Ellie Parky

May Empties ♡ Hi lovelies... HOW are we in JUNE already?! Where have those 6 months gone?! Time is absolutely flying at a crazy speed and I can't quite keep up! Here are my empties from May... I decided to keep this post focused purely around face/ body/ hair products to mix it up a little bit and focus on everyday or more pamper-y type products. These are the lovelies I have been using religiously (as you can see by the emptiness or near emptiness of them - and the states that some of them are now in!) so you know that these products are well loved and really, really work! Aaaaaaand they are all super affordable, too and you can find pretty much all of them at your local Boots or Superdrug! FACE (L-R) Aldi Lacura Q10 Daily Moisturiser This is my second little tub of this stuff - and I still absolutely love it! It is an absolute steal at £1.50 and it is thick, creamy and lasts all day! It contains SPF20 so I have been loving this under my make up in the wa...

How Instagram Has Given Me Confidence 💕 This title may seem a bit contradictory... as there is a whole lotta hate and bad vibes circulating around how Instagram or Facebook portrays negative body and face images and how we are no longer living in the "real" world if all we do is spend our lives on our phones!... And I am by no means saying that these social media platforms don't do those things; because it is obvious that they CAN do this - CAN being the main word here! A lot of the time what we do see is these images of 'perfection' which can make us feel inferior - but that is only if we let it!  I am a big believer in we should not base our lives around how many likes we get, or how many followers we have. I did not start my blog to see how many followers I could get! I started it as a way of relieving my anxiety, to put my thoughts, feelings, wishes - all sorts, out there to the world as a form of therapy for myself but also as a technique to help...