Procrastination is the thief of time.

Well hey there internet!

Things have been pretty busy lately... And when I say busy I mean they should have been busy and productive buuut they weren't .

I have no one else to blame but myself.

I know that I'm lazy, it's one of my not so great traits. I come from a pretty lazy family aswell so that doesn't really help either.

Laziness is contagious. You see someone lazing around doing nothing and it makes you want to do the same. At least that's how I see it. 

And what does laziness lead to? 

PROCRASTINATION! 

The thief of time and also the most annoying thing ever! 

No one WANTS to procrastinate but you can't help it.

At that time and place you'd rather be doing anything and everything else apart from the one task you're supposed to do. 

Now I'm not here to tell you how to overcome this because there isn't really any other cure for it other than your willingness to get the job done.

But if you think your level of procrastination is so bad that it's causing problems then you need to step back and have a real think about why that is.

Sometimes it's just the case of not wanting to do a task but needing to in order to get to a task you want to do.

But it also may be the case that what you're doing is not something that makes you happy anymore.

Anywho those are just some random thoughts I've been having seeing as though procrastination has been a  bit if an issue in my life recently.

Question of the day: are you currently procrastinating right now? 

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Provocalips

Well hey there internet!

Now I don't know about you, but for me the time for wearing dark lipsticks and deep colours are coming to an end so here's one of the few deep lip colours I quite liked this winter.

So let’s just take a break from the world of whether or not the dress is black and blue or gold and white, instead I’m going to talk about the colour red!

Ok that was a poor transition but I really just wanted to include the whole dress phenomenon.

ANYWHO, I decided this winter was going to be a time for me to come out of my comfort zone a little bit as I had been doing that a lot at that time.

So I bought the Rimmel London Provocalips Lip Colour in the shade 550 called ‘play with fire’

I was quite apprehensive about the colour because I had never gone so dark or bold. It was one of those colours I would see in store and think ‘Oooh pretty! But it wouldn’t suit me’

But I was pleasantly surprised with the way I looked with it on.

 The product itself was a good quality product for a drugstore item, CRAZY PIGMENTATION! But that; seems to be common in a lot of the new lip products coming out.

And although I don’t wear it for long enough to see if it would last all day, I would say that the staying power is pretty good!

However, the problem with these long lasting lip stuff is that it dries out your lips, it may not smear, but it does dry out your lips. 

So you’d think that outing a little balm on them would help, but then once you put any moisturising product on your lips it will start to rub off on places and smear.

So it’s a choice between dry lips that don’t smear or moisturised lips that do.

Now, this product is double ended with a balm on the other side. But I don’t use that much because I’m not huge on glossy lips and it does get awfully messy.

I think what I'm trying to say that in conclusion, this is an overall great product and even though it’s only been worn a couple of times (usually in the evening) it’s gotten me quite a few compliments and I enjoyed experimenting with it but  the whole concept of these highly pigmented formulas needs to be improved.

Which I would gladly do as a dream job in the future. (It legit is my dream job to make new makeup formulas)

Question of the day:

What is your opinion on these sorts of products? Love them or hate them?

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My thoughts...

Well hey there internet!

How’ve you been, it’s been a while, and to be honest, I don’t know why. I’ve excluded myself from the online world and I really don’t know why.

So I’ve decided to type it out and hopefully get some kind of clue to why I feel like this.

So I like a lot of things, I like food, I like travelling and the thought of being able to travel the world, I love the thought of being a successful person, I like meeting new people, I like fashion and makeup, photography, music, expressing my feelings, I like things that are classy, simple, elegant and minimalistic, I love comedy, colours, being happy and creative and I love sunshine!

I also love the internet, or... at least I thought I did.

I’m not saying I don’t like the internet anymore. Because I do, I just don’t know whether the amount I loved it about a year ago is the same as the amount I love it now.

But that’s normal right? It’s normal to not love anything anymore. You just sort of grow out of it.

But I don’t want to because I really wanted this to go somewhere.

Here’s the truth: I wanted to be a part of the online world for all the wrong reasons. I wanted to become well known and get loads of opportunities to do cool things and meet people who I admire etc.

And that is not the way I should have thought. Because even after a short while, it became something that seemed like a chore now, something that didn’t make me happy.

And this isn’t my job, I don’t have a job, I’m supposed to be studying and making sure I get into a good university to get a good job whilst being happy etc.

