Blogging Thoughts..

Hello Lovelies!

Today is a little bit of a different kind of post as I want to share my thoughts about where I am in the blogging world at the moment.

Recently, I haven't been posting for near enough a month now and the only reason for that is that I just have not had the drive to write any! I have not had any inspiration for posts or not even the interest in sitting down and taking the time to write one. 

I have just started a new job and have also been taking lots of trips out with Max to play Pokemon GO and have definitely found myself either too busy or with no motivation to post at all. The longer I left posting anything, the more nervous I became to even post the simplest of reviews.

I also have found myself becoming scared to post the things that I want to post rather than just beauty reviews all the time, so I definitely want to switch things up and make sure that I experiment with my content a lot more.

I love writing posts and getting your feedback and reviewing things for you all but I never want to force out a post as it just will not be interesting to read and you will definitely be able to tell the lack of motivation and passion behind the words.

So what I am going to do from now is not promise a post at a certain time, there might be two posts in one week or no posts for a couple of weeks, just depending on how i'm feeling and how busy I am. Like I have mentioned previously, I have never been making posts just for the numbers or readers but I make them because I love to express my creative mind and share my thoughts on the things that I truly love through this platform.

Thank-you so much for listening and I am sure there will be new posts super soon!

Love you all and I will speak in the next one :-)

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Laura x

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Summer Goals 2016

Happy Sunday Everyone!

This week I thought I would tell you the things that I am looking forward to and hoping to achieve throughout this summer.

Now that college is almost over, I want to make sure that I have the best couple of months off to make up for how stressed out I have been since September.

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1. I want to go to the gym more. 

This seems like a pretty straight forward goal for a lot of people but I really am so unfit, the type of unfit that gets out of breath when running up the stairs (no, really). As well as this I want to tighten myself up a bit in area's such as my stomach!

2. I want a healthier lifestyle.

This definitely ties in with the last point and they definitely both go hand in hand. I really want to start eating a lot cleaner, going for more walks and taking more time to de-stress during the college months. I think it is really important to have some me-time once a week to really not have to think about anything but pampering yourself!

3. Find a job.

I have been putting this off for a while, not because I didn't want to work or earn money but because of was scared of the unknown. I find it super hard to put myself out there to do something that I am unfamiliar with because of my anxiety, but I've been applying for jobs and am definitely on the right track now.

4. De-Stress.

As I mentioned before, I really want to start taking more time for myself so that I don't get myself low from worrying. I will definitely do a me-time post if you're all interested!

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I am also really looking forward to my birthday this year and me and Maxwell are going away! Only to Birmingham for the night but that means lots of shopping eek! Expect a post about that one in just over a months time as well as lots of new product reviews and hauls :D

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Hope you enjoyed this little lifestyle post! I really loved writing it so let me know if you would like to see more of these.

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.. and I will see you soon!

~ L A U R A  J E S S I C A ~

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May Favourites..

Hello Lovelies!

As I said in yesterday's post, I am going to be posting twice this weekend to make up for the missed one last weekend!

Today brings my May Favourites and it literally doesn't seem long since I posted at the end of April! Time is seriously flying this year.

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 So i'm going to start off with my beauty/fashion favourites and then move on to the non-beauty a little later on.

So firstly, I have been getting a lot of spots recently and they have all been mainly focused around my nose which is so annoying. I think it must've been from college stress coupled with the two weddings! As well as Sudocrem being my best friend, I have also been reaching back to an old favourite to help cover them up, the Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in the lightest shade (of course).

As you know there has always been a lot of hype around this since it was released but has definitely crawled back into my daily makeup due to it's amazing high coverage for the price.

Next up, I have been loving putting on The Body Shop's Satsuma Body Butter after the shower or bath as my skin has been super dry and also sunburnt recently! I love the consistency of their body butters and they definitely last a really long time.

Moving on to hair-care and I have really been loving the Herbal Essences Conditioner in 'Moroccan My Shine'. Since I ran out of my label m conditioner, I wanted to go back down the cheaper route in terms of hair-care and although this substitute is not as good as the label m one, I can definitely say that my hair really soaks it up and is looking hydrated and shiny still!

Non-Beauty

Onto the non-beauty favourites, now there are a lot of different shows that I have been loving this month but I have managed to whittle it down to four to talk to you about today! I will link to them here for you to have a click and a read if you wish and I will also try to write them in English too.

The Amazing Race 

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress 

My Hero Academia

Food Wars

Finally, of course, I have been loving attending the two weddings from this month with Max and also meeting lots of people from his side of the family!

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I really hope you enjoyed my favourites for this month, sorry it was quite a long one, I think I have a case of verbal diarrhoea (ha!). If you have any suggestions for future blog posts leave them in the comments below or through my social media's on the right, I love hearing your recommendations! 

