Let's talk about the EU

OKAY, so important political stuff here - PLEASE do not click away if you are from the UK and especially if you're eligible to vote this year (if you're not, y'know the EU is still interesting stuff). Even if you know you're voting to leave or stay in the EU in the upcoming referendum, if you can't say why pleaaaaase either watch the video or check out any of the resources because it's really bugging me that people have made a snap decision and don't know why because this is one of the biggest things to happen to the UK in a long, long time, okay?


TOPICS MENTIONED:

• Reintroducing full powers back to Westminster
• EU is a drain on the British Economy
• EU is undemocratic and unaccountable
• 'British Identity' and Economy
• Immigration
• Trade
• New World Order
• Tuition Fees
• TTIP 

RESOURCES:

• Should the left leave the EU? | Owen Jones talks...
• The European Union, Greek austerity and microwave safety | Owen Jones talks back
• TTIP - Why we have to stop the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | Owen Jones talks...
• What is the English identity? | Owen Jones talks...
• EU referendum timeline: What will happen when?
• DebateWise - the UK should leave the EU (I based my main points on this link)
• WriteToThem - select MEP if you want to write to your representative on TTIP, but this website is helpful anyway to talk to your constituency's MP as well
• Prevent review - I am going to do a whole video on Prevent but this is where they state what 'fundamental British values' are
• The Truth About Cameron, Immigration & Our Media: Russell Brand The Trews (E172)
• Nigel Farage: It is 'bonkers' to stay in the European Union - just included this for an opposing view okay I hate Nigel Farage 

I hope you found this remotely useful, I just feel like a lot of people don't know what they're doing in the referendum and it's coming up this year, we don't have time to sit back and pretend it's not happening.

Cruelty-free current skincare routine

This is a bit of a cop-out of a post, because it's a video. I much prefer to dedicate detailed blog posts to products I'm really loving and would wholeheartedly recommend, but I wouldn't necessarily wholeheartedly recommend every product in my current skincare routine, so I thought I'd do a video of it and talk you through what I'm using at the moment. If I ever do really love something though, you'll know, trust me, I'll probably talk about it on here at length.



MORNING ROUTINE

• Superdrug Clearly Youthful Cream Cleanse
• Boots Essentials Cucumber Moisturising Cream 
• Superdrug Simply Pure Hydrating Serum
• Superdrug Vitamin E Eye Cream

EVENING ROUTINE

• Superdrug Simply Pure Micellar Water
• Superdrug Vitamin E Dual Phase Cleansing Oil
• Superdrug Simply Pure Calming Cleanser
• Boots Essentials Cucumber Facial Toner
• Boots Essentials Cucumber Moisturising Cream
• Superdrug Simply Pure Hydrating Serum
• Superdrug Vitamin E Eye Cream

I also didn't mention this in the video, but my lip balm of choice is Carmex Original. However, even though I do really like this one and would recommend it, I am on the lookout for a new one so if you are aware of one that doesn't test on animals (and if possible, is vegan) I would much appreciate!

What are your favourite skincare products?

Primark haul

Have you come here searching for the most mundane Primark haul imaginable? Well, you've come to the right place - we have monochrome and basic tees, it's a world of boring clothes. If you just click on the video below, you'll get to see this array of monochromatics (okay, there's a Star Wars tee and some Harry Potter PJs too, couldn't go completely dull) and one lil purchase from H&M. Also, I'm trying to stop with the rambly videos so this video is under 10 minutes long - hurrah for short, snappy videos!

What are your favourite Autumn clothing pieces?

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Disappointing products #1

The past eighteen years of my life have been pretty disappointing so I'm pretty used to being disappointed and I can point out a disappointing thing when I see once, hence I thought I would do a disappointing products post and video:

1. Soap and Glory Sugar Crush Body Scrub
- What's wrong with it? It didn't feel grainy enough to scrub my body, it was alright but I didn't feel particularly exfoliated afterwards. Although that might make it better for those with more sensitive skin.

2. Makeup Revolution Focus & Fix Concealer
- What's wrong with it? It didn't cover up spots or dark circles which is precisely what I want a concealer to do (you can see me complain about it in my first impressions post/video here). I can't speak for covering up redness because that's not something I suffer with, but it didn't help whatsoever with what I use concealer for.

3. Simple Eye Makeup Remover Pen
- What's wrong with it? It was a great idea in theory but in practise it didn't remove makeup well, it just smudged it so instead of having a slightly dodgy eyeliner flick that you could chip off, you had a big grey smudge which was harder to remove so it didn't do what I expected it to do.

4. Barry M Gelly Nail Paint in Rose Hip
- What's wrong with it? Don't even get me started, this is the worst nail polish I have ever used - seriously, it's not great. Perhaps it's a bad batch but after asking around on the beauty blogger chats on twitter I doubt it. It stayed tacky for hours and hours so it always smudged without fail, which means I would want to take it off so even if it is long lasting it would look gross and smudged so I wouldn't want it to be long lasting, you see what I'm getting at? The shade range is beautiful and I love the other nail polishes from Barry M, but £3.99 for a forever-tacky-so-it-smudges-and-looks-crappy nail polish is at all not worth it.

5. Essence Nail Art Special Effect Topper in Circus Confetti
- What's wrong with it? I liked this upon first application, nice even coat of glitter and it was fairly fast drying. I just found it chipped really really badly, it was better with some nail polishes over others but a top coat should be less prone to chipping than any other nail polishes, when this chipped I had to go back under with the colour coat and the top coat so it just didn't look great generally.

What products have you found disappointing in the past?

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