all things autumn

Hello Again,

I'm so excited to be writing this post (I'm pretty sure I write this every other time now but it's true) as it is now coming to my favourite time of the year, Autumn!! Holy Hell this year has flown by but the time has come that there a crispness in the air and the leaves are turning a beautiful shade of orange - I'm so happy!!

Now Sam and I were actually April free this past weekend - she was away having a lovely time with her Grandma and Auntie at a caravan in Cruden Bay - she was very excited (I'm saying excited a lot - it's because I'm writing about Autumn - babbling now) so we thought we'd have a little inexpensive day out (payday - so close yet so far away) so we decided to go to Westburn Park, which is a lovely big park near the centre of Aberdeen full of big old trees and a little river, and have a little conker hunt! We did this last year with April and she had a blast but this year we thought we would go and then take her another day. Long introduction to this post but here we go, so here is my very long post about all things autumn and our little Conker Adventure! (disclaimer: there's going to be a whole lotta' orange and burgundy colours, leaves, the ever so damn beautiful Starbucks cup and well, you get my drift).

So before heading to the park we did make a little detour to Starbucks! Simply to get my hands on one of these cups! (Aren't they the most instagrammable thing ever?) We both decided to have a Venti Caramel signature hot chocolate - It was amazing!! The first hot chocolate of the year always is - it was just missing marshmallows. (By the way how cute a we with our matching cups - we were also were matching converse - we're cool like that).

So we honestly wrapped up for a chilly day but in fact it was almost like the middle of summer - there was a clear blue sky, birds singing and wasps flying about - a lot wasps! Walking through the park everyone was wearing just shirts and shorts but sam and I were in jackets and hoodies, we were melting. It was so nice just having a relaxing walk together with no stresses. We had also made a little stop at a shop to grab some tasties so we could have a little picnic, sandwiches, cheese strings and sweets! I also picked up a bag of Coconut and Caramel Poshcorn - which is fancy popcorn apparently. My thinking was I love coconut flavoured things and I love caramel so I thought it would be a hit - I was wrong, so wrong. It tasted horrible, like perfume flavour pieces of stale popcorn. (I was sooo disappointed - plus I paid £2+ for it). Yuck!

But our main reason for going to these parks was to find some Conkers! We went here last year around the same time and found about 50 plus but this year we were either too early or too late but we did find a handful! I don't know why we have this tradition but I love it - it's just nice to have such a green area in the centre of the city. I never went on conker hunts when I was little so I'm making up for it now.

We gave April some of the conkers this morning and she's been holding onto them like they're her most cherished possession, the remainder i am going to be putting them in the corners of the rooms in our house. Apparently doing this will keep spiders out - not sure if this is true but I'm going to give it a bash as I'm terrified of the eight-legged beasties!

I'm really looking forward to all the leaves changing and the nights getting darker. I'm also looking forward to doing more blog posts like this one - it's a nice change from the beauty side of it (but don't worry, there's still plenty more beauty coming - Hi my name is Sarah and I'm a Beauty Junkie).

So that was our little Autumnal Adventure. Do you have any traditions for this time of year and have you been able to find some conkers?

'Till next time ...

Autumn To Do List

Hello Again,

Today's post is going to be a list of all the goals I want to achieve by the time winter sneaks up! Autumn is literally my favourite time of year (but isn't it so weird how people love this time of year and that it's so beautiful yet everything is dying - yeah) and every year I set myself a little list of things I want to do and I hardly ever do any of them - so this year I thought if I did a whole post about them then it might actually give me a good old kick up the arse to do them. So if you're a fan of Autumn and would like to make the most of it then check out my To Do List!

1. Try a Pumpkin spiced latte - not a fan of Coffee but I've heard so many good things so I'm willing to try it.
2. Snuggle by a fire.
3. Crunch in leaves - OMG that's my favourite part!
4. Go on a Conker Hunt.
5. Watch Hocus Pocus - OK I do manage this every year - it's a classic!
6. Carve a Pumpkin - I'll leave my 2 from last year down below.
7. Take a foggy morning walk through the trees.
8. Make toffee apples - horrible for your teeth - perfect for your tummy!
9. Go to a Pumpkin Patch
10. Collect fallen leaves and do arts and crafts with April
11. Make homemade soup
12. Go trick or Treating
13. Layer up in cosy burgundy jumpers
14. Drink hot chocolate in the morning (I see no wrong with this)
15. Sit cosied up surrounded my cinnamon candles

So that is my little To Do List, Do you have an Autumn Tradition or something you've always wanted to do?

