Another to add to the MAC collection!

The lovely Louise of thebeautyoflouise was holding a giveaway to celebrate reaching 800 followers and so I thought, I'll enter, I've nothing to lose. But I had something to gain! And here is what I gained... a lovely new MAC lipstick!

Louise contacted me by email to let me know I had won and I did do a bit of a victory dance! As you all probably know, I don't have a lot of money so a free lipstick and a MAC one at that cheered me right up! I chose the shade Bombshell as you can see from the below picture.

When I was looking through the shades online to choose one, I didn't realise this was a 'frost lipstick' as soon as I saw that on the box, I did get a bit worried. Worried that I'd maybe look 12 or just plain ridiculous but I have to say, I really do love it!

I resisted the urge to put any of this one before I took pictures for this post. Mega self restraint!

I miss my piercings :(

So I don't know about you, but I love this shade, I'm not usually a fan of light pink lipsticks but I just think this looks so lovely!! It's great for my skin tone and I just love love love it! Of course I might be being vain and really it looks ridiculous. What do you think?

What was the last giveaway you won?

Weight loss; Second week slump

So from last Monday I started my mission to lose weight and be healthier. I hit it hard, exercising multiple times a day, watching what I ate, no unnecessary snacking, drinking as much water as I could.
It paid off and I lost 9.2lbs! I was amazed but I also understood that a fair chunk of this was probably water weight but it was still a great loss!

It's now Wednesday of my second week and I am failing miserably. The only exercise I've done is walking. No cross trainer and no just dance. Not been as strict with my diet and I know I'm going to suffer for it.

For some reason my mood is completely different this week and its not that I don't want to stick to my healthy program, I do! It's just worrying how much it can all change because of my mood.

I really need to sit down and work out my relationship with food. I need to stop using it as an emotional crutch. When something goes wrong, my mood dips, whatever, I need to take it and use it to fuel my exercise. Take out my frustrations on my body, healthily of course! No drugs and breaking bones!! But push my body, stretch its capabilities when it comes to exercising. It will all pay off in the end.

I need to understand that it will take a while and I'm gonna have bad days. I just can't let them beat me!

So I've rambled on enough, are you exercising, eating better, actively losing weight? Let me know below! :)

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NOTD; Missguided Teeny Greeny Bikini

Quick wee NOTD today. I'm getting better at painting them, just need to learn to be patient and wait for them to dry completely before doing anything! See my thumb for chippage.
You can see from some of the pictures below that it looks like there is no polish on bits of my nails! I'll need to try this mani again maybe with more layers or different base colours.
I've spoken about both these polishes in previous posts here here and here

Toothcare and I

Recently I managed to lose my toothbrush (it was a bloody good one as well!) so during my latest food shop, I wandered up the toothcare aisle in search of a new brush. I came home with the Colgate 360 and some new toothpaste as well. Ever since I was little, brushing my teeth has made me either feel sick or be sick. It's rather annoying! So I'm always on a quest to find both toothbrushes and toothpastes that won't make me throw up. So far I've figured out that electric toothbrushes are a lot better then manual. I picked up this toothpaste from Colgate as it's actually a gel so I thought, hmm, something new, might do the trick!

Click the read more for lots of pictures and my thoughts after four days.