Well here we are LOCKDOWN! I hope you’re all doi Well here we are LOCKDOWN! I hope you’re all doing ok?
I’ve been thinking about what I’m going to do over this time period and how to get the most out of it.
Being the final 6 months of my PhD, I will have to start writing my thesis now instead of later but to break that time up with more fun things (not that science isn’t fun 🙄). I’m thinking baking, play the piano and experimenting with makeup! It doesn’t matter that no one is going to see my makeup or hear me play, I’m doing it for me but at the same time I’m not going to force myself to do to anything I don’t feel like or feel pressured to learn something new or start something big just because we have this time. 
I think it’s important to take a break and reset without anything or anyone sucking your energy. Only do things that you really want to and help you feel better now and for the future when this is over.
What are your plans for lockdown?
For me makeup is art. Your face is the canvas and For me makeup is art. Your face is the canvas and the fact you can take any colour/finish/texture and create something that completely reflects your personality and mood is amazing and yes maybe it also fuels my need to have so many pretty palettes!! The @jackieaina @anastasiabeverlyhills eyeshadow palette is incredible! The colours are soooooo pigmented but still really wearable. It’s like a work of art itself.
What’s your favourite ABH palette?
It’s a leg up kinda Sunday! Currently away on a It’s a leg up kinda Sunday! 
Currently away on a mini weekend trip with @openingupcricket and loving all the things to see and do (and eat) in Glasgow. I’ve always loved Scotland and Glasgow is my all time favourite Scottish city. Is there a way to become an honorary Scotsman please?!
Have you ever been to Glasgow? If you could pick any other nationality to be, what would you go for? 📸 @lifeofpingkan 
#scotland #glasgow #scotsman #travel #traveltheworld #travelbug #sundayfunday #relaxandunwind #weekendaway #weekendbreak #liverpool #polkadots #isawitfirst #whatiwore #highstreetfashion #ootd #topshop #strikeapose #weblognorth #lpoolgirls
#ad | For someone who loves makeup, if you saw me #ad | For someone who loves makeup, if you saw me on a day-to-day basis, you’d have absolutely no idea! There’s enough to do in the mornings before work without having to spend half an hour doing up your face. However, when I do wear makeup, even just a little, I feel more confident, put together and ready to tackle the day. 
That’s why I’m loving @Primark.Beauty to create a super quick, everyday look to help me look glowing and more importantly, at really affordable prices.
Prep + Perfect Priming Hydrator Base -£3
Prep + Perfect Skin Illuminator -£3.50
Perfect Finish Foundation -£2.50
Brow Sketch -£2
Colour Grid Eyeshadow Palette -£3.50
Matte Bronzing Powder -£1
Blush -£1.50
Falsh Lash Queen Mascara -£3
Velvet Matte Longwear Lip Crayon -£2

Whether you’re an expert or makeup novice, all of the products from #Primark are easy to use and fantastic quality as well as being cruelty free. Everything blends onto my skin beautifully, with a couple of standouts being the foundation which lasted all day and matches me perfectly (hello, £2.50!!!!!), the £1 bronzer to add some much needed life into my skin and the Velvet Matte Lip Crayon that is beyond comfortable and lasts through eating and coffee drinking. In just 5 minutes, you can achieve the simplest of looks, that’s suitable for any occasion. #IWorkWithPrimark @Primark
Check out my Instastories to see my quick and easy morning makeup!
Who else loves earrings?! I really need to wear th Who else loves earrings?! I really need to wear them more often because 1. Jabbing them through the piercing that has been empty for months is no fun and games 😂 and 2. They just elevate your look to the next level!! Seriously, whether they’re long, studs, gold, sparkly, colourful, patterned, they make me feel so put together. 2020 is my year for accessorising!
Gifted| Back to work and I’m really not here for Gifted| Back to work and I’m really not here for it! What I am here for is these natural Wispies eyelashes from @ardellbeauty. I do love false lashes but because I don’t have a lot of lid space, I find they always look heavy and unnatural on me so I give up and they get shoved in a drawer. That’s why I was dubious at first with these but the second I put them on, I fell in love. The natural style adds volume to my lashes without looking heavy and really do pass as being my own, even in person!! They’re easy to put on as the band is nice and flexible and stay put throughout the day. These are my lashes for sure! Have you tried Ardell lashes before?
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Wearing Angeleye Fashion Red Floral Floaty Wrap Maxi Dress, holding a bouquet of red roses sitting on a bench in Sefton Park, Liverpool
June 2, 2019 DOTD•OOTD

Is it too late to make New Year Resolutions?