And as someone who stresses out easily it would make sense to just stop all this, just focus on studies and other bits and bobs but again, I don’t want to.

So to wrap up so far I’ve concluded the following:

·         I don’t feel as passionate about the internet as I used to be but I still like it.

·          I don’t want to stop doing what I’m doing, even though it feels like a chore.

·         And I also don’t want to do it for the wrong reasons. Yes making money from blogging would be amazing! But I don’t want that the reason to be why I want to post blogs.

Ok, maybe, there’s a difference between not feeling up to the thing you love and not loving it anymore. I think that’s how I feel.

No one wakes up every single day feeling amazing and ready to take on the world. And not everyone looks forward to doing something all the time whether or not it’s something they love. Although we should, but  we can’t help when our bodies feel like laying around all day in bed because it’s the chemicals and hormones rushing around us making us feel that way. And it’s also the chemicals and hormones in our body that make feel pumped up for the day!

That’s crazy right?

PHEW! It feels pretty good to let that out.

I’ve been so focused recently trying to figure ‘life’ out when truth be told, I can’t and I never will. And that is because the entire world has done the same and failed because life doesn’t need to be ‘figured out.’ It just needs to be lived. Lived to the fullest potential, because you have no idea what will happen in next year, next month or the next day.

My head has been too stuck in the future rather than focusing on now and it’s been driving mu CUH-RAZY.

Question of the day:  Erm...how are you feeling?

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The Magical Kingdom of Magic Kingdom

Well hey there internet!

I’m 17 years old, and like many other people, when I was younger I had always wanted to go to AT LEAST one of the Disney parks. I had always hoped to go to the one in Paris because it was the closest and I thought it would be the easiest to go to.

Unfortunately I never got to.

UNTIL LAST SUMMER.

My family decided that as part of our State trip as well as visiting family in New York and Virginia, they decided to take all of us to FLORIDA! To not only go to Miami, Key West and Orlando, but to also go to DISNEY WORLD.

NOT DISNEY LAND ....DISNEY WORLD!!

And you would think I would have grown out of that dream a LONG time ago but NOPE.

I almost wet myself with excitement.

So let’s fast forward all the leaping for joy and excitement to the ACTUAL DAY!

It was my third day in Orlando and while I had been enjoying things so far, I had unfortunately gotten some bad news on some stuff that had happened back in England the day before.

So I was feeling pretty bummed.

But I didn’t want to let what happened ruin my holiday, so I absorbed myself into that day.

And I was so glad I did.

As cliché as it sounds, the day was MAGICAL. I felt like I was a little kid again and I had no care in the world about anything.

The thing is guys, is that it’s pretty hard to describe how amazing the day was because it is honestly something you have to experience for yourself. And to me it may have been that extra little bit special but regardless of what happened I think I would have enjoyed it either way.

So I’m gonna let the pictures do the talking:

Question of the day: Have you ever been to Disneyland/ world?

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Brownies in a bowl

Well hey there internet!

Now, I LOVE all things dessert related! I would definitely pick something sweet over something savoury any day!

So when I was browsing the internet (as you do) I came across this concept of making a brownie in less than 5 minutes.

And as an impatient person with a sweet tooth I clicked that article right away!

It was like all of life’s wishes had been granted at once.

I know I know, not only am I incredibly late to the game but I'm guessing you're all probably sick of these variations of how to make mug brownie. Everyone and their mother has seen/made this but after looking at different recipes and trying out different methods I’ve combined bits of ofmany recipes I’ve found to create the perfect (in my opinion) brownie.

Warning: IT’S IN NO WAY HEALTHY AT ALL BUT MY GOODNESS IS IT DELICIOUS!

You will need:

4 Tablespoons Flour

4 Tablespoons Sugar

2 Tablespoons Cocoa powder (Note: don't use cocoa mix or quik, it shouldn't have any sugar) 

2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil (Don't use one with a strong flavour, e.g. olive, sesame, etc) 

1 tablespoon of nutella (or any generic hazelnut spread or in fact any spread of your choice ...maybe not marmite unless you're looking to really experiment with this) 

1 Tablespoon milk

Dash of salt

Ice cream (optional)

A Microwave

OH! and a mug!

1)      Place all your dry ingredients in the mug and mix until it looks like hot chocolate powder, like so:

2)      Add your vegetable oil and milk until all the ingredients have mixed together and you’ve got this thick gooey texture with no dry powder in it at all (check the bottom of the mug)

3)      Add a tablespoon of nutella (optional) into the middle of your mixture and let in sink in a bit.

