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Category: #HealthySelves

  • BODY CONFIDENCE WHEN YOU ARE A CURVY GAL | QUEENBEADY

    BODY CONFIDENCE WHEN YOU ARE A CURVY GAL | QUEENBEADY

    OOTD M&S 1

    Neckerchief C/O New Look | Dress M&S (found in a Charity Shop) | Bag Mango | Shoes Miss Selfridge | Watch Larsson & Jennings | Photography Matt McCormick

    I’m curvy. I have “mothering hips”, a rather large rump and 32FF boobs. I fit in to a size 12 and then sometimes things still don’t fit (I’m looking at you Topshop/H&M!) When I was a teen, I hit puberty pretty early. In fact, I got my period aged 12 on my third day at High School. True fact. Any male readers, you probably wanna leave now. It was the day I supposedly “became a woman” (LOLZ. Lie. It was the day that it was the start of horrific period pains and illness) but I was only a child and I’d often find myself thinking “why me?” and “why had it happened to me so soon?” but eventually I just had to deal with it. My boobs began to grow but nothing else really did so I was still pretty slim. Bonus. However, since the age of about 18, adult life took over and food was more about convenience rather than calorie counting. I’ve had to learn how to work with my body and it’s ever changing shape.

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  • CIAO BELLA | QUEENBEADY

    CIAO BELLA | QUEENBEADY

    QB2

    Top Mango | Trousers C/O New Look (similar) | Sandals C/O Beach Athletics | Bag Bought in Italy | Watch Larsson & Jennings | Sunglasses C/O Sunglasses Shop | Photography Matt Mccormick

    I’ve currently said “CIAO BELLA” to the UK and I’m swanning around the South of France (so the translation would have been better in French, but hey, I’m not too far from the Italian border right now so let’s forgive me for that rookie error. Shall we?) I’ve been dying to say “Goodbye UK” since my last trip, but even more so since the Referendum. I’m all about spreading good vibes and sadly, the Brexit situ has kinda left a bad taste in my mouth. I’m sure most of you will agree with me.

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  • WHAT IS A STRONG WOMAN? | QUEENBEADY

    WHAT IS A STRONG WOMAN? | QUEENBEADY

    Full length QueenBeady Woolover

    Neckerchief C/O New Look | Jumper C/O Woolovers | Jeans C/O New Look | Watch Larsson & Jennings | Bag C/O George at Asda | Sandals Birkenstock | Photography Natalie at Tofu Diaries Blog

    I was called “very strong-willed” the other day. It’s very far away from the view I have of myself to be honest. I just see myself as a panicky, over-thinking, late-twenty year old mess. But then, I got thinking about it. Maybe I actually am quite “strong” – because some of the things I have to put up with, which for the purposes of this blog I will not actually go in to detail, a lot of people probably would have said a big “F U” to, many, many, maaaaaany moons ago. The same person who said I was “strong-willed” I actually stood up for the other day in a slightly heated discussion. One where it felt like they were getting the blame for something that in all it’s entirety was not their fault. So yes, I sat back and thought deeply (yeah ‘cos I am deep & shit!) and came to conclusion that actually yes, maybe I am.

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  • SUMMER, WHERE ARE YOU? | QUEENBEADY

    SUMMER, WHERE ARE YOU? | QUEENBEADY

    George At Asda Denim Jean Queen

    Coat Matalan | Blazer H&M | Top New Look | Jeans C/O George At Asda | Boots ASOS | Neckerchief ASOS | Watch Larsson & Jennings | Bag Mango | Photography Matt McCormick

    First of all, whatdafuqiswiththisweather? I’m pretty sure everyone has turned to someone these last few weeks and asked the same question. I for one am totally not digging this weather. AT ALL. We jetted off to Oslo last weekend and whilst the last day the sun started to shine (yes, and all the while we wore all of our layers and carried a rucksack each. Thank you hand luggage Gods. Not.) the rest of the weekend was pretty drizzly. Then, we came back home and temperatures dip below what they were on Christmas day. Oh yes, you read that right and once again for those in the back. IT WAS COLDER THAN CHRISTMAS DAY.

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  • Come with me to Oslo Vlog | QueenBeady

    Come with me to Oslo Vlog | QueenBeady

    You know when I kinda went bat-shit cray cray on Snapchat because my video editing was not going quite according to plan? Well, this is the fruits of my labour (read: blood, sweat & tears!) I was going to write my Oslo posts first but then I thought, “to hell with it!” The vlog doesn’t give too much away, but you can kinda, most definitely see just how pretty the place was through the eyes of my camera lens. Whilst I didn’t get chance to film everything I hope you enjoy the snippets that I did shoot. Enjoy.

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