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Empties | September – October 2017

December 7, 2017Leave a comment

As the end of 2017 draws ever closer, I'll fully admit I'm falling behind on my blog posts! I've had this box of trash sat in my house for far longer than I'd like - mostly due to pouring all my extra minutes into Swatch Perfect - but I'm hoping to rekindle my blogging motivation … Continue reading Empties | September – October 2017

DIY – Easy Layered Candles from Leftover Wax | Recycle Old Wax Melts & Candles

April 29, 2017April 29, 20176 Comments

In today's post I show you an easy way to recycle old candles and used wax melts into layered candles. Read on to find out how!

My Ultimate (but actually affordable) Skincare Wishlist

February 2, 20179 Comments

Interested on what's on my skincare lust list? Today I'm bringing you my ideal routine - a dream of a skincare regime, featuring a slew of products I'm unlikely to ever own all at once. A girl can dream...

Why I’m giving up women’s magazines – and what I’m reading instead

January 21, 20176 Comments

I hate women's magazines - but for years, I've still been supporting them with my hard earned cash. This year - it stops! Read on to find out why...

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Life is a lot like climbing a mountain, really, isn't it? 🏞️ There's plenty of times you think you're almost at the top, but then you'll go over a crest and realise there's still a long, long way to go. You can stay where you are, complain your legs hurt, and proclaim adamantly you can't go any further, but that won't make your journey any shorter, or the summit any nearer. Most people find it hard going it alone, and find solace in someone being beside you, telling you that you CAN do it - even as your trainers are stuck in a bog and you've slid back more steps than you've taken. Along the journey, you might find someone much younger than you progressing faster, or higher: but you'll do well to remember their climb has no bearing on yours, because everyone's pace is different. And at long last when you finally do reach the top - it might not be the top you expected after all. There might not be snow, or a flag, or it might not be the highest peak around. It just might be your family with a picnic instead - and sometimes, that's a whole lot better. ☺️ 🌄 Good luck with your mountain ✌️ 🌿🌿🌿 #scotland #skye #travel #mountain #ukbloggers #landscape #canon #canonm3 #dslrphotography #dslr

Super proud of my angels @empricee and @jdhazelwood for joining the homeowner club! What better way to celebrate than by making them a very overcomplicated greetings card? 🤷 Wishing you many happy years in your new home - be round soon for a gin or five 🍹 🏡🏡 #handmadecard #handmadecards #cardmaking #cardmakers #cardmakinghobby #diecutting #diecuts #shakercard #helloimhandmade #firsttimehomebuyer #newhome #newhomeowner #papercrafts #papercrafting #paperaddicts #cardmaker #handmadeisbetter #handmadeisbest #papercraft

💭 Tomorrow, I start my dream job. The funny thing is, I didn't see it coming. ✨One morning I came across this job vacancy, absent-mindedly browsing LinkedIn. I read it, and I thought, "Huh. That sounds pretty good." Over the next hour I couldn't get it out of my head. I showed my boyfriend. I sent it to my mum. I was filled with excitement - it had lit a fire in me that had been burning lower and lower for the longest time. Suddenly there was this other path in front of me. I couldn't resist - I wrote a cover letter on my phone and sent off my application. 💥 I never thought for a second I'd actually get the job. It was probably too good, too exciting, too perfect to actually be MY job. I got called in for interview. Then, another interview - this time I had to do a presentation. It was only in this second interview, when the manager looked me dead in the eye and said, "Well - I want to hire you. When can you start?" that I realised what had happened. Holy shit. HOLY SHIT. I did it? I actually did this?? I got my dream job??? ✨ I've been avoiding posting on this account, and my blog, for a long time because I'd put myself into a box I don't belong in any more. I still like makeup and skincare - but I've got more to give to the world than my thoughts on that. I want to talk about launching my business from my own back pocket. Becoming a homeowner at 25. I want to share my recipes, my craft projects, our home renovations, and my thoughts on whatever it is I'm thinking about that day. I want to be more me. I want to make this fun again. 💭 So - here's to change. Here's to taking on whatever life throws at you, even if it's not what you thought you'd be doing a month ago. And here's to believing in yourself, and giving yourself permission to chase after those dreams 🌠 #newjob #lifestyleblogger #ukbloggers #crafter

I might not have been posting on the 'gram... But I sure as hell have been buying makeup 🙃 what would you pick from my giant collective haul? I've felt a little bit in limbo for the past few months, impatiently waiting for the next chapter of adulthood to begin - but it's finally right around the corner and I couldn't be more excited 🙏 I'm not going to divulge exactly what it is that's going on because I don't want to jinx it! But you'll find out very soon... And no, I'm not pregnant 😅 💕 @meltcosmetics @makeuprevolution @nablacosmetics @maybelline @zoevacosmetics @goshuk @sleekmakeup @beautyglazed @officialbbeauty @obsession #meltgemini #meltstack #meltcosmetics #beautyglazed #zoeva #revolutionmakeup #sleekmakeup #nablacosmetics #nabla #nabladreamy #maybellinexgigihadid #bbdaretoshare #slaytheflatlay #makeuphaul #makeupporn #makeupflatlay #discoverunder100k #bbloggersuk #ukbloggers #kissoffire #eyeshadowpalette

