Dressing your body shape!

Knowing your body shape can help you to choose what clothes to buy and which parts of the body to show off and which parts you might wanna hide! There are quite a few body shapes and if you don't fit one exactly you will be close to fitting in to atleast one without a doubt.

Hourglass:

Short, fitted jackets that cinch at the waist and finish just below your hips will make your body look longer than it is, this will show off your legs and your narrow waist.

Pencil skirts look great on hourglass figures but choose your fabric wisely so it doesn't ride up as you walk - not a great look.

Straight-legged jeans that skim your thighs and are cropped at the ankle work well for this shape as do bootcut jeans, as they complement your curves. Large pockets on the bum and a dark colour will make your choice even more flattering and fabulous.

Fitted, scoop-necked tops over baggier, round-necked tees are great. They'll flatter and balance your shape better. You've got the curves to wear fitted jumpers and other knits and can add belts, brooches and bangles to draw attention to your curves.

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Lined Tailored Jacket - New look - £27.99
MOTO Black Martha Jeans (Straight leg) - Topshop - £40.00
Warm Nude Basic Scoop Neck Vest - Topshop basics - £6.00
Sheer Paisley Tunic - New Look - £22.99

Apple:

V-necks are PERFECT for apple shapes so no polo necks, round necks. Wearing a simple plain t with a waist coat will look perfect as the pannels created by the two items will break up your mid section also on the plus side the waist coat will nip you in.

Skirts for apple shapes should zip at the size and be flat fronted to avoid extra bulk. As you have slim hips and a small bottom this means you can go for a more fitted shape. Avoid skirts that narrow towards your knees like pencil skirts and go for a more flaring skirt to flatter your shape.

The best dress for an apple shape is a sleevless dress with a deep v-neck and a defined waist. A well cut dress that skims your middle and stops mid thigh will slim down your mid-drift because it will make your legs look slimmer. Avoid ruffles and busy patterns as they are unflattering for the apple shape figure. Wrap dresses are always a winner for an apple body shape as they fit nicely over a fuller bust.

Purple Stud V-Neck Dress by Rare** - Topshop - £42.00
Bootcut Jeans - New Look - £9.99
Rib Top Tiered Cami - New Look - £7.99
Multicoloured Floral Print Flippy Skirt - Topshop - £32.00



Athletic:

Short, fitted dresses are good as they will show of your slender shape and long legs. Dresses with simple spaghetti straps instantly add femininity.

Opt for empire line cut necks and not round or plunging as they will make your bust look smaller.

Leggins and skinny/straight leg jeans are great to show off your slim legs.

With cardigans look for ruffled or waterfall style cardigans to draw away the attention from your square frame.

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Floral ruffle sundress - New Look - £11.99
MOTO Floral patch vintage wash skinny jeans - Topshop -£45.00
Black High waisted leggings- River Island - £9.99
Khaki woven back cardigan - River Island - £21.99

Pear:

Show off your slim top half with strapless tops and dresses. A strapless maxi dress is a great but try and find one with a nipped-in waist and a flared skirt as that will flatter your shape more.

Make you wide hips look smaller with dark block colours on your bottom half. Dark bootcut jeans will elongate the legs.

Showcase your fantastic small waist with a thin belt across the smallest part.

Look for a skirt with front pleates, A line skirts will also work as they will make you look slimmer and skim over your hips.

Jackets will make your waist look great.  Make sure they stop at the top of your hips. Any shorter will make you look boxy; longer and they'll make hips look wider.

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Shimmer chck boobtube - new Look - £9.99
Slinky wide leg trousers - Debenhams - £70
Purple print maxi dress - River Island - £39.99
Beige Skater skirt - River Island - £29.99

Inverted Triangle:

Use waiste coats to help balance out broad shoulders.

Use block colour on tops and avoid patterns on the shoulders as they can make them look bulkier.

Wrap tops are perfect for the inverted triangle, and especially if you have fuller bust.
Tulip skirts and hareem pants will balance your bottom half out nicely.

Beige hareem trousers - River Island - £36.99
Cassidy Brocade skirt - Boohoo.com - £14.00
Lola draped wrap style cardigan - Boohoo.com - £15.00
Grey tie back stud blouse - Topshop - £45.00



BATISTE vs TRESEMME

Just a few pro's and con's for each dry shampoo.

