Hey all,
Hows you?

I know I said I wouldn't post this week bc family, but I'm actually at my best friend's until Monday. It's 00.15am, and I'm on the sofa while BTS serinade me and I'm watching my best friend's older brother and boyfriend play some weird monster game on PS4; I'm not doing anything important, so I wanted to write this tag because I actually enjoy these kinds of posts.

Hey all,
Hows you?

If you're like me and are always up for some fashion inspo, you'll know that Pinterest is always the place to go. I love it, and I pretty much get any ideas for anything there. You just type in and you'll find tons and tons of different ideas and articles. You want fashion? You legit just have to type "fashion" into the search bar and you're sure to find something you like; it's the same with anything. I've been changing and moulding my style at the moment and I've been directing myself to Pinterest for some ideas of how to make the things I want to wear work. You see, I used to have quite an odd sense of style. I'd throw various pieces together and try and make them look as good as possible but it never really did. I've now invested in some staples (white shirts, black skinny jeans, black leather boots, ect...) and I feel like I'm actually getting somewhere in making my wardrobe a bit more mature. Saying that, I'm always up for some ideas of things that I could try or that I wouldn't have though of off the top of my head, I wanted to share a few of my favourites with you guys. Let me know what you think and we can bounce ideas off of one another in the comments and if you want to have a nosey as to what tickles my fashion tastebuds then have a look at my "Fashion" board on Pinterest.


1/

Hey all,
Hows you?

I'm jumping on this bandwagon! I know! I know! Don't shoot me! It's just that it's nearly Christmas! I'm one of those boring people that really struggle to get excited for Christmas. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love Christmas. I love decorating the tree, drinking wine and listening to my ultimate Christmas song (Merry Christmas Every by Slade - there is no easier way to make me feel like it's Christmas than when I hear Noddy Holder screaming "ITSSSS CHRRIIIIIIISTMAAAAASSSSS!!!!!"), lit by the fire. Love it. But I just don't get excited very early.

Hold in there, this is a long one. I tend to just make one really long list and let my Mum choose whatever she wants from it.

Anyway, enough rambling, on with the list!

Mac and iPhone Case

Hey all,
Hows you?

It dawned on me today that it had been ages since I'd told you lot about some of my favourite bloggers of the moment. I've had a bit of a following spree on Bloglovin' and I've been having a look at loads of new blogs and I wanted to spread some of the blogger love and let you guys know my favourites. I'm going to try and talk about more new blogs that I haven't spoken about before. I feel like it'll make it more interesting and fresher than if I constantly talk about the same ones all the time. Certainly, these posts will be less often, but (hopefully) more interesting.

From Roses

Hey all, how's you?

Autumn is fast turning to winter, and with that is a change of outfit and make-up look.

Note: When it comes to eyeshadows, the palette I'm using doesn't give me any names for either the shades nor the palette itself. Because of this, I've named the shades 1, 2, 3 ect... to give you guys an idea which one I'm using.

Another note: This is my first GRWM so bare with me as I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing or how to explain things (namely eyeshadow and where I'm putting it).

Make-Up
Base

Hey all,
Hows you?

As summer fades into autumn, make-up looks change as the leaves on the trees do.

That sounds very pompous doesn't it? Sorry, I've been watching Downton Abbey all day so I'm full of fancy, proper talk. Anyway, I felt like it was time to show you lot what I've been slathering on my face to make myself look presentable during this season.

Base

Hey all,
Hows you?

A quick note before I start: Yes, I referenced The Hunger Games in my title and no I have no shame.

I've heard about Essena O'Neill and how she's quitting social media ect, ect, simply because most of the internet hasn't shut up about it since she posted her video on her (now deleted) Youtube channel. You can watch the video here. I hadn't really payed attention to it at the start, but the more press it gets and the bigger this story becomes, the more it's peaked my attention.

I have never watched her video about why she's quitting Youtube. I watched a response video by Doddleoddle and thought, okay well fuck it, and I've decided to watch it.

Hey all,
Hows you?

These past couple of months have been crazy! I've started college and I'm well into the swing of it, and I have gathered a couple of favourites for you guys to enjoy!

