Jeans to Shorts

DIY Shorts

This is my first DIY post, so I hope you like it.I have had some jeans for a long time and I just don't wear them because they don't fit how I would like them too. I had the idea of creating shorts, I had no idea if it would work as I'm not very creative person but I gave it a go.

First you will need:

1. Old jeans
2. Pencil
3. Rule
4. Safety pins
5. Sewing scissors (or strong scissors)
6. Pins
7. Sewing machine or needed and thread

To start off you need to decide the look you want to go for, I choose to have folded edge shorts but you could go for a raw edge look.

Then you need to try your jeans on and work out the length you want them. Mark it with a safety pin on the side seam.

Once you have worked out the length you want your shorts get your rule and draw in pencil line about an inch or more below your safety pins on the front and back.

Next cut along the line, don't worry about how neat it is because we will be folding them over. Then you can try them on to check the length.

 Next you need to get your pins and fold up the bottom to your desired length. Start pinning all the way round the top of the fold. Once you have finished pinning you can try them on again to recheck the length. Be careful of the pins.

Once you are happy with the folds you can start sewing. Pick out the thread colour you want and place it in the sewing machine or in the needle if you our hand sewing it. As you our sewing take out the pins as you go along.

Once you have finished sewing, you just need to neaten up the edges by tying the spear thread to stop it from fraying. You can also add other detail to your shorts to make them more personalised. 

These are my completed shorts, I am really happy with how they turned out, if you want me to do anymore DIYs then just comment down bellow.

Thanks for reading

Hannah xx

Update

So I don't really know where to start, it has been to long time since I last wrote on here. I didn't want to go into a list of excuses but basically I have have had endless exams and sixth form preparation to do. Although I am in the misted of my exams at the moment I have a free evening (that is very rare). instead of revising which I properly should be doing wanted to just update you all on whats been going on and what I have planed for my page.

1) So like I said I am doing my exams (GCSE) so my social life is no existent.

2) Also I like I already said, I am moving into sixth form next year, if I do well in my exams, but that means I have to move school as my school docent have on. This meant endless applications and tours of many different schools. Although I have had offers the process is not over yet!

3) My dad started up a blog a fews months ago because he ran the London marathon, it remained me of mine which is one of the reasons why I have written this. http://andyrunslondon.com/about/ (he hasn't written anything recently but there might be more to come)

4) Summer is coming soon and as I am on study leave (I don't have to go to school for lessons just for exams) I get an extra long holiday once my exams are over. However it also means I have a lot of free time. I plan to put up at least one post a week if not more.

5) I'm going to have more chatty posts where I just talk about whats been going on in my life but also the normal fashion and beauty. If you have any requests or suggestions to what I could do that would be greatly appreciated! I'm a bit out of practice!

6) Im also going to write as many as I can and schedule them to upload once summer is over but they might not be as regular.

I think thats all I wanted to say, I am sorry for my disappearance for the past months but sadly school comes first. Hope you will enjoy what is to come, bear with me as I need to get back into the swing of things. Also good luck with those of you doing exams!

Hannah x

Zoella Beauty

If you have read one of my other post you will know that I am a massive fan of you tubers. When I heard about Zoella beauty I couldn't wait to check it out. I  still yet to try any of the products but my sister was kind enough to buy me the makeup bag! 

The size and shape is great, you can also fit a lot more then you think you can. I'm using mine as a pencil case at the moment just to test it out. At a very affordable price of £8 I think it's a great makeup bag.

Thankyou for reading

It was my pleasure to write

Hannah xx

Nail Polish Review

Sephora FormularX Nail Polish Review

 As some of you may know I am a nail junky, I always want to try the latest products. As soon as I found out that Sephora had a new nail polish line I wanted to get my hands on one, but as I live in England it not that easy. when I found out my parents were join to New York, I was able to get one and test it out!

Equinox

I was very impressed with this polish, I would say for this colour you defiantly need two coats. It lasts a lot longer when you wear a top coat. With out a top coat it lasted about 4 days but with a top coat it lasts about 6 days. The glitter is very fine so it create an iridescent look but also its not a pain to take off. The packaging is very sleek and the brush is very easy to use.

Thankyou for reading

it was my pleasure to write

Hannah xx

ALS

What is ALS?

