(21) Days of Summer

Hola Chicassss,

So I have been majorly M.I.A for the last few weeks but my life seems to have been consumed by an atrocious acronym called GCSE's eurgh. However as the end is growing ever closer I thought I would fill you in on the thing's I've actually done with the little free time I have, and it looks a little something like this...

FOOD! I have enjoyed some rather delicious meals of late...

Ice-cream and lolly ices have kept me sane 

Apart from these ones, they break....

I've also been consuming around 3 twister lolly ices a day, but I'm usually too excited about eating it to take pictures

Revision in the sun is much more fun...

okay so this isn't revision but still

Other shenanigans...

pretty, no? 

 picnic!

scooter stealing, FTM 

Croxteth Hall in the sun, delightful.

So yeah, that's what I've been up to. Hope you've all been enjoying the sun as much as I have! And good luck to everyone else doing exams at the moment, they'll be over before you know it! 

Got a summer must haves post coming up soon, so keep a weather eye on the horizon. 

Speak soon, much love!

Stay classy!X

Blazer Squad

Hey kittens,

Just a quick one today before I pop off out to Cheshire Oaks, yay! 

So I bought this beautiful white blazer from Zara way back when in February and have barely worn out. But over the last 2 weeks or so I have well in truly fell in love with it and would happily wear it forever...hence the extreme need for it to be dry-cleaned ASAP. 

Against my better judgement I'm wearing it again today as it's just so God damn beautiful...

"hey look a camera..." *instantly does weird face*

Yes I know, you can't see the whole blazer but my room resembled a crack den (not because I use crack but because I'm a complete meff) but you get the idea...right? And incase you were wondering, my top is also from Zara and my sunglasses are from RayBan and my hair is from my head. 

Anyway my point is, I'm running out of ways to style it and I would greatly appreciate your help! As afore mentioned I've worn this a few fair times however being the strange little person I am, I never seem to take pictures of myself unless I'm doing this...

*drunken party thought process* I guess I'll just take all my clothes off and put my Ninja-Turtle pyjamas on whilst half the guests are still here, keep eyelashes on though, always keep eyelashes on, lalalala, oooooh Archers don't mind if I do..., ah ha! a camera just what I need to remember this moment forever, brilliant idea, don't forget to smile with my eyes...yep, thats definitely a keeper

I didn't feel that picture was appropriate to unleash upon the internet without some sort of explanation...sorry guys. Swiftly moving on. I managed to find some photos of me in the blazer

Once again, bad pictures I know but I'm sure you get the idea by now, yes? 

So how would you style this bad boy? Especially now we're approaching summer. Let me know guys! 

Love and Light! 

Stay classy!X

P.S. here's a close-up of my make-up today, I'm wearing the Sleek Oh So Special palette with some Clinique gel-liner and the 1000 kisses lip tint and which I think is awesome! 

Getting to know me, getting to know all about meeeee

Bonjour mes cheris! 

I don't know how but horrifyingly I have my first GCSE tomorrow, and I thought I'd get a quick post up tonight before life gets all hectic and shit gets KRAY! Now I have a favourites post that's in desperate need of being published but it also is in desperate need of photos, so it's just going to have to bloody well wait! Instead I thought I'd do one of those nifty little tag things I see floating around the interweb on a daily basis. As I'm new to all this, I thought I'd do a "get to know me" tag, so you can all be intrigued by my fabulous lifestyle...yeah seriously.

