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The Last Moments of 2018 : here’s what to wear for New Years Eve

2018. The laugh out loud moments, the smile until your mouth hurts moments, the cry until your head hurts moments, the dance until you almost pass out moments, the sing until you lose your voice moments, the run because you’re excited moments, the butterflies in […]

December 29, 2018

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‘This is not a Joke, and it is definitely not Amusing’

This post is an explanation of my recent art work that I submitted as my final piece for uni. I’ll start from the beginning. I first discovered the wonderful uses of concrete in my first year at uni. I had just finished sixth form where […]

October 17, 2018

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An Outfit For Autumn

It’s A U T U M N Once again, I’m so excited to finally start wearing layers and autumnal coloured clothing. To be honest, I was doing that during Summer too but now it will actually be a normal and acceptable thing. Also, isn’t it […]

September 25, 2018

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The Transitional Period- what to wear

It’s officially that awkward period where it’s still summer but it’s definitely a lot colder now. To be honest, as soon as the heatwave in England concluded, summer was over in my eyes. Sadly I was one of those people who complained about the heat […]

September 4, 2018

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A Letter To The Woman Of Colour

Unapologetically be you. Use the anger, the fear, the happiness and every other emotion you feel as a drive to elevate yourself and others like you. I’m talking about using your emotions to positively transform the situation. Go against all odds, and speak up against […]

August 17, 2018

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My Year Of Reading Books By Black Women

I saw a post on the Elle Magazine website a while back where Alisha Acquae wrote about the books she had read by black female authors. I thought this would be a lovely thing for me to do too! This year, one of my new […]

August 4, 2018

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Summer Blog Post Ideas

H A P P Y S U M M E R Although I’m more of an autumn girl, I’m excited that summer is finally here. It feels like this is the hottest summer yet in the UK. Here are a few blog post ideas for […]

July 23, 2018

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The First Day of Summer

Summer is here, and before you know it, 2018 will be over. I’m trying to do as many things as I can and say “yes” to more opportunities. In honour of the first day of summer, here is an outfit post in a beautiful garden […]

June 21, 2018

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Homeware Picks

I can’t wait to get my own place and decorate it! This post is an unhealthy accumulation of just a few items that I would love to have inside my own place. A lot of these are expensive so they shall remain on my wishlist […]

June 17, 2018

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Why I Left Blogger for WordPress

#1 Google owns your ‘Blogger’ account With Google’s terms and conditions, they technically own your account which means they could easily make changes or even delete it if they really wanted (which I am sure they wouldn’t but… the option is there). In essence, you […]

June 10, 2018

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“YOU” a few words by me

Read and experience my words Being a woman isn’t easy. You are constantly told by society that you are weak and unable. That you cannot achieve what men can achieve. You are to be inferior. But I believe that as a woman you are […]

June 1, 2018

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Primary Colours

As a black woman, I constantly get told to “wear more colour”. Being a lover of black, white, and grey, this idea did not come easily to me. A few weeks ago, the phrase “you should wear more colour” became more and more frequent to […]

May 28, 2018

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