Outfit Of The Night ~ Ripped Jeans and T-Shirts

Where has Beth been all this time?
Absolutely no where.

Yes, I am still alive.(Just about)

I'm back with another OOTN for you lovely lot today, so enjoy :)

Generally, I will always wear clothes for comfort rather than style and nine times out of ten I will be wearing a pair of skinny jeans with an over sized T-Shirt...that's just how I roll..

On this particular occasion, I had some of my friends round at mine for a small informal 'gathering', nothing too fancy but not the type of thing where it is okay to wear your comfies! (Jogging bottoms/PJ's)

My little tip for those people like me who want to look like they've put in more effort than they have is to concentrate on your hair and make-up and then just wear whatever you feel comfortable in. I do it all of the time, no jokes here.

I always find myself doing the same kind of make-up look and this night was no different, I used darker eye shadows on the outer corners of my eyes, I'm not really sure how to describe what I do...but this is the end result!

I also wore my Barry M Black Cherry Lipstick which I mentioned in a previous post, I don't have a very wide range of lipsticks because I don't ever really wear them, but I always find myself reaching for this one for some reason.

As you've probably gathered by now, I have extremely curly hair and so my hair looks something like this on a daily basis. But this day I had been wearing french plaits all day so when I took it out the curls were looser than the usual ringlets I have, I then twisted and pinned back some pieces of hair back either side of my head and voila.

Thanks you so much to everyone who reads these posts, as ever any comments/suggestions are welcomed :)

Love Beth x

My Hair ~ A Curse Or A Blessing

Hi. My name's Beth and I have insane hair.

Another cheeky mid-week post, coming your way...NOW :)

Anyone who knows me in person, or who has met me before undoubtedly will know me for my hair I have more times than I care to remember been referred to as 'the one with curly hair'

But, without a doubt the two questions I get asked ALL THE TIME are..

Do you like your hair? & Is it natural?

In answer to the first, yes. I do like my hair although on occasions it becomes RIDICULOUS to manage and looks like a birds nest.

In answer to the second, yes. 'Baby I was born this way'

Sometimes though, I do laugh when people ask if my hair is natural...like seriously think about it. Do you think I have the time to curl each individual piece every morning?
No. No I don't.

It was funny because I was at work the other day and one of the customers started randomly talking to me about my hair. I won't lie, my hair does get me a great deal of attention, but I was wearing french plaits so how she knew I had curly hair I will never know!

The point of mentioning this woman and kind of the whole point of the post is to make those of you who don't have curly hair aware that curly hair is in no way, shape or form the 'easy way out' or is 'easy to manage' its not!

The only thing that is a bonus about curly hair is that in the mornings I can shower, brush my hair and then leave it to dry and it will dry exactly how you see it in the pictures. I don't necessarily use any 'fancy' products just a detangling spray and some kind of hair oil, but that is only because generally my hair can get quite dry and knotty.

Now I also wanted to mention the fact that, its not easy having curly hair.(well it's okay now, but it wasn't) Not at all. When I was younger, I was bullied pretty badly for a large period of my life. It's so stupid because I was bullied because I had curly hair, back then I wasn't considered 'normal' by the other girls because I didn't have long hair like them. In fact I had the complete opposite, my hair was extremely short and curly, (I basically looked like a boy) I couldn't plait my hair, I couldn't tie it up in pretty ribbons or have different hairstyles because it was too short.

That's me on the left at the age of seven, the curly hair has been around from the start.

So things to take away from this post:

Number One - If you have curly hair, then be thankful. Don't hate it, but don't worry I do understand what its like.

Number Two - To anyone who enjoys taking the p*ss out of people with curly hair, don't. 

Number Three - Embrace your hair no matter what it's like 

Thanks for reading guys :) 

Love Beth x

I'm An Odd Sock Wearer ~ Lifestyle

Hey Odd Socks,

So, I am aware that the title of this post is slightly weird one. But I suppose it really does relect the whole idea and concept of this post.

