Growing A Beard, Yet Being A Girl.

Hi, Hello, how are ya'??? 

So this week was mental. I've been chosen to be a model for one of the girls in my class which is so cool, I physically can't wait. Here is a tester photo we did with the makeup she wanted to do on me. It's amazing what a bit of makeup can do for your face. I look like a real girl which, for anyone who knows me, is shocking!!! 

I cannot wait to see how this will look with the clothes and everything done with professional photography and everything!!! Also, look at that septum piercing though! Sorry mum. 

Now going from the pretty side of makeup, it got really weird on Tuesday when my friend Lauren decided to turn me into a wise old Chinese guy with a beard and moustache. see photo below.

Never in my life have I ever laughed so much!! It was so sticky, I had little hairs stuck to my face for ages. The glue refused to dry which made the cotton pads stick to my face. I cried with laughter, I had tears streaming down my face. That could also be because I hadn't slept for a good few days. Nicole (the girl I'm being a model for on Monday) has threatened me that if I don't get a good amount of sleep she'll murder me.. She's quite scary but I love her anyway.

Hanna keeps falling asleep as always. This time round I didn't manage to get a photo of her as I was too busy getting a beard. I have loads of assessments coming up, very excited to see how they will turn out. 

I don't really have much to talk about at the moment, sorry.

I'll see you all next time.

Nadia xxx

Another Day, Another Post.

Hello, Hi, Hey.

I'm quite proud of how many blog posts I've written recently, ok, it's not that many but still really good for me. Things have been busy, crazy, borderline manic. Why? I hear you ask. Well...

I have several assessments coming up, that's not too bad as it's makeup related and then we just have to do a professional photo shoot to go with it and print out our photos for our portfolios. For one of my assessments I have to make a prosthetic piece and make it fit into a scenario, that was pretty easy to think of. Another one we have to do an advertisement. I've chosen to do one that shocks. (I'll tell you all about it when it's done and then I can show you all the pictures, I don't want anyone to steal my ideas haha) I'll be using my friend Kai because I feel like he'll play the role amazingly and he'll be really overly dramatic about it. 

I'm currently writing this blog post in my friend Jess's bed, I finally have nails, the only problem is, I'm not used to typing with them yet and I keep missing letters out. 

Today Jess and I decided to take a trip into town to clear our heads (mainly my head, otherwise I over think things.) we did all the shops. I got my septum piercing changed, I'm soooooo happy that it looks good, I also bought a 6mm plug for my ear for when my parents visit so they won't have to look through a hole in my ear lobe - they would probably have a heart attack if they saw that. Yes, I'm now at 6mm, I know that in my last post I was only on 4mm. It's going well and I think I'll stick to 6mm for a while before trying my luck at going bigger. The other ear still hasn't budged since my last post, so nothing to report back there. We got bored of walking around shops and saw a really cute American style Diner, we had the most amazing milkshakes ever!! I honestly thought I was in a milkshake induced coma. We basically had to roll home. 

At the moment uni is great, I'm really enjoying everything we're doing, although some of the classes we have are slightly less exciting as it's stuff that most of us have already learnt which then makes us fall asleep. 

See exhibit A. Hannah fast asleep.

We had to buy KY Jelly for one of our special effects classes (don't ask) and instead of doing the normal thing and going on my own to buy the stuff I decided it would be an amazing idea to ask Kai to come with me. Now Kai doesn't do things by half, he will make anything hilarious. We walked into Boots and walked around trying to find the damned stuff. Could we find it?? NO! So we did what any sane person would do, we asked. The woman looked at both of us and then took us to the aisle we needed. As we went to pay Kai thought it would be a great idea to say some things he would do with said jelly with me (he's gay). You should have seen the woman's face at the till. I thought she would explode from embarrassment. I was trying so hard to keep myself from laughing out loud. I then wanted to buy some cards and stuff for birthdays- Kai's included- so I told him to wait outside while I chose his card and things. I was grabbing some wrapping paper when all I could hear really close to my ear was "PEANUT MUMANUMS, sorry I got bored" which made me A) Rip the paper B) Jump out of my skin and C) Want to smack him in the face. He thought it was hilarious. It wasn't. Then I was trying to pay for the things I'd bought without Kai seeing them, I was counting my money and all I could hear was "Boing, Boing, Boing" as Kai bounced his Super Natural poster off my head. By this point it was like shopping with a small child. We went back to boots afterwards so I could buy some Christmas presents, Kai decided he would sit on the floor while I looked around for the things I needed, he looked at me and asked me to come back and get him once I had finished. I did. We went to pay and I asked him if he could put the things in the card factory bag without looking in it. He got arsey with me and shouted "F@#! Off, you do it if I'm not allowed to look" and walked off in a huff. The girl behind the till looked shocked at how he had spoken I just told her it was like looking after a small child and from a far all I could hear was "I heard that!!!!!!" Despite it all I love him lots because he does know how to cheer me up.

