Update..

I have not made a blog in a while so I thought I would give you an update on everything from my last blog. To be honest there is nothing special to report.

My party is rapidly approaching and I have everything sorted! I have my outfit completely done, DJ booked, photographer booked and food is done. Everything is completely sorted. I cannot wait! I hope that everything turns out OK with no drama and we all just have a good time.

I am getting extensions done for my birthday so once I have the put in I shall put a blog up and some before and after photos! I am having micro bead extensions done. A very good friend off mine is putting them in for me. They last around 3-4 months depending on how well you look after them! I am so excited!

It's now Easter and we have all gone to my nans and we are currently watching the tennis! We don't tend to go to my nans that often anymore - I work full time and find it hard to get the time to pop down! I do try though! I got 2 Easter eggs in total. Better than nothing and to be honest - I could do without eating the chocolate!

So there is a small update. Nothing interesting really?!

Hope you have all had a lovely long Easter weekend off! Take care and drink responsibly! NAUGHTY!

Love Lolly

XxxX

Winning the Lottery!

Me and Danny were having a conversation yesterday when I was on my way home from work about winning the lottery & what we would do with the money if we won. In this situation we had one the euro millions - A total of £72 Million pounds!

We discovered that Danny would probably end up broke after a couple of years - Going on luxury holidays, buying expensive homes and buying  countless amounts of things!

Now, If I was to win that kind of money, This is what I would like too do -

• Open savings account for my Brother & Sister with around £200,000 each. I would not give them access to this money until they can appreciate what they have been given. I would not like to pass over that kind of money for them to waste it away. I would like them to purchase a home, decorate it, take their families on holiday, buy a car, put their children in good schools - Something like that. At their age, and how they are with money, I don't think they are ready for the responsibility of a large some of money.
• Buy myself a property. When I say buy myself a property, I do not mean a big old mansion (even though I could afford it). I mean a reasonable sized one, around 4/5 bedrooms, with a games room (For Danny), a mini room as a wardrobe & makeup station, maybe an outdoor pool. I would purchase this in Bournemouth & this would be my main home. Maybe spend around £600,000-£800,000 on a property. Maybe slightly more. If I found the perfect property but I don't think I would like to spend more than £1 million pounds on a property. I would also get another property, a flat, in London
  
• Buy my mums house. Not going into too much details, my mum kind of owns our house but it is very complicated. She only needs X amount of money and it would be hers. So I would pay the money she needs to buy her brother out, & then I would buy the house so it was mortgage free. And then let her live in it. She will pay the bills but not have to worry about a mortgage.
• Open a business. Now some of my friends may find this a surprise but I WOULD NOT like to open a salon. For years I wanted to open a salon and give the ultimate salon experience. But the way the economy is, not many people would want that as it would be quite pricey! So, I have binned that idea as it would cost me more to run than making a profit. I would like to create a plus size clothing line. This is big business and the larger people will pay more money for clothes. This is a market that fashion designer's are missing out on. Their are a lot of websites that sell plus size clothes but I think, they think, we all dress like middle aged woman! I would create a fashion line that has all the new fashion and current fashions. Basically, the clothes the skinny models are wearing, I would make that available in larger sizes. Going up to around a 30-32.
• Take my family on Holiday. This speaks for itself. My family have only been on holiday together twice in our life time. I would love for us all to go again. Somewhere nice, hot & beautiful. No idea where but somewhere.
• Obviously, pay of my debts. I don't have a lot. Even winning £2000.00 I could pay off my debts and go on a decently little shopping trip!
• Treat my closest friends. I would like to take them to a spa day of complete pampering. We work very hard and sometimes in life, we need a break! This is what I would do & then we would go shopping!

I think that is the main things I would do. There would probably be more, but these are the main things I would LOVE to do!

My questions is, what would you do if you won the lottery?

Hope you had a lovely day!

