Woah...

Hello, yes this is Shan and yes i'm still alive. It has been almost 8 months since I last posted but I can say that I have had so much to share but so little time to post. Right now I am writing this post from my new home in Liverpool. If I hadn't mentioned before, I lived just outside Manchester but 2 days ago I moved to the centre of Liverpool to start my new journey at Liverpool John Moores University. Already I can tell how much I am going to love this city.
  I am currently studying Applied Psychology in the hopes of developing a career in Drama Therapy (strange, I know). I know that a lot of people viewing blogs today are of quite a young age range where they might be thinking of moving on to higher education. All I can say right now is DO IT!!!! I have only spent two nights in my new little flat with 4 other flat mates and i'm having so much fun. Obviously I wont be having so much fun when the actual work begins. If you're anything like me, you'll be losing sleep over if you actually want to go to University or not. I was highly convinced that I would not receive the grades to get into my first choice (which is where I am now) and that id have to take a couple of years out to try and find a different way to get into uni besides finishing my A-levels. On the day of my results I was so worried about checking my UCAS application to see if I had got into LJMU or not. I found out I had got in even before I found out my results. The thing that ran through my head was that maybe in a years time, my results would not be good enough and that something is telling me that this year is my year. I've had one of the hardest years of my life this year for many reasons, and I am going to keep private. I may discuss them in the future but right now I am still trying to cope. Through all of this darkness and down times, LJMU is the one thing that made me happy and excited to start this new chapter. Ill keep this blog hopefully up to date as I may have quite a bit of free time now. If you would like to see my little room for the next year please don't hesitate to leave a comment. I will also answer questions if you have any. Please leave suggestions of what you would like to see and I will try to get them done.

Thanks for being so patient.
Ciao xox

Zoella Beauty

Hey everyone, just quick review for you guys. This is the Zoella Beauty line, pretty much every single piece apart from the new bag that has just been added but I do not have that yet. This line is sold in select superdrugs and on the feel unique website. It has such a cute design and colour scheme that is very Zoe. If you aren't sure who Zoella (Zoe Sugg) is then where have you been hiding? She is a very popular vlogger/blogger who specialised in the beauty genre. In conjunction with her online success she has brought out a book "Girl Online" and her beauty line. Anyway, onto the review. I have fallen in love with this ever since I got it at Christmas. My favourite's from this is the fizz bar and the candle. They all have very similar fresh, floral scents which reminds me of spring. However, the fizz bar is a lot nicer smelling, in my opinion. When placed in your bath, it releases a very sweet smell, sweeter than the other products. But I still love them all. You can have such a relaxing bubble bath with your bath fizzers, candle and shower gel. Once finished, you can get out smooth your skin over with the body lotion, use your makeup that's in the bags and then cover yourself in a mask of blissful mistful body mist. Youre then ready for a nice day out smelling amazing. In my opinion the prices are reasonable ranging from £5-£8 so it isn't expensive, especially for something as nice as these products.
Well that's everything for this review, I hope you enjoyed it. Leave a comment below if you've tried this range and your opinion. Thanks for reading!

Ciao xo

Snowman soup

Hey guys, guess who is back? ME!!! Its been such a crazy week but everything is now back to normality, hopefully. So as I said in my last post after all my mocks and exam was done I would throw Christmas in your face. So, here it is. This is just a cute little idea for gifts I've found if you like creative, meaningful presents or if you haven't got a lot of money at the moment. Here is the recipe for SNOWMAN SOUP.

Its not as disgusting as it sounds, I promise. Its also not melted ice cream in a bowl which my granddad thought it was. All you need is;

• cellophane cone bags, you can get these from amazon in different colours or sizes (I got large ones,)
• Hot chocolate powder, any of your choice,
• Mini marshmallows and I added sneaky smarties,
• Wire ties,
• Ribbons in Christmassy patterns,
• string of some sort,
• Tags, homemade or pre made,
• scissors,
• Candy canes,
• A spoon for the hot chocolate,

1. Start to spoon your powder into your cones, enough for a mug of hot chocolate, tie this off with a wire tie and cut off the excess after the tie.
2. Place this into another cone bag, this will stop any of your marshmallows from getting chocolate powder all over them. Pour your marshmallows in and any other little bits you want to add. Tie this off again with your wire ties and you've got the basis of your snowman soup.
3. Now you want to tie a piece of ribbon around the top with your tag on and a cute little message on.
4. Add your Christmas ribbon around and tie it in a cute little bow. Place a candy cane through your ribbon and TAA DAA. Your snowman soup is complete.

That is it, not too complicated is it? I really enjoyed making these and cant wait to give them out. They are just so cute and really thoughtful. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and tell me if you want to see more. If you decide to make these, please show me by leaving a picture in the comments
13 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

Ciao xo