Tough Choices| ETL

I hope pancake day was full of chocolate, lemon and sugary goodness for you all! I have to admit pancake day makes me miss home quite a lot. My Mum and I usually make the pancakes together and try to do the most impressive pancake-flip... There is always at least one minor disaster (always on my part anyway).

Doing my degree requires a lot of reading and writing which I absolutely adore but at the same time it means that when I get home I'm tired and just want to zone out in front of a film.

So this year for lent instead of giving up something I've decided to pick up something instead! I'm challenging myself to read a little every day and actually carve out the time to do so. Should be fun, hopefully I'm not too lazy.

I know many people don't buy into the idea of lent, giving things up can seem pointless and just frustrating if you slip up and accidentally fall into old habits. But it's a fun challenge and can be a really good way to kick start some routines.

It's still not too late to join those of us making changes this season. You could give something up like chocolate, coffee or Netflix (gasp). Or if giving something up isn't really a big deal or isn't your thing why not pick something up instead. Challenge yourself to drink more water (find an app that calculates how much you should be drinking for your body), do a bit of yoga daily or do something nice for someone every day for 40 days!

Lent may be pointless to some and that's totally okay! But for me it is a time when I can look at my life and think seriously about what changes I want to make and evaluate what's important in my life.


Whatever you decide, let us know in the comments- we love hearing from you!

Question of the day:

Have you given anything up for lent?

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Confidence.

Light.

Happiness.

Love, 

Ayah & Kimmy xxx

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Rimmel Rita Ora Nailpolish Review!

Let me start by saying how obsessed I am with this nail polish!
I've used so many different products previously and none of them can compare to these ones.

The best thing about this brand is that my painted nails last for about 7 days with no chipping. You've gotta agree that is a really long time for nail polish to last, especially for a busy student!

I also really like the applicator brush. It goes on very smoothly and is small enough that the nail polish that doesn't cover your whole finger!

There is nothing worse than having to pile on layer after layer of polish only for it to look clumpy and smudged a few hours later. Lucky, with this polish it only took me two coats to get the pretty coverage! More time for the important things in life (pizza and a Reign marathon).

The colors in the collection are so beautiful- some of my favourite colors. There's definitely a color for everyone in the range. I particularly like that I can wear any of the colors for day and night because they are so versatile and fun.

Would I recommend it to others? Yes, I definitely would!
In fact, we both have this nail varnish- it's that good!

Question of the day:

What's your favorite nail polish brand? 

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Confidence.

Light.

Happiness.

Love, 

Ayah & Kimmy xxx

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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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Confidence.

Light.

Happiness.

Love, 

Ayah & Kimmy xxx

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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Confidence.

Light.

Happiness.

Love, 

Ayah & Kimmy xxx

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

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!

Eagles- Hotel California

Michael Franti & Spearhead- Say Hey I Love you

Vinyl Pumps- Gold Rays

Tigerweather- Sunshine 

James Young- I'll be Good

Allman Brown & Liz Lawrence- Sons and Daughters

Sleeping at Last- Saturn

Sleeping at Last- In The Embers

Justin Bieber- I'll Show You

5SOS- She Looks So Perfect

You can find the whole playlist here!

QOTD:
What's your all time favourite song?

Hope you enjoyed this post lovelies!

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Confidence.

Light.

Happiness.

Love, 

Ayah & Kimmy xxx

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

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?

Hope you enjoyed this post lovelies!

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Confidence.

Light.

Happiness.

Love, 

Ayah & Kimmy xxx

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

Freedom| Autumn Lookbook!

Beanie: H&M
Dress: Forever 21
Shoes: Vans

Winter is one of our favorite seasons! It's so easy to find many perfect cozy outfits!
Luckily, for the past few days it hasn't been freezing in the UK so we thought this look would work really well if you wanted to go out for dinner or anything really!
If it gets a bit chillier throughout the day then thrown a coat and it'll  be just perfect!



QOTD:
What's your favourite thing about CHRISTMAS?!

Hope you enjoyed this post lovelies!

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Confidence.

Light.

Happiness.

Love, 

Ayah & Kimmy xxx

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

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