I saw this on Tumblr a while ago and fell in love with it. Self belief is something I really struggle with and at the time I was really down about not feeling good enough so it stood out. 

I started to think about having a tattoo related to this and came up with a rough idea of having a tree with a broken branch and a bird in flight above it. I want it all black (silhouette) coming from the side of my ribs up  towards inside of my shoulder blades? does that make sense to anyone else?

Anyway. 

Fast forward a few weeks to my birthday and my mum said I'm going to send your birthday present in the post make sure you're in and I want your honest opinion? Right, ok! 

When it arrived I was excited to see what she had sent me... Take a look!

She had painted me her interpretation of my idea (using acrylics) and I absolutely love it! I'm so proud of my mum because she only recently started to paint (since joining as class) and I think she has a real talent for  it.  It went up on our wall within hours and I'm genuinely impressed with what she came up with. It's beautiful, and not only does it mean a lot because she painted it but also the sentiment behind it. Part of me thinks she did it to try and put me off getting it as a tattoo, and to be fair it has stalled my plans. Will it put me off completely? probably not! (Sorry Mum) 

My tattoo is going to be a gift to myself, and I feel like it owe it to all the times I've told myself I wasn't good enough/can't do something because I'm scared of failing etc. 

So from the bottom of my heart, Mum. Thank You. I love you, I love this painting and I love the quote that inspired it all. 

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I recently bought the Vichy Dermablend foundation in the shade Opal. This is what it looks like on my skin. I was not having a 'good skin day' on this particular day but that seems to be the case more often than not these days, but as you can see the foundation has good coverage. It is light in texture and the pigmentation is great. I have combination skin (oily t-zone plus dry patches) and I think if my skin was in better condition it would last longer, but as my skin became more oily over the day it did start to slide. I also have a problem with open pores and this didn't do much to help with that. I'm definitely going to try it with a primer underneath because I think the texture/condition of my skin greatly affected how it looked/applied. I do really like this foundation though and I think with a few alterations I can make it work for my skin. A little goes a long way, so you do get your money's worth. I got mine from boots for £15.99. 

Any questions let me know!

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