Hey everybody, I hope you’re all doing well.

So today’s blog post is all about what I wore in Greece – but with limited clothing. I packed the night before at like 12am and when I got there I realised – I had literally packed one pair of trousers, some culottes and a dress. Everything was pretty much stripey or blue and I didn’t think i’d be able to get creative with what I had, but I think I did an okay job – hence me sharing on here 🙂

We visited Corfu in Greece and I didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did. It was such a stunning place with some real hidden gems and because it was off season, we had most of the places to ourselves when we visited!

Before I start this lookbook – you need to know two things about me. 1. I really do not class myself as a fashionable person. Yeah I own some nice things and try to keep up with trends but i’m not very creative with my style like some people and am much more a ‘comfort over style’ kinda girl. 2. For holidays, I mostly shop at New Look and Primark. I feel they do the best things which are comfortable and cute and usually at a good price too. As I know I won’t usually wear my holiday clothes when I’m back in rainy England – there’s no point spending a fortune in my opinion.

Also, with ALL the New Look stuff I am wearing below – I shopped in their sale just at the end of summer and they have the best sales. ALSO, NOTHING IN THIS BLOG POST IS OVER £10.

Day 1.

Shirt and Trousers: New Look
Sandals: Primark

I literally found these trousers in my drawer when I was packing and I must have forgotten I had them as they still had the tags on! Albeit a little see through (as white always is!), they were so comfortable and became my most worn item on holiday.  Best part, they were only a TENNER.

Day 2.

Dress: Primark
Sandals: New Look

I got this dress just a week before my holiday and thought it was perfect as it was long enough to not have to wear anything underneath but still was airy in case it was quite warm.

Day 3.

Shirt: Topshop Skirt: Urban Outfitters
Sandals: New Look

Believe it or not, my sister wore this EXACT outfit around 5 years ago and I have always loved it. Her skirt didn’t fit her anymore (much to my happiness) so I stole it and recreated her look as it is still such an effortless, on trend outfit 5 years later.

I told you I stole her look! (Nim 5 years ago aha)

Day 4.

Top: SheIn Trousers: New Look
Sandals: New Look
Cross Body Bag: (Bought from Greece)

These sandals are literally one of my best investments. I got them for Thailand for £7 (Again, THAT New Look sale) and they are so comfortable.

Day 5.

T Shirt: New Look
Culottes: Primark
Converse: Schuh
Cross Body Bag: (Bought from Greece)

We were visiting a mountain this day so I thought I’d dress a little more comfortable. This outfit was so airy and comfy – perfect for this day!

Day 6.

Whole outfit: New Look

So there you have it, my Greece wardrobe! I hope it has given you a little inspiration for some holiday outfits! This was my first time doing a fashion post so I hope you enjoyed it! I will leave you with a few more pictures because we took LOTS as it was SUCH a picturesque island! Until next time guys xx

Hey everyone!

I hope you are all well and have had a great week! Mines been a lot better than last week. I am so excited for Spring though because i’m getting tired of all the snow which is falling – even as I write this – what is all that about?

Anywhos, back to this weeks post.  I have always been very creative and LOVE getting my hands stuck in to a project,  so this week when I got creative for my friends travelling present, I thought hey – why not share with  you guys? Whenever I look for different, quirky present ideas I instantly get on Pinterest and my page is full of blog posts telling me how to create cool stuff, so why not follow suit ey?

Firstly, I love giving people presents. It makes me so happy when you give someone something and their little face lights up and you’re like aw man that’s because of me. Haha, i’m too soft. When my sister got married I made her this awesome wedding advent calendar, when Nad got a new job I made him an Engineers survival kit and I also once made one of my friends the infamous “open when” letters. I love getting someone something thoughtful, but above everything, I just love creating stuff and making it all look pretty – it makes me so happy aha.

Me, Claire and Abi have been friends since year 7. I met Claire on the first day at school and ever since, we have all remained close. Even as lifes gone on and we’ve changed careers, relationships, moved houses etc. we still always make time for our monthly Nando’s and NEVER EVER run out of stories to tell. The three musketeers if you will.

