l I’m such a seasonal makeup person - during summer I wore no eye makeup but now where in autumn, the eye makeup is where it is at. I find I’m going towards all of my palettes now it’s the colder season and I love it.


 Each season has its own colour palette almost and when it’s autumn, it’s all about the warm tones, oranges, browns and red and I lean towards them so much. I’m not a massive adventurous person when it comes to eyeshadow but I am trying to lean out my comfort size.

 To start with, the latest palette I’ve been leaning towards is the naked heat. Ice mentioned this afew times on my blog as I won it in a giveaway and I’m so glad I did - I would never buy it myself but I love the shade range that it consists of - the mixture of oranges and warm reds all compliment eachother so nicely.

 I’ve had my trusty Morphe 35o for about 2 years now and I always go back to it. It’s too many shades not to! There’s such a variety of autumn shades you can do so many eye looks from subtle to full glam all in one place with the pigment there too. There’s no wonder this palette blew up when it did as it’s so worth the hype.

this palette has taken me by storm. i never really use drugstore ones but when soph released this i knew i needed it. i am gravitating to it so much more now the weather is getting cold as its full of warm autumn shades that are prefect. for the drugstore price, the pigment is out of this world.

 I am loving autumnal eyeshadow colours and my favourites are rarely changing but as it’s get colder I lean towards warmer colours. I’d love to try more as my go to is a little collection of my all time favourites I’ve been using for awhile now.

 Bailey ♡ xxx

 Awhile ago, I decided to get in touch with an amazing brand that I’ve seen afew times on social media (and my amazing friend love Soph’s blog!) and I’m so excited to have received one of the boxes myself to try! I’ve gotten really into sheet masks and Ive spent a good bit buying them all individually but this box is such a price saver!

 Pretty much they’re a monthly subscription box that come at the end of every month, full of around 8-10 korean sheet masks and sometimes other skincare products for you to try, this is the glow setter box! Personally I love subscription boxes as they’re so exciting, It’s like a present as it’s completely full of new products and you can try them all for such an affordable price. 1 box could possibly last me 2-3 months as I use a mixture of sheet and clay masks. I don’t think you can go wrong with them and if you’re a skincare lover like me - this is a godsend!


 Another amazing perk I think of this brand is you can buy past months boxes too! I’ve never seen this before and I think that’s a good idea. But if you don’t want a big box, they do a smaller of their glow setter monthly box called the glow starter which is £9.95 for 4 sheet masks. I know this may be life practical for people and this is the box I received from the brand. Another box they offer is if you’ve certain problems with your skin, you can get the S.O.S boxes which are centred all around targeting skin problems, for £15 which is a steal. If you wanna fight combination skin, dehydration or oily skin then this will help!

 One thing I love about the box already is their is a information leaflet in the box telling you all about the masks and the current month’s themes, but a original, unique touch is every month has a new Korean word included on it to learn!

 As well as being able to buy whichever masks you love singular, I think this is such an amazing and certainly underrated subscription box. Did any more information on the subscription boxes or prices, the best place to go is their website - https://www.masktime.co.uk/ (get 10% off your first box with ‘first10’ too which makes it even more affordable!) Now we’ve gone over all the background, it’s time to get into the exciting part, talking about the masks!


The box I received was the September glow starter box and this consists 4 Korean sheet masks and
 a clay mask pot. I love how the masks all target a variety of skin problems & skin types, this is great depending on what my skin’s doing at the minute as it’s pretty much changing ever week due to the season change.

The masks I received are -
 - Acwell drunk purifying daanji mask
 - Blooming cell dual effect mask blue
- Daycell x gummy you are my everything aqua mask
 - Saference skin RX life closing mask
 - Green Harmony blueberry mask pack
 - A sample of Facegood eternal secret all finish B.B. cream
The first mask I tried was the Acwell drunk purifying daanji mask. Starting I noticed the fit was so good for mr face and it had a soft subtle scent about it which I like. Once I had taken it off, I instantly noticed how my skin felt softer, looks dewy and redness on my face had really calmed. Overall the morning after my skin feels so soft, looks dewy and is noticeably clear! from reading the information sheet it did everything it said to do I’m extremely impressed and happy with this first mask.

