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Dec 12

My Achievements from 2012 & Goals For 2013!

Hey everyone!

Today I thought I would do a post on what I have achieved this year and what I am proud of, and what I plan on doing next year! It’s a bit of a personal post and I think that now is the right time to give you a little insight into my life as this week will mark my blogs 1 year anniversary, and I feel like I know my readers well enough to share a bit more about myself.

2011/2012

To sum 2012 up I have to say that it was a huge improvement to 2011. In 2011 I was struck hard with crippling panic attacks and anxiety that forced me out of my education and prevented me from taking my Gcse’s. While all this was going on in August 2011 I sadly lost my lovely Grandpa to cancer which left myself and my family heartbroken.

This year (2012) I have taken the time to recover from my panic and anxiety attacks and get myself back into some sort of normality. I managed to get onto a Dog Grooming course earlier in January this year and passed it with a Distinction! I have also managed to grab a small part of my social life back in seeing my friends and family more often. I also got a job at a local Kennels&Cattery on Sundays which I absolutely love. In September I also started my Level 2 Animal Care Diploma course which is going really well too.

I started the Animal care course in September 2011 but sadly had to leave as I just wasn’t well enough to go. After attending the Dog Grooming course earlier this year it gave me enough confidence to get through this year and re start the course this September!

I am really proud of how far I have come this year. Sure, I have my down days but, who doesn’t? I am an 18 year old teenage girl and as some of you may know very well….girls have got a lot going on!!!! Emotions are like a roller coaster for us!

I still battle with mild anxiety every now and then, and a few self confidence issues but hey, It’ll figure itself out sooner or later!

Starting beginnersbeauty.com opened up doors for me which I never imagined would exist. I have spoken to some amazing people and met a few of you too. The ongoing support that the bloggers community offers is something that can’t match to a non bloggers life. The love & support that you guys offer is just amazing and I can’t thank you all enough.

Every reader, follower or passer byer has given me a huge lift like you wouldn’t believe. I really and truly appreciate every single one of you!

2013

So…Now onto my 2013 goals and hopes! I know a few of these I probably will end up giving up on but hey, so does about 90% of the rest of the population! New years resolutions are hard! But it takes determination to go through with them!

1. Find inner happiness - super cheesy but yes, I want to find an inner happiness that can’t be found on it’s own. I want to choose to be happy. I want to teach myself to find the happy and positive side of everything that comes my way instead of dwelling and being negative about it.

2. Learn to drive – This isn’t as cheesy! I really want to learn to drive! Using public transport is getting on my nerves now! I’m thinking , what would I rather do? Get in my own, comfy, warm, quiet car, or wait 30 minutes in the rain and sit on an un comfy, smelly, loud and bumpy bus…CAR!

3. Get out more – While my social life is slowly getting back to normal I want to push myself to get out more. I don’t mean going out and getting drunk out of my face but just getting out more, meeting new people and having a good time!

4. Get a tattoo – Yes, I really want a tattoo. I have had a tattoo in mind for ages now that I really want and I want to get it done in 2013! A few think it’s really stupid and cheesey but it

has a personal meaning to it and I think it fits ! I really want “Hakuna Matata” on the inner side of my arm. “Hakuna Matata” means “no worries” and as an anxiety sufferer, NOT worrying is difficult. Having it there on my arm as a reminder 24/7 will give me more motivation and strength!

5. Exercise more – This is probably the number 1 thing everyone says but YES I WANT TO BE MORE FIT! I don’t want to exercise to lose weight because it would involve changing my diet and my household won’t change their diets so it’s difficult for me to change mine. So I want to join at least one fitness class, like Zumba ,and stick to it! I also want to go for at least an hour walk every day!

6. Become more independent - I think this is one of the more important ones. I’m not very independent from my family. I rely on them a lot and I think that as I’m not getting any younger I need to break away and start finding myself more!

That’s all that I can think of right now but I will be putting more on my Twitter every now and then! Make sure you follow me so you know what I am up to ! hehe!

Once again thank you all for reading and being apart of beginnersbeauty. I couldn’t have created it all without you. I cannot wait for what next year holds for this site and I hope that it will grow !

Hope you all have a lovely New Year!

Thanks for reading!

H x

Twitter – @beautyblogpage

*disclaimer – i am in no way looking for sympathy. i am also in know way asking for any unnecessary and mean comments about my future goals and experiences*

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30
Dec 12

Best & Worst Drugstore Products of 2012 !