4)      Place your mug in the microwave for about 50 seconds (depending on your microwave)

5)      Serve with ice cream on top if you want to and ENJOY!

The reason I made this post is because I like things that are efficient and easy.  Who doesn't? So coming across this was pretty cool.  I get to enjoy the deliciousness of baked stuff without actually baking!

And I'm no professional baker, I'm actually better at cooking than I am at baking because there have been many occasions where I've turned into a hot mess because things are not going right.

But I have a sweet tooth.  So I enjoy eating sweet baked goods more than cooked food.

Do you see my dilemma? 

So coming across these recipes online made me want to try again.

And for once it wasn't a total failure!

THANKS INTERNET!

Side note : after making this a couple of times I've realised that it's a lot less messier and easier if you make it in a bowl. 

So I technically should have called it 'A brownie in a bowl' I mean it even sounds better!

Oh well, I never claimed to be a professional at this.

Question of the day: Do you bake?  Or do you try to but somehow something goes wrong like me?

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Brighten those winter blues!

Well hey there internet!

Here's a fact about me: I LOVE dressing up! Don’t care what the occasion is, don't care where I'm going, around 80% of the time I care about what I wear and I want to look good, I don’t know what it is but wearing a few simple pieces of clothing that look good together makes me feel so confident and happy and ...free

I would describe my style as simple, girly, elegant and classy. I do switch it up a little and I would gladly wear a flannel shirt, tank top and jeans (although I find jeans pretty uncomfortable to be honest) depending on the situation and where I’m going I will spend time picking out an outfit and making it look good.

And I do it for myself.

So I was wondering to myself why I hadn’t ever thought about doing any fashion posts. I love fashion!

So here’s a little OOTD (outfit of the day for you newbies) for ya!

Why so glum chum?

You will probably figure out in future fashion posts that I do love the colour white. And peach. And pretty much a colour that is bright, bold or light (as in pale).  You can already see that here with the white (slightly wrinkled but the wrinkles just won’t come out so I’m assuming that it’s meant to be like that) blouse type top thing, black skinny jeans, maroon scarf and the pièce de resistance the bright pink coat, that you will see me where a lot throughout the winter.

I knew that with winter, layering is a big must, for practicality mainly. And I didn’t want to be constantly wearing blacks and greys etc. So I brought this coat from new look (it was on sale unfortunately) to brighten up those outfits where they could do with a little brightening up.

Question of the day: what’s your opinion on the coat?

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A lipgloss, that's not a lipgloss!

Well hey there internet!

Hope you're having a decent January because let's face it; it's not always the best month.

 You know, cause you have to back to school and work and you’re already sick of the cold weather (darn you southern hemisphere). But I feel ya, I really do. And I hope whatever tedious thing you are going back to, you are going at it with a positive attitude...because it’s January and you found this rush of motivation that’s come out of nowhere and all of a sudden you have these huge ambitions you want to fulfil.

Anywho, good luck with that.

I haven’t done a review type thing in a while so here it is!

Now the Revlon colourstay moisture stain have been out for quite a while (like everything else I tend to review...ooops...sorry I’m not on trend and up to date with the latest things)

Anywho, here’s a fact about me, I am not a fan of lipgloss. I just don’t like the way it feels on my lips, my hair always gets stuck to my lips and it’s just not my thing.

But when I went shopping in the States last summer I came across these and thought “Hey I might as well try new things seeing as though I’m in a new place” (my mind works in strange ways.)

So I tried it... and I LOVED IT!

‘Finally!’ I thought, a lipgloss that I actually like! It wasn’t sticky or too glossy and didn’t feel like I had this really thick layer of lip gloss on top of my lips.

In fact, it didn’t feel like I had lipgloss on.

That’s because I realised (after a little bit of research) that it wasn’t actually a lipgloss. It was a lip stain. But it wasn’t those crappy felt tip sorts of things like I’ve seen other lip stains turn out to be. (Although those things have sort of made themselves scarce now)

It’s one of my regular lip products I use when I’m out on a daily basis.

It has a great texture, quite pigmented, doesn’t feel sticky on the lips, doesn’t look too over the top glossy and when it dries, it leaves a nice stain on your lips.

Question of the day: what is one makeup product you are not a fan of, or do you like everything!?

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