Hello hello pals! Today I thought I would bring back my Five Good Things posts - I used to do these alllll the time and loved doing them, it's such a good way to reflect on the week gone by and look for all the positives. This week hasn't been a great mental health one, as I've been very very concerned about the amount I'm piling on myself and the future and very scared of failing everything so it's been a bit of a funny one! But here's five good things that have happened anyway so here goes...

01 // One of my best friends from home Lily came to visit me this weekend! She only stayed one night but we went over to Trafford (where I met mmmitchell and stupidly didn't get a photo with him but he did hug me) and we had brunch and wandered around and it was lovely.

02 // The weather has been so. darn. good recently. I know everyone has been harking on about it and it does worry me that it's ~so~ warm in February but I have to say the weather has an amazing effect on my mood - I genuinely feel so much happier with everything when it's sunny and warm. 

03 // I'm actually enjoying one of my film classes for once?! We're doing neo-noir film focusing on Chinatown and honestly, wow it's such a good film - if you haven't seen it yet you definitely need to, it's such a good storyline and stick with it even though it's long! Considering I only got 55% in my last film essay because I dislike the unit so much I'm pretty happy! (Just to flex I also got 80%, 75% and 68% in my other units which is preeeetty sweet)

04 // My boyfriend lent me his graphics tablet and honestly, I've been having way too much fun with it! If you don't follow me on Twitter I've been posting passive aggressive cartoons about my dirty af housemates so you should definitely check them out, or I also post them on my new doodle Instagram account which Vicky made me set up :)

05 // I've started getting back into exercising - running whenver I can and cycling into uni twice a week! It's about the only thing I have been doing this week, I may have watched three seasons of Friends this week but I have done some exercise which is something at least.

And that brings me to the end of Five Good Things from this week! I think I'm gonna try my best to start doing these every week so watch this space friends.

What are five good things from your week?

Em xx

Five Good Things From The Week #11

Yet again we've had a week that's been kind of difficult to find five good things about, but I tried my best!!

01 // I'm at home once more for a few days. I know that I ALWAYS write about it whenever I'm at home but home is just home, you know? I feel right here, and extremely at peace, and after an exhausting and emotional week it's been needed.

02 // Today marks the day that three out of four of my deadlines are completed! One more to go on the 4th May and then we're done with first year - finally.

03 // I got another job this week with an events catering place near me, meaning your gal will be working two jobs this summer, so it'll exhaust me more than my first year at uni did but I'll be rolling in it for second year which will be lovely.

04 // I made a media kit this week, sent off my first collaboration pitch to a brand ever and locked down another vlogging collaboration with Campus Life UK, so needless to say I'm super excited about the business side of my life at the moment!

05 // This happened a while ago but I never talked about it so I'll shove it in here - I hit 800 instagram followers!! Yeah, it'll be back down and still take me ages to get to 900 but you know, if you fancy giving me a bit of support (and don't play the follow/unfollow game) then hit me up.

What are five good things from your week?

Em xx

Five (?) Good Things From The Week #10

another cool balcony photo but I kinda hate my hair in this lol idk why am i so CRITICAL

01 // Another amazing ski trip came to an end today but the weather is also BEAUTIFUL and while I'm exhausted I feel exhausted in an extremely good way and very well-rested. It's been lovely to take a break, and vlogs (in two parts lol) will be up in the coming week (the content creator finally created some content wowww)

02 // Strangely I'm really looking forward to heading back to uni on Wednesday, I have a lot of deadlines so it'll be nice to be able to properly focus and get my head down in the library for a few days, I might even do some study vlogs and how I write essay things if anyone would be interested? I'm not the best at studying but I've felt so motivated after watching loads of UnJaded Jade and Jack Edwards and Luke Birch haha

03 // I've hit 650 followers on my Instagram! Honestly, after being so disillusioned with Instagram it feels so good to finally be getting somewhere with my growth. Spending some time every day to engage with other bloggers and updating my stories and taking some good photos has been a game changer. I also surpassed engagement on my most recent post, hitting over 1000, and my average is around 300 ☺️ if you fancy no feed aesthetic and fun makeup looks the link is in the sidebar to your right!


Do you know something? I can't actually think of two more separate good things about this week. Those three are the standout ones but in general, this entire week has just been really positive. There's something to be said for going on a big holiday with people you've known your entire life, it's been so good for a bit more mental clarity and a positive mindset. Feeling extremely lucky and I have a very full heart.

How have your weeks been?

Em xx

Five Good Things From The Week #9

Hey kids! It's been another unintentional two weeks since I touched this little space on the internet but I'm back after a pretty crazy last week of uni. It's been a very stressful one but I'm back and hopefully here to stay a little while.

