It's a shame you can't buy confidence...

Hey guys, 

I know I normally blog about make up and fashion but I've been feeling a bit crappy lately about myself so thought I'd write a blog about it incase anyone else is going through the same thing and can relate or has been through it and can help others get over it! 

So I've never been confident to be honest, I always thought my friends were prettier than me and they always got attention whereas I didn't and if I did I would shrug it off as I thought they were just taking the mick. 

The end of last year my confidence started to pick up and I felt happier in my body, I don't know whether its because of things that were happening that made me feel like it but it made me feel good and happy. However, lately I've noticed my confidence has gone back down again and I'm starting to feel like I used to which to be honest isn't great. 

It's weird how it takes such a long time to build up confidence and it takes a matter of minutes to knock it down again. 

If anyone has gone through this please message me so I can start to feel better about myself with any tips you may have, if you are going through this please message me and hopefully we can help each other! 

I saw on This Morning once that they got people to write down what they didn't like about themselves on a bit of paper and they got someone else to read it out the them, they then had to write down 3 things they liked about themselves and the guy that read out the negatives then read out the positives along with the 'negatives' however they were also turned into positives so soon enough the girls confidence went up. I don't know if this would work for anyone but you never know. 

Also another thing I've seen before is when you wake up in the morning you smile to yourself for 20 seconds, you might feel like an idiot but apparently this works too. 

Let me know if any of these work for you and also on any tips! 

Thanks for reading :) 

Lydia! ✌️

Sorella Beauty.

Hey! 

Me and my sister, Isobelle, are currently trying to set up our own beauty business called Sorella Beauty. We are both very excited about this as it will give us a chance to do the things we love on the side of our normal jobs and hopefully eventually we can do it full time. 

I am going to be doing the make up for Sorella Beauty, I am booked onto a course at the end of September where I will be able to expand my skills and knowledge. I am currently buying new make up and practising on friends on family and I'm absolutely loving it! 

We have made up business cards and leaflets using Vistaprint and the quality of them are amazing, I would definitely recommend them to get any products you need printing or designing. Along with all the make up I have been buying I also treated myself to a case so it looks more professional and its easier to carry my equipment around in, I got the case from eBay and it was delivered to me within 2 days - its so cute! 

This blog is mainly to try and get some advertisement for the business, so please give out Facebook page a like! 

https://www.facebook.com/SorellaHairBeauty?

Thanks for reading! 

Lydia ✌️

Birthday Month! 🎂👸

Hey Guys! 

So it was my 21st birthday on 29th June and as it was my 21st I decided I would have a birthday month! I know it may sound greedy but my next big birthday is going to be 30 😩 who knows where I'll be or what I'll be doing then...

I kicked of my birthday month on 15th June where I went to Somerset for 5 days with some friends, it was actually so decent I had the best time. We had a hot tub in our lodge so we were in there a lot, we had a Mexican night and even had a sports day which was pretty sick. Ashwin took his go pro so I'm looking forward to seeing the video he has made! Whilst we were in Somerset we went to Bristol Zoo, it was quite good there although they didn't have any giraffes which I was gutted about as they're my fave 😔

On the 27th June I had some drinks with my friends from Tadley, I got very drunk and wasn't feeling too good the next day but I had such a good night. Although my sister and Matt thought it would be funny to draw down my face with lipstick whilst I was sleeping, I wasn't too bothered as long as it wasn't my lipstick haha (the one featured in my previous blog). I went home to mums on the 28th and just chilled with her, we watched a film and got KFC it was nice to relax with her for a bit.

On my birthday I went to Marwell Zoo with my mum, dad and sister - it was such a nice day the weather was lovely! Then I went for a family meal to Banana Wharf the food was lovely and the cake I got was gorgeous 😍

As my sisters birthday present I got tickets for us to go and see Ed Sheeran at Wembley so we went to see him on 10th July, he was actually incredible! I would do anything to relive it I'm definitely going to buy the DVD when it comes out. On the 11th I had a BBQ with my friends in Southampton, this was the end of my birthday month unfortunately, we then went into town afterwards. 

I had the best birthday month ever, I got lovely presents and just wanna say thanks to everyone that celebrated with me! 🙊😘

Up The Amp.

Hey :) 

So I know I haven't posted in a while again, I've been celebrating my 21st birthday and as it was my 21st I had a birthday month which ended Sunday 🙈

As I mentioned in my 'Technical Glitches' post I recently got a new MAC lipstick the shade of it is 'Up The Amp'. I absolutely love the colour of this lipstick, I went to MAC and told them I wanted a purple lipstick and the girls in there were lovely they offered me a consultation to decide which colour was best for my skin and then let me apply the lipsticks so I could see which I preferred. 

