It has been such a long time since I have wrote about my monthly favourites mainly because there wasn't anything I was really really liking enough to talk about, however last month I have had so much I loved and I just wanted to share with you! So without further ado, enjoy!

The first thing that I used so much during August and majority of September was an eyeshadow palette from Makeup Revolution. This is their Ultimate Iconic Palette and it is literally iconic. I absolutely fell in love with the packaging and loved the eyeshadows even more. I haven't had the chance to use every single colour in the palette but judging from what shades I have used, the colours are so pigmented! It is a fairly neutral shades palette ranging from colours such as nudes and browns but then you've also got your blues, golds, dark reds and blacks which are both shimmery and matte. I have been thinking of doing an in-depth review of this palette sometime soon so let me know if you would like me to write one!

Can I just start off by saying that I can't believe we're already halfway through the summer holidays?! Summer is just flying by and I have made so many new memories this year with family and friends doing all sorts. One of my all time favourite things to do during the summer is to go on road trips. There's just something about long car journeys which I absolutely love! Sometimes I like to take a good book with me to read on long car journeys and most of the time I love to put some good music on for everyone to listen to!

If you specifically live in either America or Canada, then you could rent a car from Turo for your road trip. Turo are a peer-to-peer rental company and you can rent a car for whenever you need it or you can list your car so other people can rent it to use. Some renters may leave a custom playlist or CD's so worry not if you have forgotten your music! If you would like more information about Turo then click here!

My playlist is pretty much a huge random bunch of genres ranging from artists like Michael Jackson to The Weeknd so there's pretty much songs that you can just chill out to along with songs which you can jam out to. So now without further ado, here is my summer road trip playlist!

Click here to listen! https://open.spotify.com/user/114674240/playlist/72tdU0ZNYpspX5X2maXJ9q

I have been wanting to write/film something like this for the longest time and I have finally got round to writing it (I may also film it sometime soon too!) and it is a 'What's In My Bag' Summer Edition.

The bag that I have been using quite a lot recently is this bag from New Look. Usually I don't go for floral type bags but I thought why not switch it up and go for some pastel/floral colours rather than my usual black/brown bags for the summer.

I'm literally writing this a month early because I just can't wait until the 4th of August to publish this (LOL). This is going to be on a more 'deeper' and more personal level purely because I have learnt so much over the years, a lot of which I have seen and experienced, have shaped me to be the person that I am today.

I'm going to cut the introduction short and literally just get on with it. Enjoy reading!

1. Be patient. You will have times where you feel as though life isn't going the way you want or you feel like giving up completely because you feel like you have no clue what you're doing with your life. Good things come to those who wait but even better things come to those who put in the hard work to achieve their goals. Something may not necessarily go the way you planned originally but that is alright! The universe works in mysterious ways and what the future holds is better than what has just gone.

2. Sort of following on from my last point, you have your entire life ahead of you. There are so many opportunities for you to grasp and so many places to see and so many people who will cross your path in the future. Don't stress about things you should not even be stressing over. You're 18, you're still young. You are not supposed to have life all mapped and figured out because it could change in a split second and the career you have chosen for yourself now, might not even be what you do in 5 or 10 years time because you find something that is incredibly better.

3. When troubles arise, don't stress or worry or panic like you always do. View them as opportunities for you to learn and grow. And when good things do happen, see them as blessings, but every now and again, stop and take a look at your surroundings and see what you have already been blessed with. 

4. Do not ever grow up too quickly. You're only a child/teenager once. You have the rest of your life to be old and one day you will miss being young so take advantage of your younger years. Have some fun and be childish once in a while because it makes you feel as though everything is idyllic. 

5. BLOOD RELATIONS DO NOT MEAN ANYTHING. Just because someone has been born into your family, does not mean you have to consider them family. 

6. LISTEN TO YOUR GUT INSTINCT!! The amount of times you have had a good or bad feeling about something/someone/a situation and it has come true is crazy. If you are put in a situation where you definitely have a bad feeling about, more than likely, it will come true judging from past experiences. Remove yourself from that situation asap. 

7. Keep your true friends close. Even if you end up going your separate ways or no longer attend the same college, keep in contact with them. When you meet up further down the line, it will be one huge crazy catch up session! I have a friend (she will know who she is when she's reading this) who I last met up with nearly 2 years ago and even though we don't speak every single day because we're busy with our own personal lives, we're still close and it's 4 years of friendship going strong!

8. No matter how old you are, crying in your mum's arms will always make you feel like a 5 year old (and that is perfectly alright). Along with this point, it is okay to cry. And in front of people too! Don't keep everything bottled up. I guarantee someone will listen and you will have a huge weight lifted off your chest. Show your vulnerability, it doesn't make you weak. 

9. Education is important. But so is your mental health. When you find yourself skipping meals and staying up until 3am to do an assignment which has been giving you breakdown after breakdown, it's time to stop and give yourself a break and some time to relax. 

10.In your childhood, you always thought that the fairer you are, the more beautiful you are considered to be. That literally means nothing now. Go out, run around in the sun for hours on end and get that golden brown tan! Embrace your skin tone and flex your complexion.