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I will speak next week!

~ L A U R A  J E S S I C A ~

My Brother Got Married!!

Good Afternoon Lovelies!

Sorry that this post is not technically on the weekend anymore but I have a good excuse which I am going to speak about today!

Last Saturday my brother got married and I can now say that I have a sister! I have always wanted a sister and I can definitely say I would not want anyone else.

The day started at 7am for us nine bridesmaids, the bride and the mother of the bride. We all had our hair and makeup done and hopped out the door to the beautiful venue.

The weather could not have been more on our side, even though I burnt my shoulders (thanks pale skin). Max even got to meet the majority of my family too as well as seeing my aunt and uncle from Australia, which made the day even more special!

I have included some of my favourite photos from the day below (taken by Max and my mum) so I hope you enjoy!

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Thanks so much for reading and I will be back with another post next week/weekend! I have another wedding so it may be a little late but I will try to get one up as soon as I can :-)

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Cheerio!

~ L A U R A  J E S S I C A ~

April Highlights...

Hellooo!

So first up, apologies for the not so great photo this time, the weather has been so weird in the UK at the moment and its been making me so unmotivated as well as there not being enough natural lighting D:

So its that monthly favourites time again and I thought that I would start making this more regular and call 'highlights' instead, so that I can tell you anything and everything that I have been loving this month!

I cannot believe that it is already May?! I have two weddings this month and I am sure you will have some outfit posts from those..

On to the highlights!

Face

I have been loving applying my Urban Decay Naked Skin concealer (all time favourite) with my Real Techniques contour brush! It just blends everything in so seamlessly as well as keeping the coverage.

Hair

Since having my hair bleached again (Twice!) to try and get rid of the green, I have been using this Honey & Oat Shampoo from label m and it has definitely been my saviour! It helps my ends keep moisturised and healthy.

Body

I don't usually have a deodorant in my favourites but this month I have re-discovered one that I used to love! It is from Soft & Gentle and is in the scent, Lotus and Watermelon. It smells SO good! The only place that I can find that sells this particular scent is Wilko's!

Clothing

I bought these Topshop Leigh jeans with knee rips and one thigh rip quite a while ago now but I have been wearing them an absolute ton this month. As soon as they are out of the wash they are back to being worn, definitely will have to pick up some more!

Watch

I came across a new anime called 'Erased' and completed the entire season in one day, which is so weird for me as I hardly ever finish a show or even start to watch one! You definitely need to check it out - Here

Experience

Last but definitely not least was when Max came over for a few days in the Easter Holidays. We went to the cinema and did some shopping and also went to the woods to take some photos for his portfolio! It was a really fun few days and was definitely the break from college I needed :-)

Here's a few photos Max took from the woods

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I hope you all are having a great bank holiday weekend!

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See ya next weekend 

~ L A U R A  J E S S I C A ~

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Favourite YouTubers of the Month

Hey Lovelies!

This week I thought I would chat through my favourite YouTubers of this past month or two as I am heavily bogged down with college work at the moment so have definitely been slacking on my make-up game.

First up we have FleurdeForce's blogging channel; FleurdeVlog! As much as I adore her main channel, I definitely love following her personality on her day to day life. She daily vlogs quite a lot and usually does every other month!

Not to mention her three doggies and two cats! Heaven in a vlog channel for me :D

Next up we have Anna from ViviannaDoesMakeup. This channel is all things beauty, fashion and lifestyle and her personality is really addictive! 

She is so funny and definitely such a real character, no hiding away of imperfections and has spoken about the TMI side of beauty too!

This next one is Casey Neistat and was introduced to me quite a while ago now by my boyfriend Max (thank-you!) and ever since I have loved watching what he has been getting up to!

He has definitely grown so much during his, just over one year, of vlogging and puts so much effort into making his vlogs into kind of like short films everyday combined with the old 'day in the life of' videos.

If you haven't already, you should definitely check him out!

I have been watching Sammi for quite a few years now and in the past year she has definitely grown a lot, especially with her fashion videos! I love watching her style evolve and she has also managed to bring out a clothing line with her now fiancée which makes me feel like such a proud mother, oh dear ;)

You might have heard of her channel before as it was known as 'thebeautycrush' but has gone under a re-naming and is now known as Samantha Maria!

I have most probably spoken about Victoria from In the Frow before but there is no doubt that I adore her content! She mostly talks about high-end fashion and beauty but even though it is definitely out of my price range, I still love to swoon at all of the beautiful products she shows, heart eyes is definitely the face I pull when watching her videos. 

