Some of my style-peration
I'm loving:
Leather Jackets
White skinny's
Cute retro modern bags!
Denim shirts
Or
Just shirts in general!
So cute and chic
Tucked in shirts with a cute belt!
Hope these pics give you guys some style-peration ;)
Monday 27 May 2013
Friday 24 May 2013
Blue Hair don't care
So I've been obsessed with brightly coloured hair and recently I decided to dye mine. I've been saying I'm going to it for the past year or so but I just never built up the courage till recently.Whenever I'd mention it to someone their first reaction would be something like this, oh my word that's so cool!!!.... But I don't think you fair enough to pull it off or it's gonna damage your hair!! Someone even told me I'd look like "my little pony" or a peacock.
Anyway after some major contemplation and weighing my pros and cons i decided to go for it!!! And since I'm an avid bidorbuy customer I found my colour online and purchased it before I could change my mind... I decided to go for a blue.. Dark blue so it wouldn't be as noticeable and not bright pink as I'd originally wanted.
Lucky for me, my aunty is a qualified hairdresser and even though she no longer works as one she still helped me out. Before I put the colour on I had to bleach my hair (since i'm a natural brunette) I decided to do something similar to the ombré trend but using blue instead, so I practically bleached half of my head (a warning if anyone plans on bleaching their hair it does indeed damage your hair). Now usually bleaching strips the colour from your hair and leaves your hair almost blonde, for me this wasn't the case. My hair turned into an ugly shade of orange. This happened because I had dyed my hair many times before you see I'm grey and even though I'm only 19 I'm greying more and more each year I fear that by the time I'm 25 I'll be completely grey. So anyway instead of using toner to get to blonde I left it orange because it still had tinges of blonde. Ifigured it would act as green highlights within the blue and look even cooler! I was right!!!
I'll post some pics as soon as I transfer them from my camera.
Some tips and hints for any future drastic hair colour users:
Skullox hair dye- they have a variety of colours and it can be bought
online and delivered to your house from www.bidorbuy.co.za
It costs approx R100
Hydrogen peroxide- can be bought from pharmacies or salons to
lighten up dark hair so the colour shows
Kungoo- Indian coloured spices that come in various colours
It can be bought from almost all spice shops and if mixed with water and
Conditioner to form a paste it takes the form of a hair dye (colour does not last long)
Costs approx R5
I would advise people to do this!!! Have fun with your hair if you aren't happy you can always change your hair colour back to normal that's why dye was invented;)
But do note that brightly coloured hair doesn't last long and maintenance is required every couple of weeks especially if you wash your hair often.
If anyone needs any advice please feel free to ask
XX
Zas
Anyway after some major contemplation and weighing my pros and cons i decided to go for it!!! And since I'm an avid bidorbuy customer I found my colour online and purchased it before I could change my mind... I decided to go for a blue.. Dark blue so it wouldn't be as noticeable and not bright pink as I'd originally wanted.
Lucky for me, my aunty is a qualified hairdresser and even though she no longer works as one she still helped me out. Before I put the colour on I had to bleach my hair (since i'm a natural brunette) I decided to do something similar to the ombré trend but using blue instead, so I practically bleached half of my head (a warning if anyone plans on bleaching their hair it does indeed damage your hair). Now usually bleaching strips the colour from your hair and leaves your hair almost blonde, for me this wasn't the case. My hair turned into an ugly shade of orange. This happened because I had dyed my hair many times before you see I'm grey and even though I'm only 19 I'm greying more and more each year I fear that by the time I'm 25 I'll be completely grey. So anyway instead of using toner to get to blonde I left it orange because it still had tinges of blonde. Ifigured it would act as green highlights within the blue and look even cooler! I was right!!!
I'll post some pics as soon as I transfer them from my camera.
Some tips and hints for any future drastic hair colour users:
Skullox hair dye- they have a variety of colours and it can be bought
online and delivered to your house from www.bidorbuy.co.za
It costs approx R100
Hydrogen peroxide- can be bought from pharmacies or salons to
lighten up dark hair so the colour shows
Kungoo- Indian coloured spices that come in various colours
It can be bought from almost all spice shops and if mixed with water and
Conditioner to form a paste it takes the form of a hair dye (colour does not last long)
Costs approx R5
I would advise people to do this!!! Have fun with your hair if you aren't happy you can always change your hair colour back to normal that's why dye was invented;)
But do note that brightly coloured hair doesn't last long and maintenance is required every couple of weeks especially if you wash your hair often.
If anyone needs any advice please feel free to ask
XX
Zas
Friday 17 May 2013
Little White Lies
I've been contemplating my life recently...
