As you should (hopefully) know, I have been reviewing my months. I feel like whenever I look back on the year, I can only remember the big things I have done, and I don't really remember the small things. So, how has March been for me? 

March has been a bit of a mixed bag for me. In terms of uni work, there's nothing major to talk about. I picked my subjects for second year, so all going well, I should be studying marketing and economics in second and third year, and graduating with one of the two, or both. I have had a few class tests, which is good as it gives me a chance to get everything sorted for exams and a chance to review what I already know. As I was saying last month, I had a lot of group essays and presentations to do, which I hated, as most of the people in my groups are feeling demotivated due to the time of year it is, and so don't try as hard.

I took this picture of Glasgow at the last minutes of sunset.

The snow that came at the start of the month really hit hard. Uni was cancelled for three days, and so I didn't do much uni work for those three days. I did watch "To Rome With Love" though - I have to say it wasn't the best Woody Allen film I've seen, but it was easy watching and distracted me from the snow outside for two hours!

I was feeling so happy this day and I love being able to remember feeling happy!

I read a lot this month too, I finished Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Palin, and then I started reading The Lost City of Z. The Lost City of Z is such a lovely movie that makes me feel so happy and warm inside about the life of Percy Fawcett, and I'd highly recommend it. It's a book that you can't put down and forget about for a few days though, so I'm going to try and read it every single evening instead of spending an hour mindlessly scrolling through Twitter, probably in the summer when I'm less busy. I also bought As Old as Time, which is a Disney Twisted Tale, which I think I'll leave for when I go on holiday to the Dominican Republic to read. I'm currently 4 chapters into White Teeth by Zadie Smith, which I have been reading for half an hour before bed each night.

Me, Chloe and Kirsty in Spoons with our pitchers!

One of my family members is sick and is in the hospital, which is something I don't really want to get into, but I had to take a day off work. I spent that day with my sisters and it was a nice day, I love spending time with them.

I got a new pink coat, which I'm absolutely in love with.

I also dyed the blonde parts of my hair purple. It was just semi permanent so it's fading, but I absolutely love the burst of colour and I'd definitely considering getting it done permanently after my holidays! I decided that I wanted a change, and if I wanted to do it I might as well just do it. I'm trying to apply that mentality to my life - if I want to do something, just do it and don't pay attention to what others around you have to say.

Ashton Lane in the West End after seeing The Royal Tenebaums.

I booked to go for afternoon tea with my mum next month, and me, my mum and my sister went to the ballet to see Swan Lake in Edinburgh! It was lovely and I'm so excited to one day go back to the ballet. I also went to a cinema in the West End of Glasgow with my dad to see The Royal Tenenbaums (which is in my top favourite Wes Anderson films). We went to Wagamama before and I had a chicken katsu curry which I always have when I have Japanese food. I had a lovely day out with my friends, Chloe and Kirsty, and we went to Pizza Express for dinner and then to Wetherspoons for drinks afterwards. I'm so excited to go on holiday with them! Me and Francesca have been looking more into when I go to Italy and what I'm going to do there - and she's been looking at what her and her friend will do when they're here!

Our dog in the snow!

Favourite film of March: I, Tonya. It was so interesting to hear about what happened from Tonya Harding's perspective. I really like ice skating, and once I heard about this case (as I wasn't born in 1994), I instantly thought it was a conspiracy and Tonya obviously knew, but now the film has slightly changed my perspective on the situation! My favourite song this month has either been The Violet Hour by Sea Wolf or Salvatore by Lana Del Rey.

All in all, I think March was quite good for me, the only bad thing that's causing me loads of stress is uni! How was your month?

Thanks for reading,

Ashleigh xxx

Now, onto the foundation. The foundation had its pros and its cons. A positive to it was the fact that its in a stick form. I personally love this, as it uses less product and reminds me of when I was younger and would steal my mum's panstik from her makeup bag. Unfortunately, that's where the pros end. It's not a bad product by far, but it clings to dry patches that I didn't even know I had. It also dries fast on your face, but transfers very easily. It's quite hard to blend if you're not using your fingers (I used a stipple brush AND a beauty blender to make it look decent, and honestly I don't have that sort of time in the morning. I will use this again, as I hate feeling like I've wasted money (I'm on a student budget here, in the words of Tesco "every little helps"), but I'd only use this for days where I have more time to get ready.

Today, I thought I'd do a post on why I started blogging. Funnily enough, I don't think it's really something I have ever posted on, but I have to say, blogging has became one of my favourite things to do. (Aside from watching the Kardashians).

1. Sarcastic.

2. There are far too many floating on the internet for my liking, but I also take far too many selfies.

So, you've accepted your UCAS offer, looked at student accommodation and no doubt, the nerves are kicking in. It's completely normal to feel nervous about such a massive change, and today as I am a week from finishing first year, I thought I'd share some advice that I wish I knew when I started first year!

*I never moved away from home - I already lived in Glasgow and decided to go to university in Glasgow, so I don't have any experiences relating to missing your family or living in halls. However, my first year experience was virtually the same as everyone else's - I went to freshers, I spent 99.9% of my life in the library, I barely had a social life for a few months and I really lived the "typical" student life - complete with Pot Noodles and copious amounts of pizza.*

Since it's exam season soon, I thought I'd talk to you about how I increase my productivity and how I make sure I stay focused and on my A-game!



