Beauty - Manicure Monday - Amethyst Velvet Goth

It's Monday again, so you get another Manicure Monday post. 

And this week its been all about this sparkly purple beauty! From Models Own Velvet Goth range, this is the Amethyst colour. It is actually a matt purple colour but with a heavy amount of sparkly glitter bits! It is really pretty although a bit of a pain to get on! As it is so thick it can be a little different to spread nicely across the whole nail, but once I managed it it looks great. Perfect for a party or a night out.

I picked this one up at the Clothes Show Live and hadn't realised it was a matt colour (or party of the velvet goth range at all actually) I just liked the sparkly colour in the bottle!

Home Interiors - Jimbob Art

I recently stumbled across this awesome designer who creates these really fun animal plates and other items with hand drawn illustrations printed onto them,  I have fallen for them hard. I think the plates  would look so much fun hung on a wall in a little collection, although I would happily use them every day too if I didn't think it would ruin them!
You can find them all on Wolf & Badger

What do you think?

Etsy Finds

This week I have been lusting after some statement jewellery pieces. Whenever I am on the hunt for something different (or just want to do a bit of window shopping) I always turn to Etsy first, and in the case of interesting jewellery I am never disappointed! Here are a few of the pieces that I am loving at the moment!
I'm a little in love with these stackable bangles from Handmade by Anne Potter, they are simple but bold.

These rings from Good After Nine are just killing me! I want them all!

I have been loving natural stone for a long time, now that I have a sliced agate necklace the next thing on the list is a rough stone ring. These are my favs! Number 1 and 3 are my top picks at the moment I think!

Left to right, top to bottom 1. Rana Jewels 2. Midwest Alchemy 3. Thula 4. Amanda Leilani Designs 5. MetalMorphoz 6. Prairie Fairy Designs 7. BeijoFlor 8. Specimental Designs 9. Moorea Seal
I am also really fancying a metal work necklace, something almost architectural in nature. These are the ones I found that caught my eye!

Left to right, top to bottom 1. Jamie Spinello 2. Wild Thing Studio 3. Squidlicks 4. Beach Bones 5. Blame Eve 6. Objects of O
Anything your lusting after at the moment?

Weight Loss Wednesday - Week 2 on Slimming World

So ladies I completed my second week on slimming world yesterday, you can catch up on week 1 here if you missed it! I started the week at 13st 6lbs after a 3lbs loss in my first week, which I was really pleased with! Sadly we couldn't make weigh in last night as we booked a last minute baby shoot (business still comes first!) and as I don't trust our home scales I haven't weighed this week so have no idea how much I have lost, but hopefully that will make next weeks weigh in look even better as it will be 2 weeks combined.

But here is what I have been eating this week

Day 8

Brunch: (didn't make it up for breakfast! lol!) Ryvita with Laughing Cow Light Cheese and Cucumber

Tea: Chinese Beef Noodles with Veg

In the early hours of the morning I promptly threw up the majority of what I had eaten on Day 8, and spent most of Day 9 feeling a bit rough.

Day 9

Tea: Slimming World Pulled Pork, Sweet Potato Wedges and Baked Beans

I didn't eat anything else all day and struggled to eat this too after feeling so ill

Day 10...

Ummm, well...I ate a McDonalds! Sorry! But I still counted the syns, turns out a chicken legend meal is around 49.5 syns! Ouch!

Day 11

Breakfast: Ryvita and Laughing Cow Light, Crab Sticks and Tangerines (think I ate a Banana too!)

Lunch: Ham salad, with mixed dark greens and Spinich

Tea: Slimming World Burgers, Sweet Potato Wedges and fried peppers with soy sauce

Day 12

Breakfast: (more) Ryvita and Laughing Cow Light, Crabsticks, Tangerine and Grapes

Lunch: Sweet and Sour Mug Shot (not totally awful, but not great either!)

Tea: It's Sunday! So Sunday Roast

Snacks: Chocolate Doughnut (totally worth the syns!)

Day 13

Breakfast: (Seeing a pattern?) Ryvita and Laughing Cow Light Cheese, Crabsticks, Banana and Tangerines

Lunch: Salad and BBQ Chicken Chunks

Tea: Homemade Stew!

 Day 14

Breakfast: Totally didn't happen!

Lunch: Linda McCartney Red Onion and Rosemary Sausages, Pasta in Tomato Sauce, Cheese (HEA) and stir fried veggies 

Tea: West Indian Curry with Rice (my dad cooks this, its amazing! Will share recipe this week)

Snack: I indulged in a Kit Kat! It was 12.5 syns worth of yumminess!

I think food wise this week has gone fairly well, I didn't max out my syns, even with the naughty meal and my snacks!

What I am a little disappointed with is that we didn't manage to get any exercising in, practically none! Which is a little annoying, but between being I'll and working I simply haven't had the time or energy. Hopefully I can change that this week and get in a few more sessions on the Wii Fit.

This post is also part of the Bloggers Weigh Loss Wednesday being hosted by Barely There Beauty. Find all the info and other participating bloggers on the link!