My Money Saving Challenge Summer 2016

As many of you are aware, my partner and I are planning to move into our first house together in the next 2 months. As hard as it is getting everything together, having to buy baby things and everything at the same time. I have decided to do a money saving challenge.

All the change that is left over from shopping? Into the jar. All the money I put aside from blogging milestones? In the jar. Basically all the money we can put aside will be put into the jar. 

The challenge will be starting on Friday 27th May. I will be emptying the jar often and taking it to the bank to put it into a savers account so I can better track the money online as it adds up with time. I will be announcing the final total on  Tuesday 19th July.

You can also do your own money saving challenge at the same time. Let's see who can gather the most. I can't wait to hear your journey and final results.

Collaboration Opportunity for June 2016

I am looking for bloggers that would be interested in doing a collaboration with me in the month of June.

How it works

We will choose a topic to better suit our blogs together. We will choose a date for the blog post to be posted. I will ask for you to produce an advertisement picture of your choice to suit your blog and what you do, this will be featured in the ''Other Businesses & Blogs'' section of the blog for a month free of charge, the picture will be posted with the link to your blog on the day your post is published. I will be advertising the blog post announcement the week following up to the blog post publishing date, it is up to you if you would like to do the same. I usually do this to keep my audience engaged in the content and looking forward to the date.

• We will produce separate blog posts. You will post your post on your blog and I will post ours on our blog. Both posts will have to be posted on the same day, ideally at a chosen time (but if you have a different timezone this is fine). Our post will have a link to your blog and a mention at the start or end of the post that we are collaborating with you and for people to check out your blog post, and vise versa.

Once both blog posts have been posted, your advertisement picture with be published on the ''Other Businesses & Blogs'' for free for an exact month. I will also be advertising your post and blog on the Twitter and Instragram pages to help you grow your audience, I usually charge for this as well but because we are doing a collaboration, I will do this for you free of charge as well.

How to apply

Simply send a tweet to @asboe_blog (https://twitter.com/ASBOE_blog ) with the hashtag #collabjune2016, add in your tweet the topic you would like to enter with for a chance to be selected. If you are selected, you will get a reply to this tweet within 24 hours. You can enter as many times as you wish with as many different topics as you would like, but if you are picked, only one of your topics will be picked. Follow on Twitter to then receive a DM with further information.

OR

Simply send an email with the subject ''Collab June 2016'' to asweetbitofeverything@gmail.com . You will receive an email within 48 hours if you have been selected.
What to include in your email:

• Link to your blog.
• A topic of your choice.
• Preferred date to publish post.

We can't wait to hear from you all. Good luck!

Avon Wishlist- May 2016

You requested it and here is this month's Avon wishlist. I will be adding the prices along with each product for this post like I do with every product post, however, please note that Avon change prices all the time. I will be only writing down the 'normal' price Avon have on their catalog underneath the price is is this month. I hope you enjoy today's post.

Conditioning Eye Make Up Remover Lotion

I have heard so many good things about this make up removing lotion. I usually use the Nivea eye make up remover along with Johnson's baby lotion for the rest of my face and it works wonders. So, I want to try this one to see if it is sort of a combination of both but for just the eyes. This is normally £4 on the catalog.

Color Trend Rocker Glam Kohl Liner & Eye Shadow Duo

I have always wanted to try this, it looks super easy to apply over the lids. I haven't heard many negative comments on this product apart from if used along it does crease but I'm hoping it doesn't do that with eye shadow primer underneath. If I try it one day, I'll do the test. These are normally £4 on the catalog.

AVON Naturals 'Pink Daisy & Sicilian Lemon' Shower Gel

I love the smells that I have ordered before from the Avon Naturals collection, everything just smells so fresh. However, I have always ordered the body lotions, I have never given the shower gels a try. If the body lotions smell lush then I'm sure the shower gels won't disappoint me. I'm tempted to actually order one in the scent 'Pink Daisy & Sicilian Lemon' to give these a try. These are normally £2.70 on the catalog.

