The TMI Tag

I love tag videos/post, its a chance to be a bit nosy into people life's and know some more about the person your watching/following. So here is my TMI tag :) 

1: What are you wearing? 

My pajarmas, as per usual, I would live in them if I could.

2: Ever been in love?

I am :) 

3: Ever had a terrible breakup?
Nope.

4: How tall are you?
Hmm about 5ft 3 Id guess, im teenie tiny.

5: How much do you weigh?
8 stone.

6: Any tattoos?

One on my hip.

7: Any piercings?
Just my ears.

8: OTP?
Okay, ive got to ask google what this means haha, One True Paring? I have no idea.. Next question.

9: Favourite show?
We could be here for a while, 

Friends
The Big Bang Theory
One Tree Hill
How I Met Your Mother
Hollyoaks
Rules Of Engagement
Quite recently 'Mom' on Itv2
Just started The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad
And the most underrated show on TV at the moment in my opinion My Mad, Fat Diary.
  

10: Favourite bands?
My number 1 favourite band of all time, seen them twice and hopefully more to come Arctic Monkeys!
Oasis
N Dubz
The Killers - the old stuff though
Love indie music.

11: Something you miss?
My friend who moved away.

12: Favourite song?
Of all time? Arctic Monkeys - Do Me A Favour
At the moment? Clean Bandit - Rather Be.

13: How old are you?
23.

14: Zodiac sign?
Cancer.

15: Quality you look for in a partner?
Loyalty.

16: Favourite Quote?
Look On The Brightside.

17: Favourite actor?
Hmm Jim Parsons (Sheldon from TBBT)

18: Favourite color?
White/Purple.

19: Loud music or soft?
Loud.

20: Where do you go when you're sad?
My bed.

21: How long does it take you to shower?
20 mins at most, depends if im washing my hair or not.

22: How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
 20 mins, im quite low maintenance when its a work day, just shove my hair up and a bit of eyeliner and im ready.

23: Ever been in a physical fight?
Never, Im better with my mouth than my fists haha.

24: Turn on?
Being funny, smelling nice.

25: Turn off?
Rudeness.

26: The reason you made a blog?
 Not sure really, I like doing my nails so I thought Ill show other people the designs I come up with.

27: Fears?
 Big spiders.

28: Last thing that made you cry?
Cant remember really, it'd be over something silly like Jeremy Kyle.

29: Last time you said you loved someone?
To my mum today, its Mothers Day as im writing this.

30: Meaning behind your Blog name?
This is my little space on the internet.

31: Last book you read?
The highway code haha studying for my theory.

32: The book you're currently reading?
Still the highway code! (It will sink in!!)

33: Last show you watched?
60 minute makeover, mum was watching it in the room.
  

34: Last person you talked to?
My mum.

35: The relationship between you and the person you last text?
My oldest friend.

36: Favourite food?
Ooooo there's loads
Chinese
Pastas
Seafood
Beef
And Donner meat, chips and cheese (don't knock it till you've tried it haha)

37: Place you want to visit?
Hmmm the Eiffel Tower, the London eye.

38: Last place you were?
The living room.

39: Do you have a crush?
My boyfriend.

40: Last time you kissed someone?
Today.

41: Last time you were insulted?
Cant remember.

42: Favourite flavour of sweet?
Strawberry, cherry, Pear drops haha.

43: What instruments do you play?
The recorder when I was about 12, I would love to play drums or piano though.

44: Favourite piece of jewelry?
A locket with a picture of my granddad in.

45: Last sport you played?
Ha! dont be silly!

46: Last song you sang?
Currently i'm singing The Cribs - Mans Needs, its whats playing through my docking station at the moment.

47: Favourite chat up line?
Don't really have one.

48: Have you ever used it?
Nope.

49: Last time you hung out with anyone?
My friend a few days ago with her two gorgeous girls.

50: Who should answer these questions next?
Im looking at you Bel ;)
And anyone else who fancys doing it.

