Florida | Scrapbooking

"Boredom ignites your creativity" - Aaron Benjamin

My trip to Florida was one of those trips I had dreamed about for years so to finally be there it was a dream, over a year on and I still can't believe it. No I will never shut up about it. During the first lockdown I was unfortunately, like a lot of people in the uk furloughed from my job and although I was feeling extremely lucky to still be employed I was left with the feelings of how the fuck am I gonna entertain myself?

I always knew I wanted to create a physical space for my memories, not just social media. Yes I have this blog that I rarely post on and every year tell myself "jess this year you're gonna post at least once a month" and I usually start off pretty well and then come April I've stopped again. I needed something to entertain myself whilst I wasn't working and I've always wanted to have these photos in a physical form to look back on. 

That's how I fell into scrapbooking. 

I like to think of myself as quite a creative person, but a digital creative person. I can create artwork in a digital format but on paper I don't even like my own handwriting. I had seen a lot of Tik Toks about people scrapbooking all kinds of things and I was inspired to say the least. So way too much money later, I was ready to go.

I got a lot of my materials from the range and hobby craft. I can't go into a store anymore without looking at their craft aisle. Some pages are a lot more experimental than others but my favourite pages are Gringotts and the Harry Potter portraits, I'm obsessed with how they turned out.

I used the free prints app to print off all of my images (this isn't ad although I wish it was) you get 45/50 free prints per month just have to pay a couple of quid for shipping. All images are printed 6x4.

I wanted to just insert some pictures of my scrapbook to hopefully inspire someone to push themselves out of their comfort zones this lockdown and create something new. I found so much peace and joy making this scrapbook I've already planned the next one I'm going to make! 

Skin Care Routine | Beauty

It’s safe to say I am culprit number one of not taking care of my skin. In all honestly it was something I just couldn’t be bothered to do, felt like another thing stopping me from walking in the door and clambering into bed but near the end of 2019 I sat myself down and said “look girl somethings gotta change you can’t just use and make up wipe and be done with it” so I went out and bought some new face stuff to motivate me to take care of my skin. I’m well aware it shouldn’t have taken for me to buy a new face wash to want to clean my face but it did so let’s move on.

I have always been blessed with quite nice skin, yes I get spots and blemishes but I am very lucky that I’m not prone to acne and I took that for granted. I often will roll out of bed in the morning and just do eye make up and eyebrows and not worry about face make up, I feel quite confident that I don’t need foundation but it does make my face look a lot better let’s be real.


I wasn’t quite ready to splash the cash just yet so I went for your standard drug store products. I’m going to try and explain to you my “skin care routine” if you want a name for it. I start off by taking the majority if not all of my make up off using micellar water. I’d always been that person who used a couple of make up wipes and was done with it but if I’m honest with myself my face was never fully clean but since using this B. Pure Micellar Water I truly feel like it gets the majority of my make up off. I got this bottle maybe a month ago and as you can see I’ve nearly used it all as I like to make double sure I’ve got as much off as I can, trip to the shops soon I don’t want to take my make up off with anything else now.

One time Beth told me that I shouldn't use micellar water to take my eye make up off and I thought to myself "no way am I buying another thing and added another step to my routine" but then when I went to Superdrug there was a buy one get one free offer on so I decided to get an eye make up remover. I really like this one, I chose the same brand simply for the offer but it works really well, honestly not sure if its better or worse than just using the micellar water but I am conforming to the skin care etiquette of buying more than you need and just going with it. I might update you one day at what I prefer but for now I'm using the B. Pure Eye Make Remover.

Once I’ve taken as much make up off as I possibly can I move into the bathroom and wash my face. When I was in boots I had no idea what face wash to get I just sort of stood there asking myself “do I have oily skin? Maybe it’s dry?” I was clueless so I settled on a pink one I like the smell of and I don’t regret doing that, could of been there for hours.

When I finally decided on a pink face wash that smelt like grapefruit I picked up Neutrogena's Refreshingly Clear Facial Wash and the Refreshingly Clear Moisturiser both in the pink grapefruit scent.
From my memory I don't think I have ever used anything by Neutrogena before but I knew it was a good brand from things I’ve heard down the blogging grapevine. I also picked up the moisturiser from the same range and something I have done for a long time is moisture my face so this tale is not all neglect. I wanted to get the same range for both products as I thought it would present the best results, I use both products twice a day (morning and night) and I am really happy with the results. After my first couple of uses I knew I liked it, the pink grapefruit scent is very refreshing and I really do feel how clean and soft my skin is.
I decided to use a glove to wash my face with instead of my hands there’s a deadly virus don’t you know as I although I often wash and sanitise my hands there will always be more germs than a glove - I believe this is an eco-tools exfoliating glove, I want to make it clear I don’t press super hard to exfoliate my skin but it does feel super soft after I use it so maybe every morning I’m slowing exfoliating my face away.

