Korean Skincare for Dull Skin: How to Bring Back Your Glow

This post is an advertorial feature. – You can cleanse, moisturise and apply your favourite serum every morning, yet some days your skin still looks as though it hasn’t quite woken up. Instead of the fresh, healthy-looking glow you were hoping for, your complexion can appear flat, tired or uneven. Dullness isn’t a skin type […]

Two years of being self employed – the best bits!

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So it’s been two years since I quit my full time office job, where has time gone! As I look back at the last two years of being self employed, they certainly flew compared to the two years I had in an office job. As I have covered a handful of milestones you can find here […]

Best of Beauty 2019

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If you’ve been following The Beauty Type for a little while you’ll know that I go through stages of writing about loads of beauty then nothing. I find Christmas and the New Year a great time to write about beauty and makeup because quite honestly, it’s when I get the most products and it gives […]

What I’ve learnt from 2019

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2019 has been a big year but my god it has flown. It only feels like months ago that I started the world of self-employment and now I’m nearing my two year mark at Northampton Life. Whilst naturally every year comes new adventures, this year has been one of my favourites. 2018 brought a lot […]

Where to Eat in Norwich: The Waffle House

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It’s the final instalment of my ‘Where To Eat In Norwich‘ guide and today’s review is The Waffle House in Norwich. This little gem, also located on St Giles Street not far from Soyokaze, has been on my list for a while. You’ll be surprised how but a few years ago when we lived in St […]

My Summer – What I’ve Been Up To

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It’s been a good few months since I’ve done an update on life, likewise blogging in general has been quiet but I find I’m more of an Autumn to Spring blogger anyway! I love the cosiness of sitting down with a laptop a lot more when it’s cooler. As it’s been so long I wanted […]

How to manage taxes as a full time blogger/freelancer/self employed?

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When you go freelance – self employed – full time blogger – payer of taxes – you need to learn to manage your money in a completely different way to full time employment. Being self employed, whereby you are running your own business and invoicing for your services, requires you to be registered as a […]

What I’ve Learnt from Freelancing: 1 Year On

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Most of my readers will know that last year I left my 9-5 office job to pursue a freelance career. You can see what I learnt throughout the the last year here. Whilst I left the job last February, my freelance career really began in April when I became the editor for Northampton Life magazine.  I’ve been […]