Hello you lovely people,

and welcome back to my blog! If you're new to my blog then hello, I hope you'll have a good time on here and that you will stick around. But for now let's get into today's blog post.

Today I wanted to cover a few trends in the fashion and makeup industry, that are going around at the moment and are especially in for this summer season.








The 90's have started a come back this year with their fashion trends as well as their makeup. Denim was probably the most worn material in the 90's and so it has become a massive trend over the past months for this SS season. If you were a fan of the "Mom jeans" then you will be very happy indeed, to hear that this style of jeans have taken over a large amount of the jean varieties in shops. Along with those came denim dresses and skirts, which are a must have for this summer. You can choose from fitted to baggy, dark blue to light wash, buttoned all the way down to no buttons at all and more things, so everyone's taste is covered.

For shoes it's all about the "Espadrilles" for this summer. They are so comfortable, easy to chuck on and look really stylish. You can definitely get really creative here, as there are so many different styles of this type of shoe around, from ethnic patterns to rose gold and silver, glittery ones and even flag prints. But if you happen to have your pair of silver shoes (like Birkenstock's or the ones that I showed in my last fashion trend post last year: The A-line skirt) then don't hesitate to get them out of your cupboard and on your feet, they still are a massive trend!

With the fashion trends came the makeup trends just strolling into the shops. Brown, and earthy toned eyeshadows, bronzed, neutral tones and brown lipsticks are essentials to create a 90's inspired makeup look for this year. The makeup industry didn't fail with the variety of brown tones available on the market, seeing as not every brown suits everybody. For that reason you can choose from so many different browns that you might be a bit overwhelmed. But if you find the right undertones that suit you the best, then your journey finding a few shades will be a whole lot easier, whether it being lipstick or eyeshadow. Again you can get so creative with the shades, if you want to wear orange on your eyelids then this is the best time to do so! In addition to brown lips becoming a massive trend the matte lips have taken over the glossy finish of lipsticks, that's where liquid lipsticks come in extremely handy, as you can find so many different shades of browns with an integrated matte finish that will last for hours.

That's going to be it for my trend chatting today, I hope you enjoyed it and that I could help you out if you were searching for some inspiration. If you did enjoy it then I'd love you to leave me a comment telling me what your favourite trend is and some other ones that I didn't cover up yet. Please share this post over on your social medias and don't forget to come back next Sunday for a new blog post!

What I'm wearing:

Dress - Zara
Shoes - old (I'm sorry!)
Bag - Primark

Mary going offline xx 

Hello everyone,

hope all of you are doing fantastic and that you are very much excited for an extra post this week!

Today I want to share some photos with you which I took at a vegan food festival called "Veganmania". Veganmania is a Summer festival where lots of vegan food, clothes, bags as well as some foundations sell their products, services and memberships. It takes place in Vienna, Austria on the 25th til the 28th of May every year. This year was my third time going and I still love it just as much as I did when I went for the first time.

I hope you will enjoy the photography, if you do then please leave me some comments down below telling me what you thought and if you know any other vegan festivals, as well as your favourite festival! Please don't forget to share this post over on your social media's and to come back here on Sunday for a brand new blog post!


























Mary going offline xx

Hello my beautiful friends,

I hope all of you had an amazing week, and that the summery weather has hit your country.

As summer has finally decided to approach us, meaning the weather is getting warmer and warmer and your hair getting more annoying, I wanted to share my two favourite hairstyles for the summer months with you. These two will be super easy and simple to recreate and you barely need any equipment to achieve them. One thing that I want to mention before I get started is that I left my hair down for the hairstyles because I don't like the feeling of having no hair down, but you can definitely put your hair into a plait or a simple up do.

50's Inspired Hairstyle

You will have probably seen this a million times here on my blog, because I went threw a phase of wearing it every single day for let's say a good two months straight. But that's just because it's so easy and requires no time but looks so good and sophisticated.

You will need:

Bobby pins
Comb
Hair Oil


Steps you will have to do:

Brush your hair gently with a wood comb or any hair brush. Take a larger piece of hair from your right side and twist it to the back, then secure it with two bobby pins in a cross motion so they won't fall out of your hair threw out the day. Now onto the left side, take a piece of hair from the beginning of your parting and start creating a simple roll by twisting the hair and keep adding some hair until you have reached the back of your ear, now secure it into place with lots of bobby pins to make sure it stays put. For the finishing touch run a bit of nourishing hair oil threw the ends of your hair and your finished.

