Memoirs of a Blonde

To some people, a hair colour is insignificant. It doesn't matter whether you're brunette, blonde or a red head, it's just a colour. However, there's a handful of people that believe a hair colour can define your personality. Blondes can be represented as 'dumb', red heads apparently have 'fiery tempers' and brunettes are classy, demure, yet don't know how to have fun.  My hair colour is simply an expression of how i'm feeling at the time. For years I had black hair. This could have been heavily influenced by the amount rock music and concerts I was going to or on a psychological level, it could have been an expression of my life being at it's darkest days. When I turned blonde, I wanted to see the light at the end of the tunnel, the injection of fun into my life and to represent how happy I became during that time period. Being blonde was fun and exciting, but unfortunately it wasn't me.

At first it was fun. Suddenly, I got more attention for the men. Even though I'm happily engaged, it was nice to be complimented and gave my man an ego boost. People presumed I was a party animal and I was invited out a lot more. However, the stigma of being a blonde used to get to me. Like a skinny person being called anorexic just because she's naturally slim, I was being called 'dumb' just for being blonde. I then started missing my brunette sex appeal and now I've decided to go back.

I decided to write this post 'Memoirs of a blonde' because it represents how a hair colour change affect your personality. Blonde brought out a new side of me. An outgoing, unreserved persona that I will take with me on my journey of being brunette. I also got to weigh up the old saying: 'blondes have more fun'. Blondes do get recognised easily. When I'm walking down the streets, people often notice my bright hair.  However, I love the classy looking brunette. Audrey Hepburn and Dita Von Teese are my style icons and as much as I loved going through my Marilyn Monroe moments,  I longed for voluminous dark tresses. 

Tomorrow morning will bring out another side of me. The brunette I've wanted to be for quite awhile.  I've loved being blonde, but my hair is so damaged that it lacks shine and is becoming rather dull. So it's bye bye to the blonde and hello to brunette.

Does your hair colour define aspects of your personality?

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Let's Go Lashes

I'm surprised I'm in such high spirits right now - maybe it's due to Christmas being round the corner, or the fact that I'm going late night shopping this evening. The last few weeks have been a nightmare with university work and there has been times I've literally been screaming. Below are just a few of the books I've had to read and reference, so if you have been wondering where I have been, i've probably had my head in one of these books at the library. 

My friends have always been the ones that would never leave for a night out without fake eyelashes. I never used to wear them and to be fair, I never really knew how to put them on. Recently, i've had somewhat of an addiction to lashes and each week, I'm gradually wearing them more and more. I love the way they make your eyes stand out and grab attention. I feel like they emphasis my blue puppy dog eyes and that I could bat them at my fiance and hopefully he will be seduced. Unfortunately he doesn't quite understand the relationship between a girl and her eyelashes and he doesn't see the point. From my perspective, they give me confidence when my eye lashes wont curl or do as they're told with mascara.

My recent eyelash endeavour has been the 'Let's Go' eyelashes. The packaging is bold and striking and there's a variety for you to choose from. I love the quirky names such as, Tease, Temptress, Flirt and HeartBreaker to name, but a few. There's lots of styles to choose from at the small price of £6.50. Whether you prefer big and bold, natural or quite daring, there's something to make your eyes flutter.

I decided to show you the 'Tease' eyelashes and I adore the tagline on the back of the packet:

"Seductive, intensive and ruthless. Want to transform your eyes into gorgeous smouldering man-magnets? Let's go girls"

As you can see, the lashes look dramatic, yet have a natural flair. You could wear them shopping or even for a fancy meal as they don't look over the top. Applying them was a little bit of a faff. The glue was not really to my liking, but once it was applied, they stayed on really well. I prefer eyelashes with clear glue, but if you don't like the one that's included, you can always buy a miniature bottle separate. 

So what do you think? Are you ready to buy some 'let's go' lashes?

http://shop.nouveaubeautygroup.com/brands/lets-go/

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