AVON Naturals Kids Body Wash & Bubble Bath 'Swirling Strawberry'

Yes, I am aware this body wash and bubble bath is intended for kids but my mom used to buy this when I was younger and I can still remember the amazing scents she used to get of these. I'm moving house soon with my partner so I'm super tempted to get a bunch of these for our bath room as soon as we move in. 'Swirling Strawberry' has to be my all-time favorite from the collection.  These are normally £2.50 each on the catalog. I need this!

AVON Bubble Bath 

I absolutley love the huge Avon bubble bath bottles. My mom used to also buy this a lot when I was younger so I am very familiar with the scents, and love them. My favorite scents have to be 'French Lilac', 'Soft Pink', and 'Sensitive Rose Petals'. Like I have said before, we are hopefully moving in the next 2 months or so into our first home so I would love to stock up on these for when we move in. I can just tell our bath room is going to be full of these to the top. These are normally £5 each on the catalog by Avon often have sales where you can buy one and get the other free.

AVON Senses Shower Gel

I know what you're thinking, you're thinking I'm going crazy with every Avon shower gel this month and that is pretty damn accurate. Have you smelled this? If you haven't then you seriously need to. This smell like pure summer. My favorite smells for these are 'Pure Oasis' and 'Citrus Zing', but they also have these scents for the hand wash so once again our bathroom will be full of these in no time. These are usually £2 each on the catalog.

Incandessence Glow Perfume

This perfume is brand new to Avon in this month's brochure and oh my God do I want it. The smell is absolutely lush and has to be the best scent in the brochure this month. I love it. Not to mention that the bottles for the Incandessence collection look super cute and unique. This product will normally be £11 but is currently at a starter price of £7 in brochure 10 so you still have time to order it cheaper.

So this month's Avon wishlist has come to an end. 

You guys requested this a lot on social networks so I will be making this a monthly post, pretty much whenever I get the new brochure every month so it may not have a specific day, but it will happen. 

My One Year In College

If you live in the UK you will know that in recent years, a new law came out to say that after you leave high school at the age of 16, you have to be in education until you turn 18. This can be college, sixth form, apprenticeship, and so on. I was months from turning 17 when I left high school (long story short, I didn't know any English when I came to the UK and they thought it was best to make me re-do a whole year to give me time to learn, 3 months into that year, I was fluent in English so hooray), this meant I would be able to do just one year of college instead of 2 years so I was pretty happy with that.

In the last few months of high school, I applied for over 80 apprenticeship positions per month in my town and surrounding areas, I had a few interviews here and there but never stayed. The apprenticeships I was applying for were mainly for reception, front of house, administration, sales, hairdressing and hotel management. If you live in the UK you will know this, but if you don't then let me quickly explain, colleges usually require you to apply for courses before September which is when the courses start. So, I had until September of that year to find an apprenticeship or I would have to go to college.

August came along and I just couldn't get into an apprenticeship, I was getting notifications to my email every day with the first line being ''you are the ideal candidate for this position, however, the position has already been filled at this time. We wish you good luck for the future''. It was driving me crazy. So I ended up looking on all the college websites in my area. I quickly decided there was no way I was going to a sixth form college so I limited my options a little. I had a look, I applied for a few hairdresser and beauty courses as I love all of that, and I also applied for business admininstration courses. Why did I apply for business administration courses? I really wanted an apprenticeship, that's what I have wanted for myself once I got out of high school ever since apprenticeships became this huge thing in the UK. Since administration fit with most of the apprenticeships opportunities I had been previously applying for, I decided that I would try this as a college course.

By this point it was now September and I got into the business administration course. The first few months of the course weren't too bad, everything was pretty organised and the coursework was easy to keep up with. But the last few months were hectic for me. I wasn't in a very good place with myself, I was having anxiety attacks almost daily and I simply couldn't focus on my coursework properly. In the last few months of the course, I did consider quitting just because I felt like I couldn't do it and I would rather quit something than end up with a bad grade or a fail to carry on my CV for the rest of my working life.