Step 1

Step 2

Finished look

Twisted Half Up Do

This is so easy people, I swear everyone can do this even if you're rubbish at doing your own hair (I'm raising my hand here) because there are no skills needed for this hair style.

You will need:

Bobby pins
Comb
Hair Oil

Steps you will have to do:

Take a small strand of hair from your right side and twist it to the very back of your head and secure it with one or two bobby pins, repeat this step once more with a strand of hair from your right side, and do the exact the same on your left side. Secure everything very well with bobby pins and put some hair oil threw the ends of your hair to make them look extra glossy and shiny.

Step 1

Step 2

Finished look

Finished look

And there you have it, my two super easy and quick hair styles which are perfect for the hotter months but still look absolutely gorgeous. I hope you liked it if you did then please make sure to leave me some comments down below telling me what your favourite one was and don't forget to share this post over on your social medias. Also make sure to come back next week for my super exciting blog post!

Mary going offline xx

Hello you beautiful people,

and welcome to our first session of my new creation: our book club. I decided to start this because I personally love reading so much, and most of the times I fell for my book choices so hard that I want to share them with the world. So if you are a book worm like I am, or you want to read more books in general and grow your vocabulary, then this is for you.



Everyone is more than welcome to join "Thegoodway book club" and to leave their suggestions for a next read in the comment section below every blog post. Let's get started with today's session.

1. I heart London - Lindsey Kelk



One of the "I heart" series by the amazing author Lindsey Kelk. Lindsey is an British author who was born in Doncaster, her first book " I heart New York" was published 2009 in London. Since then she has released five more of the "I heart series" books, and six other very famous books.

Now I'll read you what it says on the back, so you get the idea of what the book is about:

Angela Clark has fallen in love with New York - and it's started to love her back. But when she's summoned home to England, she's at risk of losing her shiny new life to rain, warm beer and bad memories. Talk about stepping back in time.

There's Mark, the ex-boyfriend - who she ran to New York to get away from.

There's Louisa, her best friend, with her terrifying new baby.

And there's her mum, still talking to her as though she's fifteen.

Now there's a wedding in the offing - and everyone remembers how well Angela behaved at the last one... Can the arrival of boyfriend Alex and new best friend Jenny save her from a re-run of her old self?

Sounds interesting right? I am so excited to finally start reading this book as I had it sitting on my bookshelf for nearly two months now, and I can't wait to read Angela's story. If you fell in love with it now, than I'd highly recommend you getting your hands on it and start reading. I will give us until June the 26th to read it. I hope that this is plenty of time for everyone to finish this book. On that very date I will upload a blog post based on this book, including my thoughts, my personal opinion and a more in depth summary, and I'd like all of you to leave me your summaries, own opinions and thoughts in the comments down below this post.

2. The Versions of us - Laura Barnett



This book had my attention in the second I opened the book, as when you open it you see that it's divided in different sections which isn't very common in the book industry. Laura Barnett must have known exactly what she was doing to grab everyone's attention with this amazing book. Laura is, again, an British author who has written for popular newspapers like "The Daily Telegraph" in the past, and published her first novel "The Versions of us" in June 2015. In addition to that she writes short stories which she publishes on her website and is currently working on her new novel called "Greatest Hits".

Eva and Jim are nineteen, and students at Cambridge, when their paths first cross in 1958. Jim is walking along a lane when a woman approaching him on a bicycle swerves to avoid a dog. What happens next will determine the rest of their lives...


Again, this books sounds to interesting, although it's a short but sweet little summary on the back of the book. I can't wait to read this book, as the fact that it's written at the beginning of the 60's and in different departments makes me want to start reading already (which I totally would, if I didn't have to study for my exams!). Now seeing as reading two books at the same time, most of the time doesn't work out I would say that we start this book after our first one, but if this book caught your eye more than the first one than feel free to start with this one! I will give us to read this book until July the 31st, if that's not too late for anyone!


That's going to be it for today's blog post, I do hope that you like my idea of creating our very own book club, and please let me know if all of you are okay with dates in the comments down below as well as your thoughts on this book club. In case you have any suggestions for future readings and would like point them out and pop those down below too!

Mary going offline xx

Hello my beautiful friends,

and welcome to another episode of me sharing my food with you gorgeous people! I hope you're all doing well and that your week has been fantastic.

Today I decided to finally give the "What I eat in a day" a go, I have seen this so many times all over the internet, and I am in love so that's why I wanted to try it out too. So grab yourself paper and pen, get comfy and start writing.

