That little pale girl: April 2015

beauty

Oh hey there so I've only gone and been nominated for a Liebster Award! This tag award is a great way to discover and get to know new bloggers that have under 200 followers. A huge thank you to Ema Biel - http://www.foreverema.blogspot.co.uk and http://cuddlepill.com/ for nominating me so go on over and check out their blogs!

So here be the rules:

1. Show the love by thanking and linking the person who nominated you.

2. Answer the nominators 11 questions.

3. Nominate 11 blogs with less than 200 followers who you believe deserve this award and include their links.

4. Create 11 new questions for your nominees to answer, then notify those nominees via social media/blogs.

And that's it, so lets get started!

What's your favourite song at the moment?

Charlie Simpson - Comets

Why did you start blogging?

I absolutely love reading other blogs and just felt like I wanted my own little space on the internet to share my thoughts and feelings on all areas of life, so here it is.

If you could spend the day with a famous person, who would it be and why?

The Queen, I would love to see how she lives and I reckon she's got some pretty good stories!

All time favourite beauty product?

Hard Question! Probably L'Oreal Super Liner Perfect Slim just because it never lets me down and is super fool proof.

What are the three top things that make you happy?

My boyfriend, friends and Guinea Pigs because they are all the best and never fail to make me laugh.

Summer or Winter?

Winter for sure! Coats, snow, mulled cider, Christmas, winter markets and jumpers! OH YES!

Favourite food?

Anything Mexican or TEX MEX!

What is the one country you would like to visit?

Another hard one...there's a few Romania, Norway and Fiji.

What was the last thing you bought?

Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet in Don't pink of it

What is your favourite store?

I can't choose! Urban Outfitters, Forever 21, River Island and Topshop are my stand outs.

What would be your dream job?

Anything that would allow me to travel indefinitely.

Ok so my questions are:

1. Why did you decide to start a blog?

2. What is your favourite way to unwind?

3. If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?

4. If you could be an animal what would you be and why?

5. How did you come up with your blog name?

6. What's the best advice you've ever received?

7. What is your favourite song at the moment?

8. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

9. What food is your guilty pleasure?

10. What is your favourite T.V show right now?

11. Do you prefer cities or the countryside?

My nominations are:

http://www.zoemack.com/

https://laurakateblog.wordpress.com/

http://ibelieveinrosa.blogspot.mx/

http://www.messyhairenthusiast.blogspot.co.uk/

http://mycluelessmind.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.brushandbullet.com/

http://petitmonde00.blogspot.co.uk/

http://whiteshirtchic.blogspot.co.uk/

http://silence-the-stigma.blogspot.co.uk/
https://epeheel.wordpress.com/
http://www.idontunderstandtheworld.com/

lifestyle

12 Things I've learnt about being 25

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My best friend turned the big 2-5 yesterday and it got me thinking how much of a leap we make in the years from 18 - 25, how much we grow, learn and change in this age gap. When I was 18 I was living with my parents in a small village, studying Performing arts at college, was dating a silly boy and getting ridiculously drunk every week at my favourite Rock night in town OH YES I was cool.... I'd like to think my life has changed a lot since then so I thought I would share with you a few things I've learnt along the way.

1. You got a Friend in me

So this has been a hard lesson that I have had to learn, Friendship is a two way street. I firmly believe in those friends that you don't see for a year and then you see each other and it's like no time has passed. However with most friends you have to make an effort, whilst travelling I was bad at keeping in contact with people and I really regret this and try to live by this saying 'to have a friend you have to be a friend'.

2. Finding Happiness anywhere

By now you've probably learnt to get that job that doesn't feel like a job is going to be an up hill struggle but you will get there eventually! For now if you hate your job make sure you choose people who make you happy and do creative and interesting things on the weekend.

3. FOMO

Fear of missing out seems to have become a real issue over the past few years with the rise of social media. If you suffer from this, first off remember everyone has bad and boring days but do you choose to share them on social media? Probably not, so those people you're jealous of probably don't either. Secondly be happy for other peoples successes, most likely they have worked really hard for their opportunities so throw away the jealousy and show the love! Next the most simple thing to do is just switch off from your devices for a while and get back to reality and stop focusing on what everyone else is doing and just enjoy what you're up to.

4. Love and Marriage

Ok so this year I've already been to a friends wedding, another's engagement and there's another wedding lined up in August, embrace this first wave of marriages. Ok I'll admit it...weddings are really fun! It's a chance to dress fabulously, eat lots of food, get merry, see two of your friends in the most heart warming spectacle ever, have a boogie and be in room full of all your friends for the whole day! 25 means something different to everyone, should you be getting married? only if you want to, just remember this isn't a day to feel bad about yourself its a day to celebrate your friends love and you're going to have an awesome time!

5. Have Courage and be kind

Ok so that's a quote from Cinderella but it's a good one to live by. So now you're 25 it's fair to say you've probably been through a fair share of Mean Girls type experiences. Hopefully you've learnt from these and have now come to the conclusion that you're going to rise above this silliness, obviously your human and you'll have the occasional bitch but by now you've learnt the value of treat others how you would like to be treated.

