Last week I spent 24 hours in London and it was pretty jam packed. And a skill that I'm pretty proud of and typically don't get to use a lot is my ability to pack, years of university and long distance relationships has prepared me well for packing and keeping things to a minimum. And a mere 24 hours in the capital didn't call for a suitcase so it was overnight bag situation. And as I was going to the one carrying it I knew it had to be light because I'm pretty feeble. Which meant that my beauty stash had to be kept at a minimum and here is how I kept things light but didn't scrimp on the products that I love.

Mascara is a tricky beauty product to talk about as what we want differs so much as well as of course, having completely different lashes and I find even your skin type can interfere with how a product performs. But mascara is without a doubt one of my favourite products to try as it's one of those instant gratification items and you instantly know whether it's something that works or not. So I've rounded up all the mascaras that I've used in the past few months to share with you, some I've loved and some have been a huge disappointment.

Covering those really awkward beauty conversations is something that I've made a really conscious effort to do over the years. Because even though part of cringes that I've written about having horrible ingrown pubic hairs I know that whenever I'm brave enough to share that I'm never alone and hey it happens to the best of us. Something that has been on my mind a lot lately is hair, in particular, hairlines and loss because as a female I'm not sure we ever talk about these topics and it's usually on the guys. To be completely candid my hair has been falling out at a rate that's not quite normal and it's made me wonder how many others girls go through the same thing and are too scared to talk about it? 

The beauty lovers of the world will know the excitement that comes with a fresh launch and promises of what could be the next best thing. We try new things because they're fun and exciting but that doesn't mean we don't have the old classics that we know we can return to again and again. They're like an old sweater to us...friendly, comfortable and know exactly what we need them to do and when to do it. I'm sure we all have our own requirements of what can make the classic beauty product cut and why it has that status in our collection. And here is my edit, it's ever changing and evolving but everything on this list works [for me] without question.