I would like to credit Mika Francis for this post, she is an incredible inspiration and has provided me the insight into how to gain happiness and its true importance. Her video the 31 day challenge has inspired me for this post and her challenge has changed my life to say the least.
Thankyou Mika!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_roWAXvS9A
Happiness
It's something we tend to often overlook or class as over rated or 'to only be found in movies'. As human's we're trained from a young age that happiness is not a constant emotion nor is sadness. However, far too many of us accept a lack of happiness; Using various excuses of 'people have worse problems than me' 'life could be worse'. Why should we accept sadness when we control our happiness in life and those who have an influence on the happiness in our life.
Happiness is an experience and emotion that everyone is entitled to, discovering the way to happiness in your life takes one step. That step is quite frankly to 'just do it'. If you hate your job, leave, find what makes you happy, why should we live our existence pleasing others or living the lives we were taught to lead. Although for many people this may not be as simple as it seem's there is always a way to work around it. You deserve to be happy and to live a life full of memories and experiences. When the end of our time on this earth comes, no longer do we appreciate the expensive jewellery or the lavish car that we received as a gift, we remember the memories. The very day you received the jewellery and the emotion you felt. It is not the materialistic possessions in life that we remember, it is the memories that come with it. So why not live a life of memorable moments, save and go to the incredible destination that you've been dreaming of for years upon years, turn the dreams that you once thought would never happen into a reality.
Happiness of those around you plays such a significant role, yet day in day out we ignore the simple opportunities to inject happiness into others days. Simply hold a door open for a stranger, compliment someone on something you'd usually glance at briefly and internally appreciate. I'm not a believer of alway's putting others before yourself however, you will find that providing those around you with happiness in the simplest forms changes your mood. Such a small action can go such a long way. Sadly, many of us tend to forget this in the 21st century that has been infiltrated with the poison of 'how many instagram likes can I get' or 'If i get the new iPhone will people envy me'. Impressing those around us is nothing compared to brightening the lives of those around us. One of the most important purposes of our lives is to live life, which I believe is found in happiness. A life without happiness isn't living.
And lastly, the poisonous relationships in our lives. We're programmed to lust what is no good for us. We hold onto the poisonous relationships in our lives as we worry of crumbling without them. In reality we fear the thought of becoming our own person with purpose, without this person regardless of the relationship between the two. To love yourself is one of the most important things in my opinion, you should never rely on someone else or allow them to effect your ability to love yourself. Learn to appreciate and enjoy company, not depend.
Wednesday 18 May 2016
Wednesday 24 February 2016
Keeping On Top Of Things
Keeping on top of things
I know it's been a very long time since my last post, however I hope to be back posting twice a week at least from now onwards, I think you'll find this post relates to my absence! Keeping on top of things in life has previously been bane of my life, however after taking a step back and doing these simple things, it’s helped me hugely! I hope these 8 tips can help you just as much they've helped me to make lif9e that littlest me stress free!
- List making -I often find that i get stressed out when things pile up as i'm constantly losing track of what I need to do and it just becomes too overwhelming. I find it easiest to make a to do list in order of priority, this will help you enormously with managing everything in life!
- Having a stress free environment - for many of you may it be homework, essays or even work related tasks, If you’re working environment is cluttered and dull its easy for your mind to wonder from the task you started with begin with. try brightening up your room, even simply clearing your desk, and opening a window and your curtains can boost your attitude and productivity that little bit more!
- Give yourself a reward -this may seem silly however i find that allowing myself an hour of wasting time on social media or even ordering a dominos after I've ticked off a few things from the list gives me motivation. If you know that you're working towards something it motivates you to complete the task.
- Rid of distractions - this seems liken obvious one to simply jus place your phone in another room meaning you’re less likely to be distracted by that, most of you like myself are too lazy to travel the whole few metres to the next room to grab your phone I'm guessing.
- Listen to music - I’m aware that for many people this can be distracting but for some people it just works for them. I find that listening to upbeat music keeps me in a positive mood when completing tasks.
- Tell other people - This is something so simple that not many people think to do. By telling other people that you need to stay focused for importst tasks , such as friends or family, they can help to ensure that you're not distracted by leaving you be for an hour or so.
- don’t leave it all to the last minute - I know we’re all guilty of this, I am myself, it’s so easy to leave all important tasks until the last minute, however this only leads to stress and poor quality within whatever yore doing! spread your list throughout the week and make achievable for youself, you're only human!
- don’t restrict! Don’t refuse yourself time to socialise or have fun when you’re not busy, Yes there are important tasks in life but when you get time to yourself, spend it wisely and have soe fun and relax!
Thursday 16 April 2015
My Shoe Collection
Forever 21
So over time my shoe collection has slowly expanded and continues to. I must admit that black shoes are a guilty pleasure of mine, especially boots. So i thought I'd give you an insight into my small collection! I'll also have a video up on my youtube channel of my shoe collection, so that will be linked below this post later on this evening!
