Hi everyone!!

If you follow my Instagram account (link is available on the site's main page) you may have already seen this photo and the following but here, you will see them much closer up.

The dress that I am wearing here in the photo is from River Island and it is so comfy to wear. I really love wearing Bardot style tops and dresses, it gives me a sense of fun and a little sexiness too. The length goes just below my knees so not too long and not too short. I'm not the most confident in wearing short clothes although it is something I have been working on. As you can just see, the sleeves go to a little above my elbows. It's ribbed jersey fabric and has a shirred waist.
This dress can be coordinated with the black floral embroidered cover up cardigan; also from River Island. I actually took this off soon as I arrived at the party venue as the place didn't have air conditioning. It ties at the front and has long fluted sleeves. The tassel hem along the bottom is really cute but adds a little fun. Like the dress, this is shirred woven fabric.

I wore my silver flat sandals which I purchased from Shoezone last year sometime, I think. They are comfortable and easy to put on/take off as they have Velcro straps. I used to always want to wear heeled footwear but since I got my new wheelchair, it is more of a strain on my knees as they don't get the same support like I do when I wear flats.

Now onto something a little more exciting; my makeup look. Admittingly; it took me quite a few hours from start to finishing my makeup applying and I was watching the England game at the same time. In the above photo, you can see how my eye looked. I enjoyed creating this look and I used both the Models Own 'Full Moon' Eyeshadow Palette and the 'Wild Rose' Makeup Collection Palette by Style Essentials. I decided on this look to coordinate with my embroidery on my cardigan but it accidently went in perfect timing for Pride Week and I'm more than happy to support this. I felt pleased with how easy I found softly blending these bright colours in such a small area! It is time consuming though, ha ha!
Also, I am wearing false lashes (Eylure - 'Volume No101'). This particular eye in the photo took me around three seconds to get the lashes on yet my other eye, it took me nearly three quarters of an hour to put on! As many of you know, I'm unable to use my left hand (other than the thumb) so it was rather tricky trying to hold the lash on the little applicator whilst putting the glue on but I got there in the end. Although my right eye wasn't perfect, I'm still proud of myself for not giving up and them looking decent. I'm wearing the Bad Gal Bang Mascara by Benefit Cosmetics as I love the volume and lengthening it gives to my lashes which aren't the best. What Revolution mascara do you recommend? Starting back at the skin, I'm wearing the Fast Base Foundation Stick by Revolution Makeup with a little bit of Glow On Natural Radiance Foundation to add a bit of colour. I also used the Define and Conceal Concealer, the Creme Highlight and Contour Kit, Ultra Blush Palette - Sugar and Spice, Soph Highlighter Palette and the 'Cake' lipstick by the Soph range... all by Revolution Makeup. On top of the Soph lipstick, I added a little of the Metallic Matte Nude Liquid Lipstick just to give it a little pinkish tone to my lips. As always, I used my True Colour Glimmerstick in Black by Avon. This glides on so easily and it doesn't drag along my skin as it's much softer than a pencil. Another great thing about these Glimmersticks is that you don't have to sharpen which again for me is a little tricky.

Even though this isn't the best photo, there's something about it that I quite like. However, back to the main focus in the photo which is the earrings. Despite how much they're pulling on my ears, they don't feel as heavy as they look. They match with my dress perfectly and I love how they sparkle. I bought them in George at Asda.
Summarising my full look; I felt really happy and confident in how I looked. I was a little sad at wiping all the makeup off, taking off the earrings and dressing into my pjs but I was ready for resting up in bed! I had such a lovely night and it went too fast. I'm not sure if the party was a surprise but there was a surprise in store because my cousin and her hubby appeared as they live away. It was so nice to see them as I don't see them much :-) What was nice about the night was that some of my family were chatting; asking how I'm doing as my health hasn't been so good since the beginning of December and it definitely shows how much they all care about me, which I'm truly thankful for because I care about them all too.
Anyway, this is enough for this post and I hope to be writing again soon for you all to see. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and venturing over onto this website. Keep smiling <3 xxx