I love life. Many don’t believe me when I say it, but I think of it like an engagement ring, not everyone will like yours or want it for themselves but as long as you like it, as long as you want to wake up every damn morning because you just can’t wait to see what the day has in store for you – to hell with everyone else.
I was reading a book over the weekend. In it, it talked about self love and how despite the fact we come into this world sparkly and bright, we chip away at our own confidence with every year. Through school we allow others’ opinions to define us and in general life rely on validation. Through education we’re graded, through our peers and friends we compare, and it only takes a quick browse of social media to not feel enough.
In honour of #ThrowbackThursday I thought I’d take a trip down memory lane and celebrate feeling OLD AF with a rundown of the totally awesome tuneage we used to listen to.
Whether you’re out driving, in a club or shopping, you can’t help reminiscing about a simpler time when The Sims and MSN was life and your mobile phone battery lasted 3 days…
This song taught you everything you need to know today; sass, swag and most importantly how to shake what your mama gave you. You can’t deny you turn into some sort of magnetic goddess when this beat comes on! Though I’m not quite sure the obvious inneduno was understood completely in 03′.
By Alexa Margie
Few things make us swoon quite like an Ed Sheeran ballad. The red-headed Englishman continues to steal our hearts with his on point lyrics, flawless voice and killer covers. And he turns 25 today! Here all the times Ed Sheeran was everything:
1. When he understood our pizza and taco cravings
From one Daddy’s girl to another, I just wanna wish you a V Happy Father’s Day! It’s time to change up your profile pic to an adorable throwback and enjoy six truly embarrassing Dad traits that we secretly would never have them without…
1. The You Can’t Go Out Dressed Like That Moment
Whether it was that crop top that looked totally fetch with your A-line mini, the spaghetti strap dress you HAD to have for the school disco or the blue streaks you’d been perfecting in your hair, why did Dad always question your greatest style moments? OK we will admit that taking a coat was always a good idea that we thanked you for many times on the DL.
by Emma McCormack
As much as I love London, I am a self-proclaimed Manc-lover. What Manchester lacks in sophistication, it oozes in unapologetic northern charm. Plus you can’t really beat the northern humour (maybe I’m biased). So here’s a list of what makes Manchester great:
1. Manchester Christmas Markets
Rumour has it that when cupid is lacking in inspiration he makes a quick phone call to the creative folk at DesignMyNight. We decided to skip the middle man, cut out cupid and go straight to the source to find boozy afternoon teas in Birmingham, Mad Men speakeasy bars in Manchester and sky high cinemas in London. Ladies, these are Britain’s best first date bars and they are guaranteed to leave your man coming back for more.
With the world’s fashionistas flocking to Paris for Fashion Week here are our 5 reasons why we love the city…
From shady date etiquette to first crushes, we asked the boohoo crew, including a few familiar faces, to spill the beans on all things LOVE!
