The Perfect Under-Makeup Moisturiser

It’s been a little while since something made it out of my Beauty Thursday drafts folder, but I’ve had some beautiful lighting for photos so here goes!   If you’ve been reading this for any little length of time you will know that I have a deep and undying love for the Nivea Soft face…

Chocolate & Wine at Waterford

  Chocolate and wine – are there any two better things in the world? Waterford Wine Estate in Stellenbosch offers a pairing of the two, and with chocolate and wine you can’t really go wrong. A friend of mine had a voucher for the chocolate and wine tasting, and asked me to go with her (this took…

The Blue Crane & The Butterfly

 Sometimes you find a place that when you walk inside, you feel like you belong there. There will be something about the atmosphere, and the decor, and the people that just makes you feel at home. It also probably won’t hurt if the coffee has been voted best in Stellenbosch, and the food is absolutely…

5 Things Lately #6

This was a quiet week on the blogging front – I spoke about the Blaauklippen Market here – and not much else! I have quite a few posts ready to be published in the next few days – because I was up to quite a lot this week. So lets take a little look back…

Blaauklippen Family Market

On Sunday I took a little trip back to the Blaauklippen Market with my parents. This weekend there was a small antiques fair there as well, which turned out to be very small – and not anything too amazing. I didn’t mind too much, because even a short trip to the Blaauwklippen Market is a…

5 Things Lately #5

I was hoping to post this on Sunday, but then Eskom had the lovely idea of cutting our electricity for several hours. The I decided to post it yesterday, but it turned out that I had a double shift at work instead just a morning shift as I had thought – so today I’ve finally…

Brainwavz S1 Earphones

*These earphones were gifted to me by Brainwavz to review, but all views and opinions are my own When I’m writing a blog post, or writing in general, I have two moods – I either want lots of noise or absolutely no distractions whatsoever. Sometimes I’ll have the TV on in the background, and possibly…

5 Things To Do Before Applying To University

Continuing on the University theme, here is this week’s Tips For Tuesdays! There are a lot of things to consider before applying to university and committing to a course. I thought I’d give you a little checklist of things to remember to look into before finalising your application. 1. Check All The Extras  Check out…

Let’s Talk About Decisions

You might have seen in yesterday’s #5 Things Lately post that I have a lot of decisions to make about university, and I think that one of the most important decisions we have to make in life is what we do after high school. Decisions are not my strong point, so I thought that they…

5 Things Lately #4

I’ve decided to make this a little weekend post, to keep you updated on a few things I’ve been up to, some links to make you smile and a few other random bits of info. Enjoy! Throwback to cute European street art. 1. Blog To Drool Over I have the longest reading list of blogs…

M Pâtisserie | Stellenbosch

 Stellenbosch is a tiny little student town, and hidden away in every street is another bakery, restaurant or bar that has something a little different to discover. I’m always looking for somewhere new to go to, and recently there has been one place in particular that I have been wanting to visit – a tiny…

Little Essence Haul

 Welcome back to another Beauty Thursdays!   Lately I’ve being really loving Essence cosmetics, and I’ve picked up quite a few recently (as you can see) so I thought that I’d talk you through them. Essence is a great affordable make up brand here, and the products are actually really good for their price range….

5 Tips For Curly Hair

I’ve always struggled with my hair, because it’s extremely curly and crazy and difficult to deal with. But over the years I have picked up a few little useful tips for somewhat dealing with it and I thought that I should share these little nuggets of wisdom with you, and so for you fellow curls…

Tea Time For Your Bath

I’m sure by now you’ve seen this product somewhere on the internet, but I really wanted to add my own little opinion here, because I kind of love this! The Body Shop recently brought out a new range, the Fuji Green Tea range, and amongst the products included in the range is a Bath Tea….

