If you’re anything like me, the space I live in needs to be calming. I need my living area to be my sanctuary and my peace. If not it has such an impact on my mental health. So I thought I’d share some tips on how you can create a peaceful and calm space in your home.
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Thank you thank you thank you thank you to all that have nominated me for a blog award! I got so many awards this week it was impossible to post them all individually so I decided to do a collective post of them all.
I really appreciate the fact that I got nominated for all of these awards. When I started blogging in 2015 i had really made no connections with people or even tried to. I got low interactions and low traffic because it didn’t even cross my mind i’d need to interact with other bloggers to grow. I’m so thankful and glad to have met so many lovely people. And I love that we get to share our blogging journeys together!
Just for info, it would be impossible to answer all questions in one post, so I’m going to say thank you to those that nominated me and leave links to their blogs instead. I think showing some blogger love back to you all is needed!
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It’s no secret that 2020 has been a very stress filled year which has had such an effect on us not only physically but mentally too. I call it Coronavirus stress. It got me thinking, can stress kill you? So naturally I googled it and apparently it can lead to some pretty shocking effects on the body. We often forget how powerful the mind really is on our bodies. I think Stress management should be one of our top priorities to maintain good mental health. There are tonnes of articles on stress management online but I thought I’d put together some of the tips I use myself to help reduce my coronavirus stress.
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We all struggle from time to time to keep coming up with new content for our blogs, so I thought I’d collect some ideas together for blog post inspirations for lifestyle bloggers. One of my goals for this blog is to help people as much as I can. I love to share knowledge and ideas with others. Were all in this together after all!
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I didn’t know the importance to having a blogging schedule until recently. Just think about it, if you are consistent with something you’ll get results no matter what it is. So why should blogging be any different? Today I hope to share some tips on how you can perfect your own blogging schedule and how that will help you see the results you want from your blog.
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We all do it, whether we realise it or not. We compare ourselves to others. “I wish I had her hair. I wish I had his abs. I wish I was that confident”. Well believe it or not, I bet somebody has said that about you too at some point. Self love isn’t something that just happens overnight. It can take some time to learn how to be confident in who you are. So I decided to create a list of things we can do as people instead of comparing ourselves to others.
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It’s so important to look after not only physical health but mental too. As this period of time continues where there is so much worry, anxiety and stress.I think it’s even more important to look out for each other and acknowledge that we need to take time for ourselves. And don’t feel bad for it either! Nobody bats an eye lid when we take the steps to improve our physical health so there should be no difference when we take time to look after our mental health. Here are some ideas on how we can do that:
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We have all been there. We’ve gotten to a point where a friendship or relationship just isn’t working for us anymore, we don’t know what to do. We know we must walk away from them but we don’t know how. Hopefully I can provide some useful tips for you all in this post. I’m no expert but I’ll do my best to give you as much knowledge as I can around this tough subject.
Please remember that I don’t know your situation, so this advice may be relevant and it may not. Thats just how things are sometimes, but I’ll do my best to be as broad as I can!
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With anything the novelty wears off. The same goes with blogging. There are times where you are really into it, and then there are times where you just really have zero motivation to post. Be kind to yourself, its okay to have bad days, or days where you really don’t want to post. For some, blogging is a full time job. And with any job, you need time off. Blogging should be no different!
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I try to wakeup everyday with a grateful heart. We are given a fresh start everyday, how lucky we are. It’s important that I find small or big things in my day that bring me joy. When I was at my lowest mentally, each day I’d tell myself what I was thankful for and why. It helped bring so much perspective to so many bad days.
So I thought I’d share some of these with you, and I want you to share some of yours with me too!
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I would still consider myself a newbie at blogging. Back in 2015 when I first launched this blog I had no idea what I was doing (I still don’t). Everyday I learn a new thing, whether thats from my own research or learning from other bloggers. One thing I have learned to utilise is Pintrest. I didn’t even give it a second thought on how it could help grow my blog. But it makes sense now I understand.
In this blog post I aim to share my little bit of knowledge on how to use Pintrest to help your blog grow. So let’s get started!
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I’m happy to admit that my love language is gifting or random acts of kindness. I love the feeling of making your friends or loved ones feel thought of and cared about through small gestures. It doesn’t take much to turn somebodies day around and make a positive impact.
