a lifestyle, travel and fashion blog of a 30-somethingTrini living in London
Hello my travel junkies how have you been this week? I've been thinking about solo travel a lot and how I get called 'brave' because I do it. More so, because I'm over 30. I think it has to do with the fact that travelling solo can be daunting. So in light of this here are 5 places that are easy to travel around solo.
One of the things I've learnt about skincare is that consistency is your bff. However, cleanliness is right up there in the things I've learnt about skincare. So needless to say when I heard about the #60secondrule I was game for trying. Especially as it wasn't costing me any money! A win, win if you ask me. Read on to learn more and my thoughts on the 60 second rule.
Hello, my travel junkies! Welcome back to the blog. I went on my first solo trip for the year. Actually, I haven't travelled since November *shock horror* and I started to wonder if I was still a wanderlust junkie. The answer to that is yes! Yes I am! And in this post I will be sharing that trip with you and 5 reasons Madrid makes a great city break.
Welcome back beauties! I haven't done a restaurant review since Fish! and I wanted to share this amazing place I went to in December. They serve some of the most delicious inventive style tapas I've tried in awhile. Come join me for a culinary feast of 100 Hoxton tapas style!
Hello my fashion giraffes! This is my very first fashion post of 2019 and I am very excited! We live in such a throw away society that sometimes the things we have in our closet gets left behind for the latest shiny thing. In light of this I’ve decided to this series where I style an item a couple of ways. More if I can! I have decided to do a monthly fashion series called, Rinse and Restyle. My first post is, Rinse and Restyle Black Jeans.
Homesickness is a big one and typically affects a lot of people. It can either be so bad that you're simply not able to stay in the new place. Or, it can fade away after a bit of time living in the country. For most people, it comes in waves and it will come at certain times
Wind, rain, snow, central heating and it being cold all the bloody time it’s no wonder your glow leaves the building. But, there’s hope for you to obtain that glow despite the what nature tries to do. Here are my tips on how to get glowy skin in winter.
There are plenty of people out there who will tell you that you need to go travelling. Often, these kinds of people can be, to put it charitably, a little bit annoying. They're the kinds of people who always seem to be jetting off to somewhere new and you can't really shake the feeling that they're looking down on you for not travelling as much as they do. These kinds of people can often end up putting you off travelling more than anything else. However, if you let that happen then you really are missing out on one of life's greatest pleasures. With that in mind, instead of the typical shallow reasons of why you should try and see the world, here are some things that can really help you get to the heart of why travelling is such an amazing experience. This is the true beauty of travel.
Hello my beauties! I've got another skincare review for you and this time it's for Nars. I didn't know that they had a skincare range until I stumbled across it whilst browsing a few beauty sites. If you'd like to know my thoughts, read on for my Nars Skincare review.
Hello my skincare junkies, how are we today? I thought I would revisit the Alex Steinherr X Primark range. It's been about 2 1/2 months since I first tried some of the products and you can read my first impressions here. This is a follow up so read on for my favourites from the Alex Steinherr X Primark range.
Welcome back travel giraffes! If you read my last blog post (here) you would have seen that it wasn't the best year for me. This also had an impact on my travel wanderlust list. Despite this, I did manage to visit a few new places so here's a recap of where I went in 2018.
Happy New Year beauties! It's the second week of January 2019 already! How are we feeling about this new year? To be honest I don't feel anyway about it. I don't even have any concrete goals (shock horror) in mind, I know how I'd like to feel but to know that I need to look at the lessons learned from 2018.
Hello, my travel giraffes! In the middle of all the hustle and bustle of Christmas, I felt you needed something calmer and beautiful to dream about. So I'm busting out the bucket list beaches you've got to see!
And so we've made it to the final day of my 5 day gift guide extravaganza! You can read the others here, hereand here. Today I've got my Christmas 2018 gift guide for fashionistas. Let's get started!
Okay my giraffes, as the title suggests this is the gift guide for the travellers in your life. Don't worry, it isn't going to be a flight to Bali, unless of course you can afford that. If you can, holla at me :) Let's get started on my 2018 Christmas travel junkie gift guide
Welcome back my lovelies! How are you? Are you enjoying the gift guides so far? Let me know in the comments. Anyway, today is the under £30 2018 Christmas gift guide and I've got it all from Not on the High Street (not sponsored)! I felt one place will make it easier and cheaper shipping. Let's begin!
