tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72299837650340164662024-03-14T08:55:12.780+00:00The Birds and The ButterfliesThe Birds and Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817013319438934noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229983765034016466.post-13560170807821894752018-03-01T21:19:00.001+00:002018-03-01T21:19:40.477+00:00Giving Up Chocolate For a Month So, it has been a long time since I posted on here properly. I always seem to start getting back into it and feel passionate about it, then something happens and then life gets in the way of my poor blog! Anyway, here's hoping this makes the start of more regular blogging! I will do an update post soon (if thats something you all want?!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anyway, for today I thought I would do a post on a challenge I am taking part in this month. As you can see from the title, I am giving up chocolate for a month. This is all in aid of the British Heart Foundation. The British Heart Foundation is an extremely good charity and carries out lots of important research and I definitely eat too much chocolate so why not make some money for an amazing charity whilst making me a bit healthier? </div>
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Sorry it is only a short post today but I thought I'd let you all know about the challenge to get some donations and for maybe some of you to even take part! <a href="https://www.bhf.org.uk/dechox">Here's a link for all the info</a>. Good luck anyone that is taking part in #DECHOX <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Birds and Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817013319438934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229983765034016466.post-51860556940240210582017-09-25T20:54:00.002+01:002017-09-25T20:54:28.153+01:00The best Chocolate CupcakesI love baking. I've posted a few times on here about recipes I've liked. I find I can never bake at the moment as I don't have enough people to eat it all! It is only your standard chocolate cupcake but they taste so good so thought I would share with you! I've always had a good response from them!<br />
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I found this recipe online so it's not like I made it up myself or anything! You will need the following:<br />
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<b>-150g butter </b><br />
<b>-150g caster sugar</b><br />
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<b>-25g cocoa powder </b><br />
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I do half this icing recipe as 500g is a whole box of icing sugar and I find half is plenty and I still have some icing left over.<br />
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Onto making the cakes! First things first, pre heat your oven to gas mark 4 / 180 c / 350f and line your cupcake tin with cupcake cases.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">It is easiest to use an electric whisk for this part but you can use a spoon if you don't have an electric whisk! How easy is that?! Now just spoon the mixture evenly into the cases.</span><br />
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Put them in the oven for 15-20 minutes, I've found 20 minutes to be perfect but it all depends on your oven. You can check if they're cooked by putting a skewer in through the middle of the cupcake and it should come out clean.<br />
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Once they're done put them on a wire rack to cool and while you wait, you can start the icing! In a bowl put the butter in and then gradually sift in the icing sugar. If you add it all at once, you will have a cloud of icing sugar when you try and stir it! Slowly mix together and add a couple of drops of vanilla extract. Then use an electric whisk to whisk together to make the icing nice and fluffy. If you find the icing to be too thick then add a bit of milk but I've never had to.<br />
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Once the cakes are completely cool, you can start icing! I like to pipe the icing but if you prefer you can always just spoon it on. Once they're all iced, add your decorations. I like to use crumbled flakes. <i> Absolute worst blogger ever, I forgot to take pictures of the finished ones!!! </i><br />
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And there, your cakes are finished! They're so easy to make and taste amazing so I definitely recommend this recipe.<br />
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Let me know if you try this recipe :)The Birds and Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817013319438934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229983765034016466.post-63652406309199800512017-07-20T21:35:00.000+01:002017-07-21T15:15:44.656+01:00My Bedtime Routine What a surprise, I've ended up having a massive break from blogging <i>again.</i> I don't really have any real reasons for this, I still love blogging and reading other blogs but I guess uni and life in general got in the way of my blog! Anyway, I'm back now.<br />
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I struggle with sleeping, no two ways about it. So I really do try everything to get a decent nights sleep and I think a big part of this is to have a routine in place. I've mentioned a bit about my routine in <a href="http://thebirdsandbutterflies.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/the-bedtime-tag.html" target="_blank"><b>this</b></a> post but this will include other aspects that I haven't mentioned before!<br />
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I know how bad this is, but I really struggle with a set bed time. I normally end up getting ready for bed around 11 and then don't end up in bed until 12 as I just get distracted! Anyway, first things first is skincare.<br />
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I'm sure you all know by now how much I love my Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish. Honestly my holy grail product! I will always try and use this to remove my makeup and cleanse my face well but sometimes I am a bit lazy and will just use a makeup wipe. My favourite are the Simple ones.<br />
