Weigh in Wednesday

So, by now, it is obvious that I am lacking when it comes to weight loss!

About two weeks ago, I was like a child at Christmas when my wedding dress came!!!

Obviously this is a very exciting time and I couldn't wait to try it on, instantly, I was on the phone to my mum and she came straight over to help me get into it. To get more of the full effect, she brought along her own wedding veil (which I am using as my something borrowed) and her corset. 

I was so happy, I didn't even care that I didn't fit into it! By about 5 inches. Luckily, I did join the gym yet again a few days before that so I was able to get cracking. 

Tonight, my dad came round to watch the football with T and I desperately wanted to show him my dress despite not having a corset, or someone to put me in it.

To my surprise, the past two weeks have given great results. I am so close to fitting the dress without a corset on. There is still a lot of work to go in my upper body but I am so pleased with myself! Here are the results, on the left is what it looked like the night I got it (two weeks ago) and on the right is the results tonight:

P.S. I have edited so the colour isn't obvious and also covered up any hints of what my dress looks like.

ElizabethSarahMay xx

New year, new skin?

So, as I suspected, Blogmas failed!!

Maybe if I have more faith, it will work out more.

So since the new year, I started back at college which took up a lot of my time but then to add to it all, I started University! YAYYY! 

Which doubles, if not triples my stress load.

However, one of the things I am determined to do this year is clear up my skin. As a beautician, I know that you can pretty much do anything with makeup but no matter what, you will always get a better result with a nice canvas (my inner artist coming out here).

I wouldn't say that my skin is awful, but I would say that I need to work on it.

Even though I am a beautician, my skin hasn't ever been my priority, I recently purchased a few things from Boots to contribute. Along with the Soap and Glory skin care line, I also bought a No7 Beautiful Skin Cleansing Brush for only £25.

I have been giving the S&G line for a few weeks to prepare for when this came in the post. 

I will be taking a before and after of my skin and keep you updated and will be doing my first ever real review!! 

I am soooo excited.

ElizabethSarahMay xx

Blogmas day five - Wedding makeup

While completing the makeup unit of  beauty therapy last year, it was made apparent to me that I hate people doing my makeup! I get so bored and it is never completed to what I want.

When my mum got married, she put a lot of time and effort into finding the right makeup for her so that she would be able to do it on her own.

This idea completely appeals to me and I have decided that it is definitely something that I want to do. The only thing to decide now is what kind of makeup I want.

The most typical makeup for brides is natural and simple ...

But I do this style makeup on a daily basis and want something a lot more dramatic ...

I think this is stunning! My only problem? Too many people have this these days, my mum even had this makeup! I then looked at more dramatic ones, I fell in love with arabic makeup and I want to get closer to that style but I don't want to be O.T.T. so I then found ...

This is gorgeous! I love a good smokey eye and think this is much more on my track for bridal makeup! I am going to have to play around with a lot of makeup to find what I want but I don't mind!!

ElizabethSarahMay xx

Blogmas day four - Winterlicious Tag

1) Favorite Winter Nail Polish?

Since I am doing a nail course, I don't get to keep nail polish on for long so I have recently been having acrylic nails done with red acrylic powder with red glitter 

2) Favorite Winter lip product?

My favorite lip combination currently is E.L.F. lip liner in Spice and lipstick in Voodoo, the combination is quite dark so I do like to sometimes add a normal red lipgloss on top (depending which one I have nearby)

3) Most worn Winter clothing piece?

I have just bought some new tunic tops from Very and I am obsessed with this one ...

4) Most worn Winter accessory?

I don't actually wear much accessories but I guess it would be my grey sequin snood from Primark

5) Favorite winter scent/candle?

My favorite scent for all year round in vanilla. But I also love the smell of pine in the winter simply  because of Christmas trees.

6) Favorite Winter beverage?

I found it the other day, it was vanilla and cinnamon flavoured cider. It was so yummy and I also bought a toffee apple cider which was even better but more suited to Autumn in my mind.

7) What is your favorite Christmas Decoration this year?

My little pink and blue glittery toadstools that I bought last year! they are so random but so cute!

8) What's at the top of your Christmas list?

Honestly, wedding stuff!

ElizabethSarahMay xx

Blogmas Day three - Bridesmaids

So I have finally decided on my bridesmaids and I will have six adults, two junior and one flower girl. 

Since I have so many, I want to try to keep the price low as they will all add up!

