My Favourite Instagram Pictures.

It's no secret that I am completely Instagram obsessed. every opportunity to take a pretty photo, I'm there, phone at the ready. I wanted to share a few of my favourite pictures with you, all of which I have taken and uploaded myself

Enjoyx

My perfect Sunday - Pretty Little Liars, & a homemade milkshake!

The most amazing blush I think Ive ever laid eyes upon.

Ive found a new love for H&M makeup! And I've yet to tried my RT's brushes - still! They're too pretty!

Again - another milkshake, I may be obsessed? haha. pinterest is deadly for exposing you to pretty things!

I stayed at the amazing Cheddar Woods recently and it was the most incredible weekend away, I loved every second, so much so I'm heading back this weekend! They had the most beautiful tea and breakfast sets.

The Snow White addiction has begun..

Sophxo

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                                             All items in this post were bought by myself, and all opinions are my own, because telling lies just isn't cool

How I Edit My Instagram Pictures.

I am completely Instagram obsessed, it's probably my most loved form of social media. 

i'm always taking photos, and I actually really enjoy the process of editing them, and uploading them. I feel like I'm creating a little memory book for myself, full of my favourite pictures :)

I've had a lot of questions recently regarding how I take my pictures, how I edit them, and what apps I use, so I thought it would be more helpful if I wrote an in-depth post, rather than trying to squeeze everything into a short comment on my photo haha! 

So;

- The first thing I do is make sure the settings on my camera are right, I use my Iphone6s to take the picture you see on my Instagram, the camera on my phone is pretty good! So all I do is make sure I have the "square" option on, you know, like when you go to take a photo, instead of it being in the rectangular shape, it's already in the square shape for you. Amazing. Less work for me, thank you apple! haha. I like to make my Instagram very white, so I try to stick to white backgrounds, it's very difficult believe me!

- The next thing I do is head on over to VSCOcam, my favourite for adjusting the brightness, contrast, and to sharpen! I don't really touch anything else. 

- I will then take the photo over to Picfx, this is where I add the little light leaks (if i use them) but I mainly use this app for the little dots of light/sparkle, I turn it down a fraction so it isn't so in your face, and voila! I think it really finishes off a picture.

- Then finally before I upload it so Instagram, I will head on over to Squaready, this is where I add the white border to my photos.

- Finally, it's ready to be uploaded to Instagram, and honestly, that's all I do! I don't do filters, or any fancy editing, I just up the brightness, sharpen, maybe add fade depending on the picture, and add the light leaks. 

And here is the finished picture, fully edited. I love how bright my pictures are, especially through the winter months, it's kept everything super fresh :) Although it's been very difficult.. because in England the weather is just brill at the moment, with the sun disappearing super early, or just being non existent. haha.

I hope you enjoyed having a little nosey into how I edit my pictures!

Sophxo

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October Instagram Roundup.

October went by so quickly didn't it?! It really doesn't feel like its been a month since I wrote the September roundup, I've had a pretty busy October - meaning it practically whizzed by, and lots of new photos!

It was my birthday in October, which was a good excuse for cake; how amazing is this cake though?! Mac and me found it in Asda, I really didn't want to cut it! Its white chocolate.

For the first time ever, I broke my beloved iPhone 6! :( I was pretending it was a microphone, and flung it down the toilet haha. It was completely dead,  I spoke to apple, who said it would cost me £260 to repair, so I went to Carphone Warehouse hoping to pay off my contract, and start a new one with a new phone. To find I was due an upgrade months ago, wuhay! :)

Not gunna lie I'm so impressed that I managed to do these myself.. *grins*

I received a fair few gifts for my birthday, all of which I'm really grateful for. My mum bought me the Soap and Glory eyeliner, and the Glad Hair Day. I do love a bit of S&G!

I'm so impressed with the bath bomb collection I've got going on haha.. Matt bought me a gift set for my birthday, I loved everything, so I went on the Lush website to find they now have all of their christmas bits in, clearly I couldn't help myself and bought the whole bleddy shop!

I seem to say this every month, I bought another red lipstick, the obsession is forever strong haha. This one looks so pretty, although I have loads of reds I can assure you each one is a different shade, or so I think, everyone thinks they're exactly the same! 

This little beauty is Matt who I'm forever talking about/bigging up. Who I recently described to my friend as being an 11/10 haha, he was very chuffed. He made my birthday the best one yet, he bought me the nicest, most thoughtful gifts and I couldn't be more thankful. You could tell he thought about each one really carefully, he knows me better than I know myself. This was taken outside of the place we went for a Carvery, for my birthday. But how vile does my hair look.. definitely need to get it dyed! 

This little beauty was one of my presents from Matt, if you've never heard of Imperial Candles, go straight to their website now because you'll definitely want one! Its basically a candle with jewellery inside, Matt chose a ring to go inside mine. He also chose to get me a bath bomb too, which had the prettiest necklace inside. Amazing idea!


I took too many photos this month, so Ive only included a few,
how was your October?!

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Disney Phone Case.

The Sunday just gone was my 20th birthday, and I was very lucky to receive some seriously amazing gifts. I think my favourite out of the lot, and this was a pretty tough decision as I loved absolutely everything! was the Disney phone case, which my boyfriend got for me.

I absolutely had to share it with you, I've had so many comments and questions about it, so I thought I would do a post completely dedicated to it haha.

Pictures have been taken from my Instagram - sorry they aren't the best quality but hopefully you get the jist!

Originally I planned to buy this myself when payday came around, I sent a picture to Matt to show him how amazing it is, and he surprised me with it on my birthday. He's a gooden is Matt! I love how the whole case is drawn completely by hand, I wish I was so talented haha! Im not gunna lie, it is a little pricey, but for the quality its a million percent worth it. I recently dropped my phone, and destroyed it :( had I had this case on I genuinely think it might've survived, its a tough case - so it has a soft black surface on the inside, and it covers all sides/edges of your phone.

Anyway, if you were thinking of getting one yourself, make sure you have a look at the designers Instagram first, you can find that here. They have amazing designs, so I think choosing one will be pretty difficult! haha.

You can find this particular design here.


I hope you all had a really lovely weekend, and that Monday wasn't too painful for you!

Sophxo

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