The next mask I used was Green Harmony blueberry mask pack. This is the only liquid mask in the box. At first I didn’t think there was much product but when I put it on, I’ve enough left for 1-2 more applications which I love in a mask. To start with, the smell is amazing I literally want to eat it! It’s sweet blueberries so it makes me so much more enjoyable on the face. It’s more of a gel formula with a white colour and it felt lovely and cooling on my skin. Once the mask was off, I instantly noticed my skin looking more glowy and plump! My spots were the same as I didn’t expect a change but overall my skin looked amazing

 The next mask I tried was the Saference skin RX life closing mask next.  On first impressions, this is the worst fitting sheet mask I’ve never used! It’s too big for my face and due to the slimy texture of the mask it’s sliding off which is annoying. But once I took it off, my skin felt fresh and like it worked - my pores did look noticeably smaller and barely there so results were instant and I hope they last. My skin has a brightness and glow about it which was well needed to help m look alive. This mask has worked so well and I love having no pores for once I wish it was long term! change since the mask didn’t target that. I love the effect it has instantly and I hope it lasts.

I’m having a big breakout at the minute so the mask I choose is then Blooming cell dual effect mask blue. I love the fit of the thick material on my face and it feels so full of the liquid which I can tell will give my skin a treat! I never noticed a smell which will appeal to so many pro. I noticed how my skin is feeling so glowy, soft and hydrated. But in the morning my spots just looked calmer - they hadn’t cleared but they were slot calmer and there was no more new ones. This is a big plus and I’d love to use this agsin. I’m so happy with everything in the box as it’s all got different purposes and they’re customised so they’re perfect for autumn! I know as my skin is adjusting to the season I’m going to be needing these.

The last mask I need to try is the Daycell x gummy you are my everything aqua mask. This is a mask to hydrate my skin and with this cold I need it! The smell of the mask was amazing - it wasn’t too strong or too light so it was relaxing. The mask fit my face well and was fine on, it helped my skin so much I instantly noticed it once I took it. For a few days after the effects stayed so I’d love to try this again!
Other then this being one of the longest posts I think I’ve written on my blog, I’m finally finished. I’m so happy & greatful that mask time even wanted to send their subscription box out to me, I really think this is something everyone needs in their life. I love the idea of subscription boxes and considering this comes with more products then they normally do, I think this is well worth your money if you’re looking to try / get more sheet masks!

 Bailey ♡ xxx

 I was thinking about my hair, when i do it and style it, I don’t even think and pretty much just go in and grab my products. I always use the same products and just repurchase it yet don’t even acknowledge it, i never actually think about their importance in my haircare routine. But in reality I don’t know how I’d deal without them as they’re like reason my hair is how it is - in a healthy condition (well to my standards I guess it won’t be to some people)


 Honestly my life saving product is dry shampoo. This is purely because I’m so lazy when I don’t wanna wash my hair, bang I can spray this beautiful substance on my hair, rub it in and bang my hair looks so matte and like I’ve just washed it. My favourite is the batiste dry shampoo in the classic scent ‘cherry’ as it’s just such a sweet smell.

 The most recent of all haircare products I’ve started using is oil. I never rally bothered using a oil on my hair hid now I’ve started using it I can’t stop! I really do notice the difference in the ends of my hair when I don’t use it. The oil I use is a massive luxury It’s the kerastase elixir ultime beautifying oil.

 Another thing I’ve only recently started using is hair masks. These are my saving grace when my hair is feeling fully and brittle, they make it feel amazing as soon as I put it in so now I use them once a week. My favourite one is the L’Oreal dream lengths mask, which I’ve previously talked about in a post and I’ve just used it more and more and fallen in love with it.
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 Finally the last product I use is a sea salt spray. This is just to help my hair get alittle bit of texture and scrunch about it when I don’t want it just to be straight. I don’t use this often bud when I do, I love it! My favourite is my Toni & guy sea salt spray.

 I think looking after your hair is so important and I regret not doing it sooner! It’s so much easier then you think and you can get so many cheap products that work well. These products are some I honestly couldn’t live without and I’m so glad I’ve got them to use!

 Bailey ♡ xxx

 Blogmas is just around the corner and I don’t know about you, but I’ve been planning it since August! It’s a hectic time I’ve been planning and writing my posts for a long time (and I still am) but the hardest part was coming up with ideas! I

 was brainstorming so much and came up with so many ideas (not all mine, these posts helped me the most!!) and I just wanted to try be as helpful to someone else as these posts were to me.

