January 2015 | Isobel Rose

It's that time again...

Saturday, January 31, 2015

We've been here before - I have more makeup than I could use up in a lifetime and it's a problem that needs urgent attention. Stacks on stacks of unused and unloved makeup is a sad sight indeed, and I really need to use up what I've got before moving onto anything new. I've done a spending ban before and it was a great success, but it was only a month long and now I feel like I need to push myself...

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Valencia!

Thursday, January 29, 2015

As you may or may not know, last week I hopped on a jet plane and whizzed off to Valencia for a 3 day break from reality, as well as a much needed session of Spanish speaking practise. The city is gorgeous and I had an amazing time on my own little solo adventure. My camera was my only companion, and it came in handy when capturing the beauty of the city and its people. In fact, I managed to snap...

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The only lipgloss for me

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

I have never been a girl for lipgloss, in fact I'm not a huge fan of having anything on my lips, but lip glosses have always been the worst. Sticky, gloopy, and often too slippery or shimmery, I've just never been a fan. That was until I found these - the gorgeous Maybelline ColourSensational Shine Glosses that have completely changed the game for me. They're glossy and super long lasting (quite...

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What I've Been Loving #37 - Travel Edition

Sunday, January 25, 2015

I wasn't sure if I was going to do a #WIBL this week as I'm completely out of products to mention, but I decided that after my recent trip to Valencia (post coming soon!), I would cover a few of my travel favourites for you guys. Most of these have been mentioned a million times before on Isobel Rose so I'll keep this short, but in case you haven't been paying attention or want to hear even...

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The Reading List #2

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

As one of my '50 things to achieve this year' list, I've set myself the task of reading 25 books. It doesn't necessarily sound like a lot, but until I graduate in July, I feel my book-reading ability will be a bit stunted in favour for essay reading and revision. However, with two or so weeks of 'holiday' ahead of me (although how much of a holiday can a final year student really have?) I've been...

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Un viaje

Monday, January 19, 2015

So the days of slaving over miserable essays are behind me... at least for now. However, in the midst of my Gorbachev-communism-Poland-Franco nightmare I found myself on the easyJet website, and having seen the cracking deals that they had going, I managed to book myself a little trip away to escape it all before I knew it. Although Amsterdam looked extremely enticing, I decided that I might...

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Winter Fashion Favourites

Saturday, January 17, 2015

I know I said that I was going to try to get this up on Thursday, but by the time I'd written 3,500 words in two days and handed then in on Wednesday at 5pm, the last thing I wanted to do was do any more writing - my fingers were threatening to fall off as it was! Anyway, you'll have to bare with me because I'm not very experienced with fashion photography, but I've been wanting to do this post...

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Apologies

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that there won't be a proper post up today because I have so much uni work to do. Long story short, today is the day that I'm going to have to completely research and write a 3,500 word essay in Spanish. Puedo hacerlo. My brain is scrambled from having written two other 3,500 word essays in the last week and a half, and once I give in this final essay tomorrow...

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What I've Been Loving #36

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Not That Kind Of Girl by Lena Dunham (£8.45): I think Lena Dunham is a bit like marmite - some people love her and some hate her. Personally I can't get enough of her, and I'm currently reading her book 'Not That Kind of Girl' for the second time. If you've watched her TV show Girls - which I also love - then you'll understand when I say that this book is made up of personal essays, lists, emails...

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Twenty-Fourteen Favourites

Friday, January 9, 2015

Although I'm a bit late with this post, I've been really wanting to share my favourites from the past year - whether they makeup, skincare or haircare related. I probably could've narrowed this list down more, but I'm sure most of you are pretty curious to see what I've been loving, so here they are... Skincare: The Body Shop Camomile Waterproof Eye & Lip Make Up Remover (£8): It's not...

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My story with self harm.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

WARNING - this post discusses depression and self harm. If this is a trigger for you, then please read ahead with caution or give this post a miss all together. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- No one ever thinks it will go that far. Sure, at some point in almost everyone's life they probably have the odd, frustrated and over exaggerated...

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My singular sale purchase

Monday, January 5, 2015

Sarah Chapman's Skinesis Overnight Facial has been on my beauty wish list for as long as I can remember, but there's a problem - £46 is a hell of a lot of money for an unemployed student to pay for a skincare product that isn't guaranteed to work. However, when I saw the Feelunique exclusive Sarah Chapman Skinesis Starter Kit which includes samples of the Sarah Chapman Skinesis Overnight Facial...

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Time to relax

Saturday, January 3, 2015

... and breathe. I hate to be the girl who always seems to complain how hard life is for her, but let's face it - we all have our ups and downs. A shitty week at work, a sick loved one, or fresh heartbreak - we all have those weeks when we just want to curl up into a ball and hibernate for a month or two. My solution? Clearing an evening to do nothing but pamper myself. And when I mean...

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Pursuit of Happiness

Friday, January 2, 2015

2015 is going to be a big year for me. After god knows how many years of education, I will finally (well, hopefully) be graduating from university in July and heading out into the big, wide world. For the first time in my life, I don't have a definite road ahead of me - from primary school I went to secondary school, and then the presumed route was university, but I'm about to finish the 'walkthrough'...

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Twenty-Fifteen

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Boy we got here quickly didn't we? I know it's one of the most over-used clichés ever, but this year certainly had whizzed by! In 2014 I lived in Madrid for 6 months, started my final year at university, gained the majority of my blog's readership (hello!!) and experienced an emotional roller coaster doing so. The whole point of this post, however, is to wish you all the happiest of New Years,...

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