Life Update: I HAD A BABY

Okay, so I have been rather neglectful to my poor little blog! So I think it's best to start my new blogging journey with a little life update. Since finding out I was pregnant on Halloween 2015, I focussed all my energy into the little life growing inside me. So I had my little girl in July. She is honestly a dream.. We are in love with her. She has changed mine and Gary's life for the better and I am so greatful & honoured to be her mum. 

I have to be honest, I spent my whole pregnancy worrying about my baby. It was awful, I suffer with anxiety and I feel this had a lot to do with my worrying and overthinking during my pregnancy. I would love to make a blog post about this and also some of the other issues I faced during and after my pregnancy.

I feel since becoming a mum I have learnt, changed and grown so much as a person. I would love to utilise my own little corner of the internet and document some of my thoughts & findings that maybe some people in the same situation can relate to.

My little girl is now 3 months old (the time really does fly!!) I am on maternity leave and would love to focus my energy on my blog as writing/typing my current thoughts seems to really help my mental state! 

My baby Arla😌❤️

Thank you for reading! xx

AUTUMN MAKEUP HAUL: Mac Cosmetics

Hello my loves! :)

So I thought i would make use of my Mac Pro student card before it runs out in November! I decided to place an order with Mac and get some items that I have been lusting after for a while now!

So I picked up a few autumnal colours & shades that may inspire your autumn make up looks.

I picked up a mac lipliner in the shade "whirl" it's a beautiful cool toned pinky mauve shade that is very in fashion at the moment and is considered to be a "Kylie Jenner lip colour". This shade looks beautiful alone & paired with a nude lipstick!

Here is a swatch of the lipliner in the shade "whirl".

I also picked up this beautiful lipliner in "burghundy". This is screams autumn and I'm so excited to wear it with a deep red lippy and wintery clothes!

I got 2 lipsticks in the shades "twig" & "hang-up" hang-up is a cremesheen lipstick & twig is a satin.

Twig is also considered a kylie Jenner lip colour, it's a browny, red toned mauve shade and an all round great day to day lipstick.

Hang-up is the perfect autumnal deep berry red shade that I am just dying over this autumn! I just cannot wait to pair this with a deep burgundy smokey eye & the burghundy lip liner.

I also picked up this beautiful eyeshadow palette! It's the burghundy by 9 pallete (can you tell I am really feeling the burghundy shades!) 

So starting from the top left we have the shades

- Honey Lust - a warm copper/champagne gold shade

- Poppyseed - a cool toned mauve shade, great transition shade

- Quarry - a pink, cool toned mauve

- Antigued - a deep, copper toned brown

- Embark - a deep, red toned brown

- #Noir - black with subtle gold fleks

- Haux - a red toned mauve shade

- Star Violet - a deep red toned shimmery mauve

- Sketch - *the star of the show* - a deep burghundy matte colour

I hope you enjoyed this post and maybe gathered up some autumn make up inspiration!

Thank you for reading :)

Hayley! x

Dear Fat Shamers.

After a video of a YouTube comedian picking apart fat people went viral this week. I felt it was nessacary to write this post and share my point of view on the way society views people who carry extra weight.

I am 21 years old, I wear a size 22 in clothes - but this does not define me, this is just a number on my label!

I spent most of my childhood wishing I was thinner. I remember looking in the mirror as a very young child and thinking how much more likeable I would be in my class if I didn't have a little bit more fat on me than everyone else. I'm sure there are children nowadays who feel the same way that I felt back then. This is all because of society's view on fat people. Being fat means you don't deserve to be treated like someone who has an average BMI! We're just not society's idea of the perfect person.

As I have got older and experienced more and become more open minded, I'm finally learning to love myself for who I am & embracing my body. No matter what size you are, being body positive and learning to love your body and self is so massively important in the quest to find happiness and self love and appreciation. A massive reason for the way I have changed my outlook on myself is the positivity that comes from the plus size community based on blogs, youtube, Instagram etc..I've realised that I am not the problem, my body isn't the problem and that it is certain people's attitudes and closed minds that is. If I could go back to the unconfident teen I was and tell myself this, maybe things would have been a lot different and I would have learnt to love myself a lot sooner.

THINGS TO REMEMBER

- no matter what size your clothes are, you don't deserve to feel any less worthwhile than someone smaller than you.

- you have the potential to find happiness in who you are right NOW.

- your body is no one else's concern but your own. Own who you are!

- last thing, you can't argue with stupid.

I hope some people will find this post inspiring and maybe helpful. Don't let anyone let you feel like less than you are. You are amazing & beautiful just the way you are!

Thank you for reading!

Hayley!x

TRAVEL PHOTO DIARY: ITALY - ROME, BOLOGNA, TUSCANY & MOUNT CIMONE.

In July I traveled round Italy with my Italian friends, boyfriend & sister! We had such a blast exploring new and exciting cities & places... Hope you enjoy my photos :)