Good news though, I struggled but I didn't quit and I passed the course so everything was okay in the end. But it was super stressful and everything did drive me crazy towards the end, there was so much to do and so much to rush and I also had a hard time dealing with anxiety attacks at that point.

If I could go back and do it all over again for that course? Not really, I would have rather gone through all the stress for a course I would love to do as a job, like hairdressing or maybe even beauty. I feel like that would have been more worth my stress and struggle than a course I wanted to do thinking more of the money I could make in the future. I thought I would enjoy the course but I really didn't enjoy it in the last few months.

Top 8 Eye Shadow Palettes I Want To Try

Hello, everyone. Lately, a lot of you have asked me which eye shadow palettes I would like to try and which ones I haven't gotten round to purchasing yet but are definitely on my wish list. There are so many I could have put on this list but these just had to make the top 8 today. 

Want to try them too but too lazy to search what price they are roughly going for at the moment? Worry no more, I have done all of that for you already.

This is the Electric eye shadow palette by Urban Decay. I have heard so many good things about this palette. I have heard and read so many reviews that state this palette is super pigmented and that the eye shadows stay super vibrant on the skin with or without an eye shadow base or primer.

I can see this eye shadow palette being great for the summer and for super vibrant, pin-up make up looks.

Obviously, the price is the main reason I am still yet to try out this palette. The palette is currently being sold online at about £38.

This is the new Alice Through The Looking Glass eye shadow palette by Urban Decay. This palette has a bunch of neutral colors I can see myself using for so many tutorials.

The colors 'Heads Will Roll', 'Royal Flush', 'Cake' & 'Metamorphosis' are the colors that mainly caught my eye in this palette though. I have also heard the colors in this palette are super pigmented, which if you don't know, it's a super positive thing in eye shadows.

Once again, great quality make up comes at a non-friendly price. The cheapest I have seen this palette going for has bee £48.

This is the Neon Nights eye shadow palette by W7. This gives me the impression that it's a cheaper version of Urban Decay's Electic eyes shadow palette.

I am still yet to find out more details about this eye shadow palette, I have searched high and low for reviews on this palette and haven't found many. I'm actually super curious about the eye shadows included in this palette.

Are these pigmented, or not? I can't wait to find out. I have seen this eye shadow palette trending at around £5.

This is Anastasia Beverly Hills' Self Made eye shadow palette. I have never tried any products by them but the amazing reviews I have seen just give me such high expectations for all their products.

I am looking forward to saving up for this palette. All the colors look super wearable and I have heard they are super pigmented so I will surely be giving this beauty a good try.
The cheapest I have seen this palette trending for is £15 on eBay and Amazon.

This is Sleek's new eye shadow palette named Snapshots. I have been really into super summery bright colors recently. This eye shadow palette is something I definitely need to add to my make up collection.

I already have so many ideas for what looks I want to create with this palette. This palette is currently trending for £7 online.

Here we have Too Faced's Chocolate Bar eye shadow palette. Can we just take a moment to take a very close look at the super amazing colors included in this palette.

I have heard some amazing things about Too Faced products but have never read a review about this particular palette, which makes me even more eager to give it a try.

This palette is going for around £10 online so a lot easier for me to try out price-wise as well. Ticks all the boxes.

This is the Technic Electric Eyes palette. It isn't as bright as some palettes I have bee recently interested in purchasing but the blues are what mainly get me in this palette.

I haven't heard much about this palette and I'm not really expecting much given how cheap it is trending for but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for pigmented shadows.

This palette is trending online for £3 so it's a hell yes from my bank account.

This is The Balm's Nude Dude Volume 2 eye shadow palette. I'm hoping this eye shadow palette is more pigmented than most drugstore brands because I hate when I put eye shadow on and it just doesn't go on my lid. It's so frustrating.

