Beautiful young fool

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New Job, New College, New Friends

I've just started at Reigate college doing 4 A levels (phsycology, business studies, economics and english lit/lang) which I'm loving, however starting somewhere new with all unfamiliar faces is difficult for anyone. Reigate college is huge and going from knowing everyone to no one has proven to be more scary than anticipated. Don't get me wrong everyone is lovely but it's going to take time to get to know people. The freedom that comes with being at Reigate is fab, the independence was scary at first, as if I didn't trust myself to turn up to my lessons but you get used to it quickly. Being so independent is great, theres no one nagging you to do anything, all you have to do is turn up and the rest of the time is free.

There's so much I love about Reigate, one of these things being all the activities they offer. If you're anything like me, when you hear activities you think 'pft no thanks' but everyone seemed to be so up for getting involved, so I went along and saw what was on offer and decided to sign up to a couple of activities. I've ended up doing spinning- which is turning out to be so fun and a great workout. I'm also doing an activity called shares 4 schools which I'm dragging my friend Kirsty- shoutout to Kirsty for sticking with it although she hates it, there could be some money to win!!

I've been at Reigate for 3 weeks now and the only thing I'm finding difficult is the adjustment of not seeing all my friends everyday. Most of my closest friends decided to stay on at our school sixth form so I constantly feel like I'm missing out on everything they're doing and I just miss them all so much (but this is probably the only downer to having gone to college). I know that in the long term the decision I made will be for the best. It's only early days at college so theres tons of friends to be made, everyones just warming up to each other. The people I've met so far have all been so lovely and it makes me excited to think about the next 2 years of being with these everyone!!

The next newest news is about my new job!! I'm going to be starting to work at Waitrose as of next weekend which I'm so excited about, however there's been a lot of commitment to secure this job (so you better appreciate me Waitrose). My first sacrifice was leaving my current job as a waitress in a cafe :( I loved this job so much as I've gotten to know all the customers over the year and have built some special friendships with the staff. I was extremely nervous about having to tell them that I was going to be leaving, but luckily for me my manager is one of the most supportive people ever and made it so much easier to talk to her. Thankfully I'll still be able to work there when they need extra help so I'm not completely abandoning them:)

I've also had to leave behind my dancing because of the job at Waitrose. I've been dancing for 9 years, since the age of 7, so this has been extremely difficult to give up. I suppose all good things must come to an end. My dance classes, work times and college timetable all clashed leaving me with no choice but to leave my dance school, which has been emotional to say the least.

I hope this post has allowed you to get to know me a bit better and given you an insight into what I'm up to. I don't usually have this much news to share so my posts won't often be like this! Thank you so much for taking the time to read it!

Love Always
Becca X

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Septembers Top 10

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Lifestyle

Since I've been gone

I'm going to start this post off with a huge apology, it's been 3 months since my last post and thats inexcusable but i've got my spark back and its time for some exciting new stuff.

Since my last post a lot has happened so i'm gonna give you a big run down of all the news.

Let's jump back to summer. My last post was just before I went on holiday to Kalkan, Turkey. I spent 2 amazing weeks there with my parents where I made some lovely new friends and met up with old ones who happened to be there the same time (this was so lucky for me as I could get away from my parents for a bit!!). There's so much I could tell you about this holiday but I think you'd be reading for a while. We visited beach clubs, went on boat trips, lounged around the pool and went to some brilliant bars and restaurants. I'd like to say I picked up a tan but that would mean suffering sitting in the sun for hours which I just can't do, so I spent most of my time in the pool or reading (but I did gain a few hundred extra freckles). The 2 weeks we had on holiday literally flew by and we were soon back in (not so) sunny England.

Near the end of the holiday I received my GCSE results. Because of the time difference I found myself waiting, what seemed like, significantly longer than anyone else. My results appeared online an hour after everyone else found theres out- I was extremely impatient in that hour as I was hearing how well everyone had done and couldn't give any answers back. I paced around the pool all morning-much to everyones annoyance- until it was time to go to my room and refresh the page for 15 minutes before they were released. When they appeared a rush of adrenaline hit me, this was 10% excitement and 90% nervousness. My final results came out as 2 A's and 7 B's. I was over the moon with these and couldn't wait to tell people.

When we got home it was nearly September which meant back to work and school. I was starting a new college which I was so excited about but also very scared. I've decided to write a separate post on my new adventure at Reigate and also other new things going on so be sure to keep an eye out, it will give you an insight into my time so far at Reigate college.

Between coming home from Turkey and going back to college nothing too exciting happened. I caught up with friends, went shopping and had some good nights out. Both my brothers returned home from their year away, one was living in Spain and the other was in a student house. It's a lot louder having them home but I love having them back.

