3 Minimalist Instagram Accounts With Expert Branding

Instagram is a relatively new tool compared to the old timers like Facebook and Twitter. I also find it to be one of the most exciting and overlooked forms of promotion.

Due to its very visual concept, Instagram can be the most fun and creative tool to use to promote your blog/business or services. That doesn't mean posting endless posts promoting your business, it means you have to get creative and come up with a visual style that represents you as a blogger/freelancer/small business.

I find that bloggers and magazines have some of the most beautiful Instagram accounts and since I've been reading a lot more creative business blogs lately, I've come across some truly inspiring Instagrams with amazing style.

Not only are they beautiful to look at, but they are fantastically well branded. By that, I mean all of their images have a consistent look and a style that accurately represents the blogger or magazine.

iambrennarose

Breanna is an amazing graphic designer over on Rowan Made and is the editor of the amazing blog Breanna Rose (BR). As you can probably tell, Breanna's Instagram is spotless! The style and tone of the images are consistent and they are high quality and a pleasure to look at. What I really love about it, is that the images on her Instagram could easily be from her blog and that's pretty much a running theme for all these Instagram accounts. 

wonderforest

The first thing I noticed about Dana's Instagram is that all her images use the same filters, a slightly washed out effect. It gives all her images the same fantastical and romantic feel and I love that she pays a great deal of attention to what she posts, a true Instaphotographer.

Dana recently posted a blog post all about Reimagining Your Instagram and it's a must read for anyone (myself included) who wants to really focus and style their Instagram.

thevedahouse

The Veda House is a design studio and blog run by Cassie. You can see as soon as you step foot on Cassie's Instagram that all of her images have a theme. The monochrome, minimalist style is carried through all of her images and truly reflect the style of Veda House, edgy and clean. Her images have a very muted, black and white feel and the aesthetics are well and truly on point.

If you take a look at my own Instagram you'll notice it is no where near as polished as these guys. But now I've done my research I'll definitely be thinking more about my images before posting to Instagram.

Have you ever given much thought to branding your Instagram? Are you like me and just slap your life pictures on and hope for the best? 

The Sunday Post: Shopping Trips and TV Binges

Compared to previous weeks I've actually had a pretty interesting week, and next week is looking just as promising. It was, of course, Father's Day last Sunday, so I went rummaging through our big cardboard box of family photos. Trying to find pictures of my dad is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. He's not one for cameras and usually you'll try and sneak up on him, only to catch him grimacing and blurry from running away. Despite the challenge I found a couple of him looking normal, the black and white picture at the bottom is one of my favourites, he was a bit of a 'dirty hippy' in the 70's (his words, not mine!). I think I definitely get my colouring from my mother, I couldn't be further from that jet black hair and dark eyes! 

The week then turned into a massive TV show binge, there was the finale of Game Of Thrones, which was awesome! (No spoilers!) Then I needed something to fill the gaping GOT void in my heart, so I started on Orange Is The New Black, that was a mistake. I managed to finish season 1 in about 3 days and I can't wait to get onto season 2 but I fear that my life will disappear before my very eyes. 

To top off a pretty good week, I went to the Lymm Food Festival. Lymm is a little village on the outskirts of Warrington and it is so beautiful, definitely up there with my top 10 places in the UK. There were lots of food stalls serving generous portions of various cuisines, as a big foodie, I very nearly ate myself into a coma. If you want a little sneak peak I vlogged the day so make sure you check out my YouTube channel on Monday 23rd June. 

Finally, I had a girly shopping trip with my mum and sister to Cheshire Oaks, being poor I did not purchase anything but I did start to look for graduation outfits, which I should have done a while ago what with my graduation fast approaching. A Pizza Express was consumed, I was chased into a shop by the Yo Sushi! mascot and I finished the day off with a satisfying whippy ice cream. 

Overall a pretty exciting week for me! Let me know what you guys got up to in the comments and let me know if you're in the 'about to graduate' club! 

The Sunday Post: Getting My Healthy On!

Trying avocado for the first time and I kinda liked it!// Bare faced selfie for cancer awareness// Throwback Thursday, my first holiday without parents!// Trying to break in my Dr Martens, yet again// 

Well let's start with the negative; I failed at #100happydays after 6 days! I didn't even make it a week before I forgot all about it. I was actually surprised how hard it was, especially on days when I was indoors all day. But because I hate to fail at things I will be signing up to attempt it again and this time I am determined. 

