Updated: What's In My Bag?

Finally, I am here with my updated What's In My Bag post! I did one of these last year when I first started blogging and have been meaning to do an update for a while but I needed a new bag as my old one was falling apart. Primark is usually my go-to place for bags- I have never been much of a handbag girl so I tend to just buy one and then use it to death before purchasing another, so I don't see the point in splurging on an expensive Mulberry piece. My current bag is one that seems to have taken the blogging world by storm, and I couldn't resist jumping on the bandwagon! It is the perfect size for fitting all my things in and I love that it also comes with a detachable longer strap. One thing that bugs me about Primark bags, however, is the lack of a zip as I am always cautious about the safety of my belongings, but I suppose at £12 I can't complain!

Anyway, here is the contents of my bag:

iPhone 4S | Purse | Notepad | Makeup bag (blush, lipstick, mascara, concealer, hair bands, hair grips, perfume samples) | Mirror | Tissues | Deodorant | Tangle Teezer | Umbrella | Keys | Lip balms | Pencil case | Sunglasses* | Phone charger | Earphones

The contents of my bag is pretty consistent and I don't normally find myself needing to swap things out. The only thing that really changes is my makeup bag, which depends on what make-up I am wearing on that day. Typically I just carry my concealer, mascara, a blush and a lipstick in there, as well as some hair bands, hair grips and perfume samples which I always keep in there just in case. If you are an iPhone user, you will know how awful the battery life is, so I always carry a spare charger around so I can charge it if I need to. God knows why I carry my sunglasses with me, they haven't seen daylight since my trip to France in July haha!

I hope you enjoy this post! Have you done something similar? I would love to have a nosy!

Top Five Tips for Review Writing.

Hey everybody!

Just a quick post to direct you over to the e-tail bloggers network, where I have written a guest post on my top five tips for writing reviews! If you are new to product reviews or just need a few tips, feel free to take a look at my post here :)

All I want to do is blog.

2012 is definitely not my year.

I normally think of myself as a cheery, happy person and I like this personality to show in my blog posts. But at the same time, I am a born worrier who is always doused in anxiety, and this paired with the piles of crap that have been thrown my way since the very beginning of this year has sent me in to turmoil. This is why I have been MIA on here and Twitter a lot recently.

Blogging is usually my escape from this anxiety. Typing up posts and reading other people's blogs often feels very therapeutic to me and keeps my mind off other things. Everybody I have come across in this community is absolutely lovely, I have had some laughs with some of you on Twitter and all the comments I get make me smile (BLEUGH). Lately, however, all I have wanted to do is curl up in bed and sleep. I have tried to blog but I often can't even concentrate on how to spell the words I am trying to type. As a result I concluded to just taking a little break, I am a perfectionist and nothing feels worse to me than publishing a post that has been half-heartedly written.

 I feel that having a little break from my laptop for the past week has allowed me to refresh my mind a little, and whilst my personal life is nowhere near better yet, I have decided that I am going to make this little corner of the internet which belongs to me my happy place. My normal blog posts are going to resume tomorrow and I have lots of ideas lined up that I am excited to share with you all :)

I apologise for this very morbid blog post and I promise it won't happen again haha; I definitely don't want everybody to feel sorry for me, I suppose I just needed a rant about how life is unfair and all that. I also really love blogging and the people who take a minute or two out of their day to read my posts and leave me a comment, so I didn't want you all to think I had just lost my blogging mojo all of a sudden; I don't think I ever will!

 Now to reply to the abundance of comments I have neglected over the past few days! D:

I hope you're all doing well :)

Calvi On The Rocks Update.

Hey everyone!

Sorry I have been a little MIA, the days have been busy here in France and I also have limited internet access. I have managed to get a few hours aside this morning so I thought I would give you a little peek at what I have been up to!

As you may know from my previous post, I was lucky enough to be flown out here with Diesel UK, who are the main sponsors of Calvi On The Rocks 2012, an electronic and rock music festival on the island of Corsica. 

Most of the day time has been spent on the beach at Diesel in Casa, listening to DJs Erol Alkan and Busy P and swimming in the sea. In the evening, against a backdrop of the rocks and under the stars, we have watched some amazing artists and bands, such as Django Django and Whomadewho, from the luxury of the VIP area. I definitely recommend checking them out if you haven't heard of them already!

In an hour or so we are heading back out to the beach to sail out on the Diesel boat, which I am really excited about. If you would like to keep updated on what we are up to out here whilst I can't post, pop over to the Diesel UK facebook page or Twitter.

