Top 5 tips on falling in love with YOU

In today's society many young women find it almost impossible to love themselves and their bodies given how mass media presents the perfect body type, i know first hand how hard it can be to look at a magazine or show and see a model with a very petite body and long blonde hair looking absolutely amazing as well as women with almost perfect curves and to know that i look nothing like that used to make me think that then i must be ugly. After many years of thinking like this i decided that enough was enough, i can't change society on my own but i can change my way of thinking.

1. Stop thinking that to be different is bad!
2. Learn your strengths and your flaws and embrace them!
3. Dress yourself in clothes YOU like not what people say you should wear for your size!
4. Pick 5 things daily you like about yourself, it will boost your confidence x10!
5. Talk to your friends and spread the love!

  I hope this made you think a little and that you enjoyed reading it

Samecca x

News Flash: New INK!!

This is the Rune Vegvisir the "Norse Compass" i decided to get it tattooed on my left forearm to celebrate my upcoming travel adventures in the UK.
This symbol in the Norse religion/culture helps the bearer navigate through storms, that meaning can be taken in either the literal sense or as i like to think of it, the metaphorical sense.
I believe that this rune will help me work through the hard times in my life and on my life's journey helping me stay true to myself. 
This rune is also special to me as one of my many hobbies is viking re-enactment and a life time passion of mine is and always will be history. 
On the same day i had my finger tattoo fixed as when i had tattooed the original bow in just a plain black line i had stuffed it up so thankfully the Tattoo Artist as Inkantation Tattoo in Deception Bay did a lovely job at fixing it up and giving it a saucy new life with some lipstick red and a cool classic tattoo vibe.

Samecca xx 

Ebay Wishlist May 2016

1. Tree of life silver ring $6.90
2. Gothic chunky heel boots $75.99
3. 1 Pair Steel Double Flare Saddle Ear Plug Flesh Tunnel Dangle Earring $5.39
4. Goth triangle choker $1.00
5. Purple Skater Skirt $20.51
6. Purple ripped skinny jeans $42.11

Samecca xx

Plug Wishlist May 2016

1. Flesh Ear Tunnel Piercing Jewelry Plug Vintage Antique Gold Earrings Stud $1.99
2. GOLD AZTEC METAL EAR FLESH TUNNEL $8.60
3. 1 Pair Double Saddle Wood Flower Incised Floral Ear Plug $3.49
4. 2x Retro Dream Catcher Feathers Dangle Ear Plug $2.69
5. 1Pair 6mm-25mm Horror Acrylic Screw Fit Ear Gauges $1.69
6. 1Pair New 10-28mm Wood Skull Buddha Double Flared Saddle Ear Plugs $2.05

Samecca xx

DIY Plectrum Earrings

What you will need:

• Pliers
• 2 Plectrums
• 2 Earring hooks
• 2 Pendant links
• a Lighter
• a Needle 

1. Using the Pliers to hold the needle heat up the end of the needle until it gets hot making sure to be careful of the flame

2. Firmly press the heated needle through the top middle of both plectrums continuing to be careful of the hot needle

3. Insert the pendant links into the hole in each plectrum.

4. Using the pliers open the connection loop on the earring hooks and attach one to each pendant link making sure they are facing the correct way so the plectrum design is facing forward.

And now you have your very own pair of personalised plectrum earrings that you can customise as much as you like

Samecca xx

We Have Tickets!!

Update on our travel plans; we now have tickets, both of us have a passport and now we are saving saving saving.
Our adventure begins on 13/02/17 with a short stop over in Singapore international airport where i hope to get some lovely photos of the butterfly garden and then landing on Valentines day in London and a long lift home with family back to North Yorkshire. This is looking to be an amazing trip and i hope to find work when i get home promptly :)
Samecca xx

IRON MAIDEN live @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre 04.05.16

Yesterday i got to go and see one of my favourite bands perform and as you may have guessed by the title it was ... IRON MAIDEN!!

Dougie and I arrived super early with my little brother in tow around 5:15pm and got into the merch tent early and bought ourselves a shirt each.
Gates opened at 5:30pm and then began the wait outside door 5 with my fellow blood brothers, we even bumped into a lad from Sheffield, North Yorkshire and man did he rock out he was great at getting everyone pumped throughout the night.
Once inside the long wait began for the opening band but when they did finally perform... just WOW The Raven Age were just incredible; with spectacular performance energy, a really mind blowing sound that had the crowd going, please definitely check them out as they are worth following. They performed:

1. Promised Land
2. The Death March
3. Eye among the Blind
4. Merciful one
5. Salems (short)
6. Angel in Disgrace

 After Another wait it was time for IRON MAIDEN and i rocked out so hard it was the best night of my life. They performed:

• If Eternity Should Fail
• Speed of Light
• Children of the Damned
• Tears of a Clown
• The Red and the Black
• The Trooper
• Powerslave
• Death or Glory
• The Book of Souls
• Hallowed Be Thy Name
• Fear of the Dark
• Iron Maiden

