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Updated Winter Skincare – 2021 Edition

+3 I seem to believe I am not the only one who adores switching products around through the seasons, so this updated winter skincare post is all the hype (with me, at least) right now….

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Three Beauty Products I Want To Try This Month

+3 The first week of January had flown by and I am already overwhelmed by the amount of work I have been procrastinating during the holiday, but that’s okay! I wanted to bring something a…

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The Beauty Gift Guide of 2020

+3 What you might have gathered by how my gift guides have gone so far – and will be still going moving forward – it’s that they all follow a theme: staying in, and this…

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My 5 Favourite Lipsticks Right Now

+3 I have a new-found love for lipsticks, and the ones I am going to show you here are my 5 favourite lipsticks right now. Plus a couple of bonus ones, because yes, I am…

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Custom Hair Care

Custom Hair Care – The Official Edit

+1 It’s been more than a year since I started using custom hair care from Function of Beauty, and thanks to a good friend of mine I realized I have actually never shared my opinions…

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My Autumn Makeup Picks

+3 If you asked my not-so-older self a few years ago what my autumn makeup picks for this season would be, she would have most likely laughed in your face. As if makeup was my…

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Sleep: My Secret Weapon

+1 Have I ever mentioned my love for sleep? I think of sleep as the most underrated cure to every single thing going wrong in my life. Headache? Go for a nap. Feeling sad? Take…

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My must-have beauty products during lockdown

+1 My skin has completely changed since lockdown started, and so I had to re-adjust my routine as well, switching my must-have beauty products during lockdown to these holy grails of beauty. You might have…

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Wishlist – 29th Birthday edition

0 With a little more than 1 week to go to my 29th birthday – ARGH – and with barely any time in my hands to get this post done – or any other, for…

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I got it from my Mama

0 No, it’s not a list of all the great – and not so great – stuff I got from my mama, as it would take waaaaay too long to read them all. But it…

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    Aaaand she’s almost there! Our darling @notaskil Aaaand she’s almost there! Our darling @notaskilfulsailor is almost 30! πŸŽ‰ 🎈 β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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Fred talk about turning 30 on the blog, and her reflection on why is such a milestone.β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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Link in bio for a read πŸ‘†πŸ»πŸ‘†πŸ»β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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#birthday #turning30 #almost30 #birthdayreflections #thegrumpyolive #thegrumpyoliveblog #thegrumpyolivedoes #thegrumpyolivewrites
    Did we already say how much we love film? 🎞 β € Did we already say how much we love film? 🎞 β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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We love having to wait to see the result, and the oldβ €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
School feel that the pictures have. We also love to organise them in albums and go back to them when we miss places.β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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Do you have any photo albums as such? Any favourite memory you get to go back to? β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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#filmisnotdead #analogicphotography #oldschoolphotography #photography #photoalbums #memories #thegrumpyolive #thegrumpyoliveblog #thegrumpyolivedoes #thegrumpyolovecollects
    Our #coffeeofthemonth this January definitely has Our #coffeeofthemonth this January definitely has to be these beautiful geishas from @sumocoffeeroasters. β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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We got this for Christmas, but later realized that @notaskilfulsailor bought a little too much coffee, we kept these carefully frozen until this month to enjoy.β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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This #geishas were a Special Edition, from Colombia and are the same coffees processed two ways: Washed and Natural.β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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We can’t wait to try other coffees from Sumo! β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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~No geisha was harmed in the process of taking this picture πŸ˜‚ ~β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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#sumocoffeeroasters #scaireland #specialtycoffeeassociation #specialtycoffee #qualitycoffee #scauk #specialeditioncoffee #washedprocess #naturalprocess #danielhobbart #thegrumpyolive #thegrumpyoliveblog #thegrumpyolivedoescoffee
    Annnd Fred has a smaller read list. For the whole Annnd Fred has a smaller read list. For the whole year really πŸ˜‚ β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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But nonetheless still a great list of books. Here’s a sneak peak of what she’s up to. πŸ“šβ €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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Obviously is coffee related β˜•οΈ πŸ‘ΈπŸΌβ €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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#reading #booksbooksbooks #reading #books #readingisgood #readingisbetter #booksarebstterthanpeople #todayontheblog #readinggoals #thegrumpyolive #thegrumpyoliveblog #thegrumpyolivereads
    Today on the blog: Cristina shared her reading pla Today on the blog: Cristina shared her reading plans for this month as she walks through the goal of reading 50 books this year! πŸ“– πŸ“š β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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She’s already on a good place and I’m sure she’ll smash it again. Anyway, you know the drill!β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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Link in bio πŸ‘†πŸ»πŸ‘†πŸ»β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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#reading #books #readingisgood #readingisbetter #booksarebstterthanpeople #todayontheblog #readinggoals #thegrumpyolive #thegrumpyoliveblog #thegrumpyolivereads
    Happy Tuesday! βœ¨βœ¨β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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We hope you had a great start of the week! We definitely had and we are celebrating #popcornday today! β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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So in honor, we popped some of that delicious corn, took out our scrabble board and played, well until we were tired @cristina1994 kicked our asses! She’s the queen of scrabble guy. πŸ‘ΈπŸΌ πŸ‘ΈπŸΌ β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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#popcorns #popthosecorns #celebrating #scrabble #playscrubble #thegrumpyolive #thegrumpyoliveblog #thegrumpyolivedoes #thegrumpyolivecelebrates #cristinaisthequeenofscrabble
    New week new skincare post! πŸ’…πŸΌ β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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This week @simonarosano posts about her Updated Winter Skincare. She has tried new products which now she loves and work wonders to her skin.β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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Link in bio to read more about it. πŸ‘†πŸ»πŸ‘†πŸ»β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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#skincare #skincareroutine #winterskincare #deciem #beautypie #theordinary #koharan #drjart #philips #thegrumpyolive #thegrumpyoliveblog #thegrumpyolivedoes #thegrumpyoliveskincare #thegrumpyolivebeauty
    Happy Monday Everyone! βœ¨βœ¨β €β €β €β €β €β €β € Happy Monday Everyone! βœ¨βœ¨β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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How’s everyone doing? We have been a little nostalgic today and went through all our pictures from our many visits to #Cambridge, since today marks the birth of the author and former Cantabrigian A.A.Milne. β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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If you ever visit, on a corner street between university there’s the original shop where all Winnie The Pooh toys were first sold. 🧸 πŸ§ΈπŸ§Έβ €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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#winniethepooh #cambridgeuk #aamilne #winniethepoohday #visitcambridge #cambridgeuniversity #thegrumpyolive #thegrumpyoliveblog #thegrumpyolivetravels
    Who is tired of all this rain? πŸ™‹πŸΌβ€β™€οΈπŸ™‹πŸΌβ€β™€οΈπŸ™‹πŸΌβ€β™€οΈβ €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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Well, it’s definitely a great day to pamper yourself since we are stuck indoors. And what a better way than a bath? πŸ›€ β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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We use these salts from @thisworks in those rare occasion we have a bath, and they are soo nice and soo relaxing we feel like angels afterwards πŸ˜‡ β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €
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#pamperyourself #pamperday #rainyday #lockdown3 #rainrainrain #thisworksuk #bathsalts #lavandersalts #lavanderbathsalts #thegrumpyolive #thegrumpyoliveblog #thegrumpyolivedoes #thegrumpyolivebeauty
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