Lighthearted Beauty and Lifestyle... Honestly.
Scrolling aimlessly through Twitter one day (you can follow me if you like random retweets and nonsense) I noticed a few popular tweets talking about stereotypical bloggers. Use rose gold, marble, fake flowers and bits of gold jewellery in a flatlay? Be overly positive about […]
“NEW YEAR, NEW ME” is in every other Instagram caption, like a new number on the end of the date can automatically change someone’s personality. You sigh, knowing that the 1st of January is just another day and has no significance on people’s lives, despite […]
It’s no surprise to anyone that I love Revolution Beauty brands – Revolution, Revolution Pro, I Heart Revolution and Obsession. I am asked ‘what’s worth getting?’ on an almost daily basis. At the moment of writing, until they bring out more products, I literally have everything […]
Revolution released their first ‘proper’ mascara (well, the first since their rebrand) and, of course, I just had to review it. When I received it in the post (just 48 hours after I ordered it!), I noticed that the wand was very similar to a […]
Okay, I’m not going to lie – I would have loved a spooky theme for this month’s LookFantastic Beauty Box. It’s Halloween month! But instead we have a Hidden Gems theme, which is fair enough. I’m expecting some great yet unknown brands and products in […]
Superdrug was kind enough to send me the Mad Beauty Disney Snow White 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar for review (all opinions are my own of course, and links are affiliated). This retails for £14 on the Superdrug site, but is currently (at time […]
I know, I know, it’s only just October, and this isn’t even an advent calendar, it’s a calendar for between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, but it’s always best to get these things early before they sell out! I was lucky enough to receive this […]
How quick did September go!? It seems like yesterday it was August, now it’s all pumpkin spice lattes and halloween makeup tutorials. But can we address how cold it is? After the summer heatwave, it seems even colder now. I’m sorry for moaning, but I’m British. […]
Me and Morphe have fallen out, big time. So, when I was browsing on AliExpress and came across this palette from Beauty Glazed for around £8, I knew it was a must-have! Coincidentally, the palette is called Must-Have. If you hadn’t guessed it, the palette […]
Essence is a popular brand across Europe and America, but hasn’t quite made it in the UK just yet. Despite being readily available in Wilko, not many people seem to have heard of it, or if they have, they assume it’s Wilko’s own brand and therefore probably […]
BeautyBay, the online makeup retailer, have always given us access to the biggest brands here in the UK. Excitingly, they’ve recently launched their own brand of makeup! They’re experts in all things beauty and know what people want to buy, so it wasn’t a surprising move, and […]
links are affiliated but all opinions are my own, as always! So, Revolution has launched another collab palette. We’ve had plenty of those of late, so it’s no surprise that there’s another. This time we have an eyeshadow palette from Petra, a vlogger from the […]
After the highly successful launch of the Conceal & Define concealer, Revolution brought out the Conceal & Define foundation in 24 shades. It retails for £9 in Superdrug and RevolutionBeauty, and launched alongside a supersize version of the concealer, which is £7 for 13ml (the […]
Hi! I’m Holly, also known as Hollife. I’m 23 and I’m married with six (animal) children. I love makeup, bargains and being creative via my YouTube channels and blog. Have fun browsing my posts! ♥
Last month I wished for the heat to end, this month I got my wish granted! Autumn weather seems to be rolling in a little prematurely, which is great for autumn-lovers like myself. Primark is fully stocked with mustard yellow and burgendy clothing and I am craving a new coat for the season ahead. I’m in my happy place.
At the end of every month, I’ve decided to create my monthly Edits – a mixture of product favourites, other things I’ve been loving, a life update and any other bits and pieces I want to include. It’ll be a great way to summarise my month and something interesting to look back on in the future. Links are affiliated.
SHOP MY FAVES
MaxFactor Creme Bronzer / £9.99 / SUPERDRUG.COM
I Heart Revolution Summer of Love / £5 / SUPERDRUG.COM / REVOLUTIONBEAUTY.COM
Maybelline Superstay 24hr Foundation / £9.99 / SUPERDRUG.COM
I didn’t actually buy too much makeup this month, despite the previous couple of months being quite spendy. I bought some Wet n Wild products to test out (it launched on Beauty Bay! I liked the 4 pan palettes and bronzer the best) and some new bronzers for a future video. My favourite purchase out of everything was probably the CoverFX bronzer, which was reduced down to £5.99 from £34 in the Beauty Outlet. I also like the MaxFactor Creme bronzer and the I Heart Revolution Summer of Love bronzer. Finally, I picked up Maybelline Superstay foundation in 03 (previously I had 05) and it’s becoming one of my favourite foundations!
Myself and my husband have been watching a lot of iZombie, which I didn’t expect to enjoy as much as we did! Also on Netflix, I’ve been watching a lot of teen rom-coms, like To All The Boys I Loved Before, The Duff, The Kissing Booth and Edge of Seventeen. It reminds me of my 15 year old self, going to the cinema with my friends and watching a cheesy love story about people the same age as us.
Now that Autumn is just around the corner, I’ve been eyeing up all the warm jumpers, burgendy and mustard colours and corduroy in clothes shops (let’s be real, Primark). I love the season so much; it makes me so happy to have slightly cooler days and needing a coat! I’m also excited about the prospect of Halloween and Pumpkin Spice Lattes…
What did I even do in August? Chris went on holiday towards the end of the month, which meant I was home alone for a whole 6 days! I haven’t been on my own since before we were married, so it was quite strange. I do have daily vlogs from that entire time if you’d like to see what I got up to, you can find my vlog channel here!
Other than that, August has been a pretty laid-back, do-nothing month. I feel really boring, but I literally did nothing.
YOUTUBE
Beauty Favourites / Poundland Haul / Testing Poundland Makeup / Imogenation x Revolution Review / Testing Wet n Wild / I Heart Revolution Lemon Drizzle Review / I Heart Revolution Macaroons Review / I Heart Revolution Cotton Candy Review / I Heart Revolution Galactic Review / Can We Trust Beauty YouTubers? / Was the Morphe x Jaclyn Hill Vault Really Reformulated? / Husband Does My Makeup / Why Was the Morphe x Jaclyn Hill Vault Really Delayed? / The Best Revolution Dupes / Beginner Makeup Kit / £300 Makeup Haul Update / Makeup of the Week
BLOG
Two Years of Bullet Journaling / Glowy Summer Makeup / LookFantastic Beauty Box Unboxing / New I Heart Revolution Palettes / Can We Trust Beauty Influencers? / Every Single Revolution Dupe / Was the Morphe x Jaclyn Hill Vault Really Reformulated?
WATCHING / New series of Gotham! Also iZombie (we’re on season 3) and Jane the Virgin Season 3 and 4 / READING / Nothing right now! I finished all my books; I’ve treated myself to another 4 thrillers, though / PLAYING / Again, we’re not actually playing anything at the moment. I did start replaying Happy Home Designer on the 3DS but haven’t in a while / WEARING / Dressing gowns, pyjamas, jumpers / USING / Emma Hardie Moringa Cleansing Balm / EATING / Trying to eat healthy meals, but I had two takeaways last week / LISTENING TO / New releases on Spotify!