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I'm sorry about it been a while since i've last checked in! Right now i'm on holiday in Turkey, so I thought I would share an adventure with you, this is also a suggestion if you ever come here!

I'm in Antalya, its an amazing places to be in the summer, even though it is very hot, its got so many lovely beaches and places you can go to and just relax. After a few days of relaxing we decided to go for an adventure. This was rafting!

The day starts off early, after being picked up and forced to spend about 2 hours on the bus, which thank god has air con, you get to the 'base camp' of the rafting company. First off you're let to get changed and ready for your day.. but I actually first stopped and looked around because I was so mesmerised by the beauty surrounding me.

Next to this view, they prep you and then you're back on the bus and off to the start point with your life jacket and helmet. On your way it starts to sink in what you're about to do and there's a combination of rush and nervousness! When you get to the start point they tell you to get into the water to get your body used to it, because it is bloody freezing!!!! Thank god the weathers boiling!

Then there's a 5/10 minute trek to get to the rafts and actually get on the water. Just after you start is where the first little fall is located, which at that time seems scary! But once you're over it you just keep wanting more of it!!

The whole rafting part of the day is 13km, you do 7km first, with a stop where you are given the option to jump into the freezing water or just relax after a lot of rowing and water flights with the other rafts. Which is both fun and just cold, by the time you dry and get warm there is another raft after you!

After your 7km's is over you have rafted your way to base camp to have your lunch, and when you do start eating you realise how hungry you actually are! They fill you up with carb's to get you through the next half of the day. The second part was done differently in the two times I went (yes, one summer, two rafting trips at the exact same place! Its that good!) The first time, we just kept going till the finish line, we were also allowed to swim but only one person was brave enough for the cold water! The second time, we had a stop where the whole group played a game with our paddles, which was hilarious. Then we had the same opportunity to swim, but this time no one went for it. But in both occasions the second part contained bigger and more exciting falls.

After all this, you get to change into dry clothes and start to realise how tired you actually are! They take a video of you on your rafting journey, so they allow you to watch that and buy that and/or pictures from the day. Then on the way home everyone is so tired, you just sleep through most of it.

During your time on the raft, you're mostly concentrating on the rowing and holding on so you don't fall (yes it does happen, and its always fun to watch), but when you do look up you realise you're surrounded by so much nature and how beautiful it all looks. The views you see throughout your time there are so beautiful, and because you can't capture it, you actually take your time to see what's around so you can remember it just the way it is. Its important to actually see what's around you, not to take it for granted, its great to treasure stuff by taking pictures, but to actually look at it and remember it is another beauty.

These are pictures from my first trip, yes I look like a 5 year old, but who cares! This trip also allows you to make friends from around the world!

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This month i've been trying a few new things so I thought i'll talk about what i've been loving!

Before starting I would like to say sorry about my nails, I should of done them before taking these pictures!

First i'll start off with make up. My first favourite is Body Shop's All-In-One BB Cream. It's been my life saver since my holiday! I got a colour which is a bit more darker than my natural colour and since getting a tan, its all i've been using! There is one thing that I don't understand about the product, and thats that its "colour-adapting tinted cream", so it comes out white and the more you blend it in it adapts to your colour, but when buying it there are a few colours you have to pick from. Either way, it's amazing, because in the hot weather it doesn't feel heavy on your skin and its really easy to just apply, it also give a healthy glow to your skin. I've been using it instead of foundation, and probably will till my tan goes and the summer ends!

My second make up favourite is, Benefit's They're Real Mascara. This is quite a recent purchase but i'm already in love with it! It makes my eyelashes look so much longer and curl them, which I find difficult doing when finding a mascara. It's also waterproof which is a must for me, because sometimes my eyes water for no reason and i'm left with mascara running down my face (not a good look!)

Now onto beauty, first up is the most amazing thing EVER! Soap & Glory's Whipped Clean Shower Butter. This makes my body feel so amazing and smooth! It keeps my skin hydrated even after the shower, sometimes after my shower I don't have enough time to cream and after using this I don't even need to. It keeps my skin smooth for the whole day, plus it smells amazing. Also it's amazing to use whilst shaving!

Next up is another Soap & Glory product, its their 5-In-1 'Magnetising' Micellar Make Up Remover. It 'cleanses, tones, melts make up, dissolves dirt, smoothes & soothes'. It actually cleans make up really easily and leaves my skin feeling soft, clean and hydrated. Its got natural cucumber juice and peachfruit extracts which makes its feel fresh. I even use it in the mornings as a cleanser and at night even if i don't have make up on.

Last of my beauty favourite is The Body Shop Moringa Body Butter. This one smells soooooo good!! It's also not as over powering as some of the other flavoured body butter's that they do. I find it hydrates my body for a long period of time and it keeps it smell for a while, which I think is amazing. Also that's the reason I picked a less strong sent, so it doesn't distract the smell of my perfume. The butter is quite thick, so on really hot days I don't use it, it feels a bit sticky to me.

My last favourite is a book, Dream a little Dream by Giovanna Fletcher. I'll give you a quick description without giving away the plot. It's about a person named Sarah and in the beginning its mostly based on her dreams and this guy that keeps appearing in them, and as the book goes on the guy appears in her real life and its a story about them. If you're a person that likes love/romance books than this is for you! I love the fact the Giovanna has written about this guy in Sarah's dream that comes alive, because lets admit it, everyones always had someone they always dream about. So I like the fact that it can be related to the reader, even if it is only a little bit. I got hooked on this book!

Thanks for popping in this week!

So I didn't write a blog post last week, but I hope this counts as last week? Cause i've had quite a hectic week I couldn't think of anything to write for this week! (But I have ideas for the next two weeks! woop!)

Anyway, I thought you guys should learn a little bit more about me, so I thought I would do the personal tag, even though its quite old and for youtube. Mine will be 12 questions instead.

1. What do you order at Starbucks?

Chai Latte, I can live off them!!

2. What's one thing in your closet that you cannot live without?

That's a hard question! My Topshop black jeans with rips on the knees! Its the most comfortable jeans ever! If I could wear them everyday, I would!

3. What's one thing that most people probably wouldn't know about you?

I did Turkish Dancing (folklore), and even preformed in front of about 1000 people. Right now if you told me to get up in front of 1000, I would be shitting myself, let alone dance in front of them!

4. Name one thing that you want to do before you die

Travel the world, I would love to take a year out of life and just travel!

5. What's one food that you cannot live without?

Pasta, no chicken... no pasta... can I just pretend its one food?

6. What quote/phrase do you live your life by?

This is probably bad that I don't know a lot of famous quotes, but I do know what my mum aways tells me. "Do what makes you happy" This helped me a lot when I was deciding university courses, and other decisions that's come along after that.

7. What's your number one most listened to song on iTunes?

Well for about 7 months i've only been listening to spotify and random music on my phone.. so my itunes on my mac hasn't been used for a while so the top two (because theres only one play difference between them haha) is Can't Hold Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and Happy Little Pill by Troye Sivan.

8. What kind of style would you define yourself as having?

I'm a person that likes to change their style a lot, i go from a skater look to quite a girly one to quite a rock chic one. I do also have a very casual one when i'm at home haha.

9. Favourite number

10. Two hobbies

Well blogging has become a recent one and does netflix count?

11. Two pet peeves

People chewing loudly!!! Annoys me to hell! I've even had to tell people to close their mouths and chew quietly. Also people ignoring you, especially when texting and you can see they read it!

12. Guilty Pleasure

Popcorn and Red Velvet cake! I cannot go to the cinema and not have popcorn! even if i've just ate!

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