Let me know if you do this tag, I love to read them. :)

My Weekly Loves

The first and best thing Ive loved this week was

Sleep!

For some reason this week Ive been extra tired, (even going to bed at 6 o'clock one day!) Maybe its the fact that as I work in a school and we break up for the Easter holidays on Wednesday, the days are dragging far too much! But with Bel over at Journeys Are My Diary we have a laugh near enough everyday so its not all bad.

Secondly, My new sparkly lampshade...

Ive had my eye on this for quite a while since spotting it in B&M a few weeks ago for £19.99. I love it, its so much brighter in my room now and sparkly things always make me happy :)

Next thing, my new travel mug...

As big 'Friends' lover (Yup I've got the box set) I couldn't resist this travel mug from Truffle Shuffle even at the price of £9,99. I really couldn't say no haha.

Lastly, Stacey Soloman's perfume 'Smile'

I received this as gift from a friend for my last birthday and have just started using it again, having 12 different perfumes I'm often switching between them all. I love the bottle design its very feminine and that ties in with the scent, its the only way I can think to describe it feminine and girly. What I also love about this perfume is it last all day, Ill put it on at about 8 o'clock in the morning and smell it on myself all day till I get in from work and put my pajamas on even then its still on my skin. Ive also had people say "You smell nice" so that's a bonus too haha.

 What's been your loves for the week?

Born Pretty's Holographic Nail Varnish

 On one of my many visits to the Born Pretty website I came across a lovely purple holographic nail varnish but at £7.75 for a 6ml bottle it took me some persuading to buy it and lots of umming and arring.

This was the result after 2 coats, I must admit I was a bit disappointed as I wouldn't really call this holographic even if it is a nice shade and you see there's a few specks of different colours.

However these pictures were taken at night time with the flash on and as you can see you get the holographic effect. It is really pretty, I only wish it looked like this the whole time and the bottle was bigger to match the price it has.
From now on I think ill only use this polish on my fingernails maybe then ill see the effect better.
Born Pretty does have a range of different coloured holographic polishes, that may show up better than this dark purple colour. If a have a month where I have some spare money floating around I may splurge on this silver one and see how it differs.

Do you know any good holographic polishes I could try?

Models Own HyperGels

I think its time to tell you all what a massive Models Own geek I am!

I have 37 of their polishes, wow Ive never actually counted them all before haha. Ill show you my Models Own collection one day soon I'm sure, but for now ill just show you two of their newish HyperGels. They are basically a thick nail/gel polish but instead of having to wait under a UV light for them to cure like you would at the salon you simply paint them on your nails in the comfort of your own home and get a high shine, long lasting manicure! I love them and currently own four of the ten in the HyperGel collection but will probably expand it when Models Own have an offer on, which is a lot of the time! (my poor bank balance)

Cerise Shine & White Light

This is the design I chose to do with these two colours.

The second picture isn't the best quality but shows the shine off better.

Cerise Shine is a brilliant bright pink and White Light is just your basic white, they are easy to apply however the polish is thicker so you don't need a lot on the brush and it means it only takes one coat- anyone who has tried to use a white polish you'll know how annoying it is that you need about 3 coats to make it look decent, not this polish!

The stud is from Born Pretty, you get about 50 of them in a bag, all I do is put a top coat over my nail and while its wet stick on the stud, then apply another layer of top coat and that stud is going nowhere.

Do you love Models own? Have you ever heard of Models Own?

♥ Meet Missy!

 This is the reason it can take me up to 4 hours just to do one simple post on here!

He jumps onto my bed and gives me this look -

Then I spend 10 mins giving him cuddles.

Yes, he is a boy and I have no idea why my mum decided to call him Missy!

He's a 3 year old Bichon Frise, very mischievous, wants attention all time and sleeps on my windowsill. Just like most dogs you cant eat anything without him sitting there staring at you, sneakily edging himself closer so he can smell it.