Vital Stats:
Name: Isabel Amelia Burke
Nicknames: Izzi
Birthday: 11/02/1996
Place of: Birth Liverpool
Star Sign: Aquarius 
Occupation: sarcastic little bastard stuck in a ridiculous school ruled by an evil dictator

Appearance:
Hair colour: ombred gingeee
Hair length: long
Eye colour: hazel 
Best feature: er my eyebrows? They're hugeeee and I love them. 
Braces: not anymore, I'm the proud owner of a metal free mouth
Piercings: Ears
Tattoos: not yet...
Righty of Lefty: right

Firsts:
Best friend: My blanky...
Award: something from school, I never had any hobbies as I was a boring little child
Sport: football? 
Real Holiday: Tennerife
Concert: McFly, I was in love with Harry

Favourites
Film: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Mean Girls, The Mummy, Peter Pan, Fast and Furious, 500 days of Summer, Scream
TV Show: Gossip Girl, 90210, Desperate Housewives, Smash, Glee, Friends, One Tree Hill, Punk'd 
Colour: pink, grey, green
Song: This is impossible! I have so many but here's a few... Slow Night So Long, London Calling, Downtown, Music When The Lights Go Out, Sugar Town, Here Comes Your Man, Lonely Boy, Post Break-Up Sex, Boys Don't Cry, It's Tricky, Last of The Lady, I Can't Help Myself, Panic
Restaurant: Tokyou, Supporo, Tai Pan, Cafe Rouge
Store: Topshop, Zara, Urban Outfitters, American Apparel, H&M
Book: About a Boy, Bridget Jones' Diary, Harry Potter series, Hunger Games, Twelfth Night
Magazine: Vogue, Glamour, Grazia, Style, Cosmopolitan
Shoes: How could anyone ever pick one pair of shoes? It's just too cruel

Currently...
Feeling: hungry, story of my life
Single or Taken: forever single, relationships are for pansies
Eating: I wish
Listening to: Bojangles-The Courteeners
Thinking about: sleep! 
Watching: The Voice 
Wearing: jarmies

Future:
Want Children: I shall adopt lots of them one day and create the next Von Trapp family 
Want to be married: I'm game for a huge wedding, just not the husband part...
Careers in mind: something fabulous, that makes loads of money with a minimal amount of work 
Where do you want to live: Liverpool still, scouse and proud YGM? 

Do you believe in:
God: Yes
Miracles: maybe
Love at first sight: No
Ghosts: Yes
Aliens: Yes
Soul Mates: No
Heaven: Yes
Hell: No
Kissing on the first date: Yesss mwahhhh 
Yourself: hell yeah, I'm a stong independent black woman who don't need no man (okay that's a lie, but it sounds so much better that way, don't you think?)

So that's that guys! I tag you all, so answer the questions and we can all be dead nosy in the comfort of our homes, yay!

Speak soon, be gorgeous as always, lots of love!

Stay Classy!X 

School's Out Forever

Hey my lovelies! 

So another unfashion/make-upy related post today, soz! 

But as I have afore mentioned, I am very nearly at the end of my compulsory education. This is an extremely big task to lay on such a youngens shoulders, but I shall accept this gauntlet and venture off into the big wide world...well actually I'll be back at school in September to start Sixth Form but the fact that I don't have to makes it seem a very important decision! 

For those of you who have left school, which I'm sure many of you have, you may be aware that some cheeky little monkeys tend to play a few tricks around the last few days of school, as a kind of backhanded love note to their former prison place of learning.

Now in my school, such things are frowned upon and because of this, for the last two years all have been too scared to do anything remotely funny, pansy's. However, this year I have a feeling some crafty little devils may strap on a pair and do something funny (obviously I would never dream of pulling a prank on my beloved school, so so childish...) 

The thing is, the bar was set pretty high a few years back when some bloody genius's wreaked havoc around school (including a streaker who made it through the entire school and into his waiting get-away car without being caught) which is still talked about to this day. I consider myself as somewhat of an exhibitionist but somehow think running through school in nothing but a gold thong would do more harm than good, I don't want the therapy bills of 100 year 7's on my conscience thank you very much. 

So our last day looming (11th of May) my question to you kind readers, is what did you do on your last day? What was the most successful? And most importantly do we think this...

is too far? 


Let me know guys, speak soon! 

Stay classy!X

Degenerate Beauty-Queen...

Hola Chicasss!


