Last night i decided to do a video on what apps i have started using on my Instagram stories – to make them more interesting to watch.
I’ve spent most of this morning editing it and now it’s finally up on my YouTube channel.
Click down below to watch it
Or you can just type holzie into the YouTube search bar.
Feedback on my videos are always much appreciated.
Til next time…Much love xxx
Hello and welcome to July.
As I’m writing this its the 1st day of the month.
Its been a boiling hot day yet again, so i haven’t been able to sit in the cool and write until now which is 9pm to be precise.
I am one of those people that are all about starting the month on a good note.
I’m taking a week off Facebook so i can concentrate on me and my wellbeing and not worry about what others are doing/moaning about.
I am not going to let myself be walked over like a mug. I deserve better, so the guy who I’ve been swooning over has had far too many ‘I’ll let you offs’. I need someone who worships the ground i walk on…more like wheel myself on ha ha.
This month is all about self love and self care for me. I don’t want added stress. I need to focus on making me a priority for once.
Do this for yourself too. Know your worth and add tax as they say – who ever they is.
Heres to a lovely July for us all
Thanks for stopping by
Til next time…
Holzieloves xxx
A follower of my blog notified me and said the Social Media links on my sidebar wasn’t working…
That has now been fixed but I thought I would link them here too along with my new video over on YouTube.
Click on the text above the pics to take you directly to it.
I can’t seem to shrink the youtube video but here it is anyways I uploaded it today.
It will play within the blog post…
Thank you to all of you that follow me on here too. I love my little blogging family.
See you next time
I myself haven’t stumbled across any blog posts of late doing this kind of thing – maybe a how I edit my Instagram photos but this is totally different.
I’m gonna talk you through how I use Instagram and for good use too.
Ok so as you can see I don’t have a huge following for my blog Instagram but as you can see I pretty much follow those who follow me if I’m interested in their content. Those spam accounts or followers with 100k and following 300 don’t interest me, as I know they are just about numbers. I block them so they don’t pee me off again.
I always make sure I am giving a positive message out to others in my captions, and always use relevant hashtags. I try not to use too many hashtags but sometimes I get a bit carried away.
While on the topic of hashtags I like to follow topics that I’m really into and will give me inspiration and are motivational too. As you can see I’ve followed #Bulletjournal as I’m in the process of making one myself. There are some brilliant pages I could adapt and make my own.
The little save button on a post is great if you see a quote you like or an Etsy shop you want to revisit at a later date. You can kind of bookmark it and can put it into collections too. I don’t have too many at the mo but will definitely improve on this.
If you’d like to follow my Instagram feel free the link is here
Saying that please know that Instagram isn’t just all about self-promo. It’s about inspiring others, making someone smile and occasionally make them spend money when they see a lippy/ item of clothing/something else fabulous you’ve got and they just love it.
Thanks for stopping by
Til next time…
If you are a blogger, chances are your office/work area looks very similar to this pic.
There are more bits of course that help along the way in the blogging process. Those above are to name a few.
We all have certain ways also on how we plan and put together a post. No two people are the same. That’s what makes us unique.
If you are new I post here on my lifestyle blog 3 times a week normally Tues/Thurs/Sat
See you in my next post
Til next time…
Blimey, didn’t April just fly by…
I have had a think of what things I wanted to put in my favourites and here is what I came up with.
You really won’t believe it but I was nosing around our local St Margarets Hospice Charity Shop and what did I spot on the top shelf but this beauty by Alexa Chung. I had borrowed it from our library a while back and it was £15 online so I thought one day I’ll get it. I managed to save my self a huge amount as it was £1.75. I love it and its pink too which makes me even happier.
I had never purchased from everything5pounds.com and then I saw it on twitter I think and thought I would have a nose and I love what I managed to pick up. A grey sweater with ‘Crush on you’ embroidered on the left boob area. A denim mini skirt which will come in handy for back garden sunbathing. Lastly, a shoulder bag with a cloud and a rainbow. Its just big enough for all my bits and pieces. All 5 pounds each.
