What's in my Holiday Handbag?

I just got back from holiday a couple days ago, and I'm starting to hit the holiday blues... *sigh*

 

So to cheer myself up, I thought I'd write a bit of a holiday themed blogpost. You ready? Here's my holiday handbag!

 

 

I love love LOVE this handbag. It's only £16 I think from New Look, and it's pretty much the perfect dimensions for me. I carry a lot of stuff around with me on a daily basis, so this was a nice smaller size that would force me to cut down a bit, whilst still allowing me to carry lots. The strap's a nice length, and I can wear it either on one shoulder or across my body depending what I'm doing.

 

 

So what's in it? Well first of all water, I get pretty dehydrated fairly easily, so with the hot water I quickly discovered how essential it was! Soltan Once suncream, probably one of the best I've tried as it doesn't feel tacky on my skin, lasts whilst swimming, and isn't clear (if it's clear, how do I know I've got everywhere?). I also carried around Soap and Glory's Hand Food, because I get dry hands, but ended up using it only a couple of times. I've got a Rimmel London Vinel Gloss, in a lovely neutral "you're lips but better" colour too. It's running out and can't find a name on it! Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream, my lips often dried out in the heat, so this was great! I brought Lemsip because I sometimes get colds in the heat, is that wierd? Then we get a pack of tissues and some Dettol Hand Sanitiser, because when travelling you can't always guarantee toilets with toilet paper and soap! My sunglasses are from New Look, and I keep them in a case I got with another pair from Dorothy Perkins. Last of all, keys for obvious reasons.

 

What did you take around with you on holiday?

5 Things I wish I'd known before Applying to Uni

Guess who's off to Uni in September? That's right, it's me! I'm so so so excited about going, but I thought I would share a bit of my UCAS apply advice!

1) You might change your mind. And that's ok... During the process of applying I changed my mind about what course to do, and what grades I could achieve multiple times, but although it was frustrating, I got there in the end and I'm happy with my choices!

2) Go to Open Days, like now. I waited till September and it meant I had loads of open days in quick succession. The sooner you look, the sooner you can make decisions, and the sooner you can get your application sent off!

3) Start your personal statement over the summer! I did a bit over the summer, and I really wish I'd done more. Just a couple of hours to get a first draft done, would've stopped some of the stress in the Autumn! It's really, really worth it.

4) Do your best to stick to your school's deadlines, but if you can't, don't worry. Deadlines are there to make sure everyone gets it done in time and as stress-free as possible. However, they are usually months before the real deadline, so I didn't need to worry about having problems and hold-ups!

5) Get help! I'm genuinely not sure what I would've done without my form tutor. She gave me so much advise on what to write. Teachers help students get into uni every year, so they normally know what they're doing. Friends and family can be helpful too, especially when it comes to checking spelling!

Good luck, you can do it, and do your best not to stress!

Lots of love,

 

MUA Nail Polish Review

Right now I'm so so so excited for summer. It's only less than 2 weeks till I go on holiday so I thought now was the time to clear out lots of the old gloopy nail polishes and buy a few new ones! And to add to all that excitement Superdrug have 3 for 2 on ALL nail polishes and accessories...

*squeals excitedly*

And I love what I found! I bought NYC's Raindrop, but honestly in my opinion the MUA ones stole the show. I've loved their polishes for a while now and their lilac colour was pretty much my late spring early summer go-to polish. But now, they have brand new packaging! I'm such a sucker for anything with nice packaging... The old packaging was slightly clumsy and awkward to use to apply with, especially for a slightly clumsy person such as myself! But the new? So much better, it's classic and pretty, and looks quite classy really!

 

So here's the old packaging...

Next up, the actual product... I love the colour range, though I'd love to see a few more classic colours, and my picks yesterday were "Pistachio Icecream", a beautiful mint colour, and "Natural Days", a girly peachy pink. They needed two coats as they are slightly transparent, but once they're on, they last really well, even without that top coat I always forget! Nail polish usually chips on me within a couple of days, but not these, their polishes I've had previously have lasted me up to 5 days! Impressive.

 

Here's the new!
Left: Pistachio Ice Cream, Right: Natural Days

They do sadly dry out within 9-12months but if I was you I would get down to Superdrug right now, 3 for 2 on nail polishes that only cost £1 to begin with, you can't really go wrong.

Have you tried any?

Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs Review

Hellooo Bloggesphere!

 

I cannot tell you how excited I am to be back blogging right now. I've missed it so much. but I had to take a break during exams. But now they're over, it's officially summer time! Anyways, I have a product I really want to rave about, so here we go...

