Back in July, a long time ago it feels like I received the cutest and most stylish email from Cougar Beauty explaining they wanted people to create the best summery, festival inspired makeup look using the 6 Shades of Nude Palette  which you can pick up for £15 so of course, I said yes! Not only did I say yes because I wanted to be adventurous with eye shadow but I also have a 20% code for you guys to use to get whatever you want from the Cougar Beauty website, hell yeah! (I highly recommend the 6 Shades of Nude Palette, it is insanely beautiful). 

Cougar Beauty never gave any instructions apart from they wanted this palette to be used; a palette which includes the six most beautiful shades which you can use all at the same time to create a beautiful eye look. Now I have hooded eyes so sometimes I struggle to do my makeup still using a billion different eyeshadow's at once, so I gave it my best shot. I'm not a makeup artist, you have never seen my face up close on my blog until today; so if you'd like to judge, keep it quiet. But I had a lot of fun creating a fun summery makeup look using this gorgeous palette below.

 I wanted to quickly mention the quality of the product and how gorgeous it is before we get onto my beautiful face down below (well some of it), because I do think Cougar Beauty need more recognition for their products after using this one. Although the eyeshadow was extremely soft and broke after touching it once, I still love it just as much.

If you're into a warmed eyed look then this palette will be absolutely perfect for you; every single shade is shimmery however; so if you do not like shimmer, they do not go near! I absolutely love the first shade right at the top, it's perfect for the inner corner and generally for your overall highlight on your face; I used it on my cheek bones and it looked fabulous. The second shade down is more of a peachy toned and is absolutely stunning; a very simply, subtle shade and would look beautiful just on its own. We then get to a gold toned eyeshadow; and wow, this is gold! It's an extremely pigmented eyeshadow out of them all and I found this to be perfect for the centre of my eyelid. 

The fourth shade down is more of an orange toned shimmer; a shade which would look great in the outer corners and in the crease a little bit; I wouldn't use this all over as it's such a strong colour. We then have the pinky raspberry shade out of them all; the shade which adds a bit more redness to the overall eye look (this would look great to create a sunset theme). And last but not least is the brown tone, perfect to deepen up your outer corner and your crease! All beautiful shades, extremely creamy; easy to blend and an overall dream of a product!

 I pretty much used every single shade in the order I mentioned them above, I then added a line of liquid eyeliner, using my MUA Liquid liner for around £1.50; it's so accurate, I love it! I thought it looked a little bit too simplistic with one line for a festival, so I just added another line! It gave it that little bit extra quirkiness. 

If you're not into using eyeshadow palettes you can create the same look using the Mineral eyeshadow trios in Copper and Nude which you can find here for £12.99 each. They're just as great as the pigment is incredible! Another great product from Cougar Beauty.

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I'm sure many of you are probably here because the word Organic is in the title; yes! Today I am bringing you a review of an Organic skincare brand in America which has created six sheet masks in total using completely organic ingredients! Yay! Orgaid is a sheet mask company which I never heard of before until a lady popped me an email and mentioned their name. Although they are based in America, you can buy their sheet masks here in the UK on Live In The Light which means all you lovely ladies (and gentlemen) in the UK can buy these if you would like too right here.

I recently read up about how these sheet masks work and they pretty much amazed me and I'm sure they'll amaze you as well;

There's this fabric called Ecoderma' which prevents fast evaporation of serum for ingredients so they are able to penetrate into the skin while your skin can still actually breathe. There's then antioxidants in these masks which exfoliate the dead skin and clear our pores for us, yay! While the exfoliation is happening, all of the organic botanicals and vitamins are going into our skin which then increases regeneration and rejuvenation of extracellular matrix including collagen; making our skin feel and look incredible. I don't know about you, but that's pretty incredible for a sheet of fabric!

Although I desperately wanted to take before and after photos of the process of using the mask, I was so into using the mask; I completely forgot to so we'll completely ignore that! 

I tend to stay away from sheet masks as I have used a couple which have upset my skin and made it fairly irritated however I was looking forward to using this one because it's organic; all of the ingredients in this sheet mask are completely safe and there are no chemicals in it. So apart from the Aloe Vera which I knew was in it which my skin can be quite funny with; what else would go wrong?

