How To Get Through A Bad Day

Hey lovelies. 

This is something I've wanted to write for a while. I like most other people have bad days. I get stressed, upset and anxious at times. I get mad at people and want to shout at them when usually they haven't done anything wrong and it's just me over thinking. I'd say over thinking is something I do far too often. Sometimes I don't even have a reason as to why I feel so down, I just get very tearful and don't tell anybody about how I'm feeling. I often find myself getting down about my weight, my spots and just how I look in general. Like a lot of teenage girls I am insecure about certain things and chuck in some hormones too, you'll end up with an emotional wreck. Since I was finding these days happen far too often I decided to write a post about all the things that help me get through a bad day. In hope that they would help some of you too. 

 1.  Run yourself a bath and soak

I personally don't think there's much that a bath can't cure. No matter how much of a bad mood I'm in a bath always fixes things. Running a hot bath, full of bubbles and watching is netflix is the perfect regime for lifting your mood. It gives you time to switch off and relax. I try not to use my phone when I'm in the bath so I'm not tempted to scroll through social media which sometimes can make your mood worst. Something that always lifts my mood is shaving my legs, popping on a face mask and using a hair treatment to make me feel better about myself. 

2. Exercise 

Now I'm not the biggest fan of exercise either but in some cases it can be a big stress reliever. If I feel really angry and tense, then sometimes going for a run helps me let off so much steam. Sometimes I like to do a workout routine from YouTube if I'm feeling extra tense. I love to do this to take my mind off everything. This is also a great way to keep yourself fit which can boost your mood in the long run.  

3. See a friend or your family

I know when you're down staying in and feeling sorry for yourself seems like the best answer. I always want to grab a blanket and watch films, stuffing my face with unhealthy food. But sometimes this isn't as good of an idea as you think. I like to get myself out, even if it's only for a few hours. I like going out for food with friends, or going to see my family. They are a great distraction from everything that may be going on. Usually when I'm with friends or family they take my mind off everything and I find myself laughing and smiling, instead of sulking at home. 

4. Read a book 

Reading a book is a great way to shut off. Turn your phone off and put it somewhere out of site so you aren't tempted to go on it. I love reading books as I find they allow you to put yourself in a whole new world, and put yourself in somebody else's shoes and their situation. Reading a book is a great distraction from the real world and can often change your thoughts on situations you might be going through. I try and read every night if I've had a bad day and it does help me so much.  Reading before bed instead of scrolling through twitter actually helps me to sleep better too. 

5. Get some sleep

I know if I don't get enough sleep then my mood the following day will result in me being so cranky and in an even worse mood. So I try to get at least 8 hours every night, although this doesn't always happen, I try, Sometimes if I've not had a lot of sleep and I'm feeling down and tearful I go home and have a nap. This can make me feel a 100 times better and wake up with a whole new perspective on that particular day. 

They're just five of the things I do to get myself through a bad day. What do you do to lift your mood when you're feeling down? 

♥

The Concept Behind Make-up

Hey lovelies. Today I wanted to share a thought of mine that I feel really strongly about, this is the concept / stigma around make-up. This is a post that I've wanted to do for so long but have always put off doing it because I know that this can be quite a controversial subject and I have always been scared of those strongly opinionated people and the comments they could make. However, a comment was made about how much make-up I was wearing at school by a boy and the comment got under my skin so much that I decided it was time I wrote this post. 

As a girl I have received my fair share of comments about how much make-up I wear or how little I wear. You literally can't win. I've been told I am 'caked' in make-up, or I 'slap too much make-up on' or when I don't wear make-up ' Why is your skin so shiny and red' or asked the question ' Why aren't you wearing make-up, you need it'. Or possibly the worst comment I have heard ' wearing make-up makes you insecure'. As you can imagine these are all really horrid and hurtful comments to make. These are the type of comments that have urged me to write about my feelings towards this whole make-up wearing concept. 

I first started wearing at make-up at the age of eleven, I started getting periods at ten, so I started pretty early and well before any of my friends, This meant they all still had baby soft, clear skin whilst mine was beginning to break out and I soon became very aware of this. Eleven seems like such a young age but by this point I had already matured so much and I had become very insecure about my skin and the odd spots I would receive around my period. I did become very self concious about this whole skin situation and I soon discovered make-up. This is where the crazy obsession and passion begun. I did only start of by wearing a bit of concealer to cover my spots and if I was feeling fancy then mascara but I wasn't putting on a whole face of make-up not for a year or so anyway. Make-up for me in a way has since become a bit of a comfort blanket, in the sense that when I wear make-up I do feel a lot more confident, and happier and I am a much more outgoing person with it on because I have been able to hide those imperfections but enhance my features at the same time.