Love Lolly

xxx

Hair Routine

As I have mentioned I used to do hairdressing so I have had many a colour in my time, and as you all well know, this can leave you hair very damaged! I went through a faze where I kept dying my hair from red to blonde and eventually a lot of my hair broke off at the back of my head! My mum said it looked like I had a mullet!!! Well that was over a year ago now and my hair is back to its healthy, shiny condition!

I thought I would share with you what I used to get it back into shape!

So starting with Shampoo & Conditioner

1 & 2- £5 - Aussie Colour Mate Shampoo
This Shampoo has the most amazing smell! I wish there was something on the internet were I could put a small blob where you could smell it! I think all the Aussie products smell AMAZING! This one has a peach smell. You don't need a lot of the product as well as it seams to spread well over the hair! I just love this!
3.Aussie take the heat 3 minuet miracle - £4.50 - If I am being totally honest I haven't used this yet because I am waiting for my other conditioner to run out before I use it. But, again, it smell LUSH! Once I use it I will have to let you know. I am going for the more heat protect shampoos/conditioners as I recently got GHDs for Christmas and I do not want it to damage my hair!
4. Aussie 3 minuet miracle luscious long deep treatment - £4.50 - This leaves my hair so soft it is unreal! I don't leave this on for 3 minuets, I just use this as a normal conditioner. I have no patients to wait 3 minuets in the shower. And, I am going to say it again, I LOVE THE SMELL!
5 & 6 - Mark Hill - GIFT - get the party started shampoo and conditioner - I got these for Christmas and again I really like these. I prefer the shampoo to the conditioner as I have found that the conditioner is very runny! I got these as a gift but if I am honest, I wouldn't purchase the conditioner. I like a nice thick and creamy conditioner as I feel it is doing more to my hair. So unfortunately the conditioner is a NO NO but the Shampoo, I like.

Next onto protection I use for my hair. All these products you use on wet hair. (I do anyways - They can be used dry but I find they make my hair greasy)

1.Kerastase Oleo-Relax - £17/£20 - This is my hero! This stuff is amazing. While it cost's a fair bit, it lasts for ages! Its oil - you only need a small amount and it spreads all over your hair. I have been using this on my hair for over a year now and I can tell the difference if I haven't used it. It makes my hair so much stronger. It has a lot of nutrients in it so I think it is meant to make your hair grow more. Anyone who askes me they are looking for something to strengthen their hair - I always recommended this!
2. Aussie take the hear leave in spray - £4/5 - Does what is says on the bottle really. Sorry to bore you but again smells AMAZING!
3. Aussie Miracle Colour insurance leave in conditioner - £4/5 - I like to use a leave in conditioner and I feel it makes my hair a little easy to brush through also it is good for your hair!
4. Inecto Pure Coconut Glossing Spray - £3/4 - I love the smell of this spray. If you haven't guessed I am a sucker for hair products that smell nice. After all, you put a lot of effort into making your body smell nice so why not include your hair. I haven't been using this for long but I can see a slight difference. My hair is a lot more shiny than what it was. Also comes out very evenly. Good Product!


Well I hope you liked this blog - Just thought I would share my hair routine.

Enjoy - Loves Lolly

xxx

Make Up for Today

Me and Danny decided we would go out for dinner tonight so I thought while I am making myself look 'beautiful' (LOL) I would take some pictures of what I used to create this look. Its just a light smokey eye with a small flick eyeliner and pale lips. I will list all the items below with a rough price & description.

So Starting with the skin!