Although the mask is generally rather huge (and I thought I had quite a large face), I found it quite difficult to keep the mask actually on my face as it was far too big. The hole for the mouth was in the completely wrong place and the holes for the eyes were rather small; but I guess you can't get it perfect for every single person, everyone is different! But apart from the general size and shape of the mask, I cannot fault it one bit. The overall scent weren't bad, you could feel the mask was creamy and moisturising and I had no irritation what so ever throughout the duration of the mask being on my face, and after I removed it. I was able to see visible differences from using the mask; I found my skin tone looked more even and definitely more vibrant afterwards.

For a sheet mask which cost just £8, which you can also buy in a multi-pack of more than one; it's a brand I would 100% go back to for many different reasons. It's organic; I had no irritation and I saw visible results from just one mask. If you're in the UK, you can buy the mask here; or if you're in the USA, you can buy this mask here.

If you have tried this brand, let me know your thoughts!

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Today I am going to be sharing with you the Cohorted; Be You Be Beautiful Beauty Subscription Box. Some of you may have already heard of the Cohorted Beauty Box as it floats around Youtube, but if you have never heard of it before then it is a luxury subscription box which costs £35 every single month where you will have the most beautiful black box (pictured below) delivered right to your door. The best thing about Cohorted is although you are spending £35 a month for a box of goodies to be delivered, you will always receive up to £70 of gifts inside, if not more which is incredible for a beauty box; so you will always be doubling your money of what is inside this beautiful black box.

 In every single Cohorted Beauty Box you will always find an A5 magazine which will tell you everything you need to know about the products which are inside the box. So you can go straight ahead and look at the magazine first and read up about the products before handling the products and smelling them etc; or you can do it the other way around. I prefer to look at the products first before looking through the magazine but that's just my preference!

 What I absolutely loved about opening up the Cohorted Beauty Box is how every single product is laid out right in front of you in the neatest way possible; not messy, not just thrown in there. You can really tell this has had time put into to make it look the way it does. Having it this way you can open up the box and see exactly what is inside without having to move things around first just to have a look at them.

As shown below, in this box you will find; Too Faced Born This Way Concealer, Apple and Bears Body Wash, Chirp Body Softness Natural Hair Mask, Mac False Lashes Extreme Black and Paul Yacomine; Huile De Parfum. For just the hair mask, perfume and body oil and the concealer; these products total up to £66 without the body wash and the MAC sample mascara which is incredible; already doubled what you're paying for. 

You know you'll love a beauty subscription box when you have already started using the products in it. I am absolutely in love with the Too Faced Concealer; who wouldn't be? Although it's slightly darker than my skin tone; by using a beauty blender I'm able to blend the colour out more than using a brush so it doesn't look too bad! It's a great coverage concealer and oh so creamy! Although I personally wouldn't spend £20 on a concealer, I'm so glad I received it in this box.

I have also been loving the Apple and Bears Body Wash; I received this in the scent "Pomegranate and Aloe Vera" which are two scents which I generally love anyway! It's a perfect travel sized bottle, so I tend to use it if I'm going to my boyfriend's which saves taking a huge bottle of body wash with me; but this bottle will even be perfect when it's empty as I can refill with another body wash!

I haven't tried the hair mask yet but I'll be sure to keep you guys updated on either my Instagram or I'll review it here on my blog to let you know what my thoughts were on it and whether it made my hair feel or look silky smooth.

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We all know how much I blimming love positivity and I would genuinely love for the whole world to see my bedroom so they can see how many quotes I have across my walls; a heck load and I'm not stopping yet! I think positivity is one of those things in life that you always need; there will never be a day where you do not need some sort of motivation or positive comment to get you through a rough, shitty patch. This weekend I put up two quotes in frames on my wall (a third one is to come) and I am now completely obsessed, it really ties everything in. These quotes are from VeryVez (I'm sure you've heard of them whether that's on my Instagram, Twitter of over on here), but every morning I wake up and these quotes are on the wall next to my head; what a better view to wake up to than a positive quote to get you started and since they've been on my wall, they have made such a difference to my outlook each day.

So no matter what you're doing and whatever you may be struggling with; just remember, make small steps every day if you do not think you can do it all in one day; small steps tend to be better. And remember; You can, you should and if you start; I promise, you will!

