Recently I've been finding that my skin is really horrible. It's not spotty (aside from the occasional one or two) but its just so dull looking without make up. I wear make up any time I leave the house, but recently it's been gone by lunchtime, leaving some blotchy dry patches which the make up has gathered in. Urgh. Not attractive.

I popped into Boots yesterday to see about a new longer lasting foundation when the woman from Clinique grabbed me. I told her my foundation problem and she sat me down to ask a few questions about my skincare routine. Had never really thought about it before but I was embarrassed to admit to her that a quick wash in the shower, a face wipe and moisturiser was the extent of my skincare routine. She was horrified! And reminded me that my make up can only look as good as the skin you're putting it on which I guess makes perfect sense.

Within 15 minutes she had sold me 71 quid worth of products in the form of the Clinique 3-step process, plus a foundation suited to my skin type. Total impulse buy, but if it works for me then I'll be more than happy to have spent that amount.


When I got home i started to read some reviews online and it appears this product seems to be the marmite of the skincare world and the clarifying lotion has caused a lot of problems for people. But then there's others that swear by it. After having used it twice now, my skin does feel really nice, but the real test will be how my make up holds up at work tomorrow and the coming days. I definitely haven't had any kind of reaction like others have said online.

Will be sure to update and let you know how it goes.


Love, Jilly x

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Back to blogging...

Well hello! Long time no blog! This last year has been crazy busy but over the past few weeks I've been getting back into reading blogs, and want to start doing some blogging of my own again!

 Lots has happened since my last post about our trip to Disneyland Paris.

Lets have a quick photo run down...

We went to Paris for new year.

 

We went there as boyfriend and girlfriend, but while in Disney, this happened!!!

 We had such a good trip, I loved getting a Disney fix, and Robert enjoyed disney more than he thought he would :) 

I didn't have the blues too much when I got back because I had a wedding to plan woohoo!! 

Within a few weeks we had set a date, July 5th 2014 :) I'm so in love with our gorgeous venue! 

It's stunning and the food is AMAZING! In fact they're bringing out a cookbook soon! 

We also won an engagement photo shoot, I think il save those pics for a separate post but here's a sneaky peek...

In March we had an engagement party with all our family and friends. It was so awesome and everyone was so generous with gifts. We were so overwhelmed! 

Aside from those big events, my year has pretty much involved work, work and more work! 

My induction year has gone sooo fast and as of 26th June I may be unemployed. Currently firing job applications off left, right and center so hopefully something will come up. Luckily as a teacher there's always supply work to fall back on. 

I plan to be sharing some more of my wedding planning here on the blog so I'm hoping to have lots of exciting stuff to share soon :D and maybe some everyday stuff too :) 

Its good to be back :) 

Long time, no blog!

Well its been a while hasn't! Same excuse as I had for most of last year, day to day life has just got in the way of blogging. I've now been teaching my p7 class since August, and while I love it, having a big class of 32 gives me a lot of work to do, not just in school but at home as well. I was so grateful to be back living at my parents when term started, because I came into a dinner cooked by my mum every night! (They're away back to Spain now though so it's back to cooking every night!).

Aside from being crazy busy with work we have booked a holiday for Christmas holidays to this magical place..... with a 2 night stay in Paris, then a 3 night stay at Explorers hotel near Disney :) 

It all came about because my friend and her husband were going away to Florida on holiday, and as I used to work over there, she called to ask my advice on some things. This got me really thinking about Disney and I spent the rest of the day looking at holidays to Florida. Now, anyone who's been to Florida will know its not a budget break, especially now I can only go in the school holidays. The holiday itself was around £2k, then there's park tickets and the rest on top. While we could actually afford it, its not really a priority when we are trying to save a deposit for a house. Robert left for football that night, expecting me to have blown £2k + of our savings by the time he returned. But luckily my head ruled over my heart, and I restrained myself, but was feeling a bit miserable about it when he appeared home. So he suggested well why not try Paris and see how that works out... and so we did!  We go on 29th December, and our first night in Disney will be New Years Eve. I've never been to DLP before, and Robert has never been to Disney at all so it's very exciting! 

