Thursday, 19 July 2018
100 lifestyle blog post ideas!
Hello, my loves! Today, I am excited to share with you 100 lifestyle blog post ideas, that will hopefully help you out if you ever happen to hit a creative block. I think that it's only natural to feel a lack of inspiration from time to time, especially if you've been blogging for a while. Whenever I feel creative, I like to write down any blog post ideas that come to mind in a little notebook, and use them later on. There is an endless amount of things that you can talk about as a lifestyle blogger, so I've compiled a list of some of my go-to ideas. This includes everything from travel, blogging to food and personal posts - I really hope that you find them useful!
1. Share everything that you eat in a day
2. Your favourite smoothie recipes
3. Your favourite quick meal recipes (less than 20 minutes to prepare, or 3 ingredients or less)
4. Review your local restaurant, bakery, coffee shop, etc.
5. 'Cook with me' post where you try out a recipe with your readers for the first time
6. Share your favourite cookbooks
7. Your best cooking/baking tips
8. Your favourite healthy snacks
9. Round-up of your favourite breakfast/lunch/dinner recipes
10. Grocery haul
11. Your best food photography tips
12. Your favourite seasonal recipes (Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc.)
13. School/work lunch ideas
14. Tell us about the best restaurant you've ever been to
15. Share your morning/evening routine
16. Your lazy weekend routine
17. Random facts about yourself
18. Share your favourite motivational quotes
19. Five things that make you happy
20. Five things that annoy you (pet peeves)
21. Five things that inspire you
22. Story time post - share some interesting, embarrassing, funny stories from your life
23. Share your favourite childhood memory
24. Write a letter to your young (or future) self
25. Talk about a challenging time in your life, and how you've overcome it
26. Share some scary ghost/paranormal experiences (perfect for Halloween!)
27. Tips for people starting college (share your experiences)
28. Nostalgia post - share your favourite games, TV shows, toys etc. from your childhood
29. Share a typical day in your life
30. Talk about your goals and dreams for the future
31. Who inspires you the most in your life?
32. The most important lessons you've learned/ in your life
33. Tell us about your pet (if you have one)
34. 'Get to know me' tag
35. Five things that you are the most grateful for
36. Your best tips on how to stay organised
37. Bullet journal ideas
38. Your current travel wishlist
39. Tell us about the last place you've travelled to
40. Your beauty routine when travelling
41. A travel guide to visiting your home town/country
42. Your best tips for travelling alone
43. Your tips on how to save money when travelling
44. Share your scariest/funniest experiences when travelling
45. What's in your travel suitcase?
46. Review the last hotel you've stayed at
47. Share your first time abroad experience
48. A travel guide to your favourite city
49. Your top destinations for a summer/winter holiday
50. Your best safety tips for travelling
51. Your tips for taking travel photos
52. Your all-time favourite books
53. Your all-time favourite films and TV shows
54. Your all-time favourite games
55. Your stationery collection - shows us what you have!
56. Your all-time favourite apps
57. Share some of your favourite bloggers
58. Monthly/weekly Instagram roundup
59. Pinterest finds of the week/month
60. Review the last TV show/film you've watched
61. The worst film you've ever seen?
62. Review the last book you've read
63. Your favourite podcasts
64. Your favourite YouTube channels
65. Your favourite social media accounts to follow
66. Share your guilty pleasures - songs, films, etc.
67. Your all-time favourite songs
68. Your playlist for relaxing/date night/night out, etc.
69. Share your current workout routine
70. Share your workout playlist
71. Your best tips on staying fit and healthy
72. Share your health goals
73. Your tips on how to motivate yourself to workout
74. Talk about your favourite sport
75. Your favourite 'at home' workout
76. Have you ever been on a diet? Share your experience
77. The most important lessons you've learned as a blogger
78. Common blogging mistakes
79. Your top tips for starting a blog
80. Your best blog photography tips
81. Share your favourite blog resources - fonts, templates, etc.
82. Round-up of your most popular posts from the past year
83. Share your entire blogging process
84. Money-saving tips for new bloggers
85. Why did you start blogging?
86. Types of posts that get the most views
87. Your best photo-editing tips
88. Your best tips on growing a blog audience
89. Share your favourite blogging inspirations
90. Share your blogging goals (monthly or weekly)
91. Nail art of the month
92. Outfit of the day
93. Seasonal gift guides - Christmas, Valentine's Day, etc.
94. Budget celebration ideas - birthdays, anniversaries, etc.
95. Your Christmas/birthday wishlist
96. Your favourite accessories
97. Your top five favourite outfits
98. DIY decoration ideas
99. What's on your desk
100. Room/house tour
And that's about it! Hope you enjoyed these post ideas, and will find them useful. What are your main sources of blog post inspiration?
