Packing for Holiday - My Travel Toiletry Essentials

When going on holiday I am the ultimate over-packer in every sense! I always worry that I'm going to need something and especially when it comes to make up or toiletries, I worry that I won't be able to buy it there and my skin might not react well. So I decided to put together a few of my holiday toiletries essentials that I just couldn't live without this year.

• Soap and Glory Face Soap and Clarity 3-in-1 Daily Detox Vitamin C Facial Wash - My favourite facial wash of the moment, it's got gentle exfoliating beads in as well so no need to take that with you on top!
• Soap and Glory The Fab Pore Daily Micro Smoothing Moisture Lotion - Keeping skin hydrated in the sun is a must!
• Nivea Daily Essentials Tinted Moisturising Day Cream SPF 8 in Natural - For a little bit of colour without needing any foundation on holiday, I use this in the morning just to even my skin tone a bit and the built in SPF is great!
• Soap and Glory The Righteous Butter - Lovely for a bit of luxury for your skin after a day in the sun.
• Toothbrush and Toothpaste - Not much to explain there...
• Hairbrush - ...or here really
• Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water - My favourite thing for taking off make up or just refreshing your skin after a long day. Also great when using cotton buds for cleaning up eye make up.
• Tresemme Heat Defence Styling Spray - A must especially when going somewhere hot as your hairs already experiencing a lot of heat in the sun all day.
• Andrew Barton Brightening and Re hydrating Shampoo and Conditioner - I'm trying this out at the moment and really like the fresh citrus smell for summer!
• Tresemme Hair Spray - To keep the humidity off those locks!
• Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balm in Cherry Me - With a bit of a tint to it, I love this to really bring out your tan and make your skin look more healthy and glowy, amazing that a lip balm can do this!
• Botanics All Bright Refreshing Eye Roll-On - No need for under eye concealer in the day when you're just lounging by the pool. This helps to brighten without any make-up and feels so nice when you put keep it in the fridge!

So there's just a few bits that I wouldn't be without when going away

Love Hope xxx

My Holiday to Gran Canaria

Recently I went away with my family to Gran Canaria for a week. We've been before when I was much younger but this time went to a completely different place and I think it's fair to say I fell in love with that place!

We were lucky enough to stay just a five minute walk down a hill from the beautiful Amadores White Sand beach which we went to every day even if just for a stroll after dinner. There's millions of little restaurants there and holiday shops that I did have to pop into a few times. They've even got a mini golf course at one end which goes on forever!

The beautiful view from our balcony, of the beach. I would just sit here watching the world go by for ages and could have forever.

One evening we visited what was described to us as the best shopping centre around in Puerto Rico. Just a five minute taxi journey from our hotel, this wasn't quite what we were expecting (we thought it would be a boutique mall for some reason) but still quite fun to peruse and people watch all the same.

We also visited Puerto de Mogán on the market day which is a beautiful coastal village that has gorgeous little rivers that give it it's nickname of 'Little Venice'. The markets went on for miles and led you to the main town area where you see all the boats and beautiful back streets. This was probably my favourite place of the whole trip, the white streets and houses were so beautiful, I found myself taking pictures of the same thing over and over again so I wouldn't forget anything. We visited a little cafe/restaurant as well which had just the nicest waiters ever! They were so lovely, it was almost like being part of a show just sitting there, as if they had known us for years.

 On our 2nd to last day, we decided to rent pedalos from Amadores beach which you could ride around the sea. They had a slide to go down off and the sea was so clear we spent ages diving off the side. The funniest part of this was that my Mum sat on the side and tried to take a video and pictures of us, however when we looked at the footage afterwards she had just filmed her feet and ended up taking a picture of a jet ski which she thought was our pedalo as it was the same colour.

I had the best time and am already thinking of taking my friends back there next year (hopefully!). 

Have you been/going to be doing anything nice this summer?

Love Hope xxx