HAIR: TREND ALERT

Hi people!

Happy new month!!! Hope it has been great so far. Mine has been well more or less stressful. I know I haven't posted anything in a while, it's cause I've been super busy with school besides exams are starting in less than a week and I haven't really had the time to post anything. The great part though is that I'll be going back home in less than a month. My first meal will probably be Amala omg how I miss that. Plus I never get to eat meat here in Ghana so I'll eat loads of that too ugh and snails and everything!!!  Lol it's funny how much I'm craving these things more than I do when I'm actually home..  Well, I wouldn't want to drag you guys into my fantasies so I'll just go the point. I dunno if you guys have noticed or if it's even a trend but I've seen more people on cornrows this year than I've ever seen. And I'm not talking about the famous 'Ghana weaving' but the normal cornrows Lol I feel like I'm blabbing right now but I'll post some pictures so you guys can actually see what I mean and I bet you've also seen it on a few people too.

This is by far my favourite because of the zig zag

    Tonto dike looking fabulous 

   Tyty baybee😘

    I love this too. I intended to do this last  

    year but I changed my mind for some 

    reason. Then just some few weeks 

    ago I decided to do it again, only not

    exactly this exact time but since I got 

    my side shave it appears it's not 

    growing. Now I believe my mum when

    she said my hair grows longer at the 

    back than in the front...

    Cute😻

XOXO

Diijah❤️

Nail Art

Hi.
I'm not really a nail art lover. I hardly ever paint my nails. Reason is they start to chip off after about a week or two and I get too lazy to redo them. And we all know how ugly Chipping nail polish looks like.
Yesterday I decided to try the newspaper nail art and they didn't come out as nice as I wanted them to. Anyway, I'll just tell you guys how I went about it so you can try it. By the way, I feel like so lazy today. My school has succeeded in frustrating me...I have two quizzes on the same day, only 30 minutes apart and I can't stop thinking how I'll write both... I know that has absolutely nothing to do with nail art but I just had to share my problems :(


First, paint your nails and let it dry. I suggest you use white or grey, something like that. When your nails are completely dry, dip your finger into alcohol then cut a strip of newspaper big enough to cover your nail and place(or press against) on your alcohol soaked nail. Slowly, pull off the paper and coat it(your nail) with a transparent nail polish to give it a polished look. You can tell someone to help you with your left hand.

Finished look

XOXO

Diijah♡

DIY: distressed jeans

Hi Guys!
I know you must have seen this review over and over again but distressed jeans are still trendy so if you haven't this post is going to help you.
Personally, I've seen a few different ways to get the look; the first being the scissors method. For those that don't know what I'm referring to, it's the method where you have the places you want to cut with a tailors chalk. After doing that, you go ahead and cut the places you mark.
PS: you always have to wear your jeans and marketing the parts you want to cut so you know the exact places you want to cut and to avoid mistakes.
Then you use a pair of tweezers to pull on the white and blue threads until you get your desired look. Personally I don't like this method.

I went ahead and did some research and I found the best method for me.

WHAT YOU NEED

1. A pair of old jeans 
2. Sandpaper
3. X-actor knife 
4. Seam reaper/ a pair of tweezers
5. Tailors chalk

You have to wear the jeans and marketing the places you want to sand with your chalk.
Then lay the jeans down on a flat surface and start to sand the marked areas. When  you are done
sanding, use the xacto knife to cut across the surfaces of the sanded area.
You'll most likely need a cardboard to put in between the jeans to avoid cutting across all the 
way to the back...It's a necessary precaution.
Now you will use the seam reaper to pull on the white and blue threads to give it a finished and totally fabulous Look!


The scissors method is also good, you can try it if you can't get your hands on sandpaper and you'll totally love your result.

XOXO

Dijah♡

Forever Smitten

Hi Guys!
   As you must have read HERE I don't own a good camera yet so for now, you won't be seeing any personal style pictures from me. Forever Smitten would feature pictures of my personal style and also pictures of the clothes I made, I only recently started taking sewing classes per time so          don't expect to see professional looking outfits immediately but I promise you you'll absolutely love what you See!
XOXO
Diijah♡

What not to Ditch in 2014

Statements and Slogans
     Slogans and statements, numbers, attitude-filled comments, clever word-plays on cropped and regular sized t shirts are pretty much still a huge trend in 2014.

Oversized boyish clothes, slouchy pants, masculine tailored blazers and oversized shirts are also really fashionable and a must have this year.

Oversized Boyish Pants

Boyfriend pants/oveoversized pants really really love them! Oversized denim pants are really fashinable. I love them more though if they are distressed. Lawd how I love those pants. I got some pictures of some really cute ones off Google.

Dungarees!

Did I just hear to die for! You got that right. I dunno I just love them overalls.  I'd rather have them a little free but the tight ones are also really cool and fashionable.

Graphic sweatshirts.

I wish I had more of them. But if you live in Ib like I do, trust me things are extremely hard to find; so except my aunt travells/my brothers I can hardly get whatever I want.. and that's besides the point

Because I'm a die hard rih fan♥


                                                                             
                                                                                          

XOXO

Diijah♡