I'm sure that you have all seen the latest crazys in fund-raising, the ice bucket challenge. When I herd about this I was interested to see what it was all about, I had never herd of ALS before which I'm sure that most of you can agree with me. I never thought I would get nominated to do it but I was wrong, the other day my friend nominated me to do it I know that you are meant to compleat it within 24hours but my grandparents are looking after me at the moment (or I'm looking after them I cant work it out)

Joey Graceffas (how is a great you tuber) gaves some information on ALS.

So I desided before I go ahead with the challenge I wanted to find out what ALS acturaly was:

• It mans that you can no longer send messages to your musles meaning that eventually you cant move them.
• It affects the nurse cells in the brain and the spinal cord.
• It eventually leaves to death.
• To start of it meanly only effects your arms, legs, mouth and breathing.
• There is no cure at the moment but there are things you can do to help maintain the situation.

Hope you now can see why your money is so important and that you now understand why you are throwing buckets of water over you heads.

click here to donate

Sorry this is not a normal blog post and that is a bit  but I really thought it was an important topic. I tag anyone who reads this and wants to do it.

Thankyou for reading

it was my pleasure to write

Hannah xx

Q&A

Random question

Rules:1. Respond and rework: answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own.

What is your current fashion obsession? Playsuits and Jumpsuits!

What is your current makeup obsession? Having green eyeliner on my bottom lash line with a basic eye

What are you wearing today? As its a sunday and I'm not going out any were I am just wearing leavings and a hoodie nothing special 

Hair? Natural

Do you nap a lot? Never

Why is today special? Sadly its not really

What would you like to learn to do? Drive a car

What's for dinner today? Sweet and sour chicken stir fry

What are you listening to right now? Happy little pill by Troy Sivan

What is your favorite weather? Sunny and Hot 

What's the last thing you bought? My Dads birthday present

What are your essentials when traveling? Clothes, Makeup and Money

What's your style? I would say I like to mix and mach styles I don't like to stick to one look

What is your most challenging goal right now? Trying to work out what Aleves I'm going to do then what job I will get and if I should go to uni.

What colours have you diyed your hair? I have never diyed my hair but I would like to get highlight

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be? Cornwall

Favorite vacation spot? Santarini

Name the things you cannot live without? my laptop, dog and family

How was your childhood? Its good so far

What would you like to have in your hands right now? A big roast dinner

What would you like to get rid of? The health and mental illnesses that some of my family members are going throng so they can have a happier life with out the worry.

What are you most excited for? Seeing my friend again but also my prom in December!

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? LA

Which countries have you visited?Lanzarote, Florida, New york, Santorini and Bermuda 

Where would you like to be in 5 years from now? This is hard for me as I don't now what I want to do with my life but hopefully I will still be blogging and ether be at uni or have a job and be saving up to move out. 

Thank you for reading,
its my pleaser to write.

Hannah xx

P.S I know I didn't get tagged but I thought it would be a good one to do and I am tagging anyone how wants to to answer these questions.

Summer Holiday

Summer Holiday

Me, my older sister, Mum and Dad wall went on an amazing summer holiday to Santorini, which is one of the Greek islands. We went for ten day and had loverly weather unlike England!

They were just a few of the many photos I captured from my holiday. I would decently recommend going to any of the Greek islands if you get a chance. It was just a short post today and I should have another post soon.  

Thank you for reading,

it was my pleasure to write.

Hannah xx

My top 5 beauty youtube channels

My Top 5 Beauty Youtube Channels

I am not just a fan of reading blogs but also a fan of watching youtubers, I have put together my top 5, this was hard to choose 5 as I am subscribed to 150 youtubers! They all made me see the love for beauty and fashion and gave me the conference to start this blog! I think you should all go and check them out I'm sure you will love them as much as I do!

At Number 5 

TalkBeckyTalk

Talk becky talk is so fun and loverly person to watch she is down to earth and is all round just nice.

At number 4

SprinkleofGlitter

Sprinkleofglitter is an inspiration to use all with being a mother and a very successful youtuber. 

At number 3

Zoella

Zoella is a beautiful person and is so easy to watch and relate to.

At number 2

Tanyaburr

Tanya burr is a fun and bubbly person but I think she is one of the best at makeup that I watch (this is my opinion)

At number 1

fluerdeforce

Fleurdeforce is my top youtubere because she was the first person that I watched and I still watch her 3years later!



I hope you will go and check them out and send them love. I know I will carry on watching them for ever and I could of made this list ten times the size but  had to think practical which is not something I like doing.