I'm still obsessed with the idea of Florida mind you, and i've been planning an imaginary 3 week trip, that I hope will come into reality in a few years time... maybe even as a possible honeymoon if we decide to get married... who knows ;) 

I'm off school this week so I shall try to get back into the habit of blogging more regularly again, hope my readers haven't deserted me but I wouldnt blame you if you had!

off to snuggle up and watch Breaking Bad, so bye for now! xx

Project 365... Take 3.

I think this project is supposed to run from 1st January, but I decided as I was entering another year of my life, then i'd photograph this new set of 365 days. I started this last April, and then again in January, and failed miserably. But this is on my new list of goals for my 31st year, and so here goes!

1. Birthday pressies waiting to be opened. TOO EXCITING! 2. Birthday flowers arrived from my mum. I cried. 3. My cute cat print dress had its first outing to see the new Batman movie. 4. I spent 5 hours having my hair done. 5. Polka dot love. (from George at Asda) 6. Bargain Bows. 7. Pre-birthday party bubbles. 8. First attempt at a granny square. I didnt want to stop so i just kept on going! 9. More crochet learnings.

Dress Love - Emily and Fin

While browsing online last week for a dress to wear for my birthday night out, I came across the brand Emily and Fin, and was instantly smitten. I initially discovered them on Mod Cloth but I was so happy to discover it was a British designer and I would be able to purchase without paying a small fortune in postage charges. I love to wear dresses on a daily basis, so I love dresses that can either be smart enough for work, or dressed up for a night out, or worn with flats and a cardi for day to day life.

Emily and Fin dresses are perfect for this - not too short, not too dressy, and very 50's inspired for a quirky and individual look. I've decided that when I get my first teachers salary at the end of August i'm going to treat myself to one of their dresses - the hard part will be deciding which!

Here are a few of my favourites -

The Lucy dress in White Palm Beach Print. 

The Lucy dress in Red and white polka dot

Ella, in navy and white polka dots ( I LOVE LOVE LOVE polka dots, especially on navy)

Alice dress in Coral Sky

Ignore the poor quality picture on this one, just concentrate on the pretty pink stripes! -

Lucy dress - Pink Stripes

Aren't they beautiful!? Which one would you choose?

If you want to check out some more of their dresses, visit some of their stockists...

Clothes Lounge
Ruby Bow
Oliver Bonas
Kiki's

Poorly :(

Yup, I'm poorly, and it couldn't have come at a worse time. Yesterday, Robert and I packed up all our (many many) belongings and moved into my parents flat. I was pretty sad to give up our lovely wee flat but with my parents house sitting empty most of the time while they sun themselves in Spain, it made sense to move in here. It's not our first choice of living arrangements as we will have to share with my parents for short periods of time when they come back to Scotland, but financially it makes sense, as we can start saving a deposit for a house.

So anyway, I have a million and one things to do - because we are moving into an already lived in flat, I not only need to unpack our belongings, but I need to clear out cupboards and storage spaces before I can even start! All our stuff like plates, appliances etc are all duplicate, so need to make space for them somewhere too.
It's a good job my parents are in Spain right now coz I think my mum would have had a heart attack when she seen all the stuff we turned up with. Although I did send her the pics below...









I had planned to get a load done today, but alas I woke up at 5am feeling so ill, and I've barely lifted my head off the pillow since. (as i write this on my iphone, my head is still attached to the pillow). Have been stressing all day about getting nothing done but I guess it can wait.

Also stressing about the fact I might need to call in sick for my summer job tomorrow... HATE calling in sick :(

PS. Apologies for the awful picture quality, they were just phone pics

I miss Spain.

We've been home for 3 weeks now and I'm still feeling the holiday blues a little bit. Probably because the weather here is so utterly depressing. Seriously Scotland, rain for weeks on end is NOT summer!

I'd much rather be relaxing here...



Or exploring Spanish castles...




Eating this...




Or this...



Drinking cocktails and beer (for the boy)



Riding ferris wheels in the sunset...



Sigh. Until next summer. In the meantime I guess I should cross my fingers and toes and wish for some sunshine.