My Week In Pictures #14

This week I appear to have spent a considerable amount of time snapping away at pretty pink flowers. My mum always has such lovely ones dotted around the house that I couldn’t not share these, I think they really brighten up a room. Aside from being a happy flower snapper, my week has consisted of work, work and more work. Gavin arrives home from Dubai in a few days so I’ve been trying to get lots done before he arrives so that I have plenty of free time to spend with him. This also means that my next few ‘week in pictures’ posts will be a lot more interesting as we will be doing a lot of fun things!

So until then, here are a couple of my pretty flower pictures!

I love my bed way too much  //  Pretty roses  //  If I fits, I sits. Cosy cat. 

Sunday’s face  //  Baby unicorn  //  I feel as if I may as well dedicate my instagram page to flowers at this point

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My Week In Pictures #11

During the past week I have been enjoying using some new cosmetics bits and bobs, this Essie nail polish is my favourite and I have just discovered the L’Oreal True Match Foundation which I have instantly fallen in love with, I feel a review might well be in order! I also discovered that two years of growing out a bob has led to my hair being so long that rollers no longer make my hair curly, they do still add volume though so that’s just fine by me. Other than experimenting with all things beauty I have carried on enjoying relaxing walks complimented by beautiful scenery. Ahh the joys of British summer time!

Ditched my high end foundation for L’Oreal True Match and I don’t think I’ll be going back, I LOVE it!  //  Essie Limo-Scene is my fave manicure of the moment  //  I took my rollers out and my hair was still straight! #longhairproblems

 Roses just make everything pretty  //  When I make the effort to make my bed I think it looks quite pretty!  //  Petals galore!

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DIY Shabby Chic Faded Roses

This post has a slightly different theme than my usual beauty related ramblings, I just so happened to notice these pretty dried roses in my mum’s living room today. She’s always doing lovely creative things like this and I thought it’s such a nice thing to do with old cut roses when they are a bit past it, rather than simply throwing them away.

She says it’s really easy to do, all it takes is to simply let the roses dry out in their vase before removing them. She then ties them into pretty little bunches using garden twine (although any old bits of string or ribbon will also do nicely). They are then left to completely dry out at room temperature. If you’re using dark coloured roses, be sure to place them on newspaper or some kitchen roll so their colour doesn’t mark the surface they’re lying on. When you’ve done this, you can place them anywhere you like and enjoy them. These roses above are displayed on a shabby chic cake stand which I think looks lovely, this is definitely something I will be trying out myself.

I think it’s nice to see and appreciate the beauty of things at all their various stages of life. I didn’t think it when I started writing, but maybe this is one of my beauty ramblings after all. What are your thoughts?

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