 1. Christmas gift ideas for her
2. Christmas gift ideas for him
3. Christmas gift ideas for dad
4. Christmas gift ideas for mum
5. Christmas gift ideas for grandparents
6. DIY Christmas Gifts
7. Homemade festive hot chocolate recipe
8. Favourite Christmas recipes
9. How to make a gingerbread house
10. A collection of your favourite blogmas posts by other bloggers
11. What to buy for your secret Santa
12. Favourite Christmas songs
13. What are your Christmas traditions?
14. How to make Christmas pudding
15. Christmas cocktail recipes
16. DIY Christmas stockings
17. Christmas wish list
18. Advent calendar guide - do’s and don’t
 19. What advent calender you have
 20. Favourite festive candles
 21. Holiday outfit ideas
22. Favourite festive jumpers
 23. Things I love about Christmas
24. DIY Christmas ideas for kids
25. Favourite childhood Christmas memory
26. Christmas day menu ideas
27. Last minute gift ideas
28. How to perfectly wrap a present
 29. Christmas in - your city
 30. How are you counting down to Christmas?
 31. 10 Ways to celebrate Christmas in style
32. Stocking filler gift ideas - under certain prices
 33. The ultimate christmas playlist
34. DIY Christmas cards
35. Top 10 Christmas movies
36. Letter to Santa
37. Holiday bucket list
38. Christmas eve traditions
39. Christmas cake recipe
40. Where to shop online this Christmas
 41. How to make shortbread
42. The true meaning of Christmas
43. Advice I wish I knew last Christmas
 44. DIY advent calendar ideas
45. Christmas Jokes
46. Christmas Eve box ideas
 47. Christmas card ideas
48. Chocolate Bark Recipe
49. Favourite Christmas books
50. Christmas decor inspiration
51. Christmas items you can’t live without
52. Christmas on a budget
53. How to jazz up wrapping presents
 54. Christmas decoration wish list
55. What is the best Christmas present you have ever received?
56. Favourite Christmas treats
57. Blogmas post ideas
58. Host a Christmas giveaway
59. Inexpensive Christmas gifts everyone will love
 60. DIY Tree Topper

 All I say is good luck and well done to anyone attempting or doing blogmas! It’s hard but hopefully it’ll be super rewarding for you! I can say I’ve loved doing it and I hope it’s the same for everyone else

Bailey ♡ xxx

This is probably the most personal and real post I’ve written on my blog. I never have shared much personally so this is completely different and I’d love to hopefully help / inspire people with sharing my experience with acne.

 This is still going on and probably won’t stop for awhile no matter how hard i try, I’m a spotty person! I’ve came to be used to this but I want to share my experience with people who may be more self conscious about their skin. I know I’ve grown to love and take care of it.


 Well, this all started around 12. I was in year 7 when my skin was starting to get bad and I used to get huge spots and I hated it so much. They were always coming as other ones were going, it felt so frustrating for this to be happening, I’d never experienced breakouts and to this extreme i was just not enjoying it in the slightest. This was before I was into makeup so they were always just there and I used to be bothered so much by them, being right in the open and I was clueless how to treat them or what to do or not do.

 Then in around year 8-9 they began getting increasingly worse and I began covering them with makeup! It was the natural thing I though to do, I wasn’t massively into skincare I used my mums cleanse and polish and the skin tonic but nothing else and it made no difference but it took it all off, leaving just my spots and I hated it so much. Every day to school I was caked in foundation and I was even pulled for wearing too much but by the end of the day it was all a completely mess. I don’t know why no one told me, looking back I can only imagine how bad it looks to the people around me.

 The first step to try stop it was putting me on the pill. This was due to other problems too but I hoped it would help my skin but after 3 months we didn’t noticed a change so we crossed out it being hormonal. I pretty much was still at square 1 and I was really down about it as I hoped it would help and it just never seemed to. I tried everything - drinking water, getting more and more into skincare (which has made my love for skincare be what it is now) and doing all those ‘diy methods’ of toothpaste, sundacreme or savlon but not a thing worked. This was a vicious cycle.

 The biggest thing that happened was in September 2017, I finally went to the doctors after my skin is having some of the worst breakouts I’ve ever had. He gave me some lymecycline pills and epiduo gel. I was extatic that my skin would finally clear up after all this time and even though it took months and months it did - and it’s clearer then it’s ever been even-though I still get spots, it’s more like a regular teenager and I’m not covered in them which is a massive change.

 This has really helped it - I’ve stopped wearing makeup to school which was a huge step for me going 5 days a week with nothing on and my skin out in the open and my confidence has gotten so much better. I have the mentality that if you’re going to judge me over or say anything about my spots then you’re just a straight up dickhead.

My experience isn’t the most extravagant or the worst but I know people will be out there who want to read about it and maybe it’ll help someone out there because I hope it does. I love reading how I’ve grown though my experience too I feel proud of my confidence and how it is today.

 Bailey ♡ xx

 This summer I’m lucky enough to be going on a family holiday to Greece! I am excited yet nervous and anxious for this so I’ve pretty much thrown myself into packing and making it as comfortable as possible.

 Packing isn’t an easy thing at all when you’re going abroad, it takes so much thought, effort and concentration because there’s so much you need when you go away and you don’t wanna forget anything. Whilst I’ve been gathering my stuff together I’ve realised some little tips that can make it just slightly easier.

