A Year Of Biggie

Above: Little Baby Biggie

I don't know the exact date of my cat's birthday so I have decided to count it from the date that he officially came to live with us. Long story short, he originally belonged to my brothers housemate at University and was named Biggie (yes, after the rapper). It got to Christmas time and Biggie and his brother Guiness were only a few months old. All of my brothers housemates including him were going home for the holidays and there was no one to look after the little kittens. After a bit of persuading my mum kindly offered to look after them for a month over Christmas and they came to stay. I was so happy about this because i'm a big cat person and had always wanted a cat, but my Mum was never keen on the idea of getting one. Just having the kittens around for a month was good enough for me because it meant I got to experience what it would be like to have a cat (or two)...and I loved it. To my Mum's surprise she really enjoyed having them around too and I could see she was becoming very attached. I was secretly hoping that we would be able to keep them when the month was up but my brother's housemates wanted them back. So I said goodbye and expected to only see them when I was visiting my brother at Uni. This was until my brother and his housemates finished their first year there and Biggie's owner decided that he would probably be better off coming to live with us. His owner was also very attached so it must have been hard to say goodbye but i'm so grateful that he let us adopt Bigs. I think sometimes when people haven't had a pet before they don't realise just how expensive it can be, especially when you take insurance and vaccinations etc into account.

So exactly one year ago (when he was roughly one year old) today Biggie came to live with us and now I can't imagine not having him around. I love him to bits, even when he brings us...presents. I'll miss him so much when I move out of my parents house in August.

I'd love to hear about your pets or if you have any stories about them?

He can be such a grump sometimes!

Fortnight in Photos #5

 This is more like 'Three Weeks in Photos' because I missed out on posting last week as I was in Morocco. You can check out the photos from that trip here if you want. There will be more to come later in the week. Again, i've had a very busy few weeks! But now that my holiday is over and Uni is completely finished, i'm expecting things to return back to normal for the next few weeks, before I move up to London to start my internship. I'm just hoping for some good weather in the UK so that it actually feels like summer. 

Valerie Patisserie to say bye to girls at Uni, foggy on the way to Plymouth, Zzapp, giant teacake, double sided necklace I can't stop wearing, sleepy Bigs.

New job, kittens in Morocco, giving my room a Moroccan make over, avocado smoothie, necklace from Topshop sale, Cystic Fibrosis Trust afternoon tea fundraiser.

Birthday time! It wasn't a big birthday so I didn't do much for it, just went shopping in the day and then went to Pizza Express in the evening with my family.

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I'm Loving: L'Oreal Skin Perfection Micellar Solution

I saw this advertised in a magazine recently, read the words 'High performance make up removal' and thought 'I need to try this'. I've never tried Bioderma's version (I'm not sure why this hasn't happened either. Especially as I frequently travelled to France before it was available in the UK) so I thought this might be the next best thing and for £4.99 you can't really go wrong. 

This product is alcohol free and L'Oreal claim that it 'acts like a purifying magnet on the skin's surface to capture and draw out excess oil and impurities.' I've used this cleanser a few times now and really like it. It removes make up so thoroughly but is also very gentle and has no fragrance. To use this effectively I apply it to cotton pads and then leave them over my eyes for a good few seconds. This water solution magically removes all traces of eye make up without you really having to rub the cotton pads onto your skin. It can also be used all over your face and on your lips. But I always find eye make up the hardest thing to remove so this product is a lifesaver. I only use this to pre cleanse though and will use something like a cleanse and polish afterwards to get rid of every trace of make up and exfoliate. But it's brilliant for removing that tough make up to start with and is also perfect for using if you are in a hurry or in ones of those moods when you can't be bothered to spend ages cleaning your face. Another fantastic thing about this cleanser is that it isn't greasy at all. I read somewhere that it does have oil in it but that it does not separate from the water so i'm guessing that this is the reason it feels like you are only applying water to your face.

Have you tried this product or anything from the range? What are your thoughts?


Disclosure: The views expressed are based on my own experience.

A Week In Morocco | Part 1

I spent the past week in Morocco with my parents and brother and absolutely loved it there. If you haven't been then I would definitely recommend going! I couldn't believe that it only took just over three hours to fly to from the UK and is in the same time zone. It's such a different and fascinating place. 

We spent a couple of days in busy Marrakech before heading to the desert and then the beautiful Atlas mountains. We stayed in a lovely riad which is right in the centre of the city and just round the corner from the medina, the main square. We were pretty much the only people at the riad so it was lovely and peaceful. It was the perfect place to go back to and relax on the roof terrace after an exhausting day in the city. The food in Morocco was delicious, we ate colourful salad after salad, enjoyed different variations of tagine and drank a lot of mint tea. Here are a few snaps from the first part of the holiday.