I've seen a few bloggers do posts like this and it always makes me laugh reading what people find difficult or what they just can't do no matter how hard they try! These are a few of the things I'm just pants at and probably always will be.

I'm absolutely terrible with basically anything eyebrows related. I seem to always over pluck one eyebrow more than the other and if not I think I've done a good job, then I'll be out the next day and noticed hundreds of hairs I've missed and I literally have absolutely no clue how I've managed it?! I can never seem to match them up and I get so frustrated that in the end I just leave them for weeks at a time and look like a cave women (sexy I know). I was always fairly crap at drawing them, when I used to attempt this in the past I always ended up looking like I had two slugs laying on my face. Thankfully I got out of the drawing habit sharpish. 

I physically cannot do a french plait, although I say that... I can't really do any type of plait; french, fishtail or just your normal braid. This kind of proves that I can't do braids and have no knowledge of them because I know there are more than 3 but I can't remember any others. When I attempt to try and do one of the 3 that I know of, I end up angry and wanting to cut all my hair off, I just can't get my hands to work and then I end up with some matted mess on my head that is just painful to look at. I'm eighteen years old and if I want any type of braid I still have to ask my mum to do it for me, I've been taught many times and each time it goes horribly wrong.

A photo off of my IG

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In the past I have had hair that is in horrific condition, I dyed, bleached and styled it without any thought for my poor little mane. I eventually managed to get it back to pretty good condition again, however every so often I like to just give it a bit of a boost just to make it feel a little healthier and nice. So when I was walking through ASDA the other day and spotted this little beauty on sale for £3, what did I have to loose? So I quickly snatched it and I am so glad I did!

I've seen quite a few bloggers do posts like this, and it really appeals to me. I always found at school, I was a bit of a recluse. I was one of the kids that was basically invisible or people knew about me for the wrong reasons, and so I always felt very alone and lost. This sounds like a sob story when in actual fact that's not what this is at all, I was your typical average kid in school- I got by. I just put my head down and got on with it, but I think that if I could go back to when I was 13/14 and have a conversation with myself I definitely would and this is some of the stuff I'd tell myself.

Spread your wings more- Throughout school I basically stuck with the same group of friends from year 5 until I finished school and this in itself caused quite a few falling's out and issues for everyone, but especially me because I always want to please people and I am very easily upset by what people say. So I'd tell myself to branch out and make new friends and not be scared, when I got to high school I did this on a very miniature scale and there are a lot of people I'm so happy I'm friends with now and some I wish I would have been friends with at the time. The true friends I have, I wouldn't swap for anything.

Don't let them see you're hurting and don't care what others think- This leads back to the fact that I'm very easily upset and so it always meant people knew that they were hurting me and so it made me an easy target. If I would have been stronger and not cared what others thought about me, I would have probably had a much easier time through school.

Be honest with your parents- As a person, I struggle greatly in being honest with how I feel and I am extremely stubborn in that no matter how much I am suffering, I won't tell anyone how I'm feeling. I only have one person I have in life that knows everything about me and this is because we went through a lot of dark stuff together so she knows everything because she lived it with me. I wish when I was hurting in school and suffering that I would have been honest with my mum because it makes life so much easier and I know she'll help me with anything that she can.

Needing help DOES NOT mean you're weak- This is pretty self explanatory, I always felt the need to suffer in silence throughout school because I felt other peoples problems were more important than mine and I hate when people fuss or worry over me and so I just dealt with it. If I ever really needed help I always felt so ashamed of myself, but after personal growth I realise needing help probably makes you a stronger person.

It gets better and results and school isn't everything- I constantly need to remind myself that whenever I'm feeling really low, it will eventually get better. It may take months or years, but it will get better. Until I finished my a-levels this year, I believed that my results were everything and when I didn't do as well on my a-levels as I had hoped I was so angry and disappointed in myself. I felt like the biggest failure and I didn't see anything ever progressing for me (I am a HUGE drama queen in some ways if you haven't already guessed) but it is only recently that I have realized that doing my a-levels hasn't really helped me in anyway. Yet I have managed to bag myself a job that I absolutely love, all because of my personality as I had no proper experience for the job. So never give up!