1. NYC Sun to Sun Bronzer Bonze - £3 - I used the lighter side. I have very pale skin and the darker side is just way to dark for my skin tone. This is a really great bronzer for £3 and I think it lasts pretty much all day. I just use this along my cheek bones. I'm not a massive fan of blusher so I use this instead.
2.Rimmel Stay Matte powder foundation in 001 Transparent - Around £4/5 - I just started using this powder and I love it. I think the coverage is very nice. I don't like to look very powdery but also I don't like the very wet & shiny look that some liquid foundations give, so this is a nice light coverage.
3. NYC all day long foundation in 737 classic ivory - £4- I love this foundation! It has such good coverage for a foundation that is only £4! I would highly recommend this to anyone. I have a lot of blemishes on my face and I think this foundation is just perfect!
4. MUA BB all in one - £4/5 - This is a great primer, concealer and foundation all together! I use this under my eyes and over my blemishes and it really takes all the redness and darkness away! As you can see I have nearly finished this one and I will defiantly be purchasing another one! I sometime will just use this if I am in a hurry to get out. I love this product!

Now onto the eye shadows I used.

This is a pallet that I got from eBay about 5/6 months ago from China. It's a great all round neutral pallet. I think I got it for around £8! The colour pay off is also very good and they do last for a long time!
Starting from top to bottom I used a light colour for all over my lids up to my brow bone, then I used a very matte, very light brown colour just on my lids. Finally, I used the dark brown just on the corner of my lids and my under my brow bone using windshield wiper motions.

 

Now moving onto Eyes, Eyebrows & Lips.

1. NYC Big & Bold Mascara in Black - £3/4 - I love this mascara. It does exactly what you want it too. Makes my lashes look very full & very long! I usually find myself buying all different kinds of mascaras but this is the first one where I have bought it multiple times!



2. Collection 2000 fast stroke liquid eyeliner in Black - £2/3 - I have been using the liquid eyeliner for as long as I have been doing makeup. I find this one of the best liquid eyeliners and I find it very easy to apply. I hadn't been using liquid eyeliners for a while as for Christmas I got a MAC gel liner and was in love with it but I have got back in the liquid eyeliner and I must say I love it!
3.MAC Fluidline in Blacktacks - £14 - I use this to darken my tightline so I can get that extra black look and it makes your eye look that little bit more bolder! I don't often use pencil eyeliners on my eyes as I feel that they don't stay on my eyes for long and I end up with most of it under my eyes looking like a panda. I prefer gel eyeliners or liquid eyeliners. I love this gel liner, I have had it since Christmas and it hasn't dried up. I had a Maybelline gel liner and after a month I found it wasn't as creamy as it once was! So this time MAC, you win!
4. MAC Cremesheen lipstick in Crème Cup - £14 - I love this lipstick! I wear it quite a lot. I had been looking for the perfect lipstick for a long time and I gave in and bought this one at MAC and I must say I totally love it! I use it on a daily basis! The smell of MAC lipstick is incredible!
5. No7 Amazing Eyes Pencil in 10 Brown - FREE! - Now, I do not use this as an eyeliner, I use this for my eyebrows. It has such a lovely texture & colour and for a freebee, why not! My mum had spent so much in No7 & she got a free gift and these eyeliner and always in them! I think I currently have 4 of them! They are the prefect travel size and its a lovely colour payoff! I don't really need to do a lot to my eyebrows. I mainly just fill in the end of my brows as there are a lot lighter than the rest.

So, this is everything I used with just a short description of each product. I hope you liked it and think of maybe doing this look yourself! Let me know if you like this kind of blog and maybe I'll do some more!

Loves Lollyyyy!!

xxx

Danny's 21 Today!

A massive happy birthday to my boyfriend, Danny Robbins, who is 21 today!!!

Hope you like you presents and hope you are looking forward to Bournemouth tomorrow!!

Love you lots

Lolly xxx

Time to relax

Danny is turning 21 on Sunday and I have booked some time of work and we are going to Bournemouth! Me and Danny love it up there and every time we think of going somewhere for a couple of days - we go to Bournemouth! I must say I cannot wait to go! We are going from Monday to Wednesday! I got a fantastic deal and I literally cannot wait to go.

Me and Danny have been together over 3 years and our first breaks away was in Bournemouth so I think this is why we find it a little more special. Not only do we love how calm it is there, the people, the places, I can say when we went 3 years ago - It was the first time I knew I loved him, and saw him as a big part in my life!

