Post Baby Styling..

Having just had my little boy, 6 weeks ago now to be precise (although, admittedly it seems like yesterday!) I'm starting to get to the point where I'm fitting into my size 8s and feeling more and more like my self... At long last, yayyyy!

For me, there is two main things about styling myself now I have a new born. 

1) It's got to be comfy! In the past I've been soo quilty of wearing things that I wasn't 100% comfortable in, in the trust of it looking good. This is totally out of the window now, comfort is key and hell no am I going to wear anything that isn't, especially after really discovering the definition of uncomfortable due to pregnancy and birth giving ha!

2) It has to be quick! As much as I would LOVE to have hours to get myself ready; sadly, I don't (que the violins). I'm a mum now, I'm on a time scale, I'm a lady with lots to do like bottle prep and run to my child the minute he makes a sound. So I need clothes that are going to go with one another, clothes that I don't need to stand around for 20 minutes just deciding what top goes with what jeans. My top tip for this, is mix and match items; I'm no stranger to monochrome (infact I spend my life in monochrome and khaki, who doesn't??) Monochrome clothes and basics are ideal when it comes to having a wardrobe that most items go with one another! It's been my life saver!

Everyone's styles are different and what works for me and what I love; probably isn't going to be exactly what you love! I'm all about the trainers at the moment, paired with a pair of jeans and a bomber or jumper, it's a simple but effective outfit. The kind that says, I didn't take ages getting ready BUT I still look good. Casual but just enough. I just love it!! 

Bomber- Topshop, T-Shirt- Newlook, Jeans- Newlook, Gazelles- JD Sports

T-Shirt- Primark, Jeans- Topshop, Addidas Stan Smiths- JD Sports

I'm Back And I'm Not Alone..

First off, I owe you all a masssssive hello!! It's been a while, to say the very least. 2, nearly 3 months to be exact. To say a lot has went on would be an understatement!

I'm joined now by my lovely little boy, who was born on Monday 25th April, two days early. He's a month old already, omg!!! It's been the craziest, most life changing month or so and two months since I spoke to all of you guys! From preparing for my little bambino to make an appearance, to then give birth and now getting used to mother hood. 

It's been eventful but I'm enjoying every second of it and now, at long last I feel well enough to share it all with you and get back to blogging, when and where I can fit it all in...

So here goes; a new adventure, me and my little boy, all things beauty, fashion and heart to hearts. 

Xo 

A Little Catch Up...

I haven't blogged in a little while so I thought that I would start again and explain a bit of what I've been up to, how I've been feeling and why I haven't blogged.

For starters, I've honestly been soooo exhausted of late. I can't sleep at the minute with my pregnancy, the second I get comfy my baby boy decides he wants to kick and do lengths of my belly!! So this, on top of just carrying him around all day when he's growing and getting bigger is bloody hard work. I've found myself doing little things, nothing overly tiring but sitting down at the end of it feeling like I've just done training for a marathon. The perks of pregnancy ay!

I feel like the last month I have done some serious organising. I'm prepared for my little boy to be here, I have everything other than my pram, woo. I've started doing some anxiety and relaxation techniques, not only to help me relax and be calm but to prepare me for child birth (because yes I am one of these crazy women who wants to go as far as possible without any pain relief). I've been doing things to keep busy, such as baking cupcakes - which I cannot wait to share with you all, I'll be writing more on my cupcake making soon and I've even been doing some colouring-in. It's so relaxing and before you know it, you'll have been colouring in for hours!

So honestly I just haven't had too much time to sit down and think about blogging and due to this pregnancy I'm not sure when I'll be able to fully concentrate BUT when I am back I promise good things! Until then dolls X

Hospital Bag Prep...

Soo exciting !!

So today I decided to pack my hospital bag after finally getting everything that I need over the past few days. To say it's been an eye opener is an understatement! Before now, I literally had nothing other than the gorgeous socks and dummy my brother and his girlfriend got me at Christmas for him. So now I'm prepared incase I have to go in to hospital at any point, he has his coming home outfit and I have all my stuff at the ready. It honestly makes it all seem real! (As if the kicking in the ribs and bouncing on my bladder didn't hahah)

I went for a plain black weekend bag, that was big enough for everything to fit in and wasn't complicated. Just something simple, handy and reliable. I found this in Primark for £17. It fits everything in perfectly and I love it!

Here's a little list of what I packed & why. I found it soo helpful to read other blogs and see what other mums to be put in their hospital bags!

For me:

• Pjs - A nice pair to wear after I give birth and a pair that are comfy.

• Slippers - I opted for some light ones, kind of like half socks, just to keep my  feet warm and easy / comfy.

• Support Bra & Underwear - Plain black of course! I chose some big pants that are going to do their job, as after birth I will just want comfort. Same applied to the bra.

• Toiletries - Flannel, deodorant, toothbrush & toothpaste, wipes, bra pads and sanitary pads.

• Moisturiser - Nivea for my lips and Vitamin C from The Body Shop, as my skin will get dry.

• Hand Sanitizer - germs!!! Yuck, I have such a phobia of the thought of touching my little boy without clean, fresh, sanitised hands!

• A long t-shirt - This will be to give birth in, I just picked up a cheap one as after birth it'll be thrown out.

