I am back, as one of my many resolutions is to blog at least once a week (as proven by Blogmas I can't manage a post every day)
And what better way to start than a post about Lush?
Today I went shopping with my mum and we went to Lush so she could buy a lip scrub, but of course, I couldn't resist buying a bath bomb! (I originally went in for the Unicorn Horn Bath Melt but they didn't have it, so I feel like a big order online is coming up instead)
This one is so lovely, there's a piece of cinnamon across the top (the gold bit) and the fizzer inside is green. The smell of the cinnamon filled the upstairs of my house, but it wasn't overbearing and my skin smelt great afterwards. The bath went from a bright pink to a deep pinky purple, with tiny bits of gold glitter which I loved! Although by the end of my bath, it had stained my lovely cream tub, but it was easy enough to clean off.

And at £3.35 each, I think it is a decent price for such a nice bath bomb.

Find one yourself here: https://www.lush.co.uk/products/phoenix-rising

In my photography lesson yesterday, we learnt about a photographer called Slinkachu. In his work, he uses small figures and every day objects to create big statements. I particularly like his photos that incorporate McDonald's packaging.

My group decided to create something along similar lines by filling a McDonald's packet with grass, placing two soldiers on the side, forcing cows into the packet, and the rest of the world carries on normally as if there isn't anything wrong with it. Here are a few of the photo's I took. (They aren't photoshopped yet)

I found Slinkachu's work really interesting, and I love the messages he sends across in such a simple yet powerful way.

Layla x

Day two in Holland was a lazy one for us, we just sat in and watched films on Netflix all day. On day three however, we went to Schutterspark, and had a walk around and a bite to eat at the cafe. Afterwards, we stayed at Kirsty's aunts house until it was time to move from her one cousins house, to her other cousins apartment.The apartment is decent sized, and has a balcony too.
I can't get over how "modern" and different Holland is to England, and the different views on things, especially weed. In Holland, people are allowed to grow 5 marijuana plants in there back garden,which is absolutely crazy. There are bicycles everywhere, along with bike lanes on all the roads and the drivers are absolute maniacs sometimes, but they're not as bad as the drivers in Athens! Tomorrow we have a wedding to go to, which I'm looking forward to as I've never been to a Dutch wedding before.

Layla x

So today was the first proper day in Holland. We left the house at 1am yesterday morning to catch the ferry at 6am, but it was delayed until 7:40am! I didn't sleep until we were on the ferry, and then I slept through most of France and Belgium too. We got to Holland at 1pm local time. I met Kirsty's Dutch family, who are completely crazy, but have made me feel really welcome. I even tried a bami, which is spicy noodles in breadcrumbs and it was lovely. Kirsty and I are staying at her cousin's house, and we fell asleep pretty quickly last night.
Today we went to Heerlen and we did some damage to our bank accounts. I bought the best thing ever though, a pink jumper with unicorns all over it! I also got some harem trousers, which are really comfortable, and a "You Can Sit With Us", which for anyone who doesn't know, is a play on a Mean Girls quote. I also bought a black leather hair bow to go in my hair, all from H&M. Then Kirsty took me to a shop called Action, and I bought some letter cubes that say "Dream It, Do It" with a star inbetween, which I think will look great by my bed. In the evening, we went to a football match that 2 of Kirsty's cousins were playing in, and we took silly selfies, and Kirsty's sister, Megan accidentally pulled some of the pitch up. I also drank tea from a clear mug which I found really weird and I don't know why. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow, so I will see you then!

Layla x

Today the weather has got worse and I'm having a bad hair day so I pulled out my beanie. I'm also wearing my rucksack for the first time in forever, thinking I could put my jacket there if it got warm but I need my jacket in this rain. Also, I stole the creepers off my best friend Kirsty oops.

Jacket - I'm not sure, my aunt gave it to me
Lace Blouse - Was my mums
Vest - New Look
Shorts - Internacionale
Tights - Amazon
Shoes - Primark (stole them off Kirsty, I need to give them back)
Hat - Hype
Bag - Vans

Layla x