Anyway, enough on that story, although I could go on and on about the silly things he's done. We keep telling him he needs to write a book.

So yeah, at this point in life Jess and I are listening to a bit of Busted so get ourselves pumped up for May when we can see them again. I'm going to finish writing this up now as I have honestly ran out of things to say and I keep singing the lyrics.
Thanks all for reading and I'll see you sometime in the near future,
Nadia xxx

The Manchester Life.

Hello, hi, how are ya'? It's been a while!!! I didn't realise how long it had been until I re-read my last post. It's been over a month. Shock horror. NOT!!

I can't believe I've lived here for almost 2 months, where is the time going? More to the point, where is my life going? Ok, let's not get dramatic here. Breathe in, and out. IN. OUT!!!! Ugh, not working. The only answer left is alcohol.

 Soooooooo.... Yeaaaaah.

Uni's been good. We've been learning how to make our own prosthetic pieces which was super interesting. I also fell asleep in one of my classes (thanks for the picture Hannah!!!) See exhibit A.

As you can see my face is fully smushed against the comfy seat in which my fancy leather trousers are sat upon, the position I held is as surprising to me as it is to you viewing it for the first time. I have no idea how that could have been comfortable but let me tell you, by God was it good. I caught up on at least 3 minutes of sleep. In my defence we were being told things I already knew, so I wasn't really missing much. It's become a running joke with the girls in my class, if they see me sleep, they laugh, take a picture and then kick me awake. Thanks girls! It's actually quite reassuring knowing someone will always be there to make sure I wake up. 

We have photography on Monday afternoons and its been ridiculously fun. Basically our tutor (Karl Pillington, not Pilkington, as he likes to remind us) gives us a camera and some lights and lets us piss around for 3 and a half hours. Which if you ask me, isn't a bad way to spend your afternoons. Below you will find one of said photos of us pissing around.

I like to think we have become one large dysfunctional family, we're always laughing and joking around. In that photo we used a sheet of purple plastic to change the colour of the background. I find it quite fascinating how it all works to be perfectly honest. There are many, many more cringy photos I could add in but I feel you may all lose the will to live if I showed you ALL of them. (There's about 170, I'm doing you a favour, trust me.)

Halloween is just round the corner (only 4 days to go) and I am beyond excited. I've got my new sfx kit thanks to the uni and I am ready to get creative!! I have loads of my friends asking me to do their makeup for the flat party we're having. I've got a werewolf, the mask, a burnt prisoner and a joker Mario thing. My own makeup will be epic, obviously. I plan on being a modern day Vampire (see True Blood) and have massive scratches coming down one side of my mouth, where I'll black out my tooth and make it look like one of my fangs has been ripped out. I had to get creative as I could only get one fang in, thanks mum for not giving me braces as a kid, I'm paying the price now, I'm going to have to be a dodgy Vampire. CHEERS!!! One of my friends is going as an old age Vampire and he bought this fabulous coat with a beautiful pattern on it. I then bought a corset online thinking nothing of it, when it arrived, turns out it's the exact same pattern as the coat. We go quite well together and I'm very excited to see how we are going to look standing next to each other.

It's currently 3.43 am and it's raining outside (obviously, this is Manchester), sleep has alluded me, hence the reason why the verbal diarrhoea has started. I realised just now, while writing this, that I use ( ) a lot. Like a ridiculous amount. I don't think there's anything wrong with doing that but I feel as though I should tone it down a bit. Let me know will ya'?

I dyed my hair again. Yes, I know, I dye it a lot. This time it's ginger on top and ombre ginger on the ends. The picture doesn't portray the ombreness that is my hair at this point.

I also got my septum pierced. Sorry mum. I think it looks bloody fantastic. My mother however will disagree and tell you I look like a bull. Each to their own I guess. And I think in my last post I had stretched my ears to 4mm, one is now 5mm and growing. I tried to stretch the other one but it was having none of it. I let it heal up and now I'm starting it from scratch, just to make sure there's no damage done. It's at a measly 2mm.

