#FridayFitness

Hey beauts! 

I have been dying to write this post all week. 

After what seems like forever at staying the same weight, I am pleased to say that the number on the scales is finally going down. 

On Monday I started drinking a different brand of shakes. I generally have 2 a day, a meal in the evening and some light snacks throughout the day. Evenings are the hardest and I tend to find myself more hungry and craving bad stuff in the later hours. But, luckily I am getting better at the whole will power thing. 

Exercise wise I have been on my stationary bike for an hour a day, with a rest day yesterday. I have cycled a total of 31 miles so far this week and I plan on getting another ten done today once I've finished with all of my housey duties. 

So, on to the important bit. I haven't had time to measure as of yet, I'm going to get Liam to help me this evening as it gets a little fiddly.

This weeks stats...

Weight - 229.8 lbs -4.6lbs

Upper arms (r) -  cm  (l)- cm

Thighs (r) -  cm  (l)-cm

Bust - cm

Waist -cm

Hips - cm

I shall update the rest as soon as I have the figures. Generally I don't feel like I have lost much in way of cm but I so happy with the nearly 5lbs off! 

How are you all getting on?

Don't forget to join #fridayfitness on facebook, tumblr and use the hashtag on twitter. 

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Dainty Doll - Copacabana Eye Shadow bblogger | beauty | blogger | blue | bright | copacabana | cosmetics | dainty | doll | eyeshadow | face | makeup | nicola | review | roberts | wff | whenflowersfall

Hey beauties!

When it comes to eyeshadow, this shade isn't something I would usually go for. It became part of my collection thanks to it being part of a little pack of Dainty Doll items I picked up in TK Maxx a few months ago. It also contained a blush and lipstick, but with the packet being well sealed, it was difficult to figure out what the colours were before purchasing.

On first impression, I wasn't all too pleased with the shadow. Upon swatching it's seemed very chalky, but the pigmentation was pretty great. I had mixed feelings and it ended up just sitting in my stash barely used. Until Monday.

I felt like doing something a little different and reached for the brightest colour I own. You can see the look I created with it here. 

The shadow is very soft and easily blendable. It also surprised me with very little fallout. As you can see in Monday's post, the colour is vibrant, just as it is in pan. It's so strong that it will not budge entirely unless you use a proper eye make-up remover. I discovered this after a 12 mile bike ride, and the blue was the only thing left on my face. 

As with all Dainty Doll products, I like the sleek and simple packaging. It seems pretty hard wearing, but I can't help but feel that the lid was made to include a mirror. Does anyone feel that way?

As far as I'm aware, Dainty Doll is pretty tricky to get your hands on, so keep your eyes peeled in your local TK Maxx, or even on fragrancedirect.com. They had a few bits last time I had a gander. 

I think I paid around the £8 mark for the three items, so if you can grab yourself a bargain, I definitely recommend it. 

All in all, I like the overall performance of this shadow, I just wish I could come up with some other ways to wear it. Maybe the summer will bring out some crazy blue trends. 

Do you have an Dainty Doll recommendations?

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Monday Make-up bblogger | benefit | blogger | copacabana | dainty doll | day | Dr Jart | face | fall | flowers | fotd | makeup | monday | monday make-up | NYX | of | the | wff | when | whenflowersfall

Hey beauties!

Yes, I finally have my mojo back. Since the move I've really struggled to find a new routine, but I am determined to make this work. 

I'm focussing this week on blog posts and videos, so if you have any requests or suggestions for either, please feel free to leave a comment below. 

Make-up wise, I've really started to enjoying playing around with different styles and colours again. Even though I'm not doing much today, and probably not even leaving the house, I really wanted a use a pop of colour and this bright blue is just perfect! No doubt it will be dripping off of my face within the next couple of hours, it seems we are actually having some sort of Summer?! But if I'm honest, I'd trade a face of make-up for some hot, sunny days anyday.

Today I'm wearing...

