20 THINGS I HAVE LEARNT BEING A BEAUTY BLOGGER

1. Magazines are a godsend when you can’t find something rose gold, marble, or a candle as a backdrop for your photos. 

2. Your background can never be too white, bright or blinding. Fact. 

3. It is possible to get tired of the words ‘pop’, ‘creamy’, ‘buttery’ and ‘fleek’. Therefore, it is perfectly acceptable that we make up our own words. 

4. I have never met an adverb I didn’t like. And I will never apologise for it. So kindly fuck off Jane.

5, It is impossible to feel pretty all the time, or look perfect all the time. If I could live my life in pyjamas and a messy bun, makeup-free, I would be eternally happy. 

6. You might never be the best, but that doesn’t mean you should stop trying. 

7. Everything you need to know about me is in my iPhone. Seriously, without that thing I am useless. 

8. Writing is the easy bit, it’s everything else i.e. the photos, promotion etc. that is the real work. 

9. It is likely, even common, to feel a wave of genuine affection for someone you’ve never met just because they left a nice comment on your post. 

10. Spam is a daily occurrence and it’s annoying. If you’re going to send me an email please learn my name and actually read my blog first, that is all I ask. Oh, and don''t insult me. It's rude. 

11. The brand/beauty blogger relationship is more tumultuous than any boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. I have been ghosted so many times, sometimes even by the same company, you would think I would have learnt my lesson but no. A PR person comes along with an offer that sounds almost too good to be true, we exchange emails and discuss payment and details. I get hella excited and . . . they drop off the face of the Earth. Leaving me feeling like the needy, cloying girlfriend that’s left feeling lacking in every way. What did I do? Bizarre, hell, maybe that’s why I’m single. 

12. The money you spend on your blog > The money you make from your blog. This might only apply to me, but blogging is just a serious hobby for me at the minute and I am completely inept at most things that would actually get me some dollaz. 

13. Struggling with incorporating new products into your beauty routine because you wear the same three products every day can make reviewing the massive Beauty Bay order you made at 5am last week a tad difficult. 

14. Online shopping is both the worst and best thing that has ever happened for me. 

15. Your Storage is Almost Full and You Have Used 80% of your data appears so often throughout the day that sometimes I see it when my eyes are closed. Thanks EE and Apple, I get it, I should get off my phone and talk to live beings. 

16. The constant deliberation as to whether you should get the eye-bulgingly expensive Cannon camera and take the plunge into YouTubedom coupled with the endless hours researching the best DSLRs for blog photos and videos eventually makes you break into a cold sweat. And then you close all the browsers and stare at your iPhone lovingly: What would I do without you?

17. Impulse purchases. Like the two soft boxes I bought when I decided to start YouTubing properly and then realised I am awkward enough in reality as it is. Do I really need the entire world to have the opportunity to see that? Nah, not until I am at least 10% prettier. 

18. Not having your shit together is not an option. One must at least appear as if one has their shit together. Sometimes that means taking a day off work just so you can wash your hair. 

19. Pretty books look damn good in photos. Better than magazines, in fact. No one’s saying you actually have to read them. 

20. Having a list of all the post ideas you want to write and choosing one is like picking a favourite child.

Thank you for reading, I am so sick right now. Full blown case of man flu going on, so if you would like to cheer me up please consider following me on Bloglovin'. It would mean so much, if you can relate to any of these please let me know in the comments. Really hope you liked this post. Hope you're enjoying your week and not feeling as sick as me. Kick Tuesday's ass. Take care. 

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Kiran

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