Hey everyone!

Today’s post is a Best & Worst Beauty Products tag. I was tagged by the lovely Nuala from MakeupBeautyShopping so go check out her blog!

2012 has had it’s ups and down’s beauty product wise. From the good to the bad I am pleased to say that I have actually had more good products than I have bad. I mainly buy drugstore products. By drugstore I mean brands such as L’oreal, Maybelline, MUA etc. However the occasional non drugstore item has popped up in my shopping basket from time to time hehe!

1. What was your favorite drugstore makeup brand of 2012?

It’s got to be MUA. I have rarely been disappointed by their products and about 50% of my makeup draw consists of their products. They have such a wide variety of items that I am never disappointed!

2. What are your least favourite products of 2012?

I can’t really pin point my least favorite products in all honesty. I made a rule this year that before buying , test, read and ask! I made sure that everything I was buying had good reviews so I think I’ve actually managed to skip quite a few bad products this year.

I know this isn’t a drugstore item but I think I was most disappointed in the MAC face&body foundation. It’s a lovely foundation however I really thought it was going to be this fantastic foundation that I would use all the time. It’s not my favorite. It now lives in the back of my drawer!

3. What is the best makeup bargain of 2012?

2 products. My MUA undressed palette and my Hard Candy heavy duty concealer. 2 very affordable products which are absolutely amazing. Can’t fault them!

4. Show your best drugstore dupe for 2012.

I think my best drugstore dupe this year has got to be the Technic Carnival nail polish. It is the OPI dupe of Rainbow Connection. They are identical!

5. Which drugstore product did you buy in 2012 that wasn’t worth the hype?

This has got to be the Garnier BB cream! It has put me off all BB creams. The colour was their lightest shade and it was still too dark. The coverage was awful. Even though I had read highly recommending reviews of it, I was still very disappointed!

6. What product wins your award for Best Drugstore Product of 2012?

It has got to be my collection 2000 lipstains. I CANNOT fault these lip stains. I rave so much about these because they are amazing. The colours are amazing, the lasting wear is amazing, the overall product is just amazing!

So that is my best/worst beauty products of 2012. I hope you enjoyed this post. I tag everyone in this post. Leave me your link below if you have done this tag or a similar one! I would love to hear your best/worst products!

Thanks for reading!

H x

Twitter – @beautyblogpage

*disclaimer – my opinion is my 100% own and honest opinion. I am in no way being paid to feature these products*

Primark Haul December 2012

Hey everyone!

Today’s post is a Primark Haul! On Thursday I went shopping and I just had to pop into Primark as they had a 50% sale! Eek! I couldn’t resist!

I have another Primark Haul from the beginning of December , you can find that post HERE

I bought 8 items. Only 7 are pictured though as the 8th item is a blanket which is currently being layed on by my cat ! I bought it for my bed as my cat is always sleeping on it and leaves fur everywhere! It was only £2 and covers just over half of my double bed. It’s lovely and fleecy!

Most of the items I bought were in the sale apart from a couple of items. These are all winter items and some for college. I am freezing my butt of in this weather so I decided I needed some warmer jumpers!

I bought 3 chunky knit cardigans. I couldn’t resist, they were £12 and they were all reduced to just £5! I grabbed the last size 12′s in these three colours. I bet some of you are thinking “why do you need the same cardigan in three different colours?” because I just DO! I am Freezing! And now I can wear all three colours with lots of different outfits! hehe!

I also bought a zip up hoodie. I need these sort of hoodies for college and when I walk my dog and when I am at work. I am around animals pretty much every single day. When I am at college I am with messier animals like pigs, emu’s, alpacas, snakes, turtles etc etc. And at work I am around lots of muddy dogs! This wasn’t in the sale but it was still only £8 which I think is a bargain. With jumpers I always buy a size bigger just so I can fit another jumper underneath in the colder months!

The next thing that I bought was this v neck beige/cream coloured jumper. It’s a thin knit jumper that is just literally for casual wear and nothing more. This was in the sale and was only £3. It’ll be great for wearing with leggings or jeans ! I had to buy a size 14 though instead of a 12 as they came up really small for some reason.

And the final thing that I bought was these ugg style boots. I do own a pair of Ugg boots but sadly they are now ruined…I kept walking in the rain and snow with them so they’ve died….sad times. These were only £5 and they are really good quality. They are heavy, have thick soles and are super fluffy and fleecy inside.I wanted a pair of these just to slip on when I’m popping out or just to wear around the house in.

