Every few months I develop an obsession with a certain type of makeup product. It goes from lipstick to highlighter to foundation, and right now it’s palettes. Meet Matt(e) Trimony by The Balm was on my to-buy list for a verrry long time when my friends very kindly bought it…
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Relaxing isn’t something I’m great at, but it’s so important for your mental health and general state of well being. We all have our own little ways to relax, and some of them even include doing things that aren’t typically labelled ‘relaxing,’ such as writing a blog post. If you’re…
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Following on from the details of how we travelled to Paris and where we stayed (catch up here), here’s what we actually got up to during our four days! Day one Day one was all about the Eiffel Tower! We arrived at our hotel at around one o’clock and chilled…
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Last Tuesday I headed on a trip that I’ve dreamed about for (at least) the last six years – my boyfriend and I were going to Paris! If you have me on Snapchat (whatshedoesnow), you’re likely to have seen the plethora of snaps I uploaded from our stay, and you’ll probably…
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It’s not often that a foundation blows me away but, whoa, the Urban Decay All Nighter Foundation had me sold from the very first use. I picked it up in Sephora while I was in the US after trying a sample just once. I couldn’t decide between that or the…
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Aside from makeup and clothes, buying books online is my guilty pleasure. Amazon has my recommendations spot-on, and I just can’t resist going on and having a flick through what’s new once every couple of weeks. It’s much better value to order books online than to buy them in store, from…
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Following on from part 1 and part 2, here’s the last and final post of my US beauty haul! After clearing Sephora through and through, there were still some drugstore brands I was dying to get my hands on. I dragged my boyfriend to the biggest Target we could find, grabbed…
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As I sit writing this, I’m wrapped up in a fluffy dressing gown, drinking a cup of tea and listening to the rain pouring down outside, which I think is a testament to how much summer is really over. I didn’t really get a chance to try out any ‘summer’…
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I didn’t mean to have a second Sephora splurge but, hey, these things happen. If you haven’t read Part 1 of my US beauty haul, go ahead and give that a read to see what I picked up in my first trip to the beauty haven. On our last day in…
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Long time no talk, am I right? If you follow me on social media you’ll probably know that I went on holidays to the west coast of America for three weeks and just got home a couple of days ago, full of plenty ideas of things to blog about. The…
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