Music Production

Hey all,
Hows you?

I've cut my hair again... Okay so I know I said that I probably wouldn't go any shorter but I couldn't resist the temptation!

Okay so I was looking for hair colours first. Then I found this photo and fell in love. I loved the cut, the colour, everything. I asked around and most people said that they thought it would suit me.

Hey all,
Hows you?

I've been nominated by the lovely Linsey from the blog "The Shady Lotus" to do this tag, so, because no one ever nominates me for anything ever, I decided to oblige for once.

Favourite Fall Lipstick

Hey all,
How's you?

I've recently become obsessed with prints. Namely, prints of the Etsy genre.... Okay, yes I spend way too much time looking for prints on Etsy okay?! Don't judge me! (I blame Hannah Gale)
Anyway, I wanted to share a few of my favourites!

I'd also like to thank Muse from the Etsy shop MuseAlpha for sending me a few prints for this post, I'm obsessed with them!

Hey all,
Hows you?

I don't actually know if I mentionned this on my blog, but my "reward" for having passed my brevet was to get my nose pierced. I got it done in mid-July and I was so freaking obsessed with it! Sadly, the hole has since healed up, which I'm super upset about! So to mourn my late-nose piercing (even though I plan on asking to get it re-pierced for my birthday), I wanted to talk to you guys about the ins and outs of getting your nose piercing.

Hey all,
Hows you?

As some of you may know if you read my latest "Cup Of Tea And A Catch Up" post, I am now in college! I'm studying hairdressing and I'm really enjoying it so far, despite a few incidents that follow suit when you're a bisexual girl in an almost totally girl school (don't even ask). Anyway, I wanted to talk you guys through what I do on a Sunday to prepare for the week ahead.

Tea

Hey all,

Hey all,
Hows you?

Do I really need to explain what this is? You must get the jist by now. Monthly favourites, bla bla bla - let's get onto it. Sorry it's late, but I forgot to post it when I should. Because I'm an idiot. But you love me! Right? RIGHT?! Okay, on with the post, shut up, Matti.

MAC "Lady Danger" Lipstick
I've already reviewed this lipstick here, but I've loved wearing it ever since I bought it in England. I feel like it suits my skin tone really nicely and it's just so beautiful. I loves it loads.

Hey all,
Hows you?

I've been reading quite a few of these lately and I felt left out, so I decided to do one too. I've been having a really natural, simple make-up look over the summer to avoid looking like a panda (a look a regularly rock whenever I wear pencil eyeliner).

Base

Hey all,
Hows you?

I know I did one of these not long ago but this time I have a specific reason for why I wanted to do this post.

So grab a cup of tea and a piece of cake or whatever beverage and/or snack you desire and enjoy!

Hey all,
Hows you?

Ever since I started dying my hair when I was just 11, I've had a total love-affair with my hair. I've cut it, dye it, style it every way I can. My hair has been dark brown, auburn/red (my natural colour), strawberry blond/blond, light brown, red, and not forgetting black (I went through a particularly long emo phase, okay?). It doesn't seem like very much dying, but let's remember that I'm only 15.

I remember perfectly well why I started dying my hair. Sadly, it's not a very nice reason. Like I said before, my hair is naturally red. For some reason, when I started primary school in France, everyone seemed to think that was really weird and funny. I got really bullied for it during the 4 years that I stayed at that school, and again, for the year that I stayed at the new primary school. For my first year of high school, I decided I wanted to dye my hair brown to stop the teasing. It didn't really work because the dye was too close to my natural hair colour, but that was my first experiance with hair dye. I continued to dye it on and off until the start of my third year of high school. Then, I did went super dark, like, almost black, and that's when the addiction to dying my hair set in. I had done it on a Sunday night, and when I'd gone to school the next day, seeing people's reaction when they saw my new super dark, super straight hair, was the best feeling ever. Seeing their eyes go big and jaws drop, it boosted my self-confidence no end. Obviously there was some negative feedback, but honestly, I didn't even notice them.

Hey all,
Hows you?