I guess it's because I've just been through so much lately.. And I've realised I've been telling a lot of white lies to cover up my mistakes and make sure people who are close to me don't get hurt.
I was thinking of making this post a confession but then I realised way too many people would have access. So instead I'm going to tell you all about Ali...
Basharat Ali is a guy who is approximately double my age and he first met me 3 years ago around the time I met 2 of my exes... I was working for my uncle in the December holidays and he happened to have a shop in the same centre and since he's Pakistani I can bet you can immediately figure out what kind of shop he had.... "Ali's sellfone and electric shop" (repairs done)
I think the thing that stood out most for me was the sign advertising a "Kettel" for R100. I wish I had a picture to share.
I remember when Julie the manager first told me about this older guy who was apparently interested in me! I was outraged I was only 16 years old!!! And I felt slimy and I thought he looked a little bit like Shrek and paid him no attention even though he used to send me chocolates and a buddy coke everyday. I always sent it back but I suspected that his worker made use of it so he thought I accepted his gifts. The biggest shock at the time came when he asked for my number on a note he wrote and sent with a gold heart shape pendent and necklace from American Swiss. It's safe to assume that I sent this back and refused to give him my number!
The ladies that worked with me took full advantage for his generosity. Asking him for airtime, cellphone covers and earphones etc... He gave it to them willingly thinking I was asking for it. Once I left work to start school again I assumed I'd never see or hear from him and I didn't for quite a while.
Around June I received an SMS saying hello, with an airtime voucher number I assumed it was from my aunt using another number since she was wholesaling airtime at the time (she even supplied Ali). But it wasn't her in fact it was Ali he'd send me R12 every single day and eventually I thought to myself he can't be doing this for no reason so I asked him where he'd got my number from and what were his intentions. He told me Julie the manager gave it to him which made sense and he really liked me and wanted to be my friend. I honestly took him as a joke and told all my friends about him and we'd laugh at his misfortunes and his funny accent we even once prank called him and his reply to our girlish laughs and silly jokes on the phone was, "don't be joke" which I assumed meant stop pranking me. I wanted to see how far he'd go to become my friend and around the time of my birthday I asked him to buy me and iPod touch and he did!!!! He insisted i come to pick it up. I was scared so on my birthday I made my really close and special cousin pick it up for me, pretending to be me. He immediately knew it wasn't me and even citied her as my cousin and told her she's welcome to visit his shop at any time. Besides the iPod he sent flowers (a bunch of half dead daisies) and about 5 large packets of Simba chips. It was rather strange but I accepted it because I was a horrible selfish brat, but I don't think I really didn't have a conscience because I always felt really bad using the iPod and eventually gave it to my brother and then it landed up with my niece.
I didn't want Ali to get the wrong idea because they'd never be anything between us we were from different worlds and he was way too old. So I made my aunt tell him I had a really strict father and uncle and they'd never allow it. This was true, but it never stopped him from trying he still bought me gifts which he insisted I pick up (I never did) and when I didn't he insisted my aunt take them for me. She didn't either although she did identify two items for me a Sh'zen manicure set and shoes (god knows if they were even my size).
The only way I eventually got rid of him was lying to him that I was getting married. So I guess it was that little white lie that got rid of something that would never have a future.
Well wherever Ali is today I hope he's well and thank him for my iPod;)
XX
I guess it's because I've just been through so much lately.. And I've realised I've been telling a lot of white lies to cover up my mistakes and make sure people who are close to me don't get hurt.
I was thinking of making this post a confession but then I realised way too many people would have access. So instead I'm going to tell you all about Ali...
Basharat Ali is a guy who is approximately double my age and he first met me 3 years ago around the time I met 2 of my exes... I was working for my uncle in the December holidays and he happened to have a shop in the same centre and since he's Pakistani I can bet you can immediately figure out what kind of shop he had.... "Ali's sellfone and electric shop" (repairs done)
I think the thing that stood out most for me was the sign advertising a "Kettel" for R100. I wish I had a picture to share.
I remember when Julie the manager first told me about this older guy who was apparently interested in me! I was outraged I was only 16 years old!!! And I felt slimy and I thought he looked a little bit like Shrek and paid him no attention even though he used to send me chocolates and a buddy coke everyday. I always sent it back but I suspected that his worker made use of it so he thought I accepted his gifts. The biggest shock at the time came when he asked for my number on a note he wrote and sent with a gold heart shape pendent and necklace from American Swiss. It's safe to assume that I sent this back and refused to give him my number!
