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  • My Little Box Unboxing | November

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    Feels like only yesterday that I received my October box for My Little Box, before November’s My Little Cosy Box was dropped off on my doorstep this weekend!

    As the tittle suggests this month’s My Little Box is themed around cosying up and staying in and I have to admit, this is my favourite theme that I’ve seen so far!

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    First up the beauty products. In this month’s box, from the My Little Beauty range comes a nifty little mascara with beeswax, jojoba and sesame oil apparently. I was really impressed with last month’s micellar water so am keen to see how I get on with their mascara. The two other beauty products were a Yves Rocher Intense Colour eyeshadow (in coffee brown – you’ll find it amusing how appropriate this was later on!) and a black waterproof eyeliner by Arcancil. I always think you can never have too many neutral coloured eyeshadows/liners – especially as I have a habit loosing mine most of the time!

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    The lifestyle products in this month’s box were definitely the highlights! Following the cosy theme, inside the box was an adorable little mini espresso coffee cup and a Tsumori Chisato polka dot cushion, which you can heat up in the microwave . You can bet I’ll be using both avidly over the winter months. I also, once again, adore the print from this month’s box – isn’t the quote perfect?

    So once again, another impressive offering from My Little Box!

    Let me know what you guy’s thought of this month’s ‘cosy’ theme.

    R.xoxo

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  • Leaving The Nest | I’m Moving To Oxford!

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    I’ve been keeping this quiet for the past few weeks whilst I process everything in my head and try and sort my life out. But I’m really excited to announce that I’ll flying the nest and moving away from home this January to Oxford!

    I’ve been fortunate enough to secure a really great job opportunity in the city, so will be taking a big step into adulthood and am relocating in the new year. If you guys remember my University experience post you’ll remember I never did the whole ‘moving out at 18 for Uni’ thing, so the prospect of moving away from my family home all on my own for the first time is both exciting and utterly daunting to me. As much as I consider myself to be a pretty independent person and, as a kid, moved to and from places at least three times before the age of 10, I’ve never really known life away from my family. It’s going to be a big upheaval in terms of living situation, my career, and I’ll moving away from some of my closest friends, and that’s a little terrifying.

    But, even though I am sh*t scared of having to manage my own rent/money/life for the first time, I’m equally excited that I’ll be doing those things and more to boot. Oxford is a fantastic town with some serious historical clout, beautiful architecture and rich culture – and book shops! So so many pretty book shops ^_^ It’s also not so far away from home that I’ll get homesick or miss my family too much, but also close enough to day trip it London and elsewhere in the UK too. Not to mention the fact that moving out means clearing out the junk and indulging in a little home decor shopping and new work wardrobe.

    So that’s the huge upheaval IRL, but what does that mean for this little corner of the Internet? Well, hopefully not that much as drastic change and I will be scheduling some new year’s posts ahead of time whilst I sort the whole – y’know – finding somewhere to live malarky. But with a new town and potentially fresh opportunities, I’m hoping this will not only be a fresh start for me but an exciting new start for the blog as you come along with me for the ride :)

    And, of course, if any of you bloggers out there are reading this and are based in or around Oxford area let me know! (let’s be friends ;P)

    R.xoxo

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  • Normcore | The best part of the 90s fashion revival

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    It’s the been the surprise trend of the year, but it looks like the 90’s fashion revival is definitely here to stay for the long haul (at least until the inevitable 70s hippie revival in Spring 2015).

    I’ve been wanting to write about the revival, as a child of the 90s, as it’s just so so weird for the fashion from that generation to now be on it’s way back into circulation much in the same way my parents find it weird every time the 70s or 80s revivals come round every few seasons (sorry Mum just gave your age away a lil’ bit). I also keep calling it a revival as I point blank refuse to be considered retro or, dare I say it, vintage *shudders*. There’s been a few trends from this era I just can’t trust myself to get behind again – *shudders again at the thought of plastic choker necklaces and brown lip liner* – but Normcore is the one I can totally advocate.

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    According to Vogue, Normcore “…is all about anonymous, detail-free design” and the trend agency K-Hole, who were the first to coin the phrase, define the Normcore movement as moving “…away from a coolness that relies on difference to a post-authenticity that opt into sameness”. Well, that’s all good and well, but what does that all mean to us, the everyday fashion wearing public?

    Though similar to minimalism – which in itself stems from more ‘futuristic’ cuts – Normcore embraces the everyday and even dull day-to-day basics. The 90’s-ness of this trend seems to have stemmed from The Gap aesthetic of a mix of casual slouchy lounge wear and most of Monica and Rachel’s wardrobes in Friends, with the 2014 remix born from New York cool. And whilst some may shy away from wanting to revisit those high waisted denim jeans of the past, but the 2014 version of this style has been given a new lease of life thanks to flag bearers like Cara Delevigne and seems to have been happily embraced by many in the blogging community.

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    Personally I love it. It’s all the simple-ness of minimalism mixed with an everyday accessibility, and with it’s focus on quality basic pieces it’s fitting with the switch in my mindset to reach for that dream capsule wardrobe.

    So what do you guys think of Normcore?

    A flash fashion trend? Or a staple mindset that’s here to stay?

    R.xoxo

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