Let's Catch Up!

Hello lovely people!

I can't believe that it has been an entire week since I last posted! Even I'm in shock! I'm sorry that I haven't been very present on here recently, I have an awful lot of things going on all at once. So I decided what better way to sort through everything in my head than to stick it on here for all of you to read about.

So, although I work part time at the moment as a Carer, I am looking for something full time as, quite frankly, I need more money to live on. I have had a load of different ideas in my head about what I might like to do and I truly believe that any one of them would make me happy and so I have applied to about a million jobs and am now patiently waiting for replies. I have a couple of interviews lined up and I am quite excited for them but nervous also. Alongside this I have, of course, been carrying on with my current job and that takes up even more of my previous blogging time.

I have also been going crazy trying to find a good intensive driving course for myself. I now have the money in order to complete a driving course, buy a car and insure it, and all that is left to do is find a good company. If any of you know of any then please let me know below! I ideally need to sort this out before I start one of my prospective jobs as after this, I won't necessarily be able to get the time off work in order to complete the course which would be a huge let down!

On top of all this there is the usual. Cleaning, tidying, taking care of the animals and finding the occasional moment to throw in some yoga or reading my book! I am so grateful for everything going on in my life right now and I do love how I always have something to get on with but I do sometimes wish that I could find time to fit in yoga every day :)

Anyways, I hope this didn't bore you haha, I just wanted you all to know that I haven't forgotten about you and I will be back very soon with hopefully at least 3 posts a week for you to look forward to.

Thank you for reading and I'll speak to you all soon. Hope you are all doing great and having a lovely day,
Charlotte xx

#nomakeupselfie for Cancer Awareness

Hellooooo :)

So who has seen this going around facebook? Maybe you've already done it or have been nominated?

This little hashtag has taken over in a big way and it is a lovely idea. Especially when you see cancer sufferers and survivors getting involved too! I encourage you all to go barefaced and exposed on the internet.

However, if we all donated a pound to Cancer Research or another cancer relatee charity instead (or as well as) imagine how much money we could raise!

I nominate all of you reading this to go makeup free and if you do it, then leave me a link in the comments so I can take a look :)

Thanks for reading and Ill speak to you all soon, xxx

Tag: It's All About Me :)

Howdy everyone :)

Today I decided to do a little tag post about me! I haven't really done anything like this yet, and you all know very little about me so I thought I'd give this a go :)

I hope you like it and please feel free to answer the questions yourself! If you do complete this tag then leave the link to your post in my comments so I can check it out :)

Vitals

Me: Charlotte 

Nicknames: Lottie, Lot, BotBot (my surname is Bottomley)

Birthday: 7th September 1993

Place of Birth: Wordsley, West Midlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Male or Female: Female

Occupation: Carer 

Residence: Worcestershire

Screen Name: HinataShowers

Appearance

Hair Colour: Red

Hair Length: Short

Eye Colour: Brown

Height: 5' 4"

Braces?: Nope, never had them

Glasses: Yup, you will see me wearing them 99% of the time :)

Piercings?: Ears, lip and nose 

Tattoos?: One on my left arm 

Sorry for the poor photo, this was taken just after it was finished :)

Righty or Lefty?: Righty 

Your 'Firsts'

First best friend: A girl named Loren who moved away when we were 6 and I never heard from again haha

First Award: I believe it was a ballet award when I was 3 for passing my first exam

First Sport You Joined: Ballet lessons that I started when I was 3 

First Real Vacation: Santa Susanna, Spain

First Concert: Spice Girls, of course! 

First Love: Kieren (what a mistake that was!) 

Favourites

Movie: Probably Inception 

TV Show: Uhm, I have no idea haha

Colours: Purple 

Song: There's too many to choose from! 

Candy: Cadbury Mini Eggs :)

Restaurant: I love Frankie and Bennys and Pizza Hut 

Store: Probably New Look

School: My favourite lesson was History

Book: I'm a Harry Potter lover and always will be haha

Shoes: I'm constantly in Converse 

Currently

Feeling: Sleepy but happy 

Eating: Mini Eggs ;)

Typing: This and replying to business emails 

Listening To: Pentatonix (if you haven't heard of these guys, go check them out now!) 

Thinking About: My interview on Thursday 

Wanting: To get my haircut

Watching: What I'm typing haha

Wearing: My pj's ;)

Future

Want Children?: Not at the moment, but who knows how I might feel in a few years

Want To Be Married?: Yes please, is tomorrow good for everyone? 

Where Do You Want To Live?: Japan ideally :')

Have You Ever?

Kissed A Stranger: Yeah and didn't I regret it after?!

Had Alcohol: Yup 

Smoked: Yeah, I'll quit one day

Ran Away From Home: No, I don't think so

Broken A Bone?: No (touch wood!) 

Gotten An X-ray: Yes 

Broken Up With Someone: Yes

Cried When Someone Died: Yes, very recently!

Cried At School: Yeah

Do You Believe In..