I found my dream bridesmaid dresses, surprise surprise on Pinterest. But the designers dresses are roughly £200 a piece which will total £1200 for just my adult bridesmaids!

The thing I love about these dresses is the timeless silhouette. It is so sleek and sophisticated, my bridesmaids all agreed. They also all said that they love the idea of having straps on it too.

Ebay dresses seem to be a hit and miss, especially from China but I have found loads that are £20! That would slash my total price to less than it would cost for just one of the above dresses!

Have you ever bought a formal dress from China through Ebay? 

Is it worth the risk? I mean, for £120 you can't go too wrong surely!

ElizabethSarahMay xx

Blogmas day two - Holly Jolly Holiday Tag

-Favorite Christmas movie?

Elf! Who can resist? It is amazing!

-Are you on the Naughty list or the Nice list?

Nice, obviously! ;)

-Show us an embarrassing Christmas Card photo!

We don't actually take them in my family, I definitely want to start once I have my own family!

-Have you ever had a White Christmas?

Yes, I live in North-West England which is normally cold! We tend to get our snow in more Jan/Feb time. Although we have had snow on Christmas day before.

-Where do you usually spend your holiday?

Our Christmas is normally structured from Christmas eve 'till the 27th. I don't want to make this post too long by going into detail so I will say that this year, me and T are going to spend Christmas eve at my mum's home. We will open presents in the morning at home, then have dinner at my brother's home and we may be going to a friend of T's house for some drinks in the night. And as usual, we will see my dad and another brother of mine on boxing day and we will all go to my Grandma's home for turkey sandwiches.

-Play or sing your favorite Christmas song!

Well I can't really sing or play on a blog post, my favorite Christmas song is between two, Fairytale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty Maccoll or Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Lennon.

-Do you open any presents on Christmas Eve?

Nope, strictly Christmas Day.

-Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?

Rudolph, Donner, Comet, Cupid, Blitzen . . . I guess not!

-What holiday tradition are you looking forward to most this year?

Spending Christmas Eve at my mum's house decorating her tree and having Mac 'n' Cheese and Tacos.

-Is your Christmas tree real or fake?

I have always had a real tree until I moved out. I have a fake one this year although that is only because people weren't selling real Christmas trees when I gave in to decorate it!

-Hands down, what's your all-time favorite holiday food and holiday sweet treat?

Food is Turkey, we only ever have turkey on Christmas day so it's special.

Sweet tree is chocolates, the celebrations, roses, heros and quality streets that you get in tins.

-Be honest: do you like giving gifts or receiving gifts better?

I love them both equally!

-Show us your tackiest Christmas attire!

Again, we have never done this either but something I plan to do!

-What would be your dream place to visit for the holiday season?

Canada. I actually just put on my facebook that I would love to spend Christmas in a log cabin in Canada!

-Does your family have a special holiday recipe you like to help make?

Not that I know of.

-Are you a pro-present wrapper, or do you fail miserably?

I am a pro! Or I like to think so. I am a very creative person so I love making the presents look awesome under my tree!

-Most memorable Holiday moment?

Spending Christmas in France at my grandparents' home with my uncles, aunts, cousins, mum and siblings. Waking up hearing my uncles and cousins cruelly making as much noise as they could to wake up my brothers in their room! 

-What made you realize the truth about Santa?

My brother!!

-Do you make New Years resolutions? Do you stick to them?

For the past two years, it has been that I will make the next year better than the last. Go for the things I want and I can say that I have stuck 100% to them!

-What makes the Holidays special for you?

Spending time with my family, not only receiving love and presents but giving it to everyone close to me!

I love my family and much prefer Christmas than my birthday.

ElizabethSarahMay xx

Blogmas Day One!

So I am one of those people who sit and watch YouTube videos all day! A lot of the people that I am subscribed to are starting to do Vlogmas and I decided that I would like to do similar. 

As I am not a vlogger, I am going to do Blogmas!!! I totally slack with my blog so for me, this is the perfect time to step up my game! The only downside to this is that my life is pretty busy at the moment so I will find it hard to find time to post so there will be a new blog post every other day for the month of December!  

So as I may have mentioned before, I am a Nail Technologies student and we have been having a lot of fun this week with glitter nails! I love glitter and feel like red and gold glitter it totally festive!! 

This being my first post is going to me a Mani/Pedi of the week!

I had an iridescent twinkle toes and a red rockstar nails! I am completely in love with them!

ElizabethSarahMay xx