• Lola's Thoughts

    What I’ve learnt while looking for a job in a pandemic

    Looking for a job can be hard at the best of times, but throw a pandemic into the mix and …

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  • Beauty

    What’s in my Beauty Bay haul? + Giveaway

    I find that buying beauty products is harder than buying clothes, as when a beauty product isn’t right for …

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  • Lola's Thoughts

    I’m back! What have I been up to?

    Hi I’m back, it’s been a while. I’ve cut my hair since my last post and also …

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  • Lola's Thoughts

    Job searching; why things need to change

    Anyone who has ever looked for a job knows that it is mentally exhausting and time consuming. Put it alongside …

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  • Travel & Events

    Why I love visiting Paris

    This blog post has been a long time coming, I was meant to write about why I love visiting Paris …

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  • Lola's Thoughts

    Best books to read this summer

    Wondering what your next read should be? Well look no further, as I review the top 5 books of this year …

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  • My first Tarte order!

    I am very late to the party when it comes Tarte Cosmetics. I meant to try it for some time now as I’ve heard a lot of positive things about their brand and saw a lot of bloggers/influencers using it, but I never got round to it until now. When I was on the lookout…

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    My Summer Essentials

    I am aware that summer is slowly coming to an end although calendar wise there is still over a month to go until we will swap sandals for boots and summer dresses for jumpers, but summer is definitely my favourite season or at least it has a close tie with spring as nothing beats the…

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    Why should you absolutely see Oceans 8 in cinema (by yourself)

    I’ve always been intimidated by the thought of going to the cinema by myself which now seems silly but I didn’t want to seem like a loner or a loser which society makes you think that you are if you do things alone. From a young age kids that eat their lunch alone are the…

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    Turning 21 & Weekend away

    When I was younger I used to think that by the age of 21 I will have it all figured out, and I couldn’t be more wrong and that’s okay because there is no such thing as ‘having everything figured out’. Age is such a funny thing, at the same time you are the oldest…

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    SIMPLYBYLOLA IS 2 YEARS OLD!

    Exactly 2 years ago I got the courage to do something I wanted to do for ages. I had the idea of blogging for ages but back then it wasn’t as popular as it is now so I was scared of people’s reactions and judgements and the thought of people I know reading my blog…

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    #1: The truth behind blogging and being true to myself

    The truth is I haven’t been enjoying blogging for some time now… It felt forced and not like me, the reason why? A few months ago I decided that I want to be a proper blogger, like the one with the perfect feed, instagraming brunches and talking about my favourite makeup but honestly, that’s not…

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    My First Bloggers Event!

    What a week! This is why I like writing on Sundays because I feel like it’s the summary post of the week and I always feel like I have lots to write about from the week. First of all I’ve passed my driving theory on Thursday (hence why there was no post on Wednesday; because…

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