- Getting engaged! At first glance this has nothing to do with beauty, but my fiancé and I look so glowing and joyful in the photos taken afterwards that I think happiness is really the best beauty product in the world! I still can't quite get my head round the fact that I'm engaged, I keep staring at my ring finger and looking all soppy (according to my mum!). I'm so very very happy, and everyday I think how lucky I am to have met my soulmate!

- Chanel Inimitable Intense. I have extolled the virtues of this on many occasions and I think I shall continue to do so for a while!


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- Marc Jacobs Daisy. I discovered this whilst on the Great Perfume Search and loved it so much, it just really suits me and I usually find it so difficult to find perfumes that are really "me"! My boyfriend fiancé found the limited edition Pop Art bottle in Duty Free for me and I've been wearing it ever since. This has definitely become one of my all-time favourites!

-Autumn fashion! Is it sad that one of the reasons I'm looking forward to getting back to the UK is shopping for my new autumn/winter wardrobe?


Out:

- Mosquito bites! I've had so many on this holiday, and nothing stops them from itching except standing in the sea...bit of a problem then!

- Long-distance relationships. Because Skype and emails can only do so much. Most of our missives consist of the phrases "I miss you so MUCH" or "I hate distance/being apart!". Says it all, really. Thankfully once I'm back at uni we will be able to see each other every weekend as opposed to spending months apart...


-Frizzy hair. I will spare you the horror of a photo but it is the bane of my existence and never more so than during summer months (heat = sweat = a continually curly fringe!). At least in winter I can stick a hat on top of it and claim it's stylish.