5 Favourite Lip Balms

Hello everyone, 

I hope that you are all keeping well and safe!!

Today I am going to give you all an insight into my 5 Favourite Lip Balms. 

1. Superdrug The Little Moisturising Blue Stick Lip Balm - This is one of my most loved lip balms as i feel like it keeps my lips really soft and smooth.  

2. The Body Shop Vitamin E Moisture Protect Lip Balm - I like to use this lip balm in the morning as soon as I have brushed my teeth and applied a Lip Scrub it keeps my lips smooth and hydrated all day. 

3. Lanolips Lemonade Treatment
 - This lip balm is very thick and hydrating, I like to use this one mostly when my lips are dry and chapped. 

4. Burts Bees Lip Balm - My 2 favourite scents are Mango and Pink Grapefruit. when I use them I am instantly transported to summer and it feels amazing. 

and last but not least is the one that everyone has had a pot of at some point in their life. 

5. Vasaline Lip Care - I don't really know if you can class this as make up but I will class this as I have a little pot in almost every bag, make up bag and pocket. This was also one of the first ever make up items that I ever purchase with my own money, I love this product and I will continue to love and purchase this product. 

So everyone that is a list of my 5 Favourite Lip Balms, do you use any of these products if so which ones are you favourite or is there any other products that you recommend that I try? please do let me know in the comments. 

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Spring Essentials!

 Hello Everyone,

I do hope that you are all keeping safe and well, 

As you can tell by the title this is my Spring Essentials!

1. Face SPF, really you should wear sunscreen all year round as the rays from the sun can reflect onto you skin even in the snow. 

The one that I use is the La Roche Posay Anthelios Shaka Tinted Fluid. it gives you just a little bit of colour but also protects your skin. 

2. Lip Scrub, My favourite lip scrub is an old favourite which is the Lush Mint Juleps, it literally tastes like Mint Chocolate Chip ice-cream its amazing. 

Due to the change in season and central heating I always find that my lips become chapped and can be quite sore, I use this morning and night you can either lick it off or use a cloth to wash it away. 

3. Lip Balm, To be honest a lip balm should be an all year round staple, once I have used the lip scrub I will be sure to use a good amount of lip balm to keep my lips hydrated. 

There is a lot of really good Lip Balms to use, but my all time favourite has got to be the Body Shop Vitamin E Lip Balm as it helps to keep my lips soft and hydrated throughout the day.

4. Moisturiser, I can't repeat this enough Moisturise, Moisturise, Moisturise. like wise with your lips you skin can also become super dry as well.

The best all round moisturiser that I have found is the Welda Skin food Light, you can use this all over your body including your face. 

5. Tanning Water, my favourite one is the Utan x Jamie Genevieve I am now on my second bottle its amazing and the scent just makes me fell calm it is infused with CBD and Scottish Lavender Oil. 

Personally I have found that this has been helping to clear up my skin as I have had quite a lot of breakouts due to wearing Face Masks. 

6. Hand Cream, my last essential is hand cream, particularly in the current situation we are all using hand sanitiser a lot more often I have found that my hands have become extremely dry. 

The best hands cream that I have found is the Soap and Glory Hand Food. Personally I do find that the Soap and Glory Hand Food 

So everyone, that is my Spring Must Haves, I hope that this may help you in some way. Have you tried any of the products or is there anything else that you would say is an essential for moving into the Spring months let me know in the comments. 

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Guess who's back? back again.

Hello everyone!!

I hope that you are all staying safe and well through what seems like a lifetime of lockdown. 

It is strange to think that this time last year we were all living our best lives and had no idea what was just around the corner. 

We are almost there you can almost smell the sun tan lotion, see your friends and feel the warm hug from loved ones.

Hang on in there the light at the end of the tunnel is fast approaching and in a few years to come we will all forget what it was like to live in a lockdown. I want to express my condolences to anyone who has lost a loved one throughout this time as I can only imagine how hard that must be.

Check in with people you haven't heard from in a while you never know how much that "Hi, how are you?" could brighten or change someones day, be kind to each other we are not all in the same boat but we are all in the same ocean, some peoples boats are smaller than others and need an extra paddle. 

Moving on from COVID, Lockdown and The News, It has been brought to my attention that I have not written a blog post in 4 years. Yes 4 years. My last post was published on the 5th January 2017. 

We are in a whole new decade!!