My most recent news I have to share with you is about a new job! For the last year I've been working in a cafe which I love but after going through an application and interview process with waitrose I've been offered a job. This is something I will talk about in my next post with all the other new things in my life but I just wanted to give you a heads up about how excited I am to be working there.

Thank you so much for reading, as always feel free to leave me some comments and let me know what you think!

Love Always

Becca X

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Beauty

My Holy Grail Beauty Products

Today's post is all about my favourite beauty products at the moment. I have 8 products in total to show you, some are drugstore and some are higher end so stay with me because i'm sure you'll love this post:)

The first one is my Bondi Sands self tanning foam in the shade light/medium. This product retails for £14.99 in superdrug however they frequently have offers on therefore I got mine for £9.50. There are so many different tanning products on the market and most of them don't look like a natural tan when applied. Bondi Sands is the perfect tan for me, it gives the most natural looking colour and you can make it as light or dark as you want to. Living in England means there's not much sun to be seen so getting a tan is very difficult and even when it is sunny I tend to burn anyway. Applying this is a much easier way to look like i've been on holiday. Another amazing thing about this product is the smell. It smells like coconut so makes applying it a lot more bearable too. This tan gradually washed off over time but it lasts quite a long time which I love.

The Garnier cleansing water is the next of my favourite products. This product has been talked about a lot so I had to see if it was really worth what people have said about it. It cost me £3.29 from super drug because I was lucky enough to get it when it was on offer. It usually costs £4.99 which is so good seeing as you get 200 uses. I use this to remove any make up that my make up wipe didn't catch. It makes me face feel so fresh and i just love using it. When I first used it I was so suprised with how much make up was still on my face so I couldn't stop using it after knowing my face wasn't clear when using just a wipe. I will definitely be purchasing this again when it runs out.

This is my Bobbi Brown Shimmer brick compact, Beige. I love this product so much, I can use it for a highlight and a bronze so it's basically 2 in 1. The first of the 5 colours I use as a highlight on the top of my cheek bones and the bottom two are used as bronzer on the bottom of my cheeks to contour. This product is perfect for me, especially for a bronzer because the colours are not too dark. As I have pale skin it is hard to find a bronzer that doesn't make me look completely orange so this is just what I need. I was lucky enough to get given this product so didn't have to buy it, however it retails at £33, although this may seem quite expensive it is definitely worth it because, like i said, you can use it as a highlight, bronzer and blusher if you want extra glow.

Liz Earl have a huge collection of face care products and this is one of my favourites. This is the Cleanse and Polish hot cloth Cleanser, it costs £14 which is a good price for the quality of the product. I use this similarly to the garnier cleansing water to take off any make up that my make up wipe didn't get. Even when all my make up is off this opens up all my pores and freshens my face. I use the hot cloth that you can buy with the product which I would recommend because it makes it so much easier to remove the product from your face and also removes dead skin cells to polish your face.

Next up is the 'Smashbox Photo Finish Water Primer'. This comes at a high price of £20 but hear me out because it's worth it. I love using this as a primer because it's so much easier than having to apply one all over your face. This works by pumping 3 or 4 sprays evenly over your skin before you apply make up. It works so well and definitely helps your make up last longer. I love spraying this because it makes me feel so refreshed and is super easy to use.

My beauty blender, this is one of the best things i've discovered ever!! It's a brilliant applicator for my concealer and foundation. I love it for highlighting under my eyes as it blends so well and is so easy and quick to use. It was quite pricey for such a little object, costing £16 from Selfridges I would say it's definitely worth it. I prefer blending in all my make up with this rather than a brush because of the finish it leaves. My make up is so evenly applied when I use this and it blends different shades of foundation and concealer onto the skin so well. I love it!

Another Liz Earle product, this time it's the moisturiser. I've never had a high end moisturiser before and have been using a nivea one prior to this. I decided a few months ago that it was time to get a proper moisturiser so I chose the Liz earl one- and what a great choice I made. It costs £20.25 which I think is very reasonable as it's a fantastic product and you get a good amount of it in the pot. There are 2 moisturisers on offer from Liz Earl that you can get, my one is the normal combination as my skin is generally very normal. This works so well for me and I will continue to use it until something even better comes along.

Last but not least is the Urban Decay Perversion Mascara. I absolutely love this mascara and would recommend it to everyone!! This mascara gives thick long very black lashes which is exactly what I love. I was so impressed when I first tried it because I was worried, with the thickness of the brush, that it would be clumpy on my eyelashes. I couldn't of been more wrong as the result was amazing. Every time I wear this I love it even more. Everyone should own this mascara!! The cost of it is £17.50 which I can understand is expensive but it is so worth it. If you did just want to try it then they sell a travel size which £8 so why not give it a go?!

Sorry this post has been a bit of a long one but I hope you liked it and that it was useful, let me know in the comments what you thought and tell me what your favourite beauty products are!

Love always

Becca X