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Sunday, 24 August 2014

30 Day Blogging Challenge - Day 14 3 Healthy Habits


Hey Guys

Today I am going to share with you 3 healthy have developed over time and as a sports student you are constantly told what is good for you and also what is bad. Something which you could class as a healthy habit is that I don't have full fat milk instead I choose to half semi skimmed because I have decided that skimmed is not for me it does taste like water but I do want to see if I can get used to this.


Wednesday, 20 August 2014

30 Day Blogging Challenge - Day 13 What's inside your fridge


Hi Guys

I have decided that I am going do 2 of these posts a day until I have got back up to speed because I really don't want to let you guys down who have been waiting ages for the rest of these posts to go up.

So today I am going to share with you what is inside my fridge I must admit that I do need to go food shopping but I am trying to use some thing up out of it before everything goes out of date and I have to throw it all away which would just be a waste of money.

I would take a picture but I couldn't get one which I liked so I decided to write about what I have the first item I see is some blueberrries which I love to go in and snack on because I feel like these are a hell of a lot nicer than snacking on crisps. I have strawberries which is for the same reason as the blueberries.

I have some salad which is left over from last nights tea which I will eat up over the course of the next few days for lunch because I always find this leaves me more full then if I have a sandwich for lunch because this makes me hungry around 4.30pm.

I have some sausages which I am going to cook tonight for tea so they will not be in my fridge much longer because I plan on cooking these very soon because I am starting to get hungry shock. I also have some milk which allows me to make some white coffee which is handy because I only tend to drink black coffee in the morning to wake me up.

I also have some butter which means I can have this on toast in the morning and this is the final item in my fridge I did warn you guys that I needed to go food shopping which I might actually do tonight if the rain keeps off because I don't fancy getting wet.

What is in your fridge?

Charlotte x

Thursday, 14 August 2014

30 Day Blogging Challange - Day 12 Your Favouite Childhood Book


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When I was a child I don't think that I had a favourite book but I do remember that I used to love to read Jacqueline Wilson's book because they were always so interesting I could read on of her books in around 2/3 days and I have read them multiple times but I musty admit I have not done this for a long time maybe I have become too older for her books now who knows.

I would not be able to decide which of her books I

Tuesday, 12 August 2014

30 Day Blogging Challenge - Day 11 10 Favourite Foods



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In this post I am going to share with you 10 of my favourite foods now this one has become a bit hard to me because of the fact that I don't really like eating. Me and food have not had the best relationship over the past few years and maybe one day I will do a post on it.

1 Blueberries are one of my favourite things because you can just have a handful and they are not bad for you there something which I seem to always get out of my fridge when I go to it.

2 Ice cream this is something which I love even more so when I am having a bad day and it is just like an amazing pick me up even when it is the middle of winter I am strange and love eating ice cream.

3 Coffee is one of the other favourite thing I know you could say it is a drink and not something which you eat but this is one of the things that I couldn't live with this drink

4 Twiglets are another thing which I adore I hate that you only seem to be able to get them around Christmas time but sometimes you can get the in cheap shops all year round. I could eat a whole share bag to myself if you let me.

5 Pasta I think this is because it is so cheap which means that I can afford it when I am at uni and this is something which I seem to eat at least 3/4 times a week.

6 Cheese this is another thing which I like because I feel like it is something which you can just snack on when you want something but don't know what. Cheese pickle and crackers is something which I like to have for lunch.

7 Toast I love this so much I always seem to have toast as a snack at around 10 o'clock when I am at uni because it just seems to settle me down so I can sleep at night I don't ever seem to be able to do this when I have been drinking alcohol though

8  Cheesy chips now this is something which I seem to eat after a night out it is one of those things which I don't think that  would eat if I was sober but this is one thing that seems to help me not get a hangover in the morning the other thing is drink cloudy lemonade in the morning as well.

Now I couldn't choose 2 more because I go on and off food so much so I am sorry that I have had to cut this so short sorry.

What is your favourite food?

Charlotte x

30 Day Challenge- Day 10 Best Trip of Your life


Hey Guys

Due to technical problems I have not been able to get this post up before today even though it was meant to go up on Sunday so I am sorry about this but at least you can read this now which is better than never been able to rather than never been able to read anyway on with the post.

Back in February 2010 more and the rest of family took a trip to Thailand the reason behind this was because it was one of my uncle's 60th birthday in the August of that year but apparently it would have been the rainy season so that is why we didn't go then. He choose Thailand because he actually has a house out there as well.We went on the trip with all of my aunties and uncles from my dad's side of the family and one of my cousins.

I don't actually have any photo's of trip well I do but the reason behind this is because they are hard copies and without having to scan them and I am unsure if they would like to be featured on my blog and because it is 4 years ago they are so embarrassing for me.

What was your favourite trip?

Charlotte x

Friday, 8 August 2014

30 Day Blogging Challenge - Day 9 What's in my bag

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Hey Guys

As you may remember I told you that I was going to complete the end of the 30 day blogging  challenge this month that I started back in July and just didn't have the time to complete. I must admit it doesn't feel like a month ago since I started this.

So today I am going to show you what is in my bag now I did take this a few days ago after a shift at work because this is about the only time that I carry a bag around at the moment due to the fact I have hardly being going many places since I have returned back from uni for various reasons.

