There’s a silver lining to everything, right?
One of the few positives of having been a total shut-in due to the pandemic is that we live in the age of online shopping, courier services and subscription boxes, so there’s every chance the daily post brings a nice surprise.
The quarterly FitFabFun box is definitely something I look forward to receiving. A lifestyle subscription box from the US, it generally has a great mix of beauty products, fashion, things for the house and wellness items and some great brands that can be hard to get hold of here in the UK.
Who hasn’t had to turn into a beauty tech throughout this pandemic?
With salons shut for so long, all those little treatments that we rely on to make us look and feel our best have been inaccessible.
So we’ve had two choices - either embrace the natural look (let’s be honest, I was never going down that route) or turn ourselves into our own beauticians.
During this lockdown I’ve balayaged my own hair, done my own facial treatments and learnt how to apply gel nails and how to do my own eyelash extensions.
It’s a one stop shop here - and a one woman show. I’m not going to let a little thing like a global pandemic stand between me and my treatments.
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done one of these types of post, so I felt like it was high time to welcome back a series of ‘What’s in my….’
Why? Simply because these are the posts and videos that I enjoy looking at myself the most. I honestly never seem to get bored of seeing what people carry around with them.
I hope you feel the same way, and if you clicked on this post, it’s a fairly safe bet that you do!
We’re kicking off with a peek at my out-and-about makeup edit. Not that there’s currently all that much leaving the house, but I still keep the same makeup bag in my handbag, and then if I need to pop to the shops or on the school run quickly, there’s everything that I need to touch up.
It’s mind blowing to think we’ve been in lockdown for near-as-dammit a year at this point. Day 353 of this strange, altered existence that has slowly become comfortable in some ways.
At this point, going out into the world and actually interacting with people is going to feel so strange. I never would have imagined writing my life update post in March last year when the pandemic was just beginning to hit that we’d be in this limbo state for so long.
I’ve been slacking off a lot on the fashion front. Something about this never ending lockdown situation, and the miserable winter weather meant I got stuck in a groove of either keeping my running gear on all day or just wearing leggings and a baggy jumper.
Not for the first time in my life, I’d forgotten the fun of fashion and how dressing up and creating a persona can really cheer me up. So I’m back on the fashion bandwagon.
As you may have seen, my major goal for 2021 is to buy less - so I feel like I need to point out that these items were bought before that, from the end of October. I just haven't had the chance to post about them before! Instead of buying yet more things, I realised I had plenty to post about looking at the items I’ve added to my wardrobe and enjoyed over the past few months instead.