This palette is trending on eBay for less than £5 so I can't really expect much from it. I can see myself using this palette every week for a natural eye look.

I hope you enjoyed today's Top  Eye Shadow Palettes I want To Try post. I can't wait to try some of these and share my opinions on the products with you all.

My Pregnancy So Far

You voted on the Twitter poll for today and here it is.

As of today, I am 23 weeks pregnant and counting. As much as I can't wait to give birth and have our little one in our arms, I can already also tell I'm going to miss my baby bump like crazy. I have spoken to so many people regarding this and so many people have told me they can't wait to give birth and that having a bump makes them feel self conscious about their body, but for some reason I feel differently about this. I actually feel a lot better about myself and don't feel self conscious about my body or what people think of the way I look. Surely I'm not the only one to feel this way...

I have been told a little bit of everything by doctors. And trust me, most of the time they give worst case scenarios when it's most of the time nothing to worry about. So stay chilled...

How have I found pregnancy so far? The first 12 weeks were the ones filled with those symptoms that make you feel a little drained, I had a lot of morning sickness, and was always tired and needing to run to have a wee. Since then, pregnancy has been super chilled for me. I'm guessing seeing your baby for the first time at 12 weeks also helps take a lot of stress and worry off of your shoulders. 

At around 19 weeks, I was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection when I went to the doctor about having pains on my left side and due to feeling the baby a little less than usual. I was medicated for this for about 7 days with anti-biotics, this was supposed to clear the infection. I had an emergency scan, the baby wasn't moving a lot but was healthy and doing rather well. During the time when I was taking the tablets for this, I had severe pains on my back and sides and paramedics had to have a look at me, the infection was still there. They believed the infection had gone up to my kidneys, I finished these antibiotics and turns out they didn't clear it completely. Once I finished these anti-biotics, I had the pains again and called the emergency health line who told me to go into hospital and so I did, they didn't know what was going on but suspected the infection was definitely up in my kidneys now. 

At 20 weeks, I had my normal scan where they had a look at how the baby was doing, measured everything to check for concerns and also told us the baby's gender. That was when we found out we are having a little boy. At around 21 weeks I was given more anti-biotics to clear infection and was told thy suspected I now had kidney stones. I know right, just as confused as you are. At 22 weeks I had a scan to check kidneys and pelvis and am currently awaiting results.

Basically, pregnancy so far isn't as bad as everyone kept telling me it was going to be even at the time I am now. It's just super exciting, obviously I have had all these infections but that doesn't really ruin my excitement. As long as the baby is okay, that's all that matters. 

It's super exciting getting things done and getting things for the baby and seeing everything come together. I love it, literally counting down to meet our little boy.

Top 5 Monthly Best Skin Care Products - April 2016

 Welcome to April's Top 5 Best Skin Care Products. I'm not usually one for taking great care of my skin and I know that is super bad. But since being pregnant, my skin has changed a lot and has become a combination instead of being just pure oily like before, so I find it definitely deserves some care now.

5. I started using this for my blackheads back in December, I believe. I was shopping in Savers, saw this for £1 on the side and thought I would give it a try.

I can't lie, I can actually see a huge change in my skin especially when I feel a bit ill or drained and don't feel like doing my skin care routine. You can really tell when I haven't used this on my face. I usually use this every morning and every night but I actually have absolutely no idea how often you're meant to do it so don't trust me on that one.

4. Would you actually consider this as skin care? I don't know, I'm unprofessional like that so lets just consider this skin care for now.

I use this on my skin to take make up off pretty much whenever I use it. This costs me roughly £5.50 online but I'm pretty sure you can get it cheaper in places like Savers.

I would highly recommend this. I have used other eye make up removers that were more up the high end and they were nowhere near as good as this one. This eye make up remover actually also leaves your skin silky smooth. Nice one, Nivea.

