MY LIFE
WOW WHAT A WEEK THIS HAS BEEN AND STILL GOING AT A HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR, THE GREAT NEWS AS OF YESTERDAY IS ALL THE PAINTING AND PAPERING IS NOW FINISHED WHICH MEANS TODAY ALL MY FLOORING CAN START GOING DOWN AND REST OF THE THINGS OVER UNTIL MY NEW FURNITURE ARRIVES. EVERYDAY THROUGH TO NEXT WEEK SOMETHING NEW IS HAPPENING I LOVE IT. I WILL BE IN MY NEW PLACE BY THE WEEKEND, WOOHOO!!! NOW JUST TO MAKE IT ALL HOMELY. I DID SAY I WAS GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SHADE OF GREEN IN EVERY ROOM, WHICH I HAVE BUT NOW IN MY HALL I HAVE OPTED FOR A PINKY TONE THEN INCORPORATE GREENERY EVERYWHERE ALL OVER THE HOUSE. THE HOUSE IS SO ME ALREADY I LOVE IT, AS WE KNOW GOING BY SALON, LOGO AND CLOTHES I WEAR MY FAVOURITE COLOURS ARE PINK AND GREEN AND NOW SO IS MY HOUSE!! IVE GOT THE BASE PAINT UP FOR CONORS ROOM AND STILL TO ADD MY WEE TOUCHES TO IT TO MAKE IT A SAFARI ROOM, IVE ORDERED A BIG MASSIVE GIRAFFE FOR IT JUST HOPE IT DOESN’T SCARE HIM LOL. MY COUSIN BECKI IVE MENTIONED, HER NURSERY AND BABY THEME HAS BEEN ELEPHANT RELATED AND FOR SOME REASON MINES IN A GIRAFFE HAHA, I EVEN HAD A PIC OF A GIRAFFES FACE IN MY LIVING ROOM FOR THE PAST YEAR AND PEOPLE SOMEHOW BOUGHT ME WEE GIRAFFE THINGS FOR CONORS GENDER REVEAL PARTY THEN MORE AGAIN FOR MY BABY SHOWER AFTER I MENTIONED MY NURSERY THEME WHICH IS AMAZING, CHECK THIS LIGHT SHADE I HAVE ORDERED, ITS SO CUTE!
WE WENT TO BECKIS BABY SHOWER ON SUNDAY AND WAS SUCH A GREAT DAY AND SHE LOOKED AMAZING AS ALWAYS, WE ARE BOTH SO CLOSE NOW, WE HAD OUR LAST PICTURE TOGETHER BEING PREGNANT NOW OUR NEXT ONE WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR BOYS, WE STILL CAN’T BELIEVE IT.
MY YOUNGER BROTHER ALSO GOT THE KEYS TO HIS NEW HOUSE AT THE WEEKEND TOO, AND MY MUM MOVED HOUSE A FEW MONTH BACK AS WELL SO THERE IS SO MANY HAPPY CHANGES GOING ON THIS YEAR ITS SO EXCITING! MYSELF AND DARREN SAID BACK AT THE START I BET YOU GET YOUR KEYS THE SAME WEEK I HAVE CONOR AND WE ARE NOT FAR OFF IT I JUST HOPE WE ARE WRONG LOL JUST YOU TO STAY CHILLING WEE MAN ITS NOT TIME FOR YOU YET. SO PROUD OF BOTH MY BROTHERS AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED TO BE UNCLES AND GODFATHERS TO CONOR.
HOSPITAL VISIT AND MY LAST SCAN
THE SWELLING IN MY FEET, LEGS EVERYWHERE REALLY HAS BEEN BAD AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, I ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL ON THURSDAY NIGHT, I CALLED UP JUST BEFORE 10PM AS THEY ACTUALLY LOOKED AND FELT LIKE MY LEGS AND FEET WERE GOING TO EXPLODE AND THE MIDWIFE ASKED ME TO COME UP FOR SOME CHECKS, MY BROTHER DARREN PICKED UP AND KEPT ME COMPANY ALL NIGHT AND JUST AS WELL AS THEY DIDN’T LET ME OUT TILL 3AM WE WERE KNACKERED. THE GLANDS ON MY NECK HAVE BEEN SWOLLEN FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS NOW AS WELL. THEY CHECKED MY BLOOD PRESSURE, CONORS HEART BEAT FOR 45 MINS, URINE SAMPLE, BLOOD TESTS AND CHEST XRAY, WITH EVERYTHING COMING BACK FINE, THANK GOD AND JUST PUTTING IT DOWN TO THIS STAGE IN MY PREGNANCY, I HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY THROUGHOUT THAT I REALLY CANT COMPLAIN SO IF THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH FOR THE LAST 3 WEEKS THEN THATS FINE BY ME. I AM STILL SO BUSY, FAR TOO BUSY FOR WHAT I SHOULD BE AT THIS POINT SO HOPEFULLY FROM NEXT WEEK ILL MOSTLY JUST BE RESTING AND WATCHING LOTS OF NETFLIX. WHICH I CANT WAIT FOR! SO ANY VISITORS ARE WELCOME AS IM GOING NOWHERE.