'Till next time ...

sources: pinterest

Life ...

Hello Again,

This post is just going to be short and sweet. I first set out doing this saying that I would do three posts a week, which to begin with was fine. But recently it's been a bit of a struggle, work has been very stressful (thank god it's almost the weekend), home life has been, well home life and I don't want to be taking time away from family because I have a blog post to write (family is the most important thing to me) so I'm going to go down to two a week! I think if I kept doing three just now then I wouldn't enjoy it and I'd start to resent it - which I never want that to happen.

So for now, not saying that it won't go back up in the future, but for now two is more realistic with my life. So every Tuesday and Saturday I will be posting.

I couldn't do a post without a picture though, so if you don't follow me on instagram (the link to my instagram is at the header) here are a couple of my favourite photo's that I've taken recently.

The first day April could 'scoot' on her scooter, A mini make up Haul and the beautiful bouquet of flowers Sam sent me on my birthday.

April (looking so damn grown up) and my favourite from Handmade Burger, Piri Piri chicken with bacon in a pitta bread (Now I'm starving).


'Till next time ...

My Review of August's Glossy Box!

Hello Again,

Earlier on last month I did a blog post on my very first Glossy Box - if you haven't read that, then go read that then come back. You back? Good! So I have been using these products over the past month now so I thought I would do a review. Some of the products I have loved and others I haven't been to fussed about.

I am going to start with the products that I have been impressed by which was all bar 2 really. First up is the Naobay Calming Face Toner. Now I have never used a toner before until this as I've explained before that I never really had a skincare routine until recently, but this was a lovely addition. I just feel that after I use my cleanser this is perfect to sweep across my face and remove any traces of make up left. I also love the packaging of this - the wooden lid looks lovely on my vanity. The only thing I was a little disappointed with was that on the Glossy Box product fact card was that it said that it had a nice citrus smell and I just don't think it has any smell at all. But other than that I have loved using this and I definitely want to keep it part of my skincare routine!

Next up is the Manna Kadar conditioning eyelash primer. Now, to be perfectly honest with you when I saw this in my box I was very apprehensive (I've only just been converted to an eyelid primer - I thought an eyelash primer was just taking the biscuit). But I was pleasantly surprised, I find that this really helps my mascara cling to my lashes even more! But I don't think it would be a product that I would buy over and over again, it's more of a luxury product! But I do enjoy having it as a part of my collection.

Next up is a product I've spoken a lot about on both here and over on my twitter, it's the Sass Intimate Purifying Cleanser. Now, I was using this as a facial cleaner as it I was instructed to by my little glossy box info card - but after about a week of using this on my face (which by the way, left my face feeling amazing) I found out that it was actually a cleanser for my lady thang (I'm channelling my inner Miley Cyrus - up in here!) We're all grown ups here and this is my blog so if I can't speak about that, then I may as well shut this down here. But this is honestly now something that I've been using ever other day and I don't think twice about it. I just see it as part of my typical shower routine. I love this and the brand themselves have been really good over chatting away with me and recommending more products over twitter - on pay day I will be checking out the rest of their range in boots! I'm very glad this was in my Glossy Box!

Next up is my most disappointing product - but this is only because of the shade. It's the Emite Artist Colour Powder Blush, which the guys at glossy box deemed this as a 'Blunzer' so a mix between a blush and a bronzer. I am very very pale (Imagine a milk bottle - yup, that's me) so as soon as I saw this I just knew it would be too dark for me. But putting that aside I did try it and I do really like it, the pigmentation is brilliant as it the formula. I just used a little at a time and I found it to be quite bendable. So if it were in a lighter shade I'd definitely be reaching for it more, but sadly i think this will either collect dust or be given to a friend.

Last but not least is the MeMeMe Lip Glide in the shade Playful Peach. I have been trying this out now and then but it just isn't my kind of lip colour. It is a beautiful coral-pink-peach which I'm sure would suit a lot of people but I just don't think it suits me. The texture though is great! It's very soft and easy to apply. I think this will be added into the little selection of make up that I let April play around with - which I'm sure will make her very happy!

So that is all from August's Glossy Box. Do you get the Glossy Box? What did you think of your August Products? I can't wait to see what's in this month's box!

'Till next time ...