Welcome back to day 2 of my 5 days of Christmas gift guides. What did you think about yesterday's guide? Today is all about beauty and I found a few goodies for you. Without further ado, let's get into the beauty Christmas 2018 gift guide.
Hello my lovely giraffes! It's finally that time of year where everything is all festive and jolly....allegedley ;). It is also the time where you need to think about what to get for your loved ones and I'm here to help you. This week, I will be publishing a gift guide everyday this week to cover a variety of shopping dilemas. This first one will be a 2018 christmas gift guide for people who have everything. Let's go!
Hello my lovely giraffes! It's been a hot minute since I last did a London restaurant review. Fish! Kitchen Borough Market is a very popular restaurant inside a busy bustling Borough Market, with The Shard as it's neighbour. Read on for my thoughts.
Hello my travel junkies how has autumn been treating you? You probably read this title and was a little bit...
So my lovely giraffes, if you've been a reader of mine for sometime you would know that I love perfumes (read here) and I always switch it up every season. I am a firm believer that when the seasons change, your perfumes need to reflect those changes. So here are my perfumes for autumn 2018.
Hello my travel giraffes! Today's post I am going to jump straight in and give you all the details on how to get cheap flights. Travelling is something that everyone should be able to do if they want to and if I can help with this post then I've done my job. Here we go!
Hello my lovely giraffes! Happy November! The rest of 2018 is flying by like the end of a loo (toilet...
Okay my travel junkies today’s post I’m going doing the second installment in my hotel bucketlist series. If you missed...
Hello my lovely giraffes! Today's post is about how helpful the joy of missing out is. I'm sure you've heard about FOMO (fear of missing out) and a lot of people do get an acute case of this. Me included! So you've been scrolling through your social media feed and see that everyone is going to that party. Or, that trip that you really wanted to go on but it just didn't happen. I feel you and completely can relate to those feelings.
Hello you travel junkies! Thanks for the love on my recent posts on Lisbon, it was a fantastic holiday (read here and here) but it isn't my best ever holiday. If you've been reading my blog for awhile you would know that my best ever holiday is Bali! I will stick a caveat here and say that I'm still alive and able to travel so I would hope this could be beaten :)
Hello my giraffes! Can you believe October is almost over and soon it will be Christmas dinners and parties? It feels like time is in overdrive. Anyway, today's post is a fashion related one and it's how to style a dress two ways. Boohoo contacted me to *collaborate on a post and I thought this would be perfect especially after my last post. Sustainable fashion does not mean wearing the same item, the same way over and over. Challenge yourself and get creative!
Happy pre-Friday my travel giraffes! Today's post is part 2 of my Lisbon trip, the first part was all about what to do and today is all about, where to eat in Lisbon. I can wax lyrical about the food here but that'll spoil the fun, so get ready to feast your eyes and take notes!
Hello, my lovely giraffes! It's been a hot minute since my last skincare post (read here) and I've got a good one for you. Today, I'm sharing my thoughts on the Alex Steinherr X Primark skincare collection.
Alex Steinherr is a renowned Beauty Editor who has done a skincare collaboration with Primark. The Alex Steinherr X Primark skincare collection has 4 ranges within it and all within an affordable price range. There is nothing that is over £5 and all the products are vegan friendly, fragrance free and not tested on animals. It's been 2 years in the making so here are my thoughts on the products I purchased.
Welcome back my travel giraffes! If you follow me on Instagram, you would have seen that I was recently in Lisbon. Of course, I must give you my best tips and places to see, so here are my suggestions on what to do in Lisbon.
Hello my lovely giraffes and welcome to autumn. The temperature has gotten cooler although, some days are still very summer-like which I have no complaints about. I decided to take a week off from blogging and think about what I want to do with this blog and how I can achieve it. Going forward, there will only be 2 posts a week from me and a weekly newsletter. That way I can create useful quality content for you guys and keep my sanity!
Now let's get on with today's post which is all about the rise of sustainable fashion featuring All About IV Designs.