I kind of rambled on a bit too much with this and I didn't actually expect to think of as many pointers as I did, so go me! I hope for any of you still in school this helps you in some way or another, because I know how tough school can be and if any of you need to ramble, chat or moan about your school life or life in general. Then my email is in an info box at the side and I also have a twitter (AshleighRhiane) and I'm honestly happy to chat!
Have any of you got anything you'd tell your younger self?

Have the only photo from my prom that I can tolerate!

I am so so so sorry times a million that I haven't posted recently! This Monday I started training as a receptionist and administrative assistant for an electrical company and I love it so much, but 5:30 starts and not getting hom until 6:30 that night is meaning that at the moment all I do is work and sleep constantly. I've finally had a chance to blog and I'm hoping to do a few this weekend just because I want to.

So I've been thinking about a few posts I can do, and at the moment there seems to be a large amount of beauty related products that I'm absolutely craving having in my possession and so I thought why not share them with everyone?






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Before my interview the other day I was struggling to find something to do, I have to keep myself busy as I don't really like walking around by myself. So I ventured into superdrug and noticed they were doing a few buy one get one free sales on skincare and although I really haven't got any money to spare at the moment, I've been having a few issues with my skin and with starting my new job I want to atleast try and look my best! I also wanted a cheap primer and so bought the collection one which I've never used before and I also bought the setting spray they have so I'm excited to try them out and review them!

When it comes to eyebrows, I have had them all. Natural huge and bushy, tiny and stick thin, short and thick, drawn on (thankfully not for long!) and now I'm finally at a stage where I'm basically happy with my brows. As a pre-teen I was always very self conscious of brows and this is actually why I wore a big swooping fringe as I felt they made me look very unattractive, then one summer I decided it was a fabulous idea to let a close friend dye my hair blonde. To this day I still have no idea why, but with this I thought 'screw it' and let her pluck my eyebrows and I think she honestly did it for about an hour. This was the beginning of a long line of different brows, it probably wasn't my best decision and I do still laugh and cringe when I look back at old photos...

Its not overly clear, but in the 3rd photo my brows are drawn on VERY thickly and darkly.

 I'm finally comfortable with how my eyebrows look, although I'm currently trying to grow them a tad longer and the ends and slightly thicker. I think then I will truly be at peace with my brows, but I've become less crazy with my tweezers at the moment. Everyone does it, they say they want their eyebrows to grow but then crack out the tweezers as soon as a few hairs sprout. I am also very guilty for this, but recently I'm trying my best to let them grow naturally. This is honestly the best tip I can give to anyone; try your best not to pluck them because then you really won't get anywhere!
When doing my make-up I actually shape and colour my brows slightly darker to add more definition, so what I've been doing recently is shaping them a bit larger than they are just to cover up and stray hairs and it works really well and makes me feel less twitchy about plucking them!

The name of this post is 'eyebrows are sisters, not twins' because it's so true, don't panic if your brows don't match completely as in all honesty if there is only a slight difference then its not the end of the world and I'm only now learning this myself. Only a select few notice that one of my eyebrows is shorter than the other and so it really isn't a problem!
Do any of you have any tips on growing your eyebrows back quicker? Are you happy or hating on your brows?

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So this week has been pretty mad and all over the place, which I'm usually okay with if I expect it. This however, was not your expected madness and so it's resulted in a few crazy moments on my behalf and now I am completely shattered. Sadly though there is no rest for the wicked as... I start my new and full time job on Monday! Woo everybody party! I knew yesterday, but today I went and signed all of the paperwork and I start Monday and I honestly cannot wait. I'm actually training at apprentice level to become a secretary and administrative assistant and I couldn't be happier, I've needed a change and a new setting for a while now and I think this will seriously be good for me. So that's going to be great, although having no money right now is going to be a pain as I NEED (yes I really do need) new clothes for this job as its pretty smartish and sadly I don't own a large amount of smart clothes and haven't since I left school 2 years ago.

So I quit my current job after working there for just under a year, and as glad as I am to finally be moving on I honestly am really gutted at leaving because some of the people I've met there have honestly helped me through the good and the bad and I love them for it! I'm excited to attempt to make new friends at my new job though (enters my social awkwardness and weirdness).

