I'm only 5ft 2" so I encounter the problems of being short on a pretty much daily basis. It used to really bother me, and don't get me wrong I'd still like to be a few inches taller but now I feel like I could write a silly post about it in good humour.

1. Everyone thinks it's hilarious to use your head as an armrest. It's not and if you're a lot taller than us sometimes it even hurts our heads.

2. Being called cute you're entire life, this is especially annoying during puberty and when we decide we want to be a woman now!

3. Being unable to go shopping without a tall person there to help you reach things. (Also any small people who work in a shop like I do you'll know it's extremely annoying dragging a stool wherever you go and the fact sometimes a queue will develop because people can't see you behind the till).

4. If someone sits in front of you in the cinema/theatre/lecture hall you're screwed.

5. When someone doesn't understand your legs physically can't go as fast as your's because their strides are so much bigger and they think you're just being slow.

6. Pulling the car seat as close as is humanly possible towards the peddles before driving.

7. If your feet touch the floor when sitting in a chair it's a genuine shock.

8. Being that kid that had to sit in the front of EVERY school photo because otherwise no one can see you.

9. Getting mistaken for a lost child when out alone (I cannot believe this has actually happened to me)!

10. The "If one more person tells me how short I am today I will have to stand on this chair and slap them" mood.

I hope you guys liked this slightly different post. If you did then let me know.

xxx

To Use in 2015:

I love my beauty products you guys know that, I'm also a huge shop-a-holic (you guys know that too), but with a lot of shopping comes a lot of hoarding and neglected beauty products. Every now and again I do a reshuffle of my beauty drawers and bring the older stuff to the top and try to get as much use out of them as possible before they need to go in the bin. With that in mind here are a few products I want to make the effort to use in 2015. 

Revlon lipstick in Wine Not. I love this lipstick and always have, but it's only now I'm getting brave enough to actually use it day to day.

Accessorize blusher in Bombshell, I raved about this blush all throughout Summer as I'm sure some of you remember. Now it's going to be getting warmer again I want to get as much use as is possible out of this because it's beginning to get old.

Soap & Glory Puffy Eye Attack is something I picked up in Summer. You get a lot more than you think you're buying with this product and it's taken me a long time to use it. It has a six month expiry though so I want to use this up so I wont be throwing money away.

Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation. I love this foundation and it looks great on the skin but it's far far too pale for me. I may start using this as a base highlight because, again, I don't want to be throwing money away.

Last but not least is the Soap & Glory Mist You Madly body spritz, I've had this for well over a year now but it's still not been used up. I like a lot and luckily the smell hasn't gone with age but I never really travelled enough to take plastic bottles around with me instead of my usual glass perfumes, however now I'm going back and forth much more and it's really getting it's use.

That's all for this post and hopefully if I'm strict with myself you'll be seeing these products popping up in empties over the year.

xxx

What Rainy Days Are For:

If you live in England like me then you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. Those days where you didn't really have to be anywhere in the first place but you've woken up to a torrential downpour that solidifies the fact you certainly won't be getting out of your pyjamas today. 

The way I see it though, is that we need these days. These are the days to do all those little menial jobs you've been too busy/lazy to get done. For me my rainy day was spent organising my University notes, replying to emails, filling in my diary for the next few weeks and fixing the disaster that was my extremely chipped nail varnish (with a work appropriate colour, of course). Oh, and just an episode or two of Downton Abbey, because these days are not only for getting organised and de-cluttering but also they're an opportunity to sit back with a cup of tea, listen to the rain and relax while you have the chance. 

What do you do on your rainy days?

xxx

What I Got For Christmas 2014:

I know, I know I' really late on the bandwagon for this one but hopefully you'll still want to see what Santa bought me! 

I finally got my hands on the Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick in 107, I've been wanting this for absolutely ages so I was super happy when I opened this.

I was also given a set of three vaseline tins in the original, aloe and cocoa butter. I've said before I don't use these on my lips but instead to moisturise my eyelashes so these will certainly come in handy.