Who doesn't love a face mask? I obviously don't do this every night but I try to use a face mask at least once a week the one I have been using is L'oreal Pure Clay Red Algae Glow can you tell I gravitate towards pink things...
I really like this brand so far I mean I haven't had outstanding results as soon as I use it but my mum did say my skin was glowing and I am certainly not with child. I leave this mask on for about 20 minutes just standard whilst I read my book, watch TV or just do whatever I need to do walking around like I have no idea of my foundation shade and I often forget I have it on.

 That's it really, I try and that's all that matters right now. I hope you enjoyed this more traditional blogger post, I am trying to inject a little more me back into this blog so bare with me while I try things a little outside of my comfort zone.

Happiest Place on Earth | Travel

“Reach out and find your happily ever after” 

In November I went on a magical holiday with my aunties that we had been waiting for, for about two years. I was debating whether to go into depth about what we did each day but it tends to blend into one so I decided to do it per park.

For those who do not know Disney itself has four separate parks: Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and Epcot. We also spent a couple of days over in Universal which has two parks: Universal and Islands of Adventure.

Magic Kingdom 

Magic Kingdom is truly the most magical place on earth, walking down main street smelling all the smells, the food oh my god the food and of course the rides. Since we went in November there was christmas decorations everywhere! I have so many happy memories in Magic Kingdom it truly is the happiest place on earth.  
Nothing feels more Disney than Magic Kingdom, walking in and seeing the castle for the first time almost reduced me to tears. Due to it being the Christmas season Elsa and the cast of Frozen performed a castle light up show where else "snowafies" the castle and just makes it extra beautiful!
I have so many memories in this park, from being soaked on Aladdin's magic carpets to being in the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki room. This is a staple park to attend and it truly is incredible.

Animal Kingdom

I've never been a big zoo fan so I didn't know what to expect with Animal Kingdom but wow just wow. As you walk in the park there is little coves is the only way I could describe it with all types of birds and animals in there just living their lives, we got to experience the safari twice once in the morning and once in the early afternoon. I have no words to explain how incredible this was, to be in the middle of a theme park one minute then to be in a car next to some beautiful animals it was just mental.
I can't talk about Animal Kingdom without mentioning Pandora. I remember going to the IMAX cinema to see Avatar and loving it cause it was so colourful well I tell you nighttime in Pandora is another level of insane. Everything lights up, I mean everything from the plants to the floor. Lins managed to get us two fastpasses for Flight of Passage so we didn't have to wait 3 hours but after being on it I might of waited 3 hours its easily the best ride Disney has ever done.

Hollywood studios

My all time favourite park, whether its Florida or Paris wherever Tower of Terror is I shall be attending. I love Hollywood Studios in my opinion it has the best rides, the best themeing and just is the best. Overall the park has a very 1920's vibe to me I could be completely wrong could be the 50's or something but to me it feels very retro when you first enter the park and as you slowly make your way through the park you are transported at lightspeed to a Galaxy Far Far away.
I truly have no words to describe my love for Batu Galaxy's Edge, holy fresh hell I was blown away. We just missed the opening of the new ride but I got to ride Smugglers Run twice and wow I flew the Falcon!!!!! The themeing in this part of the park is out of this world you truly feel like you've landed in another planet from the Blackspire Trading Post section to seeing the Falcon I was lost for words. When Galaxy's Edge was first announced I dreamed of attending so to be walking around chatting to cast members about which planets they've moved from and did I mention I flew the Falcon!
I can't wait to go back to Florida but specifically to go back to Galaxy's edge. Toy Story land is amazing too but I feel its just too small they need to expand it beyond three rides and and a quick service.

Epcot

Going into this trip I knew Epcot wasn't going to be my favourite park, I wasn't that bothered about world showcase and there is only a couple of rides but I came away from this trip happy I got to be there. I am truly obsessed with the smells in Soarin' I wish I could bottle them up and keep them forever. I did get to try some delicious food in Epcot as the food and wine festival was ongoing whilst we were there. My favourite part about Epcot was I got to meet some really cool characters, I have never been super excited about meeting characters apart from when I met Darth Vader in Paris but when I found out that Wreck it Ralph and Vanelope were doing meets in Epcot I was hyped! When I first went Ralph wasnt there and I was so sad but I went a second time and the man himself was there, he loved my ears thanks to Lauren at TangledLaurenEars for sending me those.

I had such a good time in Florida, it was a dream trip for me. My family took me in 2005 but I was just a wee 8 year old so don't have much memory of that trip apart from being in SeaWorld (I know sorry Blackfish hadn't came out then we didn't know) and it was Halloween season so there was cast members running up and down the stairs singing who wants candy. However, I have made so many memories on this trip I can't wait to go back a thousand times.

I also visited Universal for two days and will be uploading that post very soon!

Sooo... who's coming to Florida with me ASAP?!