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Everything You Need To Know About Photographing In A/W
Whilst the blogging world might be gaga for Autumn it's a well-known fact that when those months roll around that we all struggle when it comes to taking pictures. It's taken me a really long time to figure out how still maintain high-quality light and airy imagery all throughout the colder seasons when it's dark 80% of the time and you only have a good couple of hours at best to work with daylight. But here are the best tips and tricks that I've picked up over the years to make photographing in A/W a breeze as dealing with grain the size of golf balls on your photographs is never fun.
Why Every Girl Needs A Backpack
If there is one thing I never thought I'd be doing at the age of 27 it would be writing an entire blog post about how awesome I think backpacks are. And this style had a revival a couple of years ago and at first, I just thought it was a fad that would fade out but the styles stuck around and I've been suckered into them. Little did I know that they would become a total staple for me but they're one of the most practical bag purchases I've ever made and here a few reasons why I think they're something every girl should have.
A Few Ways To Still Feel Body Confident Even In A/W
For a long time, I've relied on a bounty of body products to boost my body confidence and I think it's typically a practice that we save for the warmer months. I can't deny when the cooler seasons roll around and I start to pull on my heavy knits and thermal tights my body care routine tends to fall by the weigh side and I think that's the case for a lot of people. And subsequently, this when my body confidence starts to take a dip too and I think there is definitely a link between the two. So here a few simple body care practices that I'm going be doing this A/W to make sure that I still feel awesome even though my limbs barely see the outside world.
Everything I Do When I'm Stuck In A Serious Rut & Feel Restless
2017 has been a very strange year for me. In so many ways it's been the best year of my life, I've been doing well work-wise, I properly moved out and I finally passed my driving test. Everything sounds great, right? But something has been niggling in the back of my mind and that is that I've felt really restless, I can't quite feel settled and I feel in a huge rut no matter what I seem to do. And this isn't a post to share all the ways that I've got out of it because I still feel pretty restless. But the feeling has become less intense and overpowering and here are a few things that have helped.
If I Could Only Have 5 Skincare Items They Would Be...
As a self-confessed beauty lover, it means that I love trying and testing out new things, especially skincare. However, after having such problematic skin for so long in my twenties and trying out so many different things it made me realise I actually don't need as many products as I first thought. And now that my skin is in a good place I certainly don't need 15+ items. So if I could only have just 5 products in my skincare routine this is what I would pick...
Everything That I've Been Reading, Watching and Listening To Lately
One of my biggest dreams is to spend Sunday going on a crisp morning dog walk and then spending the rest of the day catching up with my favourite blogs, viewing my most loved YouTube channels and maybe watching a few hours of TV. But as I pretty much always work the weekends [through my own choice] that isn't going to happen anytime soon. However if you are spending your Sunday in my dream situation then here is everything that I've been reading, listening to and watching lately.
Things I'm Doing Right Now To Have More A Balanced Day
Although some wouldn't consider this a bad habit it's not something that I love about myself. When my boyfriend leaves for a tour I tend to go into overdrive with work and it's pretty much all I do, I don't take days off and I just work, work and work some more. And I'm not telling you this in order to be like woe is me I work really hard because everybody works really hard. But something that is so important is taking a break and I do take a couple of hours for myself every few days but it's nowhere near what I should be doing. And I don't know why I do this to myself, I know it only results in a burnout and a standard of work that I'm not happy with. But I still fall into the same pattern every single time. So here are a few things I'm trying to do right now in order to have a little more of a balanced day where I don't work from 5am to sometimes 10pm.
4 Brightening Products That I Rely On For A Clear & Bright Complexion
Now that my skin is relatively clear and spot free one of the biggest aims with my skincare routine is to brighten my complexion. My skin can be very lacklustre and dull and obviously, I don't want that so the majority of my routine is geared towards adding luminosity and lightening any scarring that I have left over from any blemishes. And there are a certain group of products that help me do this with ease and that is acids. There have been 4 products that I've been really enjoying lately and depending on just how much my skin needs brightening I'll reach for one of them. They go on a scale from just needing a little pick me up to a serious in need of help saviour.
Why It's Ok If You Don't Know What You're Going To Do Next
A question that has plagued my entire existence is 'what are you going to do with your life?' it's something that we seem to ask everyone from around the age of 5. And I think this is where the pressure begins to have everything figured out and now I'm into my late 20's something that I'm constantly asked is 'so, what's next?'. It's something I try to avoid answering at all costs and if I'm honest it's because I have no idea what's next. There is so much pressure to be constantly evolving and changing that we never seem to be allowed to enjoy where we're at now and here are few thoughts on the whole what's next thing.