'Today is a perfect day to start living your dreams.'

A few days ago, I was browsing through 'We Heart It' when I came across a quote. Anyone who uses We Heart It knows that the app is simply brimming with inspirational quotes and various other pictures that are just waiting to be hearted. Because of this, it's usually quite hard for an image to catch my attention, but as soon as I saw this one, it really made me think.

'Today is a perfect day to start living your dreams.'

As soon as I read it, I realised it was in fact true. Many of you will be already be reading this and already be thinking of various reasons why not to start 'living your dreams'. But there is always going to be a reason. There are probably going to be several reasons why you should put off doing something you've always wanted to do. 

There's always things that are going to stand in your way but as Hannah Montana sang; "Life is what you make it" (cheesy, I know, but true) and if you don't start living your dreams, no one else is going to be able to do it for you. Want to start a blog? Do it. Want to join a gym? Do it. Want to travel the world? Do it. There are so many things out there waiting to be discovered and if you're thinking about doing something; what's stopping you? Exactly, nothing.

This is where the highly overused 'You only live once' saying rears it's ugly head. People say it a lot but I don't think they realise what it means. You only get one life to live so why not make it as enjoyable as possible by trying new things and finding something you love to do.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, if you're not going start living your dreams today, then when are you going to? You'll end up putting it off again and again - just like I did with this blog. Now that I've finally started one, I'm so happy! I love being able to write and document my thoughts and then share them with people of similar interests. Blogging has really improved my writing skills as well as my confidence and who knows? Maybe one day it might lead to bigger things, or it might not. What's important is that I've tried it and at the moment I'm enjoying it while it lasts. 

So if you're considering trying something new - just do it because today really is the perfect day to start living your dreams. 

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Rachel x

April favourites

The month of April has been my favourite month of the year so far; I've been to London, had a 2 week holiday from school and done my works placement. I feel like I've been completely out of my comfort zone this month yet I've still enjoyed it immensely.

Today I have my first ever 'favourites' blogpost - I can't wait to share some of the things I've been loving this month (even though I'm a few days late!).

My first favourite is the Barry M nail varnish in the shade 'Berry I/C'. It's a lovely lilac colour that's perfect for spring. While I was in London I even got a compliment about it from a shop assistant in MAC! I wore this colour for the majority of April and will continue to use it throughout the coming months of spring and summer. 

My next favourite is another beauty favourite - it's the Collection Lasting Perfection concealer. I purchased it this month and I kicked myself for not purchasing it sooner! It's a brilliant concealer with a lot of coverage and it's blendable to make your face look as natural as possible (I bought mine a shade too dark so this is essential). Although, I wasn't able to take a new photo of it for this post since all of the writing on the packaging has come off in less than two weeks! I'm not sure why it happened but I've seen it happen to several others as well - this is the only flaw with the product!

My next favourite is a watch that I bought from New Look for £9.99. I bought this for London - so I wouldn't have to constantly get my phone out to check the time - and I haven't stopped wearing it since. It's the ideal size and looks really cute when I wear it with my River Island bracelet.

This month I read the book Paper Towns by John Green and thoroughly enjoyed it, hence it is my next April favourite. It was about a boy named Q (Quentin) who searches for his crush Margo when she disappears. I was planning on writing a more in depth review of the book which I will hopefully get round to doing at some point!

I've decided to pick my favourite 'YouTuber' of the month too, and this month it's essiebutton. I LOVE her videos, so I'd recommend watching a few if you haven't already.

My final favourite of this month is a food favourite. It's the cereal Curiously Cinnamon. I've never been much of a Cinnamon lover in the past but as soon as I tried this cereal I fell in love and haven't stopped eating it since!

That's everything I've been loving during the past month, I hope you enjoyed this post - a new one should be up soon. I've been super busy with school work recently so for now I might only be able to post once a week (probably on a Sunday) so keep looking out for a new blogpost then.

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Rachel x