Start The Day The Right Way
This is a bit of a random post, but while I am stuck in the library that currently feels like my hellish office job as I am here every single day 9-8 (a… Read More
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Stop Being Ignorant
This has been a long time coming, especially after interviewing Ingrid Newkirk from Peta and then getting the final kick up my backside after reading this post here by Taru from World Tour Stories… Read More
Monday Musings // Getting Back Into The Groove
1. The last week has basically been a write off. I have been in bed with horrible, horrible Mumps and then just when I thought I was getting better, at the weekend I… Read More
Try, Test & Adore YSL Le Teint Touche Eclat
I have found the perfect foundation. This is no exaggeration, no quick off-the-cuff statement, this is just a profession of love for a lightweight foundation that has answered all my dry skin prayers.… Read More
Monday Musings
1. Having Mumps well and truly sucks. My face has ballooned to such an extent that I now resemble somebody who has been in a real life ‘fatbooth’. Even if you have been… Read More
Remember A Moment In Time
Is there a photograph that you can look at and remember exactly what you were thinking at that moment? With this photograph I can. Not at this precise moment of course, because a photograph was… Read More
Brighten Up Your Day Now!
Follow your own advice. If a friend was feeling a little blue or having an off day, what would you say to him/her? How would you cheer them up? Now turn this around on… Read More
Have An Unusual Family Tradition
There’s nothing more important than family, right? Well it makes sense then, that every family should have their own, individual quirky tradition that only means something to them. For my family, it is… Read More
Try A New, Magical Ingredient
Until last week, I had rather ignorantly never heard of Harissa paste, a mixture of peppers, dried red chillies, garlic, caraway seeds, ground cumin and coriander, tomato purée, salt and olive oil and even… Read More
Monday Musings
1. This weather is absolutely beautiful, although not conducive to productive revising 2. I need to cut back seriously on packaged, processed foods – mainly crisps. I am even considering cutting way back… Read More
Covet My First Red Lipstick
The exciting news of the day – oh wow, isn’t my life a barrel of laughs! – is that I have finally found a red lipstick I can work with. Before, I had dark pinks… Read More
Marvel At The Stars
As I was walking through York late last night I was thinking about writing this blog post because the night previously I had looked out of my bedroom window to see a very… Read More
Enjoy The Sunshine
I believe that the perfect antidote to most worries in life is sunshine. There’s nothing like the warm rays on your face and enjoying a cold drink with a friend. Not only does… Read More
Find The Dry Skin Miracle Worker
For a long time I fell into the ‘hype-trap’ as I like to call it, of reading everywhere that Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish was the world’s greatest cleanser bar none. Every blogger, magazine and… Read More
Offer My ‘First-Time Travel’ Tips
Although it feels like a million years ago that I went travelling, what I do remember is how invaluable this sheet of paper was that was given to me by a lovely friend… Read More
Decide: Wax/Shave/Laser It All Off?
What originally sparked the idea for this blog post was my housemate insisting that I get a wax as soon as possible. She was amazed that never before had I subjected my skin… Read More
Reveal: What I’ve Been Buying Lately (at H&M)
Day dress – 12.99 | Black skinny jeans – 29.99 I haven’t been shopping in a very long time…honestly it is quite impressive how long it’s been! My student loan came in a couple of days… Read More
Give Gwyneth A Whirl
As it was my last evening at home a couple of days ago, I promised Mum that I would whip up a delicious dinner for us all to enjoy. At the moment my… Read More
Create: “Why I Started My Blog” Tag
I have created this tag as a way of reminding ourselves why we started these blogs in the first place. This is something that I absolutely love to do and it often ends… Read More
Be Inspired: Watch Old Classics
During all this crappy old revision and essay writing, something wonderful has happened. I have been forced to watch Italian films and learn about the history of Italian cinema and I have actually started… Read More
Feature My Products Of The Week
This week I have been absolutely loving these three goodies. The moisturiser and face oil have been saviours to the desert like surface that is my skin. It is so dry and I’m… Read More