This is my ringtone I heard it on the Schwartzkopf advert and thought I was such a catchy tune and hadn’t really heard of Jax Jones before. Its one of those songs that gets you in a happy mood.
Ok, we have Roxanne from thebeautykingdom.com
Then its Abi from Ramblingsofablonde.co.uk
Then Sophia from Sophiaaaxo.com
Finally Gail from Gailhenderson.blog
All 4 of these ladies are funny, kind and inspirational in their own way. I enjoy interacting with them on a daily basis and glad to have met them online and hope to have them as friends for life.
I saw this quote on someones Instagram and I instantly loved it and found it on google to save. I know that the majority of people would be beautiful inside out but there’s a minority that would not. Wouldn’t it be cool though if you could actually do this just for an hour or so?
Thanks for stopping by…
I hope you had a fab April and lets hope May brings us plenty of sunshine.
Today’s feature on the blog is Tarnya from Sweet Allure
I have been following Tarnya for some time and I was delighted when she wanted to come on my blog to do a Q and A.
so without further ado let’s jump in with the Questions
1) What are your top 3 favourite books?
I couldn’t possibly pick just ONE book from the Harry Potter series, so I’ll have to say the entire series as my first choice!
Then I absolutely love Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk, it’s dark but I love all of his books.
Then lastly I’d have to say Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur, I read it recently and it really rekindled my love for poetry.
2) What is your favourite cruelty-free brand/product?
I love Nars, Charlotte Tilbury and The Ordinary for CF make up! Also Superdrug own brand is good and affordable too!
3) What did you want to be when you were asked at the start of school and has it changed?
I wanted to be a Vet when I was younger, but then I heard you had to put your arm up a cows bottom and changed my mind! I’ve never really known what I want to do, but I’m happy with my current job as a games tester in the Video Game Industry.
4) What are your favourite arty things to create?
I actually am obsessed with photography, it’s my favourite thing. I want to try and incorporate more photography with art like an art journal or scrapbook this year for fun.
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Let me know if you would like to see more Q an A’s on my blog or if you would like to be featured.
Thanks for reading
I’ll see you in my next post…
As the days pass and the new year is nearly upon us
I wanted to ask you my followers, my loyal readers a few questions so I could work on it for the upcoming months ahead.
What posts of mine do you enjoy reading the most?
What would you like to see more of on here?
What made you subscribe to me?
I want to make this blog as fun and informative as I possibly can. I love to write but sometimes like in most things you have a mental block and need a little advice to get you going again.
I would be so happy if you could leave your thoughts in the comments
Much love as always….
I have only been using a laptop/internet for about 10 years I grew up with just having the ones we used at school as means of using technology. There are some things that in these years I have been using social media I have come across and just thought I’d tell you my thoughts on them.
People very willingly will make a point of going out of their way to make someone feel like crap simply by typing in a vicious message online and not having any remorse over upsetting someone. Its best left unsaid if you can’t say anything nice then don’t post it, or talk it out face to face.
It really makes me sad to think that people live their lives by how many likes they have and if it diesn’t have enough they will take it off or how their instagram feed looks with a theme. i just post whatever as i really don’t think it makes a difference as its really not like that in real life.
Society and social media is making our younger generation think if you haven’t got this many likes, followers or nobodys commented then you are not good enough. That is absoloute bull. It has taken me a while to think i will do me and they can do them. Worrying about fitting in when you definately were born to stand out
Leaving somebody a snide remark on social media to make yourself feel better only makes you look like an egotistical ass. I am pretty sure your parents bought you up to be lovely human beings so think about how you treat people in the future. The saying treat people how you would like to be treated springs to my mind.
Lastly this is very typical on the likes of Twitter and Instagram. People feel like they have to have a big following to be liked or for brands to reach out to them. So they add heaps of people and the very next day they sneakily unfollow you. How very shallow. I am unsure if it will every change but there are apps out there if you want to see whos doing it.
LIVE YOUR LIFE RIGHT, DON’T LET SOCIAL MEDIA DIM YOUR LIGHT