Hello, my lovely giraffes! We are officially in autumn and summer has left the building *sniff sniff*. As you would have gathered I am a summer baby but, we're here to talk about things you need to know in your 30s. As I'm just a few months away from hitting 40, I thought I would share some important info that I wish I knew.
Hello, my lovely giraffes! How are you all today? There's been a lot of talk recently about mental health and wellbeing because of the rise in suicides and high expectations society has placed on us. We are constantly bombarded by so many external distractions that life can become very overwhelming. When I had my counselling practice, a few of my clients didn't know how to look after their mental wellbeing. So, I decided to share a little guide on how to look after your mental wellbeing.
Today's post as you can tell from the title is about failure. More specifically; why failure is not the end because it really isn't even though it feels very much like it. If you're interested to read more about failure and why it's not the end scroll down.
Happy Travel Thursday my travel giraffes! If you follow my Instagram or saw my last travel photodiary, you would have seen that I went to Nice for a few days. On one of the days, I decided to go visit Eze Village because it was a suggestion by my Air B&B hostess. So here's why you should visit Eze Village.
Hello, my fashion giraffes. Thank you for the love on my last fashion post (read here). I've always wanted to link my love of fashion with my love of travel. What better way than to do a what to wear post? This time it's a city break styling post and I hope you like it!
Hello, my fashion giraffes I finally have a fashion post up. Sorry, it’s taken me a hot minute but I...
Hello, my lovely travel giraffes! Thanks for all the love on my last travel post. Today, however, I'm bringing a challenge closer to home. I went to explore to see what treasures, spots and hotels near London Bridge I could find. Needless to say, I was excited by this and can't wait to share what I found during this exploring London Bridge challenge.
Prague is one of those cities that has been kind of on my radar but I hadn't really done anything about it. Then due to some overtime at the 9-5, I had a week off and thought let's check out Prague. Fortunately for me, I was invited on a press trip to, you guessed it. Prague! These things very rarely happen to me but thank you God! Although it was only 48 hours, I saw quite a bit of Prague so here's what to do in Prague.
Hello, my lovelies. How are you all the start of this week? I've been noticing lately that life can become pretty overwhelming. So, I thought I would share my tips to deal with life when it becomes overwhelming.
I'm not expert here but who knows maybe it will help someone out there who needs it. Remember to share and signup to the newsletter.
Can you believe we're in June already!? I'm hoping that summer slows down so we can truly enjoy it, especially after the long winter. I seem to be on this decluttering kick (read here and here) and your wardrobe is something that definitely needs to be streamlined. So today's post is looking at the clothing items you don't need.
Hello, my travel giraffes. How are you on this lovely travel Thursday? So as you know I've been through my fair share of airports, so I thought I would give you some easy tips to get through airport security. If you're nervous about going through airport security or customs, I've got you covered!
I'm taking a pause from the skincare related posts (here and here) and thought I'd bring you more of an advice type blog. This post is all about the things you don't need in your life. When I say things I don't actually mean physical, material things but more situations and sometimes even people.
Grief is one those things that you kinda know would happen sometime in your lifetime but you always assume that it won't happen until you're in your twilight years. That's really silly! I should know because I thought that and then at age 16 my grandmother died and I didn't think things could get any worse.
Check me out! 3 outfit posts in a row! It isn't exactly spring weather as yet but we can get prepared for it. Today's styling Saturday post features this transitional dress from Mango via Asos. Read on for more details on this, must have versatile dress.
Welcome back my travel giraffes! It's almost Friday and today is the perfect day to plan some fun stuff to do over the weekend. I'm never one to shy away from hopping on a plane to visit somewhere new (here and here) however finding touristy things to do in your city can be just as exciting. So read on for my suggestions.
Good morning beautiful. How are you and how was your weekend? I know you've been enjoying my autumn winter series and thank you to all who have commented and liked. I really wanted to do something that would be helpful for the colder months as it can be challenging at times. Today's post, as you can tell by the title is all about Santorini, Greece. I have been wanting to visit this place ever since I saw the blue and white buildings, which are everywhere. You may have recalled in my last travel post (click here) where I said this place was my five in five and I am pleased to report that I can tick it off my list :)