Summer Journal #4 Cleaning Up and Beauty Blogger Tag

Hi guys so today it's Monday and I'm home alone!
I decided to have a productive day today, so I started by cleaning my room since it looked like a pig sty. I'm actually not done yet so I'm just using this precious time as a little break so that I can do a bit of blogging. You're probably getting bored of these Summer Journals because I'm not really doing anything excititng, but please hang n there as I promise it will get a bit more exciting! But, since I didn't wnt to bre you that much today, I though I would do the Beauty Blogger Tag!
So let's get to it!
Is your hair naturally curly or straight?
My hair is an afro, so yeah it's VERY curly. It's just thick and wiry and frizzy, and it's a lot of hard work! Everyone's like "Oh my God, I wish I had an afro" and I just give them the look and say "Do you really?" which makes them realise how much high maintenance a fro really is! But I do love it because it makes me who I am!

Do you dye it yourself or do you go to a salon?
My hair's natural colour is dark brown, but it get's light brown highlights in the summer. I don't dye it but I've gone through many phases when I've wanted to dye it. I've wanted my hair black, blonde, caramel, pink. Literally every colour you can think of! Lucky I didn't act on it though, I'd have looked awful!

Do you wear the same hairstyle every day or do you change it up?
Well usually I wear variations of the same style, because at my school we have to wear our hair up all the time. I generally wear my hair in buns, ponytails or plaits at school but at home I wear it either down in curls or down and blown out or straightened.

Do you do your own mani/ pedi or do you got to the salon?
I am obsessed with painting my nails and I do it whenever I can, Last year I use to get them done all the time, but now that I've picked up the tricks of the trade I can do it myself for a fraction of the price.

How often do you change your polish?
At my school we aren't allowed any nail polish whatsoever, but I sort of bend those rules and wear a nude polish every day. I haven't had bare nails since Christmas! But in the holidays I tend to paint my nails between 3 and 4 times a week, depending on the durability of the polish. I can't have chipped nails!

Do you polish your toes in the Winter?
Of course! Even tough people argue that no one sees my toes, I see them! I have my toes painted all year round, usually darker shades in the Autumn and Winter, pastel shades in Spring and bright eyecatching colours in Summer.

How long does it take for you to put on make up in the morning?
Well I don't actually wear much make up since I'm a strong believer in natural beauty. I use make up to enhance my feature and nothing more. On a typical school day, all I do is apply a tinted moisturiser or BB cream, put on some powder to give a matte finish and curl my eyelashes. All in all, that simple morning routine takes around 15 minutes, so not long at all!

What do you do first, face or eyes?
Face!

Do you collect make up?
Not intentionally, but I do tend to buy lots of items that I don't really need! Oh well, at least I get more Boots Advantage Card points!

How often do you wear falsies?
I have never ever worn false lashes, but I'd love to try them out one day.

Do you wear a full face of make up every day?
No,  I rarely go all out to be honest!

Do you wear make up when you are home alone?
No way! My home alone OOTD is unwashed hair, tracksuit bottoms, pyjama top and bedsocks!

Will you leave the house without make up?
I will leave the house without make up but not without eyeybrows.

How many high end products do you have?
Very little I can tell you that! I have a few Clinique palettes and Benefit They're Real mascara, but that is my previous little!

Do you plan your OOTD they day before?
On a weekend, no I don't, but for a special occasion or non uniform day I do.

How often do you change your bag?
Ha! Once a week! Only kidding! But no, I do love bags and I love to change them, so I do that whenever I feel the need. Maybe once a month or so.

What time do you go to bed and wake up?
Well I usually go up to bed between half nine and ten on a weekday, but never end up sleeping until about half ten, eleven. Sadly, I wake up at six because I take a very long time to get ready in a morning.

How often do you work out?
At least twice a week, but I do a few extra fitness classes as well.

Left or right handed?
Right handed

How tall are you?
I am five foot four and a half.

Do you speak any foreign languages?
Well my dad is from a French speaking country, so I speak a little French, I also speak Slovenian because my Mum's from their. I do Latin so I can understand a bit of that, and I take Spanish as one of ny GCSEs.