I know it sounds silly but you do really see your pets as family and not to sound soppy but I love him!

Let me know what pets you have :)

New Blog Design

So as Ive now started to blog a bit more regularly I decided it was time to make my blog more personal to me and put my stamp on it, also to have a play on Pic Monkey at the same time which is always fun, when you have the time. I honestly didn't know where to start so what do people do nowadays? Ask Google of course! After simply typing in 'how to make a custom header for blogger' up came loads of results, I chose Thinking Outside The Sandbox, their steps were really easy to follow and I pinched their idea of making three rounded edged boxes, I really love how it turned out but knowing me Ill end up changing it again within a few months haha.

Let me know what you think. :)

My Pedicure For The Week / Water Decal Review

Having a bit of an obsession with all things nail related I'm always on the look out for new ways to make my finger and toe nails look pretty, more my toe nails as unfortunately I cant have painted nails for work! So you'll probably see more pedicures than manicures as my fingernails take a bit of a battering everyday being in and out of water :(

Anyway back to the original post... 

Recently I've been looking for water decals, my go to place for anything to do with nails is Born Pretty they have an amazing selection of anything you can possibly think of related to nails, they also have beauty/home/hair/stationery/jewelry, I often find myself on the website for hours just looking through all the categories!

After typing in water decals in the search box 6 pages of different decals came up, I ended up choosing 5 different water decals, the one ill show you today came in a set of 4 on one sheet.

Sorry for the bad picture, the one I took of them wasn't much better either but when there in front of you they are brilliant, very detailed.

As you can see my first attempt was the left foot! It went a little bit to the right, I obviously didn't line it up right, I learnt from my mistake and managed to get the right foot pretty spot on. I now love water nail decals they are so easy to use! You simply cut out the design, soak it in water for about 15 secs then place on your nail and peel the backing off! They take no time at all and give a very good effect on your nail, I just topped mine off with a top coat and as I write this post 5 days on they are still stuck on there and will stay there till I take them off with nail varnish remover.

The price for this set of 4 was $3.99, the whole website is in USD, as I'm from the UK it doesn't take much to just ask Google to convert it for you which was then just £2.41. 

Born Pretty ships worldwide for free and ships within 24 of your order being placed. I love it!

    

How I Cut My Hair - CreaClip Review

A couple of years ago I was on YouTube looking at ways people cut their hair at home so I could save myself some money from taking trips to the hairdressers every other month, plus i have a blunt fringe and as anyone who tries to cut their own full fringe will know it has to be straight! I then stumbled across CreaClip, the best way I can describe it is a curved hinged clamp with a mini spirit level in the middle and also a straight hinged clamp with a mini spirit level in the middle. After watching many videos and tutorials I decided Id pay the £19.99 and take the plunge to cut my own hair (Its not as scary as it seems!)

The small blue CreaClip is for your fringe/bangs, whether you have a straight blunt fringe like me or a side fringe all you simply have to do is turn the mini level in the middle to get your desired cut, also make sure the bubble is in the middle if you are doing a straight cut! Obviously I recommend using correct hairdressing scissors, I found mine on Amazon for £5.50. When cutting your hair its best to do it with the scissors at a 45 degree angle and take of a little at a time! You can always trim more but you can't stick it back on.

 

I like my fringe quite long so I didn't really have to take much off but as you can see it looks much neater and it goes longer down the sides to blend into your hair. I personally love the results plus it only took about 5 mins to do so good for people who don't have the time to go to the hairdressers, its perfect!

A few months ago I got my hair cut short, yes I realise my first post was about hair growth but I change my mind on things quite often :) I now want it long again haha. So at the moment its too short for me to show you how the white CreaClip works but as soon as its long enough ill definitely blog about it and show you. In the meantime search it on YouTube and you'll soon be wanting one like I did its quick, easy, saves you money. I love mine.