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I also have this Botanics cleanser that I use if I have used a makeup wipe as I find that gets off anything else left from the makeup wipe. From the same brand I have the serum as well. I've never really used a serum before so I can't compare it to any others but it does the job for me and I'm really enjoying using it.<br />
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As well as a routine before bed I believe that a good mattress is <i>very</i> important to help you get a good nights sleep. That is where <b><a href="https://www.leesa.com/products/leesa-mattress" target="_blank">Leesa</a></b> comes in. I am currently lucky enough that I do have a good mattress at the moment as my room was re done just over a year ago and I got a new mattress. However, Leesa do some of the best mattresses I have seen and at reasonable prices, win win. I am actually a bit sad I didn't know about them when I was looking last year! Anyway, they know how important a mattress is for a good nights sleep. <b><a href="https://www.leesa.com/products/leesa-mattress" target="_blank">This</a></b> mattress is one I really love the sound of. It has 3 different layers, one being a memory foam which I'm <i>sure</i> is very nice! The reviews on the website too speak for themselves! </div>
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Anyway, I was nominated by the lovely Rebecca at<a href="http://animesummers.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> A Belle to Remember</a> to do The Bedtime Tag. Make sure to go and check out Rebecca's bedtime tag <a href="http://animesummers.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-bedtime-tag.html" target="_blank">here</a>!<br>
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About a couple of weeks ago now a new range from Zoella Beauty was released called 'Sweet Inspirations'. I'm pretty sure most of you will know of Zoella Beauty but just incase you haven't and you haven't worked it out from the name, Zoella Beauty is a range of beauty products from 'Zoella'.<br>
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I discovered Hannah's channel about a month ago and she is definitely one of my favourite YouTubers at the moment. I just love her channel SO much. Her videos are just really easy to watch (do you know what I mean? Haha) If you're looking for new people to watch on YouTube I would definitely recommend you subsribe to her main channel and her vlog channel!<br />
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I've been reading Nicole's blog for quite a few months now and I love it so much. I love the variety of posts and her writing style. You should all go over and check out her blog! I also follow Nicole on Twitter and she is one of the loveliest people I follow!<br />
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Another blog that I really enjoy reading is Rebecca's. She is going to be blogging more so all go over and check it out and follow her!<br />
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This is another show a friend recommend and one I am now obsessed with. I'm only half way through season one, but it just makes me laugh and its a good nice light hearted program. I definitely recommend it!<br />
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The cacti in the pictures aren't really part of my favourites, but they looked cute in the picture so I kept them there!<br>
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I haven't really been planning on doing a blog post about uni because it is something that I hate and it actually embarrasses me the fact I have had such a disaster with it. But today it is just really bothering me so I felt like I would write about it to try and make me feel better. I just have to remind my self that I couldn't help being ill and its not my fault (as everyone is constantly telling me)<br />
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So. Lets go right back to when I was in year 13. My school was one of those ones that pushed us into it. It was either uni or nothing. I never ever wanted to go to uni, but when I had my school constantly talking about how good it was and that you need it etc, I kind of felt I had no choice. So here we are now, 3 years down the line and I'm not even in second year. <br />
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The idea of uni did eventually grow on me and by the time it came for me to move out of home and to uni I was looking forward to it. Nervous as hell, but a little excited. Now here is where it all goes wrong haha. <br />
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Things started off alright. I got on with my flat mates for about the first month or so, but then we all started to not get along. I'm mainly talking about 2 of them really. I had another flat mate who I got on SO well with and I always knew that he was there for me if I needed him and we were really close. <br />
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However, I suddenly started feeling absolutely awful. I was missing most of my lectures, staying in bed and I was on the phone to my mum most of the time. We didn't know what was happening to me because I had never felt like this before. I had only ever had anxiety, never depression. So off we went to the Doctors where she diagnosed me with depression. Long story short, I couldn't find the right medication for me, I felt awful 24/7 and ended up basically leaving my first year at uni by February. <br />
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That left me with having to do my first year again in September (when I should have been in second year) things were all going okish. Better than the year before, anyway. Then my Grandad became ill towards the end of the year and things became hard again. I passed the year but I was no where near ready to go back to uni in September.<br />
