed teapots and such?
let me now in the comments section below!

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Much love guys!
Chenelleyness
xxx

Friday, 17 April 2015

Spain SalouFest Photo Diary.

So Hi...

Last week I was lucky enough to get to go to Spain for a week with my football sports team to go to Salou fest which is a week long 'tour' of different uni's and sports teams, So like I did with my paris trip I thought i would show some photos. These are much more personal ones as we didn't spend much time being touristy with taking photos, but enjoy.




























So yeah, it was an amazing week. did you get to go anywhere this easter break?
Tell me down in the comments below!

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Much love guys!
Chenelleyness
xxx