One of the aims of my blog was to give some form of 'advice' to those who read it. (*Disclaimer*  I am in no way, shape or form an expert on this)

Now, I actually take the title of this post literally on a daily basis. Generally I wear odd socks more often than I wear matching ones...why? Well why not.

Why not? That is two little words and eight letters worth of genius. So now, you probably are thinking (If you haven't given up reading) 'This girl is a nutter, what is she on about?'

So, what is it like to be an odd socks wearer? Well for me this means I care less and less about what people think about me. I do what I want, instead of what is the 'normal' thing to do or pretending to be something I'm not.  

If someone is rude to me or judging me, I take the 'I don't give two sh*ts attitude' because they're probably just insecure themselves and I feel sorry for them rather than being offended. I won't take it to heart, I won't feel upset by it. I wont let it affect me. 

Another example is meeting new people, now my closest friends know what I'm like. But those who don't, well, lets just say they were always in for a treat when I felt comfortable around them!

Even with some of my closest friends, I felt like I couldn't be myself around them. I couldn't be me. If I did, sometimes they would give me a weird look and I know they were judging me.

Why should it be that way? The answer. It shouldn't.

So how has it changed? Well now, I am myself, I'm not what everyone else thinks I should be like. I don't pretend to be someone I'm not. 

I am a huge Disney freak, I LOVE IT SO MUCH, I have the album which has four CD's full of the songs from the films and I will quite happily sit and watch a Disney film in a regular basis. (See obsessed!) I will now quite happily sit in the common room at school playing the music out loud. I mean the other day in my driving lesson I was singing 'I wanna be like you' (from the Jungle Book) with my driving instructor, why? WELL WHY NOT?

I act exactly how I want to act, whether that's pulling pranks on my friends, listening to the music I like full blast in the kitchen of sixth form, wearing the clothes I want to wear and feel comfortable in, crying and laughing uncontrollably with my best friend even if the cute guy I fancy is watching. Even if that's wearing Odd Socks.

Hope you enjoyed reading this post, comment any suggestions for future posts. Or even comment your own thoughts on this topic, I will read and reply to all of them. 

Love Beth x

I Recommend ~ Old Tunes

EXCITING NEWS, well for me, maybe not for you. Thanks to this fancy little website called Bloglovin I now have had over 180 views on my Blog, so thank you all so so much if you have read this blog or one of my posts :)
It doesn't matter if that's the once or if you are a regular visitor, I am still extremely grateful! To many of you who may have hundreds of visitors a day to your blog, it may not seem a lot, but to me (some 17 year old general weirdo, who hated English at school and can barely speak properly let alone write a decent blog weekly) its AMAZING.

Alright then Beth, enough of that.

Today's Topic ~ A Little Blast To The Past

This is another 'I Recommend' with today's recommendation being music related once again, so I have always been a big fan of listening to all the 'old tunes' that I listened to in my early teenage years. I often did this on You Tube, but I could never really remember any of the decent songs that was until I found this bad boy.....

Now that my friends, in case you have no idea is an MP3 Player

So this was the first ever Ipod/Mp3 player which I got given for Christmas probably around five years ago, this thing is full of Steps, Busted, McFly, S Club 7, S Club Juniors, Britney Spears. (High Five to those who listened to these people)

Its brilliant, now whenever I go out I will always make sure I have this in my bag and will generally listen to the music on this rather than the 'recent music' on my phone.

Poor Little Baby has taken a slight battering over the years, but it still works perfectly

So I urge anyone reading this to do one thing, go and find your old music devices and listen to any old songs you loved when you were younger, whether that's CD's, Tapes, an Ipod, an MP3 player or even if they're saved on an old computer. Believe me, it made my day to hear all the music which I loved to listen to! I think my favourite being Rihanna's Album Good Girl Gone Bad, give it a listen.

Love Beth x