How To Make The Best Cup Of Tea

I think this is a very important post to write, as some people make tea wrong. For example, why would you put the tea bag in after you have poured the water into the mug. What is this world coming to?
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Step 1 - Choose your favourite mug. It can be large or small, oddly shaped or traditional. I chose my favourite mug right now, which has a K on. It is from Tiger and it was £2. There was every letter there, so go and buy one whilst you can! I am going to get one for every letter of my name, I think!


Step 2 - Choose your tea bag. I went for a smoky lapsang, which reminds me of autumn and bonfires. Alternatively, you could go for a non caffeinated tea bag, such as redbush or peppermint, or an everyday teabag. Choose which ever one takes your fancy.

Step 3 - Put in any sugar, if you have it. I take one sugar because I am unhealthy and I can't help it.

Step 4 - Pour in your water. Make sure it is boiling, because a cold cup of tea is not nice at all!

Step 5 - Pour in milk, if you have it. I don't take milk in my tea, because I am seeing whether it helps me not to. I have a theory that I am lactose intolerant, and therefore I am trying to get used to tea without milk. To be honest, I now prefer it to tea with milk!

Step 6 - Choose you favourite snack to go with it. I chose a Belgian waffle, that I heat up in the toaster and put Cadbury's chocolate spread on. I love this as a breakfast snack or just when I am hungry! What snack will you have? I also love toffee waffles!

Step 7 - Sit down and do something you love. I like catching up on Pretty Little Liars on Netflix, but you could read, chat to your friends, listen to music or daydream!

Step 8 - Do this again and again whenever you get the chance!

I hope this helps those of you who don't know how to tea!

Stay happy,
Katie x

How To Become A Morning Person

I am not a morning person, but because there is something called school, I have to be. If you have the same troubles as me, this might help. I have found this helpful because it wakes me up even when I don't want to!

Firstly, I always check my social media accounts when I wake up. The blue screen will make your mind active, meaning it will be harder to get back to sleep.

Secondly, don't press the sleep button on your alarm unless you know that you are awake and you are getting up. In some cases, it might even be helpful to put the alarm on the other side of your room so that you have to get up to turn it off.

Next, make a glass of water for yourself. You can make it easy and have plain tap water, or you can put your favourite summery, refreshing fruit in. My favourites are strawberry and watermelon, or orange and lemon.

Then, have a cup of tea! Caffeine wakes you up and gives you energy. If you are not a everyday tea person, try a different flavour. It may be green tea or a different type of caffienated tea, such as earl grey, lady grey, lapsang souchong or assam.
Alternatively, have coffee. Either normal coffee, or green coffee. I like green coffee a lot!

Have something to eat. This might be a piece of toast or a piece of fruit. A full english breakfast may taste good, but not everyday, because the fats will slow you down. I must admit, I do like a bit of bacon and sausage for breakfast every once in a while!

Get dressed and brush your hair. If you wear make up, put on as much or as little as you want! This will make you get up and do something, because you can't go back to bed now!

Finally, plan out your day. Not to the exact timings, but make a list, either in your head or on paper, of what you need to do and what you want to do that day. This helps me to manage my time, because I know I have to get stuff done.

I hope this helps for those who need it!

Stay happy,
Katie x

July Favourites 2015

You may not know, but I am not just into reading, sheep and Disney. I love make-up and beauty. I love learning about what helps our skin and what makes people look nicest. So here are some favourites from this month, beauty, books, clothes and other things that don't have a category!

Beauty

Rimmel Extra 3D Lash mascara
This mascara really lengthens my eye lashes. I wasn't expecting very much, as it is their cheapest mascara, at £4.99. However, it really works. If you are looking for a budget mascara that really does the job, either as your first mascara or as a replacement or upgrade, this is definitely the one to go for. Watch our The Falsies, this mascara is going to blow your mind (apart from the Wonderlash mascara from Rimmel)




Rimmel Lasting Finish Colour Rush lip crayon in 610 Sun Kissed/Collection Work the Colour lip butter in 3 Vintage Rose
I find lip butters/crayons easier to put on than lipsticks and they last longer. They glide on so easily, with vibrant colour and stay on for a long time. I cannot find the Rimmel lip crayon on the Boots website but I shall look in the store and see if I can find it. Anyway, they are both the same sort of colour but the Rimmel one is slightly lighter than the Collection one. The Rimmel one is slightly more expensive at £5.99 and the Collection one is cheaper at £2.99. Both are very good products.

Skin

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water
I have the travel version which was £1 but the full version in £3.99 or something similar. It takes off all of make up so quickly and it doesn't hurt my eyes. It keeps my skin hydrated as well, as I can get quite dry skin. Also, the bottle is so cute!








Soft and Gentle 48hr Protection Deodorants
Soft and Gentle recently brought out a new range of nice smelling deodorants. I like them because they smell nice and make me smell nice. I am currently using orange blossom and grapefruit in the morning and the smaller version of watermelon and lotus flower in my bag when I go out, either to school or otherwise. I am counting this as skin because I couldn't think of another category for it.



Electronics
 HP Pavilion laptop in blue
I recently got this laptop and it is the single best purchase my Dad has ever made for me. I love it. I can now spend time writing blog posts in my room with a cup of tea and toffee waffles. It plays music out of its beats audio speakers that are built in! I recently upgraded it to Windows 10 and it made it even better! I really recommend this laptop as a purchase that will last you.



Clothes


Primark Minion pyjama top and bottoms
These pyjamas are the comfiest, sweetest things ever. They look so nice and they can be mixed and matched with other minion pyjamas depending what you want to wear. I only have one pair so I just wear them together but they are so cute and comfy and really cheap, as they are from Primark.


Primark Winnie the Pooh pyjamas
More pyjamas! These ones have shorts so they are great for hot summer nights (or hot pyjama days!)
They are really cute and I love Winnie the Pooh so they are my other favourite pair of pyjamas! Sorry, I don't have a photo because they are in the wash!


Books
Harry Potter
I can't really say anymore. They are my favourites and I love reading them again and again. My favourite has to be Harry Potter and The Order of the Pheonix! So there we go. Harry Potter everyone.







So there we go! Thank you July for this amazing month. I couldn't have asked for a better month of summer.

Stay Happy,
Katie