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It was decided that I would have a sort of year out. I say sort of because everyone knew that if I had a full on year out of uni there was no way I would ever go back. It was worked out for me to do a few bits of work from the year before which I struggled with so then I would find it easier in the second year. ANYWAY, I've finished that now and I'm going into year 2 in September. <br />
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The reason for me suddenly deciding to write all this and share it is because I just feel so crap about it all right now. All the people I know from my first first year are leaving. I'm seeing all these posts like "finished my degree" "Can't wait to graduate" and it just sucks so much that I should be leaving right now but because uni has been so crap and I ended up messing it all up, I'm not and I'm stuck there for another TWO years. Also one of my closest friends at uni is leaving this year which means I won't get to see her as much next year and that is horrible to think about!<br />
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Anyway sorry this is such a long post and if you're still reading, I applaud you haha. I just felt like I needed to write it out somewhere and that is what I use my blog for!<br />
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The next post will be more like my usual ones :)The Birds and Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817013319438934noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229983765034016466.post-48736577132696193702016-05-13T13:35:00.000+01:002016-05-13T13:35:21.297+01:00Nails Inc Paint Can | Review I always love buying new nail varnish, I definitely own too many! So when I saw the Nails Inc Pain Can (<a href="https://www.nailsinc.com/nail-polish/ranges/paint-can/" target="_blank">here</a>) I decided I had to get it. I'd heard about it ages ago and as I'm so impatient when painting my nails I thought this would be perfect for me. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Birds and Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817013319438934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229983765034016466.post-34823871900109763952016-04-25T20:50:00.002+01:002016-04-26T23:39:18.192+01:00A Little Update I'm sitting here typing up this post and, if I'm honest, I'm not sure why I am sharing this with the internet haha. I don't even know how to make this post make sense! <br />
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At the moment, I don't think I have ever felt so low. I am waking up every day feeling like crap and not wanting to do anything. I just want to lay in bed and forget that I exist. Sounds a bit dramatic but its true at the moment and that really sucks. As you can see, there haven't been many posts on here recently. I've just lost all motivation with it and if I'm honest, I'm not sure if I even like blogging any more. I am not happy with my blog one bit. It makes me upset that I don't enjoy blogging as much any more and I am really hoping that it is just because of how crap my mental health is at the moment.<br />
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I've managed to isolate my self from most of my friends which has made me feel even worse. I do it every time I get down like this and I hate myself for it every time because I know I shouldn't do that. I've probably now lost most of my friends because of that haha. I miss them though and I miss talking to my friends made from this blog. I've barely been on my Twitter so I haven't spoken to them!<br />
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I could honestly go on and on in this post about the way I'm feeling and how bad my anxiety etc. is but I'll leave it there because I feel like none of you even need to know this but sometimes its just nice to get out how I'm feeling. I've still been getting views on this blog though which makes me happy so thank you to those that still visit! This isn't the end of my blog, I'm just going to have a break from it to try and get myself back on track with life and hopefully start to enjoy blogging as much as I was before. <br />
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Hopefully soon I can look back on this post feeling much more happier :)<br />
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I really love this product as you can probably tell! I 100% recommend it so if you are on the hunt for a new eyeshadow palette, definitely look into this one or another from Make up Revolution!<br />
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On another note, I'm so sorry I haven't blogged for a long time. I've been having a really crappy time with my mental health so blogging has been the last thing on my mind, even if I do love it. Thank you for the people that have still continued reading my blog though, its much appreciated! Hopefully things should start be more regular on here now as I'm starting to feel a bit better :) (making no promises though haha)The Birds and Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817013319438934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229983765034016466.post-49117503743067457552016-02-11T13:38:00.000+00:002016-02-11T13:38:19.879+00:00Review | Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation Its no secret, if you read my blog, that Estee Lauder Double Wear is my all time favourite foundation. However, I am almost running out and I can't actually afford to keep buying it so I have been on the hunt for a new drug store foundation with a full coverage. I am pretty sure nothing will give me as much coverage as double wear, but being a student without a job leaves me with little money haha.<br />
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I've heard lots of good things about the Rimmel Lasting Finish foundation (<a href="http://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-Lasting-Finish-25hour-Foundation-with-comfort-serum_1150829/" target="_blank">link</a>) and since I loved the Wake Me Up foundation, I thought that trying a new Rimmel foundation could only be a good thing. <br />