Dr. Jart BB Beauty Balm

Benefit Fake-up - Light

Benefit Browzings - Medium

Benefit Speed Brow

NYX Jumbo Eyeshow Pencil - Gold

BM Beauty Eyeshadow - Dusty Road

Dainty Doll Eyeshadow - Copacabana

No7 Extravagent Volume Macara

NYX Bronzer - Cafe

NYX Blush - Natural

NYX Round Lipstick - Vitamin

I hope you're all having a goof Monday so far. Enjoy the sun whilst it lasts!!

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You Know The Sitch By Now

Hey beauties, 

so we all know by now that yesterday was the last day of Google Reader, that's the way you read your followed blogs through blogger, not Google friend connect. So, if you're like me, then you may have already made the switch over to bloglovin'.

I've had a bloglovin' account since the beginning of WhenFlowersFall, but I have to admit that I never really used it a whole lot. Until now. 

If, like me, are now using it religiously, then you can make sure you don't miss anything by following me here.

Feel free to leave a comment below with your link. I shall be spending the next week finding some new blogs to read. 

Keep your eyes peeled for lots of new posts coming up!

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Jerome Russell BBlonde Hair Lightening Kit* bblogger | bblonde | blonde | bright | care | colour | hair | hair dye | hair lightening kit | jerome russell | light to medium brown | review | video | whenflowersfall | youtube

Hey beauties,

You may have seen in yesterday's hair care post that I mentioned that I had spent an evening going blonder. 

That was thanks to the lovely Dannielle over at Jerome Russell. I had been thinking of going full on blonde and getting rid of my highlights for a little while, and when she emailed me asking if I would like to try out one of their products, of course I said yes! 

For the past four months or so, I have been using the Jerome Russell BBlonde highlighting kit. It's the best kit I've come across in my many years of hair dying, so I figured I'd give the hair lightening kit a go to try and lift the darker patches in my hair. 

After telling Danielle about the length and thickness of my hair, she sent me three boxes of the lightener for use on light/medium brown hair. My natural colour (regrowth) is a very dark mousey blonde, and the other patches in my hair were a brown shade, so I thought this would be the perfect kit.

I set to applying the product to my hair and ended up using a good two and a half boxes worth of product. I probably could have gotten away with two, but I wanted to make sure I hadn't missed any patches. 

The kit says to leave on from anywhere between 20-60 minutes. I gave it only 10 minutes after I had finished applying and massaging the product through my hair and then rinsed. The shampoo included in the kit works well to help remove all of the bleach from the hair. I then followed up with a hair mask as I knew my hair would need the extra moisture. After years of hair dying, I like to take extra care not to create any excess damage. 

If you would like to see the results and my over all thoughts on this product, I recommend you watch the application and review video below. If you don't have time to watch it right now, then all I shall say is wow. This product is just as amazing as I thought it would be. 

Just like the highlighting kit, this is a product I will most definitely be using again in the future.

I have since followed up with the blonde shade of my dreams and I honestly don't think I would have managed it without this kit first. If you are looking to dye your hair a pastel or maybe even a crazy colour, this would certainly be a great kit to use before hand. 

The kit is available for light/medium brown hair & medium/dark brown hair.

It sells for £5.99 in boots and you can find it online here, along with the highlighting kit I keep on mentioning. 

If you give this kit a go, please let me know what you think of it. I think it's the perfect product to try if you can't afford a pricey trip to the hairdressers. Just always make sure to read and follow the instructions carefully. 

Hope you guys are well!

Sam

xoxo

PassionForFashion2 bblogger | best british bloggers | blogger | challenge | competition | fashion | fblogger | money supermarket | passionforfashion2 | whenflowersfall

Hey beauts, 

I'm finally back from all of the birthday trips, and I thought I would get back into the swing of things with the perfect outfit challenge. I entered the last Passion For Fashion competition, and when I knew there was a new one, I knew I had to enter this too.

