all hail queen hirons.

i have a skincare problem.

Firstly, huge apologies for being absent from this corner of the internet for a rather notable period of time. I don't really have any kind of excuse ready to give you all, except that real life got in the way, as it so often tends to. I'm still not sure how regular blog posts on here will be going forwards, but I shall do my damnedest to keep you all abreast of just how much money I'm spending in Boots at any given time. And hope beyond hope my mother never reads this blog...

midweek motivation #7

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I know, I know, I've been the worst blogger in the world over the past few days. I don't really even have an excuse, except that I've just not been really 'feeling it'. So today's midweek motivation picture is actually directed towards myself more than it is towards anyone else.

the week in pictures #6

1. power dressing, 2. don't believe the hype, 3. standard, 

4. plum crumble, 5. good hair day, 6. autumnal, 7. bagel time,

8. yin and yang, 9. my friends have always been the coolest.. 

midweek motivation #6

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Given that I've once again failed in organisational skills and not taken proper heed of my work rota - one day I will get my shit together, I swear - this week's midweek motivation is going to be particularly short and sweet.  

back to basics.

a serious downsizing of my make-up bag.

I feel it's probably no secret that I really like make-up. Boots is essentially my second home and I spent a large proportion of my teenage years making various product related faux pas that I probably shouldn't mention this side of the grave (read: metallic gold lips, pink shimmery cream eyeshadow, and Nivea young tinted moisturiser that definitely did not adapt to your skin tone no matter what the box said.) But then, thankfully, I discovered Urban Decay and things started to look up. In short, I've always been a bit of a product junkie, but recently I've discovered that it's often better to just strip it back to the essentials.

the week in pictures #5

Once again, I've found myself without enough pictures from the last week for an Instagram collage. Another epic fail. So instead, in recognition of the fact that if we hadn't already graduated we'd be returning to university right about now, I've decided to share a photo from a little while ago of myself and the sisters I've never had.* This is potentially my favourite photo ever. For various reasons: one of them being that we just look incredibly, blissfully happy; and the other being Alice's post-tequila face. Babe.

  tequila. tequila.

Now, after that little jaunt down memory lane, back to the week in question. Honestly, I've been mostly working, which is nice, because I'm actually really enjoying it. I like meeting lots of different people on a daily basis, and some of them are just super lovely - a customer the other day said to me: 'You must get this all the time, but you look so like Kate Middleton!' Top marks for her.

midweek motivation #5

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This week's midweek motivation is one that I feel Obama would approve of. And that's not only because it bears a striking similarity to a statement often uttered during his 2008 presidential campaign, but also because it's focused around self belief.