I went to Brighton about 2 weeks ago for a weekend with my boyfriend, something that we don't really do often. I've not been to Brighton for the longest time. I was probably a kid and went there for a day out with my parents to the beach, so I've never really seen much of it, so I was pretty excited to see somewhere new.


We arrived in Brighton and stayed in the Jury's Inn Brighton Waterfront hotel. It had a great interior but the best, was our room. We had a sea view room, so we were able to see both piers and plenty of sea. We ventured out on a little walk before getting any food, all the way to the colourful beach huts and back. It actually started raining just as we were getting back and we decided to have room service because we not long got there and thought it would be good to chill. Unfortunately, when our room service arrived, we got one wrong meal. We waited about half hour for what we wanted which meant the other meal was going cold, which was a bit of a shame.


The next morning, we woke up so early (like 6am!) so we got up, got ready and decided to go for a little walk before breakfast. Once 8am came round, we paid a visit to The Breakfast Club. I had heard it was pretty good so thought it would be a good opportunity to see what it was like. We both ordered a full monty (without the black pudding) and chose to have scrambled eggs. We waited a little while but we chatted, admired the interior and sipped tea out of smiley mugs. When it arrived, it just all looked so yummy, and couldn't wait to tuck in. The potatoes though! They were so delish but I couldn't quite finish it all, but felt so satisfied with what I got.

We then decided to go to the pier and both got wristbands to go on the rides. It cost £20 and you could go on anything as many times as you wanted. It didn't take long for us to cover the £20 so anything we did additionally was extra, so was worth the money. We took some time out to go get some ice cream from Boho Gelato. Let me say one thing. A-MAZ-ING. I went for three scoops in a cone; sea salt caramel, birthday cake and nutellesque. All of it was so good. I'd definitely recommend it if you go to Brighton. We then went to check out Dum Dum Donuts, as I had heard they sold cronuts, something I wanted to try. I got one called The Zebra, which was layered and had chocolate buttercream in the middle. It was so divine, but had to eat it in two servings because it was quite sickly.


We wanted to go on the British Airways i360 at some point in the day, but we thought we get our tickets in advance, so we didn't have to queue later on. So we went for another walk, as it was nice and sunny out and then headed back to the pier again. We managed to get a few more rides in, and I decided to go on The Booster (which spins and turns you upside down 130ft in the air) on my own because my boyfriend wasn't fond on that. 8pm came round and it was time to head to the i360, as we wanted to get the last ride of the day, because the view with the sunset would look so beautiful. It started to get a bit chilly whilst we waited but it was so worth it, because the views were incredible, seeing so much of Brighton, the pier all lit up and a gorgeous pink hued sky.


We headed back to our hotel and decided to go on Deliveroo and get ourselves a Pizzaface and a waffle from Creams. I chose a veggie pizza because you can't go wrong with peppers and lots of cheese. The delivery guy was a bit unwilling and didn't want to bring it up to our room (normally they do it according to the lady at reception). Just as we were finishing up pizzas, our waffles arrived and the guy, kindly, came up to our room. The pizza was filling enough and only had about half of my waffle and I was full to the brim. Reflecting on the day, it was one of the best and it felt like we managed to do so much with the time we had.


The next morning, we decided we were going to have the breakfast at the hotel. It cost £10 and it's a buffet style. Not going to lie, we were a bit disappointed. The scrambled egg didn't taste too nice, the sausages seemed a bit soft and their berry smoothie was way too sour (just a personal opinion). But we then did another walk around the Pavilion Gardens, chilled in our room for the last 2 hours we had and checked out. We then just went to the shopping centre down the road, had a little look around there but didn't stick around for long and we then drove on home.

Overall, I really enjoyed myself in Brighton and would love to be able to do it all again. Although the food was a bit of a let down, the view we had from our hotel room and the location made up for it. Everything we did and places we ate were so good, would definitely recommend all of it!

Have you been to Brighton? Are there places you'd recommend?

Look after yourself,


This blog post is not sponsored and all opinions are my own and honest!