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I'm very pale so I have it in the lightest shade, Ivory, and it matches so well. The foundation blends so lovely and the coverage is amazing. It covers up my spots and blemishes really well and that makes me very happy! What I love about it as well is that it doesn't feel heavy on my skin. Sometimes I find that the Estee Lauder does, but this never has.<br />
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Surprisingly enough I haven't actually kept it on for 25 hours (who would?! haha) but it has lasted me so well for a days wear. I find it gives me quite a dewy finish which I really love as my skin is quite dry. I just use the<a href="http://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-Stay-Matte-Pressed-Powder_1015573/" target="_blank"> Rimmel Stay Matte Powder</a> so I'm not really shiny but I'm still left with a finish I love.<br />
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I know this a bit of a short review, but I think I've covered all points. If you are looking for a new full coverage foundation, I definitely recommend this!<br />
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<b>Have you entered my giveaway yet? Enter <a href="http://thebirdsandbutterflies.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/my-first-giveaway-prairie-charms-goodies.html" target="_blank">here</a>! </b></div>
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So, I'm hosting my first giveaway at last! As I've just hit 200 followers on Bloglovin (thank you!!), I'm close to 10,000 page views on my blog and as my blog is a year old (post <a href="http://thebirdsandbutterflies.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/the-birds-and-butterflies-is-one.html" target="_blank">here</a>) I decided that it was only right I gave you all the chance to win something as a little thank you.<br />
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Its not the biggest giveaway in the world but you can win some lovely things from Prairie Charms, you all know how much I love their items!<br />
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You can win the following:<br />
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<li>1 pack of 2 top knot bow scrunchies in a vintage floral print</li>
<li>Ditsy Silhouette floral bow head band in navy</li>
<li>Sky blue glitter heart clip </li>
<li>Heart & Star charm necklace on their signature silver plated curb chain </li>
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Trust me, all these things are so so lovely! You can get some sort of idea of these things by reading my blogpost on some bits I have from them <a href="http://thebirdsandbutterflies.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/prairie-charms-prairie-pizazz-enchanted.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Obviously its not exactly the same, but you can get some sort of idea of what you can win. </div>
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The boring, but important, bits (T&Cs):</div>
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<li>You <b>must</b> live in the UK </li>
<li>You <b>must</b> be following me on <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/birds-butterflies-13458049" target="_blank">Bloglovin</a>, Prairie Charms on <a href="https://twitter.com/Prairie_Charms" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and me on <a href="https://twitter.com/Bird_Butterfly1" target="_blank">Twitter</a> (all entries will be checked for this)</li>
<li>I will be selecting the winner at random and then notifying them via email so make sure you use an email you check regularly </li>
<li>Once contacted, the winner has to respond within 48 hours or another winner will be picked </li>
<li>The giveaway will run for 3 weeks, <b>7th February - 28th February </b></li>
<li>The prize will be sent by me, should it get lost, damaged or stolen in the post this is not the fault of me but the courier its being delivered by</li>
<li>Fiiinally, enter below and good luck!! </li>
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The lovely Jemma from <a href="http://www.jemmas-simple-life.com/" target="_blank">Jemma's Simple Life </a> nominated me for the Liebster award, thank you! I have done this before but that was quite a while again so I see no harm in me doing it again!<br />
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The rules are:<br />
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<li>Show the award on your blog or in the post.</li>
<li>Answer the 11 questions asked to you by the person who nominated you. </li>
<li>Write 11 random facts about you. </li>
<li>Nominate 5-11 bloggers that you feel deserve the award!</li>
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I've said before on my blog, I hardly ever read. So out of my limited choice it would have to 'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green.</div>
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8. ERRRRMM. I've never had a job. </div>
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9. I play the flute. </div>
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Sophie from<a href="http://petalsofperfection.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Petals of Perfection </a></div>
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Rebecca from <a href="http://animesummers.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Anime Summers </a></div>
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Hannah from <a href="http://www.hannahdelacour.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hannah Delacour </a></div>
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Olivia from <a href="http://www.oliviacheryl.com/" target="_blank">Olivia Cheryl</a></div>
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Bex from <a href="http://www.bubblybex3.co.uk/" target="_blank">Bubbly Bex </a></div>
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Nicole Marie from <a href="http://thriftyvintagefashion.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Thrifty Vintage Fashion </a></div>