As for the rest of the week it's been a pretty normal week, a little bit of uni work a little bit of partying. We went out on Friday night as a course and I reached a whole new level of drunk, I can assure you it will never be happening again but at least I know my maximum limit so I can stay well away from it. 

But apart from that little hiccup I've been attempting to get back into my healthy routine, I've gained about 10lbs since this time last year, which isn't too bad but I think it's time to be getting my body summer ready. I finally went to the gym and realised just how unhealthy I've let myself get so it's back to the NHS Couch to 5k podcasts to get my running back up to scratch. I do feel a lot better having done exercise and it makes a massive difference to my mood. I've also bought a lot of fruit from the market so I'm excited to get my diet back on track. 

So the plan for the next week? Well I need to get a PowerPoint presentation made, I'm both dreading it and looking forward to it because I'll be talking about something I'm actually interested in, Fandoms! We also start filming for out dissertation film for uni, which is scary but also a relief that everything is so close to being finished. 

What are you guys up to this lovely Sunday? Any exciting plans for the rest of the week? 

The Sunday Post: Is The World Still Spinning?

I do love Cheshire and it's counrtysideness// Finally finished the last scene of my nightmare of a uni project// Time to shed those few extra pounds that have been creeping back on// Finally bought the books I've been debating over for ages!// 

The reason for this weeks title is because I have been a bit of a hermit, sat at my desk in the dark hole that is my dorm room typing and editing away like a good little student. I have to say though that for the last two days I may have been procrastinating slightly by trying to learn HTML/CSS coding. Yes I should be concentrating on getting this last leg of work done for deadlines but it has been such a hassle that I have given up a little bit.

It feels like I've been back longer than a week but nope, I have only been back for about 6 days. I did venture out to go food shopping but I did end up taking a slight De-tour to Waterstones to pick up some books I've wanted to read. I'm currently reading Gone Girl, which has just got to the point where it's getting very interesting. I'm not very good at reading books consistently enough to actually get really engrossed in them, so I am very very proud of myself for reading everyday for the past few days.

Today I plan to continue to learn HTML and not do any work, but the way I'm justifying it is that weekends are for me time, weekdays are for work time. I trust myself to get it done for the deadlines so there's no need to worry... I hope. 

Sunday Post: Home Is Where The Heart Is

Finally got back into my email after it being hacked and had the pleasure of going through all the emails// New Arctic Monkeys tee// Rainbow reflection on my bedroom carpet// New video, check out my favourite photo apps// Mystery bruise?// Stretching out my Zara leggings because I shrunk them// Healthy cucumber water to refresh// I reached 200 Bloglovin followers!! Thanks so much guys!// Raiding my dads vinyl collection// Wearing my Labyrinth tee// New Revlon nail polish in Pink Quartz// Not very good weather for filming// 

I've been at home (again) this week because our University has a thing called reading week, it's basically a week off where we are all supposed to be good little students and study are butts off. However the majority of us take the opportunity to go home and save some money on food and laundry. 

I have spent most of the time working on my uni projects, so once again I have not managed to do a lot of the stuff I wanted to do whilst I was home. But on the plus side, the project that has practically drove me to insanity and sickness is nearly completely filmed and edited. The thought of handing it in and being rid of it for the rest of my days makes me extremely happy. 

But moving away from boring worky stuff. I managed to get a new video filmed ready for Monday. I did the TMI tag and I didn't realise how super long it would take to film and edit! I also forgot to bring my external mic with me so the sound is a bit naff, I can only apologise. But I'm pretty happy with it despite the crappy sound and I hope you will all enjoy it when it hits your eyeballs. 

This week I also hit my next target of 200 Bloglovin followers, it may not be thousands like most bloggers, but I am so happy and thankful that you guys follow this blog. I hope you enjoy reading it and I do try and make every post a bit better than the last. I do feel like my writing gets better and more relaxed every time I write a post, so hopefully that adds up to a more interesting read, or maybe not? I don't know, you tell me.

I travel back to Cardiff on Tuesday so these next few days are going to be pretty much jam packed with last minute readings, note writing and editing. It sounds super mega awesome fun doesn't it! I hope you all had a good week and I hope this next week will be more interesting for you then it will be for me. 

