Isobel Rose

Birthday WHAAT.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

OUTFIT:
shirt- new look

skirt - f21

sunglasses - zara

NAILS:

revlon red bikini

Yaaaay! In case you didn't realize, It's my birthday todayyy - wooop! Yes, I am now 19 years young, oh how time flies *cringe*. Unfortunately for me, I have a Russian oral at 11.15 tomorrow morning, which would be fine if I could speak any Russian! So, instead of celebrating - I shall be revising :/ However, me and a few of my Russian course mates are going to head to the lake on campus and let the ducks help us with our revision :)

All is not lost though - my amazing mother sent me a box of 12 of these bad boys below - yuuum!

My thrilling day ahead!

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regal rose

Friday, May 25, 2012

OUTFIT:
shirt- river island

shorts - new look

necklace - regal rose

various earrings ;)

NAILS:

revlon red bikini

SCENT:
daisy by marc jacobs

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May Glossybox: Happy Birthday!

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Hey guys,

So today I got an email saying I had a package to collect and I knew right away what it would be - my may glossybox! I've been excited about this for a while as it's their 1st birthday box and it has arrived 3 days before my birthday so it's a nice little treat!

So, without further ado, lets jump in!

This month's glossybox came in its standard box but with some special birthday packaging :)

So here's what I got in my box this month...

So, first off we have these 'Lets Go' lashes which retail for £8.95. These look really nice - I may even wear these on my birthday! Happy with these and the cost of them nearly makes up the entire box!

The next item I am utterly confused by - it's a product by Weleda and it retails full price for £10.95 but this sample is 10ml. That's honestly all I know about this! It says in the description that it's a face cream/body milk, can it be both?! Plus, the box or the bottle has not one word of english on it so we may never know ;) I received another Weleda product in my January Glossybox and haven't really touched it because I really just don't know what to do with it! Hey ho, I'll give it a go!

The next item I received is the UNIQONE All in One Hair Treatment. I'm all for any hair treatments (still loving the hair oil i received a few boxes ago). Haven't tried it yet, but I'm excited to give it a go! This sample is 9ml but the full size (150ml) retails for £13.99.

6 glossyboxes, 6 shower gels. Oh my, glossybox - get it together! The gel I received was from Noble Isle, a new British company, and I'm always happy to support British businesses! It's quite heavily perfumed and contains elderflower (my fav!) I'll give it a go - let you know what I think!

Oh my - how I hate receiving perfume samples. That is all I have to say.

Yay for freebies! Cute mirror for my bag and a happy birthday balloon!

So overall, this box was pretty good. I am looking forward to trying 3/5 of the products. Not really interested in the perfume samples of the Weleda product, but I'll still give it a go. It is a bit of a let down after last box - let's hope next month blows me away!

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DIY: Ombré Hair

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Hey guys,

I know i've been absent recently but exams and essays have been taking over my life, and I'm still not done! My last exam is on the 31st so I'm excited for that to be over and done with so I can start my summer!

I don't know if you guys know, but I'm in love with the whole 'ombre' hair trend but because my hair is so light already, it is virtually impossible to ombre without dying my whole head darker and starting from there. Any way, I didn't want to do that so I decided to like vicariously through my friend, Alicia, who also wanted to have a go. Luckily for her, she had gorgeous black hair so we could go ahead and give it a go!

We bought the dye in boots for around £6/7 and went for a blond highlighting kit after researching how other people had achieved the look. I forgot to take pictures of the first few steps *d'oh* but it's really easy !

1) make sure your hair is dry and brushes through

2) mix all the ingredients together (basically just follow the instructions, they're pretty straightforward)

3) put on an old top or use an old towel to protect your clothes and skin from the bleach

4) different people do different things, but we chose to section her hair into 3 using little hair ties (at the level where we wanted it to be the lightest) and applied the dye there.

5) leave for however long it recommends for your hair colour. Alicia has really thick, dark, asian hair so we left the die on for about 40 mins each time.

6) wash the dye out and blow dry hair on low heat.

So this is what it looked like after 1 go - slightly copper at the ends.

7) Now time to do it over again, but this time higher up the hair to help to create the gradient effect.

Second time :)

8) when you're happy with the colour you've got, apply half of the conditioning shampoo they supply in the box (if your one does) and leave the other half for about 3 washes later.

9) blow dry the hair again on a low heat.

Et, voila! To be honest with you, doing this is completely trial and error. The timing, the amount of dye and the placement of the dye is just something you have to play around with, especially as every box of dye is different.

Alicia and I both agreed that next time we do her hair (or top it up) we would go a bit higher and wait a bit longer the second time around so that it is a bit lighter further up.