Salt & Pepper

Yesterday I got back from Leeds Festival. It was possibly the best one  I've been to in the past three years. I saw an incredible amount of amazing bands, and here's the list:

1. Taking Back Sunday
2. Frank Turner
3. Panic! At The Disco
4. Nirvana '92 Live at Reading (Film)
5. Ed Sheeran
6. Muse
7. Does It Offend You, Yeah?
8. New Found Glory
9. Bring Me The Horizon (against my will)
10. Rise Against
11. Tim Minchin
12. The Offspring
13. Thirty Seconds To Mars (yet again, against my will)
14. Noah and The Whale
15. White Lies
16. My Chemical Romance
17. Seasick Steve
18. Two Door Cinema Club
19. Madness
20. Jimmy Eat World
21. The Strokes
22. Pulp

It was such an amazing weekend!

I did however have to take a break from my face care regime. I noticed as soon as I stopped using the Clean & Clear products my skin broke out and became worse than it was before I started using them. So although they are good products, and tend to do the trick, you can't stop using them. 

I also decided it would be a fantastic idea to dye my hair violet again before I went to Leeds Festival, just like I did before Beach Break Live. And yet again, it has managed to fade an unbelievable amount over the space of five days. All in all, my judgement of Directions temporary hair dye is that it is very poor quality, and isn't even worth using. Nevertheless, it looked very nice to begin with!

Clean & Clear Results

So it's been a whole week since I started my facial regime. And here are the photographic results!

Before

After

 As you can see my skin looks brighter. Not by much, but you can definitely see a change. I can certainly feel a difference. My skin feels softer and cleaner, so all in all I would recommend Clean & Clear Morning Energy Energising Face Wash and Clean & Clear Morning Energy Brightening Daily Face Scrub.

Shopping Addict

Whenever I'm feeling out of sorts or generally having a bad time I, like everyone else, act different. Usually I tend to just try to keep myself busy to distract myself, such as painting, cooking, exercising, etc., but when that doesn't work I turn to small pick-me-ups. These might be drinking with my friends, eating lots of ice cream and chocolate or shopping. Apparently this time it is shopping. Most of my friends don't really have time to go on a night out any more as they have full-time jobs, and I've been advised to try and stay as healthy as possible by my doctor, so binging on junk food isn't really in my best interests. I had a bit of a splurge on ASOS. I love ASOS, the whole company is spectacular, and they always manage to sell me something. This time it was an Angel Wing Body Harness for £4.50 reduced from £15, a Brushed Gold-Tone Pendant Watch with Gold Flower Charm for £5 reduced from £30, a Shift Dress with Knot Waist in Tobacco for £15 reduced from £35, and a Sleeveless Boyfriend Shirt in Brown for £8 reduced from £25. There was also a 10% off offer available at checkout, so in total I saved £75.75!

Clean & Clear

Today I started my new face care regime and I can already feel it working! My skin feels fresher, softer and looks brighter, and the Clean & Clear products smell so good too! I really can't believe it. I only have a few problems with my plan. One is that steps 2 and 3 should be swapped around. This is because even after rinsing the scrub off thoroughly, the little beads tend to stick to your eyebrows. If the wash is used after this will clear away the beads. Also, Superdrug didn't have any Natural High Brightening Eye Cream left, so I bought Natural High Anti-Aging Eye Cream instead for the time being. It was a little more expensive but it should still do the trick! So here is the edited regime:

1. Wash any leftover make-up off with a face wipe (I use Boots Essentials Cucumber Cleansing Wipes for all skin types because they are really good at taking make-up off with and smell really good).

2. Scrub my face with Clean & Clear Morning Energy Brightening Daily Face Scrub.

3. Wash my face with Clean & Clear Morning Energy Energising Face Wash.

4. Moisturise my face with Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Deep Moisture Comfort Balm.

5. Finally brighten under my eyes with Natural High Anti-Aging Eye Cream.

6. Then on a night time wash my make-up off with a face wipe and moisturise after.

I took a photo of my face before I started the regime this morning, and will take another in one week time to compare the change in my skin. I would have liked to have compared the change over two weeks, however, I'm going to Leeds Festival on the 25th of August, and won't be able to carry all of the products with me or have fresh water to use.

Flawless Beauty

I hate to use this page for expressing my personal emotions rather than my opinions on all things fashion, but a pretty huge change happened in my life and I feel it is effecting my life in a massive way. Me and my boyfriend of two years broke up on Wednesday. I've done lots of winging and moaning about it since then, and probably will for a while longer, but from past experience know I cope better with heartache if I'm concentrating on something else. So here is the part where I focus my energy on something more constrictive. I've started drawing and painting again, and although its not all bunnies and rainbows, its good to actually do something creative. I've also decided that I'm going to try my hand at modelling. In case you didn't know I'm a towering 5' 11" and although I might not have the right looks, there's no harm in trying is there?

So I'm going to start by regenerating my skin. All my life I've had terrible skin. I've always been allergic to face paints, skin creams and any type of soap on my face, even the slightest change in water makes my skin break out. But I've noticed my skin has became a lot less sensitive recently. This might be because in the past few years sensitive skin products have become a lot cheaper and most skin products now are more natural based and gentle for your skin. The one thing I am good with when it comes to my skin is that I always wear face cream with an SPF factor, which, even in the winter, is important. I am going to try out some cheap products from Superdrug and build up a daily skin care routine. Usually I just wake up and clean my face with a make-up wipe, then moisturise after. I never clean my face on a night time, mostly because I forget, but I think its time I start trying to remember. So here is my new routine plan:

1. Wash any leftover make-up off with a face wipe (I use Boots Essentials Cucumber Cleansing Wipes for all skin types because they are really good at taking make-up off with and smell really good).

2. Wash my face with Clean & Clear Morning Energy Energising Face Wash.

3. Scrub my face with Clean & Clear Morning Energy Brightening Daily Face Scrub.

4. Moisturise my face with Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Deep Moisture Comfort Balm.

5. Finally brighten under my eyes with Natural High Brightening Eye Cream.

6. Then on a night time wash my make-up off with a face wipe and moisturise after.

I was also contemplating using Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit Facial Wash because I love the smell of pink grapefruit, however because the Clean & Clear Morning Energy products are on offer as buy 2 for £4.99, I'm going to save my money for the time being.

This is all so I can have more flawless, clear, glowing skin and will look better in photos without any editing or make-up on. I'm going to send some photos to a couple of agencies and audition for Britain's next top model next year too.