Empties May 2015

I’ve seen many a post about used up and finished products on many a blog over the years, and I decided to add my little voice to this trend today because I a lot of products of mine have all ran out pretty recently. It’s not always that easy to finish products because you might…

Let’s Talk About Inspiration

This was going to be a Tips for Tuesdays post, but I found that I had a little more problems that solutions with this topic, so instead here’s a little Chatty Mondays post. Sometimes you’re full of inspiration. So much inspiration that it feels like your head is so full of ideas that you feel…

The Birdcage Tea Bar | Stellenbosch

Hi Everyone! My friend Lucy and I have decided to try all the different coffee shops in the town we live in, Stellenbosch. I thought that I would share our findings with you! Last Tuesday, we made our first trip to a place called The Birdcage. The Birdcage Tea Bar used to be in another…

Introducing April Header & 5 Things Lately #3

 Hi Everyone! I know that it has been a while since I posted – almost 10 days – and I wanted to apologise for that. I had a lot of shifts at work, and I was away last weekend, so trying to add blogging into that mix was a little bit too much. I didn’t…

Updated Everyday Make Up Routine | April

#BeautyThursdays are back! Back in February I did a little post about my everyday make up routine at the time, and I have changed it up quite a bit since then, so I decided to give you an updated look at my every day make up. I start off by washing my face with the…

Art & Design Spotlight | Packaging

After typography my second favourite area of design – that I spend way too much time endless scrolling through Pinterest looking at – is packaging design. I cannot resist beautiful packaging – it dictates a lot of my shopping habits because if there are two brands of cool drink on a shelf that are similar…

The Actually Useful Hangover Post

So a few weeks ago I wrote a semi-sarcastic guide to surviving hangovers, and today I thought I continue the Tips For Tuesdays series with an actually helpful guide to getting through hangovers! Here’s list of ways to help you if you have things to achieve that day, but your headache is slowly killing you!  Rehydrate…

DIY Henna Photo Frames

Hi Everyone! I thought that I would do something a little different today, and show you a DIY project that I have been wanting to do for quite a while! Like I said in my Homeware Haul post last week I’ve been reorganising and revamping areas of my bedroom and this was something that I…

Recent Beauty Loves

Hi Everyone! Welcome back to Beauty Thursdays! This week I thought that I’d just fill you guys in on the things that I have been loving recently beauty-wise because I have mixed up my routine a bit lately. The first big change is that I moved back towards liquid foundation! I have preached about powder…

Let’s Talk About Doubt

 Doubt: “a status between belief and disbelief, involves uncertainty or distrust or lack of sureness of an alleged fact, an action, a motive, or a decision.” Doubt is something that is always there, in the back of our minds. It’s that tiny voice that asks you should you really be doing that? It’s in that hesitation in your feet when you’re deciding whether to go left…

Mini Drugstore Beauty Haul | Beauty Thursdays

I’ve picked up a few beauty things recently that I’ve really been loving, and I’ve been really enjoying deviating from my normal routine. The first thing I picked up was this Good Things Manuka Honey Cream Cleanser. I’d been looking for a new face cleanser or face wash because both my normal face washes have…

5 Things Lately #2

Hi Everyone! There are a few things that I wanted to chat about again, and I really like being able to just chat about a few things at a time like I did last week – so this might become a more regular thing. 1. I went to a One Direction concert last week. Yes,…

Lens Circle Contact Lenses

Hello Everyone! Today is Tuesday, and I know that I normally post some (semi-helpful) tips on Tuesdays, but I couldn’t wait to show you guys this! You might have seen me posting on Twitter and Facebook (and I think even Tumblr) yesterday about some awesome coloured circle lens that I was wearing yesterday. The lovely…

Mini Homeware Haul

 Do you ever just suddenly want to redecorate your room? I do, all the time. I never used to be into interior design or redecorating, but this last year the English bug for watching redecorating shows and obsessing over homeware store finally bit. Recently I was moving things around in my room, and finally packing away…

Introducing The March Header

   Hi Everyone! You might remember that last month I introduced the idea of adding a new blog header into rotation every single month so that there will be more variety in the images that you see overtime you visit my site (read more about it here)! Well, here is the header including photographs from…

Happy Easter!

  To all my readers who celebrate it I wanted to wish you all a very happy Easter, and I hope that you enjoy your celebrations – however big or small they may be! To all of my Jewish readers I hope that you have an enjoyable Passover! And to everyone, whether you are celebrating anything…