01 // Today is the end of first year! I know, crazy early, but all my timetabled lectures and seminars ended today and I have four deadlines between now and the 4th May but after that, summer begins. I tell you, I am so excited for first year to be over. One of my units is also over today after I submitted my final piece of coursework about ten minutes ago so that's another weight off.

02 // I'm off home tomorrow evening after the Leeds Great Northern anti-Brexit March which me, my dad and my sister are going to again! Very excited for going home as well, and then skiing with the usual family crowd next week.

03 // I bought oven chips and they're lovely.

04 // Finally, finally I went to see The Greatest Showman this week!! It was everything I wanted it to be and so so much more and I'm so looking forward to getting it on DVD when it comes out - I'm in love. I've been listening to the soundtrack for a while anyway but it's been on repeat now since I watched it! Would highly recommend.

05 // Off to the sister's tonight to have some sister time with pizza and garlic bread. I haven't seen her in a while so it's long overdue so I'm looking forward to sitting down and having a good ol' chat with her.

What are five good things from your week?

Em xx

Five Good Things From The Week #8

Punctuated with a nice picture of my uni room! Yes, I question the colour of that wall too, not quite sure what they were going for but don't think it turned out that well. Very excited to move on from the ugly salmon. It's still kind of cute though. I guess.

01 // I joined a blogger groupchat this week set up by the gorgeous Chloe! Having a new network of girls to chat to all the time and getting to know new people has been amazing and some of us already have plans to meet in June for BlogConLdn and I cannot wait I tell you!

02 // Following the massive wave of support from all the lovely ladies I've hit 600 followers on Twitter! Seems like such a huge number so thank you everyone who's interested in my little life. (also as a little bonus good thing Zarte off Countdown followed me on Twitter and he's from my hometown and I'm fangirling way too hard. Twenty something grandma or what)

03 // I cooked the nicest pasta dish for dinner this week, a literally massive batch of it so I have lots of food stockpiled and feeling like a very efficient adult. May publish the recipe on here soon if anyone is interested!

04 // I finally picked up my paintbrushes and painted something again! And did cool makeup!! Having been stuck in an art/makeup rut for so long it feels good to be branching out and putting my (rusty) skills back into use. Head over to my Instagram to see what's been going on!

05 // I've joined a fitness class!! It's only a weekly HIIT class that PureGym are running at my accommodation for free but I've met some great girls from my block and a couple others, plus fitness classes are actually really fun I've discovered!

What are five good things from your week?

Em xx

Five Good Things From The Week #7

reusing old pics bc yes I haven't got round to taking any more hahaha

You'd be right in thinking I did unintentionally take two weeks off from this lil space on the internet here - I stress the word unintentional! This was never supposed to happen but then my blogging breaks never are supposed to happen, they just do because life starts pitching the curveballs and this is just one that I sometimes can't catch.

There's not really been much going on in the last few weeks but there has been one massive curveball which I'm not going to go into in detail because it involves another person which has led to a very very emotional and up and down two weeks and to a certain extent I'm still trying to juggle with it! But onwards and upwards is what I'm saying. I've been really busy with uni work and reading and still have another three books to read for next week so that's what I'm cracking on with today and tomorrow. I've also had a trapped nerve in my right arm since Saturday which comes from squashing the radius nerve in my back by squatting with a 50kg barbell without a pad...Don't follow my example, kids, it's bad. The good news is the entire arm now feels very normal again and it's just my palm and first three fingers that are still feeling weird. It's like pins and needles but all the time, very strange feeling indeed.

But anyway, onto the five good things rather than complaining about the bad. I'm a firm believer that life is what you make it - plaster a smile on and fight through the bad and concentrate on the positives and life is so, so much better and brighter.

Five Good Things From The Week #6

loveeee this picture so much mostly bc u can't rly see my face hahaha

I'm going to be honest, I've had another one of those blegh weeks so it's once again been very difficult to find five good things in amongst the breakdowns and the tears but I managed it and here we are :).

01 // We found a house for next year! My whole flat are moving in together next year plus two of our friends so there's going to be six of us in the cutest little house in Fallowfield next year. I'm very excited to finally have an actual house to be honest.

02 // I got my exam results this week and a first and a 2:1 isn't bad considering one of my essays was really just a lot of angst over how racist Robinson Crusoe is.

03 // I hit 250 on my YouTube channel! After the changes to the monetisation policies there was a massive amount of support on Twitter and all my new subscribers mean so so much ❤️

04 // I got a really exciting email from an amazing brand and guess which gal has her first brand deal YES THIS ONE. I was so excited when I got the email so look out for my post sometime next week hehe I'm actually really looking forward to working on it.

