Hannah Elizabeth

My word this year is going to be " potential ". Last year, I " embraced " what came my way and tried to accept that. This year, I was to know my worth, strive for excellence and rise up to be the best I can be. Having completed my Master's degree, I know there are professional achievements that are within reach, as well as a focus on business opportunities with both my blog, YouTube and beauty business. Most importantly, with myself as I have started to feel more optimistic about my future.  After another difficult year, albeit better than the previous, I've chosen to make my New Year Resolutions for the year a little simpler. I have also decided I'm going to have some annual goals. Read 12 books . I really liked this goal previously and I think I'll try to keep this a regular goal with one book a month. I really want to get through some of my books in the TBR pile, as well as The Wish and The 7 Year Slip.  Have an official spa day . I think I want ...

A DITL style vlog starts with a hair dressers appointment, then a baby shower and finally a wedding lohri. Then began my week of night shifts.  Click here for the vlog or see below.  Following on from last week's vlog , I was a little disappointed with my hair cut. It was incredibly uneven both from a front to back perspective and from a layer perspective. I ended up booking an emergency haircut appointment with my usual hair salon and they could fit me in the follow day. Whilst it still wasn't perfect, it was so much better and I returned from the hairdressers feeling much more myself, with it curled and styled to perfection.  I came back home and quickly got showered, dressed and did my makeup. With makeup on especially I felt so pretty and care free. I also put on one of my new favourite dresses and I thought it was perfect for the gender reveal as well. My gut instinct with the 11 week scan was girl, but I'd recently been getting boy vibes so I decided to go for blue ...

I've come to realise I've never shared the reason I choose a word of the year so I thought this year, I would start by sharing that conversation first. Each year I try to write resolutions, but I find whilst resolutions are nice to have and good to have as focussed, specific goals, they can also be self-limiting. I like to also choose a word of the year to try and focus my life, year around that word.  Choosing a Word of the Year is a simple way to remind yourself of what's important and what you want to achieve or change in your life. It can bring clarity and focus on who you want to become and what you want to accomplish. It can guide and mentor with kindness, as a one-word intention. I've had a range of words over the year's and I've chosen words for different reasons.  2015 was "reset" and for the life of me, I cannot remember why 2016 had "progress" as I wanted to advance myself in multiple aspects 2017 focussed on "self-love" ...

I usually share a post of all the outfits I wore on holiday, both swimming, day and evening. Given that my USA and Canada trip wasn't really that sort of holiday, I somewhat decided I wasn't going to do that but a few people have asked for my evening outfits on the cruise and what I wore, so I thought I would just share them all in one place.  The first day, I didn't have much time to get ready and the theme was casual so I decided to wear something that was already a little dirty. I wore one of my favourite maxi dresses . This is from Amazon and I love it so much. It's easy to wear, comfortable material and an added bonus, it has pockets! I love it so much, I actually have it in 3 colours, also a pink floral and blue and white bubbles. The next was a formal night. I wore the dress I bought for my cousin's wedding. This is actually from Debenhams and I love how I feel in it. I remembered a black bralet to wear under it this time, so felt much more comfortable and go...

I first saw these rewind posts on YouTube and whilst I have tried to create a vlog recap, I honestly find it quite tiresome because of how time consuming it is to do that. I actually really like being able to look back and both see and read what happened this previous years, so here's a summary recap of my 2024.  Where to begin! 2024 was yet again, another year of quiet sadness but positively, it was better than the previous. I'm pleased to say that I no longer feel depressed and whilst I'm not certain I can say I live a happy life, I'm trying to be content with the life I do have, although that isn't always easy for sure. It's been a year of travel, weddings and sickness! January  The year began quite sad as I received the confirmation I had been dreading...my car had been written off . I was still grieving the loss of my grandma so the fact I now lost the last thing I had of hers was devastating. For those that don't know, my catalytic convertor had been ...