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Spectrum Glam Clam || ABH Dip Brow || Milani Rose Blushes
ColourPop Blushes || ColourPop Ulta Matte Lip Creams || LA Girl Pro Concealer

I've become a little obsessed with buying new make-up products to try recently. I've got what I see as quite a big collection already, but I'm on a mission to try new brands I've not really tried much from before.

ColourPop - Mondays In Malibu | Beauty beauty | beautycrowd | colourpop | mondays in malibu | review | swatches | uk | whenflowersfall

Now, it's not very often I win a competition, but I do like to enter them every now and then. So you can imagine my surprise when I won one of two ColourPop sets being given away by Beauty Crowd last week.

If you're in the UK, then you will know how hard it is to get hold of anything from ColourPop over here, and Beauty Crowd are trying their darned hardest to get them to let them stock them for Uk customers.

The set that I won was the 'Mondays in Malibu' eyeshadow collection, and it appeared on my door step yesterday morning. I have never been so excited and eager to take blog photos, all so I could put the products on my face.

The set consists of six of their super shock shadows, two pearlised finishes, one metallic, two satin luxe and one ultra metallic finish. They are beautiful.

The shadows are super duper soft, not powdery in the slightest, and almost feel like a cream. In the US, this set sells for $30, which I think is a bargain for the quality of these shadows.

GECKO is described as a soft opalescent green with a pink duo chrome. As you can see from the photo, it seems more pink than green; and I think that translates more than the green does.


SNAKEBITE is a warm gold with an ultra metallic finish. This is the most beautiful shade and would complement blue eyes perfectly.


SAND SWOON is a true pink shade and is described as a satin luxe finish. The pink has soft gold flecks throughout.


PRICKLY PEAR is my ultimate favourite in this collection. It is a metallic finish and is described as a warm toned plum with gold and pink throughout.


MIRAGE is a soft gold-green tone and is a pearlised finish. Upon swatching, I find the green is very subtle and is more of a gold.


HOT TAMALE is another satin luxe finish. It is a true mahogany brown, with copper sparkles throughout. This is a close runner for favourite again Prickly pear.



I swatched the shadows onto my arm, without any primer underneath. As I said above, they are all super soft and easily workable. I really hope that Beauty Crowd can get ColourPop on their side, and will be stocking the brand soon. The products are incredible and I would absolutely love to try their blushes and lippie stix. The US has gone bonkers for their new ultra matte lip creams recently, and I think they would be top of my purchase soon list, if they became readily available here in the UK.

Would you like to see ColourPop here in the UK? Let BeautyCrowd know on Twitter, and let's help persuade ColourPop to share their amazing beauty goodness with us.

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The WFF Love Your Body Project - Fitness Watches fitness | health | lifestyle | watches | wfflybp | whenflowersfall

So, now that our motivation for this healthy lifestyle has made a total comeback, I'm on the hunt for a fitness watch. The problem is, is that there are so many to choose from.

Obviously each watch comes with different features, some connecting to an app to track your data. I just don't know which to choose.

I'd like something that will track my calories burnt, throughout the day, but also during a workout; anything else would be a bonus. My sleep hasn't been great recently, so I'm thinking one that can track my sleep pattern would be great too.

I'm leaning towards the Fitbit Charge HR. Purely as you don't have to wear a chest strap to track your heart rate. My other choice is the Polar A3000, but unlike the fitbit, you have to wear the chest strap whilst exercising. I can see this becoming something I wold forget, or get bored of putting on.

The only other big difference I can see, is the price. I think I'd be willing to pay a little more, for better functionality.

Gone are the days of me lusting over a fancy Marc Jacobs watch. This is the new obsession.

So, which one would you pick? Is there another that I'm missing that may be a better fit?

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Summer Holiday Top Beauty Pick - Collab | Video beauty | picks | summer | top | video | whenflowersfall | youtube

Another month, another collab with the girls. This month we worked to the theme 'Summer holiday', as it's currently the big break for Schools and Colleges here in the UK. It's also usually when we have our best weather, but I think someone forgot to tell the weather man this year. 

