Fake Nails- the tips NOBODY tells you!

What you need to think of BEFORE performing some nail art beautification!

For me to find my true Jode Look, it doesn't just stop with my outfit, hair and ability to apply make-up. I mean the whole entire shaboom, and in this shaboom, nails are included. Like a necklace, or a pair of studs, your nails acts as an accessory, that can frankly make you break your entire look in my personal opinion. Your hands are your key tools that enable to pursue life, whether it'd be cooking, or texting your friends. Therefore, it is only rational for me to conclude in this sense that your the way your nails look is incredibly important, they're a vocal point in your life whether you bloody like it or not!

Now, this blog post could be a long, daunting tutorial on the basic foundations on how to achieve strong, healthy nails. But, as superficial as it sounds, this blog is about finding my Jode Look, and mother dearest taught me ages ago the 411 on this, most probably like every other parent! (Quick review to all clueless nail inhabitants: file regularly, and don't bite them- they're not digestive biscuits they're nails!)

SO! Instead I would like to dedicate this post on something different about nails, something I've hardly ever seen any beauty or fashion magazine discuss: the key questions you need to think about before beautifying your nails. Continously in magazines, I see the nails of the famous, that represents their personal look:  quirky, original, eccentric acrylic nails, to the latest 'it' nails varying from sharp Lady Gaga claws, to dogtooth patterned fingers. Mesmerising to look at, in fact often humourous!

But remember: these nails embody CELEBRITIES looks, not the non-famous, normal 9 to 5 working woman look. And certainly not the Jode Look.

Blasphemy embroidered on your nails- Kylie Jenner

Want nails gaga like Gaga? Impractical? CHECK. Potential weapon? CHECK.

I am not proposing an intervention of any kind upon these cryptic nail embroidery being plastered other our magazines, all I'm suggesting is that we accomodate this trend to our own look. If you would like follow these nail trends to the very inch, I will not debate against it, however I would put my money on it  that it would act as an obstacle in your life subconsciously or not.

So,the next time I venture to the land of nail art (probably this week knowing me!), I have decided to approach it differently by following this procedure, with the magazine in one hand, and my purse and sanity in the other;

• 1. Make a list of what nail trends I like the most for ME.
• Eliminate allnail trends that cannot be accomodated to suit MY lifestyle. (E.g. will the design/colour be offensive in a working environment, will it limit my practicality?)
• Choose a colour that is versatile for ALL occasions. Not just for a night out!
• Beautify those nails!

So come'on Ladies- nail files, AND notebooks at the ready! Lets 'nail' it!

Bad Hair Days; the demon faced by all women!

Isn't it crazy how a bad hair day can get to you?

Like any other normal girl, my hair is one of my prized possessions. Not only because it acts as a security blanket kind of way, but because it gives people a glimpse of my character, without me having to convey it through words; big, bold, and full of life! Like many thousands of women in this world, I'm totally unpredictable when it comes to social situations, being either shy and timid, or oozing with confidence and lots of banter, (especially after the odd tipple or two!) But usually, when I let my curls out to play, and are in full va-va-voom motion I feel the latter, and my self-insecurities frazzles instantly, all simply because my hair looks decent.  When I was peering through pictures of me this Summer, I instantly recollect how may hair looked that day, and how I felt that day. Then it daunted on me, a full on smack-on-the-face revelation: MY HAIR DAYS AFFECT MY EMOTIONS CONSIDERABLY!

Isn't it just crazy how the outer affects the inner?

In a world where looks do matter, some people may be screaming at the screen thinking err.....duhhhhhh Jode! But to me personally, I find it bloody mind-boggling to say the least, and upsetting too. Truly think about it; the ability for me to portray the fun, sassy Jode that I want to is virtually controlled by how tidy my hair looks. If I'm having a girls night out, and my hair is looking like an uncontrollable bush, I won't be able to enjoy my night to the fullest, as I feel so insecure in front of so many people!

My bloody fro' is literally determining my happiness, and personality! HOW BONKERS IS THAT!

