20 Facts About Me

Okay, so I have been tagged soooo many times on Instagram to do the '20 facts about me' post, and I've never had the chance to properly sit down and write it all out, and I also thought it would just simply be easier to write a blog post about it!

Here goes! :)

1. I am only 4'10, so I'm super small!
2. I used to play the piano when I was little and I got up to around grade 5 before I quit (I never did the grade exams, my teacher just told me thats where I was at)
3. Ive lived in the same house for.... 16 years! As long as I can remember
4. Im an only child technically, but I have an older (half) brother who lives in Duabi with his wife and kids, who are all awesome!
5. I was an aunty at 6 years old
6. I used to have a cat called Jack, and I somehow managed to teach him how to sit on command
7. I now have a dog called Daisy, who's a Jack Russell terrier! She's 5 this year
8. I love reading but I can never find the time to really get into a book
9. My favourite song will change just about every week, at the moment its either 'Earned It' by The Weekend or basically anything by Royal Blood
10. Painting and drawing are literally my favourite things in the whole wide world to do, like literally I can spend hours and hours just drawing and I won't get bored
11. I was homeschooled for 7 years between year 3 and year 9 cause I hated school so much
12. I didn't have my first haircut until I was 5 years old, so I've always been used to having long blonde hair
13. My hair actually goes white in the summer from the sun :))
14. I had a kidney transplant when I was 2 years old (thats why I have a scar down my tummy), so I'm pretty used to hospitals!
15. My favourite films are probably the Bourne series as they're just asdfhown9wqudn3wq
16. My hair is all natural so I never wear any extensions or ever dye it! Its literally just how it is naturally
17. I don't use any special products in my hair, all I do is wash it with regular shampoo and blow dry it when I'm out of the shower! My hair has always naturally grown really fast, so I'm sorry that I don't have any special tricks or secrets to let you in on :3
18. Im literally the queen of procrastination, it takes me forever to get something done if I don't wanna do it 
19. Once I set my mind on something there is literally 100% that it'll happen/I'll get it cause I'm literally the most determined person on the whole planet and once I set my eyes on something I shall achieve it one day so yah lol
20. INSTAGRAM IS ONE OF MY FAVE THINGS EVA cause I've met so many amazing people and everyone is hella supportive and I actually just love all of you guys GENUINELY seriously I do and not even just like 'yeah love woooo' like I WANNA HUG YOU ALL AND TAKE PICTURES WITH YOU AND VISIT ART GALLERIES AND PAINT THE CITY RED ya know? I'm kinda lame and soppy like that but tysm to everyone who likes and comments on everything cause you make everything worthwhile and ILY xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Outfit Inspo

Hey everyone! So I have been meaning to do a fashion post for a veeeerrry long time now, and I thought now as the weather was getting warmer it was the perfect time to get to it!

I have recently rekindled my love for Polyvore, which is a website that you can create outfits and interior design boards that feature your favourite things! I have been designing outfit after outfit in my spare time, as I find it so enjoyable to put together different clothes and create different styles :)
Here are a few examples of the outfits I've created so far! If you want to follow me on Polyvore to see more outfits and inspo things, my user is hattiee-ameliaa! Hope you enjoy this post, will be able to blog a lot more when I've finished college in 2 weeks so keep checking back :)

Have a fab day, lots of love xxxx

p.s. if you want to find out the details about all the outfits listed below and where to buy them from, check out my Polyvore page as it tells you all on there! :)

Evening Walk

Hey everyone! I wanted to post more often on my blog, so I thought I would share with you an evening walk that my Dad and I went on with Daisy down the beach. It was such a lovely evening, and some of the pictures came out quite well!

Its not super interesting, but I wanted to share it with you anyway.

Hope you've all had a wonderful day! Keep smiling xxxx

Dad and Daisy being best buds 

Daffodils about to flower at the side of the road

Daisy waiting eagerly for the ball to be thrown

View from the cliff top  

Cutest yellow flowers

Daisy being well behaved (for once)

Beautiful beach 

Dad being cool

Sorry these captions are hella lame but yeah

Could watch the waves forever (cringe)

Daisy never letting go of the ball

Beautiful sunset on the walk home

Coursework Inspiration

Hey everyone!

So I get a lot of people asking me about my art, and how I come up with ideas for my A Level sketchbooks! Because so many of you seem to take an interest I decided to make a Pinterest board purely for coursework inspiration, that I myself also take ideas from for my own work! I thought that this would be the best way to help you guys out, seeing as I can't post my current work online yet!

I hope this is helpful for everyone, I've tried to pin a variety of things from textiles to fashion to fine art to graphic design! I take inspiration from all of these different things even if its not the exact same subject, sometimes the smallest thing can give you a good idea of your own so its always worth looking at a range of different sources.

Hope you've all had a wonderful day, and stay awesome!
Lots of love xx

click on the photo to go to the inspo board!

Makeup and Skincare

Hey guys! So you're always asking me what makeup I use and what products I use on my skin, so I decided to write a blog post on it to show you all! I wasn't really sure how to go about it, so I hope this is beneficial for you all and isn't too boring :) I'll link all of the products that I post so that you can go and buy them too if you wish!

To start off, here are the skincare products that I use on my face before makeup, and when I take it all off at night before I go to bed!

