“I’m not the sporty-type”

Everybody: Hey, did you see the game last night?”  Me: “No” Sound familiar?… Throughout my 27 years, I proudly labelled myself as “not interested in sports”. While my family cheered for Liverpool, I cheered for anything covered in chocolate. While peers wore their team’s jersey, I was dressed in comfy knits and converse. Two years ago,

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A tiny slice of …inspiration

    I am the type of person who seeks out the newest “self-help” book. I will recreate my life plan in my head after just one episode of Oprah and I have boards spilling at the seams with motivational quotes on Pinterest. Funnily enough, none of it really ever sticks. A couple of days

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4 Health-boosting herbal teas to try

There are few things in this world I consider myself an expert on.. but tea is hands down one of them.  Not only is it comforting but it also has some pretty great health benefits. When I’m not nursing a giant mug of Lyons, I’m usually reaching for one of these bad boys… Turmeric This

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Eye creams for your mid-twenties

  1.   2. 3.   Ugh… I have officially crossed that line of really having to care and look after my skin. Gone are the face wipes and adhoc double cleansing. Wrinkles are just on the horizon and my resting bitch face isn’t helping the matter at all. After years of constantly ignoring eye cream’s existence I

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Hiking for Beginners… yes even you!

Up until last October, I could never been an described as an”outdoorsy” person, I didn’t own anything waterproof and my idea of a sports shoe was my white pair of Converse. This all changed when my boyfriend and I tackled the 2nd highest peak in the UK; Snowdon Mountain. It my first hike and it

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Girls I wish were my B.F.F’s

Forget swooning over Adam Broody in re-runs of the O.C or drawing hearts around the members of 5ive in Shout magazine. These days it’s all about the Girl Crush. We all have one… or many; girls that we wish we could sit in our pjs, swap hair tips and fight over the last slice of

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Things I’m learning in my Twenties…

So I’m approaching 25. How did that happen? I blinked and was suddenly submerged into grown-up ish life. School is well and truly over but I find that I’m learning more than ever! Here are some things that I’ve learned now that I’m in my Twenties: – Tea fixes 90% of your problems. NOT vodka.

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Chocolate Beauty Products

While everyone is busy stuffing themselves silly with chocolate this weekend, I thought I’d research some chocolate treats that we can enjoy not only in our tummies! 1) Cupcake fresh face mask from Lush:   Oh, the clever clogs over at Lush are so good at knowing what we want! Fancy a mask that will

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L’Oreal Infallible 24hr Foundation; My Thoughts

ANOTHER new foundation?! I hear you say! Yes, things are certainly getting a bit cray here at A Tiny Slice of Kate. Foundation is my new nail polish… in that I NEED everything new that comes out. I’m a regular user of the  L’Oreal cult classic “True Match” foundation but recently I thought I’d shake things

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Budget Beauty; Beauty products from your kitchen

No matter if we want to admit it or not, we all like to be pampered. These days there’s spas, beauty salons and hundreds of beauty aisles in our local stores. There are endless “pamper products” but what we often forget is that we have an array of natural beauty products right at our fingertips..

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