Have a lovely Bank Holiday Monday!

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It has been way over a month since I wrote up a weekly round up and I apologise for that. When you're working full time in the same job where every day is pretty much the same routine and you're going to bed at 8:30pm every night after getting home at 6pm every night, there isn't really much to update you all on. I have now had my first week off for Summer and I have to say, it has been probably the shittest week of Summer I have ever had and I'll explain why further in this post. 

On the other hand, this week I have also been getting organised; I say this week, I mean the past couple of days. As I'm back at University in just under a month I thought it was about time I started getting everything ready for when I go back to University and I am very nearly there! Something I really struggle with is the size of my bedroom; it's absolutely tiny and being a 20 year old student with a lot of interests and a blog; having a tiny bedroom can be rather difficult; I struggle to find space for anything. So my bank holiday weekend has been spent moving things around, buying new storage drawers and getting everything organised so that I can finally put away boxes and boxes of PR gifts and stationery which I have bought over the past few months. Yay!

I started my week off having to rehome my dog which I've had for five and a half years; I'm sure many of you have seen a picture of her either on my Instagram, Snapchat or Twitter; she looks like an alien with a love heart on her chest. I miss her so much. I won't go into the ins and outs on why I had to rehome her but it was the most difficult and heart breaking decision I have ever had to make and it's one of those things which I'm questioning how I'm going to be able to move on from. So for the next few weeks you may think that I seem pretty down in the dumps and upset constantly and this is the reason why. I'm not going to let it effect my life or what I'm currently doing in my life but if I'm not sociable on my social media channels then this is my reason why.

I hope you guys have a brilliant Bank Holiday Monday!

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It's that time to start bringing to back the University themed posts on a Saturday morning and I'm starting it off with a staying in style post! I absolutely love my boyfriend taking photos of me, I can't lie! I worked with Everything 5 Pounds last Autumn and the pictures were incredible, I couldn't wait to work on this post with his help! I'm one of those girls who prefers comfort over fashion and that's just me; I absolutely love to be comfortable and I'd prefer to be comfy than look like I'm going on a night out every single day. However, you can still be comfortable and stylish at the same time and that's where today's post comes into place. I'm going to be sharing three outfits with you (although two are the same), for you girls who loves to stay comfortable, but want to be stylish too whilst at University this year. All of these outfits you can pair with any footwear you would like; from knee high boots, ankle boots to cute trainers or pumps; they're easy to jazz up or keep low key. 

My favourite item from PrettyLittleThing is the Marriet Mid Wash Button Through Denim Shirt Dress for just £22; incredible! I have never felt such great quality denim in my life until now. I showed this to a couple of people and to begin with they were like "urgh" but once they actually saw it on, they absolutely loved it! I definitely prefer trying clothes on than just going with what the pictures look like online; clothing always looks so different on the models online compared to when you try it on yourself. It's one of those dresses which you can pair with a pair of ankle boots, knee high boots or go simple with a pair of trainers of pretty flats. I'm loving this dress with a pair of pretty sandals.

Although it's as creased as heck but lets just ignore that; I am absolutely loving the Sianna Dark Mauve oversized sweater dress for £18. I chose this in a size larger than what I actually am because I wanted it to be pretty huge and my mum described it as "it looks like you've put one of your dad's jumpers on" and it's pretty much that! It's a sweater, it's huge and it's so comfy! To be completely honest, it could really do with an iron but I'm loving the "lazy student" un-ironed look; which student irons exactly? none. You can pair this with some beautiful heels or dress it down with some flats, but it would look absolutely gorgeous with either! I paired both this dress and the grey oversized with grey plimsoles and I couldn't have felt any comfier! 

A huge thank you to Luke for taking some great pictures for me.

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Something I am absolutely loving at the moment is skincare and anything to do with it; tools, cleansers, face masks; the lot! Whatever will make my face feel or look good; I will love. I had the chance to try out the Image Skincare Ageless Overnight Retinol Masque; what a mouthful! I haven't ever heard of this brand before and I'm sure many people haven't to be honest; it's not the brand you'd usually find in a shop down the high street.