I've been asking for pyjamas for ages so I was thrilled to open these, plus anything Disney themed is more than welcome in my stocking!

My sister got me this super cute to do list pas. She knows me so well this will definitely be used up before long!

As my Cath Kidson mug from Brighton sadly broke *sobs* I was given this gorgeous one, which I have to say I actually prefer to my blue one. 

I got two small pandora charms too, the first is a plain band and he second is a cute little polar bear

My main present for the year was this beauty! I finally have a real camera! I was so grateful when I opened this because I know how expensive cameras can be. This is a Canon PowerShot SX510 HS which I have to say I have no idea what all that means but I've got something much more high quality than just my phone to take photos with now.

 Some extremely cosy socks were also waiting under the tree. I'll admit I had to stuff these back in to the packaging for this photo because I'd been wearing them!

After seeing Maleficent in the cinema all I wanted to do was watch it again and thank goodness now I can before it drives me insane! I was also given the boxset of Downton Abbey which I was super happy to get because I love the show but missed the first series.

 It wouldn't be Christmas without a mug and this one is really different from the usual ones because Santa, his sleigh and the reindeer are made to look as if they're made out of origami. 

I'm sure you guys know by now I love me a bit of vintage, and this is a stunner. I haven't actually opened up the oil scent yet but if it's half as nice as the packaging it comes in I'm sure there'll be no complaints. I love the dainty little birds.

It seems to be somewhat of a Christmas tradition for my sister and I to get a new Superdry T-shirt and so here's this years. Also I was given this super cute macaron body wash and lotion set.

One of my favourite presents of the year was this totally stunning Cath Kidson weekend bag. I was actually planning on asking for one of these for my birthday as I have been travelling back and forth a lot lately and I've just been using the same oversized old looking handbag.

I'm a huge Anna Sui fan and this year I was lucky enough to receive another one of her perfumes. This is the La Vive Boheme which of course smells delightful.

I was also given a case to go with my camera.

Another weekend bag, this time from Jack Wills and full of treats including a Water bottle, which I'll definitely be using for University. Also a body spray, a body butter, shower gel, body lotion and hand cream. 

Another stunning set of bath products came from Soap & Glory with hand and foot creams, body washes and lotions a plenty as well as face wipes, a body scrub, a lip gloss and a mascara. I think it's safe to say I won't need to go toiletry shopping for a while. 

I got some nice new studs which I was glad about since I've finally started wearing jewellery again.

That's everything I got from my parents this year. I've not yet seen my aunts and uncles but if I get anything more then I'll certainly let you know. 

Changes in EJEbeauty:

Blogging is harder than I  thought it would be, I must admit when I first started I thought it was going to be something I could use as escapism from working and revising and it was, and still is. I still love my blog with an absolute passion don't get me wrong but I regret setting myself a schedule so early on. At just over a years blogging I still see myself as one of the new kids. "EJEbeauty" is something I'd love to carry on with and I want each post I write to be the best quality it can be. Whereas before I was more interested in making sure I hit three posts a week, and then Blogmas where I was posting every day up til Christmas, I began to care less and less about what I was writing and the quality of the pictures. I would sit and hurry out a month's worth of blogposts in a day sometimes and I'm pretty sure it showed in the quality.

With that in mind I'm going back to the beginning. There'll be no schedule for a while as I was struggling to keep up with it on top of full time as well as a job where I'm working as much as I can to earn some holiday money and University work with endless hand in dates and lectures.

I would much rather put out less content for you guys and have it be high quality with good photos and well researched information. I'm going to give myself complete freedom and not make a single promise here, no at least one post a week, no schedule coming soon, just every now and again for the foreseeable future I'll pop up in your bloglovin feed. If I seem to have completely disappeared then I do apologise but I'm having to sort a hell of a lot of things out at once lately which I hope everyone can understand.

xxx