Okay so terrifyingly I've reached that point in my life where things have started to get a bit serious and grown-up. In less than two weeks I leave school and start my GCSE's and in about 6 weeks they'll all be done and my future will be in the hands of those little dweebs called "examiners" *shudder*. To be perfectly honest, I'm absolutely petrified. I don't do well under pressure and I'm not one of those people who can sit for weeks in advance and prepare, as quite frankly I'd rather be out having fun. Now some of you may think this is the wrong way to look at it and after 16 years of life, I should've probably changed my ways. However, thus far revising for exams about 3 days in advance has worked fine, and snagged me 3 A's in my GCSE's that I took early may I add. So until that disgusting day comes when I actually have to grow up and sort my life out, I plan on carrying on as I am and live in a world of eye-liner,glitter, crosses, red lips and white tee's. Hellz yeah. 
Now with all the gross stuff out of the way I will get down to business, leaving school means GCSE's but it also means...PROM!!!
As a British teen who was grown-up living vicariously through American TV shows, I have been counting down to Prom for years. In my eyes Prom is kind of like a wedding rehearsal/warm-up, way in advance. It's going to be my first big event, that requires me to dress up, arrive in a fancy car, tolerate people I don't really like, have a crappy meal and then do the YMCA with people that I probably won't see again for a few years. 
The most important thing in that list of course is the dressing up, in a dress. And beautiful shoes. And amazing jewellery. And a lovely bag. SO exciting. 
Well at least it was until I realised my idea of what my perfect prom outfit was, does not exist. Anywhere. And I mean anywhere. For the past 3 months I have been searching everywhere for a dress that is perfect mixture of beautiful,classy,sparkly,perfect but most importantly NOT stereo-typical bedazzled,tulle covered, sticky out prom dress that seems to be the go to article for girls everywhere these days. 
Basically I want to look like this....

or wear this...

 Is this too much? 

But definitely not like this...

So if any of you have any idea where I could find such a thing, please do let me know, I would greatly appreciate it.

Speak soon lovelies!

Stay classy!x

Scouse bird musts...

Hello there lovelies!

So tonight I've be having a bit of me time in preparation for this weekend, one of my beautiful best pals is throwing a little shin dig and as I'm going to fake tan myself into oblivion tomorrow night I'd thought I'd prepare body for battle tonight. 

After a few hours of moisturising, exfoliating, shaving, cleansing,plucking, de-spotting and general primping, I realised how fabulous the products I've been using lately have been. So being the ever so giving person that I am, I thought I would share them with you all.... 

Firstly this... 

The Body Shops mango body butter  I absolutely adore this product. It's so moisturizing and leaves my skin feel like the wings of a baby angel (aka soft). I've had this one since mid February and just coming to end of the tub now, before that I had the Ginger one and it was equally as amazing. The whole range smells amazing and all act as an essential step in any fake tan junkie's routine. They cost £12.50 for 200ml which I think's pretty reasonable considering how bloody brilliant it is. 


Secondly...

Lush Toothy Tabs in Sparkle are possibly the coolest things I've ever found when it comes to teeth cleaning things. They're like little tablets, that foam when in your mouth and act as a mixture of a tooth paste and teeth whitener. They're completely natural and eco-friendly which is a plus, but most importantly they really do work. I use these in the days leading up to a party and can always tell the difference in my teeth on pictures and such. They're £2.50 for 40 tablets and pretty damn awesome.

Thirdly...

These three little bad boys are my go to products to get my face looking presentable so I don't scare other party goers. I start with the St Ives apricot scrub to de-flake all the grossness that my have stuck itself onto my poor little face and to give me a nice base for applying necessary fake tanning products. Then I hack away at my brows using the Tweezerman slant tweezers  which are by far the sharpest and most accurate tool I have ever used to rip things from my face. They're pretty pricey costing around £20 but they last forever and Tweezerman even offer a free re-sharpening service if your tweezers aren't as knife-like as they should be. And finally after all other skincare steps, I wipe around my face with one of these Clearasil rapid action pads to make sure no spots rear the unwanted heads  before said parties. They're a complete life saviour. I can always see the results in my skin and constantly go back to these when I can feel a spot coming on. 

