10 Simple Things That Make Me Happy!

I thought I'd keep this simple, and share a few things that really pick up my mood no matter how simple they are.

I don't see many posts like this on my Bloglovin' feed that just share simple pleasures, so thought I'd get going... in case anyone cares!

1) Foggy, Sunny Mornings. When I drive to work- living in the countryside makes everything look beautiful on these days. I constantly expect Colin Firth Dressed as Mr Darcy to come swanning across a field

2) Organising my food for the next day- self explanatory; I love knowing I'm going to be healthy and ready for the day ahead! (loser)

3) Facial Oils! My face is about as dehydrated as they come, taking off make up and massaging in oil is simply heaven to me

4) Family Time- Being 22, with a 25 year old brother who no longer lives at home means we don't get a lot 'family time'. So I now appreciate every Sunday with the 4 of us sat round the dinning table talking rubbish!

5) Tidy Dresser- tidy dresser, tidy mind right?? No? You can't tell me you don't feel compelled to photograph your dressing table every time it's tidy and organized?

6) Fig Bleedin' Candles. There's a very unhealthy obsession here, lets move past it, quickly!

7) New Mascaras, can't beat a brand new Max Factor Mascara!

8) Friday Afternoons. I work a long week, with a long commute and Friday at 5:30pm sends me into a frenzy for 2 days without stress and driving 35 miles a day!

9) Baking. I'm a keen baker, I love trying new things and exploring with flavours! Especially love making things that my family can enjoy and know they aren't eating sugary, fat laden shop bought goodies! 

10) Being Anxiety Free. I suffer a great deal with anxiety and being a very panicky person. I don't know what's changed (possibly getting back into the gym) but the last month has been great, not a panic attack in sight and no anxious feelings to report! 

Feel free to list your 10 happy things! 

M x

#CambMeetUp and Getting My Writing Mojo Back!

I'm sure you're well aware that I tend to dip in and out of this blog- one week I'm posting regularly the next I'm silent. This just comes down to the fact I'm a busy person and enjoy down time when I get it... I've been searching for inspiration recently to get writing again and at the perfect time the lovely Pippa from Clashing Time, organised a meet up for bloggers and vloggers in the South East of the UK.

I'm a really anxious person, for the idea of walking into a room full of strangers made me feel a bit panicky, I'll be honest, I did feel like backing out multiple times! but I'm so glad I ended up going, it was a really good chance to meet bloggers in the area! 

I think being a blogger is a really hard thing to explain and discuss with family and friends who don't share this interest- there's a lot of  'why would people want to read about make up' etc. so being in a room of people who 'get it' and love it like I do was really amazing- I've met some lovely ladies who I can't wait to get to know better! 

I'll go into the meet up in detail in another post, there were some amazing products and companies there that deserve their own post! 

A topic that came up a lot at the meet up was content- how to individualise your blog from the mountain of beauty blogs online? The answer the majority gave- make it about you! The main reason I go off writing is because there's such a huge volume of the same thing for beauty bloggers, I feel like it's not enjoyable after a while and a post gets lost in a crowd! I've decided to just relax into this more and just post what I enjoy writing, but ultimately I started this blog to talk all things beauty, so beauty I shall chat- which a mish-mash of everything else! 

So in short, look out for a post about my first meet up experience, it was amazing- here's a little peak at the goodies that I was kindly given!

M x