If you would like to find out more about this Money Supermarket challenge and find out how you can enter yourself, head over to the Passion For Fashion page here.

CASUAL

Can we just stop for a second and enjoy the beauty that is this dress. The moment I saw it, I knew I had to include it. 

After all of this cold and snow, I'm totally ready for some warm, bright days, and I'm so ready to whip out some dresses and ridiculous amounts of accessories.

This casual outfit pretty much sums up the majority of my current obsessions. I'm loving blue, prints, platforms and fringing.

BEACH/HOLIDAY

For the beach/holiday section of this challenge, I wanted to go for something a little different. 

I first found the bikini set which grabbed my attention straight away. I then decided to focus the entire outfit around what would look good worn over and with said bikini set.

I absolutely adore the retro feel of this outfit. It isn't something I would usually go for, but now I totally want to wear it!

PARTY

For my party look, I knew instantly I had to start with Zara, another current obsession of mine. 

I love the simple black focus of this outfit and the embellished items just give it something fancy. 

This is an outfit I would want to wear every moment of every day. Aren't the shoes to die for?!

I'd love to know if you've entered too. Leave a comment below, and I'll check out your entry!

Hope you're all well. 

Samantha

xoxo

Recent Videos bblogger | beauty | blogger | fashion | fblogger | get ready with me | haul | make up storage | office tour | primark | recent videos | shopping | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

Hey, beauties!

I hope you're all having a great weekend. I've done a lot of blog prep for the next few weeks, so you can expect some pretty regular posting coming up. 

Today though, I've pretty much spent the majority of my day cleaning the house. I'm literally just sitting down for a break now.

I figured I would share with you the videos I have posted recently, just in case you have missed any of them. 

Enjoy!

This months Lily advertiser is Sarah of www.bowsandblushx.blogspot.co.uk

My River Island Winter Wishlist bblogger | fashion | fblogger | lace | river island | tartan | top picks | velvet | winter | wishlist

Navy Cardigan // Plaid Shirt // Wallet // Tartan Shoes // Quilted Bag // Printed Sweater // Rose Gold Watch    Winter Coat // Dip Hem Top // Velvet Dress // Crochet Maxi // Dogtooth Print Jeggings // 2 in 1 Dress    Cream Knit // PU Panelled Trousers

It's a big'un!

Somehow I managed to end on the River Island website this morning and I ended up falling in love with so many pieces.

After London Fashion Week, I am yet again craving to revamp my wardrobe. I kind of feel like I need to start dressing my age, and maybe a little less like a fashion confused teenager. 

The clothes I have in my wardrobe are pretty much things I would have worn five or six years ago, and I think I need to finally move away from that.

My ultimate goal is to have a wardrobe a little more sophisticated, but still edgy. I love the addition of different textures and materials. 

I had to add the rose gold watch, because I am still way behind on that one, and I still haven't managed to get my grubby mitts on one. 

What do you guys think of the pieces from River Island at the minute. I for one love them. 

How I keep my bloggity organised! bblogger | diary | fblogger | leedsbloggermeetup2012 | notebook | organisation | personal planner | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

Within the bag of goodies we received at the #leedsbloggermeetup2012 was what I thought was a discount code for a personal planner from www.personal-planner.co.uk.

What it really was, was a gift code for a free one within the value of £25-£33! 

Of course I jumped at it and went to the website straight away. 

To begin you get to decide from a planner or a notebook. I chose a notebook because I tend to scribble down a lot of junk! You then choose your size and gets a designing. 

Now, due to my utter excitement, I didn't realise that you can actually upload you own images to use. I, on the other hand, used one of their pre-set designs. Which, to be fair, I like just as much. 

Once you have designed your front, you then move onto the inside. There is a page to add any personal details, so of course I added my blog/youtube info. Then, moving on, you can choose everything from the kind of paper, to the colour the paper is. 

With your planner you receive a little plastic wallet and a ruler also. 