Any pets?
No, sadly not.

How often are you on Blogger?
I read new blogs daily, and I frequently upload to this one, especially since I'm doing the Summer Journals which take place every day throughout the summer holidays.

Do you read comments?
Yes I read and reply to every single comment that is posted on my blog, and I love to comment on other people's blogs as well!

Do you keep a wishlist?
I don't keep an actual wishlist, but I do have a poster wall ( which is almost done by the way) that has pictures of everything I find pretty and that I want.

How did you come up with your blog name?
Well I've not had this blog for long, but I basically wrote down everything my blog was going to be about so fashion, beauty, food, craft and lifestyle and then sat for two hours! Originally it was going to be called Little Miss Lifestyle, but that was already taken, so Little Miss Life was born!

What's your favourite colour;
Orange!

Do you swear?
I try hard not to!

What are you doing with the rest of you day?
Clearing up the rest of my room!

See you guys tomorrow!

Lots of Love
Eva

Summer Journal #3 Lie In, Home made lunch and DIY Necklace Stand

Its Sunday today and on Sundays I relax. 

I had a nice long lie in until around 10 and then started my day! I stayed in again today and did a bit more work on my collage wall ( it's looking pretty good now actually) which is still only about four feet long but it's definitely making steady progress. Judging by my rate of labour, I'd probably say that my room will finally be ready to film some time next week. Yay!

All I really did so far today was do some laundry to make my closet look presentable and eat lunch. I'm not going to bother showing you any pictures if beautifully folded crisply ironed shirts, but I will show you my delicious lunch which I made by myself thank you very much. 

Cheese toasties though... Wow, just wow. The melted cheese, the crispy bread. Seriously the best lunch you could ever imagine eating. 

My cheese toastie was made from nutritious organic seed loaf, with some mild cheddar. I just whacked it in the toastie machine thing and five minutes later I have a sandwich to die for. 

It makes me cry just thinking about it. 

So currently I am sitting outside soakin up a little more sun but it's only 3 o'clock so the day is young, and who knows what else I might get up to. I have just finished a homemade frozen yoghurt Popsicle which was very yummy by the way. 

I made this by just pouring some Greek yoghurt into the mould then adding a couple of rolos. I did this yesterday, so I put it in the freezer and today I have some lovely ice cream! 

I also took a nice tumblr photo a few minutes ago of me sat outside. 

My jeans are from Primark and my shoes are from Geox. In the above picture my nails are Astor. 

That is all I've gotten upto so far today, but I have a couple more things I want to do, so I will definitely update. See you in a bit! 

Later

So it's much later in now (about half eight) and I'm about to go and watch the World Cup final which I've recorded. I'm rooting for Argentina to win so fingers crossed!

Last time you saw me I was outside in my garden at lunch time, and not much has happened since then. I did paint my nails in my new Blueberry Pie colour and will be posting a review on that either later in today or some time tomorrow. Just to give you a sneak peek, this is what it looks like. 

It's quite pretty right?

So after I did my nails, I did a bit more on my wallpaper. It is currently 2m long and my wall is 2.5m tall so not long left! It is definitely taking a long time to make this, but hopefully it will be worth it in the end!

After I couldn't take any more collating, I decided to do another DIY mini project  and made a nice necklace stand. I don't actually own one of these, and you guys know that when I don't own something, I make it. So all I did was take a cling film roll tube, covered it in my left over pretty adhesive paper and bashed a few nails in it. Ta da! DIY Nail Polish Tree. 

What do you think? Will you be trying this  out at home? 

Hope you enjoyed this post! See you tomorrow!

Lots of Love

Eva x

Summer Journal #2 Chilling, Poster Walls and Mini Magnums

Hello beauties!

Day 2 of my Summer Journal today and I'm sorry to disappoint but I didn't do anything fun like get Bubble Tea or get shopping today. Even though the sun is still shinning here in England I stayed in the house like a loner with no friends. Pity me. 