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The WFF Love Your Body Project - August Goals health | healthy lifestyle | lifestyle | theWFFloveyourbodyproject | weight loss | whenflowersfall

Goals. Things I don't set very often, but have suddenly felt the urge to recently.

July has been a funny old month. Yet again, weight loss hasn't happened. I've been dotting between two pounds all month; but I have felt somewhat good about my body. I've had moments of frequent exercise, and I've found my love for being active again. It just makes me feel great. Food wise, I haven't been so good. I've pigged out on many occasions, and I feel that's the reason for a halt in weight loss. I see my lowest weight (currently 205lbs) and then think it's ok to over indulge for three days after. Then of course, it shoots back up.

I did on the other hand, see the photo above this month. I'm pretty sure I don't look like that anymore, I just need to tell my brain that. I never want to look like that again.

So, the goals...

- No weigh in's this month!

If I don't know how well I'm doing, I can't give myself an excuse to pig out. I'm hoping this will mean I can get over the 200lb hurdle.

- Exercise 5 times a week.

I would love to be an everyday kinda girl, but I just don't think it's realistic. Each week has hard days, and sometimes you just have to get into bed yourself once the baby is asleep.

- Buy a new dress that makes you feel amazing!

I'm actually having a night out with the girls at the beginning of September, so I need to find a cracking outfit. But what does a twenty five year old, mum of one wear on a night out these days. I can't get past the sea of crop tops and body con dresses that I keep seeing.

- Only one lazy PJ day a week.

I've fallen back into the habit of not getting dressed if I don't have to. It doesn't make you feel good, and it doesn't do much for your confidence. Time to nip it in the bud.

I also introduced WFFLYBP over on my channel today. If you would like to see me ramble on for a little while about why I'm doing this, click the link below. 

So what are your goals for August. Leave a comment below. 

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Helloooo, Sunshines!

What a strange old week it has been; and a stressful one at that.
Last Sunday saw us rushing Scout to A&E after a fight with a solid wood table. He totally lost his footing whilst playing and smacked his head directly on the corner. The swelling came out pretty quickly, but as with any head injury, we wanted it seen to as quick as possible. The hospital were great and saw him within an hour.

We did notice whilst there, that there were very little toys in the children's waiting room. It just didn't make sense to me, as I couldn't imagine Scout every sitting still whilst waiting to be seen for anything. We were lucky to go whilst it was quiet, but add an extra couple of hours onto our wait, and he would have been a very bored child. I decided to do something about it, and arranged a collection of donations from families in the local area. I then spent over an hour on Wednesday cleaning said toys. We are taking them to the hospital as soon as we get a moment.

With the abundance of new toys in the house, we've discovered that Scout loves cars and trucks, so he got to switch out one of his donations for this green dump truck. He's loving driving it up against our lovely freshly painted walls.
He's also discovered the fun that is our glasses. It's rare that we get to keep them on our faces at the minute.

I decided to brighten a boring week by refreshing my pink hair, and boy is it refreshed. More on the product I used to come.

Back to Scout... He's been taken some short naps this week. I'm hoping it's just a phase and we get our nice two plus hour naps back soon. On Friday, he woke up after forty minutes and regretted his decision.

We picked up a Munchkin 360 cup for him to use too this week. He's always trying to grab our drinks, so figured it would be a good time to try the magical voodoo that is this cup. Seriously, it's amazing.

We also dug our his first pair of Converse trainers. His Grammy picked the wrong size out by mistake when he was tiny, but they finally fit, and boy do they look cute!!

And finally, I got a whole day to myself to get some 'Sam stuff' done. I've planned and filmed a few videos, written a few blog posts (including this one), and relaxed. It's just what I needed unwind. As I write this, the boys are in town and I'm in an empty house, alone with the animals. I love my boys, but this is a moment on once in a while bliss.

