Brighton Foodie Festival || Winging It

If there is one thing you need to know about me, its that I. Love. Food.

See :)

This past weekend I attended the Brighton Foodie Festival with 2 of my favourite girls Casey and Yasmin 

I was super lovely to go to a chill family festival like this and have some food good and an all around good time. 

We started the day off with some amazing loaded veggie nachos from the Flaming Cactus, my gosh these were some good nachos, they had EVERYTHING. I'm talking guac, sour cream, salsa, refried beans, the LOT.  Nothing better than starting the day sharing this bad boy with my girls.

Top tip: if you attend a foodie festival I would 100% recommend taking some little  hand wipes and a blanket so you can pop yourself down and enjoy your food. 

It being such a beautiful sunny day the only logical move next would be ice cream! orrrr in our case boozy sorbet. Anyone who knows me knows that my go to cocktail is a mojito and one of my favourite flavours is mint so this was right up my street. 

After soaking up a bit of sun we had a little wonder around the rest of the food stalls and came across the cutest little bakery and immediately the rainbow cake caught my eye. Now rainbow cake is has always been something I wanted to try, but really when do you get a chance to try it except birthdays. So I jumped on this and here I was at 2:45 in the middle of the festival eating ma damn cake.

After that it was time for a drink and we decided to go the very istagramm-able AtoZ Daffy's gin bar, and thanks to Alfie Deyes we got 30% off our tickets into the festival which was much appreciated as students. Unfortunately I wasn't able to finish my drink as I was driving that night so after a few sips I let Yas have the rest but I can report my Highland Spunrise was very nice indeed.

Now the next thing we sampled may not have been a culinary master piece but they were certainly fun, I see these everywhere online and they certainly made an interesting evening potato snack. 

Now as the evening drew to a close we thought we would grab one last bite to eat whilst walking along the Hove beach listening to the Hoosiers who were performing there, and let me tell you it was lush. Sweet stuff and sunsets, what more could you ask for. 

Shoutout to this guy who made a mean strawberries and cream crepe <3

If you have a chance to go to a foodie festival I would definitely go for it and fingers crossed you get  beaut weather too. 

Treat yourself,

Lyl Mandy

"It's yo Girl M, back and better then ever" || Winging It

It had been exactly a year today since I last posted something on this little blog and boi have I missed it. Of course, I know it had to be done, school being the priority and all but now I have more time to do the things I love doing. You best believe this is high up on that list (along with reading and binge-watching series…whole of game of thrones in under a month just saying). Now a whole blog post simply stating how I’m back into writing seems a bit excessive, no? SO HOW ABOUT I MIX IT UP A LITTLE BIT LADS! I am doing something a little bit out of my comfort zone but as many people have told me, ‘move out of your comfort zone, that’s when you begin to grow’. The video explains what I am planning to do with my blog posts and videos, and to be quite honest I am bloomin’ excited about it. So here we are, me, Mandy, in video form… (excuse the dodgy thumbnail, I'm not able to change it just yet)

So, here’s to fresh new ideas and inspirations, but for now let’s have a classic little photo montage of what I have been up to during my year away.

New Yorkkkk...

...concrete jungle where dreams are made of

posey posey

Spiderman 2 was filmed on these I was in awe 

Birthday celebrations

Leaving school :(

bananas in pyjamas 

prom tings

Prauge 

the BEST lemonade and veggie resturant ever!!

Sagrada Familia

Barcelona 

V-Fest

Exploring London

Final Hurrah 

Making new friends at uni

Treat yourself,

Lyl Mandy

Let's Catch Up || Winging It

gettin glam

It's been a while...

.... here are 10 things about me :) 

1. For a reasonably small person my hugs are extremely ambitious.

2. My favourite flavours are lime, mint and vanilla.

3. I am mixed race, half British and half Zimbabwean.

4. My star sign is Aquarius.

5. I am a total closest Marvel and Harry Potter fanatic(shhhh).

6. I loveeeee Chinese food.

7. At the moment I live in the South East of England but will soon be moving out to go to university.

8. I am a vegetarian and have been for over a year.

9. My favourite pet animals are Chinchillas after having one placed on my head in Year 9, when it becomes possible, I hope to get one and name him Hendrix.

10. Finally I love to travel, learn and experience new places, but at the same time, im a home bird at heart. 

candid in Landannn

home of fish and chips

my friemds sparkle

Treat Yourself,

Mandy xoxo

Brown To Blonde Balayage || Winging It

After months and months of googling 'caramel balayage', saying to my friends "I really want to dye my hair guysss" and trying to explain to my dad that I'm not going to leave the salon with bright purple hair, I finally did it. Now for some people this may not seem like a very big deal but because of the type of hair that I have, I never thought it would be possible to lighten my hair without causing some serious damage and breakage because of the bleach. I owe it all to my fabulous hairdresser Ashley who helped me find the perfect caramel blonde shade to match my existing hair colour and my skin tone, as well as introducing me to the OLAPLEX treatment which was mixed into the bleach to help rebuild the disulphide bonds in my hair that had been broken when colouring, blow drying and brushing my hair. I really do owe a lot to this treatment because not only has it saved my hair from being a split-end(ed) mess, it has also made my hair look shinier and stronger that it was pre-dye.❤️                    

The main reason for this post is becaus I wanted to document the process and the change but if you have any questions feel free to ask. 

Before:

During:

After:

I was definitely apprehensive at first but I am now over the moon with it. If it's something you want to get done but are maybe having reservations my tips would be, find a hairdresser that you fully trust and have known for a little while and always remember that things can always be rectified if you don't like it first time. 

                                                                   Treat Yourself,

                                                                    Lyl Mandy xo

Here We Go || Winging It

So with GCSE’s finished and having had my extended and enjoyed summer , along follows this little blogging space of mine, and let me just start by saying that this is a long time coming. I have loved and watched the online beauty community grow and shine since I was around 11. From ViviannaDoesMakeup to inthefrow and  Caroline Hirons to Zoella I have been inspired and have built up my passion for all things aesthetically pleasing and creative in the last 6 years, holding out for a time when I knew I could really go for it with my own blog (minus a little trial back in 2013, google mizzmagnifique for a blast in the past, it’s chuckle worthy!) Skip to now and here we are Winging It is born, appropriately named as I am just going to go with what happens and hope you enjoy reading this and of course because one can’t resist a classic wing with their eyeliner.

Lyl, Mandy xo