I HAD MY LAST SCAN ON MONDAY TOO AND EVERYTHING WAS GREAT WITH THAT AND CONOR IS WEIGHING IN AT 5LB 14OZ A PERFECT WEIGHT FOR HIS SIZE OF 36 WEEKS. I AM SO GRATEFUL AT STILL HOW NICE AND NEAT MY BUMP IS , ITS SITTING HIGHER AND ITS ALL FRONT. LAST TIME I WEIGHED MYSELF WHICH I DON’T KNOW WHY I DID I HAD PUT ON 2.5 STONE SO I WOULD SAY THATS ABOUT 3 NOW AND IM HOPING MOST OF THAT IS BABY, MY LEGS AND BUM ARE A BIT BIGGER TO BE EXPECTED BUT IM STILL IN MOST OF MY CLOTHES SO IM HAPPY ABOUT THAT. MY NEXT AND LAST APPOINTMENT IS ON THE 14TH I THINK THEN IT WILL ALL FEEL MEGA REAL AS IN SOME WAYS IT STILL JUST FEELS LIKE IM JUST THIS FATTER PERSON AND NOT A VERY SOON TO BE MUM, I THINK ONCE I STOP BEING SO BUSY IT WILL SINK IN MORE AS I WILL HAVE TIME TO THINK HAHA!
I ACTUALLY CAN’T WAIT TO JUST SEE WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE AND SEE HIM LOOK AT ME, GOT A WEE TEAR IN MY EYE JUST THINKING ABOUT HIM.
MY NEW HAIR & BUSINESS ADVICE
I DECIDED TO ORDER NEW HAIR FOR MYSELF BEFORE THE PRICE INCREASE ON THE 1ST NOVEMBER AND CHOSE THE REMI CACHET RANGE THIS TIME. FOR THE PAST PROBABLY 4 YEARS IVE WORE THE RUSSIAN RANGE I OFFER BUT NOW UPGRADED TO THE ELEGANCE RANGE AND WENT FOR THE 16INCH 150G INSTEAD OF MY USUAL 22INCH 200G, WHAT IM WEARING THE NOW IS ABOUT 18INCH AND ID SAY JUST UNDER 150G AS I TOOK A ROW OUT THE OTHER MONTH AND WENT SHORTER, MY HAIR WAS FITTED IN JANUARY AND STILL LOOK GREAT BUT I WANT NEW HAIR JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IS NEW IN MY LIFE THE NOW AND SO I LOOK AS NICE AS I CAN BE FOR WHEN I BECOME A MUMMY AND HE SEES ME FOR THE 1ST TIME.
MY NEW HAIR , THIS ONE IS SLIGHTLY MORE REDDER SO IM GOING TO NEED TONE MINE TOO
JUST ASWELL I DID ORDER MY HAIR WENT I DID AS JUST ON THE WEAVE ALONE THE PRICE INCREASE WAS £70, WHICH IS SCARY, I AM DREADING MAKING UP NEW PRICE LISTS FOR MY RETURN NEXT YEAR.
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS?
FOR YEARS I HAVE ADVERTISED ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND HAS ALWAYS WORKED WELL FOR ME, BOTH PAGES ACT DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS OF RESPONSE OR MESSAGES, DEPENDING ON HOW YOUR POSTS ARE SHOWN ON THE NEWSFEED AND HOW YOU POST, WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT ANOTHER TIME. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED BACK IN 2011 IT WAS LEAFLETS AND BUSINESS CARDS, WHICH I WOULD POST THROUGH PEOPLES DOORS AND PIN UP ON NOTICE BOARDS AROUND SHOPS AND BUSINESSES AND EVEN PUT ADVERTS IN LOCAL PAPERS HOPING TO BE SEEN, NOWADAYS YOU CAN LITERALLY ADVERTISE EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE AND GAIN ACCESS TO A MUCH WIDER AUDIENCE. I AM ACTUALLY SO GLAD I DON’T MAKE PRICE LIST LEAFLETS UP NOW WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THEY CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
YOU HAVE TO THINK WHO IS YOUR IDEAL CLIENT, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT , WHERE ARE THEY HANGING OUT, WHAT DO THEY LIKE AND WHAT ARE THEY UPTO? ONCE YOU HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT YOU CAN MAKE AN IMAGE OF WHO THEY ARE WHICH WILL GUIDE YOU ON WHERE IS BEST TO ADVERTISE FOR YOU. FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT AGE ARE THEY, WHERE DO THEY EAT, WHERE DO THEY SOCIALISE, WHAT DO THEY LIKE, WHAT IS THEIR FASHION SENSE ETC, THIS WILL DETERMINE HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR BRAND AND BUSINESS IN FRONT OF THEM. I WILL GO INTO MORE ON ADVERTISING ON ANOTHER DAY BUT FOR NOW IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IT. ADVERTISING ONLINE IS VERY COMPLEX BUT ALSO VERY FUN!
IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS I HAVE EXPANDED MY ONLINE PRESENCE FROM FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM TO ALSO MANAGE PAGES ON TIKTOK, PINTREST, MY WEBSITE, GOOGLE LISTED AND ALSO HERE ON MY BLOG! AND THE DIFFERENCE HAS BEEN AMAZING, NEW CLIENTS ALL THE TIME, ENQUIRES, PHONE CALLS AND MESSAGES FROM A WHOLE NEW WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE AS I HAVE NOW GOT MY BRAND IN FRONT OF THEM. I WILL BE BRINGING IN EMAIL MARKETING SOON TOO. I AM ACTUALLY SAD TO STOP AT THIS STAGE BUT ALSO NOT SAD FOR THE REASON TO DO SO. I JUST HOPE IT CONTINUES AGAIN WHEN I START BACK. HENCE WHY I AM DOING MY WEEKLY BLOG TO HELP ME SHOW UP ON SEARCH RESULTS AND BEAT THE ALGORITHMS. HASHTAGS ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT AND USED AS ONE OF THE BEST SEARCH ENGINES NOW ACROSS MOST PLATFORMS SO MAKE SURE YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH ON WHAT ONES FIT YOUR BUSINESS THE BEST AND THE MESSAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO GET ACROSS.
200G 20 INCH BLACK BEAUTY
THE OTHER WEEK I VISITED A LOVELY GIRL IN HER HOME WHO BRAVELY OPTED TO TRY HAIR EXTENSIONS OUT AGAIN AFTER HAVING SUCH A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE WITH HER FIRST SET FROM ANOTHER SALON, SADLY I HEAR THIS QUITE ALOT. EXTENSIONS ARE NOT CHEAP SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN THE PERSON FITTING THEM THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR YOUR HAIR TYPE, THE AMOUNT AND THE USING THE CORRECT METHOD. ALWAYS SPEAK UP AND QUESTION IF YOUR NOT SURE AND NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR SERVICE. THIS CLIENT BOOKED A CONSULTATION THROUGH MY WEBSITE AND ALSO THE SERVICE SHE WOULD REQUIRE. THIS NEVER HAPPENS THIS WAY AS THE AMOUNT & LENGTH ETC ALWAYS GETS DISCUSSED AT THE CONSULTATION. SHE PAID FOR AN AMOUNT THAT AS SOON AS I SEEN HER OWN NATURAL HAIR I KNEW WOULD NEVER BE ENOUGH FOR HER AND NEVER GIVE HER THE LOOK SHE IS HOPING FOR. HER OWN NATURAL HAIR WAS THICK SLIGHTLY COARSE WITH A BLUNT CUT. I DISCUSSED THIS ALL WITH HER THAT TO CREATE HER DESIRED LOOK SHE WOULD NEED LONGER AND THICKER HAIR AND ALSO A DIFFERENT METHOD. THE WEAVE METHOD WHICH SHE HAD NEVER TRIED BEFORE. SHE SHOWED ME PICTURES OF HER LAST SET WHICH LOOKED LIKE HER OWN HAIR WAS JUST SITTING ON TOP OF THE EXTENSIONS WITH THEM LOOKING RATTY AND THIN UNDERNEATH. I SHOWED HER PICTURES OF SOME OF MY PREVIOUS WORK WITH THE OUTCOME I WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE FOR HER AND SHE AGREED THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SHES LOOKING FOR. SO FROM HER INITIAL PURCHASE OF 16INCH 120G BONDS WE WENT FOR 200G 20INCH WEAVE. A MAJOR DIFFERENCE. BUT JUST LOOK AT THE RESULTS THEY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
BEFORE
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UNDER THE HOOD
SHE IS IN ACTUAL LOVE WITH HER HAIR NOW AND CAN’T THANK ME ENOUGH, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY I LOVE MY JOB SO MUCH IS TO MAKE GIRLS LOVE THEIR HAIR AGAIN AND FEEL GREAT ABOUT THEMSELVES.
I HAVE TOOK MY BOOK ONLINE OPTION OFF MY WEBSITE AS NO MORE BOOKINGS WILL BE TAKEN THIS SIDE OF THE YEAR NOW, I DON’T HAVE AN EXACT DATE FOR WHEN I WILL BE BACK APART FROM KEEPING YOU ALL UPDATED THROUGH HERE AND MY SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES. I WILL STILL BE ACTIVE ON THEM AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE , AS WELL AS POSTING LOTS OF OLD HAIR PHOTOS AND MANY MANY PHOTOS OF MY BABY BOY WHEN HE ARRIVES!!!!
HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED YOUR HALLOWEEN PARTIES AND ATE LOADS OF SWEETS WE HAD A LOVELY NIGHT AT MY MUMS LAST NIGHT FOR MY NEPHEWS AND THIS WEEKEND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MY BROTHERS NEW HOUSE FOR BONFIRE NIGHT!!! NICE FAMILY TIMES ALL ROUND.
TAKE CARE AND BACK AGAIN NEXT WEEK
LOTS OF LOVE
KELLY XXX
BE YOURSELF. EVERYONE IS TAKEN!
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