What have you been up to this week. Leave your Instagram names down below, I'm always on the hunt for new accounts to follow.

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Little Boy's Next Picks | Wishlist baby | fashion | next | whenflowersfall | wishlist

3 Pack Teepee Bear Pj's set || Teepee T-shirt || Tiger T-shirt || 2 Pack Bear Pj's Set || Wild One T-shirt

Who ever said dressing boys was boring, totally never had a boy to dress. 

Scout has always had a large wardrobe, full of items that sometimes never even get worn. So for the coming winter, I have decided to do a complete wardrobe cull, keeping only items that fit him well, and will get worn.

With him growing at the pace that he is, I will probably have to buy some new pieces for him too; which has led me to Next. Now, I'm not usually one to spend a large amount of money on his clothes, but I'm beginning to realised that quality really is important. He's a big time crawler and isn't showing any signs of walking any time soon. This means that his bottoms are wearing and stretching super fast. 

I've picked out some pieces from the new Next season, a few super cute tee's, because who doesn't love a giant tiger (apparently it's a lion,) on your chest; and also some Pj sets. I don't know about you, but if they are made well enough, I don't see why you have to wear Pj's as Pj's. If I was to get these sets, you you probably see Scout wearing them throughout the day. 

Now all I need to do is persuade my wallet to allow me to buy these top picks. I keep looking at them, and I keep drooling. They are just too cute, and Next has it totally right this A/W. 

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5 Random Facts Tag | Video 5 random facts tag | video | whenflowersfall | youtube

Another new video! I promise a new actual written post is coming soon. We've kind of dedicated this weekend to get some house bits finished and fixed up. So, in the mean time, why do you take a few minutes to get to know a few things you may not already know about me. 

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July Birchbox Uk | Video beauty | birchbox | july | make a splash | unboxing | whenflowersfall | youtube

This month's Birchbox is a little different. Find out in this video my thoughts on the change, and all of this month's samples.

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Jerome Russell Pink Toner* | Review bblonde | beauty | hair | jerome russell | pink | toner | whenflowersfall

This poor product has been sat waiting for me to test it out for months. I was kindly sent it a good while back by the lovely lot over at Jerome Russell; but with moving, and Scout's birthday, and everything else my life has thrown at me recently, I just haven't had time to try it out. 

A couple of weeks back, I did manage to find a moment, and I took the chance to finally get my pink on. But, unfortunately, this was a case of 'sometimes the product just doesn't work for you'.

As you can see, I wouldn't say my hair is particularly dark. A couple of days prior to this photo, we had added a good few extra highlights into my barnet, and some pieces were genuinely quite blonde. 

I followed all of the instructions on the box, and I was sooo impressed with the formula of the product. 

As you can see, the toner is a super dark pink. I did find you had to give the bottle a good shake, otherwise you were left with a product that was quite runny, and not overly pigmented. But once shaken, it was thick and strong in colour. 

I applied it to my hair, and it instantly looks like it would take really well. Even my scalp was pink from the strong colour. I put on the plastic cap I had and warmed it through with a hairdryer, as the instructions said to do. 

One of the other factors of this product I loved,was the scent. It wasn't over baring, but really did make you feel like you were in a salon. 

After the developing time was up, I rinsed my hair and began to dry it. 

As you can see, it barely took to my hair at all. The very white pieces on the bottom were a very soft pink, but not how I would have expected them to look, considering the picture on the front of the box. The rest wasn't pink at all. Even the blondest bits at my roots, which you can see in the photo above didn't take. I ended up not drying my hair completely, as I did have another product to pop onto my hair, but I'm sure it wouldn't have looked too different to the photos above.

I am a little disappointed by this product. As you guys know, I'm a huge Jerome Russell fan and will always use that brand of hair products; but this left me feeling a little meh. I honestly think the result was down to my hair colour to begin with. I truly believe that if you are lucky enough to have super blonde/white hair, this would work wonderfully for you; but if you are looking to add a pink hue to some highlights, it may just not work that great.

