I have a long and uncomplicated relationship with my hair. I like it low-maintenance and dyed slightly more ginger than its natural auburn, and in recent years I’ve gone back to my childhood preference for a fringe. Aside from blasting…
Long ago in a far away land, also known as 2004 and Wigan, I was in high school and thought I looked great in baby pink. The was the early noughties, the era of low rise jeans and bellybutton piercings,…
Last year I set myself an ambitious Goodreads challenge to read 52 books in 2018. In hindsight, this was ludicrous. Sometimes life is busy, this year more than normal, and there were whole months that went by without me managing…
If you don’t follow me on Instagram (or don’t read my whiny captions) it might have escaped your attention that I moved recently. However, this wasn’t a move to my fifteenth rented property in ten years, it was to a…
It’s not cool to have new year’s resolutions anymore; now we set “intentions” and give ourselves a word or theme for the year ahead. There’s a definite trend of giving ourselves flexibility in our goals and allowing for adaptability to…
And suddenly everything is right! I don’t know why I’ve suddenly started using song lyrics as blog post titles but there you go. Can’t go wrong with a little Paolo Nutini, and that particular song was an absolute jam of…
My usual makeup is pretty boring. I’m a fan of burnt orange or gold eyeshadow for an evening look, and a slick of brown eyeliner and mascara during the day. I’ll wear a bright red lip quite happily, but you’re…
Turn and face the strange! Which is my roundabout way of saying look! I’m on WordPress! It’s all different! Except it isn’t really; while the layout has had an update and I can now customise seemingly everything, the content is…
The midi length has been around for a while now, initially disrupting the fashion world which had been focused on mini skirts since the 90s. Hemlines may have got lower but they’re certainly not demure, as thigh-high splits and wrap…
Pizza is a wonderful thing, but many pizza restaurants are pretty interchangeable. If you’re in Manchester and sick of the standard margheritas, pepperonis and Hawaiians, there’s only one place worth going to: Crazy Pedro’s. Crazy Pedro’s, Northern Quarter, Manchester There’s…
I really need to chill. I would say 2018 has been the most stressful year of my life, but the reality is that it’s probably only in the top three. I feel like I’ve been stressed pretty much since I…