1. I love my TALA hoodie

Just in case anyone is keeping track, I am a long time lululemon lover, but I branched out to TALA recently to get a new hoodie and the verdict is in. I love it. so much. It’s soft and bouncy fabric, cloud like even. The waist is really tight which I LOVE, it makes me feel hugged and supported, but that’s maybe not for everyone. I do think I could have sized up for a bit of a slouchier look but it wasn’t enough to make me want to return it for a bigger size. Now I’m v tempted by their fleeces and their leggings!

2. lululemon strikes back with a strong sale

I got these new leggings from lululemon for twenty nine great british pounds. Talk about bargain!!! Yes the design is very loud and not super ‘me’ but when you run 4x a week, most times in leggings, and you love lulu leggings…… you’ll wear what you gotta wear. And you’ll jump on those sales. The less ‘out there’ colours are slightly more expensive (of course).

what went wrong w colin bridgerton

3. I am reinventing my bedroom

I’m not sure if this is a universal experience, so just hear me out on this one. Sometimes I look up from my phone, my laptop, or just my usual routine of life and I feel like I actually see the stuff around me. Usually all of it is more like background noise that I don’t really notice or think about.

When we moved into this flat I did the basics: repainting, replastering where needed, we’re getting the bathroom tiles redone (needed). In terms of decor, I don’t have the will to argue with my partner and find a middle ground, so instead we just sort of leave stuff as it is. No longer! A fire was lit within me this week (driven by my cat’s kidney disease diagnosis) to sort out the bedroom and make it a nice space to hang out. I’m starting with the bed and the wall hangings, and will transform it from your friend’s mom’s room in the 90s, to a cute room that I like. See below for Canva inspo.

4. What went wrong with Colin Bridgerton?

Having recently binged season 4 part 1 of Bridgerton, I then felt the need to rewatch my favourite season (2) which then ticked over into season 3 and…. my god. How did so much go wrong there?! I have a lot of thoughts on this and I’ve been hounding my friends about it so much so that one has agreed to do a deep dive podcast episode with me. We are both rewatching the season and reading the book to prepare. If you have opinions here, share them with me on Instagram! We’ll be recording the pod the w/c Feb 23, to go out when part 2 comes out that Friday.

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my favourites this week

1. Tatti lashes 1 step pre-glued lash kit; why would I spend nearly £60 getting my lashes lifted when I could spend £15 and stick some of these on when I go out instead??

2. Primark spring range; I went in to kill time, I spotted at least three things I wanted to take home. They have some super cute broderie blouses that would be like £45 in & other stories for the same quality. They also have some v COS adjacent looks in.

3. P!NK; that’s all there is to it. She came up on a playlist I was listening to in Spotify and I was like damn pink, I forgot how hard you go.

4. My new Dunelm pillows; these are medium firm and tbh I might be calling it early because they literally just arrived and I haven’t actually slept on them, but they tick the “I want to feel like I’m sleeping in a hotel” box.

5. L’Oréal Paris Lip Tint/Stain in the shade ‘tea time’; tiktok ads got me again ok. I did actually buy this in Boots though, and I’m sorry to say I really do love it.

6. Rimmel ‘thrill seeker’ mascara; after binning my too faced crap (see below) I picked this up as a non-tubing mascara option, in brown so it’d match the lashes (see above). pleasantly surprised with the quality of this! It wears so much better than the too faced one.

7. The sun. She finally showed her face. I’d forgotten how bright my flat can be at midday!

8. mahjong; last week it was chess… this really is the natural progression. I have absolutely no idea if there’s any tactical way to play mahjong against the computer on my phone, but I do it nonetheless.

9. my DIY charm necklace; from accessorize in the airport ages ago but I still love it sm and wear it all the time. Might be tempted to buy some new charms for it, or a bracelet! (Confirmed: Just got distracted and bought new charms, a bracelet, and a new necklace - all for £30!).

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1. Too faced better than sex mascara is officially IN THE BIN. It has wrecked one too many looks! I don’t understand why or when they changed the formula. I hadn’t used it in a few years but I used to love it, now every time I wear it it ends up caked under my eyes.