The pink toner is one of a few that Jerome Russell do, and I can say that the Champagne and Platinum toners are fab. I generally use the platinum one to help pull out any brassiness I may have in my hair.

They retail at £4.99 and you can often purchase them at Boots or Superdrug.

Have you tried this pink toner before? Let me know in the comments below if you were any more successful than I was with it. 

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This month's collaboration video was inspired by the past week's wonderful weather, here in the UK. It's funny though, because as I set this video live and write this post, it's grey and miserable outside.

Get me on an aeroplane right now! 

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ASOS Top Four Wishlist | Style asos | fashion | style | whenflowersfall

Mini Skirt || Dungarees || Flares || Denim Dress

So far I've resisted the Asos sale. I've been browsing pretty much daily, but I've not caved yet.

In my mega window shopping sessions though, I have drooled over a few pieces that I'd really love to add to my wardrobe.

I feel like I'm going through a bit of a wardrobe revamp (as always,) and my style has definitely changed in the last two years. I love, love, love the 70s trend and I think that it's safe to say that even when it isn't 'in style', it'll still be with me. Bell bottoms, denim, button down skirts and casual t-shirts. I want them all.

So, above are my top four Asos picks of the moment. I'm sure I could have picked out a whole tonne more, but I'm trying to keep my shopping lists a little more realistic these days.

Gone are the twenty item wish lists of the past.

I hope by doing this, I may actually be able to purchase items from my wish list posts, instead of just staring at them, wishing they were in my monthly budget.

If you could pick anything on Asos right now, what would it be. Show me what you're lusting over.

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Scout's 1st Birthday Baby jones | birthday | lifestyle | one | parent | scout | whenflowersfall

Excuse me, what? I have a one year old? How the fudge did that happen??

But, yes. It's been almost a month since Scout turned one. The day fell on a Sunday, and a week and a half after our big move. Unfortunately, this meant we had no time to organise a party of any kind, so it just ended up being a family day.

He started his first day by having the LONGEST lie in he's ever had. I think it was about nine before he stirred and we walked in to our happy little chunk. He had his morning milk, we spent an hour ripping into presents, and then headed to Frankie & Benny's for a birthday breakfast.
We spent the day doing a bit of shopping, and after his nap we headed to his Grammy's house. Liam's mum had put out a bit of a buffet tea, he cautiously made his way through his smash cake and we ate farrrr too much.

At a year old, Scout...
- weighs 22lbs (measured at 1 year check at 11 months)
- is 79cms tall (measured at 1 year check at 11 months)
- wears size 12-18 month
- has six teeth.
- babbles all the time. His favourite words are ducky (duk-eeeeee), mama, dada, cat and nom nom nom.
- crawls like a champ, but has been a lazy bones when it comes to walking. He can do it, just. He just doesn't seem interested in it yet.
- is always on his feet. He loves to stand and play.
- can climb onto the sofa without any effort. I can no longer leave him playing for two minutes to pick up the brew I made ten minutes ago. He will always be bouncing on the sofa, the moment I turn my back. I birthed a monkey.
- has three big boy meals a day. He has milk when he first wakes and before naptime/bed. He is also now on cows milk, so now more buying formula for us!!
- only has one nap a day now. He's just on the go all the time.
- drinks from a cup, unless it's for his milk. We're just starting our journey to get rid of the bottles completely. We just need to find a cup Scout likes for it.

- loves Peppa pig, Duggee, any book, pasta, building blocks and Luna, our cat. He's obsessed with her. 

- takes after his dad. They are both so incredibly clumsy. I think I'm going to have my hands full when he grows up. I'm expecting more than the usual amounts of cuts, grazes and broken bones. He's already split his lip three times. He's a nutter.

