Tropic Skincare: Naturally Awesome

Around this time five years ago, I discovered Tropic Skincare and at the expense of sounding a little cheesy, it genuinely has changed my life. For years I struggled with combination skin that wouldn’t seem to settle with anything I used. Everything was either too heavy or didn’t do what I wanted it to, either…

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A Day Back In Time

Wednesday was an unexpected delight, one of those completely relaxed and unplanned days that kind of remind you what life is really about. I popped over to my mums, it was her first day of semi-retirement (technically she’s on holiday though and starts a new part-time job in two weeks time, but she is, for…

Cupcakes and Anxiety Tea Party

Back in the summer of last year, I met a lovely woman called Kerry, on instagram. I was initially trying to find other local bloggers in my area when I came across her profile called Cupcakes and Anxiety. Being a lover of all things baking and suffering with anxiety myself, I became instantly intrigued, So…

For every woman, today and everyday.

I know incredible women. I know courageous women, strong women, women with an outstanding amount of kindness to give. I know women with morals, who stick by a particular code. (these women are some of my favourites) There are women who fight for their place in this world and some who fight a battle that…

Yesterday was a good day.

Yesterday was a good day. And I don’t mean that other days aren’t at all but it just was, it was a really good day. For whatever reason, I woke straight up with a with a big smile on my face, instead of fumbling for my phone to hit the snooze button another eighteen times…

Dusty Threads fashion sale

I recently won a competition on Instagram (gotta love that little grid) to attend a local fashion sale that took place, last week (Tues 5th Feb) in Newport, on the Isle of Wight. The competition prize was a free entry pass to the sale for myself and a friend and a free drink for the…

The Power of gratitude

One of the greatest quotes I’ve ever heard goes a little something like this... “Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.” -Alice Morse Earle (She’s also known for using the saying “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.”) And…

I’ve Joined RED January, will you?

So, from the title of this blog, you've probably guessed.. I’ve joined up to red January! “What’s red January?” I hear you ask... Well, red January is a community based initiative that has partnered with the Mental Health Charity, Mind, and is encouraging us all to support our mental health and kickstart some new year…

New Year; same you, new opportunities.

Happy new year to you, whoever you are, wherever you are, whoever you may be with and if you’re on you’re own tonight then this one is for you, especially. As you walk into 2019 just remember to welcome the New year in with a smile. Because the possibilities ahead are endless, don’t believe me?…

Music for the Soul- Freya Ridings gig at the Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth.

Last night, Thursday 1st November 2018, my friend Sarah and I, attended our first gig at The Wedgewood Rooms in Southsea, Portsmouth. The act, as you may have already guessed from the title of this blog post, was Freya Ridings. I’ve been following her music for about a year now and was hooked from the…