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<u>My questions to you:</u><br />
1. What is one thing that makes you smile?<br />
2. What's your favourite quote?<br />
3. Where do you get your inspiration to carry on blogging?<br />
4. What is one item of make up you couldn't live without?<br />
5. What is you favourite High street store?<br />
6. If you were stuck on a desert island, what 3 things would you take?<br />
7. One place in the world you would like to visit?<br />
8. What is your favourite snack?<br />
9. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? (except blogging!)<br />
10. What is your favourite thing about blogging?<br />
11. If you could live one day again, what day would that be?<br />
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I hope all the people I nominated enjoy answering these questions! Let me know when the post is up and I'll have a read!<br />
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The Birds and Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817013319438934noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229983765034016466.post-46499080023872191562016-01-15T10:00:00.001+00:002016-01-15T10:00:01.241+00:00My First Q&A! Hello!<br />
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This is really bad, but I really don't read that much! The only thing I really read are blogs, haha. My favourite out of what I have read is 'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green. My favourite TV shows are Pretty Little Liars, Gossip Girl and Gogglebox! Probably more but I can't remember them all! You can see some of my favourite bloggers from this post <a href="http://thebirdsandbutterflies.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/blogger-love-blogmas-day-22.html" target="_blank">here</a>, some others are <a href="http://petalsofperfection.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Petals of Perfection</a>, <a href="http://www.dorkface.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dork Face</a> and <a href="http://animesummers.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">A Belle to Remember</a> (she's new, go check her out!!) I don't watch that much YouTube anymore, but I really love<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/imhereforevervlogs" target="_blank"> Emily Canham's vlogs</a>. I like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/LucyAndLydia" target="_blank">Lucy and Lydia</a> too, they're always so cheery in their videos! I quite like the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/LeFloofTV" target="_blank">SacconJoly's</a> too, they're the cutest family. </div>
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Well, I'm not really sure that I'm the best one to ask for that as there are people with much more successful blogs than mine!<br />
I would say its important to put your personality in your posts. Personally I don't like reading posts that have no personality in. I also like seeing pictures in posts otherwise it just looks a bit scary with all that text if you get what I mean?! Haha.<br />
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I don't know why but I really love doing tags! I find them really fun to write, I just like answering questions! Haha. I like reading others lifestyle posts and what I got for Birthday/Christmas or something posts! I'm a quite nosey haha.<br />
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Ah I don't even know! (ooopsie) I guess because its just something I really enjoy doing I find it easy to be motivated to do it, if that makes sense? When I don't feel like blogging, I don't. I know my posts will not be up to the usual standard so I'd rather post nothing than something I'm not happy with.</div>
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Today my blog has been up a whole year! Happy 1st Birthday to my blog! Well, sort of. Basically I started this blog in September 2014, but I just posted every now and then, I properly started around this time in January 2015.<br />
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I so wanted to do a giveaway for this milestone, but being a student and having no job I just can't afford to. You're just going to have to deal with me waffling on, sorry about that!<br />
As soon as I get some money I shall do my first giveaway! (YAY)<br />
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To be honest, I am proud of myself for sticking to something for a whole year. That is a long time for me, haha. I literally thought this blog was going to last 2 months, maximum. I'm also proud of how far this blog has come. I know some bloggers who have been blogging for less than a year that have like a thousand followers, but I've only really recently started gaining followers so, ya know I'm not doing bad. I'm happy with how my blog is growing. I get some lovely comments and I've made so many amazing friends. Yes, friends. I think that is the best thing that's come out of this blog. I've became friends with so many lovely people and I am so grateful for them. I hope there is more to come!<br />
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This blog has actually helped me with. When I started it, I never thought it would. I remember thinking "how in any way is writing going to help me" but it has. <br />
When I've written about my anxiety and depression, I've had such a good response and find people that are like me and makes me feel like I'm not alone, so thank you!<br />
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In other news, I have finally set up an Instagram at long last! Make sure you follow me (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thebirdsandbutterflies/" target="_blank">link</a>)<br />
I have lots of plans for my blog this year, I will be uploading once a week. Most likely Friday at 10am, but I'm not promising that day, but it will be once a week haha.<br />
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Anyway, next weeks post will be back to the sort of normal style on my blog. See you then!<br />
