Behind-the-Scenes

The Life of An "Adult" Is Not All It's Cracked Up To Be

Ok... so, I have been M.I.A recently because one main thing really:

 I realised that I am no longer a student.

You may think that this fact would be pretty obvious to me because I graduated almost a month ago now but sadly it wasn't. It didn't really hit me until I left my house at 8.30 am on Wednesday morning last week to make my way back to Manchester because I got offered a summer graduate internship. Now, making money is kinda important if you want to get by in life so taking the internship was a no brainer. What I did not realise was the massive consequence that comes with working as a graduate- 

there's zero student discounts when it comes to paying bills!

Please, don't get me wrong, I am entirely grateful for this opportunity but I the whole dream of living on my own in my swanky new apartment, learning how to make quiche on a Thursday night after work, quickly got a reality check after seeing the going rates for apartments. For those of you living in London I take my imaginary hat off to you. 

I have now finished week 1 of the internship and I tell ya, I needed some pampering.  It was brutal getting up at 5.30 am  to get to work for 8.00 am as it has been aaaaages since I had early starts. Anyways, seeing as I can't just hop off to spa for the day just yet I decided to unwind by creating my own spa yesterday...in my mate's flat that I'm currently staying in- gotta save those pennies guys!

Being the hair fanatic that I am, having a spa day would be nothing without taking care of my hair which had been neglected for 2 weeks:

Started off by washing my hair with Herbal Essence's Hello hydration shampoo and conditoner- the conditioner is amazing as it really softens and moistures my hair. My hair needed some serious revitalisation so I used my Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Reconstructor deep conditioner which smells weirdly good. Then I finished off with deep conditioning my hair further with Organix's Macadamia Oil conditioner. I tell ya, Organix really have their formulas doown. The conditioner smells so good and totally made me feel relaxed. Once my hair was conditioned and rinsed I sealed in all that moisture with extra virgin olive oil.
Nothing but the best for my hair :D

With my hair cooking away under a shower cap I pampered myself further using the body products below:

A friend of mine, Asima, gave them to me as a parting gift so I decided to give 'em a test run and boy did they pass with flying colours. I was at peace. The aromas from the various products I had used blended so well it was actually soothing.What I liked about the lotion was that its consistency wasn't thick at all; my skin  ate it up in seconds.

*Rub-a-dub-dub*

When it comes to my face, my skin ain't the best. So, I try to keep things simple:

I guess I keep it a bit too Simple? Ooo see what I did there? ;)
I was gonna meet up with a friend later in the day so I decided to slap on a bit of make-up to cover up those blemishes *sigh*



If I had to do a 3 minute make-up challenge I am pretty sure I'd ace it. I do the bare minimum. For those of you that may want to know, I use M.A.C studio fix in the shade-NW58 (I am daaark! LOL) and the blush is called Raizin.

After all that was done, I decided to take care of my nails:

I decided to paint my finger nails white to see how they'd look on me as I saw Leomie Anderson do it and it looked really nice. I think I had a case of the-shaky-hand-moment whilst doing it as it looked awful. I tried to reach for the bronze one instead but could not find it. And I still can't. I guess that's the beauty of pictures, it captures moments of time to last a lifetime.

So, I did what I do best:


planned out the next couple of days, read the latest Company magazine and started a new book for my Read It or Not series.

I hope you all have had a nice couple of weeks travelling, enjoying the family, spending time with special someone, rediscovering old hobbies, hanging out with friends, discovering new hobbies, eating good food, watching movies and basically enjoying life.

Till next time!

Luv, Mo xx