Seven deadly sins: beauty edition

Image taken from Caitlin's blog, who credits the author Chris Hill (for the life of me I couldn't find him)

Apologies bitches. I'm having a lazy week... it's tag time!

1. GREED: What is your most inexpensive beauty item? What is your most expensive?

I think my least expensive item that I actually use is Collection lasting perfection concealer you can usually get it for less than £4.

The most expensive is probably Estée Lauder advanced night repair, I couldn't even tell you if it's really worth the money but I love it all the same.

2. WRATH: What beauty products do you have a love/hate relationship with? 

Eyeliner! It's the bane of my life. I don't have the steadiest hand so it usually ends up all over my face and I have to do it all over again. I just love what it does for my face so I endure the pain.

3. GLUTTONY: What are your most delicious beauty products?

I hope this means smells haha but borjouis deluce... It's smells like actually chocolate, it's heaven for your face.

4. SLOTH: What beauty product do you neglect, due to laziness?

Lip liner.. I tend to use either liner of lipstick, I only really use both on 'special' occasions.

5. PRIDE: What beauty product gives you the most self confidence?
A good red lip all the way! Either a red or a plum. At the moment I'll loving Marc Jacobs kiss pop lipstick in pop.

6. LUST: What attributes do you find most attractive in the opposite sex?

That elusive V ;) and shoulders, I love a good shoulder hahaha.

7. ENVY: What items would you most like to receive as a gift? 

Perfume, I can honestly never bring myself to spend the money. I always appreciate perfume as a gift.

Bonus Sin:

8. WHORE: What is the beauty product your have an ridiculous amount of?
Nail varnish, every time I go shopping I buy a new one. I have 131!!! The worst part is I only use about 5.

Until next time.

R x

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P.s I honestly couldn't tell you where I found this tag it has been sat here for soon long. If you are the author or know who created this tag... let me know and I'll credit them :)

Exercise tips for lazy people

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who enjoy exercising and don't find it a chore in their routine. Then there's us, (I'm going to assume if your reading this we are both as lazy as each other). The ones who can't even fathom that two minute walk to the corner shop or to the kitchen. The ones who don't feel any guilt by skipping that work out for a cozy date with netflix.

Over the years I've learnt that when I'm dieting, I don't really need to go to the gym. Don't get me wrong I'm completely aware that my results would be much better if I actually did a proper workout every now and then! But these simple little life changes mean that I can't still enjoy binge watching netflix and loose weight all in one go.

Before we get into this, I need you all to promise me you won't waste your money on home/gym equipment. You may think you'll use it every day but you won't. I've had an exercise bike for almost 5 years now. I've used it less than ten times. Just don't do it!

So my fellow lazy humans... give these few small changes a chance! You probably some of them already anyway.


Walk everywhere.
Living in a city really helps with this, but there are so many ways you can add extra walks into your routine. If you use the bus... just get up a couple of stops before you usually would. If you have a car, use it to your advantage drive to the middle or nowhere or a big ass park and go for an adventure.

Fidget.
It burns calories, end of.

Learn to be cold.
The colder you are the harder your body has to work to keep you warm. Easiest but not the most comfy way to burn extra calories.

Take the stairs, every time.
It may be a myth that stairs are the secret to a perfect bum but when your at the bottom of of a staircase, imagine that amazing bum you're going to have!

Workout Dvds are a gift from god!
I know that technically this counts as a proper work out but only if you do the whole dvd! Most of them have sections you can pick and choose from. Just make sure you do the warm up and cool down sections or, you know, just those two. If you're feeling really lazy.

Don't let that skipping rope go to waste!
It was fun when we were nine! Why can't it be fun now!

Remember the gym is all around you.
cliché, but you can turn anything into a exercise tool and anywhere can be your gym. You've got the widely known cans as weights but you really can exercise anywhere. I have a friend who used to do 5 squats every time she  went to the toilet and had the bum everyone wants. Or you know, you could just go to the club and do extra slut drops.


Before y'all start shouting at me, if you already do all these and your a lazy bum, I'm sorry but you my friend are gonna have to suck it up and part with your laptop.

Until next time.

R x

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My Week Without Alcohol

I thought this week was going to be a lot harder than it was! I'm aware just the title of this post makes me look like a borderline alcoholic but I can honestly say I don't need alcohol to enjoy my life and I've learnt this week I don't really need it at all. I just love a good bottle of wine everyone and then;)

Before Christmas, it was getting to the point where I was having a bottle of wine a night. If you had asked me 2 years ago if I could drink everyday what would it be? I most certainly would not have said wine. I used to hate the stuff. Now a casual bottle of wine after work is not something I would say no to.

On Friday evening, I enjoyed my first glass of wine in 7 whole days!! In all honesty I haven't even missed it! I would have done dry January but I probably would have killed someone haha. Is it really that bad to have a casual wine habit? In the end I made up for my week without and ended up having a bottle and half on Friday.

Here I am on Monday hitting up the whiskey... honestly, nothing will stop the mid week drinking and as long as I wake up capable to drive to work and be productive for the day I don't think its really a problem. This post was more for my mum, I know my drinking habits have been worrying her. See mother I don't need to drink I just like to :)


Until next time.

 R x

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Lazy girl nails

I'm sure the majority of you lazy girls have at least seen if not lusted after the Nails Inc Paint cans.

Spray on nail polish? What is this sorcery?

I was sat in the pub the first time I saw this product, within seconds it was in my Amazon basket and a drunken Rosey was more than excited for the tedium of nail painting to be in the past. This was back in the beginning of November, here we are in a new year and I have only just received it! Looks like a hell of a lot of people went just as crazy as I did!