3. Okay, so I don't actually use coconut oil much at the moment because I'm too lazy to buy it online and it is way too expensive to buy in high street shops over here.

But what I can tell you is that you can get this one for about £8.50 on eBay and it will actually last you a long time. Whenever I have used this, I have used this on my skin before adding make up and after removing make up and I have also used it to treat my split ends because they get pretty hideous during this time of the year.

I would definitely recommend purchasing this, in fact, I need to follow my own advise and get some next month.

2. I don't usually use many high end products for my face or skin care because I find that most of the time you can find something that does the same for tons cheaper and I can't see anything wrong with saving some cash.

However, I got this in a Glossybox when I first subscribed and have fallen in love with it ever since. It leaves the skin silky smooth and smelling amazing for so long. You can put this on and then have a shower and your skin will still smell like this after your shower.

This product usually costs around £21 but you can sometimes get them brand new and for under £10 when bidding on eBay.

1. And finally this has to be my number one for this month. I haven't been using it for long but have already seen such a huge difference on my skin.

I have used this before adding make up to my face and it makes the face feel so much softer, once dried on the face it also works as a great skin primer and your foundation or bb cream will actually look a lot more natural on the face.

I believe this costs almost £13 but is it worth it?Yes, it is. Remember that Lush also have different facial moisturizers, different ones work better on different skin types so if you have a different skin type to me, this may not do a lot on you.

AVON Shopping Haul May 2016

 I can't be the only one that gets super excited around that time of the month when your Avon goodies get delivered to your doorstep. No one is as excited as I am to show you guys what I got from Avon Cosmetics this month. Just like in every haul I do, I will not be going into too much detail around the products themselves as I want to individually review them soon.

I mainly got things I actually needed for tutorials this time and then felt a little daring and got myself a surprise bargain pack. I was super pleased with everything I got in the bargain pack as well.

I really can't wait to try all the products and let you know how I feel about them.

I have personally always been the sort of person to just use liquid and pencil liners and that was it.

This month I thought I would give this little fella a try. I can't wait to try this one as I have never found these very practical for me to use.

 I have heard some good and bad points about this product so I'm pretty damn eager to try this and let you guys know what I think of it.

I ordered this product solidly because I knew my deodorants would be running out by the time the order got to my doorstep.

I have some expectation for this one considering I already have the perfume spray fragrance so I'm expecting this to smell the same but stick around for longer.

Fingers crossed this one has a scent that stays around more than previous fragrance ones I have used. Watch the blog if you want to find out my opinion about this one.

I have been wanting to try one of these for a very long time but hadn't seen many reviews on this product, this month I felt a little daring and finally added it to my order.

I once again did what I always do, I looked at the catalogue and ordered the darkest one from this collection.

I'm expecting it to be very pigmented, so I'm hoping to not have to use too much product on my lips per application. I'm also expecting this to be super shiny and glossy but we shall see.

I actually ordered this product as more of a try-out. My mascaras have all gotten to that crusty and clumpy point so it was really time for a new one.

 My favourite mascara was out of stock in high street shops so I thought I would give something new a try. I am still yet to try this mascara but already love the look of the brush. If there is one thing I hate about mascaras it's when they don't come with a plastic/rubbery brush. I just think these brushes do so much more than the other brushes, others make my eyelashes look super messy.

 I ordered a make up bargain pack for £8 this month, just as a surprise as I like getting these every once in a while. This was one of the things that came in that bag. I am actually super pleased with it. I haven't tried this on my lips yet so haven't created much of an opinion round it but I have done a swatch on my hand and the color actually looks great.

I'm always a little uncertain about getting the surprise packs in case I get a color that doesn't look good or match my skin but so glad it wasn't the case this time.

This nail polish also came in the bargain pack I ordered and once again I was super pleased with the color I got.

This color is definitely a color I would wear, maybe not as much in the summer as I prefer to have lighter and brighter nails in the summer.

