The ramblings of a 21 year old under a silly pen name...

I started this blog as part of a New Years resolution for 2012 to write a blog post everyday. This kick started my enjoyment of blogs and posting my nonsense for someone to potentially stumble across and enjoy. I enjoyed the fact that it was driven by a resolution and was never about how many people read it or any falseness, it was my way to record my life and post pictures of things I enjoyed. Despite how fickle the activity may seem to some, I learnt a lot amour myself during that year - not on a deep level - if that's the kind of thing you're after you won't find it here... - but about the simple things, what makes me happy and seeing what I value as important enough to write about. 

Admittedly, many of the days became cop outs and were pathetic attempts to keep up with my resolution and 20 posts would come all at once, but when I got into the zone I found it fun. 

My old posts are no longer up but simply stored on my computer for me to enjoy in a few years time on a cold winters evening. Since then, I have attempted to get back into the enjoyment of blogging many times but have never known what is the category I want it to slide into; lifestyle - but my life isn't nearly interesting enough for that, beauty - but somehow I can't bring myself to unleash regular snaps of my face on the Internet, fashion - but that's something I'm surrounded by all day and I'm certainly not well dressed enough for that, food - but my skills are limited to only a few things and i think its better for me to admire food rather than try to share any words on the topic, so what can I do? 

There's one of the first things you need to know about me, I'm my own worst enemy and find it hard to big myself up in any way. The difficult thing is that I enjoy reading a wide spectrum of blogs and gawping at the pictures. 

I may have implied that I have more of a direction in mind with that pre-amble, but really I don't. So you'll have to bear with me whilst I find my rhythm and feet. 

Girl Crushing...

I don't know about you, but over the years I have accumulated a handful of girl crushes; a huge appreciation for a chick and all that she does. (Am I the only one who has these?)

My latest girl crush is Elizabeth Olsen, I have been loving her style and hair for the good part of a year and thought I'd share my favourite looks of hers, so that you may be as inspired as I am and so that you can see what sort of style I like.

If you like this sort of thing then let me know because I have plenty more girl crushes to share with you, it's all about bigging up girls - girl power and all that.

So here it goes...

I have some serious hair envy with her, and am waiting for mine to grow out a little bit so I can get it similar to hers. I think her style is sensational, she is chic in everyday clothes which are appropriate - none of that stuff you see people where when running errands and it's so unattainable, and then her event style is really playful, I can't get enough. 

What are your thoughts and who is your girl crush?

Enjoy,

SRJ

Bon Voyage...

My best friend of 7 years has just embarked on the trip of a lifetime, so I thought I would dedicate a post to wishing her the best of luck over the next 100 days.

The other day I stumbled upon a sweet quote about what it means when people are best friends, and I thought that it was appropriate since I am being separated with mine for a long time...

So where is my pal going? She is travelling to Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand and India over the next 3 months. I am so envious and wish that I could go with her, either way it's going to be a super cool adventure.

Bon Voyage Puffin, 

Enjoy,

SRJ

The adventures of a Fashion Intern...

I've been crazy busy over the last month  - hence why I have abandoned this blog and been a bad blogger.

So, what have I been up to?

I found myself an internship at last for my year in industry, and the start of that was pretty immediate so now I am a fully fledged working girl (not in the bad way...). I have been there, (I am not going to disclose the name of the place for a bunch of reasons so let's call it Alan's), for five weeks now and have settled in really nicely and am just about getting used to the commute and toll of working all week.

I spend a lot of time exploring the tube and different spots in London, gaining amazing knowledge and experience that I couldn't have even predicted - despite the complaints of tiredness and rush-hour trains, I am really enjoying it.

Stay tuned for work related posts, and ideas of how to while away the journeys

Enjoy,

SRJ

Hair Envy...

I am someone who has experimented with my hair quite a lot and am always thinking about the next change. 

Here are some pictures of hair that I would love to have, however ridiculous it may look on me...

Drew Barrymore - she always seems to have incredible hair and this ombre is awesome, it's not orangey and has a lovely blonde. I have had ombre before and really loved it, so would happily go to this with the wavy texture...

Katy Perry - I have naturally dark hair, and have always wondered about going black. I pretty much went black with my hair a few months ago and quite liked it by the end, and would like to try it with long curled hair...

Ashley Olsen - I so want to try blonde, and I just know it would most probably look awful, but I just need to see if it could look good, and this would just be lovely...

Drew Barrymore - warm chestnut orange = yes please, take me back to my ginger days...

Drew Barrymore - Maybe this is the way I could be blonde, with a really high ombre...

Katy Perry - The 20s are my favourite, and if I could pull this off, I would try it...

Katy Perry - Give me long, curly, luscious, purple hair and I'll be happy forever...

Katy Perry - Then give me smurf blue hair and life may just be perfect...

Katy Perry - I just needed to give love to this plait headband...

Katy Perry - I love this hair colour it's simply amazing...

Mischa Barton - The next time my hair is long I really want to try blonde, and this would be cool. But, it could be the orange eyeliner that makes me love this image...

Miley Cyrus - This is cool because she's dark underneath but lighter on top with highlight and stuff, I like it...

Mischa Barton - Yes Mischa, I wish my hair looked like this when it was long...

Mischa Barton - How does she look good dark and blonde?! This would be lovely please...

Mischa Barton - This picture makes me crave longer hair, and the colour is a yummy warm brown...

Miley Cyrus - I had major hair envy of Miley for a year before she went short-short, especially when she went blonde and looked good...

Katy Perry - I would be so happy to wake up and see my hair like this...

Katy Perry - I have one question; how the feck does she pull off so many hair styles and colours - jealous is not even close. This purple is the one...

Who are your hair crushes?

Enjoy,
SRJ

Tat-for-Tat...

It must seem as though I am really into tattoos, but I'm not massively - it's more that I like to admire tattoos and had to share these rad ones with you...

Great quote, and I love finger tattoos mmmMMmm...

I have a thing for dreamcatchers and tattoos behind the ear...

Space finger tats - what more could you want?...

The sun and moon with eyes = yes...

Three words made into one...

Now, I don't like birds but I like these silhouettes and the placement...

Simply three dots, never seen anything like it and I rate it...

Happy Tattoo viewing,

Enjoy,
SRJ

Natural Make Up...

 Natural make up is something that often sounds easier than it is. I have recently found myself wanting more of a natural look to my make up, especially now that the weather has warmed up. It can be hard to find nice examples of natural make up that aren't too plain, but from my useless ability to spend hours on the internet doing absolutely nothing constructive, I have found some go to people that seem to have a variety of takes on natural make up.

 I thought I would share these finds with you, so here it goes...

Leighton Meester 

Glowing skin and lash line definition... 

Main focus = skin, with a bit of attention on the eye...

A wash of colour on the lid and some dark eyeliner on the bottom lash line...

She's all about illuminating the skin...

A light colour on the lid gives a bright-eyed effect paired with a glossy lip...

Medium brown smudged on the lid and under the eye, with a rosy cheek to finish...

 Lauren Conrad

Bronzed, beautiful skin and a winged out eyeliner...

Rachel Bilson

Very natural skin, with a little bit of brown eyeliner and a gloss to the lip...