A Simple Act of Kindness

On a day to day basis, how many "acts of kindness" do you do? What do you class as an "act of kindness"?

"A random act of kindness is a selfless act performed by a person or people wishing either to assist or to cheer up an individual person or people."

I believe that it's important to do a simple act of kindness at least once in a while. From the 9th to the 15th of February is the Random Acts of Kindness Week (#RAKWeek). This post is a little late for that (I will explain the reason for that after) but I thought today I would just write a little post to talk about random acts of kindness and the act of kindness I did to inspire you.

After a little research, I decided for this post I would write a letter. Something that isn't very common these days, but I found the website The World Needs More Love Letters. Its basically a website where people "nominate" someone and give a little story about why you should write a letter to this someone. Check out the website, and that last sentence would make a little more sense!

Anyway I have written a letter for someone on there and hope to send it soon. Its a lovely simple act of kindness that will only take a few minutes.

Emily

xx

 This post is part of a little blogger series I'm taking part in called the "secret blogger project 2015" run by teen bloggers Emily ,Rebekka and Charlotte. About 30 of us will be writing twice a week on selected little lifestyle topics and you can also go onto the twitter and instagram hashtag "#secretbp2015" to have a little chat and view everyone's posts. If you would like to join or know more (we'd love to have you!)  Instagram dm @theperks0fbeingemily or if you don't have instagram, send a quick email to  rebekkarosebeautyxo@gmail.com! xxx

Useful Links-

The World Needs More Love Letters Website

My Last Secret Blogger Project Post

Printing Pictures

Don't you think printed pictures are so much better then digital pictures? Go back 5/10 years, people will think I'm crazy saying that as digital was all the range then. I feel now that the world is slowly going back to physical pictures now, with the popularity of Polaroids all over social media.

By the end of 2015, I want to fill an album full of pictures for me to look back on. After all, pictures are for capturing memories. And physical memories (albums) are way easier to keep hold of too.

With the help of Polagram, I have been printing out my pictures. With only a few printed out so far, I hope to grow my collection. When you order using the code PGX4PE19 you and I can get £2 to spend at Polagram. Whats even better is that when you've ordered, you get a code which you can share - giving other people £2 off and yourself £2 off your next order.

I am so sorry if that paragraph made no sense, but it did make sense in my head!

Download Polagram on your device, and you can print out Polaroid shaped pictures, "Classic" shaped pictures and the "Regular" pictures for just £0.29 each. Theres also a huge range of picture books, phone cases, posters etc. to choose from.

I hope you enjoyed this bit of a different post. I hope to be doing more of a variety of posts and more posts like these.

Emily

xx

Useful Links-
The Polagram Website
My Photography Posts

The Infinity Dreams Award

I was tagged by the lovely Cylia to do the Infinity Dreams Award. Its a little like the Liebster awards but a bit more personal.

Source

Rules -

1. Thank and follow the blog that nominated you.  2. Tell us 11 facts about yourself 3. Answer the questions that were set for you to answer 4. Nominate 11 bloggers and set questions for them 1. Thank you Cylia for nominating me. 2. I always find it hard to do facts about me but here goes-

• I played harp and piano for about five years. I quit about a year ago due to no passion for it no longer but I wish I hadn't as I would love to be able to play well now.
• I love pictures a lot. I love being able to capture a moment and be able to keep hold of it. I love how photography is an art as well as a pleasure of capturing moments.
• I don't like cake or chocolate. Chocolate cake is the worst thing for me, I literally would't be able to eat a slice of chocolate cake without gagging it back up (gruesome description, I'm sorry!).
• I am a big lover of sweets, Haribo Tangfastics in particular. They're amazing, must I go on?
• I am scared of snakes. Thats a pretty unoriginal fact, I know but I feel like its a big deal for me. I really dont like the scales and the fact that they "slither" around the place. Its making me cringe just thinking about it.
• For my GCSE's I am studying- The core subjects (Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, English and Welsh), and then Religious Eduction,  Geography, Graphics and I.C.T.
• I don't know what I want to be when I'm older as in occupation. I want to go to uni and study Graphics possibly or maybe start my own business. The possibilities are endless.
• I have three goats, three donkeys and one dog. Possibly one of the weirdest combination of pets.
• I am a mixture between an introvert and an extrovert (I think its ambivert). I love socialising but I do love alone time too. I would choose socialising over alone time but I think I'm becoming more of an introvert these days. I'm not really sure.
• My favourite tv series' are Pretty Little Liars, Gossip Girl, Make it or Break it and The Good Wife
• I'm a little addicted to tea. My normal amount is around 4-8 cups a day.

3. Questions from Cylia- Why did you start blogging? Out of being intriuged by it. I had no idea what it really was, but I'm so glad I did it. What is the best picture you have ever taken? Probably this one. It was taken in the Tresco Abbey Gardens on the Isles of Scilly last year.

What is the nicest compliment you have ever gotten? This is a hard one, nothing really stands out to me. I honestly don't know! What is your favourite post you have ever made? This is a hard question too. I really like the pictures I took for the Christmas Make-Up Products which was a part of Blogmas. Which bloggers do you look up to? There are quite a few, Hannah Maggs s the main one that stands out to me. How did you come up with your blogger name? I wanted to change my url so that not many people I knew in real could stalk me! After ages of trying different things I came up with Emily's Beauty Thoughts. I'm not a huge fan of it but it's okay. What is your favourite word? This changes quite a lot, but at the moment I quite like brolly. Its short for umbrella for those Americans out there. What do you like most about the country you live in? I love how easy it is to connect to the rest of the world. By being able to speak English I can speak with most of the world easily over the internet. Also I really like the climate (that is rare for a British person to say!), its suits me a lot. If you could grant one wish what would it be? This is hard, theres endless possibilities. Probably end poverty or find a cure to cancer, something along those lines. What is the background picture on your phone? My lock screen is a default iPhone background and my home screen is an inside joke of one of my friends. Its a picture of her from around a year ago, I need to change it soon! What is your favourite tv-show? Either PLL or Gossip Girl.
4. Questions- Favourite music artist? Whats the last picture you took on your phone? What is your perfect pizza? What cheers you up? Who is your hero/idol? Whats your occupation? If you're a student, what are you studying? Favourite film? Whose your style inspiration? What's something you don't tell many people?
I tag- Annamaria Danielle Kate Rebecca Hannah and Emily Nicole Victoria Chloe
Thats all I'm going to tag, not 11 sorry xx
I hope you enjoyed this post, I'm looking forward to being able to read your posts girlies! xx
Emily xx

DIY Lush Lip Scrub

I read a Pinterest post recently (I am very much in love with Pinterest recently) on a DIY of the Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub. I thought I would try it out myself and show you guys how to do it too.

Total for Lush Lip Scrub - £4.75

DIY Lip Scrub - £0 (I just used things I found around the house, so it was totally free for me)

You Will Need-

Caster Sugar

Oil (I used Olive)

Food Colouring

A Container - I used this one from a travel kit, but you can easily use a make-up pot, I was surprised how easy it is to get hold of a container.

You can also add flavor etc., you can totally customise to how you like it.

You basically just add it all together and mix it, then put it into the container.

This was so easy to do and so cheap compared to the Lush Lip Scrub. Make sure to let me know if you try this out too.

Emily

xx

Useful Links-

The Original Post

My DIY Bath Bomb Post