I can't wait to try this nail polish and be able to review it for you guys. I have purchased one of these before so have high expectations for color pay-off.

 I also got these two in the bargain pack I ordered. I know right, that bargain pack was filled with goodies.

I'm really pleased I got these two in the pack, especially with so many events coming up. I love using these as a base for my matching eye shadows because they give such a shimmery glow once you apply powdered eye shadows on top of them. Of course you can wear them by themselves as well, but due to them not being nude colors, I find it more difficult to apply the color evenly and with no harsh edges.

I used to use the nude and golden versions of these before they stopped selling them and then now they are selling them again, I was already tempted to get some, so lucky I got these in the pack I ordered.

This is another product I got in the bargain pack. This has to be the only product I am slightly disappointed with. This mascara comes with one of those mascara wands I have already mentioned I rarely like.

I haven't tried this mascara yet but just from looking at the brush, I can tell it will not be right for my lashes and will make them clump together just like other similar wands always do. So, I don't really have high expectations for this product. Let's see if it proves me wrong when I review it for you guys soon.

I hope you all enjoyed this AVON haul. I know I haven't gone into much detail at all. I was more aiming towards showing you guys what I got, especially as I also want to let you all know about the products in deeper detail individually. 

NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO: Evening Wedding Guest Make Up Tutorial

Hey, everyone. The first ever YouTube video has been finally added to the channel.
Apologies for the camera dying, I really didn't notice it has died until I was already editing the video. I'm going to try my best to make sure this doesn't happen next time.

I hope you enjoy the video. Remember you can always tell me what you think by tweeting me @Asboe_blog.

List of make up used for this video:

• Seventeen Photo Flawless Skin Primer.
• Rimmel London Stay Matte Foundation in shade 010.
• AVON SuperShock Vivid Liquid Eyeshadow in Sparkling Amethyst.
• Lilac shade from the MUA Glitter Ball Eyeshadow Palette.
• White shimmery shade from the MUA Glitter Ball Eyeshadow Palette.
• AVON Colortrend Boost It Mascara in Black.
• AVON Always On Point Eyeliner in Black.
• Make Up Gallery Pro Liquid Eyeliner.
• Rimmel London 1000 Kisses Lip Tint in Perpetual Plum.

Lush Cosmetics London Mini Shopping Haul

So, on Friday we went to London. We had never actually done any shopping in London on Oxford Street before and had other things to do so we got as far as finding Lush and then having to get transport back home, so this haul is literally tiny. Can't wait to go back in a few weeks and pop in there to get more things with a lot more time. Even though we didn't have time, we still managed to get a mini tour of the store which was awesome, and the customer service was on point.

I don't want to go into too much detail on each product as I want to do separate posts for each this week, but here are the products we bought on Friday:

I was so overly excited about this one, this was literally the first one I picked up. Since I got pregnant, I have really been struggling to find a facial moisturizer that is right for my skin so as soon as I saw these on display I had to go see them. The scent is absolutely amazing and smells so natural and fresh.

I haven't actually given this moisturizer a try yet so I'm really looking forward to it and also looking forward to reviewing it for you guys soon.

We were shown the different perfumes and what they smelled like, and then I noticed that most of them had pots next to them. Now, since it was our first time in Lush, we obviously wanted to know what they were. Turns out they are little pots of solid perfume.

Usually I like perfumes that are a little more sweet and flowery but for some reason I was really drawn to this one, and let me tell you this one smells absolutely amazing. I have been putting it on my temples, neck and the tips of my hair and the scent lasts all day.



We weren't initially going to buy any shower or bath based products. We smelled a few bottles but weren't really drawn to any of them until we smelled this one.

This one smells absolutely amazing, I can't wait to try it soon and let you know how I find this product. This has to be the best smelling shower cream we have ever purchased, it's too heavenly.





During our mini tour, we were shown to the make up section. In my head, all I kept thinking was ''oh my god, they do make up?''. We were shown a bunch of different products but I have to say that the lipsticks are what really caught my eye.

