one thing i don't get are companies that send a marketing email almost EVERY. FUCKING. DAY. like even from the marketing perspective. do you guys really think that someone is going to care when you spam people's inboxes at this speed??? There might have been one discount in the middle of everything else that i might have used but GUESS WHAT??? by now i learned to delete your emails almost automatically so i will never know. god the concept of newsletter is not bad per se but it as mutated to the point where it's useless to both sides. i am so tired

Another month, another favourites post! Is it me or is this year just flying past already! I keep getting lost about which month we’re on. I’ll take that as a positive, as they say time flies when you’re having fun. So let’s get into what I’ve enjoyed this month!

Beauty

Urban Decay Naked Cherry Palette

It’s hardly a surprise to me that I’m impressed with this as a long term fan of Urban Decay palettes. I knew from the moment I saw it announced on their Instagram page that I wanted this desperately. It was a pretty big deal for me to buy a new palette, as let’s be honest they’re not particularly cheap and I’ve been more onto Makeup Revolutions palettes for £8 for the last few years. I decided that since I hadn’t bought myself a luxury palette in ten years and I hadn’t been able to source the one I wanted whilst in the States as planned, it was about time to invest in another. As per usual, the pigment in this is fantastic and the colour selection is charming. It helps that the colours perfectly fit my aesthetic, and they’ve allowed me to recreate many of the looks that I’ve had saved on my Pinterest for years but not had the right colours for. This palette gets a massive thumbs up from me and I have to be honest, I’m in love.

TRESemmé Colour Revitalise Colour Fade Protection Shampoo & Conditioner

I’ve been a long term user of Kallos products from Notino, especially because of the size bottles that you can get for very reasonable prices. However this time I decided to try something I could just pick up quick and easy from boots, and these huge bottles of Tresemme were half price. I’d had a little test of them as Hollie bought them first and I was pretty impressed. I recently recoloured my hair, and so it’s important for me to keep that colour looking fresh for as long as possible. After using these for the month, I must admit I’m very happy with the condition of my hair. It’s smooth and silky, easy to style and nowhere near as knotty. My colour is also still looking fabulous and at least to me, it doesn’t look like it’s faded at all. If you’d like to give it a go, it’s still only £3 a bottle at Boots which is a total bargain!

So…? Bali Breeze body mist

I originally bought a mini bottle of this in the travel minis section of Boots before my trip to Florida. I wanted something summery and fresh that I could keep in my park bag. I didn’t end up using it as I was gifted a cute little Ted Baker set for my birthday, and so ended up taking that instead. Recently, I decided to change up my daily fragrance and found this hanging out in one of my drawers and I am obsessed. As far as I remember, when I bought it, it was only £1 for a 50ml bottle, which will last me a while. To me at least, it smells like holidays and the beach, and gives me a little smile every morning when I spray it on. In my opinion, it’s well worth a pound for your own holiday feeling every morning. And much cheaper than the Orangasm by Soap and Glory that was my previous summer scent.

Schwarzkopf LIVE Colour Ultra Brights – 094 Purple Punk

If you any of you remember my multicoloured barnett from just before Florida, you’ll probably be quite surprised to see that I’ve gone back to dying my hair at home. To be perfectly honest, it was my absolute favourite hair colour that I’ve ever had, but at a pricy £115 it’s just not within my budget at the moment. I probably will continue going to the salon for a bleach now and then, as from previous attempts I’m not crazy enough to do that at home any more. For now though, I’ll stick to Live XL for my colour and try out a few different looks! This time I’ve gone with Purple Punk, as I wanted to return to my original Cadbury’s purple shade and I love it. It’s so vibrant, it’s stayed fantastically bright and left my hair still in lovely condition. When I bought it, it was reduced to £4.50 in both Asda and Boots, and although I used two bottles, I feel like £9 is much more my speed than £115.

Food

Beanies Coffee

As part of living within a tighter budget, I’ve been trying my best to cut down on my excessive Costa purchases. That doesn’t mean to say that I’ve miraculously stopped living off coffee though! As a compromise, I’ve been trying some of the Beanies coffee flavours. So far I’ve got Chocolate Orange, Coconut and Gingerbread in my drawer at work for emergency use. You can find these occassionally in Aldi on special buy for a bargain price! Otherwise there’s just about every flavour available on Ebay.

Yorkshire Tea: Breakfast Brew

As you’ll remember in my December favourites, I started experimenting with some of the Yorkshire Tea flavours after seeing Brogan Tate rave about the Biscuit Brew, which I quickly became hooked on. Occassionally Sainsburys runs a half price offer on flavoured Yorkshire Tea’s, and so I also picked up the Breakfast Brew. This is basically just very strong tea, which is exactly what I need when I’m leaving the house at 7:15am for work. This is yet another step in slowing down my Costa abuse.

Movies and TV

You

Okay so I started this back in December, but I took a long break before coming back to finish the last two episodes at the beginning of this month as I was working like a crazy person. I am so glad that I found the time to finish this. I know pretty much everyone is talking about this show, so I wont waste too much time repeating everyone. I really enjoyed this show, it was so unique and gave a perspective that I had never seen before. Hearing Joe’s reasoning for his actions was absolutely fascinating and Penn Badgley did an incredible job of playing the character. Joe scared life out of me, but I’m thankful to him for introducing me to Penn because god is he lovely haha!

Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

I know that all of the Ted Bundy content is a hot topic at the moment so I don’t want to get into it. I will however say that I absolutely live for True Crime documentaries so I was always going to watch this, whether it had blown up on social or not. I found this such a fascinating show, and Bundy’s story was almost unbelievable. Although I knew his name, I didn’t know much about the case beforehand and it was so unpredictable that it kept me hooked. I especially liked that it was only 4 episodes as it didn’t feel like a huge commitment to watch.

Spotless

I don’t want to discuss this too much as we’re only about 4 episodes into this, and I definitely would appreciate no spoilers please! We put this on randomly last weekend in desperation of finding something to watch together and were immediately hooked. Again this show has such an original concept, and is tense to watch. The strange thing with this show is that I don’t feel like I really like it, but I’m definitely hooked and feel like I need to know what happens next. More on this when we finish it!

Big Mouth

Again I’m still in the process of watching this, I’m about half way through season two and am aware they just released a third season, so would appreciate no spoilers please! I love this show, it definitely feels like one of those guilty pleasures. It’s cringy as hell and sometimes really weird (ie pillow babies?), but mostly I feel like it hits the nail on the head for all the weirdness of puberty. If I’m really honest, the main reason I love this show is for the hormone monstress and the goddess that is her voice actor Maya Rudolph. My only criticism of this show is that I feel like it focuses a little too much on the boys, and although it’s very funny, I’d a love little less dick jokes and a lot more Maya being a queen. Now, if you need me I’ll be in the bubble bath….

Music

I’ve been lucky enough this month to join a family spotify membership, and so I’d definitely say my music collection has gotten much more varied than just the same limited music I have on my very old iPod! These are the tracks I’ve most been enjoying this month:

That’s My Girl – Fifth Harmony

Him & I – G-Eazy & Halsey

Let You Down – Perception

IDOL – BTS, Nicki Minaj

Back & Forth (Acoustic) – Becky Hill

This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole (this one is a bit random but I’m just loving it recently!)

And that’s a wrap for February! As always, I hope this post has given you some inspiration on things to try for the next month.

What have your favourites been for February?

Peace

Kit xx

February Favourites Another month, another favourites post! Is it me or is this year just flying past already! I keep getting lost about which month we're on.

Revisiting My Fragrant Youth

Highschool was an odd time wasn't it? You reach the ripe ol' age of 13, adulthood beckons (or so you think) and suddenly there's no telling you nothing; you have your very own bus pass and a scientific calculator. Watch out world, there's no problem you can't solve nor place you can't discover (well as long as it is accessible by the bus). In reality, you were nothing more than a slightly, acne-plagued youth, that made some really questionable life choices which were not limited to the world of fragrance but that is a good place to start.

Scents I associate with my highschool experience? The ever so recognisable, pungent pong of hair, slowly burning on cheap hair straighteners - coupled with even cheaper hairspray that lingered in the bathrooms. The mixed aroma of just about every body spray Impulse could dream up, clouding the P.E changing rooms; which would in turn, slowly seep out and merge with whatever Lynx body spray, the boys across the hall happened to be passing around, forming some kind of sensory mutation that would leave you gasping for air. Good times all round.

And then there was all the odd fragrance trends... A lot like fast fashion, I grew up in a bizarre world of passing trends that extended to the world of perfumery. When I was really young and perhaps not old enough to wear - let alone enjoy- scented products, I can recall the world of Benetton Hot & Cold fragrances taking the aisles of Superdrug by storm. Then we all slowly moved on to Davidoff Cool Waters, Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue, Armani She, Burberry Weekend For Her and of course all of the celebrity launches (looking at you Britney, J.Lo and Sarah Jessica Parker). Over the years, I have revisited many scents that were popular in the early 00's but for some reason, I have not as much as sniffed Burberry Weekend For Her Eau de Parfum whilst lingering in an airport departure lounge. As they say absence makes the heart grown founder so I did what any sane millennial would do and ordered a bottle. Perhaps my judgement was sullied by nostalgia because in my minds eye, Burberry Weekend was a whole lot more pleasant when coupled with the innocence of youth.

Memories led me to believe that this was a gentle, white floral that was perfect for everyday wear (I mean I did wear it to School, I'm not sure there's a more mundane activity than that) and yet what I was greeted with something that begs to differ. It is strong and maybe that is why it was so favoured a decade ago? As a teen I was pretty much enamoured by the idea of anyone within a 10 mile radius being able to smell me (for all the right reasons hopefully) before they could see me, as such this bold and brass scent, more than likely fitted the bill. What is odd is that the concept of Burberry Weekend was created to embody the relaxing attitude of a few days off from the daily grind. Think brunching with friends rather than grabbing a kebab at 3am, whilst trying to remain upright and yet it seems more aimed at those with a livelier take on weekend activities (questionable meat optional). Burberry deem this fragrance to be light and powdery with top notes of mandarin and aromatic grasses; blending with a heart of blue hyacinth, iris, nectarine, peach flower, red cyclamen and wild rose, atop a base of sandalwood, cedar and musk. A combination that arguably sounds beautiful on paper yet in reality it is quite confusing and dare I say loud? The issue is too many of the top notes jostle for centre stage and as such rather than settling on the skin to offer a sensual whiff of scent, it is an overpowering and dare I say very much alcoholic fusion.

Perhaps I am wrong and slowly creeping into becoming a fragrance snob (my current vanity suggest otherwise) or maybe, just maybe this was never the fond fragrance I had built it up to be in my head? Burberry Weekend For Women Eau de Parfum 100ml £17.57 - £28.22 from Notino - link.

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