I've got a few posts lined up in my head at the moment; another haul similar to my last haul post, but with different items... obviously, some more reviews for skin care products and beauty products and another few posts that I'm considering doing. I just need to plan them out a bit more and think of photos etc.

Lastly, tomorrow is my loving mothers birthday and she honestly is my rock and my inspiration even if she doesn't know it. She is the strongest person I know and I will always love her and be thankful for the opportunities she has given me, she's still as young and bubbly as ever to me.
Hope you're all well and have a great weekend!
xoxo

The outfit that I've done for Monday is basically what I wore to my interview more or less, its simply and sophisticated and I love how it looks on. I'm not big on wearing skirts, but I feel like I want to wear them more. So to make me feel a tad more comfortable I decided to match it with a collared shit, because I love them lot's! I like the detail of the jewelry as well and think it adds a little something to the outfit.
The second outfit is much more me in the sense its a bit more 'quirky', I found this shirt/jumper combo on polyvore and thought it was definitely something I could see myself wearing. I also really like this fitted trousers, which I was surprised by because they always remind me of school trousers sadly.
I went for flats with both of these because I'm not that great at walking in heels (I'm ashamed of myself *crys*) so I wanted to be comfortable with all the public transport I'll be getting.

This is my first official review, how exciting is this! After buying these two little beauties the other day, I thought they'd be absolutely perfect to review on my blog and so here we are!
I'll start with the glitterball palette.

These are just a few of my favourite shades from the palette!

The second palette that I bought and decided to review was the MUA 'Heaven and Earth' palette. This particularly palette I've fallen in love with, simply because its much more natural and sophisticated which I really like about the palette. It also comes with 12 different shades and once again is also cheap and affordable so it is definitely worth a buy!

My favourite shades from this palette!

Have you ever used these palettes? Which one do you prefer or is there a different MUA palette that you think is better?

Since being paid this month, I have absolutely craved doing a little retail therapy. I personally don't think of myself as particularly girly, but if I receive any amount money I instantly think "what can I buy..." and so I finally ventured to town to get some little bits and pieces! I didn't want to call this a 'haul' as such because sadly, I haven't purchased a large amount of products so its a small haul as such.

(I apologize about the quality of this photo, the lighting in my room wasn't great)

I've recently run out of my benefit 'They're Real' mascara, so I needed something quick to use on occasions. I don't actually overly need mascara as I've got naturally long eye lashes, but I still use it as I love how long and dramatic it makes my eye lashes appear. I've used collections 'Supersize' mascara in the past and really liked it because its cheap and does the job, the only criticism I have of it is that I'm not a big fan of the application wand.

I then spotted the double ended smokey eye brush from Revlon and decided to buy it because the brush I use for my eyebrows broke months ago and I never got another one because I'm very lazy, so I decided to finally get one and I felt the due to the size of this one it'd be perfect for my eyebrow. I've also used it for creating a smokey eye look and it is really good at what it says it does.

I then went on a bit of an MUA craze as I've always looked at their section in boots and superdrug, but never actually gotten anything from what I can remember. I decided to have a look this time and I was actually pleasantly surprised with how good the quality of the products were. I got their bronzer in shade 1, colour blast eye shadow tint in the shade 'a girl like me' and 2 of their eye shadow palettes which are called 'glitterball' and 'Heaven and Earth'. The bronzer is actually very natural on my skin because I'm naturally very tanned (thanks to my dad's side of the family!) and so it isn't too harsh or dramatic on my skin and just adds a slight bit more colour to my face. I really like the colour and texture of the eye shadow tint and it blends really well and creates a really nice look. The two palettes are both full of really nice colours and shades as well, I prefer the Heaven and Earth palette as the shades are much more natural and earthy and matched with my winged eye liner or as a smokey eye it looks great! I love the glitterball palette, but I'm not big on bright or sparkly colours as I feel like I'm going to a school disco.

So overall, I think I've done quite well and I'm really happy with the products! Have you used any of these products? What do you think about them?

I know I'm slightly late with this post as it's October, but I felt it wasn't soon enough to do an 'October favourites' and so I decided to show you lovely people certain items that were amazing for me in September!