What's even more bonkers is when I discussed about it to my friends they totally empathised with me. In fact, I've never seen them empathise with me so much! Its crazy to think how some strands on the top of my big head plays such a pivotal position in my self-confudence, my social skills, my general social life! This week, my hair was literally bipolar, with me rocking some beautiful curls on Monday, to looking like a victim of a mass electrocution last night! And unfortunately, my moods seemed to work in unision with the conditions of my hair, unknowingly so. 

I need to brush this off, before it leaves me in a big tangle (excuse the pun!). Its time for an intervention against my hair demons once and for all. How can I expect to find out who the true Jode is if I let my bad hair day affect my emotions. 

How can any of us?

Black Tee, Red Lip kinda day..

Top - Primark

Jeans - Littlewoods

Boots - Debenhams

Jacket - Primark

Necklace  and Rings - Primark

Spending my entire childhood in Essex, the fashion terminology was "More is MORE". Everything from Oompa Loompa faces, vagazzles, over-accessorising to the point you look like a walking Christmas Tree.... I've seen it all!

So who can blame my outfit for today for a spot of lunch with my girl. I find it that the best things in life are simple, and how can you go wrong with some ripped jeans, a baggy tee with a leather jacket thrown over the top of it! Comfort at its finest!

I am not one to pile my face with make-up, frankly its too time-consuming and secondly I'm utterly clueless when it comes to all things make-up! Instead I like to be simple with make-up, keeping my face glowing with some replenishing moisturiser, and wearing only some mascara and lippie. Today I went dramatic, and opted for some red lippy. Red lipstick is the easiest way to make a statement; who said jewellery has the only accessory!

To finish it all off, I swept my hair up into a high bun, AKA 'the lazy up'do'. Its literally my saviour from the British weather; its the easiest way to keep the hair off your face, whilst being comforted with the thought that you're not rocking a bad hair day! Result!

Red lipstick and high knot buns are an easy, classic combination, suitable for both day and night that will NEVER go out of trend unlike some beauty looks I can mention!

During university, its fo'sure a red lippy, high bun kinda day errr'day!

        

Taking beauty to a whole new level

Exploring the whole of make-up for the very first time...

"Hi. My name is Jode and I am about to break my make-up virginity"- said no one EVER!

I am one of the only girls of my age that  know of in London who doesn't wear any face makeup unless I am psychologically forced to by the gravity and significance of the event that I am about to attend to. And even then in those rare occasions my Mum - whose practically as blind as a bat - has to do it! To find the Jode Look, I need to advance myself, with both my inner AND outer beauty.  

Hence, I am taking beauty to a whole new level literally; for me its not just a superficial task, but a psychological journey, as I truly believe in the concept of feeling beautiful in both the inside AND out. Its like bread and butter: you need both in your life! This will be a particularly hard journey personally for myself; like the normal teenager I was incredibly insecure, but now entering the land of adulthood I still continue to feel so, perhaps even more so. So, before my personal self insecurities take the better of me, I need to control them myself, with some Beauty TLC 101

Welcome to The Jode Look!

The intentions of this blog is as simple as the title itself; its me, Jode, sporting any look I like, and letting the whole Blogsphere see it! 

I am not a self-proclaimed fashionista, or Beauty Queen, but what I am is a girl that's going through the transition of becoming into a woman, a transition that affects us all, especially our look! Whether its our makeup, hair, or fashion, we experiment with a bit of this, and a dab of that to find their inner look; for me the ultimate Jode Look. And trust me folks, for me that is a lot of experimentation! 

I'm a biracial girl, rocking fros and curls, who lives in London, the capital where you can rock any look, and not get arrested for indecency! To me, its THE setting for me to find both my inner and outer voice, and perfect the Jode Look once and for all! Dynamic and fresh, everytime I step onto Oxford Street, or ponder round a shopping centre, I get inspired by someone's look, awed by their confidence, or simply left wondering how many squats she must have done to get her bum so pert! But most importantly, I am intruiged; intruiged by their look, where its sourced, especially in London where you can find the most intricate jewels, and funky shoes in the most random of places! 

And I'm intruiged which London Spots will help me discover the Jode Look once and for all....

<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/10427589/?claim=66vvmg84c45">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>