Batiste Dry shampoo

Pro's

-Price: Batiste range from around the £1.52 mark ranging to £3.00 depending on the type of batiste you go for.

-Variety :  There are a lot of different ranges which is good as different people prefer different scents. There are different ranges of the dry shampoo e.g. a specific spray for blonde hair, brown, and red and there are also a range of shimmer sprays to add a bit of sparkle to your hair.

Con's

-Blending in to hair: This con is not so focused on the batiste that you can colour match to your hair it is more towards the original sprays as when you spray them they turn your hair white and it takes alot of time to blend the powdery substance into your hair, and when your in a rush this isn't completly convenient.

-Smell: This is more of a personal prefrence as I do not like the smells of the sprays as they smell artificial. This will obviously vary.

Batiste can be found in large drugstores and large supermarkets for reasonably cheap prices.

Tresemme Instant Refresh Dry shampoo

Pro's

-Smell: The smell of this dry shampoo is A LOT more pleasent in my opinion to the batiste which is always a plus.

-Clear spray: Tresemme has done me proud and made life easier when I'm in need of dry shampoo as when you spray this onto the hair it is clear so you can rub it in and go without any issues of having white hair!

Con's

-Price: This shampoo is £4.38 in drugstores and maybe slightly more in large supermarkets, to me, even tho I like this product a lot isn't worth the money when you can pick up Batiste for £1.50.

Tresemme can also be found in large drugstores and large supermarkets.

All in all Batiste is the way forward for me, cheap and does the job!

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Four things..

Four things found in my bag:

-Purse

-Keys

-Hairbrush

-Face & hand wipes

Four things found in my purse:

-Debit card

-Boots Advantage card

-Train card

-Penniiieesss

Four things found in my room:

-Bed

-T.v

-Laptop

-Desk

Four things I want to do:

-Go camping :$

-Learn to drive

-Loose more weight

-Pass college course!

 

 

 

 

Four things I'm currently in to:

-Animals -WAH

-Fashion

-Jessie j

-Blogging

Four things you didnt know about me:

-I moan

-I dye my hair tooo much
-I like food too much

-I have too many insecutrities

Four songs i cannot get out of my head:

-Jessie J - Price Tag

-Diddy dirty money - Coming home

-Shaytard original intro LOL:$

-YMA6 -Kiss and tell

Four shows you watch:

-Dancing on ice

-Eastenders

-Big fat gypsy wedding

-Ace of cakes

Four places you'd like to go:

-Florida

-Canada

-Thailand

-Rome

Four things you did yesterday:

-Shopping with boyfriend

-College work

-Stepper thing

-Ate tea

Four things your looking forward to:

-Summer

-Learning to drive

-Gettin Slimmeerrr

-Generally growing up :-)

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Red Brown John Frieda Foam Colour Hair Dye Review

 I didnt have high expectations  for this as it is quite a dark red and I usually opt for a brighter red but three days in and I'm very impressed. The whole idea of it being a foam dye didnt really appeal to me either but it is actually alot easier than any other hair dye I have used.

Some Pro's

Easy application and full coverage: This is the easiest dye I have used as it doesn't cause mess like normal hair dye (unless you apply to much) and you also get a good even coverage as it is less likley your missing bits of hair, unlike when you use normal hair dye.

Accessibility: I have seen this product in a couple of large supermarkets and drugstores which makes it an easy accessable product for all, And in drugstores they usualy have an introductry offer for new products.

Shade Range: John Freida have done well! They have a fairly large colour range compared to some of the other foam dyes on the market, although they could add a few more.

And Con's

Irritation: This will vary on each person but for me the once the dye was applied it was slightly itchy at first and was a bit uncomfertable, but nothing that wouldnt stop me from using it again.

Price: At the moment the price is £6.99 as it is new to the market, the normal price is £9.99 and I know it is only £3 more than the introductry offer, but I can find cheaper hair dyes that do the same thing.

All in all I enjoyed using the hair dye itself, no dripping, no mess, good colour pay off and even coverage. But it is slightly over priced for a home dye.