I'm sure there's a lot more I could include I'm this post, but I won't bore you too much.
This past year has been a total learning curve for me. I've learnt that I'm still not very good at coping under pressure. I've learnt that even when I'm angry, it only takes a smile from Scout to break me out of a bad mood. But most of all, I've learnt that through all of the bad days, sleepless nights, hours of feeling like a failure as a mum, I wouldn't change him for the world. I couldn't imagine my life without my little ray of sunshine.  I look forward to one day, giving him a baby brother or sister; but for now, I'm really enjoying watching him grow every day.

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Well, Hi! lifestyle | move | relocation | whenflowersfall

It has been a mighty long time since I last posted, here on WFF; and a lot has gone on in that time.
I wanted to quickly post and say hello, I'm still alive!

In the past couple of months, we've packed up our house in Chatham, Kent. The house which was our home for two years. The house which was Scout's first home, and lived the majority of his first year of his life; and moved back home to Crewe, Cheshire.
It was a bit hectic and moving day did not come along without a few bumps in the road. The day before, Liam's Dad crashed our moving van just minutes after picking it up, which resulted in us getting a much smaller van and us panicking as to whether our belongings would fit into it. We were doing a 208 mile move up the country, and did not want to have to do two trips.

I'm glad to say that we did make it in one go, with our car full, plus baby and animals. (India decided to gift us with a lovely poop just five minutes after getting on the motorway. Yep, that was fun.)
The house is amazing and we are so in love with it, it's silly. We have so much space now, and to say that we are spending much less on rent for this place, is ridiculous; but true. Yay for being up North!

Within the first week of being here, we had unpacking to do, a wedding to attend and Scout's first birthday! I'll do a full post on that soon enough. It's been a little insane and three weeks in, we are still unpacking, buying new furniture and trying to make this place feel like our home.

I'm just now finding time to get back into the swing of things, and my gosh I have missed it so much!!
There will be a blog revamp coming soon, and I'm very excited about that. I'm also hoping to bring much more content to not only the blog, but also my Youtube channel too.
This year has been crazy busy, with many things going on; but now it's all beginning to settle and I can start prioritising again.

Thank you if you have stuck with me through this massive hiatus. To think that I haven't
 blogged properly since Scout was born is insane. I cannot wait to bring WFF back to life.

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The WFF Love Your Body Project - February Update blogger | confidence | dog walks | healthy eating | healthy lifestyle | self confidence | theWFFloveyourbodyproject | whenflowersfall

Oh, February. You really weren't great, were you.
This past month has not been kind to us,  I'm not going to lie to you guys. If you follow me on any kind of social media, then you will probably know the stress we went through throughout February.

Because of this, I haven't actually lost any weight at this point. Actually, that's a fib. I did manage to drop a couple of pounds at the beginning of the month, but have since put those back on through emotional eating.  Cake seemed to be my best friend this past month and I am glad to say that I am now in the right mindset to let it go again.

Confidence wise, I don't feel like I have been so down about myself recently. I've had very low moods, but I think because of all the drama with the car/money/dog etc, I haven't even thought about the way I look. Which can only be a good thing. I'm learning that it isn't that important and that even if I do feel a little frumpy one day, it's ok.
One thing I have noticed though, is how much of an effect breastfeeding has had on my chest. I purchased a couple of new bras, and I'm down a cup size compared to my pre-pregnancy size. Whomp whomp. I mean, it could actually be down to the fact that I've lost quite a bit of weight too, but I honestly feel like breastfeeding played a big part. I have certainly thought about the pro's and con's of getting a boob job to them looking young again, that's for sure.

Exercise is another thing I really wanted to focus on, but didn't. In the past few days, I have made an effort to go out with the dog, and I think that may be the right way to go. A no pressure, half an hour dog walk will do for now. If I can keep this up throughout March, then I will up my game a little for April.

I don't know if I am brave enough yet to share my 'before' photos with you guys, but I'm hoping I will have the balls next month.
It is my birthday on the 21st, so I'm sure I will induldge a little on the day, but my goal for this month is to get down to the 200lb mark. I've got my work cut out and 8lbs to drop, but I feel like I can give it a real good go now. (She says, sipping on a glass of wine.)