I start by using the Clean and Clear Morning Energy facial scrub (here), which comes out of the bottle as a sparkly gold colour which makes it 5293820x more awesome! It makes my skin feel so soft and fresh, and the lemon and papaya extracts smell SUPER good! If its the morning, I then use the Nivea Refreshingly Soft moisturiser (here), which has to be the best moisturiser I've ever used! It goes onto your skin so nicely, and feels like it genuinely helps your skin rather than just sitting on top of it collecting oils and other icky things. I also use this moisturiser whenever I have a breakout, as it seems to clear it up pretty much overnight which is a lifesaver. I then apply my makeup! 

If it's the evening and I'm getting ready for bed, I'll usually use the Simple Spotless Skin: Anti Blemish Moisturiser (here), as its slightly thicker than the Nivea moisturiser so I feel it helps my skin better overnight. It also really helps to clear up any breakouts that I may be suffering with. 

Next onto my daily essentials for my makeup (sorry this is already so long!). All the brushes I use are Real Techniques, and you can find them pretty much anywhere online. I find them so much better than other brushes I've tried, so definitely give them a go. I use the No.7 Stay Perfect foundation in the shade Calico (here). This is probably my all time favourite foundation, as it stays on ALL DAY (and I really mean all day), and the colour is perfect for my skin! It doesn't look cakey at all and just generally goes on so nicely. I apply my foundation with the Real Techniques Expert Face Brush.

I then use the No.7 Perfect Light Pressed Powder in the shade Fair (here). This works so nicely on my skin, and although I don't often like powders on top of foundation because they make my makeup cake and go blotchy, this one doesn't at all! Its definitely a winner. I apply the powder with the Real Techniques Powder Brush. Lastly, my favourite highlight/bronzer/facial-beautifying-thing ever, the Topshop Highlighter in the shade Horizon (here). Its honestly the most perfect mix of bronzer and highlighter, and its all I ever use on my cheeks! It makes you look like you've been on a weekend break somewhere sunny, and who doesn't want that?? I apply it with the Real Techniques Blush Brush.

Eyebrows and eyelashes! For my eyelashes I use either the MaxFactor Masterpiece MAX Mascara (here), or the Rimmel London Wonder'full Mascara (here). Both of these are super, they don't clog up on my lashes (which is a pet peeve of mine), and they make them look naturally long and luscious! For my eyebrows I then start by using the Maybelline Brow Satin Pencil (here), which has a pencil one end and a kinda... eyeshadow thing the other end?? It sounds super weird but it works a treat, and looks really natural compared to using a pencil to fill the WHOLE of your brow in (which I always used to do, very very badly). I then use the Clarins Perfect Eyes and Brows pallet (here), which I got for my birthday. I use the angled brush to neaten up any edges that the pencil may have missed, and the wand (in the middle) to blend everything together in with my natural brows so it doesn't just look like they've been COMPLETELY drawn on. 

Depending on my mood (and the time I have left before I have to leave for college), I then use some of my Urban Decay Naked eyeshadow! I have the Naked 2 (here) and Naked 3 (here) pallets, and they're some of the nicest colours I've ever seen. They all work really well with my skincolour, and they stay all day rather than others I've used that have just rubbed off after a few hours. They are expensive, but personally I feel they're definitely worth saving up for!

Onto the lips! I wear lipstick most days, as I feel it really completes the look and can make you feel glam on the outside even if you're not feeling it on the inside. I have many (and I mean MANY) lipsticks, although these are my current faves!

From left to right:

• Maybelline Colourstay Stripped Nude in the shade Honey Beige (here)
• Maybelline Colourstay Stripped Nude in the shade Tantalising Taupe (here)
• Bourjois Rouge Edition in the shade Rouge Jet Set 13 (here)
• Topshop Lips in the shade Wicked (here)
• Sainsbury's Boutique Lipstick in the shade In The Buff (I couldn't find it online)
• H&M Lipstick in the shade Down Town (here)
• M.A.C Cosmetics Lipstick in the shade Ramblin' Rose (here)
• L'Oreal Paris Colour Riche Collection Exclusive in the shade Eva's Pure Red (here)
• Rimmel Lasting Finish in the shade Heather Shimmer 66 (here)

For my day to day looks, I either use one of these lipsticks on its own or I mix it up a bit and put a couple on at once to change the colour slightly! It all depends on how I'm feeling at the time.

I'm SO SORRY this has been such a long post, I can literally ramble on forever about makeup! I hope this wasn't too boring, and gives you a little insight into my daily routine :)

Thank you so much for reading it all (if you made it all the way to the end that is), and I hope you all had a wonderful day! 

Lots of love xx

Pancake Day (a day early)

So this morning I decided to attempt to make drop scones (fat baby pancakes) for breakfast, completely forgetting that it's in fact ACTUAL pancake day tomorrow. After making the mix and mum cooking them - she thought I may set the house on fire - this was the result. I managed to eat 3 out of 5 which I thought wasn't too bad, and the remaining two were raw in the middle anyway *excuses*. I covered them in double cream, maple syrup and blueberries which was a new one for me but something I'll DEFINITELY be trying out again, as it was absolutely delicious, 10/10 would recommend.

The diet starts again tomorrow! I hope you all have a lovely day xx

Hitting 20k on Instagram

20K! I don't know what to say, I never thought I would get 2k let alone 20k!

I'm so grateful for all the positive and kind comments that you all leave, I read through them every day and think how lucky I am to have all of you supporting me! It genuinely makes my day talking to all of you and getting to know you, you all have amazing lives and live in such amazing places, I'm jealous! You're all so beautiful and awesome and I just wanted to dedicate my first blog post to thanking all of you for 20k, and to the many posts to come!