Faded Spring

    Why Liverpool Should Be On Your Bucket List This Year

    While some might have memories of Liverpool being centered around 'Beatlemania' and jamming to 'old school' 70's music, for me, my love affair with Liverpool started in my second year of university. My friend had invited me to spend Christmas with her and for the most part it was a magical experience, although we are no longer friends now. We spent the festive season exploring the cities many museums , gastronomic specialties, as well Liverpool One and the beautiful vistas of the nearby 'Wirral' where my friend lived. There were presents underneath the Christmas Tree lined with electric blue tinsel, while the tempestuous wind would knock my hat flying and I would run after it in my towering ... read more

    What Every Dream Garden Must Have

    Before I moved to London, I dreamed of having a 'dream garden' that would leap straight out of the 'glossy magazine' pages, draped with fairy lights that twinkled under the light of the full moon, incense wafting in and out of flowers. There would be bright and bold flowers demanding your attention, roses, bluebells and daffodils lined up in a row, while a greenhouse housed all the succulents you could find, a mini Kew Gardens in your very own backyard-it would be magical. The candles would flicker with a yellowish light, and the smell of fresh cut roses intermingling with warm bodies coming together, would send me into my happy place, where everything was sunshine and rainbows, and the ... read more

    24 Hours In The Big City Of London

    If there is any city that captures the 'vitality' of life at its full force, it is London, a city which like New York, is a concrete jungle that never sleeps. The streets are alive with the illusion of promise, as the 24 hour tubes swing into action at the weekends where patrons drink merrily until sunrise, and the clubs are heaving with sweaty endorphins bouncing around the room like puppies. The days are whimsical, as  the flower markets float on by, while the food critics wrinkle their nose to capture tasting notes permeating from wine glasses, heady and sensual. 24 hours in the big city of London, is an adventure that is filled with possibilities, as you waltz on the London Eye and goof ... read more

    How To Start A Clothing Line From Scratch

    Now more than ever, the desire to start our own businesses has never been greater, with 3.2 million 'Brits' estimated to have started their own companies in 2018, citing a desire to 'become their own boss' and 'getting itchy feet at work' as part of their incentive to become a self-made entrepreneur. And who can blame them when workers are getting undervalued and underappreciated at work, how can we question their decision to go down the self-employment route, when their creativity is being stifled or stuck in jobs that 'do not make them happy'? After all I should know how difficult it is to work without recognition, to be in a job where you are a hamster watching the wheels go round and ... read more

    Movie Magic At Oasis Farmyard Cinema Waterloo

    The birds were singing in the trees, as we waltzed up the path, a navy dress flouncing, pleather trousers reflecting light. For this was no ordinary evening soiree, surrounded by the tranquility of nature, where bees suckle thirstily at flowers and a campfire is roasting. It would be an evening where movie magic would commence, on a farm nonetheless, where the pigs would swagger, the farmyard dog would yap playfully and guests would gather in a farmyard barn, ready to be transported into a beautiful world where humans and wild Mustangs collide, on one unforgettable journey. But for now our Farmyard Cinema journey starts at the beginning, two friends catching up after months apart. There ... read more

    A Journey Into Mermaidville With Six Dogs Blue Karoo Gin

    It would be a gin that would defy all odds, a magical liquid seemingly plucked from the mermaid gods themselves, swirling with blue, purple and indigo in one botanical inspired bottle. You see Six Dogs Blue Karoo Gin is not just any mermaid's fantasy, but a gin enthusiasts wet dream, where colour and taste collide in one magical kaleidoscopic experience, permeated by an intersection of culture, history and agriculture. Ironically despite the blue 'mermaidville' hue that transports you into a world where humans and mermaids collide, the term 'Karoo' refers to an almost 'alien-like landscape', where a semi-dessert terrain is counteracted with extreme weather conditions in an arid and ... read more

    Kinky Boots & Monmouth Kitchen: A Buyagift Adventure

    Tensions ran high throughout the week, a sequence of events that would plummet two friends into despair. They craved solace, they craved a chance to forget about their woes and their strife, but most of all they craved much needed 'friend time' away from the stresses of the world that they lived in. And so their Buyagift Adventure began, on a day where the heavens opened and the rain came tumbling down, drenched skin. But despite the makeup that was trickling down their cheeks and the bedraggled hair, a smile was toying with their lips, as they hankered in for a night that would be unforgettable. There would be Italian and Pervuian small plates from Monmouth Kitchen,wrapping our tongues ... read more

    Why Sex Toys Can Spice Up Your Love Life

    When it comes to getting 'down and dirty' in the bedroom, there is nothing more satisfying than a good ol' bonking session that will give you multiple orgasms for years to come. But here's the T, what happens when you lose your 'sexual creativity'? When you have tried every single position known to humankind (thanks Karma Sutra) and even thought that dressing up as a 'sexy clown' would help spice things up in the bedroom. And by spice things up I mean send your partner running because he's terrified of clowns and can't believe that you would use that against him. Which is where the fruit of my loins come in ; entering the mighty sex toy, proud champion of making women orgasm since 28,000 ... read more

    Champagne Afternoon Tea At Grosvenor House Hotel

    Two friends waltz down Park Lane, in search of The Grosvenor House Hotel for a magical champagne afternoon tea that they would never forget. The air is crisp with promise, the sun beaming down on their bare legs, it felt like heaven. The birds trilled in the nearby trees, signalling our ascension into the glory that was Grosvenor House, a towering giant among human kind. Through the sturdy doors we clambered, as we entered 'The Park Room' where our glorious afternoon tea would await. But for now we reveled in the angelic decor, forest green sofas juxtaposed against flower arrangements and marble pillars, we imagined what it would be like to stay here, what it would be like to feel like ... read more

    5 Empowering Reasons To Love Your Lingerie

    When it comes to celebrating our bodies, there is nothing more empowering than slipping into lacy lingerie and realizing that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. You see despite my lack of confidence in my own 'naked body', when it comes to a good 'underwear set' I feel like a million dollars, forgetting for a moment about the issues I have around my body and the obstacles I have overcome to get to this journey of 'semi-self love'. I have always been 'flat chested' and when I was younger craved 'bigger breasts' so that I could fit in with the people around me and now, I am far more accepting of my smaller frame, even if I still wish that I was curvier than the slim build I have now. And I ... read more