I don't want to ruin it for you but this is not the holy grail we have been looking for :(

It wasn't all doom and gloom, this was really easy to apply but not that easy to get off. Maybe with a little work this could be the future of nail colour.

I followed the instructions to the letter, even bought the recommended 2 in 1 base/top coat (god knows I don't need anymore top coats) but some how... this was the end result.

I really do hope they work this out, even after multiple hand washes it looks like I had fingered a unicorn. One day us lazy girls will have pretty nails with the smallest amount of effort. I still have hope.

Until next time.

 R x

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Bringing back the blog.

I hope nobody missed me too much. I let being a grown up take away the important things in life. lipstick. God, I haven't worn actual lipstick in months.

The lipstick and the blog are back. This is not a new year resolution (you should all know I don't believe in them) but J mentioned she wanted to spend this year changing the little things that make you a happier and healthy person and that made me think. This blog helped me when I had nothing to do with my life and even though I've come along way since then, there's still something missing. We all need an outlet and this is mine. I'm not going to promise a regular schedule of posts, but I'm sure there will be at least one ;)

So hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and an intoxicated New Year.

Until next time. R x ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

The good the bad and the ugly: Dry shampoo

Hey guys!

I'm sorry I've been MIA! I can't guarantee I'm going to keep up with two posts a week  but I sure will try.

I'm coming back with a new series, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. This week I'm starting off with dry shampoo.

Most of us are stuck in our ways with dry shampoo, heading straight for batiste. I love batiste but for those of us with dark hair the white caste is just so hard to get rid of, even the ones made for dark hair seem to make me look grey.

I have been searching for so long for a dry shampoo that gives me lasting volume and tames that pesky grease that just seems to come out of nowhere.

Before we get into the the good, the bad and the ugly, here are some of my honourable mentions.

Vo5: Isn't too bad, the white caste is minimal but even the one dedicated to volume weighed my hair down and definitely didn't give me any volume.

Trésemee: Another one that's not bad but not really that good. The white caste is a little bit more prominent compared to VO5 and no volume again.

Girls only: This one is made for those of us with dark hair and there is still an off colour to it. It does give me some volume but it doesn't last.

The Good: Co lab by Ruth Crilley aka A model recommends.

Extreme volume & Sheer Invisible.

I fell in love with this one the first time I used it! So much that I went out and bought the entire range just for this post. There are five scents, New York, London, Tokyo, Paris and Rio. All of them smell like they advertise but Paris is most definitely not floral. I'm torn between New York and Rio they both have that fruity smell I love.

I bought Tokyo in the sheer invisible range just to see the difference ans it definitely is invisible even on my dark hair! There is a slight white caste but as long as you shake it well it's great!!

If you don't really care too much about volume the sheer invisible ones are pretty much the holy grail of dry shampoos.

The Bad: Aussie.

I only have one thing to say about the Aussie dry shampoo. It made my hair more greasy! How does that even work?!

The Ugly: Batiste

Now I know I'm going to get some hate for this but i just can't deal with the white caste that batiste gives me. Even though the tropical one is by far my favourite smell ever! I can't justify it now that so many brands are coming out with dry shampoos. I'm not saying it's bad at all it just doesn't give me what I want from a dry shampoo.



Quick Diet update.

It's pretty much gone out the window since Easter. Daytime is fine but the minute I finish work I get that Sainsbury's feeling and end up going crazy!

Give it a few weeks and ill be back in diet mode. Until then I'm not going to post anything health related just because I feel like a bit of a hypocrite if I'm blogging about things I don't fully believe in.




Until next time.

 R x

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The British tag.

Hey guys! Happy April fools day!!, I'm sorry I missed Sunday's post, Ive been all over the place this week! :(

Since i only remembered it was Wednesday at 6am this morning here's a lovely post that I wrote for a time like this. I love doing tags so I just had to do the British tag!! Enjoy!

1. How many cups of tea do you have a day? How many sugars?

Don't all hate me but I just don't care for tea. I'm sorry I know, I'm British I should love the stuff! 

2. Favourite part of your roast?

Yorkshire puds all the way!! Stuffing is a close second but those Yorkshires they're just my weakness.

3. Favourite dunking biscuit?

Since I don't drink tea, I don't really dunk. I'm not even really a biscuit person either but my biscuit of choice would be a good old chocolate digestive.

4. Favourite quintessentially British pastime?

Afternoon tea... Just without the tea. Give me a beer instead.

5. Favourite word?

Indestructible. Not a clue why it's just a good, 'strong' word. (Pun intended)

6. Cockney rhyme slang?

James blunt- cunt.

It's a naughty one but by far my favourite, probably because that's my favourite swear word.

7. Favourite sweet?

I'm not counting chocolate here because when someone says sweets it's not what I think of. 
Bonbons, they are quite literally made by angels.

8. What would your pub be called?

How is this the toughest question?! I'll have to go with the 'Horse and Groom' or anything horsey.

9. No.1 British person?

Good old queeny! I'm such a royalist.

10. Favourite shop / Restaurant?

H&M for the shop and honestly I couldn't thing of a restaurant, not a chain anyway that's quintessentially British. I do love pub grub though it's just so comforting.

11. What British song pops into your head?

Anything by the spice girls! 

12. Marmite?

Only when I'm hungover, a tad of butter and thin layer of marmite cures me right up.


Sorry it's only a short post this week, hopefully I''l be back into the swing of things by next week!

Until next time.

R x
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