I thought this would be a standard face mask which you apply and take off after 20-30 minutes but that isn't the case. You do not rub it in a lot, and you leave it on overnight; crazy! Have you ever tried a face mask like this? 

 What's different about this mask too is how it's main ingredient is Retinol; a derivative of Vitamin A. Basically, this means it's used in ant-ageing products and is used in most products on the high street today. Sadly, if you use a product with over 1% of Retinol; your skin can feel like it's burning, or it can peel or become irritated and that's why Image Skincare has produced a masque which provide 3% retinol without these skin issues.

This overnight masque is perfect for normal skin types, ageing or pigmented skin; so it's perfect if you're getting that older ageing look! Luckily enough I'm not quite there yet, but this means this product will stop my skin from ageing so quickly. 

The main aim of the overnight masque is to lock in nutrients whilst you're gaining your beauty sleep. It helps to increase firmness, reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while also improving the skin imperfections; everything you want from an overnight masque.

When I first tried out this product I found it quite strange and I didn't get it's full impact from the first use as I rubbed it in too much. I then received an email with hints and tips telling me not to rub it in too much as it won't work to it's full potential. The next time I used it, I only rubbed the masque in a tiny bit; and went to bed straight away. I completely understand why you shouldn't rub it in too much now; my skin felt completely different! I woke up with my skin feeling refreshed and hydrated compared to usual.

Although I found it rather odd going to bed with a completely wet face which I'm not used too; the skin makes my skin not only feel softer but it looks so much less dry by the end of the day! Whether it's because my skincare routine has changed, or because I'm using this product on a weekly basis I'm not sure but I am loving it! 

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Recently I have been putting more effort and time into my skincare routine on a daily/weekly basis since starting my new contraceptive pill. I have suffered with annoying skin for fair few years now but since changing my pill for what feels like the billionth time, my skin finally looks and feels great. I have used this advantage to take more care of my skin and using products which I wouldn't usually use. I now cleanse my skin every morning and evening and I take time nearly every other evening to put on a face mask and relax; something I definitely never used to do.

For a couple of months now I have been using the Magnitone London Barefaced brush and I have been absolutely loving it. Not only is it in my favourite colour and matches nearly everything in my bedroom; it does an incredible job at making my skin feel and look how I want it too. It's never felt this clean!

 The Barefaced brush is waterproof; something you wouldn't usually find in a cleansing brush and that's something I genuinely love! It means I can spend a couple more minutes in the shower while waiting for my conditioner or hair mask to do it's shizzle while I make my skin feel great! It also means washing the brush is so much easier because you do not need to worry about it breaking as it can get completely wet. 

 The brush has two different speeds; by pressing once you have the daily cleanse speed and pressing it twice you have the PulseLift speed. On a daily basis I prefer to use the daily cleanse speed, however on the last day of the week I'll use the PulseLift just to give it that extra bit of cleansing. 

You can use this brush with whatever you'd like to use it with; I know a lot of people just use water and that's completely fine! I prefer to rub a cleanser slightly into my skin and then go over my skin with the brush until it's completely absorbed in. I found by doing this I get the best results and my skin looks glowing and hydrated afterwards.

The brush makes a nose every time you should move onto the next part of your face, however if you're not done yet then you can just keep going; it doesn't matter! The brush will then turn off after one minute, but you can just turn it back on if you want to go over your face again. 

In the box you will find a charger which you can plug into any USB plug or even your laptop; it's very versatile and easy to travel with, even if you go to another country! As well as this, what makes it waterproof is how the charging point comes off the brush itself as it's magnetic; you never have ot worry about wrecking where you charge it. I have absolutely no idea how it keeps the brush working through a magnet, but it does and it's mind blowing. As well as a charger, you get a cap to keep your brush clean from dirty, dust and hair and a travel bag to keep it in if you're going away (or if you just want to keep it safe in your bedroom or bathroom). 

Although the Barefaced Brush is £70 which may seem quite a lot of money, especially for students; it comes with a two year warranty so if anything goes wrong; you can just send it back! As well as this, when you register it you will get £5 off to spend on their website; so it's perfect if you want to get any extra bits to add to your skincare routine.

Have you tried out a cleansing brush before? Let me know your thoughts.

