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As I had a day off this week, I thought you know what, I’m going to book in a massage and a facial as yo to the freaking low it’s just been payday. I wanted to avoid going into Leeds city centre as it’s the school hellidays holidays so I decided to go for somewhere new in north Leeds. As the address said Alwoodley, I thought it must be pretty nice so I popped my payment details into Treatwell (if you’re not familiar, this is an online booking service for beauty treatments), the address into Google maps and off I went. 20 minutes later, I’m in a residential area and realised pretty quickly that my treatment will be taking place in someone’s house. Nice one Lizi. Still, I did think that though it’s a bit weird, that working from home isn’t uncommon and I was sure it would be OK. Well, it was an experience. The treatment room wasn’t exactly a calming environment as it was quite frankly, full of junk (even by my standards) but given I would have my eyes firmly shut for the treatment, I dec...

If you are anything like me, you probably look forward to summer all year long. But first things first, skincare! With the summer fun activities, it's so easy to get distracted and get lack of skin care. With higher levels of humidity return for these past months, it's important to  keep your skin properly hydrated since it still requires a balanced routine.  Summer temperatures have shifted toward more extreme heat this year,  and don’t forget about those powerful UV rays!  Here are my best summer skincare tips I want to share to you all so you are prepared for the rest of the summer! Cleanse twice a day! You may find out that you sweat more often than the previous months and if you are like me, who has been sweating since waking up 'till the sun rises down, it can be very exhausting to have such an oily face the whole day and that can also cause acne every now and then. While I do it every day anyhow either in summer or in winter, cleansing twice daily has been hel...

One, two, three... You and your coursemates gleefully toss your graduation hats into the air. You smile for the cameras. You drink your free glass of champagne and toast to the future. You drag your family around campus to get the perfect graduation photo. But behind the smiles there's a niggling thought in the back of your mind. What am I going to do next?  You think back to the hardships you've overcome to reach this momentous day. The hours of cramming in exam season. Running a reaction in the lab over and over again. Memorising over 50 organic chemistry mechanisms. The tears you cried when you were convinced you would fail. Resisting the temptation to drop out when the going gets tough. Yet it seems to overcome all of that is not enough. I held a piece of paper in my hand certifying that I had achieved a first class in a master of science degree, yet a part of me still felt like a failure. Crazy isn't it? But as I scanned the graduation hall I spotted people who had job...

Carfest North 2018 Anyone who knows me in person could tell you that I’m not an outdoorsy person, but this summer, I had my first festival experience. And let me tell you, whilst it was fun, my limit is definitely the decidedly middle class Carfest North (aka the charity festival that Chris Evans puts on for Children in Need) and Leeds fest is 100% out of my remit. My mum got day tickets for me, her and my sister for Christmas and having never been to a festival before, I had zero clue what to expect. After the extreme summer 2018 heatwave, I headed on over to Chester with jeans, tshirts and trainers and it was the night before which saw me raiding the nearest H&M for an emergency sweatshirt and trying on my sister’s spare anorak. This anorak in particular was from when she volunteered at the Manchester Marathon and had ‘marshall’ written across the back. Excellent, well done me. When we arrived, it was drizzling and though we got there at around 11am, we managed to park pretty c...

Cuckoo Leeds Review I love having things in the diary for absolutely ages as when I have something to look forward to, it really gives me a focus. It’s almost like having mini milestone rewards for surviving life. A few weeks ago, I had some of my blogger gal pals up in Leeds for the weekend and it was definitely one of those plans that I looked forward to for ages and it didn’t disappoint at all. As it was the World Cup quarter final weekend that Haydy and Hayley were up north, naturally we had to find a great spot to watch the match so we headed straight to Trinity Kitchen – mainly as they were giving out a bottle of beer to everyone every time England scored so we had a couple on them as well as a whole load of cocktails. The atmosphere was really fun and laid back, but after the match we headed down Call Lane to my favourite bar, Cuckoo . I’ve been to Cuckoo quite a few times as it’s becoming one of those places we go to after work a lot, but because they have really eclectic in...

Hi and welcome back to Lollys Secrets! I spoke about this series on Instagram and I promised you that I would come out with the next part after the Part 1- Best Friends post but I’ve been busy being loved up. I’m ready to dive in now! In this next part of the unrequited love series we are going to talk about Situationships. Sigh!...I’m someone that has a very long memory. When I recall a situation, I can feel everything I felt all over again like its happening right now! I think that's why I have struggled to forgive in the past. Work in progress!!! But I digress… What is a Situationship? I think we first need to understand what a situationship means so that you can fully understand the pain in this. The urban dictionary describes it as “A relationship that has no label on it.. like a friendship but more than a friendship but not quite a relationship” . It further gives a scenario: Me: Me and this guy have been talking for six months now. Friend: Are you guys together? Me: Its li...

I cannot remember the last time I had to deal with such a weather. I've lived in one of the tropical countries Indonesia for years, yet I have never got to survive in the extreme temperatures like this. My parents' home there has three air conditioners, where in Germany almost no one has even one. The fact that there are only  heaters in every household due to the cooler climate is  really difficult to deal with at first and to be honest I was not prepared at all. Haha! (but It's better though because the winter over here can be brutal sometimes). The last three days were so challenging to me due to heat wave, so I decided to do something a.k.a research the best ways how to cope in very hot weather. I want to share some tricks you can try at home and I hope they can be helpful for at least some of you!   Take a shower with lukewarm water before going to bed. It is no secret that a shower before bed helps you to fall asleep. But you definitely do not want to take a hot sho...

Hi and welcome back to Lolly's Secrets! This week  I am following up with the second part in this series and talking about relationships and advice on how to stay madly in love with your boyfriend, life partner, lover, best friend, spouse or husband.  Wait!!If you haven't read the first part of this series, then I suggest you do here and come back to read the rest. Remember! This relationship love advice is actually applicable if you are a man or woman and also to any important relationship in your life.  so lets continue! Sincerity Truth and Trust Growing up my mom always said “when you lie, you steal and when you steal, you kill”. I know!!! Melodramatic much right? But I get it.  Basically what she meant was that when you open the door to one thing, it reduces your resolve against the next barrier. All of a sudden, that barrier doesn’t seem like such a big deal anymore.  It won’t take long for you to cross that one too, then another and another and then you f...