'A few of my favourite things'- August Favourites

August is now over, which means that Autumn is just around the corner, my favourite time of year! So I thought I would share my August favourites with you. 

I've done lots of lovely things this August, I went to The Harry Potter Studios and then to London, Thorpe Park with my family, I've gotten to spend time with my friends as they are all back from Uni, I've seen a couple of shows and I had a lovely afternoon in London with my Mum and Dad at a Fawlty Towers Dinning experience. So I've been very lucky this month and all those trips and things have all been favourites of mine. 

Mum, Dad and I at the Fawlty Towers Dinning Experience 

Moving onto beauty and make-up, I've been loving my Body Shop Define and Lengthen Mascara. I did actually buy this one a few months back, but I accidentally brought it in brown, rather than black, so I didn't really rate it much as the brown colour wasn't as bold as the black is. But after buying the right colour I'm really enjoying using this as it really lengthens your eye lashes.   

Mascara- £10

I only brought this about a week ago and I can already say that this will be a firm favourite of mine for a while. I suffer with oily skin at times, which means that I have really bad breakouts sometimes, especially on my chin and around that area, and I really hate it. It seemed that no matter what I tried it either didn't work, or seemed to make it worse. So when I saw Zoe from Zoella talk about the Origins Super Spot Remover and say how good it was I thought I'd give it a go, especially since she was using this for the same area I was having trouble with. It's quite pricey, and its the most I've spend on a skin product, but it really does do the trick, the bottle is pretty tiny, but that's because you only need a little amount. After using it once my spots went down dramatically, and after 2 days of using it the remaining spots are almost gone. So if you have problems with spots I would defiantly recommend this. 

Super Spot Remover- £15

Fashion wise this month, and at the end of July I have rediscovered my love for the shop Jack Wills. For those of you who don't know they are an English clothing brand, and their slogan is 'Fabulously British', and they sell preppy, cute, British types of clothing. It's quite expensive so I don't actually usually buy stuff new, but their Summer sales are always good, so I've been picking up some cute things there recently. 

Some of the things I've brought from there recently

My favourite fashion purchases of this month have to be; my Henry Holland jacket, and my green sequin shorts from Topshop, but I got both of these from Charity Shops. 

Shorts- £4.50

I've been loving 2 candles recently, both Yankee Candles and they are Summer Scoop and Red Velvet. Summer Scoop is the perfect Summer scent and it smells like strawberry's and ice cream. Then Red Velvet literally smells like the best cake in the world, and it is one of my favourite Yankee Candles ever, but I don't know if they do it any more. 

Medium Jars are usually £16, but I got both of these in sales.

I've been getting my craft on this month, and I've brought quite a few crafty bits from; The Range, Wilkinsons, Hobbycraft and The Works. I've done home made cards since I was little, but recently I've wanted to make really nice cards using actual card making crafts, as opposed to cuts off from old cards. So I've gone a little mental and I've even started buying Christmas card crafts in prep for when I make my own Christmas cards! But one of my favourite crafty purchases has been this Everything Oz craft book, and it has things from sewing crafts, to baking to paper crafts, and since I love Wicked and The Wizard of Oz this was a must have for me. 

From The Works- £3.99

Keeping with the whole being creative kind of thing, I've also been big into baking this month. I've always loved baking but this month especially I've enjoyed making things I've not made before, like jam and these ice cream cone cupcakes. 

They just look so cute, and are perfect for Summer parties
or picnics. 

I had my friends over so I made scones and jam.
How traditionally English of us!

Speaking of baking, my favourite TV show this month has been The Great British Bake Off. This is my first year of watching it, and I am loving it! I'm rooting for Richard, I just think he's so sweet and genuine as well as a talented baker. 

On Wednesdays- BBC 1 8pm 

I've always loved Beatrix Potter and her stories ever since I was little, but recently I've really been enjoying looking back at all her timeless tales, and reminiscing. I love everything about them and her, so I've been bringing aspects of her books into decorating my room and I've also decided I'm going to collect Beatrix Potter animal figures. If I had it my way I'd just live in her house if I could, I think its stunning. I find the whole concept lovely, and I think her drawings are just beautiful, there is just something so sweet about animals wearing quaint human clothes (obviously I mean in story books, not in real life). 

This month I saw Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at my local Theatre, and it was fab. Joseph has been a favourite musical of mine since I was little, so seeing it on stage was brilliant. Which therefore means Mum and I have had the CD on repeat in the car. The songs are so catchy and feel-good its great. 

Then to finish off with a bit of Disney. If you didn't know my all time favourite Disney film is The Hunchback of Notre Dame, so when this was on TV the other day it really made me smile. The songs are amazing and the jokes are hilarious and its just such a lovely story, I've lost track of how many times I've watched it, and even now when I can talk along with it, it doesn't get old. Which is why its my film of the month. 

And that my friends is all my favourites of the month! What have you been loving? And are you excited for Autumn? Let me know down below.

Cheerio! 

Hannah