We leave London around 12 and we are getting a coach up there (it was A LOT cheaper than a train)

I really hope he has a fantastic time and a fabulous birthday!

Love Lolly

xxx

Words of advise...

Words of advise - Doing the right thing should always come natural. If you find yourself doubting your actions then you need to sit back - sum the whole situation - and ask yourself .... is this something you really want?

As I have already said I don't find it overly hard to make life decisions. I know that if someone asks me 'Where do you see yourself in 5 years time', then i probably wouldn't have answer. I take life as it comes but I can usually say yes and no to questions very well. If its the wrong decision I will do what I can to correct it.

Just remember, you shouldn't be afraid of what cannot hurt you! Making that decision may not be the best one - but you will learn. Jump in head first and feel what the water is like - then if its too cold - jump out.

I know this may sound stupid but you never know how something is going to plan out - until you say yes. In life, the only regrets you have are the risks you didn't take.

Lolly

xxx

The Dress...

So I am turning 21 is April and I am having a party! (WOOP) This is my first proper party, the last party I remember having which isn't at home was when I was probably 5 and it was at McDonald's.

So I am OVERLY excited. Now I have a 'plus size' figure, so finding a dress is bloody awful. I think that fashion designers must think all 'fat' people just want to wear black, or something you would see your nan wearing. I would love to create my own fashion line for plus size people. I know what the public want!

Moving on - I had in total bought 15 DRESSES and they all fit and were nice but it wasn't the dress. I wanted a dress that would stand out because I am having a black and white theme, and obviously I cannot wear black or white.

And then finally I came across one website that overall have nice clothes for plus size models and is fairly cheep! This is wear I found my dress! As soon as I put it on, I new I LOVED it! See picture below.

I'm going to wear gold accessories to bling it up but overall I am totally in love with it! I do wish it was in pink but I think it is a nice change for me. I am such a girly girl but I love nothing more than some nice skinny jeans, and nice shirt and uggs or converses so me being in a dress will be different! I cannot wait! I also have some 20 inch hair extensions too! Ooooo lala! Not long now! 5 weeks!! WOOO

Not the most flattering picture but you get the gist! Just need a better bra, some accessories and job done!!

Love Lolly xxx

Tattoo's

I love tattoo's. I think they are beautiful! They can mean a lot to someone, they can have a hidden meaning, they can represent a loved one, someone you lost or just a rebellious moment in your life.

I have 5 tattoos and at the moment I do not regret any of them. I know a lot of people say 'Your will regret those tattoo's when you are older. What you going to do when it looks all wrinkley'. My reply is my tattoos will age with me and it makes it even more personal! We are the generation of old people that will have tattoo's and when we are old and our grandchildren see it they won't think any differently. Tattoo's are more accepted now than what they used to be. I still have plans to get a few more but it will all happen in due course.

My tattoos are - (In order)

1. Bow with L.P.D above it
I love bows, anyone that knows me will know I am obsessed with bows. So when I was 16 I got a tattoo of a bow on my wrist. Unfortunately I had a bad tattooist do this and it needed to be corrected. So when I got it corrected I had the initials L.P.D put above it. L.P.D stands for Lauren, Paige and Damon. Paige and Damon are my brother and sister and they mean a lot to me. I knew this was always going to be this first tattoo I would ever get done. My sister also has L.P.D on her wrist.

2. Small heart with LC by it
I got this out of impulse. I wanted another tattoo and was strapped for cash. I asked what is the cheapest tattoo and he pointed at that and I had my initials added onto it. Nothing special really.

3. Rosary beads
I love rosary beads. I am not religious but I have always wanted some around my ankle. So for my birthday my boyfriend treated me to this tattoo. This is one of my favourite tattoos!