Before we start though – I have to apologise in advance for the not so great pictures as I took them in no light the night before we gave them! #bloggerproblems

What was in the kit?

1. Dry Shampoo
2. Make up wipes
3. Micellar Water (travel size obvs)
4. Chewing gum
5. Ear plugs
6. Antibacterial hand gel
7. Kirby grips and plastic bobbles
8. SPF Lib balm
9. Some UK chocolate and sweets
10. Paracetamol
11. Diarrhea and constipation tablets
12. Hayfever tablets
13. Travel first aid kit
14. Mosquito repellent/Bite relief
15. Sudocrem
16. 3 x mini Body Shop shower gels
17. A pack of eyelash glue
18. Mints for the plane
19. Travel wash (this was so convenient!)
20. Makeup/toiletery bag
21. Mindfulness Colouring book
22. Pencil crayons

Keeping it personal/thoughtful.

We got a few things specifically because we knew they’d be good for Claire and I labelled each one with a little message so she knows why we got them. It was a nice touch to make it more personal  🙂

I got the pearls and flowers from Poundland and the tags from The Range.

She is staying in hostels for her trip so ear plugs were necessary as they apparently get noisy. Dry Shampoo because she probably will get greasy hair at some point and won’t have anything on hand haha. The eyelash glue because she wears lashes on nights out so they’ll come in handy and the makeup bag had killer whales on which Claire is OBSESSED with – so again, a no brainer.

We got her a mindfulness colouring book as there will be times when it may get tough – to keep her grounded. I also wrote lots of grounding techniques within the book to help her manage at times if she starts missing home or feels anxious. The chocolate was some home comforts if she starts missing the UK as she won’t be able to get some Maoams and Dairy Milk in Asia. The plastic bobbles are apparently good for using in water as they don’t get tangled in your hair.

The travel wash was interesting as its basically detergent in a squeezy bottle so she just needs to put it in a bowl full of hot water to wash her things.

The box we put it all in. They only had birthday and valentines ones so this had to do.

We went to Infatanation this weekend (as we usually only venture to Nandos lol) and it was so much fun! Claire suggested it – it’s basically a big inflatable park in Manchester. It was hilarious – just what was needed after a long working week.

She absolutely loved it! She nearly started crying and said it’s the nicest thing anyone has ever done for her and now she has no toiletry shopping to do! Haha 🙂

Thanks for reading and I hope it’s inspired you if you’re getting a gift for a friend before their travels or if you’re travelling yourself and need to know the essentials to get!

Hope to see you here next week!

Tayyeba xx

Ever since I heard there were Turkish Baths in Harrogate I’ve been desperate to go! The last time i’d been to a Turkish Bath was when I was like 12 years old in Istanbul and it was one of the strangest experiences ever (pretty much an old naked lady bathing you – strange to say the least). Obviously I knew that wouldn’t be the case in Harrogate but nonetheless, I was intrigued.

Before I get into our experience though, I thought I would give you a quick overview of the costs first…

Costs and timings:

It cost us £17.50 for a session from 1pm-5pm. It was a ladies only session as well which was good. They have a few ladies only sessions on during the week however at the weekend the price is nearly doubled, the sessions are 2 hours shorter and they’re only mixed sessions, so in my opinion – weekdays are better!

Okay, so I won’t lie guys – there isn’t a whole lot to tell.

Although the session started at 1pm, we arrived at around 3ish because we were advised by a lady working there that people usually spend on average 2 hours there – which for us, was more than enough. We really wanted to get a treatment – they do reflexology, full body massages and a variety of treatments but unfortunately we enquired too late and they were already fully booked!

When we arrived, the first thing I found really impressive was just HOW dated everything was – the toilets, changing rooms, doors etc. and it had a really authentic vibe which I loved. It had a similar feel to the baths in Turkey which I was quite surprised by as I thought they would have made it all modern and ruined the original baths.