(I forgot to add some of the bits in this photo!! And both sanitary towels and bra pads are in next photo. Sorry guys)

For Baby Boy:

• Coming home outfit plus spares - All white of course! 2x baby grows, 3x vests, 3x socks, 1 hat, 1 scratch mits

• Blanket - To keep him cosy and warm, this will be used to take him home too.

• Nappies - Size 1 for a tiny baby! I packed a full pack of these.

• Cotton Wool - To do his bum and give him a little wash with.

• Bibs

• A dummy 

• Baby Bath

I will be adding some little sweets, an energy drink and an outfit to come home in. Just incase when I'm in there I want something sweet (knowing me I definitely will!)

I'm nervous but excited at the same time, about this whole hospital thing. I don't know when it's going to come which makes me anxious, I hope he holds out until the proper timing! I know it'll be so hard and scary, but I'll be coming home with my beautiful little boy - totally 1000% worth it!!

       Xo

First Impressions...

Nivea Men Post Shave Balm Review.

After watching soo many makeup tutorials and seeing so many people use this as a face primer, I decided to purchase and try it for myself!

This product really didn't disappoint me girls! You's all have to try it!! 

There is about 4/5 different versions of this shave balm that you can get, ones for different skin types etc. I chose the cool sensitive one as I do have sensitive skin and certain products can really irritate it and make my skin red/blotchy so I figured with this one I honestly couldn't go wrong.

I found that I didn't need a lot of product at all, a little does go a long way with this. I simply put a blob, a little bigger than a pea onto my palm and rubbed in, in sections onto my face. Straight away it smells of men / a man (obvious maybe?! but it does have that man smell, this didn't bother me but for some it might). It glides on soo nicely and it's not thick but it's not really runny either so it's really nice to work with. I felt like I had nothing on my face after applying (to my instant relief as I HATE a primer that is too thick, too cakey and just sits on my face!). I left the product to seep in a little whilst I done my eye makeup and when it came to apply my foundation, I just loved this product even more. My foundation just looked a lot nicer, a lot more in place and just different in such a good way! It definitely gave that fawless appearance to my everyday makeup.

After being out all day, I came home and straight away wanted to see what my makeup looked like, how well my foundation had stayed on and whether it still looked AS good as it did in the morning when applied. When I did look, I honestly wasn't disappointed and fell even more in love with this as a primer. My foundation and face base was all still in tact, none had smudged off or ran (with the exception of my nose, as it kept running all day haha:( although not as much as when I'd used other primers before). I was soo happy, as you can imagine. I actually felt sad having to remove my makeup today, this is how much this primer made me feel good and made my makeup look good!

I'll definitely be having this as my go-to primer from now on and it'll take a lot to persuade me else where to another product. So girlies, I suggest yous invest! For just £4 from Boots or Superdrug, please PLEASE please, try it for yourselves and save yourselves a little money on over priced primers and thank me later! 

        Xo

24 Weeks And Counting..

6 MONTHS PREGNANT! 3 MONTHS TO GO..

So this week, there's been a lot of resting due to not having the energy to do anything. I say this but at night I'm honestly finding it so so hard to sleep, I'm awake 'til 1 in the morning and I'm up at 9 ('up' being awake yet still laying in bed, absolutely knackered ha). 

Baby boy is moving much more now and it seems to be bigger movements.. Like kicking his mumma in the ribs and stretching around in there! I do love it though and I'm definitely feeling a little better about my pregnancy. I'm still shy about it in certain areas like when people ask to see my bump and go to touch it, my face smiles politely (with a slight hesitant look that people ignore) whilst inside I'm literally screaming 'Noooo! Hands off the bump!'. 

This week I plan to sort my hospital bag and have that ready asap! I'll update you all on what I put in my bag and why in another post. I'm going to try see some friends, get out a little and make some sort of effort with the way I look! I just can't go on resembling someone who's been dragged through a bush backwards lol!!!

           Xo

Week 22 & 23...

17 weeks to go!

It's been a hectic week, with Christmas and family being around etc. I'm feeling fine within myself, a little more tired than usual and I'm starting to realise that carrying a human around with me is abit more work than I thought. Things like stretching for something or doing a lot at once are starting to be a strain / more effort than normal. Little things like, when something upsets me it upsets me more than normal (obviously the hormones ha) but I'm not bubbling away at the tiniest of things, not yet anyway! 

I've got the littlest bump, although most days I feel huuuuge! I'd be lying if I said pregnancy was something I'm absolutely loving every second of... I hate change. My body changing even the slightest way I freak out over but I'm trying to embrace it in little steps and in my own way, I might not be one for bump pics and tight clothes still but that's just me. I think every women is different in her pregnancy, I try not to make myself feel bad by looking at other pregnant ladies who are beautiful and loving their growing bumps. I think this feeling comes from the fact that I've only known about my pregnancy for 6 weeks or so, meaning I've had to get my head round a lot quite quickly. After all though, I do love that I'm going to have a little boy before I know it and I'm excited to be a mum and that's what it's really all about isn't it.

Baby oil and Johnson's moisturiser are my faves at the minute! I'm applying after every bath time all over to prepare my body as much as I can for all the skin stretching!

      Goals for the next week...

1) I definitely need to relax a little more and remember that my bump isn't forever.

2) Take each day as it comes.

3) Embrace it all a little more! 

    Xo