Confidence

Today I wanted to talk about confidence; on how you can have it in great, big generous amounts in some areas of your life, but in the most minuscule of amounts in others. Sit me down with a drawing tablet, or a bunch of paints and I'm almost completely confident in myself. I know I can create something I'm happy with, from nothing. I can use my imagination and skills to put together a whole new creation and feel proud of what I come up with, enough to want to show it off - even if I know it won't be to everyone's taste. That's the thing with confidence, you're not expecting everyone else to like you, or whatever you're confident in. You're just happy with it enough for yourself.

The Ultimate Stocking Filler Gift Guide

Guys, I've officially started Christmas. This is it now, I'm in full on festive mode; gift buying, blog post planning, christmas songs on, cards being drawn/bought. I'm really happy about this, I don't think I've ever been this festive since I was a little girl. I've been planning and putting together a plan for gift guides this year, and I think I've really got it down to the things I'd find most useful/lovely for those people who you need a little more help with. I'm breaking this up into three parts, spread out between now and the big day, so be sure to keep an eye out! So here I decided to start with some goodies I think are worth considering for your stockings this year!

First up we have AMAZING Mud Marvels Mask from Merumaya which I've been absolutely loving lately. Whenever I need an instant pick me up for my skin, especially when I'm in the mood for a real pamper sesh; I've turned to this product. This stuff is powered by activated charcoal and volcanic ash to deeply cleanse and detoxify skin. Think of it as a way of totally rejuvenating your skin, without it being stripped bare or too harsh. This is a total pleasure to use and I've seen a brighter complexion because of it. Who wouldn't want this? If you pop this in the stocking of any beauty lover, they'll be a happy bunny I'm sure. Get yours here.

Next up is the wonderfully kitschy jewellery from GlitzBlizzard. Zeynep runs her own little online shop selling the quirkiest and most unique jewellery you could ask for. I'm sure it's obvious upon looking at these, that they are very much MY kind of style of you guys are familiar with that by now :) I absolutely love anything glittery and cute, and some of her pieces actually make me feel like a teen again - because I was obsessed with collection unique pieces of quirky jewellery. I had a huuuge collection and I can't help but feel all nostalgic with GlitzBlizzard. Supporting small business is really important to me, and I think adding these into some stockings this year for anyone who loves jewellery with personality is a winner!

20 Ways To Spread A Little Joy

Sometimes even the smallest act of kindness can make a big difference to someone, and so today I thought I would make a list of twenty ways you can spread joy to another. Whether it's something small and silly to bring a laugh, or important and significant; do something today that will make someone smile. I guarantee you won't regret it.


1. Send a text to a friend telling them you miss them.
2. Comment on another blogger's recent post.
3. Write a letter to your mum.
4. Compliment a stranger.
5. Donate clothing/books/belongings you don't want/need.

Dead Of Night.

With skin on skin, and lights flashing through the night she turns inside and and tries not to fight she doesn't dare to breathe, the evening stands still hold on before the moment is killed.
Say goodbye to an old past love the longing is never going to be enough a tightly moulded version takes over now there's a way to get through this but I'm not sure how.
Remembering you in the dead of night watching my darkness turn into light.

Friday Five 14

Hello and happy Friday to you all! :) I hope you've had a lovely week filled with glitter, laughs and all things pretty. I accidentally missed a week or two of Friday Fives; oops! But please forgive me as I was working on some other awesome content at the time, and sometimes you can't do it all - as I've learned the hard way!
Anyway, I hope you guys still enjoy my Friday Five posts, as I love doing them!  Here's this week's bunch...

Five things I've been known to say a lot;
1. Fuck. 2. I need coffee. 3. I could die tomorrow (I'm not morbid, I use this as a 'seize the day' sort of thing). 4. I can't believe Leo still hasn't won an Oscar, WTF. 5. I need more sleep.

Five blogging clichés that I love;
1. That we love all white desks/photos/props. 2. Those big numbered balloons everyone uses for blog birthdays; cute. 3. That we all take ages perfecting Instagram photos. 4. Buying things 'for the blog' is a legit reason to shop. 5. Being on social media all day is FINE (it is).

Five things I want for Christmas;
1. A Lush haul (anything and everything). 2. More books.) 3. I have at least 5 MAC lipsticks with my name on.. 4. Stationery! All of the cute things please. 5. Tsum Tsums! EEEP! I still need so many!

Five things you might not know about me;
1. I listen to old Ricky Gervais podcasts every night in bed (Karl P makes me laugh SO MUCH). 2. My favourite fictional character of all time is Lisbeth Salander. 3. I have 10 tattoos. 4. My favourite one is a skeleton couple in a heart on my thigh, with the lyrics 'Love will tear us apart'. 5. I'm that obsessed with Eminem I cried when I first seen him perform live.

Five bloggers I think are the bees knees;
1. http://helloapril.co.uk/ 2. http://hollyquillsandivy.blogspot.co.uk/ 3. http://www.kiahpage.blogspot.co.uk/ 4. http://beautyinbeta.co.uk/ 5. http://www.veryberrycosmo.co.uk/

Have a great weekend guys!



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Why Failing Can Be Good

If you've visited this blog often enough, I guess even just once or twice; you should already know by now that I talk a lot about inspiration, goals and success. Whether it's my own, or someone else's, this is a place I hope to motivate you guys and keep things positive.
However I recently got thinking about what drives me and keeps me motivated, and I was quite surprised to summarise that it's actually my failures that push me forward. Hmm. Sure, winning an award and getting praise, or achieving a goal in some way is absolutely awesome; but I think the danger there is letting yourself get a little stuck. I mean, getting the thumbs up for something will make you feel good, but it might also subconsciously make you think you don't have to do anything extra. Does that make sense?

10 Happy Things Last Week

Sometimes you have a really crappy week, it's unavoidable. However, it can really make you appreciate the good times, and help you grow as a person. Last week wasn't the greatest for me, but I tried to pick myself up, stop crying about it and smile; and I felt all the more better for it.
"When life gives you lemons, just say fuck the lemons and bail." - Paul Rudd (aka my fave) in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'.

Today I'm feeling inspired by Katy, who blogs weekly happy things and always finds the joy in life. So today I want to write everything I was grateful for last week, or which made me happy in some way or another.

1. Master Of None - This new Aziz Ansari show on Netflix is amazing, I binge watched it all. It's funny, emotional, truthful and thoughtful. My new favourite and it really got me through last week.
2. Seeing Mum & letting her help me out - It's not often I let Mum help me with anything, as I feel bad putting her out in any way. But last week I had to cave, and it felt really good knowing she was there for me. I love you Joan ;)