A lot of people see putting on make-up as a chore but personally there is nothing that makes me happier than spending hours playing around with my make-up, creating new looks and trying out loads of different products, I am totally okay with walking into Boots and swatching every lipstick and eye-shadow I can fit up my arm. As a beauty blogger that's kind of the norm! Or even better getting glammed up for a party or a super fancy dinner. There;s nothing I love more than doing my hair and make-up singing my heart out to a bit of Adele.

Obviously, I can accept that my views on make-up may be a little different to other people's. However, that doesn't mean that just because I love wearing make-up that I am insecure about how I look without it, I wear make-up to enhance my features. For example I often wear eye-shadows that compliment my blue eyes and make them stand out more. I do sometimes wear make-up to hide imperfections but this doesn't mean that I am in anyway trying to hide my face or pretend to be somebody I am not. I see a lot of comments about how those girls who don't wear make-up are more confident than those who do, nope not true. It's a personal choice as to whether or not you wear make-up and you should never make a judgement on somebody based on whether or not they're wearing make-up. Wearing make-up for me is a way of expressing myself in a fun and creative way, the exact reason why I have my blog so I am able to share my wacky obsession with all you lovely lot that have a similar perspective on make-up!





I am more than okay with spending all my money on endless amounts of make-up that I don't need, but that's just how I choose to spend my own money. Despite, my obsession with make-up and my love for wearing it I do still love to wear no make-up and be able to rub my eyes without worrying about smudging the eye-shadow and liner I spent so long doing. It does upset me that because I wear make-up people can be quite quick to judge me and assume things about me before they even bother trying to get to know me. There is so much more to me than my make-up, I have a huge love for reading and I have a love for religious studies at school, all things a lot of people don't know because they haven't bothered to get to know me but instead they make a petty childish judgement all because I fill my eyebrows in. 

I have seen a lot of childish boys on instagram post photos about girls with and without make-up with the caption ' take her swimming on the first date '. Well girls, boys like these really aren't worth your time and you can do better. I don't think boys are aware of the enjoyment girls get out of doing their make-up and making themselves feel super pretty. Us girls certainly don't spend all that money on make-up to impress boys who won't even know the difference between MACs Ruby Woo and Russian Red. 

I don't want those of you girls who don't wear make-up to feel like I am telling you to go and put some make-up on. Go you, if you feel okay with going bare faced all the time then embrace it. Don't feel that because everybody around you wears make-up this means you have too. Not all of my friends wear make-up and I don't judge them for that. Whether you wear it or not that doesn't define you as a person at all and you should know you're beautiful with and without make-up no matter how many spots you may have. If anybody has ever made a nasty comment towards you regarding make-up, ignore it and brush it off. Take it with a pinch of salt and don't let them see that their comment has affected you.   

Just remember wearing make-up doesn't make you insecure and it doesn't define you as a person, It's simply just a way of expressing yourself. 

                                                                            ♥

UPDATE : Where Have I Been?

Hey lovelies, long time no see! I haven't blogged for just over two months.. I didn't plan to take such a long break from blogging but life got in the way as usual. I had another set of GCSE mocks in April which I was busy revising for, and also stressing about quite a bit. 



Unfortunately, school does always have to come first at the moment. As much as I wish it didn't. I have really missed blogging over these past two months. That being said, I've also had quite mixed emotions there has been a couple of times when I have wanted to give in and stop blogging for good. It was usually around these times that I had been comparing myself to others and their blogs. Comparing yourself to others isn't healthy and you can only do your best, I begun to tell myself as long as I was putting in my all and doing everything that I possibly could then there was nothing more that  I could do. I also remembered how much I love blogging and how happy the little blog community makes me. I'm so grateful for all the lovely blogging friends I have made and they've all been super supportive. 

I have also been having a bit of a hard time with some personal stuff lately, I haven't been that open with people about how I feel which hasn't helped. I've been holding a lot in and not saying exactly how I feel when it probably would've helped me a lot. This is partly the reason why I haven't wrote a post in so long because I knew it would come through that I wasn't myself and the post wouldn't be to the best of my ability. 

I am actually super excited to be back blogging because I have since become an ambassador for Coconut Lane UK, which means you can use the code beautydeprived20 to get 20% off any item on their online store. Their products range from phone cases, to note books, to home decor. I absolutely adore everything on their website and already have so much on my wishlist! Especially all their 
pretty phone cases and bracelets. 

I'm currently working with a lot of brands on upcoming posts, some beauty related and some even food related. I'm really excited to finalise all the details on these posts and start trying out a lot of new products. Hopefully this will bring a lot of new content to my blog and change it up a little so I'll carry on getting that little spark of happiness whenever I upload a post. I love creating blog posts and I'm excited to be blogging again. 

I can't promise blogs every day or even a regular schedule but I will of course try and do my best. What I can promise is that there won't be a two month gap between this post and the next. I'm off to Disney in 53 days which is so exciting as it will be my first time there, so look out for the Disney related posts to come!

Thank you for sticking around and still reading my blog even though it has been lacking a lot recently. Hopefully things will get a lot better and so will this little space. 
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