So when I first started University, I dragged a pile of my TBR books with me to my student accommodation. Because of course there will be loads of free time right? Wrong. Whether it’s actually going to uni, doing uni work, socialising, having a part time job, or just you know not doing anything really, … View Post
Archives for April 2017
Skincare Routine for Combination, Sensitive & Breakout Prone Skin | 2017
As someone with sensitive and combination skin, it’s taken me years to find go-to products. I have times where I need to change my routine of course, in the winter I get dry skin, near exams/deadlines I get eczema, in summer I’m oily. All these different problems need different products. Also, I have tried staying … View Post
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Inconceivable Life of Quinn
I received The Inconceivable Life of Quinn* by Marianna Baer as an e-book from the publisher via Netgalley. This is an unbiased and honest review. A sense of magic in an otherwise normal world was… strange. Especially since it arrived at a fairly late part of the book. Although I enjoy fantasy books filled with magic, this book didn’t … View Post
Being an Introvert Doesnt Make Me a Bad Person
I am most definitely introverted. For my entire life, this has been a problem for people. From teachers who want me to speak in class (even though I always did well in school) to interviewers who assumed I couldn’t do my job because I’m ‘too shy’. I’ve been told to be louder, to speak up … View Post
Motivational Monday With Some Quotes From Powerful Women
As I sit writing this, I’m thinking of how tired and unmotivated I’ve been feeling recently. Whether it’s to do with this blog, my uni work or my internship. I think it was as soon as I got my placement offer. Finally, I’d got the one thing I’d been working so hard for this semester. … View Post
Uptown Oracle Reads… The List
I recieved The List* by Patricia Forde as an e-book from the publisher via Netgalley. This is an unbiased and honest review. Living in a post-flood dystopian world, language has been culled to a small selection of approved lexicon. Letta is a wordsmith, one of the privileged who can use more words. I liked this book, it was a … View Post