Thankyou for reading,
it was my pleasure to write.
Hannah xx

Trip to Madrid

Madrid

Here is just a few of the pictures from madrid in spain. It was a school trip as I do Spanish GCSE, I had great time and it was very hot! Thank you to the teachers for taking use and I hope we went to much of a nightmare! Sorry if this wasn't interesting and sorry I haven't been posting recently I have also been on DofE but as its the holidays soon the posts should be more regular!

Thankyou for reading,

its my pleasure to write

Hannah xx

IMATS haul

IMATS

I went to IMATS on the saturday with two of my makeup crazy friends! We had the best time and it was great to meet of the youtubers we watch. Just a disclaimer I bought everything with my own money as I had been saving up for a long time!

This is an over view of what I bought on the saturday you may notice that there is a Sephora blush there I just wanted to add that in. I bought that when I was in spain and there should be a blog post of some of the pictures coming soon.

These are the lip products that a got they are all from NYX.

Top: Retractable lip liner in Nude

Mega shine lip gloss in Beige

Jumbo lip pencil in Hera

 Bottom: Jumbo lip pencil in Chaos

Sorry this is hard to see but this is all blushers and a bronzer 

left: NARS Leguna, NARS Orgasm, Sephora Healthy Rose, NYX Mocha :Right

These are both eyeliners

Top: NYX jumbo eye pencil in Lime

Bottom: Bobbi Brown long wear gel eyeliner in Black Ink

This is just a few of the colours from the NYX Glitterati Glitter Cream Palette.

this was a bit of a random buy but it was only £5 and I was in a crazy mood, I don't know when I will be able to wear this but I thought it was fun!

This is the only non-makeup bits I bought, I  got these brushes from Crown brushes I cant tell you which one is which as they don't all have names but the smaller pounder brush is called: C141 small chisel blush.

Thats all I bought from IMATS and if you want to see any more pictures from the day you can go to my Instagram: hansies_cook I had such a great day and I cant wait to go next year

Thank you for reading

its my pleasure to write 

Hannah xx

Revision Tips

My Top 10 Tips for Revising

Its that time of year again when there is an over load of exams and revising, it also effects most people by taking away there social life (well it is for me anyway!). I'm sure everyone has there own tips that work for them but I always like trying new technics out so I have put together my top ten.

1. Try and revise in a bright room and if possible out side, its always great to have fresh air.

2. Plan small breaks in-between and do someone more creative. 

3. Have a little healthy snack while working although chocolate is the best creation in the world sometimes it is best to part just for a bit.

4. Find fun small clips of things you are studying online and play them just to give you a refresh (BBC Bitesize are always good).

5. If you are having a day out take and you know that you won't get any revision done take some revision card with you so your friends and family can test you. 

6. Sometimes stress just is to much for people an easy way of dealing with it is by doing some exercise. 

7. Most people lac motivation when cominimg to do revision, by buying new stationary encourages you to get started.

8. Try and make things a big and visual as possible such as if its a timeline then put the dates on the food and actually walk through the time periods.

9. Make up silly little ways of remembering things.

10. Lastly do past papers and practise questions.

I'm sure some of these ideas you have hear before and some won't work for you but these are the ones that I like to use. I now this isn't my normal post but I thought it would be a useful one for some of you. if you have any of your own ideas feel free to put them in the comment box.

Thank you for reading

it was my pleasure to write.

Hannah xx

GOOD LUCK!

https://www.youtube.com/user/myGCSEscience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjOGNVH3D4Y

https://www.youtube.com/user/ParrMr

Bourjois 123Perfect CC Cream

First Impressions on the Bourjois 123Perfect CC Cream

I know I am a bit late on the bandwagon with the whole BB and CC creams but I sort of thought them as just a gimmick product. I have been seeing this product in a few youtube videos and was interested to give it a go, I needed a lighter summer foundation as my makeup tends to just slip off! I have only wore this for a day so I'm only giving my first impression not a full review.

I got mine in shade 32 light beige which is a little dark for me but as it is near summer I thought that would be fine. There are four shades to pick from my shade is the second lightest. They are priced at £9.99 for a 30ml tube. It also provides with 24h hydration and SPF15. What mainly intrigued me about this product was the correction colours, it has an orangey tone to hide tiredness, a green tone to hide redness and a white tone to hide dark spots. It also says it gives a luminous completion and smooth skin.

As for the smell it is not very significant but it just smells of your typical foundation smell, if that helps. It is a very light constancy and I would say it was light coverage so great in the summer. It does leave you skin feeling smooth and non greasy but as a have oily skin I do have to powder the skin half way through the day. I would say the colour corrector were more of a gimmick but it does even out your skin tone.