The Sunday Post: Blast From The Past

It's Fat Friday, treacle sponge pudding with Greek yogurt// Trying to spell out words with my Primark make your own necklace// Let's go back to brown!// Traveling back home after with much difficulty// New brown hair//

I have to say that this week started out fairly uneventful, I took a quick trip to Caerphilly castle to grab a few more scenes for my Uni project. Then for the rest of the week I couldn't really do much, my poor little MacBook had to go back to MacBook hospital because there was still something wrong with it. I've got it back all fixed now though so I'm frantically trying to get back up to date with my blogging and YouTube channel.

Then to finish the fairly slow week off, I decided to go back to my 14-year-old self and dye my hair brown. I've been pretty much every colour under then sun so I don't really think twice when it comes to trying out a new hue. Not to mention the ragged bleached ends of my hair were so dry I gave up trying to treat them. Then yesterday (Saturday) I packed my little bags and set off to the train station to return home for half term. It turned out to be a massive pain in the rear end. Because of the horrendous winds battering the UK at the moment, I had to get off my cancelled train to Manchester at Newport, board a very very crowded train (not the best environment for a claustrophobic like myself) to Bristol then board another train in Bristol to Manchester. At first we were told we would have to get off at Birmingham to get yet another train but a large group of elderly ladies and I managed to find a direct train to save us the hassle. 

Now I'm nursing a pulled shoulder, thanks to carting very heavy bags on and off trains all day, and watching a spot of Ice Hockey, I do love Hockey. I hope you all had a pleasant week and I hope this week is a good one!

The Sunday Post: Escaping The City

First (and only) run of the week// Bunnies at Pets at Home!// Dunraven Bay// Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time// New video, what's in my bag?// Getting some blogging inspo// 

This has been a rather productive week if I do say so myself. It started out with a rather unsuccessful run, but a run nonetheless. Moving on to the following day for an adventure outside of Cardiff! This was very exciting stuff seeing as I don't have a car here and transport is extortionate, resulting in my never leaving the noisy siren filled city. We had a little trip to Dunraven Bay, it stayed dry, wasn't too windy and I got a fair bit of filming done for one of my projects, success! If you have never been to Dunraven and you're not too far away, I would definitely recommend a trip. It was nice to have a little wander around and there are some castle ruins on one of the hills that holds a secret garden, very pretty and a photographers dream. 

If you read last weeks Sunday Post you will know that my poor MacBook had a bit of a funny turn. I managed to book an appointment in the Cardiff Apple store to get it looked at and I have to say I am very very impressed. Be warned, I'm about to have a little gush about Apple so if you are an Apple hater, look away now. I went into the Apple shop at 11:30 with a dodgy screen, extremely nervous that they were going to tell me that my beloved MacBook, which is now just over 3 years old, was beyond all hope. That was not the case. After a few minutes of confusion and a bit of MacBook surgery, he told me they could fix it with no cost, despite my Apple Care running out just a meagre 8 days previously. So I left my little laptop in their fine hands for what I thought was going to be the longest 6-7 days of my life. Fast forward to 6pm the same day, I get a call from the Cardiff Apple store to tell me that I could go and pick my beloved Mac up! The service of the staff at Apple Cardiff was amazing and I have nothing but love and affection for Apple from this day forward. 

How was your week? Has yours been a fairly positive 7 days or have you been counting the hours for it to be over?

The Sunday Post: Mechanical Meltdown

Traveling back to Cardiff with a beautiful view on my right// I finally got my hands on the Spring/Summer 14' LOVE// Final bath before returning to Cardiff// I got me a polaroid, oh yehhh// NO! My worst nightmare// 

This week has felt like a fairly short week, I didn't get back to Cardiff from my spontaneous trip home till Tuesday evening. But the journey was a pleasant one, chugging along through the rolling hills of the English/Welsh countryside. I got to Cardiff around 3:30pm and decided to go a different way home from the station. Little did I know that on my usual route a certain Mr Peter Capaldi and the rest of the cast and crew of Dr. Who were filming!  I could have been plodding along in the background with my giant rucksack bouncing heavily on my back. I could have recorded the episode and showed my grandchildren with pride. But no, I missed my 60 seconds of fame so I could go and get a bag of apples from the market. 