05 // I went thrifting again with gorgeous Ellie yesterday and found a pair of faded black Hollister mom jeans which fit me amazingly for £6, needless to say I was over the moon about that particular find!

What have you all been up to this week?

Em xx

Five Good Things From The Week #5

my uni is more aesthetic than yours hahahahaha

What a long time it's been since I did a post like this! I finally got round to taking a bunch of photos for some upcoming posts so there's going to be a bit of a barrage over the next few days of posts 😂


01 // Coming back to uni wasn't actually as bad as I thought it would be! Since term started the day after I got back it was really easy to get back into the swing of university life again.

02 // Being reunited with my uni families felt so good I love my lit fam and accom fam both so very much ❤️

03 // We did the joys of curse poetry in class yesterday!! I can finally get out all my angst at boys who don't understand that it's 2018 and no longer okay to slag off girls who are really sexually active if that's what they wanna do and they're being safe about it...
(you and your double standards have no place in this world can you tell I am angsty about this)

04 // I had my first trumpet lesson on Wednesday since getting my braces off! It's fair to say I'm feeling preeeetty talented all over again now 😏

05 // Athletics training started again this week and while my entire body now aches after three intense sessions it feels really good to have got back into it. Now for some commitment...


What did you get up to in your weeks?

Em xx

Five Good Things From The Week #4

Nice cute picture from our lil shoot the other day.

I haven't done a Five Good Things for soooo long and honestly I kind of found myself missing it?! It's so nice to have something like this at the end of a week, positive or negative as it just helps me to find some good things that happened and really appreciate life a lot more than I do sometimes.

01// Today was the last day of term!! At 11:03 I walked out of my last exam and into Christmas freedom!! Well, not exactly - I've got a portfolio deadline on the 12th January so I'll be writing for a lot of Christmas but that's okay - not too much pressure. I'm going home on Sunday and genuinely can't wait.

02 // I picked up a couple of lurrrvely bits in charity and thrift shops this week, including the above jumper which I wrote a post on here. I've discovered just how much I love thrifting recently which has contributed to one of my NY resolutions (but you'll have to wait to find out exactly what it is ;) )

03 // I realised what amazing friends I have after the ups and downs I've had the past week. They've let me cry on their shoulders and laugh the next minute with them and just given me a real reason to get out of bed in the morning.

04 // I'm so proud of myself for keeping Vlogmas up for 14 days. I missed one day out of that which is so much better than I thought I'd do!! You can check out my Vlogmas over on my YouTube ;)

05 // Honestly, I'm just quite happy right now. Just in general I'm very happy with the people I have in my life and what I'm doing and the things I'm learning and I'm just feeling pretty good. It makes a change to about a month ago when (and my friends can vouch for this) I was a serious mess. A lot can change if you let it :))

What are five good things from your week?

Em xx

Five Good Things From The Week #3

(This week has been so much more positive than last week, things are 100% looking up)

Five Good Things From The Week #2

a nice painting I did a while ago.

I'm going to be completely honest with you, this week has been massively up and down. Had a pretty shitty weekend and spent the week trying to come back from a massive slump, so it's been very all over the place. However, some good and very positive things have happened so here they are.

Five Good Things From The Week #1

01 // I had a couple of lovely catch ups with my older sister this week. It's so nice to have a family member living close by and while we don't see each other constantly and have separate lives it's very nice to meet up for brunch (PSA for my Manny friends - Home Sweet Home is one of the best brunch spots in the entire county) or go to hers for dinner sometimes, her housemates are all lovely and it's nice to go somewhere that's a little more homely and less lonely than halls are.

02 // I booked train tickets to go and see my best friend Vicky in Leicester for next weekend!! Lovely gal she is offered to pay the difference for me to get the train instead of the coach so I'm swanning down there next Friday evening to see her. I only saw her a couple of weeks ago but I can't wait to see her again.

03 // I cooked a really good chicken schnitzel the other night. I may have an unhealthy relationship with food sometimes and my parents may say I can't look after myself, but after eating that and a mountain of broccoli, carrots and sweetcorn, I felt very very good about my adult-ing skills.

04 // I haven't been quite brave enough to whip out Unicorn Blood (pictured above) yet, but I have been venturing into the darker lipstick territory!! Androgyny also by JS and Mars and Bachelorette by  Coloured Raine have been firm favourites recently. This is what happens when your favourite nude (FYI - JS Celebrity Skin) runs out and you can't bring yourself to spend £16 on a new one so you gotta stick it out until Christmas.

05 // I redesigned the blog!! Yes, once again the blog has had a revamp and get this - this time I have drop down menus!! I'm so excited about the endless possibilities drop down menus bring. 

What are five good things from your week?

Em xx