Week In Photos #1

wore my new whale charm necklace from crazykittencreations.

made fluffy american pancakes with chocolate chips for the first time from BBC food. they tasted amazing! 

saw these beautiful tulips and had to buy them! yay spring!

repurchased a new hair mask i'm loving from herbal essences. 

bank holiday monday in the mud at a car boot sale, buying stationery as usual. 

treated to a new magazine to distract me from revision. 

finally started using the samples i'd saved from glamour magazines. prada candy smelt amazing!

admiring the outdoors in this beautiful weather. pretty flowers in barrels. 

a spring outfit has to include pastels and flowers. 

How has your week been?

- Tash.

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Motivations to trying Yoga

6 reasons why I love doing Yoga and why you should try it out too!

1. Trying something new, what's the harm?

Before my first class of Yoga I had never even considered the idea of actually doing it, but after going to my first class, all the tension and hype falls away, and I was left with the idea of actually wanting to go to another class.

2. Distraction

I find that focusing on Yoga, on all the positions and breathing, distracts me from everything else, a sort of basic meditation, which I find calming to not even think about the worries I was having prior.

3. Improves strength and flexibility

People mentioned it to me, but I was ignorant until I tried and realised how useful yoga would be!
Yoga can be more demanding that difficult, helping to strengthen your core and muscles, which can hardly be a bad thing, right? Not to mention that it helps flexibility. Slowly (very slowly), I am noticing a difference as I strive to work harder. Not to forget how beneficial it can be towards other physical activities.

4. Class or home

Class is a great incentive to regularly do yoga, as doing it with others may encourage you to continue. But you may get nervous, therefore I suggest doing yoga at home alone. Yoga at home is easy, grab a mat cheap and either read a book to learn the postures or find a video such as Yoga with Adriene which are varied in style and length; perfect for current or new yogis! 
Fit into your regular life when yo can, being regular in small sessions is much better than doing long irregular sessions

5. Cheap and fun

The price! Yoga is fun to do and go along to your friends with to make it more enjoyable, but look around your area at the yoga classes. Yoga isn't always cheap but there may be classes in the local community hall or leisure centre that may be reasonable. Or for free check out the option of doing at home as stated previously.

6. PRACTISING IS ENJOYABLE!

Once you know you want to strive to try more positions and work harder to achieve them, it actually becomes enjoyable to try and attempt to get in these peculiar positions. Not to mention the hilarity when you epicly fail at them, giggles will occur.

With the help of online and real life yoga instructors, I've learnt to enjoy and to push myself when participating. I really recommend giving yoga a go, and you may even be surprised at what you can actually do!
- Tash.

Love Me Beauty Box Unboxing

Like most, I love receiving post, and so when I was greeted by the arrival of my first beauty box from Love Me Beauty, I was very excited to open and try out my new goodies as soon as possible!

Love Me Beauty allows you to hand-pick the contents of your beauty box, allowing you to sample full or travel sizes products that you actually want, for £10 a month. The products that I chose are as follows...

MONU Hydrating Moisturiser SPF15 30 ML (buy here) 
A handy moisturiser that is fragrant and hydrating for those spring days. Despite the inconvenience of the packaging, it is a great piece to try out to have in a make up bag, especially as it contains SPF15. You don't even have to think about suncream on those rare sunny days.

Organic Surge Deep Cleansing Face Mask (buy here)

A clear nourishing face mask that smells of rosemary and lemon essential oils. Wonderful to use to sooth your skin, especially for those with sensitive skin, leaving it soft, clear and deeply cleansed.

Nails Inc. Nail Polish in 'Upper Cheyne Row' (unavailable)
I've been dying for a light pink nail polish, so when I saw this available I had to get it.
A pastel pink that looks well against my fair skin and even lasted.

Nails Inc. Nail Polish in 'Howick Place' (unavailable) 
A grey nail polish, which considering all the above I got, I was happy to be able to receive two great nail polish colours that apply well from a great brand. Fab for a go-to nail polish.

CAILYN Cosmetics Dizzolv'it Makeup Cleansing Balm- (buy here) 
A balm that turns into oil! Crazy, but was impressed as this is the first one I have tried and would happily continue to use this or similar alternatives to conveniently and efficiently remove all my makeup, AND leave my face super soft!

Which of these products would you have chosen to purchase?

- Tash.

Lush Favourites #1

As a lover of Lush products, I always feel compelled to enter their store every time I pass one, which usually means that I'll end up purchasing something that's new or that I know I love. These are the products that I currently use and would happily repurchase...

1. Baked Alaska Soap (no longer available)

A seasonal soap released last Christmas, which is vibrant, lathery and fresh citrus based with the strong scents of lemon myrtle and grapefruit oil. My large quantity of this  amazing product will hopefully last me a long time!

2. Catastrophe Cosmetic Facial Mask (buy here) 

This calming fresh face mask that feels calming to my sensitive skin, packing with blueberries, calamine, chamomile, rose and almond oils; this leaves my skin feeling soft and calm. I would use this a lot more if it could last longer.

3. Mint Julips Lip Scrub (buy here) 

Mint chocolate chip lip scrub made from peppermint, vanilla and sugar crystals, which I find great and fun to use to remove any flaky skin.

4. Somewhere Over The Rainbow Soap (buy here) 

With looks very similar to Baked Alaska in colour, this soap however is a subtler lemon based scent, with the main ingredients sicilian mandarin oil, rose absolute and neroli oil. This is a great seasonal alternative, but its a shame this won't be around for long either.

5. Pink Fun (buy here)

With a scent similar to their Mmmelting Mashmallow Moment, I love using this as a soap when I want to use something sweet, or when possible play with it in the bath and use it as a bubble bar or soap, or both!

6. The Comforter Bubble Bar (buy here)

A fruity blackcurrent fragranced bubble bar smells amazing and is perfect to use for lots of bubbles. I wish this scent could be a soap too with the bergamont oil making this a fresh uplifting bar to use.

Which Lush products do you love using and will repurchase?

- Tash.