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The reason why I started these motivational Monday posts is to share my thoughts on different situations and to spread positivity and motivation through the week. I'm not sure about anyone else, but I always go back to my past motivational Monday posts because I've found they always help me when I become stuck again and I hope this is the same for some of you.

Today's motivational Monday is based on not caring and generally learning to not give a shit about situations and negative people in your life. I know it's easier said than done, but trust me; it does get easier. 

If you don't know that I was bullied at school and college, then where have you been?! I have created many posts about my experience of bullying and the way it made me felt (which I know has helped many people). But when I was at school I let absolutely everything get to me and it wouldn't just get to me for a day or two, it affected my whole life for a long period of time, in fact seven years in total I was affected by bullying and it pretty much made my life and my outlook on life extremely negative. As some of you may know, negative people also made me struggle in my first year of University and I found my first year also very challenging; that's an eighth year of feeling like absolute shit. 

What I'm trying to get at is the way I dealt with negative people or negative situations varied throughout these eight years. And to be honest I would now like to say nine because I've come across dickish people once again. When I was at school, it killed me; and quite nearly literally. Bullying, negative people and negative situations controlled the whole of me and I couldn't change that. During college, I let it get to me to a similar state; I didn't want to go into college and I did feel extremely down about the whole thing. However, when I started University that's when I started to let go of this crap feeling; if people were negative towards me, I gave it back but worse; or I simply ignored it, depending how I was feeling at the time. University went on and it got easier to deal with negative comments and negative situations and I began to ignore them because that way the people weren't getting a reaction which they wanted; they were powerless.

On a recent occasion, and I mean last week sort of recently; I came across a negative situation with a lot of negative people and instead of wanting to run, hide and never go back; I only spent one day feeling completely pissed off with those people. And really, the only reason I felt pissed off was because of how two faced those people were. I wasn't pissed off with the fact they're complete bitches, because where ever I go, there will always be bitches; but if you're going to be a bitch, at least be a bitch to my face instead of just behind my back. 

After a day of feeling angry with everyone I was around, I went back to work and was as happy as ever; I didn't let these people get to me because that's what they wanted. They didn't even know that I was aware of what they had done so I had an advantage over them. Because I didn't stay upset or angry with them or the situation, they were also just as powerless as the people at University; because they hadn't affected me in the way they planned to because I didn't let them.

Now you may be thinking "but Kim, it's simple to say ignore it, but it's not that easy" and you're completely right, it's not easy. I've found because I have had to deal with so much negativity in my life from people and situations, the more I have had to deal with, the more I've come to learn how to deal with it. It's pretty much a game of trial and error; finding out what works and what doesn't. Fight or flight it, one of them will work but you need to figure out which one. From nine years of feeling shit; I've learnt the best thing to do when negativity comes your way is to simply ignore it and walk away; continue to do what you want to do because at the end of the day it's your life that's going to change depending on the way you deal with a situation. And this is where I have to mention; no matter what you do, you are always going to be criticised so you might as well do whatever you want to do. You can't please everyone, so don't try to.

How do you deal with shitty situations?

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Kimberley Jessica

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I'm so excited to finally be sharing with you the August MeeBox which you can subscribe to here to receive a different box every single month! MeeBox was created by three girls; one based in Florida, one based in LA and the last girl being based in London; they created the MeeBox for a variety of different reasons but the most important reason being they all love nail varnish and having their nails done. You can find so much information about the three girls here. It's completely normal to see beauty boxes such as the Birch Box and many others which are flying all over the internet with many people grabbing their hands on them; but it's very rarely you'll find a beauty box specifically all about nails and that is why I'm looking forward to sharing this box with you.

We all know I absolutely love doing my nails and my nail varnish collection is growing by the week, I'm sure I probably own over 200 nail varnishes now. So when I received this and knew my package was all about birds of paradise; I did get a little bit excited! I say a little bit, I mean a lot! I love when my nails stand out. One thing I absolutely love just about the packaging is how it looks very "homemade"; it doesn't look like a computer has done all of the work and gives it that homemade, hand drawn touch which I love in beauty boxes.

