SIMPLE: KIND TO ALL SKIN TYPES?

Now I have struggled for years to find a suitable skincare brand to use on my face which means that I have had to try a lot of them. So I thought I would write a review on my experience with one of the most popular brands, Simple. Before I begin I should start by telling you that I have normal skin meaning that it is neither too dry nor too oily.

I'M A BAD BLOGGER

So I guess we can all acknowledge that I have been awol for months now. I can give you a load of excuses or I can be honest and say that even though I have had extremely busy moments, I've had a lot of free time too where I lacked the brain power to write anything. I started a few posts but wasn't happy with how they were going so I never completed them. I've written a list of all the posts I plan to write (months ago) and I still haven't managed to knuckle down and write them. I am extremely frustrated with myself because I've had this blog for over two years now and I definitely do not feel that I have published half as many blog posts as I should have. I liked the idea of writing and getting my thoughts and opinions out there and I still do so I guess we'll see what happens.

MY THOUGHTS ON THE PLL FINALE

Warning! SPOILERS ALERT.

Hey guys, hope you are all well! Now last month something eventful happened. THE LAST PLL EPISODE EVER WAS RELEASED ON NETFLIX. Now, if that doesn't belong in the history books I'm not sure what does... I watched the episode the day it was released however I have only just got round to writing this post. At least now, a lot more of you would have watched it so I can perhaps see some of your opinions too! So, I was super excited but also very sad to watch the finale. It has definitely been my favourite series for the past 7 years so it's quite emotional... The end of an era. Therefore, I thought I would go through some of the main events from the finale and just give my takes on them. So if you haven't got around to watching it yet please don't read on for your own sake!

BLOGGER RECOGNITION AWARD

Hello, everyone! As you can see I have been nominated for my second award now which I can't deny makes me all giddy inside. It just reassures you that you are doing a great job and that others do actually enjoy reading your blog! So, thank you so much to Katie at Katie's World for nominating me, make sure you check her out and give her blog a follow. A girl with a chronic illness but never lets it get in her way of living life and I look forward to seeing her blog grow!

MY FIRST YEAR SUMMED UP

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Hi, guys! So, so much for trying to blog more... It's been way over a month since my last post and I am terribly sorry for that. I hate using excuses, but my workload has been super time consuming this term. I have, however, just had my last exam of the year! I start my second year in September. So if I'm slacking in between those 3 months, then I don't know what my excuse would be! Just pure laziness to be honest...

STRUGGLES YOU'LL FACE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF BLOGGING

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Hey, guys! Hope you've had a nice week so far. So I thought for today that I would give you a little insight on what it's like to really be a blogger! Before I started my blog I thought it would be really easy... well I was wrong! Turns out there is loads of competition out there, like LOADS. And it is really hard to try and make your blog stand out from the rest.

TESTING POUNDLAND MAKEUP

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Happy Wednesday everyone, hope you've all had a lovely week! So I think we can all acknowledge the fact that I am a terrible blogger. I was living in denial, justifying myself by saying 'I only published 2 weeks ago.. it'll be okay..' To only have my friend go and tell me my last post was published over a month ago! I am very disappointed with myself. I really do love blogging and I'm not really sure why in the little free time I have I can't just sit down and write? I can only promise to try!

Now I know there are probably a thousand of girls that have done this before but can you ever really have enough reviews on Poundland make up?... I mean it doesn't work for everyone... Well, I brought the makeup for this post shockingly 5 months ago! I just never had the time to do the post exactly how I wanted it until now!

NEW YEAR GOALS

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Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and got everything you wanted. I myself had a lovely day spent with my family and my dad actually got me my very first car, which I am still super excited about! I am now a happy owner of a lovely blue Fiat Panda! I know it is almost February but I still thought it would be a cool idea to share with you some of my goals for this year. So every year I make silly New Year's resolutions that I NEVER stick to because I make them totally unrealistic. As if I am going to go 2 months without chocolate!! So this year I thought I would set myself some goals that I would like to try and achieve instead.