4. Love is the movement
Me and my friend got a tattoo on the same day and I wasn't sure what I wanted and I saw this and just thought it was beautiful. I think that love does influence a lot of your actions. So this is why I had this tattoo done. It is along my thigh so only my partner will ever see it.

5. Arabic writing
This tattoo is very special to me. A long time ago before I even had any tattoos I knew I wanted a quote. I wanted something to represent me! Something that no one could takeaway from me! A friend's mum was looking for quotes and found this for me and it was written by someone on my birthday and as soon as I read it, I knew I had to have it tattooed. And 5 years after that moment, I had my tattoo done. I knew it must of meant a lot because I still remembered word for word what it was. I had this done in Arabic because I didn't want to explain to people what it meant to me. Not many people know what it means but I love it. Every time I look at it, it is a reminder to myself to stay strong and be who you are! I have this tattoo on my chest and I completely love it!

Below are picture of my tattoos

Love Lolly

xxx

The other half of me

Now for people that know me, they will know that I am not the softest person and I don't see myself as a romantic. So for all the people who are like me, I suggest you don't read this blog as it going to be a little big mushy!

I have been with my boyfriend now for 3 years and 3 months (to be exact). We through Facebook. My friend mentioned that she knew someone that was really nice and we started talking through Facebook and here we are now. We have been through so much together already and he is a big part of my life.

We do one day want to move out but when we are ready. He lives in central London so I only see him at the weekends as it takes a while for him to come down and neither of us drive. This has not put a strain on our relationship. We talk everyday!


We go through our ups and downs but we always sit and talk through them. We are very honest with each other and if something is bother us we just come out with it. That's what we think makes a good relationship. Just being honest to each other. I couldn't ask for anything else. We do want to eventually move in with each other, we think we are ready now to make that kind of commitment. So when the time is right I think it will happen. We are in no rush, we both know what we want and it will happen sooner or later.

This is just a small blog to say how much I do appreciate him (even though he drives me insane) and that I love him a lot. Thank you for all your support over the years! You have been my rock!

Forever and Always Babe

Lolly xxx

Me, Myself and I

So what I have noticed that I got so into the blogging hype that I didn't really introduce myself. (sorry)

 

My name is Lauren Clifford, I am 20 years old and my birthday is in April, 90s baby. I live just outside west London and work full time as a credit controller. I am in a relationship (I'll blog about him later)

 

I consider myself to be a very bubbly person with a good sense of humour and very easy to get along with. I don't take life very seriously and live in the moment. I come out with random things and love making facial expressions (sounds weird but most people can tell how I am feeling by the face I am pulling). As I have already said I think I am good at giving advise and I will always listen to someone problem giving them the honest answer. Even though they may not want to hear it.

 

There are not too many things I don't like really, I don't like people who think they are better than what they are and judgemental people. We are all equal as one no matter on size, age, religion, race etc. I HATE cinnamon, I hate DOUBLE CARBS!

 

Now on to the fun stuff, what I LOVE! I love everything beauty related. I have an addiction to nail varnishes and I cannot step into Superdrug without coming out with at least 1 nail varnish. I have been into Superdrug this week 3 times.. Its FRIDAY!

 

For a while I have wanted to create and YouTube channel about everything beauty but all drugstore products. I am a strong believer that you do not have to purchase all your makeup from NARS, MAC etc. to achieve a fantastic look. This is why I have edged my way into the cyber world of blogging and I am going to show you that you can still get nice looks and makeup from a drugstore products.

 

I love trying out new hair products as I am a fully qualified hairdresser. I love doing hairdressing and it will always be a passion of mine but I didn't want to work in a salon full time, So I mainly just do friends and families hair. Here are some pictures and some hair colours/styles I have had.

 

I think I have covered everything. There is not much more else to say. So I hope you enjoy my blog and I'm sure that over time you will learn more about me

 

Love Lolly

 

xxx

Why... I don't know

So there is a new craze of people taking a beautiful photo of them selves and putting a slightly different one next to it

This is my version