*This post contains gifted items.

New Year resolutions. Come January 1st, I always have a list as long as my arm of things I want to achieve to become the new me for the new year. All the usual stuff of eat healthier, exercise more gets scribbled down in the hopes I’ll actually stick to it but the truth is that pen on paper has stronger willpower than my drive to get up at 5am for Legs, Bums and Tums.

By the time we’ve come to what I refer to as fail February, I’m back into old habits, still the same old me but just that, older. Life gets in the way though right? Trying to balance work, keeping a house liveable (mess magically creates itself I’m sure!), shoving in that third frozen pizza of the week into the oven and having some sort of social life is hard work. Plus it’s now June, halfway through the year so what’s the point in trying to make changes now?

So there we have it. The end of the resolutions and the start of that familiar feeling of failure and guilt but what can you do? Surely it’s too late to make New Year resolutions? I might as well start a fresh next January.

Wearing Angeleye Fashion Red Floral Floaty Wrap Maxi Dress, holding a single red rose and Cult Gaia wooden clutch at the Fairy Glen in Sefton Park, Liverpool
Wearing Angeleye Fashion Red Floral Floaty Wrap Maxi Dress holding a bunch of red roses at the Fairy Glen in Sefton Park, Liverpool
Angeleye Fashion Red Floral Floaty Wrap Maxi Dress holding a single rose in Sefton Park, Liverpool
Wearing Angeleye Fashion Red Floral Floaty Wrap Maxi Dress and straw hat with Max Factor red lip lacquer at the Fairy Glen in Sefton Park, Liverpool

The thing is, even if I did start now I know I’d still struggle to get my five a day and head to the gym at the crack of dawn so what is the point? It wasn’t until I was sitting in bed with a Sports Direct sized mug of tea and a sheet mask on my face, it clicked, I’m doing it all wrong. Those things don’t make me happy, this cuppa does.

I’ve always thought that New Year resolutions had to involve an extra level of effort on my part, that I almost had to actively hate doing them to realise that unobtainable and frankly warped idea of a great life. I don’t enjoy those things, I never have and I shouldn’t waste any more time trying to fit them in my life.

Now they don’t have to be big things but whilst I’m working towards the major goals in life, I’m starting my New Year resolution to be happier right now. For me, one of those things is strolling round Sefton Park, watching the sun come up and taking in the peaceful surroundings. Plus wearing this absolutely stunning floral red dress from Angeleye Fashion made me feel like a princess floating through my own personal garden. Seriously comfortable as well as pretty, I’m just a little bit obsessed with it. They have so many gorgeous items perfect for holidays, wedding guest outfits, birthday celebrations or like me to make an ordinary day that little bit more special.

I’m going to fully revel in that frozen pizza after a productive day at work. Relax with my boyfriend eating biscuits and binge watching The Sopranos. Not feel so darn guilty about buying that 30th lipstick in the same shade of nude I already own and buy that gorgeous floaty dress just because I want it. I want to spend some serious time for me, with facials, massages, more facials, the lot.

Importantly, if there’s ever the time I do feel I need to make a big lifestyle change, I can do it knowing I don’t have to sacrifice a single thing I’m already doing that I love. That’s real resolutions and it’s never too late to make them.

Wearing Angeleye Fashion Red Floral Floaty Wrap Maxi Dress holding a bunch of red roses at the Fairy Glen in Sefton Park, Liverpool
Wearing Angeleye Fashion Red Floral Floaty Wrap Maxi Dress, holding a single red rose and Cult Gaia wooden clutch at the Fairy Glen in Sefton Park, Liverpool
Wearing Angeleye Fashion Red Floral Floaty Wrap Maxi Dress holding a bunch of red roses at the Fairy Glen in Sefton Park, Liverpool
Wearing Angeleye Fashion Red Floral Floaty Wrap Maxi Dress holding a single red rose above my head at the Fairy Glen in Sefton Park, Liverpool
Angeleye Fashion Red Floral Floaty Wrap Maxi Dress holding a single rose in Sefton Park, Liverpool

It’s never too late to make New Year Resolutions but to make sure they’re successful, figure out what makes you happy and let go of things that don’t. Spend more time enjoying the little things and discovering new activities that add to your life instead of weighing you down. B x

*This dress was gifted from Angeleye Fashion.

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