After trying on about 5-6 different shades of lipstick I eventually chose Up The Amp. The lipstick itself looks a bit daring but I think the shade goes with my skin tone really well. I have worn the lipstick numerous times now and find its lasts hours on end, it has more of a matte finish apposed to the glossy one most lipsticks have so if you want to create a glossy finish I suggest you put some lip balm on before applying the lipstick. This also gives you a smoother look. 

As mentioned the lipstick does look dark before you put it on, as you can see in the photo above. 

However, when the lipstick is applied it doesn't look as dark as you think. 

You can buy the lipstick for £15.50 from any MAC counter or online at www.maccosmetics.co.uk 

The link to this particular shade is: http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/products/spp/shaded.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CAT168&PRODUCT_ID=PROD310&SKU_ID=SKU3195

Hope you liked reading my review,  let me know what you think! 

Lydia ✌️

Twitter @LydiaCoopster Instagram @Coopsterrr

Mr.Blanc Review.

Hey Guys 

So as mentioned previously I am working with Mr.Blanc to review their teeth whitening strips, this is my review. (hopefully this post will work!)

As I work in a dentist I was a bit skeptical as to whether these would work but I was amazed with the results, it works so well and instantly. You can see your teeth getting whiter when the strips are on your teeth, this for me is a good thing as you know you haven't wasted your money and obviously the whitening isn't permanent but even if you get your teeth whitened professionally you have to top it up regularly. 

This is a great way to get pearly white teeth especially if you're on a budget, want quick results or if you just want to feel good about yourself. I saw a quote at work the other day which was 
"The shortest distance between two people is a smile." I really like this quote as anything can happen when you smile at someone whether it just makes them feel a little bit better if they're having a bad day or something more could happen from it. 

If like your teeth you're not going to want to hide your smile so having white teeth is an added bonus for those of you who like your teeth, those of you that don't Mr.Blanc could give you a new found confidence! 

When I started Mr.Blanc teeth whitening strips I put the strip of whiteness up against my teeth to see where mine would be on the chart and they were a 5, when I finished my teeth were a 2 which to me was perfect I didn't want them stupidly white. Also the good thing about Mr.Blanc is that yes they are a 2 week supply(well the ones I had) but if you get to the stage of whitening where you are happy and you haven't used all the strips you can stop using them and use them again when you need them. They do say on the packet to use them everyday for 2 weeks but if you're happy with the results theres nothing stopping you from using it how you want. 

I have a photo which I took when the strips were on my teeth and another when I had removed the strips. 

The top photo is the one where the strips are on my teeth, as you can see they are barely noticeable which is great. The bottom photo is once I took them off, they looked much whiter and I was really happy with the results!

After you remove the strips quite a lot of the gel from the strips tends to get left on your teeth so I always brushed my teeth afterwards to ensure I got rid of all the gel. It really helped, plus it didn't taste too nice either haha. 

I would definitely go and buy yourself some Mr.Blanc whitening strips if I were you! Prices start from as little as £24.99 and go up to £58.99. You can buy them online and they post worldwide all you need to do is go to their website 

http://www.mrblancteeth.com

Hope you liked reading my review, let me know what you think!

Lydia ✌️

Twitter @LydiaCoopster Instagram @Coopsterrr

Technical glitches

Hey Guys, 

I recently downloaded the blogger app and I tried to post numerous times using it however none of them seem to be showing up with any content included. So I'm really sorry about that as I have actually been writing blogs its just not been showing up! 

Okay so I will be re-writing the blogs I thought I had posted and a new one too so there will be a few for you to read :) 

There will be the review on Mr. Blanc, one just about why I haven't been posting properly in a while and one about my new MAC lipstick I love. 

I hope you enjoy reading them, let me know what you think! 

Lydia ✌️

PS- Little selfie for you featuring my new lipstick 

Mr.Blanc 2

Hey guys!

So I mentioned in the last post that I am going to be working with Mr.Blanc I have now received the whitening strips and have used them twice they have worked both times and made my teeth a shade whiter already! I haven't used them everyday, mainly as I've been working and I had a hangover, however both times I've used them I've noticed a difference straight away.

I'm going to write a proper blog post on them when I have used them all and corresponded with the team at Mr.Blanc.

Also I am going to Turkey on 25th April for a week so I will try and do a post before I go :) 

If you wanna follow Mr.Blanc on Instagram they put up regular posts on people's progress...this is their instagram page featuring me haha

Lydia! ✌️