ART.

Hey everyone, I was thinking that I would do a blog post about art... I absolutely love art, I took it for one of my GCSE options in high school and now I'm going on to do a Level 3 Btech in Art and design at College!  Ever since I was little I've always known that I didn't want to just work in an office, to me that is the boringest thing I could ever think off, but I couldn't draw (and still can't) but when I got into high school I realised art was anything so I took a different approach, instead of drawing I used words and little quotes and it was so much fun! I really wanted to be a fashion designer but that changed when I went to my college interviews, they told me that my art work was excellent and that I would go on to be a graphic designer (making posters etc.) I wasn't sure at first but I researched it and it looked really good and the artwork was similar to the sort of thing that I was doing, it seems like the perfect thing to do!

I started making things for my bedroom just after I had my bedroom decorated, before I had it done my mum and dad didn't really like posters being on the wall (but they got used to it) and I told them that when we decorated I wanted a picture wall where I would stick all of my pictures from when  was little until now and it would be like a memory board, I really liked this idea until I realised how long it would take and with shelves on the walls it would be really hard, I don't have a feature wall either so that made it quite difficult!  I then noticed that I had nothing on the inside doors of my wardrobe so I wrote down a lot of small quotes and stuck them on the door, this was know known as the "quote door" it took me around 6 months as I did the top and then had a huge break and then realised that it was incomplete so I finished it. 

 

 

I also make posters of quotes or songs that I like, I get the quotes off the internet (Instagram) and I make them my own, I do everything from The Fault In Our Stars to Inspirational quotes.  I do them so that they are colourful and then I stick them on the wall so that everyone who enters the bedroom can see them!

I am currently working on one which should be finished by the end of the day, I might do another blog post like this one in a few weeks so that you can see more artwork, I am also working on a memory book, I have stuck in the pictures and now I just have to write the quotes and stick in the stickers, but I'll do a blog post when I've finished that!

 

Thank you for reading, please let me know if you liked this post so I can do more blog posts like this in the future!

 

Love Shannon

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My nail routine!

Whenever I look at other peoples blogs I always notice that they've wrote a blog post on some sort of skin care routine, but for me I don't really have a proper skin care routine (I know that I should) but I do have a nail care routine that I do almost every single day!  I have always liked having my nails painted, and I think I'm quite good at painting my nails, even at school when a teacher told me that I couldn't wear it I still did because for me that was the only way that I could express myself, school wasn't too harsh on having nails painted, they would just ask for it to be removed so it wasn't like I was breaking the rules too much!  I have so many nail varnishes, in so many different colours and I have my nails painted a different colour around every two days, in the winter I like to paint my nails darker colours like brown or black, and in the summer I like to paint them brighter colours like Orange, Pink, Blue etc.

The first thing I do when I decide to paint my nails is use my Ted Baker hand cream, I go this as a Christmas present from my mum and dad and I use it every day and I really like it, individually it costs £8.00 at Boots, which does seem quite expensive for hand cream but it is fantastic and I love it, it works amazingly and it keeps my hands feeling soft all day!  If £8.00 is too pricey, I also have an Avon hand cream which works just as well, this is priced at £3.60 but is on offer at the minute for £1.00 - £1.80!

I then file and if needed, I cut them, I don't use proper nail scissors because I don't like the curve and they always leave a jagged edge which is really hard to file so I just use small scissors and I file them down, I only cut them when I desperately need to!

I then put on a base coat, I prefer to use a light pink instead of a clear nail polish as I think it gives it more of a base which means that you can build up the colour quicker.  I use the MUA in shade 18, it doesn't have a shade name but it was from the old collection so they don't sell it anymore but they have brought out a new collection and the shade Natural days seems identical and it is only £1!

 

 

 

After I have put a base coat on I need to pick a colour, this is the hardest part for me because I have soooo many nail varnishes, but I picked one of my nail varnishes by Fearne, it is in the shade Air balloon, I got this in a set for Christmas and unfortunately Boots don't have them in stock anymore, but they are definitely worth looking out for as I only need one coat and they last on my nails for ages!

 

 

 

 

Finally I add a top coat, I used my Barry M Basecoat Topcoat & Nail hardener all in one, this is a really good topcoat, I find it really hard to make my nail varnish stay on but this is a miracle, it's so good and I would recommend it to anybody! I think that it is available in most stores, I know that Tesco, Boots and Superdrug all have Barry M stands which it would be available from and the price is £2.99!

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it! I will try to link everything that I have mentioned below :)

Love Shannon xoxo

MUA nail polish in natural days

Ted-Baker Hand Cream

Avon hand cream

BarryM All in One Nail Paint

Where have I been?

Hey everyone, I haven't posted any blog posts in months and I just wanted to give you a little update on my life!

So firstly I'm finally 16! I haven't done a blog post since before Christmas so you obviously won't know! I'm also in year 11 so I will be sitting my GCSE exams next month which I kind of scary!  I have so much revision to do so that is the reason why I haven't posted in months but I do want to start posting again because I really like blogging and fashion and make up.

Secondly, I have done lots of shopping recently so I have loads of hauls that I could upload.  I might also do a hair care blog post because it has almost been a year since I had my hair cut!

But apart from exam stress and sleepless nights my life is actually pretty good at the minute! I can't wait to start blogging again!