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<b>ALSO, I'm thinking of doing a Q&A on here, so please could you leave me any questions you may have in the comments or tweet them to me. My twitter is @bird_butterfly1 </b><br />
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The Birds and Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817013319438934noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229983765034016466.post-72285996070701480192016-01-01T10:00:00.000+00:002016-01-01T10:00:13.954+00:00Hello 2016 Happy New Year everyone! I can't actually believe 2016 is here, last year felt like it whizzed past!<br />
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I've been unsure if I should write a post like this as I feel it is just going to be me writing loads of negative things at the start of 2016. I don't think that would be a great start to the year, would it!<br />
However, it doesn't have to all be negative does it? I can focus on the positives that happened in 2015 and what might be to come in 2016.<br />
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Its fair to say 2015 was probably the worst year I've had. More or less right from January things were crap. I won't go into all the details as I'm pretty sure none of you will want to know it all but yes, 2015 was an awful year for me and my family.<br />
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There were some good things though, like me finding something I really enjoy; writing this blog. *cue me thanking you for reading* it honestly baffles me that 150 people follow me on Bloglovin, like those people want to read my tiny piece on the internet, like, what? So thank you everyone who reads my blog :)<br />
I've also made so many amazing friends from blogging and I am forever grateful for that! I've become much closer with some of my friends from uni and back home and that makes me happy.<br />
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The end of this year was ok. I've spent a lot of time with my Nan, I did before but now even more, and me and my Mum take her out every week and it is something we all love doing now. We went to see the panto yesterday as my nan always loved taking me when I was younger. It actually was the best thing ever, haha. I wasn't really looking forward to due to it just being for children, but no it was very good and there weren't children screaming all the way through (added bonus haha)<br />
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I really hope that 2016 is a much better year for me and my family. I'm going to try my absolute best to get rid of this silly depression and anxiety and I really hope to feel happy by the end of 2016. That is all I want, to be happy.<br />
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I haven't made many resolutions as I am <b>terrible</b> at sticking to them, like honestly, I forget about them by the 3rd or something silly like that! However, I have one for this blog. I'm gong to try my best with it this year and I will make sure I stick to at least 1 post a week, WOO! My writing might not be the best, but hopefully it will improve more and more :)<br />
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If you're reading this, I hope 2016 is <i>your</i> year!<br />
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The Birds and Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817013319438934noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229983765034016466.post-76141481469133608202015-12-25T09:00:00.000+00:002015-12-25T09:00:09.490+00:002015 Favourites | Blogmas Day 25Firstly, MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope you all have a lovely day filled with fun and food and spending quality time with family!<br />
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As it is the last day of Blogmas I have decided to share with you my favourites from 2015. Not just beauty though! As I tend to do monthly favourites some of these things have already been mentioned on my blog but I hope you enjoy reading this anyway.<br />
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Of course Roller Lash was going to be featured in this post! You all know how much I love Roller Lash. I recently mentioned the Benefit They're Real tinted primer which I am loving more everyday. From my Benefit calendar I've found lots of Benefit products that I definitely want to get my hands on. One of those being the Watts Up Soft focus highlighter. I loove it.<br />
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You will of heard me mention the company Prairie Charms <a href="http://thebirdsandbutterflies.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/prairie-charms-prairie-pizazz-enchanted.html" target="_blank">here</a> and I just had to put them in my 2015 favourites as they are the loveliest company. Their customer service is so so good and well, the products are wonderful. I'm very glad I've had the chance to purchase products from them and be part of their blogging team and designing the Christmas box. </div>
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If you didn't know, I love musicals. Like, a lot. The 'Now That's we Call Musicals' CD is literally perfect for me and I find myself listening to it most days haha. My all time favourite musical is Billy Elliot. I love it <i>so</i> much. I spend a lot of my time watching the DVD of it live. I have seen it 4 times and I would happily go 44 more times, haha. </div>
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I've also beeng loving my L'oreal bronzer which I have mentioned maaany times before on this blog! If you haven't picked it up and are looking for a new bronzer I definitely recommend it,<br />
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I know I've only had this estee Lauder eye shadow palette which is from the Makeup Artist Collection set (<a href="http://thebirdsandbutterflies.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/21st-birthday-haul-blogmas-day-6.html" target="_blank">mentioned in my birthday haul</a>) but it is too lovely for me to not mention. Same with the modern Muse perfume, I've only been using it a month but it is fast becoming my favourite scent. </div>
