Let’s Connect!

At the height of my blogging, connecting with other like-minded individuals was easily one of my favourite aspects about creating content for the site. However, now that my work is based solely online, I have discovered a whole new forum for discussion while my blog has fallen victim to a serious case of neglect. If …

Launching Your Freelance Business: 3 Common Excuses And How To Overcome Them

Over three years ago, I took the elevator down from the corporate world, trading business suits and office hours for flannel shirts and flexibility as I walked up the stairs of self-employment, equipped with a heart full of hope, a mind full of ideas and the technology that I needed to bring them to life. …

Millennials Issue A Stark Wake-Up Call To The Media (And It’s Before 12 Noon)

Entitled. Lazy. Narcissistic. These are just a few of the words bandied about by the media regarding members of Generation Y – which is, ironically, the letter that phonetically sounds like the question we repeatedly have to ask ourselves. Why do millennials get such a bad rap? Grouping a whole heap of diverse individuals together …

April 2016 | Happiness Highlights

#1: Finishing work, listening to music while packing for a weekend at Stephen's. #2: Taking a trip to the cinema to watch Zootropolis (2016) and exiting with THE biggest smile on my face. #3: Making plans and edging ever closer to booking our next family holiday. #4: An unexpected, but welcome, email out of the blue. #5: Stretching out on the sofa and …

Blogging | Invite & Earn With Webfluential*

I’m writing this post because I have had a couple of bloggers email me directly to ask about my blogging experience and whether there are any tools or resources that have helped me to manage and advance my blog over the past year. While I’m certainly not an expert on the subject, I have responded …

Motivational Monday | Remember To Look Up

I have touched upon a similar topic previously for Motivational Monday in my Beauty is Everywhere and Pleased to Meet You blog posts, explaining things in our lives that we should take the time to appreciate, including anything from a beautiful sunset, a quiet 'me' moment and even a complete stranger adding brightness to our day. We are all so connected but what does …

Beauty | L’Oréal Paris’ #MAKEUPGENIUS App Review

  I was really excited to, first of all, put L'Oréal Paris' beauty app #MAKEUPGENIUS to the test and then, secondly, tell you all about it! Welcome to a new era of trying on make-up. The Makeup Genius app acts as a magic mirror, the camera in your electronic device allows you to enter an augmented reality, which …