 On a starting point for clothes, I always go and make outfit plans. Pre plan outfits is your lifesaver because you know you’ll have everything you need down to the t and you can see what you’re wearing (I don’t know about you but this excites me so much) and you should bring a spare outfit just in case anything happens.

 My favourite thing to do is plan out what you’re gonna take. I’m such a list nerd so I love making categories and putting what I need into them is ah fun for me. Once I’ve made my lists I always double check my list then get it all out to pack. Once I pack then always double check I’ve got everything as I can always forget something - you can never be too sure so checking is so important. 

When it comes to skincare / bodycare, I’ve found putting your full size in travel size tubs / containers is such a lifesaver! It’s a way to be able to bring your favourite products with you yet have the room for them in your travel bag. Keeping them in clear containers that you can keep or throw out once you’ve used them is so helpful. There’s no need to be ripped off with minis when you’ve got the products that work for you already.

 I really don’t think anyone enjoys packing, it’s a time legnthy and draining progress that everyone just wants done for them, but some little tips can just help make it more bearable!

 Bailey ♡ xxx

 I’m not going to sugar coat it, this is hard and I know with my GCSEs and wanting a social life it’s gonna get harder then it already is but I’m going to take it as positive! Blogging is what I love an enjoy, it never seems like a chore to me and I won’t make it one. I will always find room for it as it’s one of my favourite things to do.

But finding the room is going to be harder. I don’t want this to happen but I know it will so I’d rather be prepared and after school I’ll be having a Saturday job, in college or doing an apprenticeship so I know it’s never going to be as easy or I’ll ever have enough time to blog as I used to and that makes me sad. Finding a balance is the most important thing.

My first and probably one of the biggest tips I can share is to pre plan all your posts then start writing then! This helps you know what you’re doing and when - I always have the blogposts planned fully for the month then start writing them I find it helps motivate me. But one thing I do is always have 2 weeks worth of posts pre written Incase you get busy because it happens and I know I want to post as constant as I can and not slack - so being prepared is worth it.

 Onto how I balance writing my posts, I’ve noticed my own habits recently, the times I tend to write is before school or when I’m chilling watching tv. This is the time in most relaxed and free so it’s a perfect opportunity! Sometimes I’ll have a break from everything and sit down to write a full post but I usually gradually do it as I never have enough time for that. I just always make sure I don’t force myself to do anything so it’s all things I love.

 For my photos, I usually take them in bulk! I try get a good lighting day and when I find it, I don’t hold back! Sunday’s tend to be the day I’ve got the most time to be as creative as I can with my photos, I just pray I get the lighting I need as though the week after school I’m revising then it’s dark! Photos from now till May will be a struggle since I use natural lighting.

 Finally when it comes to editing my posts, I always edit once I’ve finished post completely! Once I’ve gone though it once or twice I’ll add it to blogger then add the photos if they’re taken to go along with it and mark it was written on my blog schedule! I’d love to know how anyone else in education balances this!

I find it can be so hard and I know a lot of people are in the same boat as me too so it’s almost reassuring to see that they are. I know how hard it is and I’m glad to share my experience and hopefully help people. This is my routine I’ve adapted to for my balance and it’s only what works for me.

 Bailey ♡ xxx

 Sunday’s are chill days and when I was going to do my skincare I realised how messy my entire collection actually was - it had fallen over and mixed up so I had to decide to declutter it! In my house I’ve been lucky enough to have half the cupboard storage for it and I’m so glad because the amount I have is so needed!

 I decided to sit down on my bathroom floor and organise and declutter it all! Being the bad blogger I am, I never took a full photo before but trust me it was a mess, the small photos show it so close up. I took it all out and put it on my floor and i honestly didn’t realise I had so much! It’s all organised into piles for the declutter to happen.

 Let’s just say the declutter didn’t go well. Binned a pack of face wipes and a old face wash and for rid of a cleansing balm that doesn’t work with me, some blackhead masks and a face wash that broke me out. I wanted to get rid of more but I’ll hopefully just use up what I’ve got as everything I have are products I enjoy - some more then others but they all get used somehow


 I put it all in and away - everyday on the top, masks, exfoliates and space clothes on the second and everything else on the bottom! It all fits perfectly - let’s hope I use some of it before I get anything new or it won’t fit! I know for Christmas I’m asking for abit of skincare so I wonder where it’ll go.

Skincare is one of my loves as you can tell and I have so much more than any normal person would need but I use it every day, share with my mum and sister and always use when people come to my house so it’s well loved! I can’t wait to expand my collection again soon.

Bailey ♡