Faded Spring

    How To Have A Relaxing Spa Day At Home

    A spa day is the epitome of bliss, a tranquil sanctuary that melts all your worries and strife away, enveloping you in a blanket of calm. Your ragged breath becomes slow, measured and steady, your frowns get turned upside down, your salty tears rebirth happiness. Slathered and lathered in potions you find joy, a momentous state of stillness in a world plagued by chaotic forces. All is calm here, all is bright, you find the light, it makes you smile. Knots burrowed underneath skin so forcefully are coaxed out and placated, your joints yearning for expert fingertips, you can feel the anxiety seep out of your pores. It's a snapshot in time, a joyful memory, a picturebook romance. For this spa ... read more

    How To Be Productive When You Are Working From Home

    For the past three months I have been working from home, doing both my 'day job' and blogging in the same environment which has proved to be both challenging and overwhelming in equal measure. There have been days where I have struggled to find a balance between work and play, often working late into the night with undefined breaks or working hours. While this has partly been perpetuated by 'work' who expect a lot from us, this has also been down to personal issues, such as being evacuated from my house, crippling anxiety and depression, and health issues, including being in hospital. While I was still working when all of these personal issues were going on, at the same time I found this ... read more

    7 Ways To Tackle A Summer Home Makeover

    How A Summer Home Makeover Can Transform Your Home As the weather ripens with euphoric promise, summer home makeovers are a'plenty, while we look for new ways to transform our homes and make them stand out from the crowd. It's the perfect time to give your home the va-va voom factor, whether that be through landscaping your garden, decluttering your home or changing the interior design to reflect a new you. Whether you rent, own your own home or live with others, make the most of your summer by transforming your personal living space today. Taking on a new interior design project can be time-consuming, but ultimately rewarding, as it will help you feel more organized, give you a sense ... read more

    Free Father’s Day Gifts That Don’t Cost A Penny

    There is nothing more touching or thoughtful than father's day gifts that come from the heart, whether that be a handmade card, a scrapbook collage or a token to win free hugs, courtesy of yours truly. But in light of the heartbreaking pandemic that we find ourselves in, for some of us finding the finances to treat our loved ones can be difficult, as many of us have had to face a cut in pay (like myself), have lost their jobs or have seen a dip in their finances. However don't be discouraged, because even if you don't have a lot of money or don't have a penny to spend, there are lots of free father's day gifts out there to make your dad smile. The key is to be creative, think outside of the ... read more

    How To Create Engaging Visual Content on Social Media 

    Make Engaging Visual Content Part Of Your Social Media Strategy! Just like good images help bring a blog post to life, engaging visual content is vital to taking your social media presence to the next level. But knowing how to create social media images that support your brand can be difficult to ascertain, as great visuals are only as good as the social media strategy that supports them. For example in order to understand 'Faded Spring', I would need to find out what its brand identity is, which at first glance is a colourful lifestyle blog that focuses on topics such as dating, mental health and personal life. This brand identity is evident on my blog but I would need to figure out ... read more

    Quirky Date Ideas For Couples in Lockdown

    Lockdown fatigue has truly set in, and despite our best intentions, we give into the fervor of boredom, yawning our way through 'our new normal' with the sluggishness of a Cheshire Cat. Each day that passes feel a little less bright, and whether we're isolating alone, with a partner, friend or family, it's hard to see beyond the storm cloud to capture the vivid blue sky that waits beneath, glorious sun rays cascading onto golden skin. Now more than ever, we need something to look forward to, and for couples who are separated during lockdown, the weeks crawl on by, ever so slowly, as you wonder, when oh when will we see each other again? The endless stretch of silence, the snatched video ... read more

    5 WordPress Plugins To Use For Custom Fonts

    Are you looking for Wordpress Plugins to create custom fonts that are personalized to you? Do you want your blog to stand out from the crowd? If so you have come to the right place! Having custom fonts is not only a great way to enhance the typography of a website, but it will also have a positive impact on UX and can even improve conversion. After all, a font enables the reader to consume your content and a bad font can put off potential readers, even if you have crafted some great content on your blog. And it's not just blogs that suffer but brands and companies too, as a website that looks bad will make you lose your visitors, conversions and sales. In a nutshell a blog needs great ... read more

    Managing My Medication With Safe and Sound Health

    How Safe and Sound Health Helped Me Manage My Medication Over the years I have had ups and downs with my health, a constant triage of doctors appointments, hospital stays and tests, as various diagnoses floated in and out of my peripheral vision. To the naked eye, I was conceived to be a hypochondriac, who was exaggerating symptoms just to get 'attention' when that couldn't be further from the truth. At a young age, I was consumed with struggles with my mental health, feeling overly anxious on a daily basis, worried that something bad was going to happen, and was filled with a foreboding sense of dread, that gurgled in my gut. Coupled with severe low mood swings, feelings of desolation, ... read more

    5 Reasons Why You Should Study in Birmingham

    As one of the most vibrant and diverse cities in the United Kingdom, Birmingham is home to people from all walks of life. With a population of 1 million and counting, thousands of students from all four corners of the globe descend on Birmingham for their place of study. And it's easy to see why students choose to study in Birmingham, as this major city is considered to be the social, cultural, financial, and commercial centre of both the East and West Midlands. The city is a major international commercial centre, ranked as a beta − world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, the joint highest ranking with Edinburgh and Manchester of all British cities outside of ... read more

    Why I Want A Winning Smile Makeover

    From a young age I envisioned a smile christened by pearly white, perfectly straight teeth that glistened in the dark. I wouldn't feel self-conscious when I smiled, and people's comments on my 'winning smile' would seem authentic and genuine. I would laugh without abandon, and feel the world staring at me as I walked, oozing confidence everytime I opened my eyes. Except this wasn't my reality and I would dream of a winning smile makeover, wishing that my teeth weren't crooked, large and yellowish hued. Growing up (as you might know from my 'better smile' post) I would feel uncomfortable when I smiled, worried that I would look goofy when I laughed and that people would poke fun at me - which ... read more