A little round up of the last 4 years -

We moved out of our first flat, Moved to a new house on the opposite side of the city then moved again a bit closer to family, I unfortunately lost my 2 grans within 18 months which was quite hard, Stuart Proposed in New York totally unexpected!! there is a bit of a story to that one which I can make as a full post if you would like to read it comment bellow if you would like me to do that. I turned 30 in february last year just a few weeks before the Pandemic hit, my family arranged a surprise party for me and it was amazing I loved every minute of it. Then in November after 14 years of working in my old job I hung up my shirt for the last time and moved onto a new job. I miss my old work colleagues but I still hear from them. 

Honestly not much has changed in the last few years, which is good for me and I don't like change, I just like things how they are. 

As I haven't written a blog in a long time, I have a lot more time on my hands so I want to keep up with the blogging again as it is something that I enjoy doing. 

I plan on keeping up to date with the blogging and plan on putting a post up maybe twice a week. I have a few ideas on what I want to do but please if you have any suggestions please let me know. 

If you enjoyed this post please give me a love it would we much appreciated. 

as always

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Stephanie xxxx

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2016 Review

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone.

I hope that you all had a really lovely time.

As you can see for the title I am going to do a review of 2016.

Personally I found that 2016 had a lot of ups and downs, We have lost so many in my opinion absolute legends, but some amazing thing in my own personal life.

New York City

In Februry of last year me and my boyfriend Stuart went to New York for my birthday, it was also our anniversary on the same day as my birthday so my merged both together and celebrated in New York. It was amazing!

Weddings 

Last year I attended 4 weddings and 2 engagement parties and 1 hen night, up until March I had never been to a wedding let alone 4 but i loved everyone of them they where great fun.

Funerals 

Last year there was so many tragic deaths of celebrities and people that I know or who are close to. I lost my gran in January, Stuart lost his gran in April my best friend lost her mum, my dad lost 2 cousins. I think that last year so many people where taken so tragically

Babies

My younger cousin welcomed a beautiful baby boy the week before christmas baby Evan James he is just perfection, my best friend had such a bad year with losing her mum and just in October she found out that she is expecting another baby, my god daughter Orlaith (Orlypops)is going to be a big sister and she is totally thrilled.

Greece 

In September we went on a family holiday to Crete in Greece me Stuart my mum dad sister and her boyfriend Steven, it was amazing we had such good weather I get really bad sunburn on the first day and it resulted into sun stroke so for about 2 days I couldn't move I felt sick and I was getting more and more pale as my family were getting darker and darker.

Christmas

This Christmas me and Stuart tried to spend as much time with each others families. On Christmas eve we went to a restaurant called St Lukes in the Calton in the East End of the city. The meal was amazing, then on Christmas day we went to Stuart's mum and dads house then went back to my mum and dads house and Stuarts family came along as well. We played a combination of 3 games Trivial Pursuit , Speak Out and Pie Face all at the same time I don't think I have ever laughed so much in my life it was hilarious.

I hope that you enjoyed reading my 2016 review. If you have written a post or even a YouTube video then please link it below I love seeing what you guys all get up to.

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What is in my Bag?

Hello everyone how are we all this cold crisp December morning?

I am really sorry about the lack of content coming up on my blog before I was in quite a good routine with writing them but November and December so far have been very stressful and quite tiring that has all finished now and I am back. so to start back into the swing of things here is my what is in my bag.

The bag I am currently using is a small Rose Gold crossover bag I got this last year from New Look and I think it cost around £9 or £10 unfortunately I have searched through New Looks website and I don't think it can be purchased anymore.

Recently I have been trying to carry smaller bags as I always take a huge big bag that weighs a ton and I start to stress out because its too heavy and its hurting my shoulder and I feel like I am carrying my full life in my bag. So that why I have been carrying a smaller bag.

1. Paco Rabbane Olympia perfume

2.Sure bright bouquet deodorant 

3.Rose Gold hair brush

4.Keys

5.Louis Vitton Pouch

6.Bath and Body Works Dazzling Diamond Hand Sanitizer

7.Burts Bees lip balm

8.Soap n Glory lip stick - Naked Beige

9. Coin Purse

10. Chanel Sunglasses (fake)

So everyone these are all the essentials that I have in my hand bag I hope that you enjoyed.

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My Hair Care Routine and Back Story

Hello everyone how are you all this evening?

