Five things that made me smile

I thought I'd try out a 'five things' feature this week, so here are five things that have made me happy in the past week or so!!

1) Going on day trips - last week I went to Manchester for a night to see a friend from uni, went to London with my sister and had a shopping trip in Bristol with my best friend. 

2) I'm going to Reading Festival - I applied to be a volunteer at Reading and found out on Wednesday that I've been accepted!! I really hope I get to see my favourite band The Pretty Reckless.

3) Having a surprise boat trip and party for my grandad's 80th birthday - the whole family got together and there were a lot of smiles all round.

4) The rain - finally the weather has cooled down and freshened up. Now I'm able to wrap up in my duvet again.

5) I laughed so much at this picture that my make-up ran, much to my sister's amusement.

source: Dawn French Facebook page

What's made you smile this week?

J :)

Tag: desert island

My friend Georgia from Becoming Hugo tagged me in this post, so here's the question:

If you ended up on a desert island, what 5 beauty products would you want with you and why? (We can assume that sun cream will be provided)

For me, being a vegetarian is a way of life not a diet, so all my choices are suitable for vegetarians and are not tested on animals (as stated on the companies websites and/ or the products packaging). This can restrict the cosmetics available, but these days - in England any way - it is a lot easier to find animal friendly products. At some point in the future I will do a post all about it :) Until then, here are my answers:

1. The Body Shop super volume mascara 01 - this was an easy choice, I never leave the house without it on.

2. Superdrug dry skin relief lotion - because I get really dry skin and Eczema so moisturiser is a must.

3. The Body Shop camomile eye make-up remover - if I'm going to be wearing mascara then i'll need an eye make-up remover!! And this is the best one I've tried by far.

4. The Body Shop tea tree skin clearing lotion - Its always good to use a facial moisturiser. I usually vary what I use depending on how my skin is and whether it's day or night. I usually use one with an SPF in the day, but as sun cream is already provided and I'm limited to five choices I'll go with this - even though I'm not a teenager anymore I still get loads of spots :s and this moisturiser helps with that a bit, it is also really good for sunburn!!

5. Barry M yellow nail paint 134 - the first four choices were fairly easy as I'm not the kind of girl who has loads of different cosmetics and make-up, however for this choice I was torn between nail varnish and eyeliner. In the end I went for this as I love wearing brightly coloured nail varnishes. I chose this shade because it looks great with a tan and feels very summery.

So there's my five choices!! What would be your choices?  Does anyone else stick to vegetarian cosmetics? Feel free to comment your answers or the link to your blog if you do a post about it - I'd love to hear your thoughts!!

The people I'd like to tag are Being Erica - a lifestyle blog with lots of cute outfits, Meg from Bow ties are cool - you know a blog is great when it gets its name from Doctor Who!! and Harry - a fellow English girl in Malta at Malta: Moving On, Up + Away.

J :)

My week in pictures

Monday 4th  - Went for tea and cake in Mdina, after work at the dog shelter. The cakes at Fontanella  are well worth the  long bus journey!!

Tuesday 5th - Had uni in the afternoon/ evening.

Wednesday 6th - Ducks at the bus stop on the way to uni!! Then we had some friends round to make pizza and watch films, then went out for sushi in the evening. I had Vegetarian pumpkin sushi, vegetable dumplings (really yummy) and green tea.

Thursday 7th - Went to uni in the morning then came back for lunch. Our bus didn't turn up in the afternoon so we didn't make it into uni but we made a start on our coursework instead.

Friday 8th - Went to visit some friends in Gozo, and went to the Piano Lounge in the evening.

Saturday 9th - Ferry back from Gozo.

Sunday 10th - Sunbathing on our balcony. It was election day and the Maltese were very passionate about it - all day people went past in cars, playing music and cheering. In the evening one of my housemates and I decided to check out what was going on, and we ended up at an amazing street party.

So that was my week in pictures!! What did you do this week? Were there any special events by you?

J :)