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

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Nail Polish Review

This week i decided to review another nail polish i bought recently from Rimmel London the lasting finish nail polish in "Double Decker Red 030" on sale for $2 AUD which is a steal from the usual $14.95 AUD it can cost in some stores. I chose to get the double decker as many of you will know i was born in North Yorkshire and as such love all things british including double decker buses, which i dearly miss due to not been able to surf in the aisle on the top deck going around corners anymore haha. 
It took me a few days to actually get off my rear and take my old polish off and test out this product as i have been busy and i will admit kind of lazy and also a little bit poorly recently, but here are my pros and cons for this product.

Pros:

• Great amount of pigment in the product so the colour is bright even with only one coat
• The brush is a good thickness and didn't hold too much product  
• The polish dried completely within 3-5 mins 
• The bottle has good grip on the lid making it easy to open and not to spill
• These polishes regularly go on sale in places like Coles, Woolies and Kmart so are not too expensive

Cons:

•  The regular retail price is pretty high
•  When i first bought it the polish was inside wrapping that was hard to open

From now on i want to start giving products i review a "Happy Sam Rating" out of 5, with 1/5 been horrid and a 5/5 been melted chocolate and Netflix good, In using this scale i would like to give this product a:  4/5 Happy Sam Rating

I definitely reccomend this product and i will be buying more when i can,

Thanks for reading my lovelies

Bye for now xx  

Purple and Black Hair

Recently I decided that I really needed to revamp my hair, boost my confidence for starting my course next week so I decided to buy some manic panic semi permanent hair dye in purple haze and fuschia shock to tint and give a purple/ pinky hue to my hair and I also had my sister-in-law dye under my fringe and the under layer of my hair with a permanent blue black hair dye to add depth. 

Whilst using the manic panic you MUST wear gloves and be extremely careful not to get it anywhere it is not supposed to be like on the tips of your ears and face and fingers as I now have purple tint to my nails and ears as I didn't quite follow this rule strict enough haha. I decided to leave the dye on for just over an hour and the results are great I love my new hair.

Before:

After:

Thanks for reading 

Until next time 

Bye for now xx

Sally Hansen's Diamond Shine top coat / base coat review

Recently on a visit to the shopping centre with the hubby we came across a discount bin filled with nail polishes etc and I saw this top coat (it can be used as a base and top coat). I have been meaning to invest in a new top coat for a while and I have heard great things from this brand including longer wear and less chipping, it usually retails for around $16.95 AUD in places like Kmart but due to broken packaging this bottle was only $10 AUD yay for bargains.

When I got home I used the product straight away and found a few pros and cons for the product;

Pros:

- Fast drying 

- Easy to open 

- The product increased the length of wear of my polish from 3 days to 7 days (with minor chipping)

- This product is sold in most stores including Kmart, Woolworths and Coles

- Added great shine to my polish 

Cons:

- The brush is long and kind of clumsy

- I found the products consistency kind of runny 

Overall I really enjoyed the product and will be using it every time I paint my nails from now on and definitely recommend you guys try it out if your ever in search of a new top coat/ base coat

Thanks for reading my lovelies

Bye for now xx

DIY Customized Shirts

In today's post i am going to run through a couple snazzy ideas on how to customize your shirts; you can use old baggy stretched out shirts or even a shirt that you picked up from K-mart for $3 a pop. In this Case i used option B.


Idea 1: Acrylic Paint

To make the first design i basically splatted paint on one side of the shirt and then folded it in half to create an inkblot test effect

 

 

 

To make the second design i just decided i wanted to make a shirt with an evil pop tart on it so i painted it haha
















Idea 2: Print your own iron on transfers

For This idea you just find an image you want on your shirt, print it shiny side down on iron on transfer paper using an inkjet printer (not a laser printer), Cut out the image as close to the edge as you can, Peel off Backing, Place where you want the design with the grease proof paper on top, Using an iron on high setting apply heat evenly over 30 secondsish and finally once it has slightly cooled gently peel off the grease proof paper to reveal your design

Thanks for reading hope you enjoyed this post