On the 7th of June 2015, I came out as bisexual. I first came out to my friend, Frances, in May, and gradually came out to my little sister, and my best friend. After I came out to my parents, I pretty much totally accepted my sexuality and I'm not even scared of coming out to anyone anymore. They can like it or lump it and to be quite honest with you guys, I don't really care which one they choose.


Something that I didn't expect was that people would ask me how I knew I was bi. My uncle asked me first while I was in England, and it really stumped me. I hadn't really thought about the process before (you will never understand the temptation I had to quote Jenny from Two and A Half Men "Well when you start thinking about women when you masturbate that's a pretty good clue"). I was actually really pleased with the response I got from people like my uncle and my cousin and her husband. They were really open and cool about it and it surprised me.


There are some people who have been a bit dickish about it. I've received a few "I don't think you're bi"s and "but you do have a preference for boys, right?" - urgh, no, people, I don't have a preference for either gender, I'm attracted to EVERYONE. It's not that hard to grasp!

I do feel very blessed and grateful for the fact that I have received very little negativity since my coming out. Shockingly, I received the most negativity from my parents. My dad is a very conventional man. He doesn't like homosexuals to begin with, and he's very much stuck in his own ways, so you can probably guess that he wasn't best pleased that his daugher was bisexual. I got confronted with a "you're too young to know that" and various other patronising, homophobic phrases like that. My mum wasn't exactly please about it either, saying that I was trying to "label myself" and, again, that I was "too young to know about my sexuality" and all that bullshit.

One thing that does come with coming out that isn't as great is that people are paranoid. It makes me laugh, because as much as I try and get people to understand, it's impossible for them to understand that just because I'm bi doesn't mean that I'm going to fall in love with every person that I come across. That's obviously not the case. I'm a human with feelings, it's just that I can have romantic feelings for either gender. Not some robot that falls in love with everyone. And especially not with my best friend of 4 years.

Hey all,
Hows you?

My Mum recently bought me an iPhone, and if you've been reading my blog for a while, you'll know that I wouldn't ever spend any money because I was always saving up for an iPhone. Since that's now no longer a problem, I am finally allowing myself to spend some more money on clothes and make-up. I've had a little browse on ASOS and I've found some things I've fallen in love with, and will be very tempted to buy next payday. I'm going to keep it to 3 or 4 because if not I'm going to be going on forever and a day.

Hey all,
Hows you?

So I'm off to England today and I don't think I've ever thought about Starbucks, Primark and MAC so much in my entire life (priorities). Because my Mama is a massive control freak, she likes to know that my suitcase and carry-on have been packed a couple of days in advance (then again, I blame my Mum, but I guess it's understandable since when I went to England last July I nearly forgot my passport at home). I thought I'd share what I'm putting in my carry-on for the plane journey over.

Hey all,
Hows you?

A bit of a different post today, but I've been stalking the blog PatriciaBinFrance which I'm sure you can guess is about an American lady who now lives in France and is married to a frenchman too. On her blog she talks about make-up and also about life in France. She recently put a post up called "How To Marry A Frenchman" and it got my mind going.

You may or may not know that I live in France. I moved here with my parents in May 2007 just before my 7th birthday, so it's now been 9 years, I've grown up here, and I think I'm qualified in France and the French.

Hey all,
How's you?

Hey all,
Hows you?

I seem to have gone a little follow-happy on Bloglovin' at the moment, because I seem to all of a sudden be following loads of people and I've been enjoying a load of new blogs at the moment. I don't think I've spoken about someone who was in one of the previous posts for this series actually!

Hey all,
Hows you?

I'm shocked at the amount of shopping I've been doing at the moment. I'm a saver, not a spender, unless it's someone else's money haha. But my Mum gave me some money for when I went to England and I got given some money for my birthday so I made the most of it and did a lil' bit of shopping that I'd like to share with you guys. However, I'm not going to be able to show you guys everything because I did pick some stuff up for a secret project that you guys will find out about very soon, I'm sorry I can't tell you anything and trust me, I hate it when people do that but just bare with me, it's going to be great!
Also, I bought literally just underwear at Primark (other than the fake nails and glue) and I find it quite strange to show you guys my underwear.