One thing that you should know is that I don't eat that much, like I can't eat three meals a day hands why I usually skip lunch, because I don't get peckish, but if you do then do let me know if you want me to write a blog post about some treats and snacks for lunch time.

All of these recipes are my own, and they don't require a lot of ingredients nor a lots of time. As nobody wants to stand in the kitchen for ages, especially not when it's beautiful outside as it is at the moment, and you could sit in your garden or go for a walk in the city or on the beach.

Breakfast:

Usually I don't eat breakfast, especially not during the week, as I just can't down anything in the morning. though my essential to get awake is my tea. I swear you never want to meet me when I haven't had my tea yet, I get so grumpy and it's just not pretty, haha! On the weekend, if I know I got a big day ahead of me or it's a chilled Sunday, then I will most likely always have breakfast, so for today I went for a delicious vegan Greek yogurt with lots of goodies!

The vegan style Greek yogurt with strawberries

You will need:

6 Tbsp Vegan Greek Yogurt (how many times can someone write vegan Greek yogurt in one post?)
Vegan Sugar Free Granola
Strawberries
Coconut Flakes
Rice Syrup

Method:

Scoop the Greek yogurt in a bowl, cut your strawberries into quarters and put them onto the yogurt. Top with the rest of your toppings and enjoy.



*me attempting to look somewhat presentable after just waking up, no judging please*


I guess we all know how important it is to drink lots and lots of water, I myself am really bad with drinking enough water. I can literally go without for an entire day, which is really really bad, so don't do it! But sometimes plane water can be boring, and not enough and easily lead to you grabbing to those sweet sugary drinks, that are more than unhealthy for you. So here I tried to amp my water up by putting some strawberries and some mint into my water, and it gives the water a subtle but noticeable delicious taste.



Now onto my favourite meal of the day, dinner. *insert angels singing here* I don' know what it is about dinner that makes me want to crack out all of the goodies that I have in my cupboards to create a new special, fantastic and very delicious meal. I love to create new things, amp some recipes with some of my personal ideas up, or just strictly cook after a recipe. Today's dinner was without doubt by far one of my favourites that I have ever created.

Sweet Potato Chips with Vegan Yogurt-Garlic-Mint Sauce

You will need:

1 large Sweet Potato

Hello my loves,

and welcome to another food related blog post, where I talk all things deliciousness and healthy indulgence. I hope that all of you are very good and that your week hasn't been too stressful! Without further ado, grab yourself a cuppa, get comfortable and let me jump straight into today's post.

Spring is always the time for me where I'm unsure of whether to eat something warm or cold, as it's already getting hotter (as far as you can use the word "hot" in the UK) but it's still a bit cold, so you don't want to eat just a cold salad. That's why I have come up with an amazing spring salad, which you can easily whip up in no time and still has some warmth to it from the cooked quinoa. A really important thing when eating is that you use lots of different colours, because, as the saying, the eye eats before the mouth, and if you just have some lame colours then chances are higher that you won't like it as much. Here I tried to use as many colours as possible and so many different flavours to give you an explosion in your mouth of tastiness.

This salad is full of good things for your body, obviously vegan, gluten free, nut free and refined sugar free.

You will need:

Salad:

1 cup Quinoa
100g Lamb's salad
2 Avocados
1 Mango
100g Cherry tomatoes

Serves: 4

Method:

Either way prepare your quinoa as instructed on the back of the packaging, or soak the 1 cup of quinoa for around 10 to 15 minutes, drain and then cook it with 2 cups of water, bring it to a boil then reduce the heat and let it simmer until soft. Chop up your avocados (cut half of it into stripes for decoration purposes) and the mango into bite sized chunks, and the cherry tomatoes and cucumber into quarters.

Wash your lamb's salad and season with some olive oil and some mixed herbs, by now your quinoa should be cooked too so just add all of your ingredients into a large mixing bowl and carefully stir them well together and season. Pop some into a serving bowl or onto a plate and add the avocado stripes and chili flakes. For the finishing touch sprinkle with some pomegranate seeds.



And there you have it, an easy, quick but yet so delicious salad perfect for spring time. If you don't like quinoa (please still give it a go, because it's sooooo good!) then bake some sweet potato wedges and put those on top, that's what I do some times as well and it tastes phenomenal!

I hope you enjoyed this little cooking class and that you will like this salad, if you do recreate it then please don't forget to send me a photo and tag me on my social medias, so I can see your lovely recreations! And please share this post over on your social medias, and leave me one of your favourite meals in the comments down below, I'd love to know them!

Mary going offline xx