2017 Wants, Goals & Musts & 2016 Reflection.

It really is beyond bonkers that 2017 is now amongst us and within our grasp, it honestly does feel like i was just putting the tree up with mum like two days ago and now, it's 2017 and it honestly scares the wits outta me with how fast the year really does fly by and it does also make you realise how important it is to make the most of the time you have and make sure you're making the time count for you and spending every last minute living and loving life. I hope you all had a wonderful new year and an amazing christmas with all your loved ones, i will have a boxing day sales haul and what i got for christmas post following shortly after this one, i absolutely love seeing those posts and videos as i'm extremely nosy but i did want to get this one up first as i adore these too, i love seeing people's goals for the new year and what they achieved last year, they're so inspirational and as i said, i'm nosey. 

before you read on, may i suggest a cuppa and some snacks because i am known to ramble..  I have lacked motivation and if i'm being honest i haven't been feeling like myself the last couple of weeks before christmas so i didn't really feel like blogging - but hey, we're all only human and to be honest, more than likely it's the new year but i do feel motivated. I'm feeling ready to tackle 2017 and this year will be MY year. Lets be having you 2017!

2016 Reflection/ Summed Up. 

2026 personally feel me feels as if i blinked and 12 months rolled by in the blink of an eye, this year was very up and down for me. If you wasn't aware i'm chronically poorly. I prefer the term poorly as to ill, poorly to me gives me hope of getting better. This year i was diagnosed which was amazing, emotional and a rollercoaster all at the same time, i have been poorly for a long time since my teens, it was a huge relief to finally get some answers believe me, i do intend on doing a blog post about this at some point. 

I got a new job, i finally found my feet with this i feel - trying to work and being chronically poorly isn't something i find easy, it's definately taught me a lot in terms of balance and trying to maintain a healthy, normal life in balance with an illness. it's still the most difficult thing in the world but as everyday rises this challenge is there, i hope with time it'll be come easier, we have to hope. 

I went Vegan! Again, this hasn't been easy, it's not something i took on light hearted. It's something i made a commitment too. I have struggled in some aspects such as foods i use to love before and such. I have found my feet with this now and can say overall as i have embarked on this journey, i have become a more compassionate person and has overall made me more spritual, more loving and happier. It's really powerful and it's by far one of the best things i have ever done - i'm now one year meat/diary free. 

Myself, personally this year in many ways. I have found my mental health has been tested, hugely. It's been a tough year in a lot of ways and areas i'm thankful however because it's challenged me and there are times admitely where i've almost thrown the towel in and thought 'I can't do this' But i have pushed through and i'm glad i have. It's cost me a lot where Anxiety has held me back but in others it's also sparked me to enjoy life. 

Friendship.  I have lost this year with friendships but i have also gained many too and i have also found myself getting in touch with friends that i have had before but we didn't talk a lot or hadn't spoken in a long time. It's taught me a lot about chasing and making the effort and what meaning of friendship truly is and what it means to be someones friend. 

Luna, this year i got a puppy! She's no longer a puppy but she's so dinky and cute i do often still think of her that way. What an amazing adventure having her has been! I regret nothing with getting her, in fact i think i may become a crazy dog lady. Luna is my best friend and she too, has helped to make me into the person i believe i have came throughout the year. 

2017 Goals / Resolutions & Musts!

Looking After Myself / Putting ME first.  This is a very important one for me, the type of person that i am (not that there is anything wrong with this) but i love seeing everyone happy, if everyone else is happy that makes me happy in return but i do find, sometimes i will base everything on this and it's about time i start thinking of my own happiness and really think of me before, be a little selfish in terms of i. Myself needs to come first more, with everything i do, in all aspects of life. I need to really learn to say no and not worry about the outcome of this, i do too much sometimes and suffer.

I want to look after myself properly, i want to eat healthier, look after myself better, take care of number one and tone top these thighs, stay away from the sugar Amy!

Illnesses/ Seeking Proper Help & Sorting These.  Again, something very important. I'm going to seek help for my Anxiety, i know it can't be gone forever but i can learn to manage it and stop this from holding me back so much so i can live life to how i want to live it and how it should be lived. In terms of pain i want to seek help with learning to cope with this or finding other methods instead of medications.

Hobbies / College & Studying. It took me the longest jouney after leaving school of knowing what it was i wanted to do or who i wanted to be. What career path was for me, i had subjects etc that i loved but i really needed to live life and experience and grow into the person i am today, before knowing all of this. I know now, i fully intend on studying again and for a long time too my illnesses held me back, not this year, this year will be my year. 

I also want to spend more time with my hobbies, embracing them. I do have talents and i need to embrace those and spend more time embarking on them & Blogging more. 

Here's a collection of my favourite photos from 2016. 

Adventures / More Plans With Family & Friends. I really want this year to be about this, I want more plans for me and my friends. Even if that's just being spent having a few wines in a pub or brief meetings for coffee. After, loosing my Nan it taught me a lot about just how precious it is to be amongst your loved ones and be with them. 

I also want this year to be filled with lots of adventures and that does include seeing the world - no anxiety holding me back this time!

Here goes to 2017!

