First time having Gelish

I usually have acrylic nails but i leave the infills for as long as possible but this time i left it just a little to long :( my nails kept bending making the ends near the cuticle flick up which makes me feel sick so as soon as a nail done that i bit them off (not a good idea i know) i really didn't have the money spare to go for my infill, so off came one.....

and then another one.....

As you can see in the picture the second ripped down just a little to far :( i could feel it hurting but because i was already half way there was no way i stopping then i noticed how far down it had actually ripped and freaked out like a total girl, anything lower than the first nail makes me feel really sick just the thought of it being that low down makes me cringe and if it touches anything, after days of having a plaster and trying my hardest not to touch anything with that finger i went and had them soaked off and had some Gelish on them to help me deal with getting on with day to day tasks (i can't stand the grated feel of the nail or how flimsy my natural nail is after some acrylics) my nails had grown to the same length as the acrylic and they were due a take off and a fresh set because the nail had started lifting away, I can't stand having naturally long nails the whole bending,splitting and tearing drives me nuts so when they were off they HAD to be cut down.

I feel so naked without my acrylics on :( although it feels good to actually feel my keyboard and being able to pick things up off the floor or side properly, Am i put off having acrylics? hell no as soon as that nail has grown back I'm getting those babies back!! If i could deal with naturally long nails I'd defiantly have gelish nails more often

4 years today

I've been with my amazing man 4 years today and we are still going super strong  :)
i know everyone says it but it really has been the best 4 years of my life and he really is amazing, He's taken on my little Issy as if she was his own there has been many times she has pushed his buttons really hard and times have been difficult were he could have walked away but he didn't and he's still here being the most amazing dad he can be to both our girls, We've been through so much together and he's helped me achieve so many things in the small amount of time we've been together, We've aimed to get married on certain dates many times but the date always comes and passes us by we will start saving up big time for it one day but for now we are happy how we are and there's always something more important that pops up, Of course we'd get married tomorrow if we had the chance. We are having a hand fastening ceremony sometime in the summer tho :)
My anniversary present was my little Gertrude (my car) which had a full valet today, i should be starting my driving lessons back up again on wed. We didn't do anything for it today :( but I'm hoping to drag him out for dinner sometime in the week :) 

Eeeekkk.....

Yeah i'm super lame and over the moon that my blog has reached just over 1,OOO views :D 

now to work on my blogging and reeling in some followers :)

thank you so much to all of you that take the time to view my blog & read my posts it really does mean alot, I'd love to hear from you guys to so never be afraid to leave me a comment even if it's just a quick Hi or advice on how i could improve (i know my punctuality and grammar would be a great start) 

If your a company and would like me to review a product or two of yours please do not hesitate in contacting me I'd be super interested 

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Day two of volunteering

Today i spent my day out the back sorting out donations, labeling and steaming the clothes before they went out, I stayed until close today (5pm) even tho i was booked in for 9-3 as lame as it sounds it really is pretty fun :) My feet are completely blistered where I've been on my feet all day and chose to look good rather than comfort, Super chuffed with today's bargains it's amazing what gets thrown out as it's not suitable to go out on the shop floor too, Today i got 4 cushion covers FREE because they don't smell to fresh and need a wash, 3 candle holder 5Op and a gorgeous multi photo frame for the girls room for £1

 FREE cushion covers, £1 photo frame & 5Op for all 3 of the candle holders

I'm also amazed that although I'm a body piercer and the piercing thing on this label gun is pretty much the same yet i find this alot tougher than piercing peoples skin

Crafty Mumma

Now i can be quite the crafty mumma when i put my mind to it, I LOVE to give things ago myself rather than pay a fortune to have someone else do it for me, I've seen the blinged up converse everywhere and always fancied a pair for my girls but Issy is a serial toe scuffer so they wouldn't last 5 minutes (she's on her 5th pair of school shoes since starting school, she wrecked her first pair on her first day at school) yes! she really is that bad when it comes to scuffing up shoes most of them ended up with flapping soles where they had been scuffed so badly on the toes, i'm dreading Daisie being the same anyway back to the point of this post, i was only meant to be replacing the laces to Daisie's converse with some ribbon but once i opened my crafty box i had the idea of using the minnie mouse heads that I've had for ages and was meant to make hair clips with and i had some left other pearls from when i decorated a phone case for myself awhile ago, so she ended up with some blinged up toes to her converse :) i had to order in some matching ribbon after i had done the toes it arrived and I'm not keen on it but it will do until i order in some white ribbon :) I'm yet to decorate Issy's pair for her

I could have ordered one of these in cheap enough but i could make it myself even cheaper ;) I love doing things myself for the girls it gives it abit more of a personal touch :) i plan on doing some with their names and adding some hooks so they can hang their dressing gowns on and bags etc, as well as some crown hair clip holders

I also made taggy blankets for them both when i was pregnant with Daisie and loads of headbands for Daisie but i hardly put them on her as i was terrified they'd be abit tight on her head and she couldn't exactly tell me they were hurting, I'd love to make them a patch work quilt each when i get the chance and get abit more clued up on working my sewing machine :) I've made myself a few pairs of earrings (not that i wear them but still i get to say i made them)

Do you get abit crafty in your spare time?

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Birthday planning like a crazy mumma

So my not so little baby turns 2 on the 15th July :'(

so now's the time i start going even more planning crazy I'm always planning way ahead but always end up flapping round like a headless chicken :/

her birthday plans have become a whole weekend of fun

with her big sister being at school on her birthday we couldn't do her day out on her actual birthday as Issy would miss out so shes ended up with a weekend of birthday stuff :)

on the Saturday if all goes to plan we'll be taking the girls to london aquarium/zoo we'll see closer to the time what the weather is like i'd love to do both but i doubt we could afford both and fit them in on the same day 

then on the Sunday she' having a little peppa pig themed tea party with all her cousins :) 

then Monday its her BIG day which will have a very special visitor

PEPPA PIG is going to be delivering one of her presents :D

do you have a little ones birthday coming up? 

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AVON colourtrend liquid foundation in Ivory Beige

I grabbed this while it was on offer in an Avon catalogue a friend had dropped into me, I was pretty chuffed with it colour was a near on perfect match went on smoothly although it felt quite heavy compared to the body shop foundation i was using before i gave this one ago, so all was going well UNTIL my eyes were watering on the way home from the school run and i got into my mums looked in the mirror to check my mascara hadn't run everywhere to be greeted with white streaks down my face and neck now i can imagine your thinking the shade is actually abit dark and my skin colour was showing through but no it was as if i'd had talc on under my eyes and that had run down my face :/ when it gets wet be it watery eyes or run it turns into a white mixture which does not look great running down your face and neck. I have this eye problem often so almost everytime i wear this i end up with white marks down my face before the day is over :(

not the best photos to show you what i mean but i was at my mums after the school run when grabbing this photo

have you had a bad experience with any of the Avon colourtrend products?

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