Lush Review - Tender Is The Night

For Valentines Day I received the 'Lots Of Love' gift box by Lush from my boyfriend Nathan, inside was:

Sex bomb - a bath bomb

Prince Charming - shower gel

Neon Body Soap

Ro's Argan Body Conditioner

and Tender Is The Night - massage bar

I had never used a massage bar from Lush before, as i suffer from eczema I get a bit scared of using new products on my skin so I usually stick to what i know like Palmer's Coco Butter and Johnson's baby oil. Since the box has been in my room for the past month I thought id give it a go and I really liked it, whilst rubbing the bar in my hands I was surprised how oily it went and how easily it absorbed into my skin, the smell was nice and girly and stayed on my skin for a good few hours after, it also left my skin very soft.

The online description from the Lush website -

Shea and murumuru butters are specially blended to melt easily onto the skin to allow a smooth massage. As well as helping the bar glide, they also help to lock in moisture. As the bar warms and softens, it releases the heady blend of ylang ylang oil, Fair Trade vanilla absolute, and jasmine absolute that settle onto the skin.

Overall its a nice product and I'll definitely be using it again but at the price of £6.50 I probably wont be buying it for myself, I think that's a bit steep for a massage bar even though I suppose they'll last a long time I just couldn't justify spending that much.

What are your favorite Lush products?

Get To Know Me

So as I'm fairly new to blog scene and you don't know a lot about me yet ill do the 'Get To Know Me' tag :)

1. Are you named after anyone? 

I'm named after my dad, hes called Chris so my mum made it girly by adding the 'TY' to make Kristy.

2. When was the last time you cried? 

Ohh all the time, anything can set me off. Most recently? At One Born Every Minute.

3. Do you have kids? 

Nope, not yet.

4. If you were another person, would you be a friend of yourself?

Ha what a question, probably.

5. Do you use sarcasm a lot? 

Yep, far too much!

6. Will you ever bungee-jump? 

I doubt it, not my kind of thing.

7. What’s your favorite cereal? 

Ooo Cheerios or Frosties.

8. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Erm their eyes and hair and if they are polite. Manners don't cost a thing.

9. What is your eye colour?

Green.
10. Scary movie or happy endings? 

Depends on my mood at the time i think, i prefer thrillers that make you think and have a good plot twist at the end.

11. Favorite smells?

Lacoste touch of pink, petrol, a fry up and a good Sunday roast cooking.

12. Summer or winter? 

Summer! Cant stand being cold, would much rather be too hot than too cold.

13. Computer or television? 

Television. I'm hardly ever on the computer, I do mostly everything off my Iphone.

14. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from home? 

Egypt.

15. Do you have any special talents?

Nope not really, I was good at gymnastics when i was younger though.

16. Where were you born? 

Lincoln, UK

17. What are your hobbies? 

Eating takeaway food (does that count?), watching films, blogging and being lazy :)

18. Do you have any pets?

Yup a bichion frise dog called Missy but hes a boy, (blame my mum).

19. Favorite movie? 

All the Scary Movies, Shaun of the dead, Titanic there's loads!

20. Do you have any siblings? 

A younger brother.

21. What do you want to be when you grow up? 

Nothing in particular career wise but a good mum when the time comes. 

That's me :) I tag anybody who's reading this, let me know if you do :)

My Plans For The Year

So this year (even though we're already in march) I plan to hopefully move out with my boyfriend, having been with each other for 6 years this May and us both being nearly 24 i think its time I flew the nest.

Since I was about 14 its mostly been my mum, my brother and me, so moving out is a pretty scary/sad thought but I suppose its got to happen at some stage right?

I obviously plan to blog more.

I like blogging, I just think I'm a bit too lazy sometimes and would prefer to lay in bed and catch up on Hollyoaks and The Big Bang Theory. At least I'm honest :)

I plan to finally pass my driving theory test/practical and be on the road.

Other than them three things I'm pretty laid back and will let life deal me whatever cards it wants to for this year.

  What are your goals for the year?