It's been a couple of weeks and I received my planner first thing this morning. I am incredibly impressed with how well the planner/notebook is put together. It's really sturdy and you get a whole ton of pages. 

I'm so excited to finally have somewhere I can organise all my bloggy bits. 

I chose the large notebook and it's still a nice size and will fit in my bag for when I travel. 

The ruler makes a handy page marker and the plastic sleeve will come in good use to keep PR info I still need to read through/use. 

This notebook will last me a super long time, but when I do fill this one up, I will be sure to order again from Personal Planner. 

If you are in need of a planner yourself, I would most certainly recommend you check these guys out! 

You can create you own here.

My Week In Photos #024 bblogger | bbloggers | blogger | car | cats | del monte | denim | diy | fblogger | fbloggers | ferrets | fruit juice | instagram | juicing | my week | purple hair | tie dye | to do's | week in photos | whenflowersfall

Hello my lovelies!

I've finally managed to get online!! If you follow me on Twitter then you will already know that BT doesn't connect our phone line until Wednesday, and it seems the the BTFON/Openzone around here is absolutely shocking! At first we managed to connect and log in perfectly, but the past few days have been hell and we have barely been able to get anything done! 

Instagram this week has been full of photos of my purple hair, freshly juiced fruit juice and a little sneak peek of a DIY coming soon. Well, I say soon, but if I'm completely honest it will be up as soon as I have some pennies to finish it. So far, it's half way there and looking fab. I just can't wait to share it with you all. I've enjoyed doing it so much that I now want to start a web store creating one off pieces to sell to you guys? Good idea? Or are there plenty of wonderful people who do that already? 

If I were to do it, I don't think it would be sorted until the new year, hopefully by then money won't be as tight and I can splurge on plenty of DIY-ing goodies.

Like I said before, if I'm not about too much until Wednesday then you know why. This weekend has certainly made me realise how much Liam and I rely of the interwebs for both work and hobbies. 

Hope you all had a cracking weekend! 

Rimmel Kate Lipstick - Shade 04 bblogger | gothic | kate | kate lipstick | kate moss | lipstick | purple | review | rimmel | shade 4 | superdrug | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

A few weeks ago I had a hankering for a dark lipstick. Nothing in my collection was doing the job, so I made a little trip to Superdrug. I didn't quite know what I wanted, all I knew was that I wanted a dark, gothic type shade. 

After some time my eyes got drawn to this most amazing deep aubergine/eggplant purple. The fact that it was Kate for Rimmel made me want it even more. This is the first Kate lipstick I have bought and I was really excited to finally try one out.

This lipstick retails for £5.49, not a bad price, but I do feel like you don't get a whole lot of product. 

Being such a dark shade it does take some concentration to apply, but if applied straight from the bullet it is super opaque so you don't have to faff about apply a dozen layers for a strong lip. I feel if you wanted more of a sheer colour you could always apply it with a lip brush.

The wear of this lipstick is good but not great. I'd say you can get maybe 3 or so hours out of it before having to re-apply it. Also, if you aren't careful, you could end up with that scary lip liner look where the lipstick wears off in the middle of your lips before anywhere else.

Formulation wise, the lipstick is super smooth, it has a slight sheen and doesn't dry your lips out at all.

Despite the couple of niggly points I've mentioned above, I absolutely love this lipstick. I feel I can see past the longevity issue and I would most definitely buy a few more shades. The newest shades have been catching my eye ton this week and I've been so tempted to splurge.

Have any of you guys tried any of the new shades? Let me know what they are like down below. 

Happy Birthday Glossybox!!! anniversary | balloon | bblogger | beauty box | birthday | birthday box | glossybox | glossybox may | may | mirror | review | video | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall | youtube

Just a super quick post to congratulate Glossybox on their first year and here's to another year of great boxes and brilliant products! 

I received my 1st anniversary box yesterday afternoon and I was super excited when I opened the box to see a Glossybox balloon and compact mirror!

If you would like to see what I got in my box in detail, watch the video below.