 

The picture does go with the review, promise!
 P.S. that's me in the black dress!

I had my sixth form leavers ball a couple of weekends ago, and really wanted to have tanned legs to go with my dress. Being a fake tan virgin, I was pretty much petrified of looking like I'd had a love affair with a giant pack of doritoes. Last summer I heard about Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs Spray, so I thought I'd try it out this year, and I really like it!

 

I was originally drawn to it because it, being well... me, I was really worried it would go wrong, so it was great to know it washes off! But secondly, it doesn't come off too easily and I know that sounds like a contradiction, but no one wants to end up leaving orangey smudges everywhere because they've got a bit sweaty dancing!

 

 

The application was easy, just spray and blend with your hands. It dried at the perfect speed, not so fast that I couldn't blend it in time, but fast enough that I could put clothes on straight afterwards! My only complaint would be that the can didn't spray evenly, but I would of blended it anyway so that wasn't really a problem.

 

But as for the colour itself, it looked entirely natural! I bought the shade tan glow because it was the middle colour, but what I really loved was that it made my legs look healthy and the colour was buildable. It also minimalised the imperfections on my legs which I've felt really self-conscious about for years. Wearing it gave me so much self-confidence to brave bearing my legs and I'm so glad I bought it!

 

This is one I'll definately be using again for special occasions in the future.

What's in my Prom Clutch?

Hey girls, it's time for another Prom post!

 

This year, as I'll be finishing Sixth Form *sniff*, I'll be having my second prom! I'm really excited for this one, because I feel like I can make this time even better by learning from my mistakes last year.

By mistakes I mean - cheerleading in the morning and getting kicked in the face; hello little purple lump! Oh and trying a new face mask which irritates your skin!

 

So here is what I'm going to bring in my clutch this year! This started off as a "Top 10 things to take to Prom" but I had a couple too many.

 

 

1) My Phone. So I can take photos with my friends, but most of all so I can call people if I get  lost going out after!

 

2) Tissues, because I tend to blubber like a baby. If anyone dares talk about never seeing each other again, you can guarantee I'm going to be needing these!

 

3) A Mini Mirror, because if I cry I'll want to make sure my makeup looks alright after!

 

4) Lipgloss/Lipstick, so I can keep my lips made-up all night! Also any other makeup, concealer or powder etc,

 

5) Gum, no one likes smelly breath, even without a date!

 

6) A Hairband, if you get too hot it might just be very handy. Hairpins too.

 

7) Some kind of tablets. No one wants a headache to ruin prom.

 

8) A bit of cash, because you never know when you'll need it.

 

9) Your I.D. if you're old enough to drink (and I am) it would suck to not be allowed into a club or to buy a drink like all your friends!

 

10) A perfum sample. It will leave you feeling fresh and nice, even if you're dancing your derriere off on the dancefloor!

 

11) Plasters. Not matter how much I wear heels in, my wide feet always get blisters on my baby toes

 

12) Last but definately not least I'd bring Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream. It works on everything. Chapped lips, unruly eyebrows, patches of dry skin.

 

From the amount of items in this post I'm not sure if I'm super-prepared, or just crazy (honestly, I'm probably both!) But either way, they did fit in my clutch just about!

 

Anyway, what will you definately be taking to Prom?

 

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Zingy Lemon Salad Recipe!

A couple of days ago, when my brain was entirely drained by revision (story of my life right now), I decided to make lunch for my mum and I.

I wanted a salad to be healthy, but I wanted to do something slightly different to your usual green salad, so here's what I came up with!

You will need; Some kind of lettuce (mine was a mixed bag but some basil leaves sounds nice), Sweetcorn, A few cashew nuts (optional), Bread, Olive oil, A clove of garlic, Ground pepper, Lemon juice

First of all, turn on the oven to a medium heat. In a baking tray, tear a piece of bread into pieces. Finely dice a clove of garlic and add to the tray. Toss it all around in some olive oil, and place in the oven to bake for roughly eight minutes.

 

Whilst that's cooking, cook some sweetcorn and leave it to cool! (I cooked it in the microwave to be quick)

Wash your lettuce and then toss it around in some lemon juice (to taste, takes a bit of trial and error to suit it to your taste buds!) I also ground some pepper over it at this point.

 

 

Serve the lettuce into bowls or onto plates and distribute the sweetcorn on top. I threw a 5 or 6 cashews nuts on top to give the salad a little more substance, and then topped it off with a lots of the croutons from above!

 

I found this salad super yummy, but not as filling as I would of liked, does anyone have any ideas of how I can make it more filling, but not unhealthy?