I did have good reason though, because I have a mini project that I am trying to achieve. I'm making a collage wall for my bedroom. 

Sort of like this one I found on Google Images. 

It's only going to be small and it took me a really long time to decide which wall to do it on. My room is weird because there a total of eight walls to choose from due of all the nooks and crannies, and it's an attic bedroom so the walls slope which makes it even harder. Luckily for me thigh, I have chosen a small wall next to the door, which I will have as a sort of centre piece/ focal point in my bedroom. 

So, I've been collecting magazines for weeks now and cut out all my little pictures this morning. I have chosen to put on things that inspire me and things that I like, so I've got some yummy food, Celebrities, fashion, nail polish and random stuff like that. There are two flaw to my grand plan though: number one is my mum. 

She says that since we've just had the house decorated ( painted a very boring Dulux Bright Brilliant White) I can't stick the pictures straight onto the walls. Which is quite understandable, but still it is a pretty big setback. So yesterday I bought a huge roll of cartridge paper from Poundland (I know right!) and have decided to stick the pictures to that, and then pin the paper to the wall. Hopefully it will work just as effectively, if it doesn't I shall cry. 

Number two of my complaints about the project is the fact that I had no idea you needed so many pictures. Like, I'm going to have to buy the July edition of every magazine in WHSmith. Literally. I have used up about 8-10 magazines and this is where I'm at so far:

Yes, I've got a lot more work to do. 

Despite my complaints, I am still having loads of fun doing this, and will definitely show you it when I've finished!

Since I spend a good 4/5 hours doing my wallpaper, I don't really have much time to do anything else but I did eat Mini Magnums with my younger sister. 

How delicious. Vanilla icecream with chocolate cubes and strawberry compote covered with a thick coat of dark chocolate.  Mmmn I want another! The good things about Magnum Minis is that they are big enough to enjoy, but small enough to fit the whole thing in your mouth with one lick. Heaven. 

The other thing that I did that is worth mentioning is that I made little frozen yogurt pops. We had some Kit Kat Pop Chocs yoghurts in the fridge and they are going out of date tomorrow, so I came up with the ingenious plan to freeze them in ice lolly form! I don't have a picture of them now since they are currently in the freezer, but if they are successful, I will show you them tomorrow. 

Hope you enjoyed this short little post. I've just realised that the only thing I'll be doing this summer is eating ice cream in my bedroom. Oops! See you tomorrow. 

Lots of Love

Eva 

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Summer Journal #1 Shopping in the Sunshine and Bubble Tea

Yay!

Last day of school today! No more teachers, lessons or uniform for another eight weeks! I have been waiting for this since September and I'm not going to miss school one bit! Ok so that's a lie, I will miss some lessons and a few of the nice teachers and even the comfort of knowing what to wear every morning. However, I was very sad to say goodbye to my friends ( I don't know why though gas I'm seeing them next week!) and my form tutor. 

It was especially emotional as next year we have no classes together as a form not even PE or PSHE, which is really sad since our form has done a lot of bonding over these past few years. We will be spending less time with each other next year, so today was special when we took form selfies and had fun as a form. 

After 3 and a half hours of assemblies, house quizzes and an extended form period, it was time to say goodbye and hit the town! My friendship group decide to walk into town, (which took absolutely ages, I don't know what were thinking), and do a little bit of shopping. I don't get loads if stuff as my room decorating is taking quite a big chunk out of my money, but I did pick up a few little things. 

First of all we went for a drink. Usually we just head to Starbucks and I get my usual Tall Iced Cafe Latte ( the best) and that's it. However today we thought we'd switch things up a little bit and go to a little cafe called Bubble Tea. Now I'm not sure if Bubble Tea is just in my town, but it's so good they should have one everywhere. 

Basically, Bubble Tea is a green tea drink which you can get in any flavour, with lots of little popping 'bobas'. These are little round balls that are filled with juice and pop when you bite into them. 