Other then that everything has stayed the same. My tan has gone and I now look pale as fuuuuuu- again. Oh well, one is not destined to be bronzed. 

I really am running out of things to tell you. I think I'll start writing little and often rather than leaving you all with a novel to read every month or so. It's rather unfair on you beautiful bunch to expect you to take a chunk out of your day to read about my life. (which if you ask me isn't that great anyway)

I adore you all so very much and I'm so glad you read my drivel that I post. Much love and all that jazz.

Nadia xxx 

The Check List Of Life.

Hi there and welcome to 'My life', that's basically how I feel like talking these days. Like one of those TV hosts like on the Price is Right or something. I know it's been just over a month (I think) since I've written anything of great interest. That's because I've had a lot going on. Let me go through it with you...

The last time I wrote a post was when I was in France. I was stretching my ears for the first time. Since then, I've stretched my ears 2 sizes up and I'm now having trouble stretching them again. I can get my taper through, but not my plug. If anyone knows why that is, feel free to tell me. Then I went back to Manchester to stay with my sister and her boyfriend for another 2 weeks, before moving into my halls. I've been here for 2 weeks already, yet it feels like I've known everyone for years and years. I live with 3 guys and to be quite honest, it's really good. It's a lot less stressful then living with girls. Everyone is so nice here and I'm having a really good time. I've had my induction day at uni and it went amazingly. I've been given my timetable and classes and I actually cannot wait to start (which is this Monday coming, so scary!!) I've bought my new kit which is full of delights. I was like a small child opening Christmas presents, jumping on the spot and everything!!!! I can't wait to play around with my new stuff. I've also had a visit back to Nottingham, where I met up with Catherine, my best friend. We had so much fun, we made home made pizza, crepes and hamburgers. It was like we were channelling our inner Jamie Oliver. We basically just chilled together and watched TV and vegetated. It was a beautiful moment. And I now miss her very much. Hopefully next time I see her it will be Halloween and we will dress up and scare the crap out of everyone!!!! 

Now, more on my new home. The first night I forced myself to join in with the party a girl was having in her flat, 2 floors up. At first I was reluctant because I didn't really drink that much. But once I got going it was a lot of fun. I've only had 2 days off from drinking since being here so I've had a total of 12 days drinking and being merry. It's ridiculous how quick time flies. We usually stick to flat parties but recently we decided to venture out into the heart of Manchester, we went into a gay club. That was a new experience. Never have I laughed and enjoyed myself as much as I did that night. It's probably a memory that's going to stick with me for a long, long time. I feel like I could live here for the remainder of my 3 years at university, and to be honest, I think I might. I've decided tonight is one of my nights off, I have to be up tomorrow in order to go to my beloved sisters house where I will receive a mini roast dinner. I'm drooling just thinking about it. Oh and she's going to do my washing for me. I literally have the best sister ever. (I hope she's reading this) 

I've been getting better at playing video games as well. One of my flatmates has an Xbox, and we've been playing constantly for about a week. I feel strongly enough to say I could beat a few people in Guitar Hero.... Should I be proud of that? Meh, I am!!! 

Currently laying in bed, contemplating my life choices and whether or not it's acceptable to eat something after having cleaned my teeth. I think we all know the answer to that one.

For the past few days I've been fat and eaten KFC for lunch and a fry up for breakfast. That, I am not proud of at all.

I feel that for now, that is all I have to say. (I hope that made sense) I hope you all had a great summer and that you're not too upset about having to resume school/college/uni.

Thanks all for reading, I'll see you next time.

Nadia xxx 

Stretching My Ears

Hiya, so I said I was going to keep you updated on my stretching process and I am. In this post I'll be telling you what I did, how I did and anything else you might want to know if you wanted to stretch your ears too. Side Note: I am not an expert in any of this, I did a little bit of research and I feel like I know what I'm talking about to a certain extent, but in no way am I qualified to tell you if something is wrong, etc... I hope you understand. So, let's get started.

To start off with I did research into stretching to make sure I felt comfortable. I researched the best size to start with and how to go about this process. I read that the best size to start with when going from a normal ear piercing is 1.6mm which is a 14 gauge. Now that's not very big at all, but I didn't want to strain my ears and have them bleed or split from over stretching them to start with. I went to my favourite piercing website blue banana. I have most of my piercings done there so I knew I could trust the site. I bought a steel PVD stretcher in 1.6mm and from Amazon I purchased my steel flesh tunnel in 1.6mm aswell. In addition I also bought a tub of Vaseline and disinfectant. Those two things are crucial if you want to do it safely.

