14 things the first term at uni taught me

The first term of being a fresher is officially over, and we've all learnt a lot... Uni is in many ways exactly what I expected it to be, and so different from my expectations too. Here are some things I've found to be true so far..

1. You will go into your overdraft

2. You will probably lose all motivation to go to lectures, especially if your lecturers are anything like mine and upload every single lecture, including a voice recording. (What exactly is supposed to be our motivation when we can listen to it all in bed?)

3. You'll buy a gym membership and vow to live healthily but will live off turkey dinosaurs and visit that gym once despite still paying the fee every month and getting weekly "we miss you" e-mails

4. You will get too comfortable with your flatmates very very quickly. These friendships will know no bounds. These people will have seen you at the lowest of the low and will love you for it/in spite of it

5. Your sleeping pattern will flip. Nocturnal is definitely a thing. 10am bedtimes after a coca-cola/vodka fuelled netflix binge.. That's a thing.

6. You will hear the word "chunder" at least 42 times a night, and WILL teach yourself to tactical chunder if you didn't know how to already, it's a valued skill, especially on your CV

7. Pre's are usually a bigger event than the actual night out

8. McDonalds at 3am will become normal, and the staff will eventually begin to recognise you

9. Early morning/mid day drinking - acceptable

10. It's normal to do the "have you done this weeks reading?" Before every seminar. And for most to say no along with you. Always a nice satisfaction in knowing your course mates are just as shit as you.

11. It's also normal to feel smug asf when you've actually done it for once

12. Bullshitting for essays, a given

13. All nighter for essays, a given

14. Harvard referencing will become the bane of your entire existence.

Recent Beauty Purchases

Christmas has now been and gone, and as much as I love the festivities (the food), there's nothing better than the Boxing day/January sales for some cheeky purchases! 

I've been a massive perfume junkie the past few months and treated myself to the odd fragrance or 5.  The most recent ones are as listed;

Narciso Rodriguez - For Her

Roberti Cavalli - Paradiso

Givenchy - Dahlia Divin 

This beautiful Givenchy EDP has to be my favourite out of the three, and it's also the most impulsive purchase. I was looking around Boots for something to spend my Christmas vouchers on, I picked up the first random bottle I saw, smelt it, and absolutely LOVED IT! I bought it straight away, and definitely don't regret it! The 30ml which I have was £45 which is very expensive in my opinion, but still; worth it! 9/10

I also needed to repurchase some long time favorites, so I got myself a small Benefit gift set for around £24.99 that included;

A full size "Pore-fessional" primer

A mini "That Gal" primer

And a mini "It's Potent" eye cream.

I've been using these three Benefit products for well over two years now, and always seem to re-purchase. I've tried a fair amount of both high-end and highstreet primers, and in my opinion, nothing comes close to the Pore-fessional, it's amazing!

As you can see in the photo, I also grabbed myself Urban Decay's Perversion mascara, which is a recent  favourite of mine! I received a small sample of the mascara back in September, and having recently finished the sample tube, I decided to purchase the medium sized mascara (£8). I tend to use this one first on my lashes for volume and intensity, followed by my trusty Volum' Express by Maybelline to lengthen. 

Another beauty buy I got over the Christmas period is this "Fast Self Tanning Mouse" by St Moriz

St Moriz is the only self tan brand I've ever bought, I remeber buying the "spray on tan" by them around 5 years ago because my cousin recommended I get it. They were pretty bad back then,the typical biscuity smell was very strong and the tan was slighty.. Well, orange. But I stayed true to the brand and decided to move to using the mousse instead. This "Fast Tan" they have is new, and seeing as I only had the "Instant Tan" version, I decided to pick this one up too (after a recommendation from my flatmate- hi Ella!!) and my oh myyy! I love it! The smell is divine in comparison to the others, and it goes on and develops beautifully. You put it on with a mitt and wait from 1-3 hours (depending on how dark you want to go) before showering it off. I faked tanned myself 5 days ago and the tan is still slightly here, with no patchiness! 8/10

My student loan is due to come in January, so I'll be buying a few more beauty bits to show you soon!