Lauren Saunders

Spoiler alert! Depression affects around 350 million people,yet it's one of the most misunderstood illnesses going. Simply because of its invisibility. However, I believe that depression isn't invisible at all.Sure it affects your brain mostly,but it affects your actions.What you do.How you sleep.Everything.  One way of raising awareness of depression and other mental illnesses is writing fictional books about characters with them. Now I don't know if that's why authors do so, but I think it's a great thing to do. One book that I recently read was All The Bright Places. This is a book that has been publicised by Youtuber and Blogger Zoe Sugg aka Zoella. And I'm so glad that I watched her book club video because this book changed my life. Well kind of. The whole story is basically about two characters, Theodore Finch and Violet Markey. They have very different but similar stories. They've both been suicidal. It's crazy to see the two characters g...

I was lucky enough to be sent some flowers from the company Ok Bouquet. Ok Bouquet are a company who sell bouquets of flowers and they're absolutely beautiful.  The delivery service was very quick. It gives you the option to track your order and gives you an hour slot of when your order will arrive.So you haven't got to sit around all day. The flowers came in a giant box and immediately I knew that it was going to be a giant bouquet. I'm not going to lie I did have some struggle removing the flowers from the packaging,but it shows how secure they were.They came in immaculate condition.  The roses were such a beautiful deep red colour,which enhances my 'dark side'. I loved how they gave you more of an option of what colours you wanted your roses. I'm not going to lie,I injured myself putting them in the case.Aka I had thorns.  The flowers smell so fresh and they have such a calming scent to it. I had to put the flowers in 2 different vases because the bouquet was...

I was shopping around a month or two ago and I went into the local wilkinsons to look at what skin stuff they have. Turns out they actually have their own range and for 95p per thing,I couldn't resist buying them. I brought a cleanser,toner, moisturiser and their face wipes.The face wipes where 20p a pack.Honestly,I wasn't expecting much. Now,it has become my skin care routine. A round of applause for Wilkinsons please. Let's start with the face wipes,because that's what I do with my routine. I was expecting them to be dry like most cheap wipes are,but they weren't and they had the right amount of fluid on them. They're soft on the skin, obviously not as good as the more expensive wipes such as simple ones that are around £1-£2. But if you're on a budget(or not) try them. For 20p you can't go wrong. They got my make up off so well I was so impressed and they're not harsh on your skin. The cleanser is also incredible, you put some on a cotton wool pad...

Now I'm pretty sure everyone has heard of the book thief in some way,shape or form. But I picked this gem up for 20p in a car boot sale and it has been the best 20p I have ever spent before. Firstly,the book was signed and I legit nearly peed. It was such a big book I instantly thought "Oh my god I'm going to get so bored of this".You know what they say,don't judge a book by its cover. I didn't know the storyline of the book thief before I read it,especially as I wanted to watch the movie once I'd read it. (The book is way better than the movie).Basically the story is about a girl who lives in Nazi Germany during the war with her (foster?) parents and she steals books. I don't want to say too much as I don't want to give it away because it is so amazing,so I'm going to leave it there. The story was written in the perspective of death and I have never been so intrigued by a narrator before. The author personified death and I admire that so much!...

So I think that we have all established that I suck at posting.I have so many ideas on what to write but I never get round to actually writing it.I think I better change that.  For me nothing screams summer more than fruity scents,alchohol, and annoying bugs.Since a blog on annoying bugs would be rather boring and it's a bit inappropriate to write about alcohol.I'm going to post about fruity scents. I was shopping with my friend last week ,and I saw the new Palmolive shower gel range. I smelt all three of the scents and couldn't resist buying them! Not to mention that they were on offer for £1 each.Bargain. This range comes in three scents which are strawberry touch, vanilla pleasure and chocolate passion .Since these are my favourite scents ever I couldn't resist buying them. These are the sort of shower gels that you don't actually have to use much of.They have such a strong scent and they leave your body smelling and feeling amazing. They actually have body butt...

  The Further are a newly made band who can easily be compared to bands like The Smiths,  Suede, Manic Street Preachers etc. The band is made up of Peter Backler, Barrington Mole and James Dowse. Barrington (band member) was kind enough to send me the EP to feature and let me tell you. I was not disappointed. I can easily say that Cling 2 me is my favourite from the EP. The whole thing has such a feel good vibe to it. It's the sort of record that you can easily listen to whilst doing coursework or other things. I love the whole sound to this EP. It sounds classic-if you can describe it as classic. You can tell that they're not trying too hard to be just like other artists. They're original and I like it. Ordinary- This is one of those songs that makes me feel like a badass bitch! It can most definitely be used for a sound track. Not to mention that the song is incredibly catchy. I love it! Cling 2 Me- It has such an Arctic Monkeys vibe to ...

Something that I've noticed whenever I'm looking at comments on beauty guru's pages is that people always ask for them to share their brush-washing routine. Sooo I thought that I'd share mine. It may be helpful, it may not be. The main product that I use to wash my brushes is face wash. It doesn't matter how cheap or expensive it is, because it's not going to make you break out or anything. I like to use the ones that don't quite work on my skin, so I'm not really spending any money. I also use a brush egg that I found on Ebay for 99p. Bargain! It helps the process so much!   I tend to clean my brushes in the evening and leave them to dry over night. I would definitely not recommend blow drying your brushes as the brushes are only plastic and they will burn. It's not worth ruining your brushes over. So at first I wet the brushes with warm water, dip it in some face wash then clean the brushes in a circular motion against the brush egg. Then rin...