Buongiorno!
Or afternoon/evening, depending on when you are reading this. 

I've just gotten back from a lovely week in the city where you cannot be seasick or you just won't cope. The B E A utiful Venezia! I'm still looking back over the past week and wondering whether I was really there and it really happened as I have grown up seeing photos of St. Mark's Square and still can't believe I was stood in it (hence the incredibly touristy photo). 

I'm currently putting off packing for Barcelona, as I leave in 6 hours for the airport and there's nothing like last minute packing is there? 

Venice was lovely and definitely a city like no other. You can revel in getting lost as whichever way you twist and turn in the tiny streets, you will always end up somewhere you recognise eventually. There is at least one mask shop on every street, along with a gelato shop next door to that. In any other the city, the metro/subway/tube would be a train but in Venice it is a boat - and being on the water feels much better than a stuffy underground. 

You pass the houses in which the likes of Cassanova and Mozart once graced, the churches are beautiful and high in numbers and there's so much history, beautiful bridges and also alot of designer shops (Hey Chanel and Gucci). 

If I wasn't becoming immersed in the city, I was riding a gondola, eating pasta & wine for 5 euros or running away from the enormous amount of pigeons that roam the city. 

Hope you enjoy just a few of the photos I took. If you ever get the chance to go to Venice, snap it up! You won't regret it. 

I'm having serious post-holiday sads :(

I won't ramble on too much about our rainy stay in Paris - but it was beautiful. 

Paris is one of those cities that I will never tire of returning to. Everything from the adorable little hotel, cute restaurants with quirky waiters and mojitos under fairy lights. to the vast scenery from the top of the Eiffel Tower felt magical. I didn't want to leave. 

Again, I've refrained from posting all of the 200+ photos I took, and have instead chosen a few favourites. 

Enjoy.

I thought I would take you guys along on the ride of a life time - my first attempt at making an acai bowl. Acai (ah-sigh-ee) is a berry/superfood, known and loved for the fact it is nutritious and high in antioxidants! After spotting lots of people making pretty acai bowls on social media, I just had to get my hands on some and try it for myself. 

Ingredients: 

-Two packs of frozen acai
- One frozen banana (or half to taste)
- 1tbsp sweet freedom

- Anything you want to top it with!
I chose:
-Granola
-Raspeberries
-Banana
-Cocao nibs (mistake, I hated these!!)

It was actually really easy, and I'm definitely going to make it again as a nice, cool, summer breakfast. Infact, scratch that. I'm going to make it for breakfast, snacks and probably lunches too. All you do is blend the ingredients together, put it into a bowl (or cup if you're on the go) and then add whatever you feel like eating on the top. Fruit, granola, coconut... the world's your oyster. 

The only real downside to this breakfast is that acai is so so expensive, but you are able to buy it in bulk which makes it a bit less heart wrenching paying out £30 for what is essentially a berry. But that said, if you're a health nut, or want to give something new a try - I definitely recommend it. 

I got my frozen acai packs from Amacai 

Everyone and their mother have been lusting after the Kylie Lipkits since they came on the market a few months ago, which in turn means they sell out in minutes and you have to be on the website at relaunch time to get your hands on the ones you want. The kits contain a lipstick and lip liner and are $29 each. 

Having a general bed time of 9pm on work nights, I set my alarm for 11pmGMT and was up and ready to online shop. I went in knowing exactly what two colours I wanted and luckily - after a lot of refreshing and panicking (seriously, it was stressful), I managed to purchase them both! 

THE LIPKITS

22

22 is the newest of the Kylie Lipkit shades. It's an orangey red, which I find flatters my skin tone really well. Also seeing it on others, it looks like it would suit any skin tone! Being an avid fan of MACs So Chaud, I knew I would get on well with this colour. The lip liner and lipstick are so silky and almost glide onto the lips very elegantly. 

Candy K

Candy K is the first lip kit I fell in love with and knew I must have. I was quite wiry about it however, as I am quite pale sometimes pink/nudes can look awful on me. I much prefer a darker nude as opposed to a really light pink. I'd seen so many different swatches of this but I have to say it is more nude and dark than what shows up on camera. 

Both really do have a great formula, and best of all - THEY LAST!! I even struggled getting these off my arm after taking the photo let alone getting them off my lips. I can eat, drink, and run errands all day in these without so much as a smudge. 

All in all, worth the hype. 

I finally got round to uploading all of my NYC snaps to my laptop, better late than never!

Here are a few photos from my trip to New York City. I took over 2000 photos and have somehow managed to whittle it down to just a few favourites - I don't think anyone's interested in seeing 8 photos of the same cake from Carlo's Bakery from different angles (that cake was so so yummy), and 6 photos of me trying to get a snap of Bruce Willis in Die Hard at SyFy movies with a view (that movie with that view. oh New York).

I had such a good time it's hard to put into words. I don't know how anyone can't have an amazing time there, it's a city like no other that's for sure. I'm desperate to go back, but there's a few other places I want to tick off my bucket-list first. 

Enough waffle from me, enjoy!