Monthly Favourites | September 2014



SOAP AND GLORY SUPER VOLUME THICK AND FAST MASCARA - SUPERJET BLACK

The Soap and Glory Super Volume Thick and Fast Mascara is the first Soap and Glory make up product I’d tried. When I’d looked online I saw some mixed reviews on it, so wasn’t sure whether or not to get it, but, I got given it in a Soap and Glory set, and this mascara did not disappoint! I think it’s great! It’s meant to give ‘super volume’ and even though I’m not sure what the difference between this and ‘volume’ is, I think it definitely makes my lashes look longer. It coats my top and bottom lashes really well, and doesn’t flake throughout the day. Because it lasts so well, I tend to wear it on days where I won’t be topping it up and want it to go from day to night.
 
SOAP AND GLORY SEXY MOTHER PUCKER GLOSS STICK - NUDIST
The perfect nude lipstick. I wear it all the time. It’s got great staying power and is really moisturising on your lips. It’s really annoying when you have a drink and see more of your lipstick has gone onto the cup than stayed on your lips, however this isn’t like that at all. It doesn’t really transfer and I can eat and drink freely without worrying about whether it’s smudged or disappeared completely. It smells great, can’t describe what it smells of but whatever it is is great. It isn’t sticky on your lips and doesn’t have a horrible taste. It comes in a crayon like packaging making it really easy to apply, and build to suit the strength of colour you want.
I have this in the shade nudist and would definitely purchase another colour.
 
BISCUITS
Throughout the month of September I have rediscovered my love of biscuits! How I ever lost it is beyond me, but I haven’t really sat down and had a cuppa with a couple of biscuits much this year at all until September came. I think when it started getting darker earlier at night, I kind of thought onesie weather was back and that comes with hot chocolates and biscuits. Gone back to my all time favourite, the classic digestive, but I’ve also been having a few Jammy Dodgers, a complete throwback to my childhood!
 
SCENTED CANDLES
I love a good scented candle, but I’m definitely more of a fan during Autumn/Winter than I am in warmer weather. I bought a couple of cheap candles from Asda last year for a few pounds each and hardly burnt them but this month I’ve lit one in my room every single day and absolutely love them. They were only cheap and the smell isn’t as strong as I would like it too be, however for the price I can’t complain. I’ve become addicted to burning them, and my room just doesn’t look right without them glowing in the corner.
 
BOOK - ELEANOR AND PARK
I really like this book. I couldn’t put it down. Even though I was desperate to find out how it ended I was kind of gutted when it did. I also felt like there was soooo many unanswered questions I really wanted to read more. The book is about two teenagers, Eleanor and Park (the book title’s imaginative, right?) and its told from both their individual points of view. It’s almost as it the same event is happening twice, but they both think of it differently so often, it tells the reader what’s going on inside their heads, when they don’t know what the other is thinking. It’s about first love, heartbreak, friendship, family loyalties and individual challenges and all within 329 pages.  
 
So that’s it, my first favourites post over. I had no idea what I was going to choose but liked thinking back. September went so quickly, can’t believe it’s already October, it’ll soon be Christmas and then a whole new year. Wow. Time flies! Anyway, back to September, that’s what I was loving. If anyone reads this I’ll do another at the end of October.
Hope you had a good September!
Hannah x
 
 
 

First Blog Post

Ok, sooooo, how do I start this?
I'm Hannah, I'm 18, and I'm just starting my gap year before Uni. I'd never planned to take a gap year, in fact I was really against the idea, I was always worried I would leave ''education'' and never want to go back. But, on 25th July 2014, I had a stroke. It came completely out of the blue, and halted all my plans. I was about to get my A-Level results and all my friends were preparing for uni. But I decided I wasn't ready, from a health and confidence point of view, so chose to take a year out.
I needed a focus to pass the year, so started to create a list of 100 things I wanted to do. Now, two months on from the stroke, I'm ready to start the list.

The first thing on my list.....start a blog. I've always wondered about writing one but never known what I would write about. So decided I would blog my year out, all my little challenges, my interests and life in general along the way.
I'm not having the typical gap year and unfortunately I won't be blogging about my great worldwide adventures, because unfortunately, I won't be going on any. I'd never saved much money, and thanks to the stroke I imagine my travel insurance has gone through the roof! I'll be travelling around the UK, camping on the floor of all my friends uni rooms, and hopefully I'll get the chance to go abroad at some point.

I've not completed my list, just adding to it as time goes by, but at the moment its full of some completely random things and I'll make sure I post about them as they happen.

If anyone has actually read this, thanks for reading!

Hannah x