Hey all,
Hows you?

Hey all,
Hows you?

If you know me, you'll know that I spend a lot of time away from home. Whether it's during schooltime or not, I'm always all over the place, either at my best friend's home (aka my second home and second family) or (less often) at another friend's house, or in England (whenever I can), I tend to be off galivanting off somewhere other than my actual home. I thought I'd talk about how I manage my blog whilst I'm away from home because it can be quite tricky sometimes!

Hey all,
Hows you?

This is a bit different isn't it?! I'm trying to branch out to fashion too on this here blog so this is my first try so give me a chance.

Summer is pretty much here and I've got a heck of a lot of bandwagons I want to jump on. Also, I've finished high school. I'm done and I wrote a blog post about it on my other blog called the Batshit Bugle, so you can have a read of how I feel about it on there, but anyway, since the start of my last year, I made a promise to myself: I'm going to become myself. What I mean by that is that I'm not going to care as much what people say and think about what I wear, what make-up looks I do, how I cut/style/dye my hair - because in reality, I don't care. I'm a little eccentric and a little different, and I'm going to let my real self shine through and use this summer to hone in on just quite what that is.

Hey all,
Hows you?

Today I received my results of my Brevet (French version of GCSEs but it's only one exam split into three stages) and I passed, which shocked me ngl. I think a lot of people in England are still sitting various exams so I wanted to write this post to bring all you lot of humour and "true dat" feeling from the exams. This is based on a real experience.

Hey all,
Hows you?

I've really wanted to do this for a while because I've found that now I have a handbag I really love, I'm using it a whole lot more and so there is more to talk about. I hope you like this and maybe I'll do a what's in my school bag towards the start of next year?

Hey all,
How's you?

I've been blogging for about a year and a half now, and I've realised some things about it that I wanted to share with you guys, and so that I can tell anyone that wants to start a blog that they've been warned.

Hey all,
Hows you?

This is a compilation of my May and June favourites. I didn't have enough favourites in May so I just added on June to it. Enjoy!

Clinique "Superdefense Daily Defense SPF 20" moisturiser


I feel like I've spoken about this product in every beauty post I've put up in the last month. But now I genuinely feel like I've had chance to try it out and give it a genuine opinion. I'm going to be doing a review of it in the next few days. Bref, I love it. And I really don't know how I'm going to live without it when I run out.

Hey all,

Hey all,
Hows you?

As the blatantly obvious title suggests, this is me, coming out.

Now, at this stage, it's customary to give your story. I don't really have a story but I'll try my best. It happened gradually, so gradually that I didn't realise that it was happening. Until I woke up one day, with very mixed feelings and just generally thoroughly confused. It then snowballed and a scandal at school, 50000 tears and far too much pushing it away and 1000000000 cups of tea later, I finally felt ready to accept myself for who I am.

I came out to Frances first. She was amazing about it and helped me immensely through the initial process of coming out to my friends and family.

I'd never really understood why people said that coming out was scary, but now I think I get it. It isn't saying the words that's hard or scary, it's the idea that you'd lose someone you love because of it. When you don't give a fuck about the person you're coming out to, it's easy, but if you love and care about that person, and you don't want to lose them, it's terrifying!! I litterally took about 2 and a half months to pluck up the courage to tell my best friend.

I don't want to make this into a "big thing", it's not worth it. I just felt like it wouldn't be fair to not tell you guys.

Hey all,
Hows you?

I've been watching a whole lot of series recently and I wanted to share them with you guys.

Orange Is The New Black


This was my first series to be obsessed with. It's about a woman called Piper Chapman who gets locked up in an all-women's prison. It's so funny and I can't wait for season 3 to come out next month!

The Vampire Diairies



Despite the fact that there is only 4 of the 6 seasons on Netflix, I am obsessed with this series. It's about Elena, a normal girl who loses her parents in a car accident, then, the fall after, meets the attractive and mysterious Salvator brothers, Stefan and Damon. It's a total cult programme and I'm so obsessed with it. I may or may not want to marry Stefan... just sayin'!

