How to achieve | salt spray

Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted in a while...School has literally been KILLING ME. Buuut, I have a really cool idea to share with you so I hope you like it! :D

Okay...

I don't know about anyone else but, I totally love my hair after a day at the beach. It's had the sun light making it lighter all day and the saltiness from the sea in it. I just love it! But when I get home it's all gone and I'm just left with a big mess :(
I've been introduced to a new product which can give my hair a really cute beach look, and I'm SO glad I've found it! :D This is known as salt spray, it's easy to make and use and makes a big difference to your hair! Stay with me and I'll teach you how to make it, here it goes...

What you will need:
A bottle with a spray lid
Sea salt (preferably)
Water
Conditioner (of any kind)
Hair spray

1. Find your bottle and fill up 3 quarters of it with water.
2. Then add some conditioner so it fills up the rest of the bottle.
3. Add a little salt, just a pinch will do.
4. Give the solution a squirt with your hair spray.
5. Screw on the lid, shake it up and spray that little bottle of magic on your hair.

There you go, 5 simple steps on a little D.I.Y for your hair. Hope you like it! <3

How to achieve | perfect turquoise nails

Painting your nails can be such a struggle, you never know what colour to choose, what will match with your skin tone? Then once you've found a perfect colour and start painting... you muck it up. You go over the edges and it's one big disaster! Trust me, I've been there. And  I know it can be frustrating, but I've come up with the perfect nails that are quick, simple and easy!

Follow this routine and you can get super pretty nails that will make everyone jealous ;)

Step 1. Paint your nails in a clear base coat, this will make the nail polish easier to remove when you want to take it off and try something new.

Step 2. Once the base coat has properly dried, carefully paint over the top with your turquoise nail polish. Take your time with this, make sure this layer isn't too thick other wise it will never dry. I recommend you use a 'stay perfect' polish for this as I think they work the best.

Step 3. Quickly after each nail is painted, take a small amount of nail glitter and sprinkle it onto the wet polish. Remember "less is more" so don't go overboard when doing this as a smaller amount looks so much better.

Step 4. Leave the glitter to stick to the drying polish. Once it has dried your nails may feel a little crusty, to make them feel smooth again put another coating of clear over the top. This will make your nails smoother and shinier.

And there you are, perfect turquoise nails which doesn't take any time at all! Turquoise may not match with everything, but it's good to clash and mix and match. Don't you agree? ;) 

The Liebster Award

The liebster award is to help out the bloggers who have less than 200 followers, like me, I only have 2 followers! Yes I know, it's pretty pathetic... but I did manage to get nominated for the award by my little pebble Claudia, who you all know better as 'Claudirella'! She's proper swanky, you should check her out! http://claudirella.blogspot.co.uk/

Okay, so here it goes...


My questions from Claudirella:

1. Why did you want to blog? I wanted a blog so I could show other people my style, give tips and look at other blogs.
2, Describe your personality? Well, I'm kind of quiet in till you get to know me, then I'm loud. I'm a bit of a drama queen too. I've been told I'm also quite unique too. 
3. Describe your blog? I'm only just starting out, but I would like my blog to be: inspiring to others, fun, original and quirky.
4. What is your biggest dream? My biggest dream is to live. Basically, I don't want to be stuck in the same place all my life, I want to travel a little, try new things, meet new people!
5. What is your style? My style is kind of mixed I think, I love to look very country, sometimes girly. But then I like to look different  to other people, very out there and gothic!
6. Favourite music artist/band? Basically, I LOVE: mumford&sons, noah and the whale, kings of  leon, the struts, scouting for girls... Also I <3 1D.
7. If you could swap lives with someone for a day who would it be? Louis Tomlinson
8. Your favourite movie star? Adam Sandler, Zac Efron, Hugh Jackman, ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
9. What is your life motto or favourite quote? Favourite quote- where you invest your love you invest your life.
10. What is your favourite season? SUMMER, I CANT LIVE WITHOUT IT


The 10 people I nominate are:

Eden Simpson
Our London Wardrobe
Evie Stoneman
Tamara Ali
Laura Seed
Maisie Davis
Soph
Georgina
Soph In Our Stars
Misslexx


My 10 questions to you are:

1. Why did you decide to create a blog?
2. 5 words to describe your blog?
3. 5 words to describe you?
4. Favourite musician?
5. Favourite song?
6. What is your style when it comes to fashion?
7. What other styles do you like?
8. Favourite make up product?
9. Favourite make up brand?
10. What inspires you most?

