Bryony Kirkham

It's difficult to tell others that you're feeling so low when you know yourself you have no reason to, you don't want to make them feel like they're the reason for all the pain. If you come across somebodies status, tweet or whatever that suggests they're having a rough time and are clearly in need of some help just stop and think for a minute. We need to start by changing our views of mental health problems and stop thinking they should be something we keep to ourselves, it's time we start being open about them. If you read my previous blog post (the one linked) there are also several helplines you can contact on there as well if you still need some help or want somebody else to talk about.

Being at that age I chose to confide in friends and tried my best to hide it from my parents, I didn't want them to know how down I felt all the time, mainly because I didn't want to hurt them or for them to think it was because of them. That was exactly what I didn't want to happen, I didn't want my mum to know any of that because I didn't want it to hurt her. I got it on my left hip purely for the reason that I used to self harm primarily on that side, I couldn't cut myself there if I had artwork there, I wasn't going to ruin it! I'm so lucky that I am able to take control as I know a lot of people don't have that and don't know how to deal with it all.

It's almost the time of the year when it's warming up, the sun starts to shine and the swimsuits start to make an appearance. (Depressing, I know), so for me heavily investing in bikini's and swimwear isn't so wise when I don't get to wear it unless I'm soaking up the sun abroad somewhere. Instead I'm left to fantasise about being on holiday and all the bikini's I'd love to be wearing. All isn't bad though, I've managed to come up with a great list of faaabulous items of swimwear and where to buy them!

I thought this was very effective as it meant the colour you see at the end of the tube is the colour of lipstick you will be getting inside, stickers can usually be significantly different from the actual lipstick colour. The colours of the lipsticks themselves looked amazing, I especially loved the look of the dark burgundy colour. The matte lipsticks were especially difficult to get any decent colour coverage! The lipsticks were most definitely a flop and I won't be buying them any time soon, the brow pencil on the other hand was a completely different story.