And most importantly...

As a loyal scouser, the idea of leaving my house without a tan that could only come from a bottle, petrifies me to my very core. The last time someone saw my natural skin colour was when I accidentally over plucked my eyebrows and some pesky under-eyebrow skin appeared, which was practically translucent. St Moriz, to anyone who doesn't know is possibly one of the best things to come out of Liverpool since the Beatles. Now I know it wasn't invented in Liverpool, but after being championed by Scouse birds everywhere, we have practically kept good ole' St Moriz in business. It is the fake tan of all fake tans. Forget your St Tropez's or Fake Bake, oh no St Moriz wins this blorange battle hands down. You can only purchase this bad boy in Home and Bargain, how prestigious, meaning if you ever do come across it, you should most definitely stock up. Especially if you live in Liverpool like myself. There's nothing worse than having to trek into town on a Saturday afternoon and beating off some bird in rollers for the last bottle of 'dark' on the shelf...scary stuff. 

Ambre Solaire dry face mist is also rather brilliant for your face, and you can't beat Primark's fake tan mitt, critical if you want to avoid looking like you've brutally strangled an Oompa Lumpa with your bare hands. 

So that's it my lovelies, my holy grail products for preparing one's self for a truly sick weekend. 

Speak soon kittens! 

Stay classy!X

Things that irk me...

Okay so today I've been stuck in bed with a sore throat the flu and because of this I've been able to bask in anything and everything that has been annoying me lately. And I've ever so kindly decided to let you all in on those bastardly things too...

• firstly the fact that everything is so bloody expensive at the moment! I don't know if it's because I'm feeling a little bit poor what with the fact that I'm 16 and don't have a job, but all of a sudden everything seems to have quadrupled in price! I can get by with having to shop around a bit for clothes of an acceptable price and having to save up a bit before I make any real purchases, I get it times are tough but I was really thrown over the edge the other day when I put down my £1 coin on the bus driver's little tray thing and he ever so kindly pointed out bus fare has gone up to £1.30...ARE YOU SHITTING ME?! Who came up with that number? I begrudged paying £1 in the first place and now I'm going to have dig round the wilderness, that is the bottom of my bag every time I get on the bus to find another 30p. Bastards.
• Another thing that's really gotten my goat lately is the weather. Now I know, being British and all, that our weather isn't usually something to shout about, but lately it's been working overtime just to piss me off. We got about 3 weeks of amazing weather in March but because of that ridiculous thing that some call education (which I happen to be in full time) I could only ever enjoy it on the weekends. Panic not I thought, the Easter holidays are a few weeks away I'm sure it will last. So imagine my surprise when the holidays rolled around and BAM the sun clearly had to go into some sort of witness protection programme because she hasn't bothered showering her face since. Bugger.
• American TV schedules have also been ticking me right off lately and whatever mastermind thinks them up should be head-butted by this guy... 

• I say this because being the internet savvy, bright young thing that I am, I tend to watch most television online these days. Especially things like Gossip Girl, 90210, One Tree Hill etc but for some reason over the last few months whenever I sit down with my Macbook and think "ah lovely, after my exceedingly hectic day I will now relax in front of the beauty that is Ed Westwick and other American hotties as I watch Gossip Girl *types in website, scrolls down, clicks Gossip Girl tab, goes to click on newest episode, throws laptop across room in rage* ASHHFDSGDGGDFGDFGDF WTF?!" or something like that. For some ridiculous reason American TV people think it's acceptable to just throw in random hiatus' for their shows whenever the God Damn feel like it, and I'd like to tell you kind sirs, that it's not acceptable! I have been waiting to see what happens on Desperate Housewives now for weeks and I am not a happy bunny!

Okay rant over...for now. 

Hope you're all well and please do feel free to tell me what positively irks you, we can all share in the irksomeness of life together! 

Bye beauty's! 

Stay classy!X