The different chambers and facilities:

Okay, so as soon as you walk in there is a relaxation room which is around 30 degrees. Here there were a lot of beds and people were reading magazines and books and it was basically just a quiet room to chill in before and after your treatment to acclimatize your body before and after the other chambers.

They then had an area with showers and a steam room. They recommended to shower first then go into the steam room then come out and either go into the plunge pool or have a cold shower. We stayed in the steam room for a few minutes but I CANNOT take too much heat so had to get out ASAP. The cold shower after was quite refreshing after the steam room but the plunge pool was COLD AF. I could barely put my feet in LMAO.

Following this, they had three heated chambers. One was 40 degrees, the second around 60 degrees and the final one was around 75 DEGREES – I KNOW GUYS, WTH – SO FRICKING HOT. Apparently you’re meant to slowly work your way up the rooms in terms of heat but in the second chamber my feet were on fire so we gave up hahaha.

40 degree room

Stairs leading from the 60 degree to the 75 degree room.

And literally guys – that was it.

I am not going to lie, I was quite underwhelmed. For me personally, I felt it was just some heated rooms, a sauna, some showers and a cold pool. I’ve been to quite a few spas in the past but I won’t lie – I wouldn’t really class this as a spa day, it was more just a relaxing few hours. I think because we had not been before, we weren’t really sure on what to expect – but we also thought it was going to be like spas we had visited before, so this is maybe why we didn’t enjoy it as much.

I can however kind of understand why people rave about it – it’s relaxing and a very different experience and I am really glad I finally visited. But if i’m honest, I think I would only ever go back if I got a treatment as well, otherwise I don’t really think it is anything special. Saying that though, I do feel we didn’t maybe make full use of the facilities because we just couldn’t acclimatize to the different rooms. 

If you are wanting to visit the baths – I would definitely recommend visiting during the week as I did enjoy how quiet and peaceful it was. I would also recommend you get a treatment alongside the baths so that you can relax in the chambers before and after your treatment.

So there you have it guys – my review on the Turkish baths. I love going to spas and getting treatments, so i’m sure I’ll do some comparisons in the future!

Until next week guys!

Tayybs xx

Hey guys,

If you’re returning to my blog, thank you! & if you’re new around these ends – welcome! I hope you enjoy.

If you follow me on social media, you’ll know that I visited Thailand this summer and I was REALLY. FRICKING. EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I had literally wanted to go since I finished university but just never got round to planning it and eventually after asking my sister if she was on board (she ALWAYS makes shit happen) – we had booked our flights within a week and it was actually happening! (Thanks for always making shit happen Nim).

We decided to travel around Thailand a bit rather than just visit one place as we wanted to go the touristy places that you see all over google images but also visit the capital and see the city life.

Where we visited:

Over the ten days we were there, we visited Bangkok, Old Phuket Town, Phuket and The Phi Phi Islands. We booked internal flights separate to the main flights there and back as this worked out much cheaper. Looking back I do think there was A LOT of travelling and we said that we wish we’d stayed in Bangkok for longer as we enjoyed it the most.

Now you could imagine – It was super picturesque and we took around 2000 pictures so I thought it would be nice to make this post a little bit of a photo diary of my time in Thailand! I hope you enjoy 🙂

Bangkok

Phi Phi Islands

Phuket

Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Phuket

Last Day in Kata

My favourite part – The MASSAGES.

Guys no joke – I would happily go back to Thailand JUST for the massages. Being able to just walk into a parlour, sit outside in the warmth getting a foot massage for a fiver – HEAVEN. I love love love massages so literally over EVERYTHING you’ve just seen – this was my favourite bit haha. We had a massage almost every night and most of the places were pretty decent!

So there you have it guys – my trip to Thailand in pictures. I am sorry if that was a slight picture overload but as I said – I got these down from like 2000 so I think we did well! Haha. Thank you so much for having a read of this post and if you have any Thailand related questions, please do not hesitate to ask! 🙂

Ciao for now!

Tayyeba xx