Encore:

• The Number of the Beast
• Blood Brothers
• Wasted Years

 All in all this was the best concert i have been to so far and ... THE BEST NIGHT of my life so far!!! a huge thank you from Brisbane

Samecca xx

Black Sabbath live @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre 25.04.16

On Monday i got to see Black Sabbath live @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre and all i can say is OMG what a great show the crowd atmosphere was electric, the vocals were above average and the drummer had more energy than the entire crowd combined. The opening act for Black Sabbath was a band called The Rival Sons from Long Beach, California

I really enjoyed the Rival Sons set the singer has a nice dirty vocals and at times was almost making out with the mic which is fine with me ;).

 I went to the gig with my boyfriend Doug and he bought himself a Sabbath shirt what a handsome chap he is showing it off :)

 When it was time for Sabbath to perform the crowd went wild, Black Sabbath performed a heap of the classic songs like War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man and Into the void. Ozzy Osbourne was on a roll with a spectacular vocal performance and surpassed popular expectations.

 And drummer Tommy Clufetos gave a outstanding drum solo that really had the audience in awe at his energy and showmanship. At the end of the set a brilliant performance of Paranoid had the crowd losing it, I know i was :)

 Guitarist Tony Iommi threw plectrums into the crowd and i was lucky enough to take one home, as well as Doug. I am planning on making mine into a necklace and overall i have to give it to Sabbath for giving Brisbane an amazing show that was by far not lacking and is one of the best performances i have seen in my adult years so far.

Samecca xx

Conquering life's mountains

Last weekend i finally ticked something off my  bucket list and as you may have guessed that was.... climb a mountain and i don't just mean hike up a track i actually climbed a rock face without ropes and it was an absolute thrill and one of my greatest achievements so far. The mountain i climbed up is called Mt. Tibrogargen which is one of the Glasshouse mountains around Beerwah, Queensland. The walking track around Mt. Tibrogargen is approx. 3.3km and it stands around 364m and is the second steepest climb in the range.

 I will admit that the climb was hard at times but the higher up i got, the more driven to reach the summit i became. I am so proud i was able to reach the summit and prove that i can achieve anything i put my mind to be it climb a mountain, travel the world or follow my dreams.

Samecca xx

OOTD 21.4.16 Purple Lace

1. Purple and white shirt- OP shop (Save the children) $7.00

2. Black Skinny Jeans- City Chic $99.00

3. Leather Ankle boots- OP shop (Save the children) $10.00

4. Necklaces
- skull choker (Handmade by me)
-Palm necklace- eBay $1.00
-Owl necklace-eBay $1.99
- Gem Necklace (Handmade by me)

Samecca xx

BIG BIG Plans

Over the last couple of months i have put a lot of thought into my life and what i want and something i have wanted for many years now and that is to move back to the UK, so i have put the wheels in motion and it is looking like my adventure will begin in January 2017. Before i go i have a heap of planning to do and i will be bringing you all along for the crazy ride, I also want you to know that my new boyfriend Doug shall be joining me for the journey and that makes me super happy to get to share this with someone as great as him.

The first step for the trip was to go and get Doug a passport, so off we popped into Brisbane and spent the day sorting all sort of things out and we finally submitted his application. So we can tick that off the list, Also i have started to gather more information that will help us out on our trip. If you have an questions please comment below 

xx Samecca

HAIR glorious HAIR

Hello Internet,

I have been thinking about how much my hair has changed this year alone and i decided to show you some photos and maybe talk you through so you guys can be up to date on me and my life :)

I started off by shaving an undercut on my left hand

side and my hair 

colour was auburn

This is after i decided to dye my hair using magenta fudge

Here's a more relaxed look with the bright hair

This is more of a progress photo with the darker hair

This is the night i dyed my hair dark brown

x Samecca

Cosmic Jay/The Day That Jay Came Back To Town - The Watchers Live

Sometimes Fairytales dont work out like the story books

It has been way too long since i posted and i apologize profusely for that,

I want to begin by letting you all know that my life has undergone some huge changes lately in regards to my relationship status i don't want to go into too much detail in regards to the change as i feel it is a deeply personal matter between myself and my ex. What i will say is that we are both so much happier now and we have decided to remain friends and i wish him all the best with his future endeavors and hope he achieves all his dreams and aspirations.

Secondly i want to let you all know i plan on posting regularly again however i have come to feel that my blog needs a face lift and renew for the new me and as such i have decided to change the name of my blog to "just samecca" as i that is exactly what i want this blog to be ... just me. And as for the "samecca" well my full name is Samantha Rebecca and the idea of merging them together just came to me so if you have any further questions on that don't hesitate to ask.

And finally in the next few days to come i will be revealing some big life changes and a huge personal journey i have coming up so keep an eye out for my future posts

bye for now 

Samecca