When you love a blush formula so much, you just... Buy the entire range... 🔥 These @obsession blushes really ARE that good. Since I bought the shade Honey (the one in the middle) I've used it a ton, and it's one of the only blushes I own that stays on my face for the entire day. Pigmented, but blends like a dream. Magic. ✨ And when I saw @shoprevolutionbeauty had them all on sale for £1.50? Well, it would be rude not to get them all, wouldn't it? 💕 #revolutionmakeup #obsession #affordablemakeup

Did I just post a review of a product on launch day?! 🤔 These Magnetize Eyeshadows are brand new at @makeuprevolution @shoprevolutionbeauty today - check out my blog (link in bio 👉) for some swatches and to find out what I think of them! Are you picking any of these up? 🌠 🌠 #makeuprevolution #revolutionbeauty #bbloggersuk #beautypage #ukbloggers #affordablemakeup #drugstore #slaytheflatlay #revoholic #makeupflatlay #discoverunder100k #makeuphaul #magnetize #superdrugloves #revolutionpro #revolution #revolutionmakeup #ontheblog #duochrome #glitter #makeupcollection #makeupcollector #drugstoremakeup #newmakeup #newrelease

I'm a 'lil emotional to discover @innisfreeofficial are discontinuing their EU shipping service - and it's nothing to do with the glass of 🍷 and leftover easter egg 🍫 I'm currently consuming! You might know that Innisfree is my favourite skincare brand (trust me to pick a company you can't even get in the UK) and I've ordered from their Korean warehouse a bunch of times. For around £7, my orders usually come in under a week, with free tracking and no customs charges. Cracking! Tomorrow is the last day to make orders from the EU do you better act fast if you don't want to miss out 😱 Hopefully they re-instate the EU shipping soon or I'll have to contain myself with buying off eBay 😭 ❤ ❤ #bbloggersuk #innisfree #kbeauty #skincarehaul #koreanskincare #skincare #slaytheflatlay #discoverunder100k #beautypage #ukbloggers #skincarejunkie #shelfie #beautyblog #sheetmask #skincarehaul

🌞 GOLDEN HOUR 🌞 Some people shoot selfies during golden hour... Me? I shoot makeup 😍 This lil baby is @muacosmetics Hollywood Rose Highlighter 🙏 ain't she a beaut? ❤ ❤ #muacosmetics #highlighter #goldenhour #macro #makeupmacro #canonm3 #primelens #makeupcollector #makeupcollection #slaytheflatlay #makeupflatlay #duochrome #affordablemakeup #drugstoremakeup #drugstore #beautyreview #beautycommunity #beautypage #crueltyfreemakeup #crueltyfree #discoverunder100k #bbloggersuk #ukbloggers #makeupjunkie #highlight #superdrug

🌸 NEW BLOG POST 🌸 My current (mostly very affordable) picks for a fresh & glowy spring makeup look 🙏 Featuring products from @makeuprevolution @w7makeupuk @naturalcollectioncosmetics @rimmellondonuk @helenarubinstein_fr ❤ Link in bio if you wanna see lots of artsy soft-focus pics featuring cute makeup & tons of flowers 👉👉👉 ❤ ❤ #bbloggersuk #ukbloggers #w7 #w7makeup #w7cosmetics #revolutionmakeup #revolutionbeauty #rimmel #rimmellondon #helenarubinstein #springmakeup #makeupcollector #makeupreview #drugstoremakeup #drugstore #affordablemakeup #discoverunder100k #slaytheflatlay #makeupflatlay #beautypage #naturalcollection #beautyreview #blogpost #beautyblog #makeupblogger

Used the @limecrimemakeup Venus II on my face for the first time today 😍 Loving it so far - the shades are so pigmented and easy to blend, and the colour selection is so far up my alley it's unreal 🙌 I used Mustard, Mud and Fly and I can't wait to try out the other shades! Big thanks to my babe @beautywithwispa for treating me to this for my birthday last year - I'd wanted it for so long and it doesn't disappoint 💓 ❤ ❤ #limecrime #venus2 #limecrimemakeup #limecrimevenus #venus2palette #eyeshadowpalette #ukbloggers #bbloggersuk #slaytheflatlay #makeupflatlay #discoverunder100k #macro #primelens #canonm3 #canonprime #beautypage #newmakeup #indiemakeup #indiecosmetics #makeupreview #makeuphaul #beautyblogger #makeupmacro #beautyblog #luxurybeauty #highendmakeup