Since that fateful Tuesday evening I haven't really been very interesting. I have a pile of University work to do so I've just been getting on with it. I did make a few cheeky purchases of course, the main one being my cute little FujiFilm Instax Mini 8 camera. When I was a kid we had a family Polaroid camera, which I loved! The downside was that the film was and still is fairly pricey and my parents refused to buy the film, therefore the retro Polaroid camera was disposed of. I have longed for one ever since and now good old FujiFilm have brought them back; my childhood dream has been fulfilled.

As for this fine Sunday evening, I am currently still sat around in my dressing gown doing nothing of importance. My Macbook gave me a fright this morning though, I am assuming the graphics card is having a bad day as it filled my screen with pink lines. Panic ins-sued, frantic backing up to external hard-drive began and then my lovely laptop decided it had terrified me enough and returned to normal. Fingers and toes crossed that it behaves itself for the next few months and I don't have to take out a loan to fix/replace it.

How has your week been? Have you been productive or had a bit of a lazy lounge? 

The Sunday Post: Take Me Home

Realising that the C on my canvas bag stood for Cardiff and not Catherine, sad times// Being able to cook makes buying food a lot cheaper// This weeks YT video// My new Celine style bag from eBay// Treated myself to a cheeky bit of MAC// Selfie! Apparently my hair styles itself in the rain//

This week has been a bit of a weird one, it started off pretty generic, slogging away at uni work and just generally being a boring human. Then by the time Friday rolled around, my brain decided that I'd had enough. My flatmates were having people round every night this weekend and I just couldn't bare the thought of being kept awake till 2am three nights in a row, I'm getting too old for that. So, Friday morning I logged onto the good ole' Trainline and booked a return to the north. I have to say that nothing makes me happier than arriving in Manchester, even if it is gloomy and peeing it down. 

I do have to do a bit of filming while I'm here though, for one of my uni projects, so it's not all fun and games. I plan to spend the next 2 1/2 days taking things slow, visiting family and just enjoying the peacefulness of the suburbs before returning to the city. The silence really is deafening here, don't get me wrong I love it, but it is strange not hearing the prisoners shouting from the prison across the road or flatmates running up and down the corridor.

Hopefully when I return to Cardiff I will be able to focus a bit better and be a little less stressed and frantic. Only four more months before I finish, I just have to be like that little train in Dumbo and repeat 'I think I can, I think I can' in my head until it's all over. 

The Sunday Post: Work, Work, Panic, Work

Trying out BLEACH London Dip Dye kit// Finally watch The Amazing Spider-man in my cozy bed// Lift selfie, preparing for a Uni presentation// I uploaded my first ever vlog!// Trying out the dip dye look// Yummy Starbucks caramel macchiato// View of Cardiff from Starbucks// My Topshop dress I got in the sale// Cooking up some meatballs for dinner// Brand new iPhone 5s// Giving up with the Casual Vacancy and starting Gone Girl// Cheeky cocktails made with the cocktail set my brother bought me for Xmas// My favourite quote of the week, might start doing quote of the week posts hmmm//  

This week (well technically two weeks as I missed last Sunday's post) has had its ups and downs. It started off fairly smoothly, preparing for a presentation I had at Uni, finally getting the BLEACH London dip dye kit and having a bash at that. And then, for some completely unknown reason, my anxiety flared up to gigantic proportions. 

I'm sure I've mentioned that I have an anxiety disorder in past posts and I also did a video on it once, one I'm thinking of re-doing for my main channel if people want to see it. But since doing my presentation it has reached the red zone, critical, the captain's going down with the ship kind of level. I've now had to cut back on caffeine, which means goodbye yummy caramel macchiatos, and alcohol, which as a student means goodbye social life. It has sky rocketed so quickly that I now can't sit through my lectures, go shopping, or anywhere public without feeling like I'm trapped in a box without oxygen. But do not fear readers of LilacGhosts, I have made plans to see the mental wellbeing people at Uni and I am on my way to sorting my head out. This is after many years of being told 'it's your hormones, you'll grow out of it' or 'your just stressed, do some deep breathing, read a self help book and you'll be fine'. 

All of that palava is for a whole different post though so I'll leave that there. On a more positive note I got a new iPhone 5s which I love dearly, but I did feel bad handing over my loyal iPhone 4s, he served me well. I'm also starting to love my ombre hair, despite it drying the ends of my hair out more than the Sahara desert. I would also like to point out that I gave up caffeine and alcohol after I took those above pics! 

So overall, yes I'm in a constant state of panic at the moment but good things happen all the time and I'm trying to focus on those. 