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Tarte 'Rainforest of the Sea Vol. III' palette review + swatches!
Hello, my loves! Today, I am very excited to talk to you about this gorgeous highlighting eyeshadow palette by Tarte, called 'Rainforest of the Sea Vol. III' (£30, Tarte). I stumbled across this one whilst browsing Tarte's vegan makeup section, and, as a huge fan of shimmery eyeshadows, I was immediately drawn to how pretty it looked. This was actually my first time any of Tarte's makeup, making this review a very special one! Today, I will be sharing with you my honest thoughts on this little palette. Hope you enjoy!
Friday, 6 July 2018
What I eat in a day on a vegan diet - weekend edition
Hello, loves! Today, I am very excited to share with you the first in a new series of 'what I eat in a day' posts. Personally, I am a huge fan of these types of posts and videos - as a helpless foodie, I am always interested in new recipes and ideas. Today, I want to show you what I eat on a typical weekend day. This is by no means a dietary guide on how you should be eating - my food choices are not always the healthiest, and I like to keep any meal prep as minimal as possible (I'm pretty lazy, and helpless in the kitchen!). A lot of people seem to think that eating vegan involves a lot of cooking and prep; so today, I want to show you just how easy it can be. Hope you enjoy!
As it was a Sunday after a pretty rough week, I decided to treat myself to my favourite breakfast ever - a cheese toastie! Cheese toasties were always my favourite thing to eat before I went vegan, and it wasn't easy to find an equally satisfying dairy-free replacement. Having said that, the Violife cheese slices come pretty close - they're probably my favourite vegan cheese alternative that I've found so far. They're super creamy and milky, and melt really nicely when grilled. I've topped the toastie with fresh tomato slices and some szechuan pepper, chilli and ginger salt. I've also had a few strawberries so that I could pretend that it was a healthier breakfast, ha!
Since we're still in the summer season and fruits are not as expensive, I typically have a nice, big fruit salad for lunch. I am not much of a chef and like to keep things simple, so I typically just mix whatever fruit I have left at home. For this delicious salad, I used one large banana, a few handful of strawberries and mandarin oranges. Bananas are always a staple for me in any fruit meal - they're super healthy and much more filling than most fruits. It might not be the most adventurous, but it was definitely a really nice, light and satisfying meal!
For a cheeky afternoon snack, I had this scrumptious almond vanilla dessert by Alpro. It was so yummy and convincingly milky, that I had to kept reminding myself that it's actually vegan! These pots are delicious and only 72 calories (I don't care about calories myself, but I think that the low calorie count would appeal to a lot of people), so I also had a banana for a 'healthy balance'!
For dinner, I decided to prepare one of my favourite, easy vegan meals. I had some mash potatoes, baked Quorn's fishless fingers (which honestly taste just as good as the real thing) and a simple mushroom stir fry. I am not a talented cook and like to keep my meal prep as easy as possible (I'm lazy!), but this dinner was still very satisfying and delicious. For vegan mash potatoes, you can use soy milk and a nice-tasting, dairy-free margarine like Vitalite to make them extra creamy. For the veggie stir fry, I simply chopped up some organic mushrooms and tomatoes and fried them in one teaspoon of vegetable oil. I also added some thyme, lemon and bay salt for extra flavour!
And that is my whole day of eating! I know that my food choices are probably not the most exciting, but I just wanted to show you how easy it is to eat vegan - you can even have grilled cheese! Thanks to the many dairy and meat-free alternatives, it's so effortless to swap out your favourites for an equally tasty, vegan option. Hope you enjoyed this post, and let me know if you'd like to see more content like this!
Sunday, 1 July 2018
Come shopping with me! My weekly vegan groceries
Hello, my loves! Today, I am inviting you to go on a fully-vegan, fully-awesome shopping trip with me! I've had a lot of questions regarding my current vegan diet and dairy/meat alternatives, so I wanted to show you just how many amazing options there are. I find that a lot of supermarkets have really stepped up their game recently with regards to vegan foods, which makes me so, so happy! When I first tried going vegan over a year ago, I felt very restricted as there just weren't many options around. Now, with supermarket sections dedicated to meat and dairy-free alternatives (including things like cheese, yogurt, milk, pizza and even ice cream!), I am finding it completely effortless to do my weekly shopping. And, I think that even if you would never consider going vegan, it might be fun for you to try out some of these alternatives - a lot of them are seriously delicious! Hope you enjoy this shopping trip with me!