It's been a while and I am so very sorry, I lost my blogginess there for a little while.. I was poorly for about six weeks and felt like I couldn't shake it off! But I'm back and I have some hopefully interesting content for you so stay tuned!!
Is it too late for resolutions? Certainly not, especially beauty related.
Here are my beauty resolutions for 2015, join me won't you?!
1) Take Better Care Of My Skin.
I am so lazy, when it comes to skin care. If I can get away with quickly throwing some cleanser on and rinsing off in 0.5 seconds to get in to bed quicker, I will. But I need to invest some time for a face mask here and an exfoliation there.
2) Use More Lip Products
I threw away about 74 lip products in the last few months and most went because I just... Didn't... Wear them. I find this horrifying but I also feel I'm not 100% sure what colours suit me, and what finish I prefer, so at some point in the next few months I will be restocking my lip products... Any recommendation for gorgeous products would be appreciated! I will be braver and wear colours I usually reserve for the odd day or night out... Don't reserve.. Use!
3) Use Unfinished Products
Yeah.. Hands up if you have a large collection of opened, but unfinished products... *Guilty* I will make it my mission to use and get rid of products that need to go! You know, to make room for new ones...
4) Don't Feel Guilty About Buying New Products.
If I want to treat myself to a new foundation, or make up brush, or Mac Palette *coughcoughcough* then I darn well will. Sometimes I go through patches of using what I have already, which I think is important and useful, but I won't then berate myself for coming out of that patch and trying new products or restocking old ones. Make up is a hobby and I'm happy with that. I'm currently saving up Boots points so I can splurge without feeling super guilty!
5) Put Energy Back In To My Hair
Last summer I had my hair cut quite short and I LOVED it, but I did find that it was frustrating at work, when it flopped into my face and I couldn't tie it back. So I started letting it grow, now it's all uneven and looks pretty awful, but I'm in that phase where I don't know if I want to grow it or go short again. I need to remember to at least go and get the end trimmed, use leave in conditioners and generally stop being lazy. Indecisiveness is my Achilles heel with my hair!
6) Use Body Scrubs And Butters
I have skin on my body, and not taking care of that isn't nice for anyone. So I will be purchasing some body scrubs, and I will be using body butters I have already (see #3) and I will buff my skin into submission and moisturised goodness.
7) Do More Face Masks
(See #1) Really... Do more. It helps.
8) Improve Sleep Routine
Aaaah this old biscuit.. As someone who suffers from CFS and all the joys that go with it, my sleep routine is patchy at best. I really want to try to at least stabilise it this year. Try to set a time to go to bed and get up. If I pass out on the couch at 3pm at some point that's okay. But I will carry on trying because no one likes eye bags or fatigued skin!
9) Embrace Your Make Up Free Face
I have no qualms about not wearing make up, but I do think constantly that I must look lazy, or people will assume I am lazy, or that I look awful today because they saw me with a full face yesterday.
Really... Who cares. We are all human and it's okay to go out without your eyebrows preened and your lips lined. It's all good. You do you. Don't feel guilty for it, let it happen.
No one has probably noticed anyway 😊
10) BLOG.
I love this little blog and it makes me happy. And if I can share beauty and life related ditties on here and it makes other people happy or they find it useful, then I should do it. It's easy to be lazy and not get round to something, but the feeling of actually blogging and doing it, is so worth it.
See you next time!
Ally <3
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