New Years Resolutions

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So as 2014 is nearly at an end I think now would be a good time to share some of the things I hope to achieve in 2015. 

1. Be Healthier - This includes exercising and eating healthier, particularly more food and veg. I'll also be starting a new series on my blog called 'Fitness Friday' in order to help with this in the New Year. 

2. Worry Less - this might be a tricky one as I do worry about every tiny thing, a lot of which I'm not able to control anyway. Next Year I'd like to be able to stress less and just relax more. 

3. Blog More - I wasn't exactly brilliant at Blogmas with all the preparations for Christmas but next year I would like to get more involved on the blog, document more of my lifestyle, more fashion and beauty posts and definitely some more reviews too. There may even be the odd competition too as a thank you to all you lovely readers so look out for that!

4. Travel More - I love travelling, whether that be in the UK or abroad. I love experiencing new places and trying new things as I think it helps you to get the most out of life. Although it can be costly I'd love to be able to travel a bit more in 2015. 

So they are my resolutions, have you made any yourself? Let me know in the comments what you're looking forward to or hoping to achieve in 2015.

x~Jess~x

Merry Christmas

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Just a quick Christmas message to say I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a wonderful New Year! I'm sorry that I haven't been to active in Blogmas this year but I have been so busy with all the Christmas preparations that I just haven't had the time to write good posts! Next Year I will try and be more organised if I can be!

Merry Christmas!

x~Jess~x

#BigBlogmasProject A Christmas DIY

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So I realise that I've been lacking with then Blogmas project recently, one of the reasons for this is at school has been really busy and I've not been feeling to great. I will try and get back into it as much as possible though! 

Today I wanted to share with you one of the things I've been getting involved with in school. I recently joined a Young Enterprise group where you have to make and sell a product to try and make as much profit as possible, I really liked the idea of this as I am doing business at A-Level.

The product that we came up with was scented candles. With it being close to Christmas we decided to do Christmas scents of Christmas Pine and Frankincense and Myrh. In the New Year we will be looking into other scents!

We make the product in our school laboratory and sell them to friends and family as well as at trade fairs. We're currently selling the smaller candles pictured above for £3 and lager ones for £4. You can find out more information on our Young Enterprise company on the Essence Made Facebook page!

Let me know what scents you would like to see Essence Made produce

x~Jess~x

#BigBlogmasProject 3 books I want to read!

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So I'm sorry that yesterday's post didn't go up, it was due for a variety of reasons, I didn't feel it was good enough, I wasn't happy with it and I also had a lot of other stuff going on which I personally saw as more important. I am however back today with a little post with 3 books I want to read!

This is a book that I have seen around a lot and also heard a lot about, I've never read a book by Karen Joy Fowler so it may be going on my Christmas list!

The next book is one I saw in WH Smiths and had a little brief read of the first couple pages. It was very mysterious and appealed to me a lot as it is the sort of book I would usually read. 

This book is one that appears interesting simply by the title. I love books with a curious and interesting title and it really made me want to read more about it, they don't give too much away with this one though!

Have you read any of these books? What books do you want to read?

x~Jess~x

#BigBlogmasProject2014 Looking like Christmas

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So this post is just a general Christmassy post. I've started to get really excited about Christmas this week. People are playing Christmas songs at school that everyone sings along to, shops are playing Christmas music, some staff are dressed up in Christmas outfits/jumpers and there's lots and lots of decorations popping up all around. 

I wasn't able to go to the Christmas light switch on in my town but I have been to have a look at them now and it really puts you in a good mood. Everyone generally seems so much happier at Christmas and it's a really festive and happy time. 

This photo isn't great as it was taken on my phone in the car but you get the general idea, I love the city at this time of year and tomorrow is the start of our Christmas Market which I am really looking forward too! 

Let me know what you love most about this time of year in the comments!

x~Jess~x

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#BigBlogmasProject2014 Gift Guide For Her!

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Sorry this ones a little bit later tonight but here is a little 'gift guide for her'. This could be for anyone from your mum, girlfriend, friend, family member etc. I hope that there is something for everyone in this guide and that you find it useful!

The 'Sugarglam Fairies' is a lovely gift set from benefit cosmetics, it contains the they're real mascara, the POREfessional, hoola and benetint. This is available here for £44.50 which would make it a little bit more on the expensive spectrum. However, I am a huge lover of benefit cosmetics and they're website states that it is of the value of £75.35

A further item that I would recommend is the 'Winter Wonderland Music Box' by The Body Shop. This is a lovely festive present and the packaging is so cute! It also features a lot of my favourite products from The Body Shop. It is available on their website here for £35.00

I love the mugs on the Emma Bridgewater website and they are a fairly reasonable price. I think they would make an excellent Christmas gift for mum and perhaps even to go on your own Christmas wish list. A lot of the mugs are very festive so would be perfect for Christmas, you can shop the full range on the website here




This lovely hot water bottle cover is part of the Monsoon for Oxfam partnership. They're a lovely design and would be perfect for the winter months, at £9.99 they would make a lovely gift for a friend or secret santa present.



Finally you are probably aware that around this time LUSH have some lovely Christmas products, my personal favourite being the 'Snow Fairy' range. It is a gorgeous product in lovely packaging and is available on the LUSH website for £22.50.



I hope you have enjoyed this gift guide, let me know what your favourite product is, have you already done your Christmas shopping?

x~Jess~x

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#BigBlogmasProject2014 Winter Nail Polishes

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So as part of the #BigBlogmasProject I will be trying to blog everyday this month! I will do my very best to keep to this and hope that you enjoy my posts! 

Today I thought I'd share with you one of my favourite winter nail polishes, it's such a lovely shade for winter and is a little bit different.

The shade is the Ciate 'Angel Wings' and I also used the base coat and top coat from Barry M which I found worked really well with this. I love the packaging of the Ciate nail polish and think that it is very cute and a little bit more Christmassy.

Have you tried any of the Ciate nail polishes? What are your favourite shades this winter?

x~Jess~x

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