Some days I'll wake up and just want to watch Keeping Up With the Kardashians all day, and that is okay in moderation. However, it's important to make that not become a regular occurrence. Instead, what I do, is tell myself if I study for two hours, I've more than earned a Kardashians break.

*Working for two hours straight can burn some people out, so it's up to you to find what works best for you! I personally cannot study for less than an hour at a time, but different strokes for different folks. (It's okay, I also am cringing profusely).

It's always important to give yourself breaks. After a while (this depends massively) I find my mind wandering and I play a game on my phone or I watch an episode of something on Netflix, and then I am able to focus on my work.

I find that listening to music helps me so much when I'm studying (I make sure to listen on my Google home and not on my phone otherwise I'll scroll through Twitter for the 2999382th time that day). My favourite right now is the Midnight in Paris soundtrack, but I have a classical music playlist that I listen to aswell.

If it's one of those days where I completely lack motivation, I look at a "studyblr" or a study Tumblr. I follow so many of these Tumblrs and I find them so useful and inspiring for me to look at. They're also things on Instagram too, I follow a few study Instagrams, but if I go onto Instagram, that's me gone for an hour or so, so I have a look on Tumblr.

Always make sure you're hydrated and have plenty of food when necessary to avoid yourself from burning out too early!

Do you have any tips I've not mentioned? Be sure to let me know!

Ashleigh xxx

MY SKIN HAS BEEN SAHARA DESERT DRY THIS WINTER.

I'm off to Berlin and Krakow with two of my friends in June - literally 3 months away! Berlin and Krakow were never places that I particularly wanted to go - they were places I wouldn't turn down but weren't the places I'd choose to go. However, after googling the two places I fell in love with what the two places have to offer. I thought it would be helpful for those of you who also have a little break away planned to see what I suggest doing!

T I P S

I usually start by seeing what time I get into the country I'm visiting at and then have a look at train times/airport shuttle times. Remember to always change your dates to the right ones as you could be looking at winter timetables when you need to be looking at summer ones!

Also, remember to give yourself at least half an hour from getting off the plane to getting the train/bus. I'd also recommend printing out or having a copy of the timetable on your phone so you aren't panicking about not knowing when the train/bus arrives.

Once you're on your way to your hotel, I'd also advise printing out your booking confirmation and having it on your phone. Some hotels can be funny about wanting both so it is always best to be too prepared than not prepared enough!

I'm usually itching to get out of the hotel room into the city, so however you're getting there, make sure you're prepared! You should always know roughly where your hotel is in relation to the city - when I was in Paris my hotel was around the corner from the Eiffel tower, but then I went again and where I was staying required us to take two different Metros to the city centre. Knowing how long it will take you to get to the centre of the city will also help you plan your day better.

I also suggest booking activities before you go. If you're going as a group it's best to book them all together so no one books the wrong thing. There's some activities that you can leave until you're there - but I'd rather know that I'm definitely doing one activity and, depending on how long it is, you can plan your day around it.

My final tip is to have a look at restaurants before you go. Once when I went to Paris, we went to a "tourist trap" restaurant and ended up paying over the odds for our meal. To avoid this happening again, we always check the reviews and average prices of restaurants.

My motto is "you can never be too prepared" especially when it comes to being away from home. I hope these tips were useful and I hope you have a good day!

Ashleigh xxx

I created this full face by using my Seventeen Skin Wow all over my face as a primer, then I used Sleek Lifeproof Foundation which claims to be full coverage, but I feel it is more on the light/medium side. I didn't apply highlight, as I wanted to look as natural as possible, and applied my Nars Orgasm blush, I applied some of my Bobbi Brown bronzer to warm up my face and on my eyelids, and some Milani mascara.

What is your go to makeup look?

Ashleigh xxx

This is an idea that I seen Jenny in Neverland do that I thought was so interesting and I decided to jump on the bandwagon! You can read her post here and if you check her posts out, make sure to leave a few lovely comments for her. I love her writing style and her photography is so beautiful!

I got this picture on Tumblr by searching "Hello February quotes"

Reading her post made me wonder what were my top viewed posts in February and all of the posts were posts that I loved writing (can I say posts anymore times tho)! In February, I focused more on 'lifestyle/opinion' type posts and I love it. Those types of posts are my favourite to read and I'm so glad my readers agree.

The first post that had such a high amount of views was a post called 'Take Control of Your Life' and this post was an unplanned post where I talked about feeling rubbish but not letting it control your life - basically telling myself to get my stuff together. I always find personal/rambly posts do the best, and I love writing stuff where I can get everything off of my chest.



I also wrote a post about changing my domain which you can read here. Again, this is a personal post where I just ramble on and make copious Moana references. I think this post done so well because it's relatable and I'm glad as I was a bit nervous about posting it!


This post proved to be popular and I am so happy as I love wring about "conspiracy theories". My posts about conspiracy theories are usually quite popular - which I love as I really enjoy researching them.


I also done a post about my opinion on Valentines Day which was popular - I have no clue why as my reasoning for not liking Valentines Day are quite unorthodox - but here we are. I was also unsure how people would react to this but I think (?) it's safe to assume people enjoyed it.



My final post is one about Primark false nails which I really enjoyed writing!

*This isn't including my February round-up post which you can read here.

Have you ever had a look at your most viewed posts for the month?

Ashleigh xxx