My Birthday!

Hello everyone! so you may or may not of known but on Sunday it was my birthday :-) I thought since it's my birthday, I would go up to London with my bestfriend and my family to do things and visit places. Unfortunately, I couldn't take all of you but I took photos for you, if that counts?

So lets start right at the beginning. I got a 'swag' cake from my friend Lauren because we ironically on purpose use the word swag to mock it. Thanks Lauren!!

(such a good cake)

Then I opened all of my presents, which I am beyond happy with!! I got the Zara bag  and perfume I have mentioned  previously and loads of really cool stuff! (including enough food to last me a life time - Thank you for the poptarts Alicia)

So lets excuse the dog bed and dirty carpet, but yeah this is what I got!

Ok, so after all the excitement of present opening we went to London with Holly to visit shops, eat and go to Radio 1 to meet Dan & Phil!! We started off going to Lazy oaf but i was too in awe to take a picture (sorry) and then we headed out to M&M world (also known as Heaven) Where I spent more than socially acceptable on M&M's! 

Literally, you could smell the chocolate before you even entered the store! by this time we were quite hungry and so we found this lovely little place called Byron's in Soho which had literally had THE best chicken burgers and peach ice tea ever!

 Please go and visit these guys!! They have great service and do the most amazing food for a decent price!!

After a lovely meal, we headed to the south bank where we saw some Midnight Beast posters in the Skatepark! (which needs saving, please sign this petition)

Now by this time it was 8:30 and Dan & Phil's show ends at 9, so we headed over to BBC radio one (which I now want need to work at!) and waited. While we were waiting with about 20 other girls, this man walked infront of us and everyone started to scream and ran over to him. I had absolutely no idea who it was until afterwards, at first I thought it was Joe Jonas from the Jonas brothers and so I got a bit confused when everyone got excited to see him (No offense if you like the Jonas brothers)

BUT it was actually Sky from Mamma Mia, which is pretty cool I guess. 

Then we queued and got talking to these lovely girls who had spent £80 on a present for Dan & Phil whilst I just bought a birthday card for Dan. (his birthday is today) 

Then, of course Dan & Phil came out, and I couldn't believe it was really them, it was so surreal! But because it was my birthday, I got priorities which you will find out about in my next post dedicated to meeting Dan & Phil (pictures with them will be included!)

Hope you enjoyed this post, it was fun reliving memories :')

Keep smiling! 

~Thanks for Reading~

How to care for thick hair

Hello everyone! You already know but my hair but my hair is extremely thick (I hate it, but that's a post for another day) So because it's so thick it needs some extra care, otherwise it genuinely does resemble a bush. Here are some products that I use: 

                     

Right,so I used to use a simple de-frizz shampoo and conditioner because i thought it would work better, but instead it left my hair more damaged and if anything worse than before. I have yet to try the John Frieda Frizz Ease shampoo (If you have a review on this than please comment with the link!) but as till then the L'Oreal Elvive full restore 5 repairing shampoo and masque work amazingly well. I always come back to these as they leave my hair in the best possible condition and generally my hair looks healthier. It also makes my hair less knotty and more easy to manage. However, over the time when I was using a de-frizz shampoo, I invested in the TRESemme keratin deep treatment masque to try and restore my hair to it's previous healthy (ish) state, and it worked a treat! 

So that's my shower time done, then I use the TRESemme Platinum strength softening serum (on the bottle it says to use only 'a few pumps' but I have to use at least 6 for it to go through the many layers of hair I have) I'm really not sure what to think of this, because it seems to make my hair more greasy and I haven't really seen an improvement of the look either - but i'm going to keep using it until it runs out. I then comb through with a tangle teezer which I only got a couple of weeks ago but I think it is a definite must hair for thick haired people like me! 

The products:

Tangle Teezer
TRESemme Platinum strength softening serum
L'Oreal Elvive full restore 5 repairing shampoo
L'Oreal Elvive full restore 5 repairing masque
TRESemme keratin deep treatment masque

Because I'm so young, obviously i'm not experienced with hair care and so if you know of a great product to make thick hair more manageable and softer or you just have some general tips, please let me know!

Keep smiling!

~Thanks for reading~

P.s Quick side note, it's my birthday this weekend and so I won't post until Monday or later :-)
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Ways to Relax

Hello everyone! It's literally so easy to get me stressed - you could just say "Homework" and I'll tense up! (can you imagine what I'm like when I'm actually doing it?) Here are some little 

tricks I have learnt to relax and de-stress :)

Relieve yourself from the atmosphere that makes you stressed: 

Obviously you can't at this at school, but whenever you can escape the stressed situation and have a cup of tea while a cheeky cake, not forever - you have to come back to whatever is stressful, but make sure you come back refreshed and with a positive attitude, which links nicely to the point.

 Do something that makes you happy: 
Take a break (have a kit kat) Go on a walk or bake a cake, whatever relaxes you and will allow you to think things over.

Don't over-stress:  

No matter how important the task maybe, don't let it ruin your mood. You won't do anything with a negative attitude! It won't be the end of the world if you just take a minute or two to chill.

Have a bath : 

Run a nice warm bath and add your favourite bah bomb/bubbles. (I personally would add Dragons Egg by Lush) I think baths are genuinely the answer to all problems because it gives you time to yourself where you don't have to worry about anything. 

Break it up: 

If you really think 'I can't take a break - It's too urgent!' then at least get a cup of tea and break the work up. For example, do 20 minutes then have a 5 minute break, and work like that. That's how I revise and it works wonders :)

Visit these websites
There is something called 'The Quiet Place Project' and basically it provides a place to relax and say what you think - but nobody will ever read it. This has relaxed me so much and I really suggest you try it!
The Quiet Place
The Thoughts Room

Hopefully these have helped, but what are your tips? I always need more! 
~Thanks for reading~
Carys xx
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