I tried a few on my hand and this one was the one I was drawn to the most. The color looks amazing on my skin and I can literally say I will be ordering more of this one as soon as I finish it. I can tell I will be wearing this on most days.

During our mini tour, my partner really liked the smell of this one when we were over at the fragrance section. When we were paying he ended up getting it for free.

Lets face it, we all love free things so we were super pleased with that. This one has such a nice smell, he has been wearing it pretty much since we got home from the day out and I can tell you, the scent stays all day and people don't have to be at such a short distance of you to smell it.




Over all, we absolutely loved shopping at Lush in London. We will be having to go back to London in a few weeks and will definitely pop back in there to get a few different bits. I can already tell we will be Lush regulars. Can't wait to try everything we bought.

Come and join Glossybox with me

 I subscribed to Glossybox last year and was so impressed with everything I got from it.

As a blogger and YouTuber, I often find myself having to order everything I need on eBay and on places like AVON and sometimes end up going over budget.

Instead of looking at things, I now prefer to just get Glossybox every month and only buy whatever essentials I need to buy on the side. When you film yourself doing videos or do make up for photoshoots, make up sometimes goes right the first time or sometimes you have to repeat the whole look, either way, there is always something you run out of.

With Glossybox, I have used every product I have received. I thought there would be one or another I wouldn't use before I subscribed but I was so wrong, I have used all of them. Not to mention Glossybox has introduced me to a bunch of brands I would have never tried if it wasn't for getting them in my Glossybox.

It's such good value for money as well. If you get the monthly subscription like me, it's only £10 plus postage fees. You get 5 products and they are usually all very pricey, and full sized (another thing I love about Glossybox).

Interested in what you have just read? How about you come and join Glossybox too? Simply follow the link below and begin your subscription today:

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School Time | How To Prepare For Exam Season

I remember when I was in high school, I really struggled to prepare for the exam season and staying organised, I was terrible. But I did get better at it enough in college to be able to tell you how to pull yourself through it. So you can start trusting my points now.

Here is how to prepare for exam season 2016

• Coffee is your only friend. Exam season is lovely isn't it? Not only do you have exams most days of the week, you then have to also go home and do all your coursework because you have a bunch of pieces that are late. The answer is always coffee. You need that little bit of a push to carry on, admit it.
• Get yourself an academic diary with full day pages. You will have so many exams and so much coursework to hand in, you need an academic diary in your survival kit to keep organised. 
• Burn a warm scented candle every night to relax you for the hell you will be entering tomorrow as soon as you get to your favorite place of all time, the exam hall.
• Come to terms with the fact that the exam board have a serious issue with bees this year. This tip will hopefully keep you sane for the first few days and then you will go crazy about it anyway.
• Tweet your anger and stress towards the exams you have just sat through and probably the bees too. This will help you get rid of some steam and help you focus on doing it again tomorrow.

I hope these little tips have helped you. All jokes aside, exam season can be so stressful even for that person in your class that tells everyone they are doing great in the exams and finding them easy. You just have to work hard and wing it, it's not worth the stress you are about to go through so stay chilled and look forward to the day it ends.

Opinion Time: Should The UK Leave The EU?

There is a lot of news coverage on this matter but not enough information on what will actually happen if Britain do leave the EU. This can either make everyone make their mind up on what they assume will happen or freak out like crazy over it.

As a foreign woman from another EU country, I have done much research on this and can't find the answers to the question I want answered. I'm due to give birth this year, the father of my child is British and the child will be born in the UK. If the UK does leave the EU, what can I expect to happen to me and my new little family? I am still yet to have this question answered and I don't think I will have it answered.

I have done some research on both sides to kind of try to figure out what would happen either way but like I said the information is very out in the air and not really focused on what I want to know. Here is what I found.