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There are a couple of ways the title of this post could be interpreted. One being how the people in your life can have a positive effect on you, and the second being how the people in your life can have a negative effect on you. Either way, those people you surround yourself with will have an impact on who you are as a person.
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We could all do with being happier from time to time. It is easier said than done though and I get that. So I thought I’d share some ideas with you of how we can all learn how to be that little bit happier each day.
Here they are:
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I want to start out by saying thank you to all that have followed me. Less than a month ago I had around 160 followers and I cant quite believe I have hit 200 that fast after restarting. I appreciate every like, comment and view I receive. I just want to say thank you!
Reading lifeofwhines blogging journey posts, it inspired me to start writing about my own blogging journey. August 10th 2015 was the date this blog was born, originally diademofbeauty and now olivialucieblake.
I can’t exactly remember the reason behind wanting to start a blog, it kind of just happened. Back then I wanted to share tips and tricks on beauty and makeup. I always struggled reading blogs and seeing nothing but perfect hair, nails and skin and wanted to show the world that the perfection they were seeing didn’t exist.
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Since Coronavirus hit the UK, my work place made the decision that all of their staff were to work at home for the foreseeable future. There still aren’t any plans in place yet for us to go back either, which I’m quite glad about.
So because I’m at home all day everyday working, I thought I would do a Work from home routine post. I’ve gotten into quite a good routine now that I tend to stick to everyday, so why not share what my routine looks like!
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Recently I have discovered that you can use free stock images on your blogs. I was naive to think all of the beautiful professional photos I was seeing on various blogs were all taken by the blog owner. Although this might still be true in some cases, I know that a lot of bloggers use free stock images, because why wouldn’t you? Who wouldn’t want professional looking photos without the hard work?
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One thing in life is certain, we will all face some sort of anxiety or stress in our lives. According to www.mentalhealth.org, 74% of UK adults have felt so stressed at some point over the last year they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope. That 74% represents a lot of people. It’s always humbling to know that you aren’t the only one that goes through these feelings.
You may have clicked on this post because you are anxious, you suffer from anxiety or you want to learn how to worry less. Please know there is no quick fix for this.Some of these things might work for me and not for you and thats okay because we are all different. It’s about finding what’s right for you.
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I’ve always been into photography. I studied it at college for 2 years and loved every minute of it. Although I didn’t pursue it as a full time career, I still enjoy using my phone to take pictures of friends or family and of course photos for my blog. In this post I’ll be giving 5 tips on how you can create better photo content for your blog.
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I was having a scroll down my blog the other day and came across my makeup routine post from 2015 and thought to myself, its about time I updated it! A whole 5 years has passed since that post! I wonder if I’ll look back to this post in 5 years from now and think “Wow, what was I thinking?!” haha!
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2020 life seems to be surrounded by is social media don’t you think? And what do we post to these social media platforms? Photos! So I decided to create a post showing what top 3 go to apps I use when editing photos for blog posts or Instagram.
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Something a little bit different today. I thought I’d do 15 questions to get to know me. I haven’t ever done any post like this before and if figured if you’re reading my posts then you might want to know more about the person behind the blog! 🙂
I got the questions from Kristinkravesbooks.com but also changed a few as well!
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Welcome to part 2 of my bedroom transformation! Thanks so much for the love on Part 1. It’s something different than I’m used to posting about but I’m so glad all of my readers are enjoying it. Part 2 focuses on the desk area which is my favourite transformation! All the links for the items shown will be listed at the end of the blog.
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Now I know what you’re all here for, some magic advice that will give you instant perfect skin. I am going to shatter that dream, because with anything in life it takes time. My skin still isn’t perfect, nor do I want it to be. It can be a long process, and just because these products work for me doesn’t mean they work for everybody, so please bare that in mind.
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Hello, welcome back!
In today’s blog I’m going to talk through the major transformation my bedroom took on a few years ago and how you can transform your space into your own little haven.
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Hello! New blog name. Olivia Lucie Blake blog has been born!
Welcome to all those who have never been to this space before. Previously this blog was called diadem of beauty, but I felt like I’ve outgrown that. This is a new me, so a fresh start was needed. I don’t want to start this blog giving reasons and excuses as to why I didn’t post for so long. Thats not important, what’s important is that I’m back and I’m ready to start creating fun and engaging content.
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