Blog of the Month

This month’s Blog of the Month is Haircut and General Attitude.

First off, I don’t understand how this blog does not have more followers, people clearly have not seen the light yet, they will soon, how can you not love it.  Jesse is (in a non stalker, non homosexual way), completely and utterly beautiful.  I love her hair (god I wish mine would grow like this), I love her clothes, I love her pictures and I generally I just love her blog.

Maybe you shouldn’t just take my word for it though, have a look yourself:

Yup, I was right, I’m always right, go on then, get over there and take a look at her blog here.

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Bye for now,

K Hole

“Lost in a K Hole,

back in the zone again”

This post’s TUNE comes from Ali Love.  I’ll be honest here, I have literally only heard this one song from Ali Love,  but it is such a good song that I though it selfish to not share it with the world, so this is indeed what I am doing.  I don’t have any interesting facts or tales to go with this song, it just is what it is, a great tune; although when typing in the song name into google when looking for the youtube video I have found that the song is pretty much just all about drugs.  On this note, don't do drugs kids, mmmkay, drugs are bad... (if you got this reference to south park then I think me and you would get along just nicely, as it appears you too have the sense of humour of a fourteen year old boy).  Anyway, the tune is what it all about, not the naughty lyrics!

 Please check out the song here and the website here.

Lost in this outfit:

Shorts: New Look (old)
Blouse: Primark (old)
Sandals: Primark (old)
Satchel: Camden Market (old)
Necklace: Topshop (old)

Watch / Bracelets: Urban Outfitters / New Look / Topshop (old)

Hola!  So bank holiday has been and gone (please wait while I wipe away my tears...), and unfortunately this means back to work as usual...  So I can’t say my bank holiday has been overly exciting, but still everyone loves a bit of extra time off work.  With my bank holiday I’ve pretty much lounged around doing not alot, doing a spot of gardening doncha know, going for little walks and doing the necessary bit of shopping (thats right yes, it’s necessary... well ish).  Oh hang on, I almost forgot, I went out Friday night for a works do, whereby I found out just how old I am as after only very few drinks I came home and felt very ill... Oh god, this old age business is not appealing.  Not that I condone heavy drinking kids, but still, it’s not good to know that a few drinks are gonna leave me feeling very hungover the next day...

Anywho, enough about my weekend, lets have a little talk about my outfit.

To be fair, it’s not the most exciting outfit, but it looks classy and it’s perfect for a warm day.

Wow, what a quick way to sum up an outfit!

So let me know what you think, how did your weekend go?

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Buh Bye,

St Ives Facial Scrub: A Review

So a while ago in my “I’m Ready For My Close –Up” Post (which you can see here), I commented on how much better my skin was and what factors had contributed to it now looking a million times better.  I personally think that these products have played a massive part and are what’s helping get rid of the nasty scars left over from spots.

The products in question are both facial scrubs from the St Ives Range, these ones to be exact:

St Ives Apricot Scrub Blemish Fighting / St Ives Gentle Apricot Scrub

So lets get down to a nitty gritty review shall we, first up Blemish Fighting:

I use every other day in the morning during my shower.  The exfoliating beads in this one really are quite big but they certainly aren’t too harsh.  This one claims to be blemish fighting and I do think, that it really is helping to rid my face of the nasty blemishes left by spots.  Every time I have a spot it leaves a red blemish on my face some of which are darker than others, so as you can imagine there are quite a few marks left, and I’m hoping this will rid my skin of these.  There was one really quite dark mark left from a spot a while ago and it has faded so much since I started using this product that you can barely notice it anymore.

Obviously, I am aware that generally over time the skin renews itself and these marks will disappear but I genuinely do think that this product has really helped speed the process along.

Now for the Gentle Apricot Scrub:

 

Just like the last product I also use this on an every other day basis, and therefore, will use one of these products a day by alternating them.  The beads are far smaller in this product and as the title suggests is a lot gentler on your skin.  The texture of it, much like the other one is like a soft past which doesn’t really foam in water.

Unlike some facial cleansers these do not foam (well maybe the tiniest bit), and they do not leave your face tinglingly (made that one up there) clean, but both are gentle, and great for acne prone skin like mine as neither has caused any kind of reaction.  Both are great at exfoliating my skin and I have noticed this when I am putting on my makeup that I don’t really have any flaky dry skin patches anymore.