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Life is a lot like climbing a mountain, really, isn't it? 🏞️ There's plenty of times you think you're almost at the top, but then you'll go over a crest and realise there's still a long, long way to go. You can stay where you are, complain your legs hurt, and proclaim adamantly you can't go any further, but that won't make your journey any shorter, or the summit any nearer. Most people find it hard going it alone, and find solace in someone being beside you, telling you that you CAN do it - even as your trainers are stuck in a bog and you've slid back more steps than you've taken. Along the journey, you might find someone much younger than you progressing faster, or higher: but you'll do well to remember their climb has no bearing on yours, because everyone's pace is different. And at long last when you finally do reach the top - it might not be the top you expected after all. There might not be snow, or a flag, or it might not be the highest peak around. It just might be your family with a picnic instead - and sometimes, that's a whole lot better. ☺️ 🌄 Good luck with your mountain ✌️ 🌿🌿🌿 #scotland #skye #travel #mountain #ukbloggers #landscape #canon #canonm3 #dslrphotography #dslr

Super proud of my angels @empricee and @jdhazelwood for joining the homeowner club! What better way to celebrate than by making them a very overcomplicated greetings card? 🤷 Wishing you many happy years in your new home - be round soon for a gin or five 🍹 🏡🏡 #handmadecard #handmadecards #cardmaking #cardmakers #cardmakinghobby #diecutting #diecuts #shakercard #helloimhandmade #firsttimehomebuyer #newhome #newhomeowner #papercrafts #papercrafting #paperaddicts #cardmaker #handmadeisbetter #handmadeisbest #papercraft

💭 Tomorrow, I start my dream job. The funny thing is, I didn't see it coming. ✨One morning I came across this job vacancy, absent-mindedly browsing LinkedIn. I read it, and I thought, "Huh. That sounds pretty good." Over the next hour I couldn't get it out of my head. I showed my boyfriend. I sent it to my mum. I was filled with excitement - it had lit a fire in me that had been burning lower and lower for the longest time. Suddenly there was this other path in front of me. I couldn't resist - I wrote a cover letter on my phone and sent off my application. 💥 I never thought for a second I'd actually get the job. It was probably too good, too exciting, too perfect to actually be MY job. I got called in for interview. Then, another interview - this time I had to do a presentation. It was only in this second interview, when the manager looked me dead in the eye and said, "Well - I want to hire you. When can you start?" that I realised what had happened. Holy shit. HOLY SHIT. I did it? I actually did this?? I got my dream job??? ✨ I've been avoiding posting on this account, and my blog, for a long time because I'd put myself into a box I don't belong in any more. I still like makeup and skincare - but I've got more to give to the world than my thoughts on that. I want to talk about launching my business from my own back pocket. Becoming a homeowner at 25. I want to share my recipes, my craft projects, our home renovations, and my thoughts on whatever it is I'm thinking about that day. I want to be more me. I want to make this fun again. 💭 So - here's to change. Here's to taking on whatever life throws at you, even if it's not what you thought you'd be doing a month ago. And here's to believing in yourself, and giving yourself permission to chase after those dreams 🌠 #newjob #lifestyleblogger #ukbloggers #crafter

I might not have been posting on the 'gram... But I sure as hell have been buying makeup 🙃 what would you pick from my giant collective haul? I've felt a little bit in limbo for the past few months, impatiently waiting for the next chapter of adulthood to begin - but it's finally right around the corner and I couldn't be more excited 🙏 I'm not going to divulge exactly what it is that's going on because I don't want to jinx it! But you'll find out very soon... And no, I'm not pregnant 😅 💕 @meltcosmetics @makeuprevolution @nablacosmetics @maybelline @zoevacosmetics @goshuk @sleekmakeup @beautyglazed @officialbbeauty @obsession #meltgemini #meltstack #meltcosmetics #beautyglazed #zoeva #revolutionmakeup #sleekmakeup #nablacosmetics #nabla #nabladreamy #maybellinexgigihadid #bbdaretoshare #slaytheflatlay #makeuphaul #makeupporn #makeupflatlay #discoverunder100k #bbloggersuk #ukbloggers #kissoffire #eyeshadowpalette

When you love a blush formula so much, you just... Buy the entire range... 🔥 These @obsession blushes really ARE that good. Since I bought the shade Honey (the one in the middle) I've used it a ton, and it's one of the only blushes I own that stays on my face for the entire day. Pigmented, but blends like a dream. Magic. ✨ And when I saw @shoprevolutionbeauty had them all on sale for £1.50? Well, it would be rude not to get them all, wouldn't it? 💕 #revolutionmakeup #obsession #affordablemakeup

Did I just post a review of a product on launch day?! 🤔 These Magnetize Eyeshadows are brand new at @makeuprevolution @shoprevolutionbeauty today - check out my blog (link in bio 👉) for some swatches and to find out what I think of them! Are you picking any of these up? 🌠 🌠 #makeuprevolution #revolutionbeauty #bbloggersuk #beautypage #ukbloggers #affordablemakeup #drugstore #slaytheflatlay #revoholic #makeupflatlay #discoverunder100k #makeuphaul #magnetize #superdrugloves #revolutionpro #revolution #revolutionmakeup #ontheblog #duochrome #glitter #makeupcollection #makeupcollector #drugstoremakeup #newmakeup #newrelease

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