Don't forget you can join this project and do it with me. Use the hashtag #theWFFloveyourbodyproject on twitter or instagram, and be sure to tag me in the post also. You can follow me on both @whenflowersfall.

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The Birthday Wishlist 2015 | birthday wishlist | march | whenflowersfall

Real Techniques Bold Metal Brushes || Fiorelli Monogrammed Handbag || Washi Tape
Adult Colouring Books || Cut Out Boots || Gold Project Life Cards

This year's birthday wish list couldn't have been any harder to come up with. Since becoming a Mum, the last thing I think about is what I want for me. All I could think about was things that we want, or need to get for Scout.

After a long, hard think, I did come up with a few things though. They're not really things I need, but definitely things I would like to have. The bag on the wish list though, heart eyes for days.
You can also kind of tell where my head is at all the time. Stationary, stationary, stationary.

Anywhoo, if you're a mum, do you find it hard to think of things for yourself nowadays?
Is this going to be forever?

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Weigh In Wednesday - Week Two Blues diet | fitness | health | lifestyle | wednesday weigh in | weightloss | whenflowersfall

Happy Wednesday, flowers.
First off I want to apologise for being a tad MIA this week, thus far. All will be explained in this post.

So, as I explained last week, Liam has been sick with some horrid virus, and muggins here picked it up. Luckily I haven't got it as bad as him. He's still suffering three weeks on and has now resigned to the fact that he has to go to work no matter what. That's the joy of being self employed. No sick pay.

This week I've not done as great on the food side. I haven't reached for fruits and veggies as much as I'd have liked to and I have definitely made bad choices. Especially when it comes to eating meat. I'm never going to give it up if I reach for a greasy Burger King when I'm feeling down.
Exercise wise, I said last week that I wanted to have at least one workout under my belt by today. And that's exactly what I have. I only cycled for twenty minutes, but it's better than nothing in my eyes. But, boy oh boy, am I unfit.
As I'm started to feel better, I have to add that the days aren't that bad, this virus seems to like the mornings and nights; I would like to get two sessions down this week. My moods have been insanely low again this week, missing family and friends, Liam being back at work. Exercise seems to help that, so I really do want to make a conscious effort to get more active.

I haven't done so well with my food diary this week, most days I've *read not* remembered to fill in myfitnesspal, but not take the photos. I will post what I have below though.

That being said, this week I weighed in at 212.4lbs. A loss of  2.2lbs!! How I've managed that, I'm unsure. I was really expecting a gain, but I'm not going to think about it too much and just be happy with the result.

Wednesday 22nd October

Thursday 23rd October

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Tuesday 28th October

PROGRESS

Pre-pregnancy weight ... 227lbs
Heaviest weight during pregnancy ... 252lbs
Start (October 15th) ... 218lbs
Week One ... 214.6lbs -3.4lbs
Week Two ... 212.2lbs - 2.2lbs

Also, sorry about the mess of this post. Apparently blogger hates me and it would not do anything right tonight. 

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My Go To Autumn Nail Polish autumn | barry m | beauty | countess | fall | nails | polish | season | textured | whenflowersfall

Barry M - Countess  £3.99

Barry M is my ultimate favourite nail polish brand and this post wouldn't be about any other.
I purchased this particular polish quite a while back, and not only is it my favourite for this time of year, I actually think it may be one of my holy grail polishes.
The deep burgundy base colour is perfect for the Autumn season, and the gold and orange glitter within it just scream halloween to me.
As this is a textured polish, it may not be for every one. I, myself find these to be the best wearing polishes around. On my nails, a regular glossy polish can start to chip within a couple of days. These on the other hand can last up to a week without any signs of wear.

I can guarantee that this will be a regular feature on my nails for the next few months.
For only £3.99, why not go pick it up yourself. You won't regret it.
What's your favourite polish for this Autumn?

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