Haul - Whistles, Jack Wills, Zara, VS, Topshop & more!

Hello everyone! Hope you've all had a lovely weekend! I hope you enjoy this haul of some things I bought last weekend! Thankfully I pre-filmed a few videos as I've spent all day at the emergency dentist with a huge abscess! I've been suffering from toothache all weekend but it just got worse and worse! I've managed to schedule most of this week's content (videos are done) so hopefully my blog won't suffer too much!

I'm off for another smoothie now (I can't eat anything) and to try and make up some of the sleep I've missed! I have to go back to the dentist too before Tuesday - so I'm hoping I'll be back to normal in a few days! x

Healthy Eating Update.

Apologies that today's post is a little late! The last week has been pretty hectic and I'm currently suffering from a bad toothache. I thought I'd update you on my little health kick today. I've been trying to eat healthier and doing yoga for 25 days now, and I feel so much better for it. I haven't cut out any foods completely, I've just been trying to eat mainly healthy foods (about 80-90% healthy) with just a few treats here and there. 

I've replaced a lot of my 'unhealthy' snacks with smoothies, fruit and healthy snacks made with nutritious ingredients. The nutribullet has been amazing as it's so quick and easy to use. I usually have 2 smoothies a day - 1 mid morning and 1 after yoga in the evening. I vary the ingredients all the time, sometimes I follow a recipe and sometimes I make up my own. I always try to include 50% greens - spinach is my favourite as you can't taste it at all, but kale also works well too. I then fill the rest of the smoothie cup with a combination of fruits, seeds, nuts, cacao powder, linseed, matcha powder, almond butter, and either water, almond milk or coconut milk. One everything is in the cup I just screw on the blade, and blend! 

I take my morning smoothie to work with me, and to make it quicker in the morning, I make it up the night before, pop it in the fridge and just blend it in the morning! Frozen berries are great to add to smoothies as they make a very cold refreshing drink! 

Healthy eating has also meant my weight loss has sped up a bit, as I'm eating much more 'good foods' than I was! 

I've filmed a smoothie recipe video which will be up on my channel on Thursday, and also on Tuesday I'll be reviewing the Deliciously Ella cookbook! 

Hope you all have a lovely weekend! x 

GRWM | Everyday Neutral Makeup

Hello all! Hope you've had a great week! Here is my latest video - a GRWM of my everyday makeup. It's a no-foundation look so a little different than usual. In fact, I haven't worn foundation for about 2 weeks now as I just haven't needed it. My skin has been loads better recently which I think is down to my healthy eating and yoga, regardless - I'm really pleased it's behaving!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend! x

May Birchbox

You know I love Birchbox, but this month's box is probably the best one I've had! It's a special box, which you can colour in (with the free pencil crayons) to de-stress - something I need to do! It was also a 'choose your sample' month - for which I chose a Wah London nail polish and got this gorgeous pale blue colour called Private Plane. I've tried this already and its a gorgeous shade. It was fully opaque in two coats, dried quickly and is lasting really well so far!

I also received the Jelly pong pong Caribbean Sun bronzer duo. It's a lovely little bronzer and blush but is quite fiddly as it's so small. It would be perfect for travelling though! I love getting makeup samples in my box so was pleased to see a matte lip stain in here! This one is from mirenesse which is a brand I've never heard of. This shade is called Syndney and although I haven't tried it yet, it looks a lovely colour, smells nice and the packaging is lovely! (I'll report back on my thoughts)

I also got a couple of hair product samples - the No.4 Reconstructing masque and the Parlor moisturising sea salt spray. I love trying new hair products, especially when they're things I actually use a lot. I love hair masks as I have dry hair, and other products I've tried from No. 4 have been really good. I've not heard of the Parlor by Jeff Chastain brand before but I love trying out salt sprays so am excited to give this one a go!

Last but not least is a whish body butter in almond - again travel size, but also a subtle reminder that I need to start prepping for the fake tan season!!

As I said, I'm so impressed with this month's box, especially as it arrived after I'd had a pretty terrible day last week. It really cheered me up!

Yoga

Some of you might already know I'm on a bit of a health kick at the moment. I don't really know why I decided to do it, just on a random Wednesday night a few weeks ago I decided it was time to up the healthy eating and try yoga. So I found a Yoga with Adriene beginners video, and haven't stopped since. 

I'm currently doing Adriene's 30 days of yoga (currently on day 20), which I am enjoying (shock horror - fitness that I enjoy). I've never been sporty, I do like the gym but I find it so hard to fit into my life and also expensive. I've been doing yoga in the evenings before I start getting ready for bed as I find its a good time to stop working, and start relaxing. It's also half an hour a day where I don't do any work. 

I didn't think it would have much effect, but I'm feeling loads better for doing it, and have noticed that things are starting to get a little more toned. I've been losing weight now for about 3 years, and have come a long way since I started, and I feel like this is the next chapter for me. 

So, I'm keeping up with yoga, and am actually enjoying eating healthily - something that's really surprised me! I don't know how long it will last - but I'm hoping I can keep going and will hopefully feel better and better. 

If you're wondering where my yoga clothes and mat are from, then make sure to watch next Sunday's video which is going to be a haul! 

Have you tried any yoga? 

Makeup Menu 2 Warm neutrals

Hello! Hope you've all had a great weekend! Today's video is a Makeup tutorial/GRWM using some of my new products from Sephora! I really hope you enjoy it, and as always please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel if you did! x

Bank holiday OOTD.

H&M Coachella Kimono (sold out) 

Wildfox tshirt (old) 

Warehouse jeans 

Louis Vuitton speedy 30 bag

Adidas trainers 

So the weather wasn't great at the Bank holiday weekend, and I didn't do anything special but I did manage to take some outfit pictures. Apologies for the slight squinting - I'm terrible for it! This is just a super casual outfit, and I can't stop wearing my orange trainers as I love them and they add interest to any outfit. I've not worn this H&M Coachella kimono before but I do like kimonos, especially seeing as I don't like my arms! 

I hope you've all had a great week!