Goodbye.

After a long time thinking, I have made the somewhat difficult decision to no longer continue with my blog here on blogger.
It definitely wasn't an easy decision for me to make as I've had and been running this blog for 5 years now. I admit, I wasn't as frequent with my posts as I wish I could have been, but I was still happy with this little area of the internet that belonged to me. Until I realised that the blogger community just isn't right for me. It's an extremely crowded platform that many people turn to because they want to become the next "Zoella". So I have made the decision to move my blog to another platform and continue posting as frequently as possible over on there.
The place I'm moving my life to is WordPress and my first post will be being posted at midday today.

So I will leave you with the link to my new blog for you to check out if you fancy. But, in a month or so I will be setting everything on this post to private and possibly closing it down completely.

So thank you to Blogger for being my way of expressing every single thing I couldn't express to anyone else because I had no friends I could express them to. And goodbye.

My new blog

My Month in Pictures

October is quite possibly my favourite month of the year. There's my birthday, halloween and the changing of the leaves, the crisp, clean, fresh air. So, this is my month in pictures. Well, my favourite pictures from October. Enjoy 🎃

My September favourites!

Okay, okay, I missed September. I didn't post at all. I did however, have a monthly favourites planned out but never had the time to actually finish it. So, I'm going to post it now.

Okay, so the weather was pretty toasty throughout September so I didn't wear much makeup - who really wants to sweat off their foundation an hour after putting it on though, really? - But, the makeup I did wear, I treasured.

The main thing I loved throughout September was the "Archery Brow Tint and Precision Shaping Pencil" by Soap and Glory in the shade "Brownie Points" (Find it here!). I know, I know, this same product was in my last monthly favourites, but, surely that just shows how much I love it? There is however, a difference in the reason why I love it this time around. Last month, I was all about the tint side to it - but, that was mainly because my pencil side was dried out when I took it out of it's box. However, since then, I have cut off the tip of the pencil and tried it again, and it works beautifully. It goes on so smoothly and gives such a lovely finish, and you really can get such a "natural" look (or as close to natural you can get when you're drawing over them) with it. I have been using both the pencil and the tint this month, sometimes accompanied with a matte brown powder for more definition and my brows come out perfectly every time. I really do highly rate this product and I don't think I'll be using anything else for a very long time. 

Another product that I've raved on about previously is the Benefit Rollar Lash (You can find it here!). This mascara is without a doubt the best mascara I have ever used. It definitely is worth the extra money - as it definitely is more than what I would normally pay for a mascara - but, the cost of it is also the reason why I probably won't be buying it again for a long time. (I am currently on the hunt for a cheaper dupe for it though so if anyone has any recommendations then let me know!!) But this mascara really does do everything that it says it does, my lashes look a lot longer when I use it as oppose to when I use a normal mascara, and I no longer need to use an eyelash curler before I apply my mascara because of how much it curls the lashes. It really is just an amazing product and if you have £20 to spend on a mascara, then I do highly recommend you check it out.

Painting my nails is something that I usually skip doing because I absolutely HATE doing it. I love having pretty nails, but waiting for the polish to dry is so tedious so when I can, I normally buy some elegant touch nails and glue them on (then pick them off a week later, but that's not the point). But, in September, I picked up a gorgeous nail polish by Essie called fifth avenue (you can find it here!). It is the most beautiful orange-red shade, and it glides onto the nail so nicely and dries pretty quickly as well (which is a bonus in anyone's book, let's be honest). It is literally the only colour I wore on my nails throughout al of September and I will probably be wearing it throughout October as well, it is just so pretty!  

Okay, lipsticks are my staple, I cannot go without a lipstick and 9 times out of 10, I have a lipstick in my bag no matter where I'm going. I usually wear red/berry toned lipsticks but, a couple of months ago, I picked up two nude shades. One of which, doesn't suit me at all, the other, I have been wearing every day throughout August and September. And, that lipstick is Rimmel Kate Moss in the Shade 3 (Find this beauty, here!). This lipstick is gorgeous brown/nude shade, it is so creamy and lasts pretty darn well considering it only costs £5.50. It is such a lovely every day lipstick, that you could wear to basically anything, any occasion, whether that is going to a wedding or just popping to the shop for a loaf. And, not gonna lie, it makes you feel pretty great too because of how gorgeous it looks on. 

Okay, onto non-beauty items. Let's start with TV. I binge watched so many netflix shows throughout September it's actually pretty embarrassing but, the shows I did love watching are gossip girl and the us office (which has sadly been removed from UK netflix now *sad face*). Gossip Girl has been such an unhealthy obsession that it genuinely did start to worry me. It genuinely got to the point were I had to stop watching it because I had gotten too obsessed (being serious, I had watched 38 episodes in 8 days), but, I literally adore this show. I still haven't finished watching it but that is mainly because I moved back to uni and have had to spend most of my time doing work and attempting to socialise (and I've been binging more shows, ngl). And, The US Office. There are not many shows out there that are just my sense of humour (But, I'm more than happy to add to the list if anyone has any comedy show suggestions), the shows that are currently on that list though are: friends, scrubs, modern family, how I met your mother, parks and recreation and now, the US office. Watching this TV show is like watching my sense of humour splurge out onto a screen. It's sheer brilliance, I'm so glad I found it and I never want to be without it.

Okay, in terms of Youtube, the Youtuber I've enjoyed watching the most is VelvetGh0st. Her personality is a ray of sunshine. It's so refreshing to watch someone who is truly herself in both her vlogs and her main channel videos. Her vlogs are really lovely to watch. It's so nice seeing a youtuber just sit around and be themself to a camera, even if all they're doing is sitting watching netflix all day. it's real and it's lovely to watch. Check out gabby on both of her channels if you haven't already
Her Main Channel

Her Vlog Channel

Okay, music wise, I didn't really listen to anything different in September from what I listened to in August. However, the one thing I did listen to is WILD by Troye Sivan. That song is just sheer perfection. I absolutely adore it. Check it out if you haven't already! Here's the music video!

The last thing that I can wholeheartedly say that I enjoyed doing in September was long walks through parks and forests and taking beautiful pictures of nature. I did it so many times and those days are my best memories of the month.

Okay, so that was the longest monthly favourites I've ever done. I hope you all enjoyed reading it. Feel free to follow me on my many social media! I have a couple of posts planned out for the next few weeks so hopefully, I will have the time to actually write them and upload them for you guys!
 xoxo.

Day out at the park

So I recently took a trip to a local park, and some of the pictures I took there are so beautiful. Photography is something I used to really enjoy but I stopped having time for it when I went to college, but, three years later, I have rekindled my love. My favourite thing to take pictures of is definitely nature, it's always so beautiful, no matter the time of day or weather. So go ahead, and enjoy the beauty that is nature.

These two pictures, I am so happy with how they turned out, these flowers looked so petite and pretty, I just had to take pictures.

Purple used to be one of my favourite colours, So these flowers really stood out to me.- they're so pretty.

I'm not completely sure why, but I was so drawn to this tree, which might sound odd but, I just thought it looked absolutely beautiful surrounded by these gorgeous purple wildflowers.

This lake was so beautiful, both times I have visited, I have gotten some pretty amazing pictures, this one was my favourite out of them all though.

These were the friendliest swans I have ever came across, They came so close and were not phased at all by the three dogs I had with me.