Although both products are quite similar and I would repurchase them again in order to stick to the routine I’ve developed, I do prefer the blemish fighting scrub as I feel it helps with my skin more.

Generally I would say that both of these products are extremely good, and given my sensitive skin which normally reacts to anything which touches it, I would say I am more than happy with the effects.  I can now exfoliate my face without fear of a massive breakout.  I do accept that in life my skin will always be prone to spots, but at least with these products I can definitely help minimise the chances and hopefully help get rid of the unpleasant blemishes left.

So overall thumbs up for St Ives!

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Stay Cool,

Top of the Shops

Good evening and welcome to Top of the Shops, with my best picks from the best shops on the high street this week.

(Every now and again I will be doing a roundup of my favourite picks from a selection of high street shops, basically what I wish I could buy if my bank balance would physically allow me to!  So this is my first ever Top of the Shops, enjoy…)

So let’s begin the top 5 countdown!
 

In at number 5:

Red Ombre Check Print Shirt, Warehouse, £45.00

In at number 4:

Dark Red Patent Heeled Brogues, New Look, £24.99

In at number 3:

Red Heart Print Collar Tea Dress, River Island, £32.00

In at Number 2:

Check Borg Collar Coat, Miss Selfridge, £79.00

And your number 1 this week:

Moto Vintage Wash Mom Jeans, Topshop, £40.00

Thanks for reading and I'll see you soon with another round up of the top of the shops.

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Stay Sexy,

Ava Adore

"And I'll pull your crooked teeth

You'll be perfect just like me..."

This post’s TUNE comes from the Smashing Pumpkins.  Oh my god, what a tune, it’s so dark, so beautifully dramatic, so friggin’ amazing!  The Smashing Pumpkins have produced many a beautiful track, I have an album of their greatest hits and every one on there is just beyond incredible.  Billy Corgan’s voice is utterly unique, and this along with the rest of the incredibly talented musicians, is what made Smashing Pumpkins such a legendary band.

The video to this song can be watched here (please take a peek, the video is equally as good as the song), and you can visit their website here.

Loving the outfit....

Shirt: Topshop (old)

Headscarf: Primark (£2.50)

Stachel: Camden Market (old)

Dungarees: New Look (old)

Daps: Primark (£6.00)

Bracelets: Topshop / New Look (old)

Yeeeeehah!!  In this outfit I feel slightly like I should be shouting that but you will be more than happy to know that I didn’t go around acting like a mental case wanabee cowgirl.  Well I can’t promise on the mental case front, but I certainly don’t think I’m a cow girl.

So yup, I found this headscarf in Primark and thought “I am having THAT”, even though I wouldn’t normally wear one, but I figure with enough practice I can actually go some way toward being able to pull it off...  I admit, I do have quite a way to go yet.  It’s just that I see girls wearing these and think, damn that looks cool, forgetting that I don’t really have the same look as them, but hey ho, I can damn well try, and anyway, I like it... so there!

So this weekend has been a boring one, my boyfriend has been working hard on his dissertation so I’m left all sad and alone with just my cat for company staring mindlessly at the television or outside doing a spot of gardening... oh my god, I’ve turned forty and didn’t even realise it!  Anyway, the point I’m trying to get to is that I’ve realised that I really need to get myself a hobby.  I’m thinking, given the time of year I may start a college course, or take up a sport... although I’m leaning more toward the course, maybe photography or something along the arty lines, who knows.

What do you do in your spare time? Or what hobbies do you have? Any suggestions as to what I could fill my time with would be much appreciated. 

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Love love love,

Bucket List

In an earlier post I mentioned (I say mentioned, the whole post was pretty much centred around it), that at the end of August, it will be my twenty seventh birthday.  Now, since then I’ve been having a little think.  This new age means that there will only be three years until I am thirty.  Three years.  Only three years.  This is some scary sh*t.

Right, so with the rather large number hanging over me, I’ve realised there is quite a lot of things that I want to do before I hit thirty and everything starts getting a little more difficult what with children and the old arthritis setting in...  So to keep me on track and make sure I at the very least acknowledge and therefore attempt to complete these things I’ve decided to compile a bucket list.  Now I know a bucket list consists of stuff you want to do before you die, but mine is going to be stuff I want to complete before I turn thirty and stuff before I die.  I’m also gonna add some stuff that I have done to the bottom just because it will make me feel better, I’ll cross it through and stuff, I’m weird like that...

