19th Birthday!

On Monday (August 18th) I celebrated my 19th birthday, which means two things... the first being the obvious, I turned 19 and the second, that my blog is 1 years old :) So... happy birthday candyflossflowers haha! Anyway, I thought I'd create a little post all about my birthday... which was a quiet one this year but I still had a really special day :D As you'll probably expect, this will be another picture-heavy post... I guess you could tell I'm a lover of this format haha!

On Saturday, I went out for a meal with my girls and had such a lovely night! We had tones of laughs, most of which evolved around Jade getting chillies in her eye ball hahah! PS... you all looked beautiful!

DRESS AND SHOES: NEW LOOK     BAG: TOPSHOP

This dress isn't really something I'd usually choose to wear, as I've always steered clear of the whole body-con fit but after a few confidence boosts from a best pal (thanks Lilly haha) I actually felt nice wearing it :) It was comfortable and the little sheer panel at the bottom made it a really pretty version of a classic LBD! I also wore my new two-coin necklace that Loucie bought me for my birthday- needless to say, I absolutely love it! It's right up my street because it's quite dainty and simple which means it just goes with everything!

For my make up I used all my favourites- when it's your birthday it's got to be done haha!

NARS SHEERGLOW FOUNDATION... MAC HARMONY BLUSH (USED AS A BRZONER) MIXED WITH MAC PEACHES BLUSH ON MY CHEEKS... MAC SOFT AND GENTLE HIGHLIGHTER... URBAN DECAY NAKED BASICS PALETTE FOR MY BROWS... ARDELL FALSE LASHES WITH A BIT OF MAXFACTOR FALSE LASH MASCARA... RIMMEL LIQUID LINER... MAC'S PLEASE ME LIPSTICK WITH TANYA BURR LIPGLOSS IN PICNIC IN THE PARK

The stand-out favourite little make up revelation that I came across, was Mac's Amber Lights eyeshadow. I'd heard good things about it for people with blue eyes- but it actually exceeded my expectations as it made my eyes stand out looking super blue (no filter in the photo)! 

The next day, I had a really nice Sunday lunch with my family at a new pub/bar across the road from me, followed by an afternoon with my gran who made the yummiest ginger flavoured birthday cake!

After work on the Sunday, Matthew and I brought home some Chinese food and we had some food with my family while trying to guess just about every present on the table haha! 

Now for my actual birthday haha! I just had a relaxing morning opening gifts and eating coco pops (my favourite) and for those who don't know... I have a reputation in my household for being a painfully slow present-unwrapper... I just like to take my time! The boys however, weren't able to justify the 10 minutes I spent looking at my new make up brush haha...

Me and my bin-man (wrapping-paper-collector) :)

I loved each and every one of my gifts and cards from all my beautiful family and friends! They're all currently set up on my desk so I can admire them before I put them all away! I'm so grateful for all of them I could just sit and look through/read them all day long :)

One of my favourite presents from my Mumsy :)

Post-make up transformation haha!

Now for the super exciting part! For years, Matthew and I have loved tortoises/turtles... they're just my favourite animals as I think they're so cool and cute as cute can be! So, a few weeks back Matthew finally set about the project of getting some of our own! He's had a terrapin turtle for about 5 years now, so we thought it would be nice to go for some tortoises! After a few days of research, we decided to go for Russian Horsefield tortoises as they're a relatively small breed... so we spent a few weeks collecting all that we'd need to take car of them, and on my birthday Matthew finally took me to pick up our little buddies!

We went for one each, both around 6 months old and they're just the most perfect creatures!

And here they are, on route to their new home... Marvin and Matilda :D

I think it's safe to say I felt well and truly spoiled! These were just the most perfect gifts and I don't know if I'll ever be able to find the right words to thank Matthew for all the things he did to make my 19th birthday extra special!

M for Matthew (and coincidentally, Marvin and Matilda) :)

The proud owners (parents haha) of two gorgeous little tortoises! 

The three of us having some lunch :) Excuse the blurry phone quality :( 

I always think we look so alike! Andrew must have enjoyed my birthday too as he got lots of cake and biscuits haha...

For the rest of the afternoon we just chilled out at Matthew's and settled Marvin and Matilda in their new house!

Watching friends with our buddies! 

In the evening, we went for a meal at Nandos (our favourite place haha) with our friends Zarril and Emma which was really nice! It also gave me chance to wear some of my new make up!

When we got back, we gave Marvin and Matilda a bath and turned them into little models to try and get some nice photos of them! We watched lots of friends episodes and ate lots of birthday nibbles! I had such a lovely birthday... and it seemed to last a whole weekend as I got to celebrate with all my family and friends! :) Thank you again to everyone for my lovely messages, cards and gifts :D 

I hope you enjoyed this post as a little update on what I've been up to this weekend!

:)