Raspberry Delight

Hi everyone! Unfortunately now that I am back at uni I am finding it much harder to find time to write blog posts as frequently as I have been doing. Anyway, here is a short post about my latest beauty purchases! I really wanted to share them with you because I am absolutely in love with my new pampering goodies. Raspberry body butter and body lotion from The Body Shop.  

A trip to Ireland!

I’ve not been able to write a post for the last 4 days because I’ve been visiting one of my uni friends in Ireland and there just hasn’t been a spare minute! It’s fair to say that we have had an absolutely incredible time, experiencing typical Irish pubs, listening to Irish music, eating amazing food, drinking way too much Guinness… It’s been so full on and I think I need to take a few days rest before I return to uni life and get down to revision. Before that though, I thought I’d write about the things we got up to in London Derry!

Liebster Award!

I’m so excited to have been nominated for the Liebster Award by the lovely Polly! Thankyou so much 😀 Make sure you take a look at her amazing blog happilypolly 🙂

 

Getting back on track after Easter

I don’t know about you but I have definitely over indulged in the last couple of days – so much chocolate!

Chocolate and Nail Varnish – what more could a girl want

I love Easter. Who doesn’t love Easter?! If there’s chocolate involved I’m happy.

Yet this year, one of this things that really caught my eye is just how beautiful mini eggs are. Yes they taste divine but they are also so pleasing to look at. The colours reflect some of my favourite pastel shades and they almost look like something nature has produced: perfectly shaped pebbles on a beach; something found in the nest of an eastern bluebird (They lay the most beautiful eggs, you should definitely have a google). Once removed from their packaging they don’t scream commercial chocolate and there is no sign that they were ever mass produced in a factory setting. They are like little pearls. I cannot get enough of the little sprinkling of speckles on each and every egg either. So clean cut and beautiful!

Travel beauty secret!

If you read my first ever blog post, “‘About Time’ to make a change” which you can read here you will know that I recently went to Spain. I went with my uni dance society on Tour so we were competing/attending workshops in the day and partying by night! It was non stop to say the least but I had an incredible time with some incredible people.

Anyway, the trip involved a 27 hour coach journey from Leeds to Lloret de Mar. Having experienced this on Tour the previous year I knew it wasn’t something I wished to repeat. So me and a few others decided to fly. We booked our flights feeling extremely smug that we would arrive fresh faced and ready to go! However, we later realised that it would cost an extra £30 to take 15kg worth of luggage. The cost of flying meant that I had already spent more than I wanted so as much as I hated to admit it, we were looking at travelling by hand luggage alone. 

Daffodil Evolution!

This time last month I saw some daffodils for sale in Sainsburies for only £1 so I decided to buy some to brighten up my room! Once they were placed in a vase in my room the idea suddenly occurred to me that I could track their growth and take a photo every so often until they had completely bloomed. So this is what I did!

Under the cover

Yesterday, I came to the end of a really good novel that I had been reading for the last 5 days or so. At first I felt happily satisfied as I turned the final page and laid down the book; now dog-eared and littered with various tell tale crinkles on the front cover and creases down the spine. It wasn’t until a couple of hours had passed that I suddenly had a strange feeling that something was missing, a feeling of disappointment and sadness. I felt as though something amazing had ended… I soon realised it was in fact because my book had ended.

Breakfast in a jar!

So this morning I decided that seeing as it was such a gorgeous and sunny day, I would experiment with some yummy and summery but healthy new recipe ideas. I have always loved the idea of layering fruits and yoghurts in a jam jar. I have seen quite a few pictures of this on Instagram (@sassbristow) and they always look so cute so I decided to give it a go myself!

First of all I had a look round the kitchen to see what was available and I found some raspberries and blueberries.

‘About Time’ to make a change

It was after watching the film, ‘About Time’ (an amazing film by the way, the main female character is played by Rachel McAdams who is my all time favourite and I would really recommend it!) that I realised something about my life. For a while now, I feel as though I haven’t been living life to its full potential. As cliché as that phrase sounds it describes perfectly where I feel I have gone wrong. I am happily in my second year at Leeds uni, I have the best friends I could ask for and a great family yet I still feel as though I haven’t actually been completely immersed in my life. Somehow, amongst all the chaos of leaving home and becoming a new and independent person, I managed to lose myself along the way.