 
 

 
This is the bag which I have been using and now I have ripped it and I need to find a way of fixing it anyway I got this bag reduced in Next Outlet at Cheshire Oaks back in May when my family came to see me just after my birthday. I think the is bag was reduced from £35 to £15 I wish I had bought two because I love this bag so much. It could fit loads in which meant it was amazing when I needed to carry everything to uni from my halls.

 
As you can there is not that much in my bag but I am going to go through what is in now starting at the top this is a ticket wallet from Cath Kidson now I know it is one of their old prints so you can't get it now but in here I always have my railcard because lets face it you never know when you are going to want to take a train to see people or go see my boyfriend when he is back.

I also have my passport it is the only form of ID that I have so this means that if people don't think that I am 18 I can be complimented and then it also means that I can drink alcohol which makes make happy because it relaxes me nooo I am not an alcoholic!!!!

There is my purse which I bought about a year and a half ago from River Island I love it because it allows me to have the notes straight so the stupid scan it yourself accept them and also it makes me feel like I know how much money I have which is usually not a lot been a student also it has a lot of room for your cards which mean that I can have more discount cards which I love.

You can also see the case for my camera which I just bought off Ebay not long ago and the reason which this is in my bag is due to the fact that I didn't want my camera to get any more mark on it from the key which I in my bag and the rest of the things that are sharp.

I also have my back up charger in my bag because having an iPhone means that my phone is always running out of battery faster and faster so this means at I can charge it when I am on the go which means I can always be in touch with you guys and my family which is always good because I love been on social media a hell of a lot.

I also have my diary which reminds me when I am going to do things such as work and also when blog posts are going up because I will admit to you that I do schedule some of my posts when I know I am going to be busy so this reminds me when a post is going up and also what the post is. I don't know water I would be without my diary now I do have an academic one because it is easier than having to change diary half way through a uni year. I always by my diaries from the works because I just find that they are a hell of a lot cheaper than the ones which you get in whsmiths and I like to save the pennies. 

I have my front door key because otherwise I would be locked out of my house a lot because they are never in the house due to working and other things which they choose to do. I just ha a love heart on my key which has the rugby club I supports logo on because it is something to make sure I know it is my keys and not somebody else's.

You can also see my iPad which I carry around so I can wrote blog posts when I am on the go like now i am finishing this post off on my iPad it means if I get time when on some thing like a bus I c an who it and then publish when I get internet. I have the iPad mini 32gb and now I can't imagine life without it it had made things so much simpler. I even use it in lectures for making reference to the slides which I can get on it even though my lectures think I am playing games on it. I have a standard black and white poka dot case on it which I bought off amazon because I need something to keep it in good condition.

The last thing which you could find in my bag is some book page markers which are like post it notes these are amazing when I need to mark a page in a uni text book because I need to read that chapter and they are also handy it I need to make a note about something and I don't have the ability to write it in my phone due it been dead.

Usually my phone would be in my bag but that at the time was on charge shock and usually my camera but this was in my hands been used I always have my camera in case something excited comes up. Make up is usually in my bag as well though I had removed it because I wanted to do a post about make up in my bag which will be coming up soon.

What is in your bag I am intrested to know leave a link to yours in the comments below

Charlotte x 

Wednesday, 6 August 2014

FaceB4 Daily Cleansing Foam & After Cleansing Serum Review

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Hey Guys

Today I am going to share with you my views on the Faceb4 daily cleansing foam and also their after cleansing serum. I was sent this product just after I had finished uni at a time when my skin was dreadful due to the stress and also rubbish I had been eating as I didn't have time for proper meals.

This is a two step system you wet your face with water then apply the antibacterial wash leave this on for a minute and then rise off followed by adding the serum which you just leave and get on with  the rest of your day. This is done twice a day and for me this meant in the morning time and then again just before I was ready to go to bed.

The cleansing foam wash is a pump which has two bottles inside one which is a cleanser and the other bottle is a toner one thing which I don't like about this it that it makes the packaging so bulky which would not be ideal if travelling and this is something I do a fair bit between home and uni. I  did like the foam which came out as a result of pumping the product down it was so lightweight which meant that it didn't feel like it was clogging up my skin. I am a lazy girl sometimes and would try and use this to take my make up off which it didn't do so I would recommend making sure that you have removed all your make up first to make sure you see the best results possible.

The after cleansing serum is supposed to help prevent blemishes and who knows if something ever really does that but hey it is always good to believe some of it right. The serum is very hydrating which is always a good thing when the sun is out because you lose so much moisture from the suns rays. If truth be known I don't know how much better this serum is than other moisturisers which I have used which have had a lower price tag than this for example the simple one and also the derma v10 one both ones which I really enjoy using.

Overall I loved the products even  though they broke me out me out at the start which is perfectly normal when you change your skin care it is a sign of the new products working, Once I got over this stage which lasted on me a week maybe a week and a half I had some kind of reaction I think to thyse products because my skin started breaking out more and more. I stopped using them too see if it was this and it did stop but I am unsure if it is the products or something else such as stress and sun. I think I will put them up to the test for sure if/when I repurchase when back at uni and I am stressed with assignments and all that good stuff..

You can purchase the cleanser here for £14.95 and the serum here for £14.95 also.

Have you tried these products or any others similar that you think I should try let me know

Charlotte x