365 Photo Challenge - Crash and Burn

Hey guys,

So i've realised that I am pretty much failing at the whole taking a picture everyday! In my defence i've been pretty ill and haven't really felt like taking pictures and I can already foresee myself getting back into uni projects and neglecting the challenge so I am going to quit while I am ahead! 

To be honest the photo challenge was my way of blogging more because it gave me something to blog about but it has become a bit of a chore finding something to take a picture of everyday as unfortunately my life isn't as exciting as I would like therefore my photos became very mundane!

I will continue the habit of blogging more often but will wait till something of relevance comes up to blog about :) As I said I will be starting new uni projects soon so will have plenty of photography work to share with you :)

 In the meantime I do have an outfit post of what I wore when I went out with the girls last week for cocktails and cheesy disco music :)

Excuse the photos taken against the wall in our house, it was pretty dark outside as we were just heading out!

Jo
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Day 7-10 of the 365 Day Photo Challenge - New Outfit :)

Hey guys, 

I realise it has been a few days now since I have posted so this post is going to include photos from the last three days :)

Day 7 - This was me planning my outfit for Wednesday :) I had a presentation at uni which I hate doing so I thought if I was wearing a nice outfit I would feel a bit better about it :) The shirt is one I bought last year from Primark and the skirt is a new one from Boohoo, its such a nice fit as its a skater skirt and flares out perfectly on me :) You can find it on the website here.

Day 8 - This is me ready for uni on Wednesday :) This look is also on Lookbook :)

Day 9 - Thursday was mostly spent chilling out at home drinking fruit tea from my new Cath Kidston mug :)

Day 10 - This is the view from my bedroom window this morning :) I love waking up to a beautiful blue sky, even if its freezing outside!!

Please excuse the horrible background in the photo of me, we don't have many nice places near our house to take pics so a brick wall it is!

That sums up my rather uneventful week :) Ive got friends round for a girly nice tomorrow which should be lovely and then I imagine I will be working most of next week but I will still be taking my daily pics :)

Jo

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Day Three of 365 Day Photo Challenge - New years resolution!

Hey guys,

As I mentioned before one of my New Years resolutions was to start running 3 times a week well... todays photo of the day is something which will make this resolution a reality!!

Yes its a pair of trainers how exciting!! Before today I didn't actually own a pair of trainers which pretty much goes to show how unfit I really am! But no more, from monday morning me and my housemate Hannah are going to start running... how far I actually run is yet to be decided... might just see how far I get before my body gives in! 

Wish us luck :)

Jo

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Day Two of 365 Day Photo Challenge - You are Gold!

Hey guys,

Todays photo again isn't the most exciting but its just a way for me to document my year :) So today was mostly spent getting uni work done for going back next week :( Yes sadly the holidays are over and it is back to the real world... 

However I decided to cheer myself and carry on the christmas spirit into the New Year by adding a bit of sparkle...

I got this gold Barry M nail varnish for christmas and wasn't sure about it at first as I usually stay away from gold due to my pale complexion but it was actually quite subtle and I really like it :)

The downside is it needs about 3 coats to come out as a solid colour but I guess it means you could have it even more subtle if you wanted...

Do you wear Barry M nail varnish? Whats your favourite?

Jo

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Day One Of 365 Photo Challenge - Lush Beauty Regime

Hey Guys :)

So today is the first day of my 365 photo a day challenge (would have started yesterday but had to go to work then sleep forever so didn't get round to taking any photos!)

Day one isn't the most exciting but I thought I would start with a pic of my new beauty regime of 2013! I got a few products from Lush for christmas as I absolutely love their stuff but can never normally afford it. Some was stuff I already use and some was new things to try! 

The Vanilla Dee-Lite body lotion I use at the moment, it smells incredible and is a great constancy - quite thick so it goes onto your skin great and it soaks in really quickly so you aren't left feeling greasy afterwards plus the smell last for ages :)

Snow Fairy I have had before as it was recommended to me by my housemate Hannah and I love it! It is a shower gel and It also smells amazing and leaves the bathroom smelling of bubblegum which I'm sure my boyfriend appreciates! 

The popcorn lip scrub I haven't used before but I do have the bubblegum one which does the same job only with a different flavour :) I think they are great and I often use them after I have applied my foundation because it means any trace of foundation on my lips are gone and I can apply a lip balm afterwards and I'm ready for the day :)

The Blousey shampoo and Retread conditioner I haven't used before but a friend of mine works in Lush and said that they are great for damaged hair! Although my hair isn't necessarily damaged I used quite a lot of heat on it and want to prevent it from drying out :) I tried these the other day and my hair felt amazing all day and smelled amazing too! The shampoo smells of banana :) 

These would be the kind of products I would use maybe once  week or less as they are expensive to buy and really my hair just needs a bit of TLC every now and again :) 

Do you use products from Lush? Or do you think they are overpriced?

Jo 

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It's a new dawn, It's a new day...

Hey guys,

I realise it has probably been about 2 weeks now since I last posted, but like everyone else I was busy enjoying spending christmas at home with my family :) 

One of my New Years resolutions is to keep up with blogging more! I love talking about fashion and my photography and what better place to do it than to a whole internet world of people with the same interests :) 

 One of the ways in which I intend to keep up with blogging is by completing 

"Project 365: How to Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a Whole New Way" 

Basically I will take a photo everyday for a year of something new or interesting that has happened that day! Hopefully this means that in a years time I will have a whole album of photos that will tell the story of my year, also taking a photo everyday will improve my photography skills because I will want the photos to be different and interesting, maybe it will even encourage me to do more in life so that I can photograph it :) Who knows? But I just wanted to try something different and give myself a New Years resolution that is achievable :)

I havent really set any rules for this challenge other than I'd like one photo a week to be of myself, maybe in my favourite outfit of that week just so that I can document how I change and how my fashion sense may change over the course of the year!

On another note I have also set myself the challenge of getting fit next year which will include going for a run 3/4 times a week and hopefully the results will be seen in my weekly photos :)

Wish me luck? :)

Jo

xoxo