Things I Love - #SBBC

I thought I'd do the lifestyle post today (and probably tomorrow) since I did an August Wishlist and well due to my lack of funds being a fresh out of high school, uni student. Most of my money goes to either saving for bigger things, nights out or you know, eating. So instead of doing the wishlist I'd thought I'd share with you some of the things I love, I'm gonna stray away from beauty things since, I'm pretty sure I cover that in my monthly favorites.

As some of you might know from reading my life updates, just over a month ago my boyfriend and I broke up and as much as it was sad, I've used it as a positive to concentrate on myself and where my life is heading. So one of the things I love right now is life, and there are two main reasons why I love it right now, Katie and Caitlyn (yeah we all kinda have similar names it's a little strange). I doubt they know how amazing they are but they have made my life full of excitement and I am truly blessed to have these two wonderful ladies in my life. Just the little ways that they include me, make me way too happy, and I cherish all the time I get to spend with them.

Secondly, I've been loving the fact that I've been taking better care of myself, being vigilant with my skincare routine has made me super happy, just being comfortable in my own skin is certainly a first and I'm loving it! In regards to skincare I will defs mention the Yes To Cucumbers Moisturizer, I'm in love with that little beaut. Also being vigilant with my nails and hair has made a big difference to my life, cause I get to feel nice most of the time.

Since making one of the biggest purchases of my life I've been extremely happy, I absolutely love my new camera, which I did get specifically for this blog but I hope to venture into the world of YouTube in the near future. My camera is a Canon Powershot SX50 HS, it's beautiful.

Last but definitely not least. I LOVE blogging! Everything about it I love. The community, writing posts, drawing inspiration and reading everyone else's posts. I really feel like I've popped into some special world where everything is amazing, I just love the atmosphere and the euphoric feelings I get from being apart of something unique.

Those are just a few of the things I love, I mean I love a lotta stuff! What are some of the things you love?

Where I Get My Inspiration - #SBBC

I'm gonna be very honest. My inspiration for literally anything comes from my fellow bloggers, instagramers and numerous YouTube beauty gurus. I tend to hoard images of makeup looks to gather inspirations. I find that with people who are posting on the internet are far better inspiration (for me at least) than celebrities since, I can gather a sense of familiarity, and that they are a real person who shares the same interests as me, which I find easier to relate from to draw inspiration. The four lovely ladies I've pictured are wellknown YouTubers, (Saturdaynightalrite, TheBeautyVault, Shaanxo, Zoella). I also look to the subreddit, Makeup Addiction, there are some amazing and talented people out there and getting to see their work is just amazing.

Where do you get your inspiration?

Fitness Routine

Now by no means am I fit or healthy but recently I've been starting to get healthier and fitter but exercising and watching what I eat. Before I get started, I have a lower back injury as well as injuries all down my left leg which are ongoing and non-treatable so I do have to be careful what exercises I do and when I do them. The general gist to my regime is do what you feel comfortable when you can, because as much as I would like to push myself, it would probably make my life hell. When I started out a little over two months ago, I started doing 2k (roughly 1mile) runs in the morning and alternate with 5k morning runs on the days I weren't sore. Before I ran I made sure I stretched and had some water, because it's really important to keep hydrated. If I ever woke up and my leg or back was hurting I just wouldn't run at all because it does more damage than good.

In regards to exercise, I always paired the run with just a little bit of calisthenics. Once again, whatever I was comfortable, and in the past month while my back has been out, I have just been doing this really simple 4 minute routine.

Exercise Routine:

3 sets of 12 of Dips - On a chair or edge of a bed, place your palms firmly on the surface and slide your feet out from the surface a little bit and keep a sitting (90 degrees) position then dip down to the ground.

3 sets of 12 of Weighted Twists - On the ground lift your feet off the ground and balance on your bottom and with small dumbells (mine are 1.5kgs) twist from side to side.

3 sets of 12 of Push-ups - Now I can't do proper push-ups yet but if you can go full out but I do beginner ones where instead of balancing on your toes, you're on your knees. Remember to stay parallel.

3 sets of Crunches or Sit-ups - I alternate between crunches and sit-ups depending on how my back is feeling.

The main thing to remember is make sure you are doing things you are comfortable with because if you're hurting yourself you're most likely going to not want to do it again and hurting yourself in the process. Try to have fun with fitness, because I know that I hated sports at school and exercise in general just made me wanna be sick, but I wanna be healthier and I know that being healthier will help me in more ways then helping me get around uni without loosing my breath. I know for me it was what type of exercise I was doing that made the difference, I just love running and jogging, although it may hurt my leg a little, the outdoors is beautiful and very peaceful and it makes the time fly, whereas my sister who is also starting her fitness journey joined a gym because she likes the atmosphere better and likes the motivation she gets from paying the money, where I like the freedom.