Happy New Year friends! I trust you’ve all had a lovely festive season and are feeling refreshed, revitalised and ready to head into 2019. I spent NYE working until around 4am unfortunately. Not for any specific reason to do with work (I love my job but I’m no Martyr), but because of my sleeping patterns. […]
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Oh good old social media. You gotta love it huh? Social media has revolutionised the way in which we communicate with others and ingest information. From being able to talk to strangers halfway across the world by simply typing one tweet, to sharing photos of your favourite garments online to a possible audience of millions, […]
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When we think of advent calendars, we normally conjure up images of chocolates, savoury treats and even beauty and skincare mini-products. But what about a lingerie-inspired advent calendar? When I heard about the Lovehoney Lingerie advent calendar, my first thought was ‘WHY DON’T I HAVE A MAN FFS?!’ BABY when I tell you that the […]
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I’m one of those people who loves to scour the e-pages of Time Out and The Londonist during the week, searching for the newest restaurants to try in a bid to expand my palate and feel all cultured and stuff. However once the weekend appears, I find myself at the same local spots, ordering the […]
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Recently, I have been absolutely loving the plethora of fiction and non-fiction books that have been written recently by black women, especially within the UK. Throughout history, the literary contributions that black women have brought to the table have often been ignored and it’s such a shame. Black women, our stories, and our accomplishments are […]
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Sooo…for the best part of 2 years, I have actively avoided talking about exercise/working out on my blog/platforms. Mostly because I did not want to deal with comments from HARRRRDCORE radical body positivity activists about ‘feeding into diet culture’ and ‘posting triggering content’, and while I can understand how some content/opinions can come across like […]
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I’m v v aware that this post is incredibly late (I started gathering all my photos on the way home, then I landed and life got in the way), however, better late than never and all that! So! Where to begin. About three weeks ago for my birthday, I took the trip of a lifetime […]
Read MoreI’ve always taken my health for granted, to be honest. Growing up, aside from the Asthma I inherited from my Dad which is well under control and a bit of Anemia that manifests itself via rare bouts of tiredness and cold hands, I’ve always had relatively good health. I’m agile, pretty flexible (you wouldn’t […]
Read MoreI don’t know about you guys, but Christmas over the years has become less important to me, to the point where we don’t really celebrate it. Don’t get me wrong, I love what Christmas represents (or what it was supposed to represent in the days before the Argos catalogue), however when it comes to the […]
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