The Manchester Spirit

It was gone midnight when my phone went. I was informed of a potential terror attack that had just occurred at the Manchester Arena. My mouth went dry and my eyes welled up. I switched on the news and felt absolute devastation. Less than two months since writing about someone attacking London, they’re going for Manchester now? Not only another innocent city but at an arena that was full of…

Beauty Shopping in Paris

It’s no secret that I have a love for all things beauty. My bathroom is like a worldwide pharmacy and my first phrase when I step off the plane in the US is ‘Can we go to Walgreens?’ I can’t help it. I seem to have curbed my impulse spending in Boots these days as I’m now more disciplined writing lists, so I strategically planned out each of my beauty…

3 days in Paris

Go Eurostar often send me offer emails with deals to Paris for £29 each way so my cousin and I took advantage of some free time in our schedules and headed over for two nights last week. I booked to stay at the Mercure Paris Montmartre Sacré Coeur on booking.com because it had a massive % off pretty last minute. What I didn’t realise was that the Sacré Coeur was…

Spring Capsule Wardrobe Concept

I’ve recently revamped my wardrobe space and streamlined my clothes into a more concise selection of classic and seasonal pieces. I hope to eventually phase some of them out with more high end or better quality pieces but for Spring 17 this is how it looks! It’s been an ongoing journey. I used to keep all of my clothes in our spare room. It was messy and unorganised. I couldn’t…

Easter, What’s it all about?

My knowledge of Easter was poor. All I really knew was that it was a celebration of Jesus’ life and resurrection and that we have a family get together with a huge Christmas style roast and eat tons of chocolate eggs on the Sunday. Every Good Friday we have lunch at my Nan’s house. She’s a strong practising Catholic so this year, as we spent the afternoon cooking, I asked…