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Happy 4 year blogaversary to me?

I kind of spoke about this in my last post celebrating 100 posts but I couldn’t not do a post on the actual day of me starting my blog 4 years ago!

Again I did say everything that I wanted to say in my last post if you fancy a read and again I’m aware of in the grand scheme of things 4 years isn’t a lot to some people but it is to me so here we are haha.

Anyway I can’t believe it has been 4 years of this little blog and here’s to next however many haha!

This if officially my 100th blog post!

I’m aware in the grand scheme of things this isn’t a lot to some but to me it is so there we go lol. I wanted to start a blog for ages and then finally had to for a module assignment at uni. I’m so glad I did and have managed to keep it up for coming up to 4 years!

It hasn’t always been the most active of blogs and is a mixture of just about anything and everything but that’s life haha. This is just something I enjoy and means I can carry out my love for writing and journaling somewhere as well as daily life.

Just wanted to say I really appreciate anyone who takes the time to read any of my posts or like them as it means a lot and really helps!

On to the next one.

It’s just a little bit of everything ?

When I visited Rhodes in August (which seems like a lifetime ago now!) I was so excited to see that the new town had a Sephora! I’d recently read up on how good their own range of products were so really wanted to try some of them out!

Ok so this week has seen bonfire night celebrations, England going back into national lockdown, Fenwicks windows unveiled online (local event), commemorating Remembrance Sunday different to any other year and the positivity and change for better in the world with Biden and Harris winning the US Election.

Being back in national lockdown is back to the strangest of times and it’s starting to feel like Groundhog Day haha, but it’s where we are and fingers crossed for more positive changes/outcomes soon?

Anyway here’s a TikTok I made earlier this week celebrating bonfire night lol

Halloween is one of my favourite times of year! It’s always been something I’ve loved celebrating whether it’s big or small and I wasn’t going to let 2020 be change that! It just gives me the perfect excuse for a seasonal face mask haha!

A couple of years ago I did a review of some stick on nails I loved and went more into how I enjoy doing my own nails on that post, so that’s there for more info.

I recently tried some new nails, Elegant Touch InstaNails and honestly loved them I’ve bought 3 more pairs to keep me stocked up haha.

I had them on for 2 weeks from sorting delivery boxes at work to a tree top adventure and zip line only one came off which is pretty impressive. You also get so many spares and sizes there’s plenty of choice so there’s no issues there!

They stayed in great condition and were really comfortable! They were only £5 as well so you can’t go wrong! I absolutely loved them and think they’re so great when you fancy changing up your nails without the hassle! My new favourite go to.

Spent the day in the trees earlier in the week.

I’d never been to Go Ape before or done anything like this! We couldn’t of picked a better day weather wise and it was lovely that it was not busy so we more or less had the forest to ourselves!

I wrote a post on the cast of The Kissing Booth 2 releasing a mask range with Variant Malibu last month which you can read it here: https://lauramerritt96.com/tkb-cast-face-masks/

Now my mask has arrived I thought I’d write a review on the mask itself!

So to start I’m really impressed with the service from Variant Malibu. My mask was shipped 3 weeks after I placed my order and arrived 2 weeks after shipping. I was really pleased with how quick it came as the masks are made when ordering and not mass produced to avoid waste and with it being international shipping! Shipping time was also estimated when ordering so I was fully aware of timings.

I own quite a range of masks now as I wear them so often, (I wear one all the time when I’m at work as well) and I can honestly say that this is the best mask I own. Both the quality and design are such a high standard.

I basically feel like this emoji right now: ?‍♀️

Just wanted to do a little post on everything going on at the minute again. Really hoped this wouldn’t happen but here we are. ICYMI Newcastle has been in local lockdown since Friday meaning the new ‘rule of 6’ that was brought in (we were only allowed to socialise with as a group of 6) no longer applies and we’re not allowed to socialise with anyone not in our household inside or out.

If all this wasn’t confusing before it is even more so now considering the England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are now differing more on the rules; as well as local lockdowns differing for example in Birmingham where there is also a local lockdown they are allowed to meet one other household outside of their homes.

Celebrating my birthday last week! #PhotoDiaries

Here’s to being 24?