My Top 8 Make Up Gems Of 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was going to select an item from every single category, shampoo, blusher.. so forth. That'll take me a damn long time and you'd be here till the next one was due to go up. I kept it simple and understated, I went for the items that have made their way into my most used, daily make up routines and in my make up bag the absolute most this year, there have been the odd thing here and there but honestly these have been the ones that really have wowed me something chronic! I also went for things I've repurchased, indeed these are. 2014 definitely was a year for make up for me, I experimenting more, played around with shades and even rocked a vampy lip - so no surprises this post is packed with my most used, and my absolute gems of 2014. Without further a do here are my loves of 2014, enjoy..

Benefit, Porefessional Primer: I don't think i'm on my own when I say that I love this product, this was a hit not so long back and seemed to be the 'it' primer and with jolly good reason too, I opt between this one and the BodyShop's All-In-One Primer. If perhaps you don't have the funds for this one i'd go for that one because I hold a lot of love for that one too, I really do think this works wonders - it doesn't hide every pore or make the vanish because what will ay? It really creates the most amazing base for your make up and keeps it on all day and and hide away those imperfections, it's really lovely and i'd recommend investing in this.


Where to find this: Link


Price: £24.50




Soap & Glory's, Archery brow tint & precision shaping pencil: Of course a Soap & Glory product would make it into my favourite products of 2014 - would of thought it ay? I really do love their make up products and i'm very happy they did decide on bringing out their own make up line, I do really adore their normal line with all their bath products as well as their skincare things, honestly the products are amazing. I was quite the scaredy cat when it came to my brows, I was scared i'd over draw them or i'd somehow be kack handle and they'd look bloody awful but this pencil makes it fun and I can now see that brows really do set off your whole look, I don't think I've used anything else in the year, it's brilliant.


My Shade: Brownie Points - that name though, come on.. so cute!


Where to find this: Link


Price: £10.00





Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette: It would be an absolute lie if I didn't tell you I hadn't used this, it's been my most reached for and my absolute most used palette of 2014, it's pretty amazing and i'd even go as far as telling you i'm in love with this pallet, eye shadow palettes are something id invest in till my dying day, they're so practical and amazing! I've used this for nights out, Smokey eye looks and day time looks, it's so versatile and sp pigmented - it's so amazingly good, I still use this nower days and to this day it's still my favourite and was well worth every single penny, I even have a back up.


Favourite Shades: Foxy, Half Baked, Booty Call, Chopper, Tease & Suspect.



Where to find this: Link


Price: £37.00







Benefit Hoola Bronzer: Best bronzer I have ever, ever used! This actually was the first thing I brought myself from benefit, I had saved all my pocket monies up - I still love and use this now and that was when I was seventeen, it's always one of my most reached for products, you'll find me using this every day, it's such a good all rounder, applied lightly as a blush. All over for a sun kissed look, as a bronzer of course and also used as a contour powder - best thing ever, love this.



Where to find this: Link


Price: £23.50







Benefit Hervana Blush: Aah - my perfect everyday blush, absolutely adore this product - so effortless but so gorgeous at the same time! This has really really stood out to me this year. I still use everyday now too, the three shades swirled in together leave a really gorgeous pinky, peachy - coral shade on to your cheek, it looks so natural - love this so much.


Where to find: Link


Price: £23.50








The Body Shop All-In-One BB CREAM: As much as i'm a foundation junkie - that's a fine statement to make but its true. I never thought i'd love something like this, for lighter days i'd just use a lighter foundation. When I came across this I fell head over heels, I have used foundation all this year but this has been used quite an amount also, even in the winter months won't lie. It's so beautifully glowy but actually provides a really good coverage on the face, being a wonderful product and base. It's wonderful for those - no make days, it's really lovely and very much impressed, I've repurchased this and did receive another for Christmas and In all honestly, i'd choose this over any of my foundations, absolutely love this.



Where to find: Link


Price: £12.00






Rimmel Lasting Finish, Kate Moss Lipsticks: Okay, I had been honestly living under some rock - how hadn't I noticed these?! They're ah-mazing. I definitely sporting more lippys this year, I really experimented with colour that I didn't ever think id wear and that's not something i'd ever do, I was always a nude lip sorta girl but I found these and then vampy shades eat my heart out, i'm in love and hooked. I have a fair few now in my stash - go get them, they're fab. I wanted to list all of them however I couldn't, I needed be strict on myself. Stated above is 01 - this happens to be an absolute most worn shade, it's this gorgeous red however it's very vampy and just gorgeous, a must have for those who love a darker lip.



Where to find: Link


Price: £5.49




Benefit They're Real: Wow, there's a theme. I hadn't realize just how gaga for benefit I had been until I grouped all my most used and honestly most reached for items were, I do love them but woah, benefit overload. This mascara is incredible - I didn't think i'd love it as much as I would, but that isn't true, it's probably if not the best ever mascara I've ever used. It lengthens, is the blackest of black, doesn't budge and needs a jolly good make up remover to remove it from those lashes, separates and adds volume - what's not to love?!


Where to find: Link


Price: £19.50






Collection, 16 hour wear concealer: I too, indeed did jump on this bandwagon - best concealer ever and loved by so many. I must've like most purchased umpteen amounts of this! Perfect for under the eye although only applied lightly, it's a thick formula so be careful there but fab for blemishes as it'll conceal them effortlessly. What a winner!


Where to find: Link


Price: £4.19







What are your favourites? Happy New Year! I'm honestly looking forward to so many things this year, thank you so much for reading, all my love xo