#dieselincalvi

I am hopefully going to get a couple of fashion posts planned out here in Calvi, so keep an eye out for those! Also, I have been reading all the comments you have been leaving whilst I am away, and I will reply to them all as soon as I get home! :)

BRB- I'm off to France!

Hey girlies,

Just a quick one to let you know what is happening over the next few days. I have been lucky enough to be invited along with the Diesel UK team to Corsica in France for the Calvi On The Rocks festival which they are sponsoring, and in just six hours I will be on a plane on my way there! I am so excited to be spending some time in the sunshine and also working alongside Diesel at the festival! As it was arranged at such short notice (I only found out on Wednesday and got my flight confirmation yesterday!), I haven't had time to schedule any posts, so I don't know how active I will be on the blogosphere whilst I am there. I will be taking my laptop with me anyway so if I can get a WiFi connection in the hotel where I am staying I will continue to write blog posts; if not, normal blogging will resume on Wednesday when I get back! I will also try to tweet lots when I am there.

 

 Have a lovely weekend everyone! :)

Just a quick hello!

Hey lovelies,

I just wanted to write a quick post to let you know I will be a little MIA over this weekend. I don't feel like I have blogged enough over the past couple of weeks, although it is nice to take a little bit of time away from my computer screen. Tomorrow I am off on a four hour journey to London, ready for the iFabbo Social Media Conference on Saturday which I am really excited about... Let me know if you will be there, I'd love to say hello! I am not sure if the hotel where I am staying will have WiFi, or even if I will be taking my laptop, so I don't think I will be blogging, but I will be on Twitter, as always!

I will be back on Sunday with lots of posts lined up; I will definitely be blogging about London and the conference, and I'm hoping to get some OOTD shots whilst I am away and I have quite a few products to review for you :)

So I hope you all have a lovely weekend! Are you doing anything nice? :)

I hope you understand...

Hi girls,

For the past couple of weeks you may have noticed that the intervals between my blog posts have been all over the place. One moment I would be blogging twice a day, the next it would be up to three days until my next post.

I just wanted to explain to you all that I am trying my best to get back to normal, to posting at least once a day/ every other day. Things have been pretty stressful lately, a lot of things have been bringing me down to the point where I find it difficult to do anything, and I don't want to publish blog posts for you that haven't had my heart put in to them.

I don't want to have to go on another Hiatus like I did at the beginning of the year, so I will continue to post as and when I can, I just don't want you all thinking I have completely lost my knack for blogging. I will definitely post at least twice a week.

I have also been a little bit slow at replying to your comments, but I promise I do read them as soon as I get them and I really appreciate them, and I aim to reply to them within 48 hours, so keep checking back, I'm not ignoring you! Also, remember if you have any more urgent questions that you would like answering, you can always contact me via email or Twitter for a quicker reply :)

Hopefully soon I will be back to my usual blogging self, I do hate when things like this happen but I guess that's life, hey? I hope you all understand and that you'll stick by me and wait for my return!

A Brief Update and Help Me Improve My Blog?

Hey everybody!

Sorry I have been MIA on Blogger for the past few days, I have been quite busy with university, plus it is difficult for me to post when I am staying at my uni halls because I leave my camera and most of my make-up and clothes at home.

Also, if you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen me tweeting a few days ago about lacking in inspiration and not being happy with my blog. It isn't that I am fed up of blogging, I don't think I could be! I just feel that my blog needs a makeover, every time I look at it now I think it looks so cluttered and disorganised, and I am never happy with the photographs I take for my blog posts, either because of the lighting or the backgrounds I am using :/ This is where I need your help. I'd like to know if you like the way my blog looks, and any suggestions as to what I could do to maybe make it look better. Constructive critisism is very much welcome, just don't tear me down too much ;)

I would also like to know if you have any post requests. Sometimes I hit a wall where I don't have any items in mind to review or I am unable to take photographs for a FOTD or OOTD, so if there are any products that you have seen me use that you would like me to review or you have a competely different idea for a blog post that you would like to see, then please let me know and I will do my best to meet your request as soon as possible. Also, let me know which of the posts that I already write are your favourites and I will try to do more of those. I am back at home at the moment so here are some posts I am planning on writing in the next few days:

• How to achieve my every day hair.
• A review of Boots Botanics Facial Loofahs.
• An OOTD.
• Maybe an OOTN or two.
• My make-up and jewellery storage.

Any feedback and suggestions would be much appreciated and I look forward to reading them, my blog is written for my readers to enjoy so I would like to know what you all like to see/ read :)

I hope you've had a lovely day!