Steel PVD stretcher

Stainless steel flesh tunnel

Front view of flesh tunnel

First I took my original earrings out and disinfected the holes. I thoroughly washed my hands and the stretcher and then disinfected the jewellery. Then I put plenty of Vaseline on both the ear hole and the stretcher to ensure that I wouldn't rip the existing hole. Now you have to go slowly when pushing the stretcher through your ear, if you go to quickly you could rip and make your ear bleed. If your ear does bleed or it hurts remove the stretcher straight away and leave it alone. All you should feel is a slight tingly sensation, but it should not hurt at all. In the photo below you can see that the stretcher is right to the end, I left it here for about 10 minutes so my ear could get used to the new size. (My ear was covered in Vaseline so it looks pretty gross) 

 

After the 10 minutes were up I then put Vaseline on the jewellery that I chose so as to aid it into the newly made hole and make it easier.

(The camera decided not to focus on my ear, sorry about that) The back of my jewellery unscrewed making it easier to get in. Once I've had stretched ears for a while I'll move onto a double flared gauge. But for now that would be too much for my newly stretched ears.

I plan on leaving these ones in for a month and then progressing to 2mm, I bought a new stretcher and jewellery in both black steel and plain steel. As you can see from the photo there is a small hole in the jewellery, you can actually see the light shining through it. I assume the bigger the jewellery the bigger the hole will be in it. (Let's play a game, every time you read the word 'jewellery' take a shot) I found a really good website to buy my jewellery from click here to visit it. It's called Ear Stretcher. It's really cheap but amazing quality. The steel stretchers I bought this time round actually came from them but were found on Amazon and not the shop it's self. I'm really pleased with how it looks and I can't wait to go a little bit bigger.

If you plan on doing this yourself as well, please be careful, disinfect well to ensure it's done safely and also make sure you don't push your ears too far. I have heard a lot of horror stories of people going too big too quickly and bad things happen. 

Anyway I hope this helped and if it didn't I hope you enjoyed reading any way.

I'll post again when I swap to 2mm. And also when I dye my hair.

Lots of posts to come!!!

Thanks so much for reading, I love you all.

Nadia xxx

I'm A Lobster.

Hello hello.

I've been writing a lot recently but I've realised that this blog was supposed to be about Fashion and Beauty, and it's turning out to be more about what's going on in my life and me ranting on about crap that's happened.. Is that a bad thing? I can't be sure. I'm sure you lovely lot would let me know if this gets a little too much and if it should go back to how it used to be.

Anyway, assuming you've read the title of this post, I am a lobster. Not a full blown red lobster with claws and beady eyes, no. But I am sunburnt to the point of becoming one. I've been in France for 3 days. 3 days in and I'm already burnt. THANKS A LOT DAD!! Why am I saying that? Well, I take after him, he burns ridiculously fast also. My mum on the other hand goes a delightful brown like a biscuit in the oven. I hate her for it. I'm either deathly white and look like I haven't slept in a good few years or I'm pink and itchy which eventually goes brown but only lasts for a few months. I think I'm just destined to be pale. So far my days have consisted of sunbathing, reading, sleeping and eating. That's it. What a life!!! I'm not complaining, it's bloody great. I've been able to catch up on some reading which was nice, it's a past time I've really missed being back in England (I never had space for books). I've been eating amazing meals, they always taste so much better when someone else cooks them for you. So that's the French life I'm living for the time being. Then I go back to the UK and the stress begins.

Changing the subject quickly, does any one else do this:

I often plan ahead in my brain box, not like some people who just like to know what's going on, no, I mean I really plan ahead. Like me and my best friend are planning a night out eventually and me, being the crazy person I am have planned it to within an inch of it's life. Like I've planned where we will go, what I will wear, who I'll see, what I'll say to those people I see, what time we leave said place and move onto another place. I've planned every single detail that could (should) happen. But it usually doesn't go how I want it to and then I get disappointed. It's really stupid and I know I should stop doing it, but I can't. I've tried but my brain just wants to process everything that could happen, all the scenarios that could occur. Maybe it's an illness. Maybe I'm mental. Oh God, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!! (Name the film that's from, win a high five) If things could go how I planned them too, that'd be great. But it won't, I know it won't. Maybe a few things will pan out how I expected it too but it's very unlikely that the whole thing should piece together the way it has in my head. I hope some of you do this too so I feel less weird.

Right it's time for me to sleep, this was a short one. Sorry.

Thanks so much for reading. I love you all so very much. Hope to see you again next time.