So far I am quit impressed and I cant wait to try more products like this! If you have any suggestions of good drugstore products like this then please leave your suggestions in the comment box. I cant promise when my next post will be up as exams are taking over my life at he moment but I'm sure it won't be to long!

Thank you for reading
it was my pleasure to write!
Hannah xx

P.S I will let you no if it breaks me out as I think that is an important factor!

Bag Collection

My Bag Collection

I have always loved bags as I think they are the most important part of a girls life and you can defiantly never have to many! As I am still only young and don't have much money so I only have a few bags. i hope you enjoy!

This is my latest bag which I got for my birthday from my lovely friend. The bag is from H&M, I have looked online and in my nearest stores and sadly I don't think they are selling them any more. It is black faux leather with gold hard wear with two big zips down both sides, these both open to the same pocket. Inside there is one main pocket then one small zip pocket and two phone size pockets. This is my bag at the moment and I love it, its the perfect size to fit the essentials in but also leaving enough room for any of those small cheeky purchase. 

This next bag is from Primark, I got it in there christmas sale so again I don't think you will be able to find it any more. This bag is a black and white satchel/messenger style, this also has gold hard wear and a ted baker style bow on the front (everyone like a bit of ted baker real or fake). This bag is great as it is a good size with a few small pockets but also it goes with everything weather you are dressing up or its just a quite stop at Sainsburys.

This bag is also a satchel/messenger style, again I bought this quite a few years ago (it is looking quite worn out) from New Look so they don't stock it any more but there are many bags like this around at the moment. This bag is a bit smaller then the other two bags but is till a good size, just like the others it has gold hard wear and inside there is a few smaller pockets. I don't use this bag anymore as it is looking a bit worse for wear but I thought I would still include it as I loved it so much.

This bag is by far my favourite bags being from Accessorizes  as I love the cut out detail on the front. It is about the same size as my H&M bag but is a messenger bag style with the flap at the front, again it has gold hard wear this also comes with a long strap but I lost mine not that I was ever going to use it. love this bags in the spring and summer so I cant wait to start using it ageing as finally the weather is finely wring up in england!

Finally this is my first ever proper handbag which is also from Accessorize. This is quite different to all my other bags as this is mainly made from fabric and it has a tropical print and it has no structure to it. Just like all my other bags it has gold hard wear and a few small pockets inside. I don't use this bag any more as its not the style that I go for but I am keeping it just incase I want to use it again.

Well I never new I liked gold hard wear so much! I'm sorry I couldn't leave a link to any of the bags but they wear all bought a long time a go. I hope you liked the photos as they should be better quality then photos from my other post, I got a camera for my birthday but I'm still getting used to it so bear with me on that on. hope you are having a nice day!

Thankyou for reading,

it was my pleasure to write

Hannah xx

First Impressions

My first impressions on the Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner 24h

Most of you don't no but it is my birthday today and one of the presents I got from my sister what the Maybelline gel eyeliner in back. I had never tried a gel liner before so I thought it was about time. 

This is what it looks like when you take it out of the box you get the pot with the eyeliner in and then a small travel size brush.

From the box it claims to have a gel formula which it does. it is meant to last for 24hours with no transfer with strong pigmentation with easy application.

When first applying I found it went on smoothly and it was very pigmented, I used the brush that came with it and surprisingly it made putting on eyeliner every easy as in the past I have always struggled with it.

After 4 hours

 So from looking at the mirror it looks basically the same ashen I first put it on so it has dried to a mat black. It has not transferred or smudged which is amazing. So far I am very impressed!

After another 4 hours

After 8 hours from when I first put the eyeliner on I can see for the mirror that the colour has faded a bit but there is still smudging or transferring. Well I am still very impressed!

lastly another 4 hours

So finally after 12 hours of wearing the eye liner I can see that this time it looks a little more faded then last time but also it has transferred a little on the crease of my eyelid considering my eyelids are quite oily and most eyeliners smudge with in an hour this has done surprisingly well. Ohh and one other thing to add when taking it of I suggest an eye makeup remover as I think with a face wipe it could be quite tricky.

Just a little picture of me on my birthday wearing the eyeliner!

Over all for a drugstore gel eyeliner that is only £7.99 I think it is great! I would defiantly recommend this for first time buyers of makeup or gel eyeliner users. Hope you like this type of blog and please comment down below if you have any ideas about what I could write in the future. 

Thankyou for reading,

it was my pleasure to write.

Hannah xx