Have fun answering :)

How to achieve | gothic messy hair

Some people might not agree with this, but I adore Goths and their sense of style; but what I like most about them is their dramatic hair styles. I often leave the house with quite eye catching hair, every other week I’m dying my hair a different elaborate colour from pastel blue to dark purple I’m just in love with the whole idea. And the hair style I choose just tops it off, call me a Goth? That’s a compliment to me.

Just in case you don’t quite understand what I’ve typed there will be pictures of me exampling each instruction to help, enjoy!

Also before I begin I’d just like to inform you guys that this certain hair style works best if you haven’t washed your hair on the same day J

Step 1.  Spray the roots of your hair thoroughly with some dry shampoo. Any type will do and if you don’t keep dry shampoo at home you could always use a little baby powder. Yes that might sound odd but, believe me, it works.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Step 2.  Rub it into the roots, for this you can use either your fingers or a spiky brush. It’s entirely up to you, personally I would use a brush for this.

Step 3.  Start to tease/back comb your hair. Start at the roots and slowly work your way down to the bottom of your ears. Leave the long ends of your hair! Your hair should start to pick up volume on top. By the way, don’t be shy when back combing your hair. It’s meant to look big!

Step 4.  You now need to hold the back combed hair in place; to do this you could use anything. For example: hair wax, hair spray, styling gel. Personally I would use hair spray as I think it works the best.

Step 5.  Now you’ve sorted out the tops of your hair, it’s time to sort out the ends. Gently brush the ends of your hair so they are smooth to the touch, I prefer to do this with a comb but you can use what you like. Also I like to use grape seed oil on my ends, this product makes your hair softer and repairs split ends too! 

Step 6.  Now for the final touch... Straighten the ends of your hair! This, of course, is optional but i always like to do it as a finishing touch. Then ta-dah you’re pretty much done. You could always add some accessories if you would like too, like a girly bow for example. Simple but effective!

So, there are 6 easy steps on how to do a cute gothic hair style! If you enjoyed, leave a comment? If you feel like giving it a go you could send me a picture of the finished results? You can find my social network details on the tab ‘contact’!

Hope you enjoyed <3

 

It's all about me | tag

Vital Statistics

Me: Lily

Nicknames: Lils, Tesco, Billie, dude

Birthday: 4th April

Place Of Birth: Chelmsford, Essex

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Male or Female: Female

Occupation: Student

Residence: Britain

Screen Name: Swiftly Lily

 Apperanace

Hair Colour: Blonde

Hair Length: Very long

Eye Colour: green

Best feature: hair I guess

Height: 5ft 4

Braces: nope, never will

Glasses: for school work lols

Piercings?: one on each ear lobe

Tattoo's: nooo

Righty or Lefty: righty

Your First's

First Best Friend: Laura

First Awards: Spanish spelling bee

First Sport You Joined: high jump

First Real Vacation: Malta in 2001

First Concert: scouting for girls, wooo

First Love: errr

Favourites

Favourite Movie: twilight

Favourite TV Show: chart show tv

Favourite Colours: pastel purple, turquois

Song: I Will Wait- Mumford&Sons

Candy: strawberry millions

Restaurant: prezzo

Store: topshop

School: ---------

Book: I don't read

Magazine: I don't read them

Shoes: dr martins, vans, pumas

Currently

Feeling: tired
Single or Taken: single wow

Eating: custard creams
Typing: this obviously
Online: obviously
Listening to: Noah and the whale

Thinking About: lifeeeeeeeeeeee
Wanting:  a pet flamingo called milhouse

Watching: my dog have a spasm
Wearing: adidas shirt&leggings
Future

Want children? sort of

Want to be married? I guess so

Careers in mind? photographer or cook

Where do you want to live? country side anywhere away from here
Have you ever

Kissed a stranger? sort of
Had alcohol? ye ahh

Smoked? ew no
Ran away from home? nope
Broken a bone? yes

Got an x-ray? yes
Broken someones heart? don't really know

Broken up with someone? yeahh

Cried when someone died? yes

Cried at school? once

Do you believe in

God: yes
Miracles: yes
Love at first sight: yes
Ghosts: sort of
Aliens: yes
Soul mates: yes
Heaven: no
Hell: yes
Kissing on the first date: go for it ;)
Yourself: of course

Well now you know some more about me and my life, if you have any questions you can leave them in the comments.

Love You guys x

New blogger

Good afternoon to whoever is reading this, as you've probably guessed I'm a brand new blogger so this is all very new to me :D

Okay, soo... I'm hoping this blog to be a little bit of everything, so stuff like: beauty, advice, fashion tips, friendship... the usual girly type;) so bare with me and lets see how it turns out.

Also, I'd just like to say thank you to my amazing friend Charlotte (charlottehavs) who has helped me out creating this blog. You should really check her out, she's a star <3

I hope you enjoy this as much as I will, I love you all x