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Let’s get one thing straight, budgeting doesn’t have to mean spreadsheets that suck the joy out of your soul, (although I do love a good spreadsheet) or living off beans and cheese while aggressively declining social plans.

Let’s get one thing straight, nobody really has it all figured out. Not even those Instagram influencers with their perfectly curated lives and #blessed captions. Life in your thirties is less about having a master plan and more about embracing the glorious mess of trying to find one.

January has a reputation problem. Somewhere between the gym adverts, the new year, new you rhetoric, and the sudden urge to buy a £40 planner you’ll abandon by February, it’s become less about reflection and more about punishment.

Here we are again. That weird pocket of time between Christmas and New Year where the days blur, the biscuits vanish, and everyone suddenly becomes a motivational speaker.

If you’ve ever wondered what the actual difference is between traditional mascara and tubing mascara (beyond one acting like a loyal friend and the other acting like your toxic ex), let’s break it down properly.

There’s something uniquely unhinged about hitting December as a woman in her 30s. If you’ve found yourself teetering between “I love Christmas” and “I could absolutely curl up in a dark room until January,” congratulations, you’re exactly where every other 30 something woman is right now. This guide is for you.

Hands up, I was definitely influenced on Instagram to buy this, and though I'd never looked into the brand, the ethos or even the full range of products, I opted for the full essentials kit, go hard or go home right?

After using consistently for 2 weeks, I noticed that my skin stayed hydrated all day, from being outside in the freezing cold, to inside a hot office, my skin never felt dry, or like it needed a drink, which as a serial mister, is for sure a win for me.

(A skincare specialist explains… with love and tough truths.)

Olay’s Super Serum claims to have 5 benefits all in one, texture, tone, firmness, fine lines, hydration, and honestly? It performs better than I expected. It sinks in instantly, leaves a healthy glow (not the fake, silicone-y kind), and layers beautifully under moisturiser and SPF.

Rimmel London - Volume Flash x10 Mascara Final score - 22/30 Price vs Value - 5/5 Formula/Performance - 3/5 Scent & Texture - 3/5 Longevity/Results - 4/5 Packaging & Experience - 3/5 Repurchase Potential - 4/5 If we’re talking value, £7.99 feels very fair for a drugstore mascara. The packaging is quite standard. Though I do have a bone to pick with the security label from hell plastered across the lid, it peels off at the corners and you’re left with a sticky residue that cli

There’s a fine line between being selfish and just having the audacity to exist as a whole human, your happiness does not depend on one person and one person alone, because lets face it, that's just not fair, on them, on the relationship, or you.

Feeling like life’s a flaming dumpster cartwheeling downhill? Want to make some changes but can’t afford to run off to a monastery? Here’s your twisted little guide to cultivate the habit of happiness, one tiny little breakdown at a time.

October has been a strange kind of limbo month for me, part reflection, part rebuild. The nights are darker, the air feels heavier, and apparently, my playlist followed suit. It’s that beautiful balance between melancholy and motion, songs that make you ache a little, but keep you moving anyway.

For the uninitiated, Project Pan is basically beauty rehab. It’s the art of committing to the products you already own until you can literally see the bottom of the pan, bottle, or bullet. It’s finishing what you started. It’s holding a mirror up to the capitalism fuelled beauty industry and to your own shameful bathroom shelf. And in my case? It’s more than just using things up. It’s about finally letting go of an era.

Here’s what they don’t put on the canva graphic with the motivational quote: MLMs aren’t built for your success. They’re built to make money from you, not for you. MLMs are not cute little side hustles. But let’s break it down properly.

I’ve worn glasses for 16 years, not by choice, but because genetics decided my eyes should be decorative rather than functional. Until now, my specs have been glorified face shackles. That is, until I met these seductive little tech goblins disguised as Ray Bans - fancy.

September was… a lot. Equal parts stress, melancholy, and a desperate need for noise to drown out the shit show in my brain. Lucky for me, music does what therapy sometimes can’t, it gets me out of bed, into the car, through the workday, and occasionally allows for a cathartic bathroom floor breakdown. So here it is, the run down of the soundtrack of my September.

Okay, let’s rip off the plaster, overconsumption is quietly destroying us, planet, wallets, mental health, and all.

Aka how not to look like a clueless foreign goblin in the land of organised serenity.