Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water - Review

I know this isn't my usual type of post, but I've wanted to do a product review for a bit now and after lots of encouragement from some lovely fellow bloggers, I have decided to go for it!

As someone who struggles with dry, very sensitive skin, finding any sort of face product that doesn't give me a reaction can be a rarity. Face wipes are the worst, as even ones that are designed for sensitive skin, can leave me with an unsightly, red, burning skin. They often make my eczema worse too (read my Dealing with Eczema post here). This has led to me giving up of face wipes all together and I now use baby wipes to remove my makeup. Now obviously, this isn't the best way to care for my skin, and can dry my skin out a lot. I know that I should have a proper skin care routine (and my current one isn't doing me any favours) but, I'll hold my hands up and admit that I'm pretty lazy and view cleansing, toning and moisturizing as an absolute chore!

Do YOU want to get involved with my blog?

Hey! How are you all? This post is more of an update than anything and I want to put a few ideas out to you. Starting a new year at university and keeping up with volunteering means when I do get free time, I want to spend it with loved ones (or taking a nap), so unfortunately, my blog tends to take the back seat.

This blog, so far, has had a really great response, so I want to try as much as possible to keep up with regular posts as much as I can, but I know that I'm going to struggle to do that as the work load at uni increases, so I've come up with a couple of ideas to keep the blog going until I can find time to do posts that I'm happy with and that are good enough, rather than write a post for the sake of it...

I've been thinking for a little while about having a guest blogger do a post for the blog and think now would be the perfect time to have one. The whole aim of this blog is to try and increase body confidence by sharing experiences,  giving advice on how to overcome insecurities and to remind everyone that they are beautiful! I think it would be great to have others share their stories and advice too! Do you think you could be a guest blogger? If you have an experience that you'd like to share or any advice you would like to give or just want to write about anything that is linked to body confidence then email me @ katielewis780@gmail.com telling me your idea for a post and I will get back to you as soon as I can and we can sort it all out!  

Another idea was to post a question or topic and have people comment on the post with their advice based on the question or topic? (This idea may be a bit more hit and miss). I've already had some lovely ladies leave their own thoughts in a comment on some of my previous posts and I love reading them and finding out what others think. I know that there are some issues when trying to leave comments, but, if enough people do like the sound of this, I think it could be really successful!  If  the commenting is too much of an issue maybe a twitter chat could be arranged?

I'd love your help and to hear your thoughts on this. I really appreciate when people take the time out to read and comment and I take everything on board!

And finally on a quick note, you may have read my last post (read here) on my thoughts about Dan Wootton's 'No More Skinny' campaign in The Sun and how I didn't agree with his approach (since this post, I haven't seen anything more on this... hopefully he is rethinking his approach) but recently I have come across another campaign which is great, puts across the right message and is trying to "change attitudes to body image and build a body confident nation". Go and check out berealcampaign.co.uk from what I've seen so far, I think it's great!

Looking forward to (hopefully) hearing back from some of you! x

Why I don't agree with The Sun's 'No more skinny' campaign...

Be prepared, this post will be a bit of a rant. I do not read tabloid newspapers or read gossip magazines, so this 'campaign' only came to my attention after reading a small article about it on Facebook. If you have read my blog before, you may have read my 'Real Women' post, so will already know some of my thoughts on the way the media portrays beauty and will also understand why this campaign has infuriated me...

Spread the love - Compliment others!

Far to many people put others down. But negativity will only ever receive more negativity in return. I've noticed that people tend to put others down more when they're struggling with their own insecurities and are trying to make themselves feel a little better. In realising this, I've learnt to brush off bad comments and ignore them.

Instead ladies, I challenge you to compliment each other more often. Giving a simple, nice comment can brighten anyone's day, including your own! Compliment your friends, family or even a complete stranger! I have a habit (particularly on nights out) of asking another girl where their outfit is from or what makeup they're using, because I think it looks great! They always respond with huge smiles, tell me, and then walk off with their head held a little higher. It's lovely to see.

We need to learn to accept compliments too. We refuse to believe them and will put ourselves down. Hey! They wouldn't say it if they didn't think it was true! Say thank you and allow yourself to have a little confidence boost.

They say smiling is infectious... I think compliments and positivity is too.

:) x