Bumble and bumble do some of my favourite hair products and so when I found their thickening spray, I had to get it! With my hair I never really wear it straight and neat because I feel that it just doesn't suit me, so I usually have a messy and textured look and this spray helps me achieve that look perfectly. After initially styling my hair, I spray it all over and then just rough my hair up a bit and all done! I find the structure it gives my hair absolutely amazing and I think I'll have to invest in some more. It is quite expensive so I think I might have to justify buying it again!

I've always loved simple skincare products and the moisturiser they do is honestly one of the best I've ever used. I have combination skin, but I've never suffered overly with spots. However, recently I've had a few breakouts on my chin and forehead and my skins been feeling quite greasy and so I decided to by this facial toner in the hopes it would clear up the areas I have. I love this product and it makes my skin feel so fresh and clean and far less greasy, sadly the spots haven't cleared up but I will definitely carry on using this product.

This Ted Baker body spray smells absolutely beautiful! I received it as a gift and I used it up so quickly because the smell is so lovely and lasts for a long time. It's perfect if your going out for a day/night because the size of this particular bottle means it fits easily in your bag!

I personally love collection make-up, because its affordable and very good value for money and I use the collection liquid liner and concealer in my everyday make-up because it works so well. However, I never considered using the nail varnish range that they have. When I spotted this colour I grabbed it and basically ran to the checkouts (yes I did look absolutely ridiculous) because I'm obsessed with deep red nail varnish and for £3.19 I couldn't say no! I use 2 coats and don't use a top coat simply because it's beautiful and shiny so I don't see the need for one.

I had to leave this product last because oh my god I ADORE this product. I would quite happily marry benefit cosmetics because just everything about it I love and when I got the 'They're Real' mascara, I don't really know what I was expecting but I just fell in love with it after the first use. It lasted for so long as well, even when I was using it everyday and even though it is expensive I really am tempted to buy another tube.

Have you used any of these products? What do you think about them?

I started my little blog only last week and although I've used blogger in the past for different assignments and coursework, I was never quite able to grasp the design concept of it. I've always been a tumblr girl and even that I still occasionally struggle which is why I choose one theme and keep it! However, the design I started off with on AshleighRhiane was definitely something that I wasn't keen on. Every time that I would look on my blog I just wanted to bash my head on a brick wall because it didn't look at all how I pictured it and yet I didn't want to make it look any worse (this is why I haven't actually promoted my blog yet because the design was so terrible it made me cringe to think people could actually SEE it *crycry*).

After writing numerous posts on tumblr, begging someone/ANYONE to help me and also make me a custom header I still wasn't having any luck. So in the end I did some research and realised I didn't actually need a header that was too fancy and so I set to work trying to create something... So I've spent what feels like a year of my life (it was actually only two hours...) creating an extremely simple and quite plain custom header on fotoflexer. If you want to create a simple custom header for your blog I seriously recommend fotoflexer as its so simple to use and you can have a serious amount of fun just messing around on it and seeing what you end up with.

Although my header is very simple, I honestly really love it because its just very sweet and pretty and not too over the top. In the future I may change it, but for now I'm extremely happy with it even if it is boring to some of you!

Since starting this blog I've been constantly trying to think of different and interesting things to write about. I think until I've done a few more posts I'm still going to get the occasional 'writers block' and I really want to try and do some reviews and hauls all the typical blogger things that made me want to start my blog in the first place! So as soon as I have some time to get into town that is my plan of action.

However, until then I didn't really want to just leave my blog with no recent(ish) posts. So I sat and began to think of all of the different things I could post about that would possibly interest any of the readers that I have, I then decided why not do a post on ombre?

If you are somehow still in the dark about what ombre-ing is, it is when the hair gradually fades from dark to light or vice-versa. Most typically the ends are blonde, but you can go for absolutely any colour and look effortlessly cool!