Reasons to leave the EU

• We would no longer be made to contribute to the EU budget and would supposedly save money (a little hard to believe in my opinion).
• We could establish our own trade deals with no input from EU trade lines (unsure if this can be made into something good).
• Brexit could increase the UK's economy by 1.6% (definitely in dreamland there).
• More jobs could be created among new UK trade lines (now that one sounds believable to me, actually makes sense).
• The UK would be able to vet anyone entering the country to prevent terrorist attacks (something I agree with).
• The UK would have control over all immigration from other EU countries (the point I don't understand and no one answers fully. Does this mean they will only be focusing on who is coming in or will they also be chucking people out of the country and separating families for no reason like some Brexit-fanatics have claimed?.
• Price on food, drink and other essentials would go up (Not great for families that have to work hard enough as it is paying what they already pay).

Reasons to stay in the EU

• The UK would stay in the single market, no tariffs placed (I'm a bit here and there on this one, basically everything would remain the same).
• The UK would continue to benefit from EU trade deals (I'm no economy fanatic but I think this sounds like a good thing).
• Brexit could mean the UK would lose 2.2% by 2030 (which Brexit turn around on their flyers and booklets only since this was raised).
• If the UK was to leave the EU, the EU would make life hard on us (so why not just stay?).
• We can live and work anywhere in the EU (This would benefit students, and also anyone working abroad).
• We could lose jobs because of removal of trade levels (obviously not a good thing).
• Interpol would remain to give the UK extra security and other agencies (don't know what you think but I prefer the sound of that).

As you can see there is a lot I don't get from both parts, what I have stated above is what I gathered from research, followed by what I think or have a doubt about. If you have the answer to my questions then please enlighten me because I have been confused on this for months.

I obviously can't vote as you have probably already gathered but you can. All I say is this post isn't to make you vote for this or vote for that because I think people should vote for who they want without the ridiculous abusive influence I have seen on the social media. In other words, really think about it, have your questions fully answered before you wing it and vote wisely.

Baby Essentials List Challenge

Getting things ready for your baby's arrival can be so expensive and stressful. I have decided to do a Baby Essentials Challenge until I get everything for my baby's arrival. It's a fun way to keep track of what you have bought, what you have left to buy and at the end you can calculate how much money you have saved or how much money you have gone over budget. 

I will now post a list of things I need to get and the prices of the things I have seen which I want to get. When we finish getting everything together for our baby from the starter list, I will post that list here with prices in order to compare both lists, and also calculate how much we spend.

My baby essentials list

• Pram/pushchair ------ £322.99
• Baby car seat ------ £34.99
• Pushchair rain cover ------ £9.99
• Cosytoes ------ £14.99
• Moses basket ------ £54.99
• Nappy changing mat ------ £9.99
• Room thermometer ------ £9.99
• Chest of drawers ------ £79.99
• Bottle sterilizer ------ £19.99
• Bottle brush ------ £3.99
• Bottle warmer ------ £19.99
• Dummy set ------ £4.79
• Highchair ------ £49.99
• Baby bathtub/seat ------ £14.99
• Bath thermometer ------ £9.99
• Baby hairbrush/comb ------ £1.99
• Baby nail scissors ------ £1.99
• Safety gate ------ £19.99
• Socket covers ------ £5.49
• Baby proofing set ------ £6.79
• Baby towels ------ £19.99
• Set of bottles ------ £14.99
• Moses basket mattress ------ £9.99
• Baby changing bag ------ £30.00
• Baby walker ------ £39.99
• Baby bouncer ------ £29.99
• Baby play mat gym ------ £39.99
• Moses basket sheets ------ £16.99
• Maternity bag ------ £29.99
• Nipple shields ------ £4.49
• Maternity bra ------ £10.00
• Baby blanket ------ £8.00
• Muslin squares ------ £7.99
• Warm baby socks ------ £3.00
• Coming home outfit ------ £14.99
• Babygrows/undergarments ------ £10.50

               Total = £988.79