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Vicktor & Rolf's Flowerbomb perfume is my favourite perfume, closely followed by Calvin Klein Euphoria and Modern Muse! I wear Flowerbomb most days and like the name suggests, its a very sweet and flowery scent. </div>
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I wear Estee Lauder Double wear mostly everyday. I think I have <i>fiiinally</i> found a foundation that works for me! I have also been loving the Urban Decay Naked Skin Finish concealer. The coverage is so good and it doesn't go cakey, woo! </div>
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I've also been LOVING Justin Bieber, who would ever have thought that?!<br />
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That's all my favourites from 2015 and this will be my last post of 2015! I have finally got to the end of Blogmas (YEEEES) I am sorry I didn't manage to post every single day, but you know, life gets in the way sometimes but lets not turn this into a negative post!<br />
I really hope you have enjoyed what I did manage to post and thank you to everyone who left comments and read my posts. <br />
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Lastly, have an amazing day today. Whatever you end up doing, just make sure you eat lots and everything will be fine!!<br />
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In our house, we have a lot of Christmas decorations up and we have colour themes, but who doesn't right?! Taking pictures for this post has been much harder than I had expected and they don't look great but I thought I'd share them all with you anyway. </div>
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In the dining room we have a silver theme and this is where the Christmas Tree goes. How I wish it was a real tree :( </div>
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There is a on our tree and of course, my mum always has to put the decorations I made when I was like 5 on there, haha.</div>
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I'd love to see what some of your decorations look like, send me some on Twitter! (@bird_butterfly1)<br />
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There will be another post going up tomorrow and then that will be my last blogmas post! If you count what I've done as blogmas haha. Anyway, see you tomorrow with my favourites from 2015!<br />
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<span id="goog_2048352378"></span>The Birds and Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817013319438934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229983765034016466.post-78285987788207945902015-12-23T17:00:00.000+00:002015-12-23T17:00:10.032+00:00Mental Health at Christmas | Blogmas Day 23<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm a bit nervous about writing this post, but I feel like its something that should be talked about around this time of the year. I'm only writing from my experiences, people may feel different about it to me, but that's mental health. I wrote a post on mental health before (<a href="http://thebirdsandbutterflies.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/mental-health.html" target="_blank">here</a>) and it went down well and people seemed to find it helpful. </div>
I've seen lots of people write a post similar to this which inspired me to do my own. This is just me writing about my experience with Christmas and mental health.<br />
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Living with a mental illness is never easy. Some days will be ok, others will be awful. Its just the way it is with mental illness. From experience I struggle with Christmas the most. Its so hard when everyone around you is excited and happy and looking forward to Christmas Day. I find it hard because most of the time I will be feeling pretty awful and the thought of Christmas Day makes it worse. I feel pressure to feel ok on the day and act happy in front of my family as to not disappoint them and things. I'm not saying here that "oh I hate Christmas day, theres so much pressure" No, thats not what I'm saying. I just find it hard because I <i>want</i> to feel happy and excited, but I just don't.<br />
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I was diagnosed with Depression a couple of weeks before Christmas 2 years ago and so I remember that being the worst Christmas. I was tired and stressed with the medication and my body was getting use to it. Last Christmas was better. Still hard, but better. Hopefully this year it will be better still. I'm not hoping for much though as I feel really pretty crap sitting here writing this, especially after some of the things that have happened this year. <br />
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All I try to tell myself is that this will only happen once this year and that if I don't make the most of it I my regret it as things might be completely different this time next year (hopefully not, but a lot can change in a year) Its so hard to not just want to go to bed and sleep through the day, but you can't really. If you did, you would regret it. I know I would anyway.<br />
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If you're in a similar situation to me this year, with any mental illness not just depression like me, be strong and brave and remember that even if you are feeling crap, at least you are surround by family and friends. Oh, and there is really good music playing haha.<br />
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I've never really shared other blogs that I love reading before and I think it is always nice to share the blogger love and let another blogger know that you are really enjoy their blog. </div>
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I've been reading a lot of blogs at the moment so for today's post I have decided to share some of my favourites! </div>