 P.S. If you do want me to do a post/video on anxiety just let me know, I have a lot to say on the subject.

The Sunday Post: Last Week At Home

Brand new threads!// Barry before bed// My dad is a strange one// OOTD ready for shopping// New navy Dune bag// A rather nice water jug I wanted to steal from ASK restaurant Warrington//

This week marks the end of my Christmas holidays, tomorrow I make the 4 hour journey from my hometown back to Cardiff. This last week has pretty much been all hands on deck regarding Uni work. I finished working full-time on Thursday, and since then I've just been planning and filming. Of course I managed to squeeze in a few fun activities when I could. 

Everytime I'm home I try and fit in a good shopping sesh at the Trafford Centre in Manchester. It is my all time favourite place to shop and I was on a mission to try and get the Bleach London Dip Dye Kit, which I have to say I failed at. But I have now ordered it online and should have a review up by the end of this week, exciting stuff!  I was also in need of a new handbag, my River Island one has started to fall apart. I picked up a really nice box style bag from John Lewis. It's in navy instead of my preferred black (I'm rather in to navy at the moment) It's by Dune and it's definitely something a bit different to add to my ever growing bag collection. 

Finally I rounded the week of with a very tasty meal at ASK restaurant in Warrington with my friend Hannah. I had a large pizza all to myself but my attention was on this unusual water jug. As you get older you start to notice yourself getting ever the more excited over homeware, a pretty cushion or an interesting salt shaker is all it takes to get you brimming with joy. If anyone knows where I can get a jug like this, just send me a link because I need it in my life. Also, just adding this tiny little detail here, I've changed my name! Not my actual legal name but my blog name. Yes I love Cheshire Cat and it will always be me, but I wanted my blog/YouTube to be individual and unique, a product all of it's own. I decided that if that was what I wanted for it, it couldn't happen with the same name as a very well known literary character.

And so today, my final full day in the North, I had to go up to Delamere Forest to film a few shots for a project. It rained a lot and it was freezing and pretty much an unsuccessful trip all around. Now I have about a million and one things to do before I go to sleep tonight and then I leave bright and early tomorrow morning. I hope you all have a great week and have had a chilled out, stress free weekend! 

 

The Sunday Post: Christmas & Sickness

First Lush bath in forever! I don't have a bath at Uni// New bed covers from Asda// Trying to be healthy, failing later in the day by eating extortionate amounts of chocolate// Flu hits and completely takes over my Christmas// I found my old Gameboy!// It's officially Christmas, watching the Snowman// New read, I got my Lula magazine through the post// A lovely Dragon Hottie from my Secret Santa! His name is Smaug// Just a taster of the presents I got for Christmas//

I would first of all like to apologize for my absence, the combination of working full-time, a 2 week long flu and Uni work has kept me very busy (and exhausted) over Christmas. I did manage to have a Christmas though, I got to see my family and eat my body weight x10 in chocolate. I am now however, very wobbly in the thigh and stomach region. 

I got a lot of lovely gifts from friends and family, PJ's, makeup, Lush goodies and many other lovely things. I even got a cocktail making set from my brother! I'm sure I'll be able to put it to good use, being a student and all, I'm a trained professional. 

I'm hoping in the next few days I'll have a spare 5 minutes here and there to take some blog photos, and maybe even film a video or two, though I doubt it. I will be posting a little bloopers video over on my channel though, just so my subscribers know I haven't disappeared off the face of the earth! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and have exciting plans for New Year, I myself will be heading to a friends house (after I finish work) to bring in the New Year with non-alcoholic beverages, as I'm driving. 

Did you guys have a nice Christmas? What have you got planned to bring in 2014? 

 

The Sunday Post: Weekly Roundup

Cheeky Bacardi and Coke to celebrate Christmas// Directions hair dye in Plum & Cerise// Final Christmas Cardiff chums night out// Purple hair// Re-united with Barry// I finally found the Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter Cup ice cream// Vogue, I love Cara Delevingne// Decorated our house// My mothers blue & white Christmas tree//

I've had a fairly eventful week this week, I celebrated Christmas with my lovely Cardiff friends, traveled back to the good ole' North and did some Christmas decorating! 

The week did start a little bit stressful, what with it being the last week of Uni before Christmas, I had some deadlines and a lot of work to do. But by Wednesday everything was handed in and I could finally relax a bit and enjoy the Christmas atmosphere! 