God: Yes

Miracles: To a certain extent

Love At First Sight: Not really

Ghosts: Yeah

Aliens: There's gotta be something out there, right?

Soul Mates: Kinda

Heaven: Yes

Hell: Yes

Kissing On The First Date: Sure!

Yourself: Not as much as I should

Thank you for reading :) I tag all of you to do this and I hope to see some of your answers soon! 

See you all soon,
Charlotte xx

British Heart Foundation

Today I supported my dad, Step-Mom and other members of our family as they ran a 5km route for the British Heart Foundation.

In November of last year my Step-Grandad, Steve, suffered what would be his 4th and final heart attack and after being on life support, passed away. It was a huge blow to our family, particularly for my brother and Step-Mom (Sam). It was so hard for my dad and Sam to explain to my 3 year old brother that his Grandad, whom he loved so dearly, had gone to heaven.

And so today, in memory of him and in support of the foundation that helped him so much whilst he was alive, they ran 5km in the Wyre Forest. In total they raised approximately £500 for the charity and I am so unbelievably proud of them and I know that Steve would have been too.

We plan to do it every year and next year I will also be doing the run. Unfortunately I wasn't able to do it this year but I was so happy to look after my brother whilst they ran and to cheer for them when they crossed the finish line. It was very emotional for us all when they finished but it was for such a great cause and we had a lovely pub lunch after to celebrate!

My Step-Mom on the right and her brother and sister, running for their Dad :)

Playing with my brother whilst waiting for them to cross the finish line :)

Natural Spring Eyes

I wanted to try a natural look for spring and found an old palette that was perfect for helping me to create the look that I was aiming for.

Sorry for the horrid picture, it was REALLY hard to get a good one of my own eye haha

So hopefully you can see that I have a light pink on the lid and then a light, shimmery brown running through the crease. A thick black line, without the standard flick, lots of black mascara and white eyeliner on the waterline to help open up the eye and give it a bright, fresh look.

I really enjoyed experimenting with this look, although it's not that difficult to create, it's something that I wouldn't usefully opt for so I had a great time playing with the pink and the white eyeliner.

Here are the products I used to create this look:

I don't know if you can get this palette anymore but it should be really easy to find similar colours in your favourite brand.

Thank you for reading and I'll see you all again soon :)
Charlotte xx

Pastel Blue Eyes

I recently read that Pastel Eyes are going to be a spring trend and so I decided to give it a go. The only pastel colours that I own currently are blues in my Chilli Pepper London palette.

Here's the look I created:

With a more pastel turquoise colour on the lid and a darker blue blended through the crease, a thick black line and lots of lovely mascara, I think this is the perfect way to incorporate pastel colours into your look without it being too girly (which you all know by now, I don't like being too girly). 

The blues that I used were: 

As well as a Fearne shimmery loose eyeshadow and these other products: 

I know that this isn't the 'standard' spring look but I wanted to put my own twist on it. 

I hope you like it and I would love to see your take on the pastel trend :) 

Thanks for reading and I'll talk to you all again soon,
Charlotte xx

OOTD #2

Sorry for the poor picture, the lighting was dreadful.

Today I went on a little shopping adventure and, as the weather in the UK is picking up a little now, I was able to wear the skirt I got for Christmas without freezing!

I wanted to wear something a bit different as I'm trying to be a little more girly with my wardrobe and so I thought this really worked whilst staying quite close to the tomboyish fashion that I so love.

• Black Long Sleeved Top - Gap.
• Black and White Checkered Shirt - New Look 
• Gilet/Bodywarmer - New Look
• Skirt - SUPERDRY
• Tights - New Look
• Grey Converse - CONVERSE

(Any brand that is in CAPITALS has the link to the item. All other items I wasn't be able to find online unfortunately, sorry!) 

I hope that you are all having a lovely day and I'll speak to you all soon,

Charlotte xx

#100happydays

I wonder if you guys have heard about this?!

#100happydays is an awesome trend that is taking over the world and I think that it is such an amazing idea. All it asks you to do is to take a picture of something that is making you smile every day for 100 days and to post it to your favourite social networking site with the hashtag 100happydays.

Easy right? According to the 100happydays website 71% of people who start this challenge fail, with the main reason for this being that they simply didn't have the time. No time to be happy?! That's unbelievably sad.

On the flip side, people who completed all 100 days stated that they felt more positive and they realised truly how lucky they were.

So, are you up to the challenge? If you would like to get involved then all you need to do is visit 100happydays.com and sign up! You can choose to take part using twitter, instagram, Facebook, or if you don't want your pictures to be viewed publicly then you can opt to privately email them to the 100happydays team.

If you would like to keep up with MY 100 days happy adventure then be sure to follow me on instagram.

Good luck to you all and stay happy!
Charlotte xx

Just To Say..

You are all so beautiful and are loved each and every day by so many people! But don't forget how important it is that you love yourself! Be proud of yourself and of everything you do and just appreciate how awesome you are :) Don't worry about what everyone else thinks of you, just concentrate on learning about yourself and seeing the beauty that you have.

Goodnight everyone xxx