Around this time last year I got EXTREMELY bored with my hair, I'm the type of person that when it comes to my hair; it is my baby and I love it. This is why I learnt to cut and colour my own hair instead of going to the hair dressers as it always resulted in me coming out of the salon crying about looking like a boy, so a few years back I decided to teach myself how to do it. Apart from the occasional issue (last month I ended up with half at my eyebrows and the other half very short) I would say I do a pretty good job and even cut other peoples hair for them. So when I get very bored I tend to turn to my hair and think of what I can do with it, around this time though my hair had just gotten back into good condition after dying it ever week for about 2 months when I was 15. Due to this I didn't want to do anything too damaging to my hair, but I wanted a change and this is when I started to notice a lot of bloggers had begun to get ombre and I instantly fell in love! Luckily the box set had been brought out and I used that and just adored the messy, textured look it gave to my hair. I ended up just waking up and leaving it simply because I loved how it looked on my hair and I ended up keeping this look for longer than I usually do with any hair colour, but alas... I got bored again
So I went back to brown and grew my hair out and forgot about my love affair with ombre, but this year around about late August, after a rough few months I was feeling very down in the dumps and quite poo. So I decided that in a spur of the moment I was going to cut off A LOT of my hair, dye it a darker brown and ombre the ends again (I was actually sat on skype at the time and I thought I was going to pass out which I think my friend found highly hilarious). I'm so glad I did it though because I instantly fell in love with it again, it just looks for effortless and grungy? I'd say that because the brown this time round is a tad darker that when I last did my hair I actually prefer it a lot more because it just looks more dramatic and I think that's the look that I was going for at the time?

I honestly believe that absolutely ANYONE can pull of this look as it works well for any hair type, it all just depends on the colours that you want to ombre. If you aren't sure on whether you want to take the plunge then start off by researching ombre and looking at different colours and what-not to see if there is anything that really appeals to you. Then perhaps have a hairdresser you know very well and can trust with your beautiful mane show you a few colours and give you there honest opinion, BUT REMEMBER it's your hair and if they disagree with you it doesnt mean you shouldn't give it ago! In the worst case scenario, if you are a hair dresser-phobe like me then go DIY either using a box dye or the professional ombre kits that have been released into supermarkets as the do work wonders!

I hope this has been helpful for any of you ombre-virgins! Have you ever had ombre and do you think anyone can pull it off?

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After roughly a year of umming and ahhing about starting a blog, I decided to spend a few days planning everything in detail and here I am! In the past I've made blogs and written a few posts, then gotten bored and deleted it! So I'm hoping that this one will be different as it's something I've always wanted to do. As this is my first blog post it seems that I should probably do like a slight 'about me' type post.

Who am I?
My name is Ashleigh and I'm eighteen years old. The reason I decided to use my blog name as AshleighRhiane is because Rhiane is my middle name and unfortunately I couldn't come up with anything better and most of what I was coming up with was pretty tedious and boring anyway. So I thought why not just use my name as it'll be easier for people to remember? BAM, AshleighRhiane is born. I've recently finished my A-levels and instead of going to uni I'm just trying to figure what I want to do with my life and blogging and writing has always been something I really enjoy so I thought I'd see where this takes me.

Whats this blog for/about?
For years I've been in complete awe of fashion,beauty and lifestyle blogs. In a day I read about 5/6 different blogs and I can sit for hours and hours reading constantly like I'm in a trance, I have so much respect for bloggers and vloggers and so I've always thought "why not give it ago myself". This blog is going to be for fashion, beauty and lifestyle posts so it will include anything from reviews to posts of days out that I have so I'm sorry if it starts a bit slapdash and random but I'll try and organise my thoughts as soon as I can for anyone lovely enough to read my mess!

Why I decided to start this blog?
I decided to start a blog simply for the fact that I absolutely love to write and be creative and express myself. I do this on a number of different social media websites such as twitter and tumblr, but I've always wanted to do a proper blog on something I'm passionate about. I've always been interested in fashion and beauty and I can read articles on the latest collections and watch hours of tutorials purely because I adore it all so much. However, I never started one earlier because I've always thought that I'm not 'glamorous' enough and that I'm too plain. I'm the type of girl that lives in skinny jeans and jumpers, but I always wish I could be more adventurous. I also struggle a lot with my self confidence and that is as much as I'll say on the matter but I'm hoping by starting this blog I will be able to become more like the person I have always wanted to be!

I think for my first post I've rambled on for long enough and so I shall end it here! If you are lovely enough to actually read this please let me know as I'd be really interested and pleasantly surprised if you do! If you have any questions that you want to ask feel free to contact me by posting a message on this particular post or contacting me on twitter or tumblr.

Have a photo of my face!