 So as I have mentioned, the August MeeBox was based on Birds of Paradise so you can probably expect what to find inside; red's, greens and something which has a bird on; right? Well, I was completely right when I opened this month's box up! Another real winner in my books is the packaging inside of the box; how beautiful is the rainbow paper; I'd love to use this as wrapping paper; or maybe even cover my bedroom in it! It definitely goes with the theme of the box.

 Inside this month's box I found three nail varnishes, a nail stamp with the nail art prints and although it's not shown in below's picture because it was hiding away under the shredded paper; there was also a nail corrector; insane! that's six different things all within one box. As you can see below, there were the beautiful red and green nail varnishes but it doesn't stop there. The green nail varnish wasn't just a standard green; you look at it one way and it's purple, you look at it from another direction and it's green; how incredible does this box get?

 I also absolutely love the light grey shade which is perfect for create a base for your nails, and using the coloured nail varnishes to created a beautiful printed pattern on your nails. I think this box would be perfect for creating festival themed nails if you love paradise and summery themes. You can pick up a MeeBox for just £20 a month and as you can see, the contents of the box definitely comes to more than the £20 you're spending every single month. However, you pay for a 3 month subscription, you'll only be paying £18 a month which is even better. You can find out more about the subscription services here. 

I absolutely loved this month's MeeBox and I cannot wait to start using the nail art stamps to create some beautiful birds of paradise themed nails! Make sure to keep an eye out on my Instagram accounts @kimberleyjessca and @kimberleyjesscanails because you never know when I'll post a picture using this beautiful tool!

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Kimberley Jessica

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I haven't been posting frequently for the past month and I'm sure many of you know why if you follow me on Twitter! For the past four weeks I have been working at a Summer Camp which was a first for me as it's something I have never done before but it was building on so many skills I already have. Something all students struggle with is knowing whether or not to have a Summer job; do we want to have the summer off to do whatever we want to do, or do we want to earn some extra cash. As I work in a school, I'm on a salary so regardless of whether I found a Summer job, I would still have an income coming in which was paying for my bills; but having six weeks off just seemed a little bit too much for me when I need to always be doing something.

I decided to apply for Barracudas back in November last year for a four week period. A time for me to not only gain some more experience working with children but to also have the experience working somewhere different apart from a school and that's an area I found absolutely great because you can never have too much experience! I chose to work for four weeks because originally I thought I'd be having three days a week off (the weekend and one day during the week), so in total it wouldn't be four weeks straight and it would also be broken up. Working a full time job is something I have never done before and struggling with always feeling tired, I knew this job would take absolutely everything out of me (which it did for the whole four weeks). However, after starting my job I found out although my contract stated I'd be working four days a week, I was actually needed for the whole five because I was working at a huge camp; fair enough, but they could have just told me this from the very beginning when I applied? Instead of once I actually started the job. This is when my blog posts started to decrease because I knew I wouldn't be able to keep up with a post every single day, working nine hours a day and going to sleep between 8-9pm every single day; it's impossible.

Regardless of the fact I had to work five days instead of four, which wasn't a huge issue because it meant I had more money coming in every single week; I found the job itself was pretty great! I worked with 6 year old's during my first week and 5 year old's during my second and third week. Even though I had enough of my group by the third week; I knew it wouldn't be forever so that was fine, I got over feeling like shit all the time. My final week I was supposed to be working with 9/10 year old's; I could not wait! An age range I haven't worked with before. Going into my final week everything was messed up and someone else took my role of working with the older group of children and I was stuck being a roamer (going to whichever group needed me at a certain time during the day based on ratios/numbers of children to staff). This is when my last week went pretty worse very quickly. 

Although I was unable to work with the group I wanted to work with, I was gaining experience working with every single group in camp from 4 to 14 year old's; incredible! I did enjoy going round from group to group. But it's when the bitchiness started in camp when things were pretty dreadful and I started to dislike it. Have you ever had someone come into a work place or even school and everyone's behaviour completely changes? Well that's what happened. One person comes back to work and that's it, so many people turned two faced and negative in the space of not even an hour. Have you ever been told you were hitting on someone who is gay? Even though everyone knows you have been in a relationship for three years. Now that's something else that happened, absolutely ridiculous! To top off my week, I got home on Friday and found someone had gone through my bag and was eating sweets which I had left in there for once I got to my boyfriend's. What happened to common principles? 