Last but definitely not least is KickthePj (and also his second channel PjtheKick). I have always loved Pj's videos for many years however, at the moment I am really loving where he is going. Now that his series, Oscar's Hotel is over, he has been uploading on his main channel more frequently and also has been planning to upload a lot more on his second channel.

He is super creative and every single video he posts surprises me with something different and original. He is really great and I would highly recommend him!

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Thanks so much for reading and I hope I have given you some new content to browse! 

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or through one of my social media's to the right and I will speak next week :-)

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~ L A U R A  J E S S I C A ~

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On My Mind...

So this is going to be a lil' post explaining why you haven't been seeing much  (anything!) around these parts of the interwebs for a couple of months now.

It started off with the lack of inspiration and motivation to blog, I really did not know what do write or take photos of and even if I did, the ideas would never be good enough when put into practise!

As the weeks went by, I found that I had less and less time to do these posts as I was having up to 6 assignments for college on the go at one time! Hopefully that kind of stress is over now.

After those assignments cleared up and I had a little more time on my hands, I started to become slightly scared of uploading a post as I had no inspiration, no photographs were going right and I was also scared that none of my readers would still be here!

After um-ing and ahh-ing about the situation I decided to totally change my bedroom around and have a big clear out. This has totally motivated me and inspired me to do a lot more. I feel more happy about the lighting in my room, the space and also the different areas that I could potentially use for blog photos!

I have ideas streaming out of my brain and I have jotted them all down. For me, being organised is key and as you can tell, I kind of failed at that over Christmas which left me in such a blogging rut.

I really hope you guys understand and hopefully I will be back to regularly spilling out my brain into these posts for you to read! 

I am not going to have a schedule just yet, just incase college decides to throw its worst at me again!

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Until the next one..

~ L A U R A  J E S S I C A ~

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The Primer Edit

Good evening everyone!

So I recently I ran out of my Maybelline Baby Skin primer which, to be honest, I didn't love and I was still pining for my beloved POREfessional (sad face).

I popped onto boots and had a mooch with my £10 worth of points to spend and I came across this, Soap and Glory's One Heck of a Blot Primer. Now even though I don't have oily skin (its actually insanely dry at the mo), I love to have a base before my concealer and I love the idea of a wet matte formula.

When this arrived I swatched it on the back of my hand and trust me, a little goes a long way.. I learnt from my mistakes (oops).

It is quite a white-ish gel consistency and when massaged into the skin it feels almost wet but sinks in SO quickly! It smooths everything out and I haven't had it long enough to test out its 'pore shrinking technology' but it's really worth the money as it is and will last be ages!

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So here's a little life update - 

Sorry that this post was pretty short and not that great (sorry for the bad lighting) but I am currently neck deep in assignments for college! Better posts will resume soon I promise <3

I am currently in my slippers, horn hoodie and leggings with a desk full of snacks and other desperate 'brain food' as I like to call it

Anywho thanks for reading this week!

Let me know on my social links or down in the comments what kind of content you would like to see and I will speak next week!

Cheerio!

~ L A U R A  J E S S I C A ~

<3

Review of 2015

So 2015 is over! I have to say, it was probably my best year yet. I have met so many great people and grown so much more confident with myself so I thought that I would look back through the year and document my thoughts and photos here, lets see how it turns out!

So just before the beginning of the year I moved courses at college because my anxiety had gotten so bad so by the beginning of 2015 I was feeling a lot better and beginning to talk and make friends more!

January through to June was filled with college and more college but I also managed to end up with a boyfriend (Max) which I never thought in a million years would happen to little old Laura! I think i'll keep him too ;-)

The summer was a really relaxed one with a couple of trips out with my friends such as Borth with Beth (where we both ended up with huge sun burns yay) but I really got to spend a lot of time with Max which is what made it really special.

Oh and I also had a birthday in amongst it all! That was a big one too, being 18 is very strange.

From September I then started my new course and have made so many new friends! You know who you are so if you're reading this thank-you for helping me settle in and being the best, I appreciate it!

After that the whole year just disappeared so quickly and I had such a great Christmas with my family too!

Here are lots of photos from my year (in no particular order) 

New Camera!

Safari Park with college!

After meeting Zoe

Birmingham with Maxwell

Christmas pressies from Max

Birthday card from Max (oh how romantic :P)

College 

Pumpkin carving with Maxwell

Spectre with Max

Birthday

 So that's 2015! I am way too excited for what 2016 has in store for me and if it beats 2015 then it will be insanely awesome! 

Thanks for sticking with me through last year and I will strive to do 1,000% better this year :-)

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Thanks for reading guys!

Leave me post suggestions in the comment section or contact me through my social links on the right :)

Cheerio!

- L A U R A   J E S S I C A -

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