MAC LIPSTICK // CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY

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In the spirit of Christmas, I thought it would be a great idea to host my first giveaway! I haven't done one before but I heard that they are hugely popular, so I thought what the hey? I am excited to say I am giving away a Mac Lipstick! Do not be put off my the photo guys the lipstick is brand new still in the packaging. The lipstick colour is a deep tone beige, that Mac call 'Velvet Teddy'.

The last date of entry is the 17th of December. I will be contacting the winner on the 18th of December via. Twitter or email so make sure to check to see if you've won. Hopefully, it can get to the winner before Christmas so if you're not someone who likes wearing lipstick you can give it to someone else as a gift! It is open for international entries for anyone who is wondering and I will be covering the costs for delivery. Ways to enter are included below so good luck everyone!

SETTLING IN AT UNIVERSITY

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Wow, it has been just over 2 months since I last published a post and I am SO sorry for that! I have been insanely busy over this time period with the weeks leading up to University and the first couple of weeks that I just haven't had the time to think of anything to write and I didn't want to just write a whole load of mumbo jumbo! Although this is probably what this post will consist of... I promise it'll get better though!

PREPARING FOR UNIVERSITY

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So if you guys didn't already know I am off to University next month! I'm super nervous and I'm still not entirely sure what to expect but I am also very excited to start a new chapter in my life. I've slowly been preparing for University for a couple of months now buying the odd few bits here and there and on Friday I went on a mad shopping spree with a friend of mine who is off to University too.

TOP THREE PLACES ON MY TRAVEL BUCKET LIST

Right so my plan to publish on Tuesdays kind of went a bit pear shaped last week. I was really busy so I totally forgot to finish and publish my post but hopefully I'm back on track now..
Now I have only been to about five different places outside of the UK and I have never been out of Europe! I've been to Normandy & Disneyland Paris in France, Malia in Greece and Padua & Venice in Italy. I had a really nice time at each of these places although there are a lot more destinations that I would of rather been however I am only going to talk about my main three.

THE VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARD

Good morning guys! So yesterday I received a notification that the lovely Ashleigh from Natural Girl- Unnatural World had nominated me for the 'Versatile Blogger Award' How sweet! This is my first ever award so you can imagine I was very happy when I saw that I had been nominated so Thank you Ashleigh! 

The requirements for accepting the award include sharing 7 things about myself and spreading the blog love by nominating others. Now not too long ago I did a '10 facts about me' post which you can find here so I did struggle to come up with more facts so I apologise in advance if they are quite boring!

JULY PLAYLIST

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Hey guys, so quick announcement. I have decided that I am going to try and publish a blog post every Tuesday. Exciting, right? So make sure you check back every Tuesday to see any of my new content. I may decide to publish twice in a week, who knows?! But I am definitely going to try and focus on publishing on Tuesdays. This lovely sunny Tuesday I decided to list some of my favourite songs at this moment in time as next week we will be in August! Where has the time gone? Now as much as I like songs that are currently in the charts I do enjoy an oldie. I hope you do too!

THINGS I'D TELL MY TEENAGE SELF

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Hello guys, happy Tuesdaaaay! So I was looking through my old phone photos the other week and let's just say I laughed very hard for a whole 2 minutes. I was not a very cool or stylish teenager to say the least.. And it just encouraged me to write a 'few' tips that I wish I could tell my teenage self!

WHAT'S IN MY MAKE UP BAG?

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Hey guys! Today I thought I would let you guys know what make up I have in my make up bag and maybe give a review on a couple of items too! What you may find surprising is before a few months ago the only make up I had in my collection was just the typical foundation and mascara.. I was so closed minded on all the other products there was out there that I had no idea just how much better they all are combined! So one day I was watching a make up tutorial on Youtube when I thought to myself 'why not?' and the next day I went to Boots and Superdrug on my lunch break and bought anything that caught my eye!

THE BESTFRIEND TEST

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Hi guys! So I thought it would be fun for me to put together some questions to ask two of my closest friends to see how much they both know about me! I have been friends with Fleur for nearly 4 years and I have been friends with Serena for just over two years and they have both spent enough time with me that I would have definitely mentioned the answers at one time or another so I expected both of them to get all the answers correct! I told them both that whoever got the most answers correct would win the 'Bestfriend' title. There were 8 points up for grabs so lets see who won!