Working at a Summer camp is great if you're looking for more experience working in a different environment or if you want the chance to work with different age ranges or even meeting new people who are your own age. I met some incredible people who I had the chance to work with for four weeks and I'm glad I had that opportunity. But the only downside to working in a Summer Camp for me was the organisation from higher up in the company and the clickyness between girls; something I cannot seem to ever escape no matter where I go. Something I am continuously getting better at dealing with is girls and their bitchiness. When I had it at school it completely broke me and to this day I'm still not over it, but working at the camp it took me one day to be pissed off with them and the day after I was completely fine. Although it isn't an experience you want to have to deal with and it can always be a struggle to know how to deal with it; the more it occurs, the more you learn how to deal with it in a quicker and easier way. Maybe one day I'll be able to just ignore it and keep going without having to get pushed down first.

Have you ever thought about working with children or even at a Summer camp?

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Kimberley Jessica

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I really enjoyed looking at my horoscopes recently and writing a post on them, so here's my second daily horoscope; just a random day where I decided to look at my horoscope. I have to mention, I do not look at my horoscope every single day; I tend to forget to be honest, but it is something that I absolutely love to do! I genuinely think my horoscopes are always correct; every single day! I have never read my horoscope where it has been wrong; crazy!

 Above is today's horoscope and I have to say; this is fairly correct on a daily basis anyway; I always think too much, even if I'm able to do a lot! There are always thoughts running through my mind, whether I'm thinking about what I'm going to have for dinner, whether my mum is okay; whether someone else is okay, how the day is going to go or when I'm going to be able to write up my blog post. You know the drill; I think about pretty much everything all at the same time and I ended up stressing myself out. 

Although I cannot see myself accomplishing a lot today as I'm at work for nine hours, of course I'll be getting a lot done at work (as long as I'm not stood next to the assault course all day like usual). As this is my horoscope, I'm not pretty determined to get a lot done today when I get home. If you have any suggestions for future posts you'd like to see here on Kimberley Jessica, please let me know in the comments as your suggestions are always helpful!

Do you think too much that your brain is constantly going until the moment you fall asleep?

What's your star sign?

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Kimberley Jessica

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I'm back again finally with another Motivational Monday, it feels like ages since I last posted one of these positivity posts and now that I'm on my last week of full time work, these posts will be back a lot more regular than usual. Since I have been working in a full time job where some days are a lot harder than other days and I'm usually counting down the days until the weekend, I've come to realise that it's important not to worry about what happened yesterday when yesterday has already been and gone.

Whenever I have had a bad day, I've always been thinking about how it's going to make the next day and whether I'm going to have another bad day or whether the day is going to absolutely great. However, I shouldn't let one day determine whether or not the following days are going to be bad too. I've started to go into work the following day with a fresh mind and a great outlook on the day, ready to handle whatever the day brings me instead of going straight into work feeling like absolute rubbish due to the previous day. I think this is something which should be promoted more as I know I'm not the only person who does this; I'm sure everyone does and I've found I do forget about starting each day with a fresh mind, as if everyday is a Monday.

As we're on the conversation about work, I have found some incredible people who I hope will stay in my life for a lot longer than the four weeks I have worked with them. While the blogging industry and University is absolutely great because you meet people who are very much like minded and have many similar interests as yourself, you will always find those people who truly have nothing in common with you, regardless of whether you are both bloggers or both studying the same subject at University and sadly this will always happen.

Working at my current job in a Summer Activity Camp, of course I am working with people who have similar interests as me otherwise they wouldn't be working there and enjoying every single day. However, working with children means you have to take on so many different roles and responsibilities while also trying to work around strategies to deal with different children and many different behavioural issues. Not only do you have to deal with the children, but you have to deal with the staff and the day itself which can also be a struggle sometimes. Working in this job I have come across people who completely get me; the way I work with children, the way I think and the way I do things and to find people with the exact same thought process as you is incredible; it makes the working life so much easier. 

So if you ever think you should get along with everyone who's a blogger, or everyone who is in your work place or study place then you're wrong; you do not need to get along with absolutely everyone. But the most important thing to do is to find people who understand you and get you because it's these people who will stay.

What have you guys been up to this Summer?

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Kimberley Jessica

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