BEAUTY | Packing Make Up for Vacation

As I'm writing this post, I'm getting ready to head to Greece in just over a week! As a beauty and make-up lover (yes that's a picture of some of my stash above!), I've been thinking about what make up to pack forever. Obviously, weight is going to be an issue. It's also just not practical to take your entire collection for the sake of a few weeks - or even less! Below you'll find my top tips (and the guidelines I will be applying!) for when it comes to pack your beauty products for a well earned holiday!

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BEAUTY | Makeup Organisation and Storage Makeover!

As the New Year rolled in I (as I always do!) caught the bug for reorganisation and tidying! Having been away from my bedroom in the UK for so long, coming back to it with fresh eyes was definitely a good thing! I had plenty of ideas to make the place look a bit tidier. By that evening, thanks to a little bit of help from Ikea, my whole room had been transformed and I couldn't be happier with the outcome. See below for more detail! 

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How to Prepare For Success

I've said it before and I'll say it a thousand times more: I really do believe that preparation is key to weight-loss/healthy lifestyle success. We live in a world laden with temptation and what's more, we are sociable creatures! There are going to be events that crop up that will disrupt the preferred order of things and without a plan, this can really throw you off-balance! Trust me! Today I want to talk to you about the best way to avoid these situations and share some of the extremely useful resources I use to help plan my week!

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"Prior Preparation and Planning Prevents Poor Performance"

My Weekly Calendar - How I Plan my Week

"Prior Preparation and Planning Prevents Poor Performance"

Otherwise known to me as the 6 P's - quoted by a favourite High School teacher. I've lived by this saying since he first taught it to me two years ago and it hasn't failed me yet.

I've found it relates to almost every aspect of my life, in particular my Tone It Up life. I firmly believe that if you plan your week in advance you are much more likely to have success as you've got something written down. I don't always follow my plans to the letter but for example if I open my fridge at lunch time and there's a lot of (unhealthy) options I know that I can look at my plan and choose the right option. It's not a back-up, but it's there for moments of weakness!

This week's plan (incomplete)

I sit down every Sunday and write out what I'm going to have through the week. This also helps me know what I need to buy on my gap during college when I can go food shopping! I have this cool weekly planner that I actually found via Bridget Nicole's video which I'll link below. It's not massive so I can't go in to too much detail (as you can probably see from some of my abbreviations) but I'd much rather have a weekly plan than daily ones; I drown in paperwork from college I don't need even more!

Another handy tip is that I've laminated mine. So every Sunday I can wipe clean my calendar and write it all out again! It's much easier, cheaper and quicker than printing one out every week! (Although the wipe-off pens were a little pricey, I got mine from the local stationery shop) I write my Meals and proposed workouts for the week in (colour coded  = OCD!) but I do tend to leave Saturday and Sunday blank and see what inspiration hits me!

I do find that making a plan makes me much more disciplined and therefore much more likely to eat right and workout as I've got some inspiration and ideas there in front of me! The hardest part about planning is Sunday afternoon when it comes to choosing what to do!

I'll leave you with Bridget's video - she has some great organisational tips! I'll also link my calendar :)

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Weekly Calendar Template