I got the lychee green tea with lychee popping bobas. You can mix and match you flavours and you can also get milk tea or black tea. They cost £3.50, which is a reasonable price for a medium sized drink with tons of bobas. Seriously, if you have a Bubble Tea near where you live, stop reading this and go and get some!

Magyar Bubble Tea we went round the shops a bit, tried on some clothes and chilled in the sun. 

I bought a some nice blue nail polish ( I honestly think I'm addicted) from Poundland I know, can you believe it? Only £1!

I was originally just going to get some nail files, but I ended up buying tons of sweets, some wallpaper (I know right) and some nail polish. But no nail file! 

I was just really attracted to this colour because it was just so bright and summery. What made me want it even more is the fact that it is called Blueberry Pie and it is scented! How amazing! I've not tried it yet because I had a manicure yesterday, but as soon as it chips I will do a full review on budget nail polishes and see if it matches up to its high end rivals!

In H&M I didn't end up buying any clothes. I just got two things from the novelty section. 

I got this fabulous iPhone case for literally like 50p and got a matching one for my friend which has the other half on it! How cute are we! Seriously though, who can resist matching phone cases?

Next I got these matching nail files for only £1. They had a really cute pattern and I just thought, hey, why not? They were on sale and were 2/3 off which is a pretty sweet deal!

Finally is went to Primark and bought some shoes. You see, these were supposed to be a quick fix just for today since I got massive blisters in my DKNY trainers and just needed some cheap flip flops or something to ease me of my pain and misery. However, they had some really pretty stuff there, so I got these really nice sandals, which I will definitely wear more than once.  

I love them. They are really comfy and are a nice nude colour. I love the diamanté and gold detailing on the strap and they were only £4! Absolute bargain!

So that was my day!

If you like these types of posts, please let me know by commenting below! See you tomorrow!

Lots of Love

Eva

Summer Daily Journal Update

Hello!

It's coming towards the end of term for us here at school in the UK, I for one break up from school tomorrow at half past twelve! It's been a long term, I've had exams and whatnot, so it will be nice to finally let my hair down and chill! Hopefully I will be doing all sorts of exciting and fun things this summer, like going out with friends, shopping, parties and of course lots of make up, crafts and cooking. I think that it would be good if I used this opportunity to do as much blogging as possible, so I have come up with the idea of doing a sort of diary/ journal thing, but on this blog. 

I can tell you guys what I have been up to that day and share anything exciting or new that has been going on in my life. I think this will be a great reason to add more content to my blog, and hopefully it will interest you all slightly. Do tell me what you think about this in the comments below, because I love to hear from you!

Another thing that I've wanted to say is that I am almost done decorating my bedroom! Yay! After many weeks of hard work I am almost ready to film a full room and closet tour, which I will post on YouTube for you to look at! There are a few more finishing touches to add, and hopefully it should be done by sometime next week or the week after! Fingers crossed!

So, that's the update on my blog so far! I hope you can stick with me this summer, I appreciate it so much! Keep on reading!

Lots of Love

Eva

Le Grand Départ OOTD

Hey guys!

How are you all? I'm very well, and I'm about to show you a blog post that I'm pretty excited about!

You've probably heard of the Tour De France right. You know, the world's biggest cycle race that goes around France and ends up in Paris? Well, if you live in England you will have definitely have heard of it. And if you live in Yorkshire like I do, you will know all about it.

Yes, the Tour De France is coming to Yorkshire. In fact, it's already here and is doing it's Leeds to Harrogate leg today, followed by York to Sheffield, then Cambridge to London. And although I've probably ridden a bike about 3 times in my life (I'm not really the sporty type) I'm actually pretty excited.

The whole of Yorkshire is in Carnival Mode, the sun is shining, the music is playing, so what better thing to do than blog about it! Today I went to a small music festival near where I live to celebrate the Grand Départ, and I will be seeing the actual cycling tomorrow. However, today was mainly festival day, and I had loads of fun getting henna done and eating cupcakes. The festival is still on and finishes late tonight when the campers will arrive, but I've headed home and can actually still hear the music ringing in my ears.