As you can tell by the title this blog post is going to be about my hair care routine. I have quite long hair that is very thick at the top of my scalp but very thin at the bottom, my hair is now my own natural brunette hair colour about 3 years ago I had very short thin blonde hair until I decided one morning that I was going to dye it back to my natural hair colour. Personally i think my hair is a lot more healthier than when it was blonde I found that it looked very dry and frizzy.

Since dying my hair back to my natural colour I find that it is a lot more manageable I can leave my hair 2-3 days before needing to wash it where as before when I have my blonde hair I had to wash it twice a day just to be able to style it. That being said I now hardly do any heat styling to it. I mostly have a day with my hair down either straight or curly and 1 or 2 days with my hair up in a pony tail or a top not bun.

Thats the kind of short back story to my hair now for the routine:-

Before I wash my hair I will always brush it first as my hair can be quite knotty, when washing my hair I tend to wash it with shampoo twice, my hair can be quite greasy and the 2nd wash will usually make it feel clean as the first time does not take that feeling of being heavy and greasy away. The products I have been using is the Toni and Guy Damage Repair Shampoo and Conditioner


 recently I personally don't like it I use to use it when I first went back to brown but I really don't like it I am using it up, I can do a review on this shampoo and conditioner just leave a message in the comments. Then I follow up with the conditioner and brush it through with a wide tooth comb and rinse it out.

When drying my hair I like to use a heat protectant the one I have currently been using is the Got2Be Guardian Angel 220ºC Heat Protectant but personally I find that all heat protectants are as soon as each other so I am not too fussy when it come to choosing one, As my hair is so long I find that when drying the way I have the best result is to just crazy dry it by flipping my hair forward and don't take too much effort when doing it. I don't particularly use a brush when drying my hair I will mostly use my Tangle Teezer I did a review on this a few years ago you can read it here.

As I said before I don't really do much heat styling to my hair the only styling that I  do it straightening or curly. Both products that I use are from the brand GHD I have the wide straighteners I find that with them being a bit wider I can straighten a larger area than with the thin plates. The curling tongs that I use is the GHD Curve Soft Curl Tong I will only really use this when I either have time or if I am going out as I find curling my hair is very time consuming when I finish curling my hair I will tend to spray it with Toni and Guy hairspray.

So everyone that is my hair care routine I hope that you enjoyed reading about my personal hair story, If you would like me to do a review on the Toni and Guy shampoo and conditioner then please do let me know in the comments.

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Evening Routine

Hello everyone how are you all autumnal evening?

As it is starting to get darker in the evening a little bit earlier now in the UK I thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to do an evening routine.

On a typical work day I finish work at around 5:30pm and I will get home just before 6. The minute I get home I will take my dirty work clothes off and change into my Pajama's or loungewear and put my dirty clothes either in the washing machine or in the washing basket to be washed. 

After that I make my way into the kitchen and make myself a cup of tea to heat me up. Then I will make my dinner, while I am waiting for that I will go into the living room or bedroom and tidy up after stuart as he starts and finishes work after me and he is a boy and you know boys are messy.

Then I will check my emails, youtube or play a game on my iPad then have my dinner I will usually make extra and heat it up when stuart comes home. After dinner I will tidy up the kitchen and put everything away.

After that I will go into the bathroom and take off my makeup with my mac cleanse off oil then go in for a shower, I wash my hair every 2nd-3rd day so depending on what day it is I will do my full hair routine. Once I have been showered I will do my skincare routine if you read my monthly favourites you will see that I have been quite minimalistic with my skincare you can read it here

After my shower and skincare routine I will put on my Pajamas that I will always put on the radiator in the bathroom so they are nice and cosy. Then I go back into the kitchen and make another cup off tea, make my way in to the living room and by this time stuart is usually home from work and we will sit on the couch and watch Masterchef, Netflix or a movie and talk about our day like an old man and woman.

I also get very tired very quickly, in the UK the clocks went back an hour and that hour has taken it toll on me when it is 11:00 my usual time that I would go to bed it is only 10:00 so the tiredness is creeping up on me. So when I eventually cant fight sleep anymore and go to bed I will try to read a few pages from my book. The book I am currently reading is The Strange Case or Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde its a great story I would highly recommend reading it once I cant take anymore tiredness I will set my alarm for work the next morning and go to the land of nod. 

Good Night. 

I hope that you enjoy reading my Evening Routine. If you have done an Evening Routine put a link in the comments below I would love to read it.

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