Tips for Balancing School Life+Blogging!

You're currently reading this post as I sit one of my AS Level Exams! As a full time student that has gone through her GCSE's and now doing her A-Levels I can tell you that it is easy to manage your school/work life with your blogging life. It sounds hard and complicated but trust me, you can do it and here are a few of my tips and tricks. 

ORGANISATION+PLANNING

It sounds so obvious, but yet so many people forget. You need to be on top of your game to manage a blog and your school work. Take time to think about blog posts that you want to make, I tend to get ideas in lessons and quickly write them down on my hand to go home and write down correctly - this way you won't get 'writers block'. If you know when things need to be handed in at school, make sure you get posts written before the deadline so that you can focus on the work at school rather than sit writing a blog post. 

BULK PHOTOGRAPHING+WRITING

I tend to spend a Saturday at the end/start of the month taking lots of photos of products ect that I know I want to get up soon. I like to do this because my mind is a at rest. Save them in a folder on your computer so you know you have them. This means you have photo's ready to use when you decide to write a post, and you can still take photos whenever you want - its just easier to have some stored. Weekends are the best time to blog in my opinion, with homework that might need to be in the next day you find it difficult to write and study at the same time. Take a Saturday morning to spend a few hours writing up posts and scheduling them to upload whenever you want them to. Makes life easier, that's what I do - for example I am writing this post in April and you're seeing it in May!

DON'T FEEL PRESSURED

If you can't get a post up then don't worry, you aren't hurting anyone by not posting on a certain week or day. Take a break and post when you feel ready and take your time writing; the last thing you want is to be writing a post when you are super stressed or worried. It doesn't matter if your blog is as perfect as someone else's or you don't have a review about a product that another blog has, as long as you are enjoying blogging and doing what you're doing then leave it be. Your blog shines in its own way. 

Only a few tips and tricks can help you a lot, and I still find it hard to manage both but find your own way. Let me know your ways!

Best of the Magazines||June

Magazines are my best friend for the next few months. I love to read them at night, before I go to sleep to relax and unwind before a stressful next day at school. And lately, here has been some amazing issues out so I thought I would share them with and tell you about all the super cool stuff you are getting in them. Magazines always come out a month before so these are all of June's issues which is why I bought them seen as though its my birthday month! It may seem like a lot, but I will read them all several times I promise you!

Cosmopolitan- This is the subscriber cover as I get it sent to me every month, but the gorgeous Caroline Flack graces the cover and lets you know all about her life. It also comes with a L'oreal Skin Perfection Sample which is great thing as you can try before you buy! There are also some stunning hair and makeup tutorials in there perfect for the summer time!

Glamour - A magazine for all you fashion lovers it has over 800 different looks perfect for the summer time along with lots of Beauty tips for the hot weather! Inside there is a interview with Lily Allen who talks about her comeback to the music industry. Glamour are also spoiling us by having a sample of Chanel All in One healthy glow fluid! Amazing I know!

Elle - I never buy Elle magazine because it can be quite pricey at £4 per issue, but this month it was worth it as you get a sample of Benefit's Porfressional Primer and believe you me it is a bargain buy and something I have wanted to try for ages! And Amanda Seyfried is on the front, what's not to love!

Instyle - Again a magazine I don't usually buy but I bought because of the amazing freebie you get inside of it, this months Instyle magazine comes with a ful sized bottle of Nails Inc polish and there are three different shades to collect all limited edition for the world cup that starts very soon! I got the coral shade because I love that colour in summer, but there is also a nude and a pink I believe. Ooh and Nicole Kidman is on the front which is another reason why I bought it - girls crush. And a big sample of the new John Frieda Frizz Ease Stuff.

Marie Claire - Now, I didn't actually get this as it wasn't available anywhere near me, but the June issue of Marie Claire comes Elizabeth Olsen on the front who is my hair queen at the moment. And you also get a travel set from Aroma Therapy for the bargain price of the magazine!

Now if that doesn't make you want to go to your local shop then I don't know what will! Let me know if you found this helpful or even if you would like to see more! 

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Products I've Used Up #2

After my the amazing response to my first Products I've Used Up post. I decided to carry on collecting the products I have finished and talk about them again. 

- Tresemme Shampoo|| Love this shampoo so much, and since finishing I have bought another one that I hauled about. I hardly ever repurchase shampoos because I am really funny with them, some are great for my hair and some make my hair look awful! But this one is amazing.

- Superdrug Nail Polish Remover|| Just a simple and cheap remover that I used up! Nothing to really say..

- Oval Cosmetic Pads|| Life is so much easier if you use oval shaped cotton pads, they really help with removing all your makeup and are way easier to use than round ones.

- Primark Face Wipes|| I didn't have very high hopes for these wipes, but the two sided thing made me fall in love! These cucumber wipes come with an exfoilating side and a normal side, doing two jobs for you in one easy step.

-Batiste Dry Shampoo|| I decided to try out a small dry shampoo bottle first, before committing to a big one. And I have! Love this stuff for lazy hair days and for extra volume. 

- Natural Collection+Maybelline Colour Show Top Coat|| Both are my favourite drug store top coats, because of the price and the quality! They are amazing and I have used up every single drop.

-Natural Collection Concealer||Finally I finished this up! I love using NC products but for some reason my skin and this product don't seem to be getting along very well recently! 

- MUA BB Cream|| At first I loved this product and would really rave about it! But then suddenly I hated it, it broke me out everywhere on my cheeks (still suffering now!) and also didn't sit very well on the skin. It was however the perfect shade match for me, which is a shame. 

OOTD||A Curious Fairytale Necklace

When you're at sixth form/college I find it a challenge having to wear my own clothes, but to avoid having to spend lots of money on a great deal of clothes I just change the way I wear them..if that makes sense? So, a different pair of shoes and recently it's been jewellery and my favourite item at the moment is this gorgeous necklace* from A Curious Fairytale.

The name is the cutest and they sell some of the most adorable little pieces on their store, and all at really reasonable prices which gives you an excuse to buy more for all your outfits.

This necklace is a pretty little dainty pink daisy and it suits beautifully on anything you have in your wardrobe.  I paired it with this polka dot top from Matalan, and it looks great because the top is a scoop neck and being a long necklace and statement 'kinda gal' this was very different and stopped quite high up so it was a big change. But, for some reason I seemed to have fallen in love with it and might just be wearing this a lot more this summer! 

Find A Curious Fairytale on Esty || here