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3 Easy Ways To Give Your Home a Festive Makeover
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3 Easy Ways To Give Your Home a Festive Makeover

December 3, 2020
Many of us are putting up our Christmas decorations this weekend, and I have to be honest, it’s not something I enjoy. I love how my home looks once the decorations are up, but the laborious task of taking them down always puts me off. You don’t necessarily have to go the full hog, and go for a conventional Christmas tree. I’m going to share 3 easy ways you can give your home a festive makeover, minus the stress! 3 Easy Ways To Give Your Home a Festive Makeover Christmas wreaths are all over social media right now. Festive...
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Ten Positive Affirmations To Start Your Day
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Ten Positive Affirmations To Start Your Day

December 1, 2020
I always like to start my day by reading positive affirmations, as I find it helps to set me up for the day ahead. What is an affirmation I hear you ask? Affirmations are proven methods of self-improvement because of their ability to rewire our brains. The word affirmation comes from the Latin “affirmare”, which means “to make steady, strengthen.” If you are a believer of the ‘you are what you think’ mindset, then life is said to stem from your thoughts. So it’s important to be careful with our words, similarly to how manifestation works. We should choose...
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Wardrobe Declutter Tips
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Wardrobe Declutter Tips

November 30, 2020
This winter, many of us will be spending a lot more time at home, which is the perfect t opportunity for a wardrobe declutter. Thanks to Marie Kondo, decluttering has become massively popular, with Instagram accounts posting purely declutter content and gaining thousands upon thousands of followers. Sorting out your wardrobe, or decluttering your closet isn’t a fun task to do, but it’s something we all need to be doing throughout the year. Wardrobe Declutter Tips Decluttering your wardrobe doesn’t have to be a tiresome task. Especially if you aim to do it at least a couple of times...
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The Best Stock Image Sites For Bloggers
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The Best Stock Image Sites For Bloggers

I love being a blogger, but taking blog photos is most definitely my least favourite blogging admin tasks I have to do. If like me, you dislike taking blog photos, or you simply don’t have an ‘item’ to photograph, stock images are your friend. If you don’t know what stock images are, they’re essentially photographs which other people have taken. You can subscribe to one of many stock image sites, and for a fee, you’re able to then use any images from their inventory, and you can then use them on your blog. In addition to stock image sites,...
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The Benefits of Coconut Oil
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The Benefits of Coconut Oil

I started a brand new series here on Miss Makeup Magpie, where I’ll be demystifying beauty ingredients to see if they are actually beneficial ingredients to have in our beauty products and homes or do the negatives outweigh the positives? Today I’m focusing on the benefits of coconut oil. Coconut oil is seemingly in everything beauty related from April til September. Brands love to promote the summer vibes and there are so many coconut scented products on the market. With hair products, body washes, lotions, makeup and more. Coconut is a marmite scent. You either love it and want...
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