In total this cost me £33.00 so I am really pleased with my bargains! What I’m even more pleased about is that I walked into Topshop afterwards and saw identical cardigans like my primark one’s for £25 each ! (reduced from £45).

Thanks for reading!

H x

Twitter – @beautyblogpage

*disclaimer – all products were purchased by myself. I am in no way being paid to promote these products.100% honest opinion*

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28
Dec 12

Christmas Haul & Meal !

Hey everyone!

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas! I certainly did! Today’s post is a Christmas present haul along with some pictures of the food from my family meal. I really want to point out that I am in no way bragging about what I was given for Christmas. After asking my followers on twitter, and seeing a few other bloggers do this haul post, I’ve decided to write one too. I am super grateful for everything that I got and I can’t wait to use all the products hehe!

CHRISTMAS MEAL

So first off I’ll let you know what I did for Christmas. Myself and 24 other members of my family went out for our Christmas dinner. Not the most traditional sit down family meal but we decided that as our family is so big and we can’t all fit in one persons house, that we’d all go out and be together (all 25 of us, that’s not even half our family!). The food that I had was:

Starter – Carrot & Corriander Soup

Main – Turkey (duh!)

Dessert – Cheese board

I know this isn’t a food blog but I had a few people ask me what I did for Christmas so it’s probably easier to write it as a post! haha.

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

I received quite a few lovely presents that I absolutely love. Below are some images of a few of the presents I got. I won’t show you the sweets & money that I got, just the main prezzies!

I received lots of Dirty Works products! I am in LOVE with Dirty Works! I also got lots of candles because again.. LOVE them. I am obsessed with Yankee Candles and my brother got me the Christmas moments set which had 12 in ! EEK! So happy! haha!

I received a few room accessories too that I had seen in stores in the previous weeks that my mum had remembered about so I can’t wait to put them in my room ! My dad got myself and my mum a pair of Croc trainers each. I love these! They’re going to be perfect for college or wearing casually. This isn’t in the picture but I also received a “Jack Wills Jumper” it’s not a real one haha. My family have a joke going on about all the fake designer products that you get on markets , so my mum & dad got me a purple jack wills pull over ! Love it. I also got some body shop and lush products too and a Benefit mascara which is awesome! (I’ll review all these in the New Year)

My last item that I received for Christmas that I absolutely LOVE are my Joules Crop Wellies. My mum bought herself a pair a few months back and I’m always stealing them and wearing them! They’re so comfy! I was super excited to see that my parents had got me a pair! hehe!

(you can tell I’ve been wearing them already aha!)

So this is the majority of what I got for Christmas. I received a few things from friends too – I won’t post them on here though because some of the stuff I’ve used and it’s out of it’s packaging , some were socks too so they’re already in the washing basket etc etc.

Thank you to my friends & family for getting me some really lovely presents. I am so grateful for everything I got!

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas & have a lovely New Year!

Thanks for reading!

H x

Twitter – @beautyblogpage

*disclaimer – i am in no way bragging about what i received for Christmas I am so grateful for everything that i got*

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23
Dec 12

New Years Eve Party Outfit Ideas!

Hey Everyone!

Today’s post is a few ideas on what you can wear to your New Years Eve party!

OUTFIT 1

Dress – £29.99 Shoes – £24.99 Bag – £8.99 – Jewellery – £5.99

Items all from New Look

Outfit 2

Dress – £29.99 Shoe – £35.00 Bag – £12.99 Ring – £2.99 Bracelets £4.99

All items are from New Look

Outfit 3

Dress – £36.00 Shoes – £50.00 Bag – £48.00 Necklace – £10.00

All items are from TopShop

Outfit 4

Treggings – £30.00 Top – £32.00 Shoes – £62.00 Necklace – £10.00

All Items are from Topshop

Outfit 5

Dress – £35.00 Shoes – £65.00 Jacket – £65.00

All items are from River Island

Outfit 6

Dress – £25.00 Shoes -£30.00 Bag – £18.00

All items are from Boohoo.com

I hope you like these outfits. My favorite one out of all of them is Outfit 2 ! Comment down below letting me now which outfit is your favorite – Or leave me a link to your New Years Eve outfit!

Thanks for reading!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

H x

Twitter -@beautyblogpage

*disclaimer – i am in no way being paid to feature these products. All opinions are my own. I do not own these pictures however all outfits were put together by myself. The pictures are for reference purposes*