Nadia xxx

Things Are Looking Up

Hello you beautiful lot.

I've been so busy recently that I've forgotten to write, although I don't think it was actually that long ago. Do you know what..? It might have been a while ago, I actually can't remember. To be perfectly honest I can't remember what I did a few days ago...

Anyway, onto this post. Today I thought I'd write about my exploits in Manchester. Let's start from the beginning, that's usually a good place to start. I'd had a final night out with my favourite people, getting merry on many cocktails, I'd had another tattoo done that day too (I'll talk about that in another post) things where going great. The next day, feeling a bit sick from the previous night, I woke to finish packing everything up, I finally took all of my posters down (which, if you've read my last post, was very sad for me) and all of my kitchen things were packed up ready. My sister and her boyfriend came to get me and my many boxes ready for my new life. As soon as they walked through the door I could see the horror on his face and him thinking "Bloody hell, is all this going to fit in my car???" The answer to that was yes. Eventually. It was like an adult version of Tetris. At this point they had barricaded me into the middle seat. They had literally built a wall of my things around me, I felt very unsafe. (See image below to see how squished I really was). It was funny for the first 20 minutes into the 2 hour car journey, after that my legs started feel numb.

This image does not depict how cramped I really was.

So, after 2 hours of being stuck in a hot car, surrounded by everything I owned, we arrived in Manchester. Once we got to their house it was time to unload. Never in my life have I been so greatful to walk around and stretch my legs. I could have ran a marathon, ok, slight exaggeration there, but you get the gist. Yeah so we unpacked everything and I made myself at home in the spare room (where I am currently writing this post)
I've been here for 3 weeks and lots has happened. I have finally found somewhere to live -Insert Applause and Cheering here- it's private halls and looks super fancy. I'm looking forward to meeting the 3 other people I'll be living with for the next year. It's all very exciting!! I've also made the decision to stretch my ears, not drastically but to 2mm just for a change to go with my newly acquired tattoos and soon to be freshly dyed hair, you'll have to wait and see what colour it's going to be. I feel as though I'm slowly killing my parents with shock as every time they see me something new is added or changed. Since I've returned to the UK (1 year) I have found myself with 2 new piercings, 2 new tattoos and 2 soon to be stretched piercings. I feel dreadfully sorry for them having to put up with my changes. I'm sure I'll make it up to them one day by being painfully boring and normal.

Today, as I write this, it is my dogs 10th birthday. Which is crazy to think that I was just 10 years old when we picked up this scared little puppy out of the back of a horse box. I hope there's many more years to come and I cannot wait to smush his furry little face. 

Being in Manchester is strange. I'll walk in the town center and realise that I won't bump into anyone I know, it's a scary thought. But me and one of my closest friends are planning on me coming back to Nottingham to stay with her for a few days and so we can resume our crazy nights out, which I'm so looking forward too. The great thing about this friend is that we can not talk for ages and then all of sudden have so much to tell each other and it's like we've never been away. To me that's what true friendship is, we've even decided to get matching tattoos eventually. We already have a few matching piercings. She's like a sister to me and it's actually funny because we are basically the same person, and every time we go out someone asks us if we are sisters!! I miss her face so much!! 

I've just realised that there are a lot of pictures in this post. Which is new as I haven't really done a post with pictures in for a long time. I'm not sure if I prefer with or without images. You'll have to let me know.

Anyway, back to the story. I'm going on as if everything has been great, unfortunately it has not. Some things have disappointed me and made me super upset, people have said things that shouldn't have been said. I'm being very cryptic, I'm sorry, I wanted to let you guys know that it's not always hunky dory with me but I won't do into detail. There's no point. My friends and family have helped me through it which is all I really needed.

I have 2 days left before I leave for France for a few weeks. I WILL GET BROWN!!!! That's what I keep screaming at myself. I currently look dead, which is not a good look when you're actually alive. I may have been shopping and I may have bought too many summer clothes.. Maybe... I'm just looking forward to real food and getting fat and brown and basically turning into a pig on a spit roast hahaha... Oh the imagery. Anyway, I think that's enough babbling for one post. I'll keep you updated on my stretching process and I'll probably post about my tattoos soon along with my new hair colour once it's done!! 

Thank you so much for reading, it really does mean a lot to know that so many of you read my posts. And it's strange to think that these posts that you read come from my brain box. Hummm. Anyway, yes. Thank you, thank you.

I love you all so very much.

I hope you'll all be back next time.

Nadia xxx