Going on holiday is an exciting thing to do, whether it's with family, your partner, friends or even on your own. But, the one thing that stresses me out is packing. Even though I've been on many holidays, I always take far too much, despite writing up a list of what I'll need. But hey, I'm pretty sure most people will take about 5 pairs of shoes even though they are going for a 4 day holiday, just incase an occasion arises to wear a specific pair.

I'm currently on holiday so I've been through the whole 'What do I want to take with me'. Not only did I have to think about the clothes I'll be taking, but also my makeup and skincare for the week. Luckily, I'm only within the UK so I'm not restricted in what I can take, like liquids, aerosols etc. but I still wanted to be as reasonable as possible. I'm not looking at wearing makeup everyday but just wanted to take some items with me so if I'm going out for dinner or a trip out, I can atleast look alive, it won't too heavy on my skin and doesn't take forever to do. I've taken some skincare pieces also, as it's important that I still look after my skin, regardless if I wear any makeup or not.


Because my skin hasn't been too bad lately, I've not been messing with the skincare products that I've been using, as I'm worried something may flare it up, so what I'm not actually taking too much. So, coming with me is:

• Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water: I've been loving this again recently. I used it ages ago, stopped and now I use it every time I want to get the makeup off my face. You don't need to use too much water to get rid your makeup, so this is a big thumbs up from me.
• Clinique Moisture Surge: I've had this for so long and I still love it. If my skin is feeling on the dry side, I only have to take a small amount and spread it over my face and it'll instantly feel so moisturised. It comes in a small pot so it's really handy to take with you on holiday.
• Pixi Glow Tonic: I've reviewed this product on my blog before and I was saying how much I loved this. I still do, which is why it's part of my travel essentials. I usually use this after I've used the Micellar Water just to fully cleanse my skin. This has been such a saviour and something that I've used where I've seen a noticeable difference.
• Superdrug Pure Cotton Wool Pads: I'll be using these with my Micellar Water and Pixi Glow Tonic. Pretty standard cotton pads, which you can get from drugstores or supermarkets. These are the ones I had lying around and it doesn't appear that I have many left but I can get some whilst I'm on holiday if I do run out.
• Simple Kind to Skin Cleansing Facial Wipes: I used to use these before I used Micellar Water, and used them again when I stopped. Even though I'll mainly use the water, it doesn't harm to take some wipes just incase. Sometimes they are good to get rid of some stubborn makeup.
• Garnier SkinActive Moisture Bomb Tissue Mask: I love these! These tissues are incredible. Whenever they are on offer in Boots at 99p a go, I tend to buy a handful because they are that good. Similar to the Moisture Surge, this is good to help moisturise my skin but I use it more of a pamper session, so I can sit back and relax for 15 minutes whilst it does it's thing. My skin just feels so refreshed once I peel it off so it's something I'll try and do once or twice whilst I'm away.

• MAC Prep + Prime Primer: I used to use the Babyskin before I was gifted this for Christmas. I've been using it the last few times I wore makeup and I feel that this helped my makeup stick to my skin slightly better. It has a SPF 50 rating so incase it's a tad sunny, this will keep my skin sun-safe.
• NARS Sheer Glow Foundation: As you probably know by now, this is my regular foundation so it's no surprise that this is mentioned in this post. This foundation is lightweight, so it's perfect that it won't be heavy on my skin.
• Collection Last Perfection Concealer: Again, the pretty regular concealer that I use all the time. This lasts a long time and can cover my blemishes and darkness under my eyes really well. I'm slowly running out so may need to locate more whilst I'm away.
• Rommel London Stay Matte Powder: I've mentioned this in previous posts but this powder just does what it needs. It's lightweight and doesn't make your makeup look cakey.
• Makeup Revolution Blush Palette: This palette is so pretty and very spring like so I thought it would be a great product to come along. I've only really used one colour but it's good to have variation.
• NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray: Once the base has been complete, I would apply my favourite setting spray from NYX. I prefer the Matte finish over the Dewy because I don't really want to look that shiny.
• For the base, I have some of my Real Techniques brushes and complexion sponge to put it all together. My good ol' trusty tools, which need a good clean (oops).