Bedside Beauty Essentials

 

After the little look at my desk last week I was thinking about what other areas of my room were interesting enough to blog about and settled on my bedside table. Let me know if that was a good idea or not please! I  just thought I'd share what I think is essential when I'm laying in bed.

Sooo in my little drawer there is my TV remote, a pen, a cloth for cleaning my glasses and a plug in phone attachment thingy for the non-beauty items. Then onto the beauty items I have oil sheets because I have stupidly oily skin sometimes, plus a lip balm, hand cream and a little tub of moisturiser for if my skin/lips are feeling before bed. And for those times when you realise you have a spot but don't want to get out of bed and go to the bathroom because you've just come from there and you're all nice and warm and cosy in bed- sudocreme.

On the bottom shelf I keep all the essential books for bedside reading-the book I'm currently reading (Clash of Kings from the Game of Thrones series), a book that my sister wrote and drew in for me, my House Targaryen notebook, a diary for venting that my friends got me for my birthday (Do you reckon that was a hint?) and finally a Psychology book that I brought  myself.

So there we go, these are apparently all the things I feel are necessary to have near my bed at all times, since yaknow that is where I spend most of my time. Except for of course my phone and charger!

And in case anyone is wondering, the table is from Ikea...

Desk Decor

After showing you what's on my wall above my desk in my last post, I thought I'd show you in a bit more detail what's actually on my desk. Starting from the left there's a little palm tree-esque thing that my mom gave me sitting in the pot from the June My Little Box which you can see here. There's also some roses that I picked from the garden in a milk bottle vase from Ikea, plus an Eiffel Tower that my brother brought me back from his trip to Paris and an almost empty glass sweet jar from Matalan for when I get hungry whilst I work. Which is always, let's not pretend. 
Then in the middle there is a napkin holder from Ikea that I use to hold spare pieces of paper and a plastic mat to protect my desk, also from Ikea. Underneath there are a bunch of photos I love and my college timetable arranged on a wallpaper sample from B&Q. Gotta love those things.
On the right there is a bottle of water, plus my pencil pot and then a whole load of stuff that doesn't really have a home that I always end up throwing into this pretty little crate from home Bargains in an effort to make my desk look tidy. This includes but is not limited to- a bottle of Voss water, paper straws, notebooks, post-it notes, a travel organiser/wallet from my latest My Little Box, a restaurant menu and scraps of paper that I've wrote ideas and such on.

So there we go, I hope you enjoyed...

Wall Art Idea

So this is my desk, where I sit and write most of my blog posts (Except for when I'm feeling especially lazy and do it in bed that is). For me it's really important to be surrounded by colourful and pretty  pictures whilst I blog to inspire me and keep me motivated.  Which is where this came from. It started off with just the string of fairy lights (which are from Primark) between two nails that I had left in my walls, then it grew into the above. Quite a few of the prints are from My Little Box boxes, plus there some quotes that I painted myself and a few photos that I added polaroid frames to. 
The calendar underneath is one that I printed off of Hellomondayblog.com, her stuff is just absolutely gorgeous, I love all things watercolour and bright though so I'm very biased. In between there is also some tags from my yogi tea as each tea bag comes with an inspiring quote or phrase, though sometimes they are just plain weird. Being able to see both ahead and behind of the current month is something I find really helpful for planning things and looking at goals too, whilst the notes section at the bottom is handy if you have plans that are yet to find permanent homes on the calendar.
Although it does look a little messy and haphazard due to the asymmetry of the nails (Very annoying) I think it contrasts well with the clean white of the desk and draws your attention upwards adding a nice pop of bright colours.

I hope you enjoyed this little look into my room...