The ladies that worked with me took full advantage for his generosity. Asking him for airtime, cellphone covers and earphones etc... He gave it to them willingly thinking I was asking for it. Once I left work to start school again I assumed I'd never see or hear from him and I didn't for quite a while.
Around June I received an SMS saying hello, with an airtime voucher number I assumed it was from my aunt using another number since she was wholesaling airtime at the time (she even supplied Ali). But it wasn't her in fact it was Ali he'd send me R12 every single day and eventually I thought to myself he can't be doing this for no reason so I asked him where he'd got my number from and what were his intentions. He told me Julie the manager gave it to him which made sense and he really liked me and wanted to be my friend. I honestly took him as a joke and told all my friends about him and we'd laugh at his misfortunes and his funny accent we even once prank called him and his reply to our girlish laughs and silly jokes on the phone was, "don't be joke" which I assumed meant stop pranking me. I wanted to see how far he'd go to become my friend and around the time of my birthday I asked him to buy me and iPod touch and he did!!!! He insisted i come to pick it up. I was scared so on my birthday I made my really close and special cousin pick it up for me, pretending to be me. He immediately knew it wasn't me and even citied her as my cousin and told her she's welcome to visit his shop at any time. Besides the iPod he sent flowers (a bunch of half dead daisies) and about 5 large packets of Simba chips. It was rather strange but I accepted it because I was a horrible selfish brat, but I don't think I really didn't have a conscience because I always felt really bad using the iPod and eventually gave it to my brother and then it landed up with my niece.
I didn't want Ali to get the wrong idea because they'd never be anything between us we were from different worlds and he was way too old. So I made my aunt tell him I had a really strict father and uncle and they'd never allow it. This was true, but it never stopped him from trying he still bought me gifts which he insisted I pick up (I never did) and when I didn't he insisted my aunt take them for me. She didn't either although she did identify two items for me a Sh'zen manicure set and shoes (god knows if they were even my size).
The only way I eventually got rid of him was lying to him that I was getting married. So I guess it was that little white lie that got rid of something that would never have a future.
Well wherever Ali is today I hope he's well and thank him for my iPod;)
XX
Sunday 16 September 2012
Some inspiration by the script
Yeah, You could be the greatestYou can be the best
You can be the king kong banging on your chest
You could beat the world
You could beat the war
You could talk to God, go banging on his door
You can throw your hands up
You can be the clock
You can move a mountain
You can break rocks
You can be a master
Don't wait for luck
Dedicate yourself and you can find yourself
Standing in the hall of fame
And the world's gonna know your name
Cause you burn with the brightest flame
And the world's gonna know your name
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame
You could go the distance
You could run the mile
You could walk straight through hell with a smile
You could be the hero
You could get the gold
Breaking all the records that thought never could be broke
Do it for your people
Do it for your pride
Never gonna know if you never even try
Do it for your counrty
Do it for you name
Cause there's gonna be a day
When your, standing in the hall of fame
And the world's gonna know your name
Cause you burn with the brightest flame
And the world's gonna know your name
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame
Be a champion, Be a champion, Be a champion, Be a champion
On the walls of the hall of fame
Be students
Be teachers
Be politicians
Be preachers
Be believers
Be leaders
Be astronauts
Be champions
Be true seekers
Be students
Be teachers
Be politicians
Be preachers
Be believers
Be leaders
Be astronauts
Be champions
Standing in the hall of fame
And the world's gonna know your name
Cause you burn with the brightest flame
And the world's gonna know your name
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame
(You can be a champion)
You could be the greatest
(You can be a champion)
You can be the best
(You can be a champion)
You can be the king kong banging on your chest
(You can be a champion)
You could beat the world
(You can be a champion)
You could beat the war
(You can be a champion)
You could talk to God, go banging on his door
(You can be a champion)
You can throw your hands up
(You can be a champion)
You caSn be the clock
(You can be a champion)
You can move a mountain
(You can be a champion)
You can break rocks
(You can be a champion)
You can be a master
(You can be a champion)
Don't wait for luck
(You can be a champion)
Dedicate yourself and you can find yourself
(You can be a champion)
Standing in the hall of fam
You can be the king kong banging on your chest
You could beat the world
You could beat the war
You could talk to God, go banging on his door
You can throw your hands up
You can be the clock
You can move a mountain
You can break rocks
You can be a master
Don't wait for luck
Dedicate yourself and you can find yourself
Standing in the hall of fame
And the world's gonna know your name
Cause you burn with the brightest flame
And the world's gonna know your name
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame
You could go the distance
You could run the mile
You could walk straight through hell with a smile
You could be the hero
You could get the gold
Breaking all the records that thought never could be broke
Do it for your people
Do it for your pride
Never gonna know if you never even try
Do it for your counrty
Do it for you name
Cause there's gonna be a day
When your, standing in the hall of fame
And the world's gonna know your name
Cause you burn with the brightest flame
And the world's gonna know your name
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame
Be a champion, Be a champion, Be a champion, Be a champion
On the walls of the hall of fame
Be students
Be teachers
Be politicians
Be preachers
Be believers
Be leaders
Be astronauts
Be champions
Be true seekers
Be students
Be teachers
Be politicians
Be preachers
Be believers
Be leaders
Be astronauts
Be champions
Standing in the hall of fame
And the world's gonna know your name
Cause you burn with the brightest flame
And the world's gonna know your name
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame
(You can be a champion)
You could be the greatest
(You can be a champion)
You can be the best
(You can be a champion)
You can be the king kong banging on your chest
(You can be a champion)
You could beat the world
(You can be a champion)
You could beat the war
(You can be a champion)
You could talk to God, go banging on his door
(You can be a champion)
You can throw your hands up
(You can be a champion)
You caSn be the clock
(You can be a champion)
You can move a mountain
(You can be a champion)
You can break rocks
(You can be a champion)
You can be a master
(You can be a champion)
Don't wait for luck
(You can be a champion)
Dedicate yourself and you can find yourself
(You can be a champion)
Standing in the hall of fam
Thursday 13 September 2012
Those Things I Love
So i tend to get obsessed with things quite easily but then i get over those things just as easily..
Does that happen to anyone else?
Anyway i thought it would be cool to post a few pics of my latest trends and obsessions...
follow me on instagram: zahraaessa
or on twitter: zahraa_essa. i usually post my new obsessions and crazes there:)
1.
Does that happen to anyone else?
Anyway i thought it would be cool to post a few pics of my latest trends and obsessions...
follow me on instagram: zahraaessa
or on twitter: zahraa_essa. i usually post my new obsessions and crazes there:)
1.
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| High waisted skinny pants and jeans are a major DO and obsesion of mine 2.  
Loving fun coloured blazers... Zara has a fabulous range
3.
 
Fish Braids!!! and Braids!!
4.
Colour eyeliner!! Be different try a new colour. I love them, purple is my current favourite
4,
Lace Shorts so fun for Spring!
5.
LOVE short dresses paired up with stockings and i love laces dresses:)
6,
coloured skinny's, that is all
These are a few of my latest obsessions and as you can see i'm really loving colour and lace.
Xx
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Wednesday 14 March 2012
face masks
So those people who know me will know that i'm obsessed with skin so I've decided to compose another blog post on skin care:)
These are few quick and easy face masks they really help with breakouts and dark spot lightening and can be easily made with basic ingredients in your kitchen.
1) One egg white beaten with a little bit of lemon juice and honey (you can use either one or both it's your choice). Once you beat the egg white till it's a bit fluffy apply it to your face for half an hour and then wash it off with cold water.
2) Tumeric and honey.
You'll need 5 teaspoons of honey and one of tumeric, mix these ingredients together and then apply it to your face. This is an amazing mask for lightening the complexion and getting rid of spots however it is very messy and gets onto everything and the tumeric tends to stain so wear old clothes while using this mask and stay away from white sheets etc...
3) Baking Soda and Water
after washing your face mix together some baking soda and water and apply it to your face and wash off after 15 minutes. Only use this mask if you have an acne or serve blackhead problem. It may not work for everyone
4) Oats
rough oats are a very good as an exfoliator
hope these help. masks can be made from pretty much anything in your kitchen
Xx
These are few quick and easy face masks they really help with breakouts and dark spot lightening and can be easily made with basic ingredients in your kitchen.
1) One egg white beaten with a little bit of lemon juice and honey (you can use either one or both it's your choice). Once you beat the egg white till it's a bit fluffy apply it to your face for half an hour and then wash it off with cold water.
2) Tumeric and honey.
You'll need 5 teaspoons of honey and one of tumeric, mix these ingredients together and then apply it to your face. This is an amazing mask for lightening the complexion and getting rid of spots however it is very messy and gets onto everything and the tumeric tends to stain so wear old clothes while using this mask and stay away from white sheets etc...
3) Baking Soda and Water
after washing your face mix together some baking soda and water and apply it to your face and wash off after 15 minutes. Only use this mask if you have an acne or serve blackhead problem. It may not work for everyone
4) Oats
rough oats are a very good as an exfoliator
hope these help. masks can be made from pretty much anything in your kitchen
Xx
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