Then Thursday rolled around and I had to go in for my last Comedy module lecture, we watched The Hangover Part 2 so it wasn't exactly hard work, we also may or may not have had a cheeky festive beverage at the back of class (completely allowed I might add). Later on that night we had a double 21st to celebrate and a course Christmas night out. Let's just say the wine flowed, we all got very merry and danced... a lot! 

Friday was the final day of lectures and to celebrate I had some friends over to the flat and had a Domino's pizza to say our farewells. I also attempted to dye my hair, it did not go to plan. I wanted to give my hair a soft tint of purple/pink, however I forgot about my grown out highlights and I now have streaky purple hair. I don't mind, it looks kind of punk rock so I reckon I can pull it off.  

Saturday was a day of packing and traveling, anyone else get to the point where you have done a journey so often you know the same service stations like the back of your hand? It was pretty easy to get back from Cardiff, usually we get stuck in horrendous traffic but it was smooth sailing! 

Today has definitely filled me with the Christmas spirit though. I helped my dad put up the decorations and watched Polar Express. Then I went to the mothers for a classic Sunday roast, it was delicious and now I am stuffed! 

It's back to work tomorrow night and I do need to get some Uni work done over the Christmas holidays, so I don't expect the next few weeks to be quite so eventful. I hope you have all had a good week and are not getting too stressed during this very hectic period, remember to keep calm and wrap presents!  

  

Insta Life #5

Favourite Friends episode, Fajittaas!// Finally got my Alice In Wonderland print framed and on my wall// Soap & Glory have changed their packaging and it is unbelievably boring// Last shift at work, going to miss the Odeon Fam// No more work so nail painting time! OPI Lincoln Park At Midnight// ASOS having a sale whilst I have no money, again!// My goodies from JenLuvsReviews for being a contestant in the Best In Beauty YouTube competition// New shirt from New Look, it has my age on it!// Is that Heisenberg hiding on Spotify?// Packing to move back to Uni// New glasses!// Getting everything set up in my new Uni dorm room// First Starbucks of the year and it was goooood// The best cider in the history of cider// I managed to flip my key card off of a box of plasters and get it into my water, skills!// My room is very green// What are friends for eh? The most boring pub quiz in the world FYI// And so the Uni work begins, bring on final year//

Insta Life #4

Yummy strawberry and cream sponge cake for my sister's birthday// Spare few minutes to have a play with photography// Finding old school photos for my 'Makeup & Me' thumbnail// My fave pic taken in my little photography session// Shopping spree, some essentials and some non-essentials// The Marc Jacobs Honey EDP box is huge!// New app to remind me to drink and not be a camel all day// Survived my last shift despite the hoards of 1D fans// It's getting chilly in the UK, time to break out the Spirithood//

Insta Life #3

New desktop background created by IKEA.com!// First piece of artwork to go up in my new room// Taking off a face mask and looking like my name should be Bill// Bit of a splurge, new foundation and Color Tattoos// Getting back on the healthy eating wagon// Newspaper style social media buttons over on my new 'creation' blog cheshirecatcreates// Finally got my hands on some Crayola pencils <3// Cupcake social media icons// Taking a walk along Lymm Canal for my sisters birthday//

Insta Life #2

I hit 500 subscribers on my YT channel!// In work again, getting judged by the Lorax// The Decorating begins, taking a short break to drink some yummy hot chocolate// My first magazine freebie of August// The bed is finally painted after some paint dilemmas// Letting out my inner nerd, let's start from the beginning// The room is finished woo hoo!// Finally got my Malm desk from IKEA <3// Chilling, editing some blog photos at my new desk//

I'm doing the FAW blogging challenge along with Rabbitwood!

Insta-Life #1

My final video for the Best in Beauty competition//FOTD getting ready for a spot of filming//Finally got my mitts on the Urban Decay Glinda Palette//A kitty intruder, a neighbors cat decides to invade my house and go on a little adventure in all our rooms//Trying out some of my new Barry M nail polishes//Trafford Centre shopping trip to get some goodies//What I couldn't get from Trafford I got online, my first ever REN Skincare purchase//My eyes exploded, woke up to very sore bloodshot eyes, think it may be hay fever//Trying out my paint samples for my new bedroom, preferring the second one in Jasmine White, thoughts?