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2016

  • The Beauty Edit: Best Of 2016

    I haven’t done a beauty post in a little while, but my love for makeup hasn’t subsided any in that time! Today I want to do a little round-up of some of my favourite products from 2016. These products may be ones I have tried for the first time this year and have loved or Read more

  • Important Things To Remember This Festive Season

    This season is meant to be the happiest of them all. I mean the month of Christmas and all the other festivities; a time when we’re supposed to be surrounded by friends, family and wonderful food, what’s not to love? But for many people it’s just another month in the year. Or for some, even Read more

  • Five Non-Fiction Books To Gift This Christmas

    Buying Christmas presents can be a real struggle. You want something that will be perfect, something you hope they’ll love and treasure for a long time. But also, let’s be real, without spending too much money. Books are such an under-rated gift I feel and are something that can be easily slept on. Okay they’re Read more

  • 11 Small Things To Do This Festive Season

    Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, it’s hard to escape this festive feeling that’s floating around right now.This month, whether you like it or not, is all about being merry and loving- which are wonderful things to be and something we can all strive to have more of in our everyday lives.  But it can Read more

  • Staying Motivated This Festive Season: A Pep Talk

    Are you guys looking forward to Christmas? It feels like everyone is getting more and more festive every day, yet I’m still struggling to accept that it’s December already! Already I think it’s lovely that people are getting all excited about Christmas and all that jazz, I am more than aware that not everyone can relate. Read more

  • 10 Steps To Refresh and Reboot Your Body

    Do you know those days where you just feel a bit ‘meh’? For some reason you just don’t feel 100% and it’s getting in the way of everything you’re trying to do. Well, here are 10 little steps you can take to feeling refreshed, rebooted and ready to tackle that to-do list once again: Take Read more

  • Five Christmas Films You Should Watch This Season

    While trying to get into the Christmas spirit, I know many of us turn to our favourite festive movies. With happy stories about family, love and Santa there’s no better way to get yourself ready for Christmas! Here are my top five Christmas films that I’ll be watching this season and I think you should Read more

  • The Scrooge Guide: Reasons To be Happy This Festive Season 

    There’s no escaping Christmas now, no matter how hard you try. This is a wonderful time of the year but it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. And I get that. Christmas can be a magical and fun time, if you celebrate it. But for some it’s just another month in the year. This post is Read more

  • Things I’ve Been Loving: November

    Okay so I know I’ve just posted a monthly, wrap-up style post (if you missed that then you can check it out here) but November’s been a busy month for me and I have more things to say! This time round I want to focus on the small products that have kept me going and Read more

  • Cool Things I Did In November (Alternatively Titled: How To Escape)

    I know I said this in my last monthly post (read here) but it’s just been another weird month. I think with the end of the year approaching, workload picking up and the general state of the world (*cough* Trump) it’s understandable that a lot of us are feeling a bit shit right now. I’m, Read more

  • Mind Your Damn Business: A Discussion On Privacy by a Nosy Journalism Student

    I haven’t even started this post yet but I already know it’s going to have no structure and no clear point. Apologies. But this is a topic I really want to talk about and something that I’ve been thinking about recently for various different reasons. I am currently in my last year of a Journalism Read more

  • Things I’ve Been Loving: October

    October was a frigging long month wasn’t it? Unlike previous months, which seemed to fly by, I thought it would never end. Now winter is basically here, Christmas  is coming and we can all breathe a sigh of relief that this weird year is coming to a close. October was an odd month for me Read more

  • What Is Self Care Anyway?

    Following Mental Health Day this week (Monday 10th October, FYI) I’ve been thinking a lot about this whole ‘self-care’ thing. It’s become somewhat of a trend on social media and we’re often surrounded by images of Lush products and bubble baths. Which of course is a part of it, but it isn’t always pretty and Read more

  • It’s Difficult #3: The Response

    (This is a follow up post. You can read the other parts here and here to get the gist of the story) As with most things in my life, I like to ask for other people’s opinions. This is either to prove to myself that I’m not alone or just because I’m a curious person and I Read more

  • Becoming Unstuck: How To Get Out of A Rut

    It’s so easy to get stuck into a rut and feel like there is no way out. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, being ‘stuck in a rut’ describes those times when you feel like you’re trapped. When things aren’t going quite as you’d like but you can’t find any way to resolve Read more

  • It’s Difficult #2: Seeing The Problem

    (This is a follow up post. You can read the first part here to get the gist of the story) I didn’t think I had a problem. Although it was something that had crossed my mind in the past, I had always dismissed it as I wasn’t one of those people. I do use the internet Read more