Wednesday 8 April 2015
Liebster Award
So I've very sweetly been nominated for the Liebster Award By Lauren Marshall and Ema Biel, I'd like to thank them both so much for nominating and definitely go checkout their blogs, I could spend hours browsing through their posts. This award is designed to help low-key bloggers get noticed and out there! You tag eleven blogs with under two hundred followers that you believe deserve recognition! I was shocked when I found out id been nominated for this award as Ive only been blogging for two weeks; However I'm so glad I've been tagged in this and I hope you enjoy reading!
There are four simple rules!
1. Thank & link the person who nominated you.
2. Answer the nominators 11 questions.
3. Nominate 11 small blogs with fewer than 200 followers who you believe
deserve this award and include their links.
4. Create 11 new questions for your nominees to answer. Notify those nominees via social
media/blogs.
As Ive been nominated by two lovely bloggers I'm going to choose questions from each!
1. Why did you start blogging?
Id always wanted to start my own blog however I neither had the time or equipment to. I finally decided to create my blog a few weeks ago and started by using my iPhone for photos, which didn't come out too badly! It just goes to show you don't need fancy equipment to start a blog. I created mine using my Toshiba Laptop and iPhone for photography, It's more about Content! Enough of that ramble! The main reason I started a blog was because I love to share my opinion of many things and give an insight into my life!
2. Summer Or Winter?
I used to absolutely love winter, however now that spring weather is creeping up on us I'm beginning to fall in love with summer weather. I'd say I prefer summer for the weather and Winter for the clothing!
3.What Is your Favourite Store?
This is an absolute no brainer for me. I absolutely love Zara, I'm sure that 80% of my wardrobe is from there now, their clothing is such good quality.
4. Favourite Food?
My Favourite food would most likely have to be sweet potato's or berries. I know thats cheating by saying two, but I can't choose one! After recently deciding to return to a vegan lifestyle fruit and veg has become my best friend so it'd definitely have to be sweet potato or berries!
5.What Is Your Dream Job?
My Dream Job would be to work in the digital marketing industry. I'm obsessed with social media so using that to my advantage would be my Ideal job!
6. What Are You Afraid Of?
Heights, Spiders , Living a forgettable life.
7. What Is The Most Valuable Lesson You've Learnt In Life?
Have a positive attitude to everything you can in life and make the most of It, because you never know how quickly situations can change.
8. What Is Your Favourite Quote And Why?
' If you can dream it, then you can do it' Walt Disney
I find this quote so inspirational, too many people feel as though their dreams and goals are out of their reach and forget that all good things take time, I find this quote so motivational.
9.Who Is your Favourite Blogger?
My favourite blogger has to be Sammi Maria or as she's well known The Beauty Crush. I spend hours browsing through her blog and love watching her youtube channel. I find it inspirational how persistent and determined she's been with her blog and how far she's come. Ive been watching her YouTube videos for years now so its been interesting watching her amount of viewers increase so dramatically!
10. What Is Your Pet Peeve?
Okay, I know I myself a guilty of this, but i cannot stand snoring, Its not that I'm turned off by it or anything I just find the sound so irritating! And on a similar note, people chewing with their mouths open , it drives me nuts.
11.What Makes You Happy?
Spending time with the positive people In my life and making the most of every day.
My 11 Questions For Those Tagged!
1.Why Do You Enjoy Blogging?
2. What Inspired You To Start Your Blog?
3. Whats One Staple Piece In Your Wardrobe?
4. If You Had To Live Off One Meal For the Rest Of Your Life, What Would It Be?
5. One Weird Fact About You?
6. How Tall Are You?
7. Tea or Coffee?
8.Favourite App?
9.Whats your Favourite Pass Time?
10. Your Favourite Blog To Read?
11. Whats Your Favourite Type Of Blog? ( Eg. Food, Lifestyle, Fashion, Makeup)
I Nominate these Blogs to take part in the Liebster Award.
To view their blog click on the name of the blogger.
6.Meghan
11.Mev
Thankyou so much for reading and make sure to get check out the two lovely girlies blogs that tagged me in this to begin with and also the 11 blogs that I Have tagged to take part!
Courtney x
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Sunday 5 April 2015
Lazy Sundays
We all love a lazy Sunday, So i thought I'd give you all an insight as to how I spend mine. As most others I begin my day by aimlessly browsing other Blogs and YouTube channels whilst listening to music. I tend to spend hours doing this without even realising! To go along with this super productive activity, lemon water is a must! Not only is it healthy but its so yummy. I simply cut two lemon slices and add hot water, not too difficult!
