June - Monthly Beauty Favourites + Pop Culture Loves

June

It really feels that this year, we are being treated to a proper summer, the weather has been glorious and it’s been such a joy to sit outside until late into the evening with a glass of wine just enjoying the heat of the day on my skin and the smell of smokey BBQs in the air.

This month, I helped my gorgeous mum celebrate her 50th birthday (albeit a little early), finished a course of CBT therapy to help the old noggin, and off the back of that, challenged myself to always be true to my heart and fight for what I stand for instead of just rolling over and accepting things. I really am a firm believer that it’s SUPER important to be in charge of your own destiny and not let others dictate your journey. Only you know yourself, nobody else and as Dita Von Teese so wisely said: “you could be the juiciest, ripest peach in the world…and you’re always going to find someone who doesn’t like peaches.” Live your life your way, because you only have one shot!

Watching. Reading. Listening to and More.

Watching – Love Island on ITV2

I’ve officially joined the club – The Love Island appreciation club. Having avoided it for two summers, this year I got sucked into the vortex…and I managed to drag Adam in with me. HA! Everyone was right! It is SO good. Obviously, I can’t relate to any of them as I’m 24 going on 64, but it’s definitely a juicy programme to watch and makes me feel so grateful I’m no longer putting my time into an ‘Adam’ or ‘Wes’ type of guy, been there, done that and it’ not good for the soul. I think Laura is really underrated, not only is she gorgeous, but she’s such a savvy, smart and balanced woman and I think she’s my favourite in there. A lot of people say the concept of the programme is just candyfloss, but it’s the perfect wind down when you’ve had a challenging day, just turn itv2 on and watch the dramz unfold.

Watching – Cargo on Netflix

I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, but I hate films. So when Adam suggested watching a Netflix original film named, Cargo which is centred about a zombie apocalypse, I laughed in his face and said NO! However, once I watched the trailer I realised it wasn’t a traditional zombie film, it was an adventure film that appeared to have a lot of intelligence behind it, I was drawn in to give it a whirl. I have to admit, it’s probably one of the best films I’ve seen all year. It features Martin Freeman and some fantastic child actors, it’s tense, it had me RIGHT on the edge of my seat and it had me properly sobbing at the end. Definitely go and watch it, it’s not a shitty zombie film.

Listening to – Cosmo Editor, Farrah Storr On The ‘Media Masters Podcast’

Farrah Storr is the editor of Cosmo magazine and she featured on the Media Masters podcast talking about how she was tasked with reinventing the super popular women’s lifestyle magazine and adding a new lease of life to it in order to keep up with the changing media landscape. Farrah talks candidly about making her writers/contributors famous and keeping their voices, as well as the power of gonzo journalism and axing the outdated ‘Striped bare’centrefolds. It was so interesting to listen to and Farrah seems like a really great boss to work under.

Also worth checking out…

Sali Hughes ‘In the bathroom with Caitlin Moran’ 2018

The Carters ‘Everything Is Love’ album

Beauty Favourites

Lips

While the weather has been hot AF recently, I’ve dodged my usual red lip in favour of something a little more forgiving when you’re all hot and bothered. I’ve been opting for a nude/pink lip combo which comprises of the Bourjois Contour Edition Lip Liner in ‘1 Nude Wave’ – a super creamy, dusky pink liner that can be worn on its own, or paired with a lipstick. I like to wear mine with one of the dreamy Makeup Revolution Renaissance lipsticks in ‘Prime’ – the perfect nude combo and especially sassy for summertime.

Lashes

It’s amazing when a colleague you’ve worked with in the past goes on to do something seriously sassy. This is what happened with a guy named Ryan that I used to work with, his brother co-founded Tatti Lashes – the false lash specialists creating luxury strip and individual lashes as seen on the likes of Kris Jenner, Khloe Kardashian and Chrissy Teigen. Ryan got in touch with me to see if I’d like to try Tatti Lashes out., of course, I jumped at the chance. I was kindly gifted the TL4 Luxury Mink Lashes as well as the TL3 mink lashes and the TL13 cat eye style strip lashes. They all come with decent glue and are completely reusable. I wore my TL4 lashes (according to Ryan a bestseller) to my mums aforementioned birthday meal i’ve never felt so glam. Super comfortable to wear and utterly fluttery. Tatti Lashes have made it possible to stock up on professional lashes without paying crazy prices.

Scent

As I mentioned before, it’s been hot, hot hot here in the UK and on one of the hottest days I was cooped up on a delayed train to Manchester. It was whilst I was pressed against the toilet door like a sardine that I got a whiff of my perfume. It was the Jo Malone ‘Blackberry and Bay’ cologne – my favourite fruity, lightweight fragrance. It was really refreshing to smell and reminded me that it’s the perfect summertime scent.