Thursday 28 January 2016

Freedom Calls



After a horrendous 4 days with 5 exams we are finally finished with winter exams and we could not be happier! Roll on a week of watching films without feeling guilty about it. The new-found freedom hasn't quite sunk in yet and so we're going to be doing a number of things to really make the most of the post-exam life.


1. Sleep all day. 
The revision timetable looks a lot like this: wake up early, go to the library, revise all day, feel part of your soul dying, go home for dinner, revise until late, crash into bed and repeat. So to try to cure some of the complete exam exhaustion I intend on not leaving my bed for anything short of the apocalypse.

2. Get all those niggly jobs done. 
Okay this is the boring one but better to get it out the way no? Your room is a tip, you have no food in the house, the bathroom looks like a science lab and there are 5 half-empty cups of coffee on the desk. It's been annoying you for a week but you couldn't bring yourself to drop the revision to get stuff done. Now you can finally get everything organised and feel like a normal human again.

3. Explore your city. 
As a student your awareness of the city around you tends to be from your house to uni and to the clubs. There is so much more to discover around you. We're lucky in our city that we have an amazing national park merely a bus ride away in addition to a metropolitan city a short walk from uni. I'm making it my mission to explore the city a bit more now I'm not tied to my desk!


4. Take a day trip. 
Leave early (I know, it's hard but worth it) pack a lunch and hop on the first train outta here! During exam time life becomes a circuit of stale facts and memorising quotes. Now you can take a breath and put life back into perspective. And get some exercise. Go somewhere you've always wanted to visit or close your eyes and point at the map.

5. Pamper yourself.
What is better after a month of denying yourself any fun than an evening of face masks, films and finaaally painting your nails! For a lot of giggles and scaring your flatmates why not grab a friend and try out a few homemade face masks? Check out these ideas.



Question of the day:
What are you planning to do now exams are over?




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Happiness.

Love, 
Ayah & Kimmy xxx







Thursday 21 January 2016

When the Light Creeps In| Lookbook






As winter creeps in and the weather become gloomier, the colours we wear become darker and darker. The feeling of being alive and in the moment is what we're trying to portray in this photo.


"How rare and beautiful it is to even exist" -Sleeping at last


For this look, we decided to go for intense colours- black, dark purple, and burgundy; to express how dark and cloudy people can feel in their minds but sparkly and beautiful from the outside.










Jumper- H&M
Faded jeans- Bershka
Ankle boots- H&M





Question of the day:
What is your favorite 2016 trend so far?!
If you could chose one wish to be granted, what would it be and why?




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Love, 
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PS. All photos in this post are taken by Ayah & Kimmy 

Wednesday 13 January 2016

NewYear| Study Playlist '16

Happy New Year everyone! We thought we'd start off the year with some positivity and motivation so we created a playlist for all you music lovers! Especially since it's exam season, we all need some music to pump us up and help us concentrate! Hope you enjoy our playlist!



You can find the whole playlist here!


QOTD:
What's your all time favourite song?



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Confidence.
Light.
Happiness.

Love, 
Ayah & Kimmy xxx

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Thursday 7 January 2016

Coffee Talk| 2015 Life lessons



We honestly can't believe we're in 2016 already! It seems like the last year has just flown by! Life is full of ups and downs and we feel like we've growing and learning so much at university. Not only academically but in terms of relationships and friendships. And we also feel like we're really growing as individuals.

2015 was a crazy year so we both sat down to consider what we've learnt in the last year!



Kimmy:

- I would say I've learnt that I'm a lot stronger than I give myself credit for. Uni teaches you a lot about yourself and it's the place where you really grow into who you're meant to be. I find anxiety quite a struggle in my daily life but I've been learning to deal with it and I'm surprised and pleased with how far I've come.



- Do what you love. Spending your time and energy on things that you don't really enjoy just leaves you burnt out and low. This year I've met people who make me laugh daily, I've grown closer to friends who really support and motivate me and I've invested so much of me into things I enjoy. Like this blog!






Ayah: 

- I have finally accepted the fact that I am pretty unlucky when it comes to love (LOL) but I'm totally okay with it (at least I'm trying to be!!). SO that's one obvious thing I learnt and accepted from 2015!



- 2015 was the definitely the year I found out who my true friends are. After graduating from high school, I began to lose touch with some friends and grew even closer to others, some who I never thought I'd be close to! This scenario tends to happen to so many other people; it feels really weird at first, realizing how so many old friends changed but that's the cycle of life!







QOTD:
What were your biggest life lessons of 2015? 
How have they influenced your life today?



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Confidence.
Light.
Happiness.

Love, 
Ayah & Kimmy xxx

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