Q and A a Day: 5-year Journal

This post isn't fashion, but it's a little 'project' that really excites me and I want to share it with you. Q and A a Day: 5-Year Journal. The title is pretty self-explanatory but, basically, this book asks you a question every day of the year. Then, for the next four years, you repeat the process, answering the same questions. By doing this, you can see how your answers and how you, as a person, change over the years. My Auntie, Uncle and cousins gave me this for Christmas after I was really intrigued about the book. What I love about it is that some days the questions are really deep and thought-provoking and other days they are very simplistic, for example "what was the last book you read?"

The idea of writing an extensive daily journal or diary doesn't quite appeal to me. You have those days when you have no idea what to write. But with this book, you write in a different way. You can reflect on the day through a different perspective, whilst only writing a bite-sized chunk. 

The book itself is small and compact which fits perfectly in your handbag when you have a spare minute to fill it out. 

I am excited to read my personal time capsule in five years so I can laugh at my responses from 2014! I really recommend that you get one of these books; I look forward to writing in it each day! 

 

Bows

As a fan of hair bows, I thought that it would be necessary to make a visit to (probably) the best bow retailer of all time. American Apparel. Although I had never been to the shop before, I have heard such good things about it online. I love wearing big bows as a way to jazz up the everyday "half up, half down" style or to put in front of a messy bun.

To my surprise, the prices in the shop were pretty high; however every product was of an impeccable quality. The small bows in the store were around £7 and the bigger ones were £12. I couldn't really justify spending £12 on just a bow but, to my surprise, my favourite was half price! It is a gorgeous green plaid with white, black and red-perfect for Winter. The material is a high quality flannel which is soft and of such an amazing quality. I like to wear it with a black dress to add a subtle amount of colour in the winter. I was lucky with my sale item, but I won't be making a habit of splurging on bows!

 

 

 

 

Benefit: big beautiful eyes

Several years ago, I received my first ever Benefit product. I was initially drawn to the brand because of the gorgeous retro packaging and their quirky product names. So, when Christmas came, Benefit made regular appearances on my wish-list. At the top of my list was Benefit's 'big beautiful eyes' palette. This product contains a shimmery pink eye shadow, a shimmery light-brown shade and a matte brown. You also receive a good quality, two ended, mini brush and a concealer applicator brush as well as instructions on how to achieve the perfect contoured eye look. The brush has an end to apply the shadow over the lid and to blend but the other end allows you to line your eyes with the dark brown shade. As well as this, you also get some of Benefit's 'boi-ing' concealer, which I absolutely swear by. If you're an "I'm a Celebrity...." fan, then you'll know that this concealer was the one that Amy snuck in to the jungle! The only downside is THAT the concealer in the kit only comes in their medium shade '02' which worked well for me but may not do for others. However, you can buy larger quantities of boi-ing in two other shades.

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This kit teaches you how to create a beautiful, natural look perfect for make up fanatics and newbies alike! From this product I learnt how to apply eye-shadow, by blending colours and applying darker shades to the outer-corner and crease of my eyelids. I think this was a perfect way for me to dip my toe into the world of make up as the kit taught me how to achieve the look step-by-step and there are plenty of additional Benefit tutorials online, like the one I posted above. The eye shadow set costs £24.50. This may sound a little hefty, but one kit lasted me almost a year and the products are of an excellent quality, it would be a lovely gift or perhaps a treat for yourself!