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 New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband holding rose gold helium balloons in Greenbank Park in front of an Eleanor Rathbone quote, Liverpool
October 1, 2019 DOTD•OOTD

Have I become a Debby Downer about life?

So today on the 1st of October I turned thirty. The big 3-0, so of course I’m over on this website of mine for a little life reflection. I wouldn’t be a blogger without some big thought piece on the day I enter a new decade of my life now would I?

I’m sure those of you who have reached big birthday milestones recently will have felt the same as I have over the last week. Knowing I was turning thirty and feeling thirty were two very separate things. I must have told everyone I met I was turning thirty, my neighbour, the postman, random lady on the street, random lady’s dog but I never really felt like I was turning thirty or thought about what that meant. Have I said the word thirty enough yet?

Wearing New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband holding rose gold helium balloons in Greenbank Park, Liverpool
Wearing New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband in Greenbank Park, Liverpool
Wearing New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband holding rose gold helium balloons in Greenbank Park, Liverpool
Wearing New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband holding rose gold helium balloons in Greenbank Park, Liverpool

It wasn’t until yesterday when I was making my third coffee of the day, my brain suddenly said Woah! this is it, this is THE last day you’ll be in your twenties. A little bit of panic set in, thoughts rushing round my head. I’d barely appreciated being twenty-nine at all! I quickly shuffled over to my friend to repeatedly say “I’m twenty-nine, this is the last time you’ll see me in my twenties”. Obviously she looked at me like I’d lost the plot, like she hadn’t been stressing for weeks organising some still secret birthday plans, but I just had to get it out there for me to hear those words myself. I’m no longer in my twenties. Heck, I’m a million miles away from that eighteen year old girl who cried in school on results day in case she didn’t get the grades to get into Medicine (I did btw but that’s a whole different story) and I’m a million miles away from all the hopes and dreams I had over a decade ago.

Every year at university, there’s throngs of young students all eager to start this new stage of life. Apart from having an unnecessary level of energy that isn’t caffeine induced (as all young people that age seem to have) they also seem to have an unwavering belief in what they are going to do with their lives. Mostly this centres around a high flying career, loving family and travelling all over the world. Most of the time, I just crave a good night sleep and no emails when I wake up but it made me think, when did I become such a Debby downer about life?

Wearing New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband holding rose gold helium balloons in Greenbank Park in front of an Eleanor Rathbone quote, Liverpool
Wearing New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband holding rose gold helium balloons in front of me whilst pouting in Greenbank Park, Liverpool
Wearing New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband holding rose gold helium balloons in Greenbank Park, Liverpool
Wearing New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband holding rose gold helium balloons in front of Shoulder The Sky graffiti art on the Dovedale Towers pub, Liverpool

I used to believe I could have it all at that age. Top surgeon earning mega bucks, whilst also having children and married all before I turned the age I am today. The reality is I have none of those. Is that because I’m actually being realistic or to quote Kate Nash, “Do I eat so many lemons ’cause I’m so bitter?”

The truth is, maybe it’s a bit of both but now I’m older and hopefully wiser, I see the real reason is that my hopes and dreams have changed, become clearer, most importantly I know not to settle and that’s a good thing. Yes I do still want a family and a career I love but making sure it’s with the right person and in a job I enjoy is incredibly important. I can now see how some ill thought out desire to swan around telling people I’m a doctor just to impress, with no real thought as to whether I’d get to spend quality time with my family, is not a win and it’s not what I want. There’s no point in earning lots of money if you have no time to spend it and these realisations only come with getting older. To add to that, I wouldn’t say it’s giving up on what you want, it’s prioritising the things that you need.

Wearing New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband holding rose gold helium balloons in Greenbank Park, Liverpool
Wearing New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband holding rose gold helium balloons next to Penny Lane street sign, signed by Paul McCartney, Liverpool
Wearing New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband holding rose gold helium balloons in Greenbank Park, Liverpool
Wearing New Look Satin Pleated Midi Dress in Teal, Lulu Guinness cream and gold polka dot heels and red velvet Zara headband holding rose gold helium balloons in Greenbank Park, Liverpool

It’s a sting to knowing there are people my age achieving the things I’d love to have but (and I do hate this saying) as much as it is a bitter pill to swallow, it’s not my time yet but when I do get there, I know it will be just right and right for me. In the meantime, I’m loving my final year of my PhD (prepare yourself for a panic post next year!), I get to spend my time with fab friends and a wonderful boyfriend. We explore new places together, eat all the food (one of my favourite activities) and binge watch tv (finally watched The Thick of It, Why did I wait so long?!) in our lovely home. Plus sometimes I get nine hours sleep and the occasional nap!

Bring on my thirties I say! B x

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