Modern Family



This is the perfect pick-me-up programme. You know the one I mean. That one show you can watch when you're feeling down and it's like you've eaten an entire block of Cadbury's on your own in one sitting. I can't even explain this show, but my god is it funny.

Da Vinci's Demons



If you're into illuminati, symbology, the Da Vinci Code, kind of thing, then you'll love this show. It's about a young Leonardo Da Vinci and his adventures. It's quite dark and mysterious but I love it. Personally, though, I find it a bit too heavy to binge watch, so I tend to watch one and then leave it.

Friends

Yes, yes, yes, I admit the fact that I am the last person on earth to watch Friends. I love it. It kills me every time and I'm obsessed. I got through 2 seasons in a week.

Mad Men

This is one of the first series that I really got into. It's about an advertising agent called Don Draper. I can't explain anything else about it but I highly recommend it. There are 7 seasons so it's perfect if you're looking for something to binge watch over the weekend.

There we are! Let me know what your favourite series are in the comments.

Sorry I haven't been doing many make-up posts recently but I haven't really bought much make-up recently. Also, I've been ill this weekend so I haven't really been functioning so I couldn't post anything yesterday and I've completely forgotten when I put my last post up.

Hey all,
Hows you?


1. I want to become a hairdresser.

2. Red nails is fast becoming my staple.

3. I have a massive lipstick fetish.

4. I love chips. Chips and mayo. Yummmm I'm litterally so hungry thinking about it.

5. I take a really long time to start using make-up products. I've only been wearing powder for just under a year, I don't even own a bronzer or a highlights, I've been wearing blush for, at a push, 5 months.

6. I'm made to be rich. I spend so much money a month it's ridiculous.

7. I have way more clothes than I need. I know that because I seem to wear the same things everday.

8. Since I grew up an only child, I adopt everyone. The number of people I consider my brothers and sisters is ridiculous.

9. However I do have a (real) little sister and an older half brother.

10. I have a fetish for real metalic jewelry. Get me a simple (not costume jewelry!) silver necklace and I will be yours forever.

11. I can never keep my room tidy yet I go into panic mode the rest of my apartment isn't tidy!
12. I hate having things on my hands.

13. I love to dye my hair. To date, I've dyed it dark brown numerous times and strawberry blond/unintentional blond ombre and highlights.

14. My celebrity crushes are Cara Delevingne, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sam Calfin, Lily Collins and Brooklyn Beckham. (Cue the fangirl emoji) - I mean look at them!!

15. I want to live in a Starbucks.

16. When I'm old enough and I have enough money I want to move back to England.

17. Ellen DeGeneres is one of my favourite humans.

18. I love quotes. I even have an app that sends you quotes everyday.

19. I am more a sweet person rather than a savoury person.

20. I'm a caller not a texter because I always have too much to say.

21. I could eat pizza every night of the week and not get tired of it.

22. I tweet way too much.

23. I Instagram way too much.

24. My eyes do this weird thing sometimes where for no reason they'll unfocus and refuse to refocus.

25. My favourite book is "The Lost Art Of Keeping Secrets" by Eva Rice. I think I've read that book well over 50 times.

26. When I was younger I would watch the "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Running Down A Dream Documentary directed by Peter Bogdanovich over and over and over (the thing is 4 hours long by the way).

27. Stevie Nicks, Cara Delevingne are massive role models to me.

28. I hate long car journeys.

29. I want to visit Rio de Janeiro, Cuba, New Orleans and Los Angeles when I've finished school.

Hey all,
Hows you?

With exam season looming over me like a teacher with no sense of personal space, it's got me thinking about school and decisions and my future - yeah, those thoughts. Mid-summer holidays last year, I figured out what I wanted to do. Hairdressing. To become a hairdresser, I knew that I needed to go to college and that means no university. I was thinking about that, not because I want to go, but because a lot of people have been talking about university, their experiences there and I feel like I haven't seen many people have spoken about not going/why they didn't go.

Hey all,

Hey all,
Hows you?

I have been blogging for a year and a bit, and over that time I have learnt a thing or two about blogging, content, gaining trafic, photography and such, and I wanted to share my advice with you guys.