So here is my bucket list, it’s going to be available on a separate page of my blog so you can keep a track of how I’m getting on.

I’ve gone for a hundred things because it seems quite a popular number with most other bucket lists... If you can’t beat them join them.

1. Get a tattoo
2. Go to a festival
3. Go Paragliding from the mountains over my home
4. Go Horse riding
5. Get Engaged
6. Get Married
7. Cage dive with sharks
8. Go to a fashion show
9. Climb Pen-Y-Fan
10. Raise my own ducks
11. Get another 3 piercings in my ear
12. Walk to Cardiff from my house, all 24 miles of it
13. Have a go at archery
14. Go to a driving range
15. Go Go-Karting
16. Bake a cake from scratch (never done it, I know, the shame!)
17. Go Zip Lining
18. Raise my own chickens
19. Donate Blood
20. Have a thousand followers on my blog
21. Read over 500 books
22. Visit London Zoo
23. Get a rescue dog, or maybe two.
24. Ride in a hot air balloon
25. Build my own house
26. Have at least 2 children
27. Own my own business
28. Own a rental property
29. Eat at a michelin star restaurant
30. Have a small holding with a pig
31. Have a small holding with a goat
32. Have a walk in wardrobe
33. Have my own little library room, with walls filled with books
34. Have a green house and grow my own vegetables
35. See She and Him live
36. Go to a gig in Camden Barfly
37. Run a half marathon
38. Go on Safari in Africa
39. Visit Amsterdam
40. Visit Berlin
41. Visit Australia
42. Visit Austria
43. Visit Japan
44. Visit Barcelona
45. Visit Rome
46. Visit Venice
47. Visit Thailand
48. Visit Vietnam
49. Visit Morocco
50. Visit Brussels
51. Visit China
52. Visit Scotland
53. Visit Ireland
54. Visit Iceland
55. Visit Las Vegas
56. Visit New York
57. Visit California
58. Visit Mexico
59. Visit India
60. Visit Paris
61. Visit Chichen Itza
62. Ride an Elephant
63. Buy a house
64. Go Camping
65. Go Canoeing
66. Go Parasailing
67. Go Scuba diving
68. Take a flight in a light aircraft
69. Go Indoor skydiving
70. See Incubus live (I’ve been to a lot of gigs, but this was one of those die happy gigs)
71. See Oasis live (Another one of those die happy gigs)
72. Swimming with dolphins (also swum with manatee’s, stingray’s and nurse sharks)

Now I ain't stupid, I know that this is not 100 things, hell, I've done a maths degree, I know how to count to one hundred (I can actually get all the way up to 239 actually), but I'm leaving me some gaps, I know that there will be something I think of, something that I decide I must do, so as time goes on, I can add it all to my list :)

Let me know what would be on your bucket list, hell, if some suggestions are good I may just steal a few, I’m not above it... :)

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Cheerio,

June Gloom

“Sunsets lost in

Skies of hazy greys...”

This post’s TUNE comes from The Like.  The irony of the title of this song has not been lost on me, that’s why I thought it would be appropriate for my pick for this post.  Other than this fact of course, there is no escaping from the fact that this song is beautiful, it’s quite mellow, and maybe not something that will grab you on your first listen but a song you will appreciate over time.  The lead singers voice is utterly gorgeous, as are all the band members, which at the time of this song were three ladies, all of which are cool as anything.  Please give this lovely little song a listen here, and have a peek at the website here.

Onwards and upwards....

Dress: New Look (old)

Denim Shirt: H&M (old)

Sandals: Primark (old)

Bag: Peacocks (old)

Watch/Bracelets: Urban Outfitters / New Look / Topshop

Looking at these pictures it does appear that this dress is really quite short, it does cover my bum though I promise, it just wouldn’t be the kind of dress I would wear on a windy day... no one wants to see that!

So yup, this is my dress I wore on a non-windy day, along with my long sleeve denim dress for modesty to make sure my arms are all nice and covered... I may have got something wrong here!

Anywho, stick it on with good old sandals, my lovely old peacocks bag and off I go!  Let me know what you think.

This weekend I went “daaan safff” (down south) to visit the boyfriend’s family for his sisters eighteenth...  Seems so young, so so long ago, but still I don’t think I would want to swap places, the thought of starting over uni, all that work, just doesn’t appeal, although, when it’s the first time round it’s all good, and is massively exciting!  

What did you get up to over the weekend, anything exciting, please share!!

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Ta ra,