11. Do not ever be ashamed of your culture and your heritage and do not allow others to make you feel ashamed for keeping in touch with your heritage and culture. Never also lose touch with your culture. Don't be embarrassed to speak in your native tongue to your parents in front of other people like you used to. Be proud that you know another language or two. It's something you will be able to pass down to your kids and future generations to come. 

12. No matter what you do or where you go in your life, your family and your close friends will always be there for you. They are some of (if not the most) important people in your life who you can truly truly trust, apart from yourself. They will pick you up when you're down and you can turn to them when you need them the most and you know they won't judge. After all, they're only a phone call/skype call/message away. 

13. You have spent far too long being sad and feeling so shit and down about yourself. Forget every single person who ever made you feel bad about being yourself and bought your self-esteem+confidence down to literally nothing. You do not need that kind of negativity in your life and I am glad you now know that. You have spent years building up your confidence and self-esteem and they have seriously never been higher and you've never been more at peace with yourself and who you are as a person. Do not ever allow anyone ever to bring you down to the point you were at a few years ago. 

14. Dream big and don't let anyone or anything stand in the way of you achieving your dreams. You are capable of so much more than you will ever know. 

15. Everything happens for a reason.

16. Put down your phone once in a while and stop looking at life through a glass screen. Yes, taking photos and videos are great for making memories,but time is passing by too quickly so live in the moment rather than through a glass screen. 

17. Know your worth and do not settle for anything less. 

18. Live in the moment and don't be afraid of living. Create memories that you will look back on when you are much older. You will never be as young as you are now, ever again. 

Earlier this week, FarFetch had got in contact with me and asked me if I was interested in sharing my skin care secrets. This got me thinking about how I could share all of my skincare secrets that I use which have helped tremendously over the years to keep my skin looking smooth and clear! It has been a case of trial and error with many different products but I have finally found quite a few which I now use on a regular basis.

Now, I am not even exaggerating when I say that I struggle like crazy to find foundations that match my skin tone. This is because they either end up being too dark or too light & I can never find a shade which is in between (this results in me having to mix to foundations together). 

During the spring/summer, my skin tone gets a lot darker/tanner compared to how it is during autumn/winter time. This means that I end up having to use a foundation which is a few shades (not a lot) darker than the ones I use during winter time. As far as I am aware, I have a warm (yellow/golden) undertone. Before I found this out, my foundation would look grey/ashy on my skin which is why it is important to find what your undertone is to prevent this from happening. 

I thought that I would write a short blog post about what foundations that I personally like to use or have used in the past, are not that expensive and can be found at your nearest drugstore. Everything that I write are my own opinions.

1. Meybelline Dream Satin Liquid Foundation '60 Caramel' - When it comes to foundation, I use the Meybelline Dream Satin Liquid Foundation in the colour '60 Caramel'. I use this in the summer and you literally do not need to apply so much because a little of this definitely goes a long way and it gives you quite a full coverage without looking overdone. Using a damp beauty blender, I gently dab the foundation on my skin so it's blended in and evened out onto my skin. This foundation leaves you with a satiny/slightly dewy look which I love during summer and it is also perfect for any special occasions e.g. weddings and parties. This can be found at your nearest Superdrug store or online and it is £7.99. 

This is a quite a touchy topic which I have wanted to write about for a very long time but I just did not know how to process what I was thinking, down into words but I'm going to have a go. 

I have days where I put on an outfit, look in the mirror and just think 'damn I look great' and feel so positive about myself and feel positive for the rest of the day and then there are days where I think 'why doesn't my butt look as big as Kim K's'. I think that near enough everyone, whether you are male or female and also including myself, have had thoughts about how they see themselves whether that be in a positive or negative thought. I'm sure we all have said or thought things such as 'Oh I wish I looked like her', 'my bum and/or boobs aren't big enough.', 'I need thicker thighs/slimmer legs', 'I need killer abs/muscles' or something along those lines because I most definitely have. 




I began exercising at home from 2013 but never really took it seriously until I think December 2014. When I did begin to take it seriously over 2015, I have made quite a lot of progress when it comes to my core, waist, butt and thighs/legs and I am really happy to have reached my body goal. But even then, when I'm scrolling down Instagram and seeing all the IG fitness models, I can't help but think 'wow I wish I had a bum like hers' or "Why aren't my hips that big and my waist not that small" which just makes me want to exercise and work out even more even though the model's body type/proportions are no where near similar to mine. I've had times where I look at a photo and think 'I need to get my body like hers', when in reality, my body type is no where near similar to the girl in the photo so I'm basically just being unrealistic.

Having been influenced by so many factors, (one of which I think the biggest factor is through the media), society has created this image of what is considered to be 'perfect' in terms of when it comes to individuals and what they look like, whether that be body wise or appearance wise. We see things in the media, whether that be on the television, in magazines or online, celebrities and models having the most perfect tanned airbrushed skin with no imperfections at all and this causing many young girls trying to fit into this image of 'perfection' i.e. girls have to have long legs, long hair and curves in the right places but still be slim and guys have to be tall yet built and muscly.This image that is being passed onto young people is when a preoccupation of wanting to be thin or 'perfect' takes over their mind in which it leads to eating disorders such as Bulimia and Anorexia.