Hi there and welcome to my blog..
First things first, I should tell you a bit about myself and what you can expect from this blog. I am a bit of a beauty addict and shopaholic but I also have a keen interest in fitness, dieting and shopping. When it comes to blogs I generally tend to stick to beauty and health but I want to include more of my own interests in this blog that I den't tend to see much about so you may occasionally see the odd blog on my career and my pet parrot (who is also a bit of a beauty addict).
Oh and the blog name..Pretty is a subtle nod to the beauty references you should expect to see in this blog and big..well I'm big. Plus size I guess is the correct term, hence the fitness and weight loss.
So about me. I'm 28 and I moved to West Sussex from Yorkshire nearly 3 years ago. I'm now very much settled and love living so close to London and Brighton. Soon I will be working full time in London so I'm looking forward to exploring the city more and also meeting new people. I'm not going to lie, moving 3 hours away from home a week after a break up wasn't my smartest move and for a long time I threw myself into work and was very lonely. I took part in online dating for about a year before I met the person I was looking for but more on that later.
One of the first things people notice about me is that I'm very ambitious and to be honest I'm not sure if that's a good thing. And there is the next thing most people notice about me - I over-think things alot. Whether it be what people think about me, feminisim, body confidence etc so you may also see a fair few posts on these subjects also.
When I first started thinking about blogging I wondered what my set me apart from all the other beauty bloggers out there and I have 2 key selling points (I think):
1. My parrot Kiki - She is a 3 year old caique who clearly spends far too much time with me. Her favourite thing to do in a morning is sit with me and explore my makeup bag whilst I get ready in a morning and sit in my shoulder and pose in the mirror whilst I brush my teeth - classic diva behaviour!
2. I'm from the UK but I'm very fortunate to have another half who pretty much gets to shop all over the world. He regularly gets sent to sephora, target, walmart etc etc. So hopefully I'll be able to start bring you guys reviews of the latest products before they're here - giving me an excuse to buy them (did I mention I'm a shopaholic)!!
Lastly, I'm really interested in fitness, dieting and healthy living. I'm not going to reel off a cliché yoyo dieter story. Let's just say I've tried I'm all but now I pretty much try to cook from scratch, eat clean and work out.
Anyway, enough about me. Hopefully that's given you an inclination to stick around!!
XOXO
