July Monthly Favourites

I don't even know what to say because this month is over and this means I am officialy half way through my 2014 summer holiday (really? already?), and when it's the end of the month it only means one thing: monthly favourites.

4 Things To Do Before Going on Holiday

There are 4 things I always try and do to prepare myself for going on holiday.

1. Pack lightly
There's nothing worst in asking someone to carry your suitcase/backpack because it is too heavy, it's true that more is better but you also don't want to overpack and take with you clothes that you know you won't be wearing. Try and stick to basic clothes, they are easy to pair up and create many different outfits.

2. Prepare yourself to take a lot of pictures
Start by uploading all your iPhone and camera pictures on your computer to make space for lots more memories of your holiday.

3. Have a pamper evening the night before
Unless it's a really long holiday you won't be taking hairmasks, bodyscrubs and bathbombs with you. So it's always nice to do give yourself some time to relax to moisturize your hair and scrubbing your body before a long journey.

4. Create a summer playlist
This I love doing every summer. There's nothing like a song to take you back to your holiday everytime your hear it once your back.

Makeup Travel Bag

Today I'll be flying to London for a few days to help my sister move in her new house. I couldn't be more excited because I haven't been to London in ages and it's always nice to revisit one of my favourite cities, plus a little visit to Space NK and Boots is going to happen!

For my makeup bag I wanted to keep things simple with the Women's Secret Vanity Case bag. I love this minty colour, plus it matches my nails (Maybelline Mint for Life). F0r makeup I took with me the Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream to  then to set with the Rimmel Stay Matte Powder. My usual concealer, BeYu Light Reflecting Concealer. For a bit of colour, I popped in the Maybelline Baby Lips in the shade pink punch, this lipbalm can be used as a cheek stain aswell, so this is coming with me.
For my eyes I'm takin my H&M Eyelash Curlers and my favourite mascara, Maybelline the Rocket. I threw in the Maybelline Eyestudio Quad in 13 nude beige (can you tell I like Maybelline?), because it has every shade I'll need. For evenings I have the KIKO Ultimate Pen Long Wear Eyeliner and finally for my eyebrows I have the Essence Brow Designer, which comes really handy when travelling because it has a brush on one end to go through the eyebrows.

So that's what I packed in end! I definitely packed only what I know that I would be using but whilst I'm there, there won't be much time to visit and enjoy but I am going to spend most of my time moving sofas and beds!

What is your must have makeup item?

The Review | Clarins Gentle Exfoliator Brightening Toner

Toners are always something I like to try, I even wrote a whole post about them (here)! There was a moment when my skin was feeling a little dull and after reading a few postivive reviews of the Clarins Gentle Exfoliator Brightening Toner on the beauty blogging world I convinced myself that the twenty-four euro purchase would be worth it. This is not something I use on a daily basis but more like three or four times a week. The toner definitely makes my skin feel a lot more plumper and brighter, another plus side is that it smooths the skin and thanks to the tamarind fruit acids that helps getting rid of the under-the-skin bumps.

I couldn't be happier with this new skincare addition, it does make a lot of a difference for a toner and my skin has been loving it!

SummerTrilogy | 25 Things to do this Summer

After watching essiebutton's videos (my fave) for what has been years now, I decided to use her idea and write a summer trilogy posts, this basically consists in posting three posts related to summer throughout the season. Today, as my first day of summer holiday starts (yaay! I've finished school), I am going to be writing the first post. 25 things to do this summer.

To start off I went and bought a notebook, where I am gradually going to fill in the pages with 25 things I would like to do this summer, documenting them on these pages, creating a summer journal. By the end of the summer this post will have a photo collage of the 25 things completed.

1. Drink ice coffee
2. Blog more
3.  Read one book 
4. Make two green smoothies
5. Cycle 10km 
6. Go to Iceland
7. Cook a vegetarian meal
8. Go and visit a friend in another city
9. Eat brunch in a cafe
10. Go to a lake
11. Take four artistic pictures
12. Skype my best friend
13. Learn to do a messy bun
14. Bake a cake
15. Meet up with a friend
16. Get tan lines
17. Jog for 3km straight
18. Buy new shoes
19. Go to my childhood playground
20. Start watching "Orange is the New Black"
21. Take a selfie with the tower bridge in the background
22. Create a summer playlist
23. Watch the sunrise
24. Write a style post
25. Paint my nails perfectly

As you can see there are simple and easy things I want to do but more challenging aswell. If you're going to do this aswell I would love to read your 25 things you want to do this summer.