So, I thought that I'd do a few Outfit of the Day shots before I went out, so here is my outfit.

Ok, so for my outfit I wore my famous denim dungarees You can find the link to my customised denim dungarees tutorial here http://littlemisslife9.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/customised-dungarees.html 

I'm also wearing a plain white v neck crop top, with a ruffled hem, that I got from Topshop.

My leather bag is from a charity shop.

On my feet, I'm just wearing these simple white studded sandals from Odeon. The nail polish on my toes is Rimmel London French Manicure Pro in French Ivory, but I used two coats to get a more opaque finish. 

I always tend to wear a lot of jewellery to festivals, I don't know why!

The first green bracelet was a gift from Alicante, so I don't know what shop it's from!

The second reggae coloured bracelet is from Evolution from the Made in Bali collection.

The third leather band is from an independent shop called Minx (I think) in Sheffield.

The fourth bracelet is from a Christmas Market.

The bow ring on my pinkie is from River Island. I bought it in the sales and it cost me fifty pence!

The first ring on my middle finger is from H.Samuel and the second is from Topshop. 

The black onyx on my forefinger was bought in a vintage shop.

On my nails I am wearing number 12 by Gabrini, which is a nice fluorescent ink, which makes a bold statement with my otherwise neutral outfit. 

So , I hope you found that informative and hopefully it made you get into the festival spirit! Tell me in the comments if you are going to any festivals this summer, or if you are watching the Tour de France!

Bye for now, 

Lot's of Love

Eva

x

Summer Q&A

Hi guys
Today I thought that I would compile all the questions I've been asked over the past few weeks, maybe even months, that I've started this blog, to help you get to know ne a bit better! There are about ten of my favourites, so keys get into it!
What is your name?
Ok so obviously I'm not going to tell you my full name on the internet,  but my first name is Eva.
How old are you?
I am 14 years and ten months old.
Any brothers or sisters?
I have brothers and sisters! I come from a gigantic family, so shoutout to anyone who also comes from one! In total, there are seven of us, 3 boys and 4 girls including as set of twins. I am the oldest, and the ave ranges from 14 to 1 and a half. Many people ask me how I can cope living in such a big family, but to be honest, I actually love it. There is always someone to talk to, and even when you do want to be alone, we are lucky.enough to have a house big enough to give us our own spaces. But yeah,  being in a big family rocks!
Do you have any pets?
No, sadly I don't have any pets. I'd love a little dog though.
What's your favourite song?
Oh no! I hate favourite questions! I have many favourite songs, so go and listen to them. Ride Wit Me by Nelly, Feel The Love Rudimental, any Bob Marley song, I also like UB40 and Lana Del Rey. Oh and for some top 40 ones, I love 5SOS and Waves by Mr Probs.
What's your favourite book?
Again, I have 3 absolutely favourite series: Harry Potter, Hunger Games and Divergent. Just read them,enough said before I go into major fangirl mode.
Favourite colour?
Orange!
Celebrity crush?
Damn, I have so many. Liam Hemsworth is my future husband but then again so is his brother Chris, but I like Leonardo Di Caprio, Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum,.Orlando Bloom, Pharell and I fancy the pants off of Theo James!
Favourite beauty product?
Mine is quite a controversial,non cosmetic item. It's Sudocrem. I use it as a spot cream and it works like magic. For me,  a clear complexion is more important than mascara and whatnot, so I probably couldn't live without ny Sudocrem.
Reason for blogging?
I started this blog as an outlet for my creativity and my passions. I didn't really think anyone would read it, so whenever I add a new post and see the stats I get blown away by the support I recieve. It seems so unreal that I have only owned LML for less than 2 months, but I've already made so many friends! I know it sounds cheesy, but I truly do think about every person who reads this blog, and I am very grateful for your support and patience. These past few weeks have been so surreal and I am loving every second of it. Blogging is the best and super fun, and I would encourage you all to get going, because you won't regret it!
Ok, so those are all the questions, comment below if you have any more questions or email me. My address in on the Contact Me Page!
Lots of Love
Eva