6. Inbetweener

So being 25 is kind of a weird place to be because you're in between adolescence and serious adulthood. Embrace this weird 'Not a girl, not yet a woman' time after all you have known success and failure, your wise enough to give advice but also young enough to ignore it, you have known death but still think you will live forever. Enjoy the fact that you're pretty much a walking contradiction after all you're old enough to rent a car and flat but it doesn't stop you shamelessly still needing your mum when you're ill. You're also at a guilt free age where it is totally ok to change what you want out of life whether you want to change your job or where you live, you now have the chance to make these changes without being too tied down yet.

7. You are now a hangover Graduate

By 25 I like to think that I know my limit (with the occasional mistake *cough* every New Year *cough) This is the perfect age where you suddenly learn how much you can handle and how much you need to have a merry old time without being out of action for 2 days! Yes at 25 hangovers are that bad... I have a theory there is some magical change that happens when you turn 21 that means you can no longer cope with hangovers...it's weird.

8. Staying in is fun but so are Happy hours

You are that age where it is perfectly acceptable to love a night in with Netflix and chocolate OH YES. However we all know going out is still fun, my tip? Happy hours are your friend they are cheap and early meaning you can have drinks with friends, save money and still be home by 9:30 for work tomorrow. Fun, social and sorted.

9. Don't be afraid to be your own cheerleader

I've found this especially to be true when it comes to the work environment. If you're a hard worker and always give your all at work don't be afraid to show this attitude. In order to get ahead sometimes you have to put yourself out there and show your passion, no one else is going to be your champion so be your own.

10. Being Beyoncé

By now you've probably learnt that confidence is key, at 25 personally I'm not quite there yet. However I'm learning, after all if you don't have it just fake it...easier said than done but just by putting yourself out there is the first step. By 25 you've realised that confidence is sexy and also helps you feel comfortable in yourself and gooood, if you're there, congratulations! Maybe I'll get there by 30!

11. Money, Money, Money

25 is this weird age where you're old enough to pay rent but still young enough to forget to do so...oops. I'm trying to live by what I learnt from friends "where does 10% of your pay check go?", "in the bank", yeah I'm not the best. It's an age where you're trying to get your finances in order, you get a credit card to build your credit score because you never know you might want to buy a house one day?! However you're still young enough to think that the new Chanel eye shadow palette is a necessity. Embrace this confusing money contradiction, just be thankful you've started thinking about getting your finances in order and enjoy the time when that eye shadow palette is even an option.

12. Lets all go to Neverland!

So lastly don't freak out about turning 25 and aging in general, why bother? There's nothing you can do to change the aging process so just get over it, once you let go of the fear you will feel so free! Plus if there is anything I have learnt from my 80 year old Nan you are only as young as you feel, age is just a number not a state of mind.

I don't pretend to be some kind of life coach and many of these points may be completely different to how you feel, but that's what's great about being human we are all different. If you take one thing away from this post let it be have courage and be kind.

And just for lols...

travel

A few things I learnt whilst travelling for 365 days

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So I got back from my travels in June last year so I thought it was about time that I recorded a few of the things I learnt along the way.

The Worst days are actually the best

Ok I know this doesn't make much sense, but trust me staying in a roach infested prison like cell in Thailand was not fun at the time but oh how I laugh about it now and so does everyone else when I tell them the story. You will get yourself into some weird and scary situations whilst travelling and you may not be able to laugh at the time but these are the times that everyone back home will want to know all about! So stay strong it may be bad today but tomorrow you will laugh...I promise!

Packing - Less is more

So I set off with a very large heavy back pack, I couldn't carry it without leaning so far forward I was basically a walking table! Trust me you do not need all those clothes, make up and shoes! Your most priced processions will soon become stuff like a torch and mosquito spray, by the end of the trip I was down to very minimal clothes that I could wear over and over and basic makeup that I didn't even wear most of the time because you kind of realise no one actually cares what you look like! But seriously shoes take up so much room and are so heavy, ditch them!!! Obviously this depends on where you are going and what season it is but try and keep them to a minimum!

You are stronger than you think

I never thought I'd be that girl who wouldn't take a shower for nearly a week, wear the same outfit 4 days in a row with no make up, have to use a toilet that's a hole in the floor and sleep in the back of a car in the middle of winter! But hey I did it and I totally embraced the lifestyle of just not caring about those things. Living without a shower, bed, a roof over your head and 'proper' toilet really makes you appreciate all those things but it also makes you see how you cope without all those things and I know you're probably thinking hell no would I not do that, but you would and it would make you feel so much stronger afterwards!

Ok so I could go on and on because I learnt a lot about myself and just in general whilst travelling around Thailand, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.A last year so let me know if these are the kind of travel posts you're interested in? Also where have you been lately that you loved?