Hopefully by now you will have seen my Rome travel diary by now, though I didn’t get much time to extensively shop we did manage to get to visit the main shopping district in the city by the Spanish Steps and there were plenty of little boutiques near our hotel too.
I think it’s safe to say for most of us beauty fans the first place we look up when heading to Europe or the US is Sephora. And yes, I make my family shelter in the Sephora store by for quite some time. I picked up the Sephora 45 Multitasker Complexion brush which I’m already using and GOSH it’s a thing of beauty guys. I also picked up Sephora’s Classic Line eyeliner as mine ran out halfway through the week. At the moment I’m still getting used to how tiny the brush tip is. I can’t get my usual thicker cat eye flick but it’ll be nice to use on more casual days. 
The most self-indulgent purchase from Sephora, was a brand new Urban Decay Naked Basics palette and, yes, I do realise how late to the game I am with this. Just a note as well, Urban Decay are owned by L’Oreal, so this palette is not completely cruelty free *smacks on wrist*.
I didn’t get to clothes shop too much but I ticked off one of my items on my New Year’s Style Resolutions, a day to night LBD which I rocked at the Blogger’s Market in London this past Saturday. It’s comfortable enough for the day and can totally be dressed up for a night out. And finally a brand new phone case from Desigual in super Summer-y print, as the I had been using was getting a bit worse for wear.
R.xoxo
![](https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e35/c0.58.1080.1080a/s150x150/102553196_179608096808939_284574406840022070_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=111&_nc_ohc=QqdzZhJl8NUAX86BjA9&oh=5acc0d12931f2c2e49e2ce1fb1ba057e&oe=5F3833E3 "So it\'s Friday. How\'re we feeling folks?
Now that many have posted their black square, the blackout hashtags have been and gone, and platitudes and promises have been made that #BlackLivesMatter, I wanted to highlight the passage on the second slide, in which #AudreLorde wrote in 1980
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\\"...Black women and our children know the fabric of our lives is stitched with violence and with hatred, that there is no rest.\\"
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I highlight this passage in particular because it serves as a reminder that even though George Floyd\'s killers have been arrested and charged, WE are not done yet. There is no rest in dismantling white supremacy. It\'s tiring and exhausting, but it\'s absolutely necessary work.
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I wrote a blog post in 2017 called \'Welcome to the resistance: Are you sitting uncomfortably\' as a direct response to the Women\'s March.
I wrote it as a plea to keep sitting with the uncomfortable energy that comes with active allyship, anti-racist work and challenging white supremacy, not just for the march but for the long run. That endurance faltered quickly after the Women\'s March. Many of us fell complacent - myself included.
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We cannot allow that to happen again this time. Because that tiredness, exhaustion and fatigue is something Black and minority ethnic people live with everyday.
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The call to arms remains the same as it did back then. Whatever you do, don’t resolve to stand still on issues.
Embrace being comfortable with being uncomfortable.")