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<a href="http://aislingsbeautybytes.blogspot.ie/" target="_blank">Aisling's Beauty Bites</a> - I have been loving Aisling's blogmas posts. She has done a much better job at it than me! Haha. I find she has a lovely writing style and her pictures always look nice. Really enjoying this blog at the moment! This is definitely a favourite blog at the moment.<br />
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<a href="http://skinnedcartree.com/" target="_blank">Skinnedcartree</a> - This is blog I've recently discovered through Twitter and I love it. I really like lifestyle blogs, its a nice change from all beauty. Corinne shares really useful tips too.<br />
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<a href="http://www.hannahdelacour.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hannah Delacour </a>- I've been following Hannah's blog since I first started blogging. I love her blog so much and she is honestly the most lovely person I know. I love her posts and I find myself checking her blog often to check for new posts haha. Hannah, if you read this, LOVE YOU!<br />
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<a href="http://oliviacheryl.com/" target="_blank">OliviaCheryl </a>- This is another blog I've recently discovered. (How great is Twitter for finding new blogs!) I love this blog so much and I love the snow falling on it for Christmas, its so cute. I'm very glad I discovered this blog, its so nice to read.<br />
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<a href="http://amysthoughtsblog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Amy's Thoughts </a> - Amy writes such good posts and I feel like they're a bit different to the posts I normally read. They're written so well too and I love her blog design!<br />
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<a href="http://hannahgale.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hannah Gale</a> - I discovered this blog through Aisling and it is fast becoming one of my favourites! I love reading Hannah's posts as I feel her personality really shows through on the blog which is always a good thing. I don't enjoy reading blogs that show no personality. <br />
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<a href="http://www.haysparkle.com/" target="_blank">HaySparkle</a> - Blogs with a nice design and nice pictures always catch my eye so Hayley's was definitely going to make me want to read it! Its not just the pictures and design I like about this blog, but her posts are always so good and like others I've mentioned, I love her writing style!<br />
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I definitely recommend you go and check out all these lovely people and their blogs!<br />
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<b>Let me know what bloggers you're loving at the moment. </b><br />
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Jessica </div>
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The Birds and Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817013319438934noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229983765034016466.post-76340546578401557782015-12-17T12:00:00.000+00:002015-12-17T12:00:04.103+00:00My Blogging Goals for 2016 | Blogmas Day 17<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am sticking to what I said yesterday!! After yesterday's post I thought I would think of some blogging goals for next year and then share them with you! </div>
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<b>Upload once a week </b></div>
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When I wasn't doing Blogmas, you may have noticed that me uploading once a week regularly was a very rare occasion. I seemed to have no schedule what so ever and just uploaded when ever I had a post. Sometimes there would be a month from one post to another! (maybe I shouldn't admit this, but you can all see it so haha) I am determined to upload once a week next year. </div>
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<b>Do not focus on stats and numbers</b></div>
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As you all know from yesterday's post I am terrible at focusing on stats and numbers. If my views go down or people unfollow me I get so disheartened. That is not how I should be! Next year I want to make sure I don't pay too much attention to stats. </div>
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<b>Reach 300 Bloglovin followers</b></div>
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Saying that, it would be nice to have more followers. NOT because numbers matter, but it is nice to know people enjoy what you're writing. If I don't get that many followers, its not going to bother me! I shall continue blogging because I enjoy it. Plus compared to some blogs I read, 300 followers is nothing haha. </div>
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<b>Improve my photography </b></div>
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My pictures for my blog aren't great, but I really want to try and improve this. I love photography, but I'm not any good at it. I recently got a new camera so hopefully that should improve the quality of the images and if I use a different flat lay, <i>hopefully</i> the pictures on my blog will start to look better! </div>
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<b>Include more variety of posts</b><br />
I feel like the majority of my posts are beauty related. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, but I love reading lifestyle posts and when I've written them I've really enjoyed it. I definitely want to try and include more lifestyle on this blog. Baking is another thing I really enjoy so I want to include more of that on this blog!<br />
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So there are my blogging goals for 2016. Lets hope I manage to complete them!<br />
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<b>What are some of your blogging goals for next year? </b><br />
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Jessica </div>
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