After browsing for a few hours I tend to feel guilty so I usually do something productive like tidy my room or write my to do list. Today I opted for the to do list as I've been lacking in blog posts recently so I thought I should organise my week a little bit so I can actually get round to blogging more! One major thing I struggle with is ideas for blog posts, so taking the time to sit down and plan them makes life a lot easier.
Once I've finished creating my endless to do list I usually choose Sunday as the day to use my Frizz-ease keratin 3 day straight spray. I feel for this its best to choose a day that you can relax and not have to worry about time consumption as it can be a lengthy process depending on your hair type. I've been loving this spray recently as it keeps my hair straight for 3 days as It claims unlike many other products, however I'll save that opinion for another blog post!
Yes i know that people say its a lazy sunday and you shouldn't wear makeup, however I live on social media; So having a somewhat presentable face is important for me with all this imporatant snapchats of course. When it comes to lazy days I really don't bother wearing a lot of makeup as the only events that occur are walking to the shops or going to the gym, which means wearing no makeup. I mainly use Foundation, concealer , brow products and mascara just to make sure I'm looking at least slightly alive!
And once this has all been completed I usually just slob out in bed on my laptop browsing more blogs and cooking food! So there we go! It's not the most interesting of days but thats how I myself personally like to spend my Sundays! I hope you enjoy reading!
Thursday 2 April 2015
March Favourites!
I know I haven't posted very regularly recently however, I've had such a hectic week! I'm also aware that my March favourites is a little bit on the late side, Better late than never!
So for my beauty favourites it's been quite a skin revolved month! I feel that primer, foundation and concealer are three of the most important products used on your face, Depending on how long you wish your makeup to last and if you have dark circles etc. My current favourite foundation is the Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation; After hearing multiple positive reviews about this product I decided to give it a whirl. I was pleasantly surprised with the finish as i usually prefer a matte finish, whereas this foundation leaves a dewey natural finish which I loved, It blends so easily and is very long lasting.
Personally myself I can't say if the foundation lasts well without primer as I use primer every day. Whilst on the topic my favourite primer this month has been the Bourjois Happy Light Serum. one thing that i usually despise about primers is the horrible oily feeling left on your face once used. However this primer completely shocked me, within ten seconds of applying this primer my skin had absorbed it and i could apply foundation, It gives your skin a subtle glow which is perfect for spring/summer!
Whilst browsing through Amelia Liana's videos I came across her drugstore flawless foundation tutorial, In this she highly recommended the L'oreal Magic touch concealer. Whilst shopping I attempted to find this however I mistakenly picked up the incorrect concealer. Which I can now see was a 'good mistake' moment as i've now fallen in love with the L'oreal True Match Concealer, this concealer gives such a good coverage which I've been desperately searching for, could not recommend any product more highly!
Then for Lipstick my current favourite has been The maybelline colour sensation Lipstick in Stellar Pink, I also mentioned this in my blog post 'spending spree' and for such a cheap price I can't complain at all. Finally Is my Bobbi Brown Face Brush, this brush has been favourite of mine for months now however has never been given the credit for some of the wonders it can do when it comes to applying my foundation evenly. The brush is a little bit on the pricey side however I definitely feel as If its worth it.
And Lastly, Yes i know its not a beauty purchase!, is my MacBook. I could not be more in love with any other purchase, I'd been pining after a macbook for months so I finally decided to treat myself and purchase the MacBook air. It's very simple to figure out and such a high quality laptop, I've used mine for blogging so far and it's done a fantastic job!
All Beauty Products Are available from Superdrug
MacBook is available for purchase from John Lewis
Monday 30 March 2015
when in london
Zara Nude Loafers - £25.99
Forever 21 Open Toe Boots - £25.00
Bershka Nude Pink Handbag - £22.99
So, whilst in London I managed to pick up a few things! Obviously a trip to Forever 21 was needed, I came across these open toed black boots and absolutely loved them. I was surprised to find that they were comfortable, which is unusual for a pair of boots! And for the price of £25.00 I personally couldn't bring myself to leave the store without them, they were an absolute bargain and will go with near enough anything!
Whilst I couldn't take my mind of the topic of shoes I found these gorgeous nude loafers in Zara. I'd been searching for these everywhere and had just about given up on finding them in my size, Until luckily i came across them in Westfield. The Camera really does not give these loafers justice, they're a gorgeous nude pink reptile print and are incredibly comfortable; Considering purchasing flat shoes is a very rare thing for me , I couldn't be happier with this purchase and I'm sure they're going to be worn to death.
Of course once new shoes have been purchased, as all girls know, having a bag to match is a necessity, I opted for this structured pale pink basic shopper bag from Bershka. This bag is so spacious and is perfect for those days where I need to take a lot of things out and about with me and compared to many other handbags this was relatively cheap. Overall I can say I'm definitely happy with these purchases!
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