October Favourites

This year is flying by! I've recently gone back to University and the workload has doubled I'm sure! So to cheer me up and to give you readers some Autumn inspiration, here are my 'October Favourites'.


1. Pumpkins
Pumpkins herald October. When I see or hear the word pumpkin, I think Halloween. I always thought that pumpkins were carved to keep bad spirits from your home? But I love them in the house in October because they look super cool and it's a great excuse for candles to be lit! They make your home festive and cosy and you can carve all sorts of designs on them. One thing I'm hoping to try this year is pumpkin flavoured food or drink- I need to get cultured.

2. Black Dress
I love this black dress. I think it's very Gothic and therefore goes with the time of year. The fabric is very soft and I also use this dress for Halloween parties. The dress was a steal from H&M. I'd searched everywhere for a black gothic dress and found none, or none that had a good price. I don't remember the price of this, but it must have been reasonable because I'm such a cheapskate

3. Toffee Apple
I'm hoping to try and make some of my own this year as I think it'd be pretty fun to do. This is basically a sugar loaded apple and when I say sugar loaded, I mean...sugar loaded, so I wouldn't recommend having too many of these. My top tip is to look at the apple underneath, because you don't want to crunch into the toffee outing and have a squished, horrible apple underneath. Also, check if the topping has solidified, sometimes, depending on where the apples have been stored, the sugar coating goes runny and comes off when you un-do the wrapper.

I also thought I'd add that there are also toffee apple flavoured ciders. I've actually tried this and it was quite nice, but I wouldn't have too many as they get sickly. 

4. Jewellery Stand
This is my make-shift jewellery stand inspired by a friend and it really does the trick. I love hanging it on my shelf because the lights I have around the shelf set of my necklaces. It's a really good way to stop necklaces knotting, is a good way to store them and they look quite effective.

5. Overall Dress
This dress was £13 from Primark. Some other family members weren't too sure about this dress because they said it looked like what builders wear, but they're not exactly wrong are they. This corduroy dress is so soft and looks great over the top of a long sleeved jumper and thick tights, so I think this will be my go to outfit over the Autumn months.

6. Thick tights
Primark again! I think they do some really good tights, especially the shaper ones and for a good price! However, I'm talking specifically about the knitted selection that they have. The top of the tights can feel a little odd, almost as if you are wearing a pair of really tight shorts or a nappy, so you have to get used to that feeling. But they're really warm- I hate being cold so they're a must have for me.

7. Lights/Candles
Now that dark nights are here, I find it really comforting to have candles on or maybe just some fairy lights dotted about. There are some really cool designs out there and there are even some for the Halloween season

Thank you for reading my latest blog post.

If you have any favourites please comment so I can see them!

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Beauty Things I'm Rubbish At

So it has been a few weeks since my last blog post. My reason for this is that I've been very low on money and so I've been limited in what I could write about. I hate writing blog posts without having pictures to show you, hence why you've had to wait so long.


This blog post is to show that I'm rubbish at make-up and beauty things. I wear mascara and concealer and that's it but I'm fine with that most of the time. I think that beauty products can sometimes get in the way of people's confidence, feeling like they NEED to put on some make up, or that they think they look horrible without it. Lets face it, once you've found someone e.g. partner or boyfriend/girlfriend, they're going to see you without makeup on quite a lot. Who've you got to impress? And does anyone actually care?

1. I'm awful at eyeliner

I can never get both sides even and I think this is a problem for many girls. The struggle is difficult enough with just one eye, so bringing in a second that you have to match up is just not going to happen. If I do try and wear eyeliner, I like to have a flick. However, the flick gets too long or it's too short so you try and make it longer and go too long. And because that all goes wrong, you get out your makeup wipe to try and wipe the excess away and smudge...The black liquid liner goes all over your face. Brilliant.

2. Eyeshadow

I tend to stick to natural shades and golds. I have brown eyes so I don't think it looks too bad of a colour on me, but I can't do anything fancy with it. I see girls with perfect eye shadow lines that run alongside their eyeliner, whilst I'm stood there with the smallest looking eyes ever. Some people take so much time over their eyes though. I really don't think I could live up to having to colour in the corner of my eye, the base, the outer corner, the brow bone etc. So I just figure that slapping a bit to all of my eyelid will do the job for me.

3. Lipstick

I end up looking like the McDonalds clown with lipstick and even when it does go right, people are that surprised that I have lipstick on, that it looks weird. I have two lipsticks and they're the only lipsticks I've ever had in my life. my favourite is a lovely dark pink/red/berry shade from Rimmel. Rimmel have the nicest smelling lipsticks, so this isn't my problem. My problem is trying to colour in-between the lines of my lips. One slight mistake and you've stained your skin, you look like you've just eaten some tomato soup and it has gone all round your mouth, so overall just a massive fail.

4. Eyebrows

I don't fill in my eyebrows, nor are my eyebrows even but they're pretty dark and they're on my face so that's all that really matters to me. Due to the fact I don't pencil/colour in my eyebrows, the only thing I do is pluck them. These are my La-Tweez tweezers and they're so good! I've had them a while now but there used to be a light on them so that you could always get a precise finish. The discolouration at the bottom is from me being a germ freak and sterilizing them over a flame. Wups!

5. Thinking of different hairstyles

I love to wear my hair down. My hair is sort of long so it's quite heavy.  When I put it up in a pony tail it pulls at my scalp and it hurts, it feels heavy so I just leave it alone. But I'm so rubbish at doing my hair, that I tend to make myself look like a child. I clip up one side with a medium sized clip and that's it. My hair is too heavy for grips and when I do use them, I have to use about six just to keep everything in place, I have to double up on bobbles and clips if I want any of it to stay in place. I have a love/hate relationship with my hair but I don't want to cut it short, so it'll just have to stay boring and untouched until I can master the art of dutch braids, french plaits and all sorts of complex braiding.

So as you can see, I'm pretty low maintenance, what you see is what you get. I struggle daily to try and make myself look 'nice', but at least I'm saving money! 

Thanks for reading and see you soon 

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