Nivea Visage Pure & Natural Regenerating Night Cream 

I went to Superdrug the other day, in search for a reasonably priced night cream. For a while now, I have been using Niveas combination day cream on a morning to try and combat my horrible combination skin. When I say horrible, I am quite lucky in the fact that I don't often get blemishes, I just have patches of dry skin, and patches of oily-prone skin. Although Nivea seems to do the job throughout the morning, by the afternoon the patches of dry skin are surfacing. 

So I wanted to try something more intense. I've never used a night cream before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. After staring blankly for half an hour at an aisle of face creams, I eventually picked out Nivea's Pure and Natural Regenerating Night Cream. It was the only one that suited all skin types, and didn't create a burning hole in my purse. I was also reassured by the fact that I was getting along quite well with Nivea's day cream. 

Tonight, I washed my face with Neutrogena's Pink Grapefruit daily scrub, and then I got out the night cream. Oh how I wish I had paid more attention to the writing at the bottom of the box. Bio (?) ALOE VERA. I hate Aloe Vera. Oblivious, I unscrewed the lid, and put some on the tip of my finger. Dabbing it on my face, I started to smell the Aloe Vera, which only got stronger, and stronger. So if you don't like strongly scented moisturisers, avoid this like the plague. When I started rubbing it in, it felt very thick, and not oily, but as though this was never going to absorb into my face. 

Currently, I'm sat in bed, smelling of Aloe Vera, and with a slowly absorbing night cream on my face. I'm not sure if night creams are supposed to be of a thicker consistency, maybe I need to try a few more out to see if this is a trend. 

I will follow up with a blog post, with the results, in the morning. 

Valentines nails 

Just thought I would share my Valentines nails! I used Kiko Nail Lacquer in 219. My friend bought me this whilst she was on an ERASMUS scheme for a year in Italy. It is a beautiful delicate pink, with tiny iridescent blue sparkles. For the heart, I used Nail Inc's Henrietta street. Hope everyone has a nice Valentines Day :)

This quote, is the one that has stuck with me the most from watching the Shaytards. I think I truly realised the meaning of this quote from Shays first marathon vlog. I had watched Shay change from a man who was just at the very beginning of believing that he could make changes, that he had the capability to do them, to someone who had followed them through and made so many changes to his, and his family's life, and signified this by running a marathon. Moving a wife and 4 children to LA, with not much money, creating an incredibly successful business, and losing 110lbs cannot be easy, but he showed that it is possible, by creating small changes day by day, so small that you barely notice them. The small changes build up, until eventually you have reached your goal. 

I recently tried to make a very personal change, in order to reach a goal. Although I was able to make that change, it took a great deal of effort, and left me exhausted, emotionally and physically, and more stressed than I started out with. I guess some goals are harder than others.

We should all make goals, no matter if they are tiny, such as having one less can of pop a day, or big such as quitting smoking or drinking alcohol. Making one small change each month, will lead to twelve changes in a year, which in itself, is a big change. The pursuit of happiness and positivity should never stop, it's what we all want, right?

Here are some of my changes that I have been trying to make:

1. Cutting down on sugar - At Christmas, I noticed just how much all of the extra chocolate and sweets affected me. I wasn't able to relax as much, I felt horrible and bloated inside, and had heartburn. One day I decided to not have any sugar that wasn't naturally occurring (such as in fruit), and I instantly felt a change. I didn't feel as jittery, or bloated, and I didn't have heartburn. So this year I have decided to cut out all sugary foods that aren't naturally occurring. So far it's going okay. I have slipped up a couple of times, but this doesn't mean I am going to give up and say I can't do it, I'm going to keep on trying. 

2. Treat myself more often - For some reason, for a while now, I've sort of told myself that I don't deserve treats. I think it stems from the fact that a couple of years ago I did put on a fair bit of weight but I didn't really notice, until I started noticing when I lost the weight and a lot of ignorant relatives started saying I looked a lot better, and what was my secret for losing the weight. Equating my stupidity of putting on weight, to not deserving things started to occur, but now I've started caring far less what people think, and therefore I am learning to treat myself to stuff now and again. 

3. To start a blog! - I feel like my law degree and other aspects of my life sucked away any life that was left, out of me, and I can't really remember the last time I did something creative. So my resolve is to start doing things that I want to do that are fun, and stop putting so much pressure on myself to do what other people want me to do.

I hope I manage to achieve these goals , and I hope if you haven't made any goals, that this inspires you to make some :)