Monday 9 February 2015

New Blog Design & A Quick Catch-Up!

Hola people!

Happy New Year! 
Wait...what do you mean I'm a bit late? It's February already?! Wow...shows how long I've been neglecting my poor blog! ;)

Over Christmas and January I had the highly unfortunate issue of being very ill. I had possibly one of the worst virus's ever and it made me extremely upset to be ill on Christmas! It continued into the new year and while I tried to pick myself up and blog, I didn't feel I'd be giving it 100%. So I have waited until I'm completely better and can now get back into blogging with some oomph!

Now, those who have visited my blog before maaaay have noticed some interesting changes....*wink wink, nudge nudge*. If you haven't, then....go and get your glasses on! ;) 
I've had a complete change in layout and design! Ta-dah! *cue streamers and celebratory music erupting from your device* No? No streamers? Just me then... :P

So. Why did I decide to have a complete change even though my blog is only 5 months old? Well. As many people say, New Year, new me! In this case, it's New Year, new blog! Even though I loved the colour scheme and look of my blog beforehand, I did feel it lacked professionalism and was quite closed in in all it's dark themed glory.

I googled many sites for a funky blogger template and found this beauty! You liiike? It's called Retro Darling and is from a site called Pipdig!
They are a fantastic site who offer many templates for both Blogger and Wordpress. They come at a small price for such awesome features. PLUS, you have the option to install the template yourself once purchased, or you can fill in some details and someone from Pipdig will sort it out for you. I know...groovy right?! A big thanks to Phil from Pipdig who emailed me some help and advice once it was all sorted! *salutes Phil*

If you fancy checking their site out and having a mooch at their templates, click the bright pink link above! OR, you can head to the very bottom of my blog and click 'Blogger template by Pipdig' for a direct link too.

As well as a new blog layout and design, I also took it upon myself to try my hand at making a Header to go on my social media for the blog. Check it out!


I'm quite proud of it I must say. I am an artistic person, however, usually in the form of a pencil and paper or paint brush and canvas...not the internet. HA! It was simpler to make a header than I originally thought. Again, I found a great site. This being, PicMonkey.com
They have templates, images, colours and all sorts. A real easy website to navigate. 

Coming up on the blog:
Soon on the blog will be 2 Glossybox reviews (one from Christmas, oops!) and several makeup reviews. I have vowed to myself that I will try harder to post more regularly and try to raise my blog views. I want people to enjoy visiting my blog and hopefully interact with me! :)
Feel free to let me know what you think of the header I created and if you have used any funky sites to create headers, let me know!

Oh! I have a little signature pic to go at the end of my blog posts too! Again, those of you who have visited my blog before will know I always ended with "*Insert imaginary funky drawn skull here*". Weeeeell, not anymore peeps! Now, I have a real funky little skull to include next to my name. ;) I do love my skulls <3
Woop woop!

So, until next time!
Rock on!


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  1. Love the new design! :)
    Rebecca // rebeccamariee.blogspot.com xx

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    1. Thank you! I must admit, I did sit and stare at it for a bit when it was finished :P lol xx

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  2. I really like your blog template! I think it is time I get a new one. :b

    http://perlasancheza.blogspot.com/

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    1. Haha, go for it! You'll likely be glad you did :D xx

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